A critics’ poll conducted by the BBC has voted Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 swordsman epic Seven Samurai as the greatest ever non-English-speaking film.
Seven Samurai beat Bicycle Thieves (1948) and Tokyo Story (1953), which came in second and third respectively.
The BBC culture website polled more than 200 “film experts” from more than 40 countries, including critics, academics and curators to create a top-100 list.
Only a handful of films directed by women made the list, despite 45% of the voters being female.