London
(ANI):
Francis
Ford
Coppola's
'The
Godfather'
has
been
named
'The
Best
Film
Of
All
Time'
by
directors.
The
film,
starring
Marlon
Brando
and
Al
Pacino,
beat
the
likes
of
'Gone
with
the
Wind'
and
'Taxi
Driver'
in
the
poll
for
Empire
magazine,
reports
the
Telegraph.
Quentin
Tarantino,
Sam
Mendes,
Mike
Leigh,
Guillermo
Del
Toro,
Cameron
Crowe
and
Pedro
Almodovar
were
among
the
directors
who
took
part
in
the
survey.
Raging
Bull
came
second,
one
of
two
Martin
Scorsese
films
starring
Robert
De
Niro
in
the
top
ten.
Gene
Kelly's
'Singin'
In
The
Rain'
landed
the
third
spot
while
Stanley
Kubrick's
'Dr
Strangelove'
stood
fourth
in
the
poll
of
31
filmmakers.
Rounding
off
the
top
five
was
'Taxi
Driver',
the
1976
movie
also
featuring
Jodie
Foster.
The
top
ten
'Best
Films
Of
All
Time'
are:
1.
The
Godfather
(1972)
2.
Raging
Bull
(1980)
3.
Singin''
In
The
Rain
(1952)
4.
Dr
Strangelove
(1963)
5.
Taxi
Driver
(1976)
6.
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
The
West
(1968)
7.
The
Third
Man
(1949)
8.
Gone
With
The
Wind
(1939)
9.
The
Apartment
(1960)
10.
Andrei
Rublev
(1966)
Filmmakers,
Critics
and
Moviegoers''
Top
10
1.
The
Godfather
(1972)
2.
Raiders
Of
The
Lost
Ark
(1981)
3.
Star
Wars
Episode
V:
The
Empire
Strikes
Back
(1980)
4.
The
Shawshank
Redemption
(1994)
5.
Jaws
(1975)
6.
GoodFellas
(1990)
7.
Apocalypse
Now
(1979)
8.
Singin''
In
The
Rain
(1952)
9.
Pulp
Fiction
(1994)
10.
Fight
Club
(1999).