Lists
- ranked 20 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (August 2005)
- ranked 20 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (March 2006)
- ranked 22 in They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1000 Greatest Films (December 2006)
- ranked 37 in Total Film's 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time
- ranked 51 in BBC 100 Greatest American Films
- ranked 54 in Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time
- ranked 64 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills
- ranked 85 in The IMDb Top 250
- ranked 86 in Cinema Fusion Movie Bloggers' Top 100 Movies
- ranked 109 in Empire 500 Greatest Movies (2008)
- one of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
- one of 101^w102 Movies You Must See Before...
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Nominees
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions Nominees
- one of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills Nominees
- one of Alliance of Women Film Journalists Top 100 Films
- one of Guardian 1,000 films to see before you die
- one of The New York Times Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made
- one of They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 250 Quintessential Noir Films (1940-1964)
- one of TIME Magazine All-Time 100 Movies
Don't really get the appeal, truth be told. Predictable, bombastic, and the ridiculously stylized lighting grated on my nerves... I'm sure I'm wrong, mind you -- the 20th best film in the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? list cannot be less than brilliant -- so I suppose I'll have to revisit it with different expectations. For now, though...