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:''Note: This article does not include films that had the highest box office receipts. For this information see: List of highest-grossing films and List of highest-grossing films throughout history.''
While it is impossible to determine objectively the greatest film of all time, it is possible to list 'films considered the greatest ever' by a sizeable populace of the film-watching community. The criterion for inclusion in this article is that the film is considered the "greatest" in a quantitative survey – be it a critics' poll, popular poll, or awards. Many of these measures focus on American films, but those considered the greatest within their respective countries are included at the end.
In polls of critics and filmmakers
★ Orson Welles' ''Citizen Kane'' has been consistently voted number one in the ''Sight and Sound'' poll of film critics in each of the last five polls starting with the 1962 poll (the survey is carried out once every ten years). A separate poll of established film directors in the same magazine, held for the first time in 1992, also has placed ''Citizen Kane'' at the top. Influential critic Roger Ebert says that "The ''Sight and Sound'' poll is generally considered the most authoritative of all 'best film' lists". He also considers ''Citizen Kane'' the best film ever. The film was selected as number one in a ''Village Voice'' critics' poll, number one in a ''Time Out'' critics' poll in 1995 and listed as the greatest American film ever by the American Film Institute in 1998 and 2007.
★ ''La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game)'' by director Jean Renoir was named best film by the French film magazine ''Positif'' in 1991. It also holds the number two spot in the ''Village Voice'' poll. Along with ''The Battleship Potemkin'', it is one of only two films to have appeared in every one of ''Sight and Sound's'' six polls.
★ ''The Searchers'' is the film most often mentioned in a poll of the favorite films of directors by German language ''Steadycam'' magazine.[1]
★ ''The Battleship Potemkin'' was voted best film ever by a panel of experts at the 1958 World's Fair.
★ ''Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves)'' was voted top film in a ''Sight & Sound'' magazine poll in 1952. Other than ''Citizen Kane'', ''Bicycle Thieves'' is the only film to ever top the ''Sight and Sound'' poll.
★ According to the filmsite They Shoot Pictures Top 1000 Films which collates votes from well over 1300 different film critics and filmakers, the top 10 films of all-time as of January 2007 are:
Academy Awards
Ever since their inception in 1928, the Academy Awards (the Oscars) have been seen as the most significant of the film award ceremonies, though it should be noted that dominance is dependent upon the competition in film that year as well as a film's own merits. The first film to dominate an Oscars ceremony was Frank Capra's ''It Happened One Night'' in 1935. It was the first film to win five awards. Moreover it won the "Oscar grand slam" by winning Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay—a feat that has subsequently been repeated only twice, by ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' in 1976 and by ''The Silence of the Lambs'' in 1991.
In 1939, ''Gone with the Wind'' was nominated for 13 awards and two special citations. It won ten of the Awards to beat ''It Happened One Night's record. ''All About Eve'' (1950) broke the nominations record with 14, and won in six categories.
''Gone with the Wind's moment at the top lasted for twenty years, only to be beaten by the epic ''Ben-Hur'', which went on to win 11 Oscars from 12 nominations in 1960.
''Ben-Hur's eleven Oscars remains the record. This achievement in turn has been equalled twice—by ''Titanic'' in 1997 with 11 awards from 14 nominations, and by '', which won in all 11 of its nominated categories in 2003 in the greatest "sweep" in the history of the Academy Awards, despite not having been nominated in any of the four acting categories.
In audience polls
★ ''The Godfather'' has long stood on the top of the IMDb's list of the top 250 films. It was also voted number one by ''Entertainment Weekly'' readers and number one in a ''Time Out'' Readers' poll in 1995.
★ ''The Godfather Part II'' was voted best ever by ''TV Guide'' readers in 1998.
★ The ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy was voted the most popular film of all time by an audience poll for the Australian television special ''My Favourite Film''. Its first film, '' (2001), was the pick of readers in a poll by ''Empire'' magazine in November 2004. The third film, '', was voted the best movie of all time by Movies.com's annual reader's poll in 2006. It is the only trilogy to have all 3 pictures in the Top 25 of the IMDb's top 250 films.
