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King Kong 1933

Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack

All-time standing

#42 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1930s #4 of 219 Top 2% 1933 #1 of 27 Top 4%

Ballots (51)

All time 47

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #11
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Radio Times

Radio Times

  • Published 2006
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #22
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Village Voice

  • Published 1999
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #39
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #41
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Cahiers du Cinéma

Cahiers du Cinéma

  • Published 2007
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  • Ranked #55
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #68
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #99
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Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
The Quietus

The Quietus

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2018
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  • Included, unranked
Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
The Playlist

The Playlist

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
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Complex

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
Filmspotting

Filmspotting

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
USC School of Cinematic Arts

USC School of Cinematic Arts

  • Published 2012
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  • Included, unranked
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El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
Kinema Junpo

Kinema Junpo

  • Published 2009
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TCM

TCM

  • Published 2009
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Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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Time

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2003
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2002
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Ciak

Ciak

  • Published 2000
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  • Included, unranked
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Nickel Odeon

Nickel Odeon

  • Published 1997
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  • Included, unranked
BBC

BBC

  • Published 1995
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Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
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Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 1995
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Dirigido Por

Dirigido Por

  • Published 1992
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Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh

  • Published 1989
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Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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  • Included, unranked
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Edições Cinematógrafo

Edições Cinematógrafo

  • Published 1982
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R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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  • Included, unranked
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Channel 4

Channel 4

  • Year not recorded
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  • Included, unranked

Decade 3

1930s

Paste Magazine

  • Published 1939
  • Decade list · 1930s
  • Included, unranked

1900-1999

Village Voice

  • Published 2000
  • Decade list · 1900-1999
  • Ranked #39
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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

  • Published 2000
  • Decade list · 1900-1999
  • Included, unranked
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Year 1

Film Comment

Film Comment

  • Published 2005
  • Year list · 2005
  • Ranked #48
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