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The Wizard of Oz 1939

Directed by Victor Fleming

All-time standing

#45 of 4,399

In the top 1% of movies

By scope

1930s #6 of 219 Top 3% 1939 #3 of 26 Top 10%

Ballots (56)

All time 53

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #2
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #2
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TV Guide

TV Guide

  • Published 1998
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  • Ranked #4
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
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  • Ranked #9
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American Film Institute

American Film Institute

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #10
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Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America

  • Published 2016
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #12
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Village Voice

  • Published 1999
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #15
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #21
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Writers Guild of America

Writers Guild of America

  • Published 2006
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  • Ranked #25
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Revista Bula

Revista Bula

  • Published 2023
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  • Ranked #27
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
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  • Ranked #28
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Toronto International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Published 2009
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  • Ranked #36
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John Kobal

John Kobal

  • Published 1988
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  • Ranked #79
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
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  • Ranked #83
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Esquire

  • Published 2020
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  • Ranked #87
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Sight & Sound

Sight & Sound

  • Published 2022
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  • Ranked #111
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #275
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Fotogramas

Fotogramas

  • Published 2022
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2021
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2019
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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
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2014
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  • Included, unranked

Complex

  • Published 2013
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  • Included, unranked
Filmspotting

Filmspotting

  • 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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Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins

  • Published 2011
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  • Included, unranked
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The Guardian

  • Published 2010
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  • Included, unranked
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Film-Magazine (Iran)

Film-Magazine (Iran)

  • 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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  • Included, unranked
Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
Steadycam

Steadycam

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked

The Guardian

  • Published 2007
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  • Included, unranked
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IGN

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

  • Published 2005
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  • Included, unranked
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Bounty Books

Bounty Books

  • Published 2004
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  • Included, unranked
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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  • Included, unranked
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National Society of Film Critics

National Society of Film Critics

  • Published 2002
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  • Included, unranked
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Associated Press

Associated Press

  • Published 2000
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  • Included, unranked
Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2000
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Barry Norman

Barry Norman

  • Published 1998
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  • Included, unranked
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BBC

BBC

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives)

FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives)

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
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Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh

  • Published 1989
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  • Included, unranked
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Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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  • Included, unranked
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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 #15
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Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

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