★ ''Casablanca'' (1942) is widely cited as the greatest film of all time and was voted as such by readers of the ''Los Angeles Daily News'' in 1997. It is also regarded the "best Hollywood movie of all time" by the influential ''Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide''. On April 7, 2006, the Writer's Guild of America declared ''Casablanca''
★ '' (1977) was chosen by readers of ''Empire'' magazine in November 2001 and by voters in a Channel 4/''FilmFour'' poll [1]. It was voted number one in the Australian television show 20 to 1's episode ''Magnificent Movies'', as well as the 2007 Empire "Greatest 100 Movies" poll.[2]
★ '' (1980) was voted number 1 in Total Film's Top 100 Movies of All Time.[3]
★ ''The Shawshank Redemption'' is the highest rated film on Yahoo! Movies by Yahoo! users and is listed second on the all-time greatest film list on the IMDb. It was voted the best film never to have won "Best Picture" in a 2005 BBC poll.[4] In January 2006 ''Empire'' magazine readers named it the best film ever.
★ ''Goodfellas'' was voted the greatest film of all time in 2005 by ''Total Film''.[5]
★ According to the IMDB Top 250, as of September 1, 2007, the top 10 films are these:
| Rank | Film | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ''The Godfather'' | 1972 | 9.1 |
| 2 | ''The Shawshank Redemption'' | 1994 | 9.1 |
| 3 | '' | 1974 | 9.0 |
| 4 | ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' | 1966 | 8.8 |
| 5 | ''Pulp Fiction'' | 1994 | 8.8 |
| 6 | ''Schindler's List'' | 1993 | 8.8 |
| 7 | '' | 1980 | 8.8 |
| 8 | ''Casablanca'' | 1942 | 8.8 |
| 9 | ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' | 1975 | 8.8 |
| 10 | '' | 2003 | 8.8 |
In particular genres
Action
★ ''Die Hard'' voted greatest action movie of all time by both ''Entertainment Weekly'' and music channel MTV2.
Animation
★ ''Akira'' (1988) was chosen as the top anime ever by ''Anime Insider'' in fall 2001.
★ ''Tale of Tales'' (''Сказка сказок'') (1979): Yuriy Norshteyn's short film was voted by a large international jury to be the greatest animated film of all time at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympiad of Animation and the 2002 Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films.[6][7]
★ ''Toy Story'' (1995) was voted #1 on the Top 100 Animated Features of All Time by the Online Film Critics Society (list published March 2003).[8] ''Toy Story'' was also the first animated movie to be nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the Oscars.
★ ''Toy Story 2'' (1999) is, according to Rotten Tomatoes, the greatest reviewed film of all time [9], and is widely regarded as one of the greatest sequels of all time.
★ ''What's Opera, Doc?'' (1957), directed by Chuck Jones, was voted the greatest animated short of all time in animation historian Jerry Beck's 1994 poll of animators, film historians and directors.
Comedy
★ ''Some Like It Hot'' (1959) was listed Best American Film Comedy by the American Film Institute in June 2000.
★ ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'' (1979) was voted the greatest comedy ever by viewers of Channel 4 in 2005.[10] It also was rated #1 comedy of all time from a poll conducted by Total Film Magazine.
★ ''National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978) was voted #1 on the Bravo list of funniest movies of all time, and was #36 on AFI's "100 Years...100 Laughs".
