No. 49 overallNo. 7 in Entertainment & Sport
Sight and Sound
Serious film criticism from the BFI, home of the once-a-decade Greatest Films of All Time poll.
83.6out of 1002026 score
Visit bfi.org.uk2026 scorecard
Each criterion is scored from 0 to 10. The weighted total gives the score out of 100. How we score
- Editorial quality25%
- 8.9
- Influence20%
- 8.6
- Trust & transparency15%
- 8.9
- Design & craft15%
- 8.2
- Digital experience15%
- 7.5
- Reach10%
- 7.2
8.9 × 25% + 8.6 × 20% + 8.9 × 15% + 8.2 × 15% + 7.5 × 15% + 7.2 × 10% = 83.6
At a glance
- Founded
- 1932
- Publisher
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Published
- Ten issues a year
- Format
- Print and digital
- Language
- English
- Website
- bfi.org.uk
Ranking history
How Sight and Sound has placed in each annual edition.
| Edition | Overall | In category | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No. 49 | No. 7 in Entertainment & Sport | 83.6 | First edition |
About the magazine
Film magazine of the British Film Institute, covering world cinema, new releases, film history and criticism. Every ten years since 1952 it has run a critics' poll of the greatest films of all time.
Sources for these facts
- foundedbfi.org.uk
- publisherbfi.org.uk
- frequencybfi.org.uk
- knownFor (poll)bfi.org.uk
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