The Film Canon · No. 3 of 250Methodology
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Vertigo (1958)

0.5548Canon Score · ranked #3 all time

Aggregated from 19 of 31 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →

About the film

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Why it ranks #3

Every list on which Vertigo appears, with its position as published.

ListAuthorityPosition
Sight & Sound Critics' 250 (2022)Major international poll#2 / 264
Total Film 100 Greatest (2005)Editorial list#2 / 100
Village Voice 100 Best of 20th C (2000)Critics' canon#3 / 100
Time Out Centenary Top 25 (1995)Critics' canon#4 / 25
Sight & Sound Directors' 100 (2022)Major international poll#6 / 104
Cahiers du Cinéma 100 (2008)Major international poll#8 / 100
Halliwell's Top 1000 (2005)Critics' canon#10 / 1041
Time Out 100 Best (2026 ed.)Critics' canon#20 / 99
DGA 80 Greatest Directorial (2016)Critics' canon#29 / 78
Variety 100 Greatest (2022)Critics' canon#32 / 100
Entertainment Weekly 100 (2013)Editorial list#38 / 87
TIFF Essential 100 (2010)Editorial list#38 / 100
Empire 500 Greatest (2008)Editorial list#40 / 500
Empire 100 Best (2025)Editorial list#53 / 100
THR Hollywood's 100 Favorite (2014)Critics' canon#70 / 100
Letterboxd Top 500 (2026-07 snapshot)Editorial list#289 / 500
Ebert Great Movies (I–IV)Critics' canonSelected
1001 Movies (2003-2024 union)Critics' canonSelected
NYT Best 1000 Movies (2004)Critics' canonSelected