Concert
★ ''The Last Waltz'' (1978): Martin Scorsese's chronicling of The Band's farewell concert on Thanksgiving Day in 1976. Michael Wilmington of the ''Chicago Tribune'' calls it "The greatest rock concert movie ever made -- and maybe the best rock movie, period." Terry Lawson of the ''Detroit Free Press'' comments that "This is one of the great movie experiences."[11] The review at ''Total Film'' comments "In what is rightly considered the greatest concert film ever shot...."[12] Rolling Stone dubbed it the greatest film about music ever made. All Movie Guide said that the film is "considered to be [one] of the best-looking and sounding rock films ever".[13]
★ ''Stop Making Sense'' (1984): Film critic James Berardinelli wrote that Jonathan Demme's capturing of the Talking Heads in concert was "the best concert film to date when it first came out, and nothing in the past decade-and-a-half has come close to toppling it from that position." Edward Guthmann of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' had similar praise: "Has there ever been a live concert film as vibrant or as brilliantly realized? I don't think so."
Disaster
★ ''The Poseidon Adventure'' (1972) was voted best disaster movie in a poll commissioned by UCI cinemas in May 2004.[14]
Documentary
★ ''Bowling for Columbine'', Michael Moore's controversial documentary relating gun control and the ''culture of fear'' in the United States, heads the list of 20 all-time favorite non-fiction films selected by members of the International Documentary Association (IDA).[15]
★ ''Seven Up!'' was voted as the greatest ever documentary in a Channel 4 poll of the 50 Greatest Documentaries in 2005.
Epic
★ ''Lawrence of Arabia'' was voted best epic by readers of ''Total Film'' in May 2004. In addition, Peter O'Toole's performance as T.E. Lawrence was ranked number one in ''Premiere'' magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Performances of All Time.
High School/Teen Film
★ ''The Breakfast Club'' was included as number one on Entertainment Weekly's list of 50 best high school films of all time in 2006. [16]
★ ''Hairspray'' (2007) was voted the best teen movie of all time by ''Rotten Tomatoes''.[17]
Horror/thriller
★ ''Psycho'' (1960): The Alfred Hitchcock classic tops AFI’s list of the 100 most thrilling American films.
★ ''Halloween'' (1978): Voted best horror film of all time by readers of ''SFX'' magazine in June 2004, also listed on AFI's most thrilling films ever.
★ ''The Exorcist'': Voted scariest movie of all time by ''Entertainment Weekly'' and ''Movies.com'', also listed on AFI's most thrilling films ever.
★ ''The Shining'': Voted scariest movie of all time by Channel 4. [5]
★ ''Jaws'': voted scariest movie moment by ''Bravo'' in 2004.
Musical
★ ''Singin' in the Rain'' tops the American Film Institute's list of the 25 best American musicals of all time.[18]
★ ''West Side Story'' was chosen as the best screen musical by readers of ''The Observer'' in a 2007 poll.[19]
★ ''Grease'' was voted the greatest musical by viewers of Channel 4 in 2003.
Propaganda
★ ''Triumph of the Will'', Leni Riefenstahl's documentary film glorifying Hitler and the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg is widely perceived, renowned, and reviled as the best propaganda film ever,[20] although Riefenstahl asserted she intended it only as a documentary.
Romance
★ ''Casablanca'' is the top film on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions list, which ranks films in which there is "a romantic bond between two or more characters, whose actions and/or intentions provide the heart of the film’s narrative".
★ ''Brokeback Mountain'': Voted the Best film of all time by viewers of AFI's website.
Science fiction
★ '' tops the Online Film Critics Society list of "greatest science fiction films of all time."[21] It is also the only science fiction film to make the Sight and Sound poll for ten best movies.
★ ''Blade Runner'' was voted the best science fiction film by a panel of scientists assembled by the British newspaper ''The Guardian'' in 2004.[22]
★ ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' topped a Rotten Tomatoes poll of the 100 best Science Fiction movies ever made. [23]
★ ''The Matrix'' was voted the greatest science fiction film of the last 25 years by Entertainment Weekly.
Superhero/Comic book adaptations
★ ''Spider-Man 2'' was selected the number one comic-to-cinema adaption in a poll of critics at rottentomatoes.com.[24] and was named as the greatest superhero movie ever made by film critic Roger Ebert.
★ '' was voted greatest comic book film of all time by Empire Magazine.[25]
★ ''Ghost World'' was selected as the best non-superhero comic-to-cinema adaptation in a of critics at rottentomatoes.com.
