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Sweet Smell of Success 1957

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick

All-time standing

#137 of 4,399

In the top 3% of movies

By scope

1950s #28 of 316 Top 10% 1957 #4 of 33 Top 10%

Ballots (33)

All time 33

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #1
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #18
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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

  • Published 2018
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  • Ranked #21
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
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  • Ranked #28
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #57
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2024
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  • Ranked #97
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
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  • Ranked #100
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #120
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2024
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2019
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
Konbini

Konbini

  • Published 2017
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2016
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Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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The Playlist

The Playlist

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
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The Telegraph

The Telegraph

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
The Independent

The Independent

  • Published 2009
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  • Included, unranked
Cinema (Greece)

Cinema (Greece)

  • Published 2008
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  • Included, unranked
David Thomson

David Thomson

  • Published 2008
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The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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Film Comment

Film Comment

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked

Time

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Jonathan Rosenbaum

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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The New York Times

The New York Times

  • Published 2004
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Premiere

Premiere

  • Published 1998
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San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

  • Published 1997
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  • Included, unranked
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Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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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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  • Included, unranked
R.A.E. Pickard

R.A.E. Pickard

  • Published 1971
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  • Included, unranked
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