Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane is obviously no stranger to any list like this, but there's no denying that part of what makes this film ostensibly the "greatest of all time" is the way it uses the process of journalism to create a style and structure of storytelling that felt completely unique at the start of the 1940s. Much of the film is seen through the eyes of a reporter (the great Joseph Cotten), who are striving to comprehend the life and death of newspaper mogul Charles Foster Kane (director Orson Welles).

Orson Welles produced, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane, a 1941 American drama film. He also collaborated with Herman J. Mankiewicz on the script. It was Welles's debut feature film. Many reviewers and professionals believe Citizen Kane to be the finest picture ever created. Also topped the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound decennial critics poll for 50 years in a row, and it topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years... 100 Movies list in 1998, as well as its 2007 edition. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Mankiewicz and Welles.

Detailed Information:
Year: 1941
Director: Orson Welles
Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore
Rating: PG
Runtime: 120 minutes