Sport
★ ''Bull Durham'' was number 1 on the Rotten Tomatoes countdown of the top sports movies.
War
★ ''Saving Private Ryan'' was voted as the greatest war film in a 2005 Channel 4 poll of the 100 greatest war films.
Western
★ ''The Searchers'' was voted the greatest Western of all time by ''Entertainment Weekly''. (See also: films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers above).
In particular countries
Argentina
★ ''The Official Story'' was voted the top film of the 25 Top Best Argentina made movies.
Australia
★ ''Mad Max'': voted the best Australian film ever by the Australian Film Institute. Nominated for four Australian Film Institute Awards.
★ ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'': voted No. 1 of the Top 10 best-ever Australian films at 1995 centenary of Australian cinema.[26]
★ ''Gallipoli'': voted No. 1 on 20 to 1 episode ''Great Aussie Films''
Brazil
★ ''City of God'' (''Cidade de Deus'' in Portuguese) is the highest ranking Brazilian film According to one internet poll. [27] ''Central Station'' (''Central do Brasil'' in Portuguese) placed second.
★ ''Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol'' (English: ''God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun'', also known as ''Black God, White Devil''). An example of Brazilian cinema movement known as Cinema Novo, is considered by many critics to be the best Brazilian movie of all time.[28] It was also named the best Brazilian film from a poll conducted by the Brazilian film magazine ''Contracampo'' (no. 27).[29]
★ Other films that constantly figure in best films lists include: ''Terra em Transe'', ''A Mulher de Todos'', ''São Paulo S/A'', ''Bang Bang'' and ''Limite'' [30]
Canada
★ ''Mon oncle Antoine'': A poll of critics at the 1984 Toronto International Film Festival and again at the 1993 and 2004 festivals named this the greatest Canadian film of all time.
★ ''Jésus de Montréal'': Ranked second on the All Time TIFF list since its release, and a winner of 12 Genie Awards.
★ ''Un Zoo la Nuit'': Winner of the most Genie Awards with 13.
China
★ ''Spring in a Small Town'' (小城之春): This 1948 film was voted the best Chinese film ever made by Hong Kong Film Awards Association in 2005. ''A Better Tomorrow'' (英雄本色) (1986) came in second.
Cuba
★ ''Memorias del Subdesarrollo'' This 1968 film was voted among the best 100 films of all time by Derek Malcolm at The Guardian It was the only Cuban film in the list.
Finland
★ ''The Unknown Soldier'' (''Tuntematon Sotilas'' in Finnish), received seven "Jussi" (Finnish Oscar) statuettes.[31]
France
★ ''Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise)'': Voted "Best French Film of the Century" in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in the late 1990s.
★ ''La Règle du Jeu (The Rules of the Game)'': see films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers
Germany
★ Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's silent film ''Nosferatu'' is regarded by acclaimed German director Werner Herzog as the greatest German movie of all time.[32]
★ ''M'', Fritz Lang's 1931 classic crime film, is currently the highest rated German film in the IMDB top 250 films (rated by users). ''Downfall (Der Untergang)'', a 2004 German World War II epic which depicts the final days of the Third Reich in Adolf Hitler's bunker, is a close second. ''Das Boot'', a 1981 film retelling the story of Unterseeboot 96 (1940) during World War II, places third.
★ According to television channel RTL's show ''Die ultimative Chartshow'', the German population considers Disney's animated feature ''The Jungle Book'' the best movie of all time.[33]
India
★ ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) is the first film of director Satyajit Ray's ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955-1959). It appeared on ''Sight and Sound'' Critics' Top Ten Poll (ranked #9 in 1992) and the ''Village Voice'' 100 Best Films of the 20th Century Critics' Poll (ranked #13 in 2001). It was ranked the top Indian film in an Internet popularity poll conducted by the British Film Institute (BFI) in 2002.
