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Still Life

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viewers at the time, but in retrospect, ‘The Rules of the Game’ stands as one of Jean Renoir's and cinema's finest works.’ The decennial poll of international critics by Sight and Sound magazine ranked it #10 in 1952, elevated it to No. 3 in 1962, and #2 in 1972, 1982, and 1992. In 2002 it fell to No. 3 behind ‘Citizen Kane’ and ‘Vertigo.’ In 2012, it fell to No. 4, behind ‘Vertigo,’ ‘Citizen Kane,’ and ‘Tokyo Story.’ It is the only film to have been included on every top ten list since 1952, that is until the 2022 list when it fell to #13. Empire magazine ranked at number 13 in its list of ‘The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema’ in 2010. In Le Figaro's 2008 list of the greatest films ever made it tied for second with ‘The Night of the Hunter,’ behind ‘Citizen Kane.’ In 2018 the film ranked fifth on the BBC's list of the 100 greatest foreign-language films, as voted on by 209 film critics from 43 countries.

Critics and directors who have placed it on their Sight and Sound lists include Richard Peña, Michel Ciment, David Denby, Lawrence Kasdan, Steve McQueen and Paul Schrader. Schrader said the film "has it all ... It represents all that film can be.’ Martin Scorsese included it on a list of ‘39 Essential Foreign Films for a Young Filmmaker.’ French film critic André Bazin praised the film's mobile cinematographic style; he said its