Shoah (1985)
0.1946Canon Score · ranked #108 all time
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About the film
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.
Why it ranks #108
Every list on which Shoah appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Sight & Sound Critics' 250 (2022) | Major international poll | #27 / 264 |
| Variety 100 Greatest (2022) | Critics' canon | #43 / 100 |
| Village Voice 100 Best of 20th C (2000) | Critics' canon | #72 / 100 |
| Sight & Sound Directors' 100 (2022) | Major international poll | #89 / 104 |
| Halliwell's Top 1000 (2005) | Critics' canon | #261 / 1041 |
| Ebert Great Movies (I–IV) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| 1001 Movies (2003-2024 union) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| NYT Best 1000 Movies (2004) | Critics' canon | Selected |