★ ''Sholay'' (1975) was declared the "Film of the Millennium" by BBC India in 2005 . The judges of the 50th annual Filmfare awards called it the best (Indian) film of the last 50 years .
★ ''The Apu Trilogy'', ''Nayakan'' (1987) and ''Pyaasa'' (1957) are the only three Indian films listed in the "All-Time 100 Best Films", as rated by TIME magazine.
Ireland
★ ''The Commitments'' (1991) was voted the best Irish film of all time in a 2005 Jameson Whiskey poll of 10,000 Irish people, with ''My Left Foot'' coming second. 24
Italy
★ ''8½'' – Director Federico Fellini's 1963 film about filmmaking was the highest rated Italian film in the 2002 ''Sight & Sound'' poll of the best films of all time.
★ ''Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief)'' (See: In polls of critics and filmmakers section above.)
★ ''Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)'' (1966) is the highest-ranked non-American film on the IMDB Top 250, where it is listed as the 4th best film ever.
Japan
★ ''Rashomon'' (羅生門): This 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa was the first Japanese film to gain world-wide acclaim. The highest-ranked Japanese film (#10) on the ''Village Voice'' list of 100 Best Films of the 20th Century. It was also the highest-ranked Japanese film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Directors' Top Ten Poll.
★ ''Tokyo Story'' (東京物語 ''Tokyo Monogatari''), 1953. This film by Yasujiro Ozu about an aging couple as they journey from their rural village to visit their two married children in postwar Tokyo was declared the greatest film ever by Halliwell's Film Guide in 2005.[34] It was also the highest-ranked Japanese film on the Sight and Sound 2002 Critics' Top Ten Poll.
★ ''Seven Samurai'' (七人の侍 ''Shichinin no samurai''), 1954: Also by Kurosawa, this period adventure film is frequently cited as the greatest Japanese film ever; it is ranked #10 in the IMDB Top 250 (as of March 2007).
★ Akira Kurosawa's ''Ran'' is listed in the book ''1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die'' as being one of the ten best films ever.
Korea
★ ''Obaltan'' (오발탄): Released in 1960. This film is widely regarded as the best Korean film of all time. It also listed as No.1 in "The Best Korean Films" by Film 2.0 Magazine. [35]
★ ''Oldboy'' (올드보이): This 2003 South Korean film is the highest rated Korean language film on the IMDB top 250 list. It also won the Grand Prix of the jury at Cannes.
Mexico
★ ''Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)'' is the highest rated film in Spanish on IMDb. While this film is set in Spain and primarily features Spanish actors, it was written and produced in Mexico and is considered a Mexican film.
The Netherlands
★ ''Soldaat van Oranje'' (Soldier of Orange - 1977 - Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film ever made in a 2006 internet poll by online film magazine Filmwereld.nl.
★ ''Spoorloos'' (The Vanishing - 1988 - George Sluizer): One of the highest rated Dutch films on IMDb and the highest (and only) on the 1000 greatest films list of the They Shoot Pictures filmsite. [36]
★ ''Turks Fruit'' (Turkish Delight - 1973 - Paul Verhoeven): Voted best Dutch film of the 20th century at the 1999 Netherlands Film Festival.
Norway
★ ''Flåklypa Grand Prix'' (''Pinchcliffe Grand Prix'' - 1975 - Ivo Caprino): The people's choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.[37]
★ ''Ni Liv'' (''Nine Lives'' - 1957 - Arne Skouen): The critics' choice for "Best Norwegian Film of the Century" during the 2005 Bergen International Film Festival.
The Philippines
★ '' (''Manila in the Claws of Neon''): Cited in numerous film anthologies and critical polls.
Russia
★ ''Броненосец Потёмкин (Battleship Potemkin)'': see Films acclaimed by critics and filmakers above.
Sweden
★ ''The Emigrants'' (''Utvandrarna''): Jan Troell's naturalist masterwork is often cited in Sweden as the greatest Swedish film of all-time.
★ ''Persona'': Acclaimed director Ingmar Bergman's movie reached the highest position (#5 in 1972) of any Swedish film on any of Sight & Sound's lists of greatest films of all time.
★ ''The Seventh Seal'', also directed by Ingmar Bergman, is the highest rated Swedish film on the IMDB.
★ ''Sällskapsresan'' (''The Charter Trip'') was voted in the TV program "Folktoppen" as the funniest Swedish film ever made.
Thailand
★ ''Tropical Malady'' ( or ''Sud pralad''), winner of a jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, is the first Thai film to win a prize at any of the "A festivals". It was also the first Thai film to be in the main competition at Cannes. Cannes 2004 > In competition > Sud Pradad
United Kingdom
★ ''Lawrence of Arabia'': voted "best British film of all time" in August of 2004 by a London ''Sunday Telegraph'' poll of Britain's leading filmmakers. (See also: Epic above).
★ ''The Third Man'': Voted best British film ever by members of the British Film Institute in 1999.
★ ''Get Carter'': Named best British film by ''Total Film'' in 2004.
United States
★ ''Citizen Kane'': voted the best American film ever by the American Film Institute. (See also: Films acclaimed by critics and filmmakers section above).
★ See also: ''Casablanca'', ''The Godfather'', ''The Godfather Part II'', ''Goodfellas'', ''Pulp Fiction'', '', and ''The Shawshank Redemption in the Films acclaimed in audience polls section above.
★ See also: ''Ben-Hur'', ''Titanic'', and '' in the Films that have received the most Academy Awards section above.
See also
★ List of highest-grossing films
★ List of highest-grossing films throughout history
★ List of film-related topics
★ Films considered the worst ever
★ List of films preserved in the United States National Film Registry
★ AFI 100 Years... series
★ Television Shows Considered The Greatest Ever
References
★ American Film Institute's ''100 Years, 100 Movies''
★ BFI List of top 100 British movies
★ IMDb Top 250
★ Channel 4 poll: 100 Greatest Films
★ ''Sight and Sound'' magazine best films of all time polls
★ ''Village Voice'' 100 Best films of the 20th century list
★ Links to more lists from:
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★ filmsite.org
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★ bestonly.com
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★ manygoodmovies.com
★ Directory of film websites at films101.com
★ Meta-list compiling over a thousand critic's lists together from theyshootpictures.com
★ Rotten Tomatoes Best Sports Films
Notes
1. Lieblings Filme
2. Greatest.Empireonline.com
3. Total Film Presents the Top 100 Movies of All Time
4. Best Films
5. Total Film Who is the Greatest?
6.
Sweet little mystery
7. Some people consider Yury Norshtein the greatest animator in history
8. [name="OFCS">Top 100 Animated Features of All Time at the Online Film Critics Society website.
9. [2]
10. 50 Greatest Comedy Films vote from channel4.com/film
11. Movie: The Last Wltz
12. The Last Waltz - Total Film
13. Allmovie: The LasztlaW t
14. Poseidon Adventure tops film poll
15. Documentary.com
16. [3]
17. [4]
18. 25 Best Musicals
19. West Side Story Tops Best Movie Musical
20. [6]
21. "''2001: A Space Odyssey'' Named the Greatest Sci-Fi Film of All Time By the Online Film Critics Society"
22. Scientists vote Blade Runner best sci-fi film of all time
23. ET named top Sci-Fi Movie
24. Comix Worst to Best
25. The 20 Greatest Comic Book Movies
26. Hanging Rock
27. http://www.webcine.com.br/melhfiln.htm
28. http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/05/rocha.html
29. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.contracampo.com.br/27/frames.htm&sa=X&oi=translate
30. http://www.revistapaisa.com.br/anteriores/ed9/topslistas.shtm
31. Katsotuimmat kotimaiset elokuvat kautta aikojen
32. Herzog Nosferatu
33. Die ultimative Chartshow
34. [7]
35. [8]
36. TheyShootPictures.com
37. Norsk film i 100
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