Citizen Kane voted top American film

Legendary 1941 drama Citizen Kane has been named as the best American film ever in a recent poll, it has been announced.

The 100 Years 100 Movies poll took place ten years after the American Film Institute's first ballot to find the greatest movies of all time - and Citizen Kane pipped The Godfather to the post to be voted number one.

War romance Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, was named as the third most popular film, while Raging Bull and Singin' in the Rain were placed at numbers four and five respectively.

The most recent picture in the top ten was Schindler's List, Steven Spielberg's powerful adaptation of Thomas Keneally's novel. The film reached number eight in the poll, behind Gone With The Wind and Lawrence Of Arabia.

Finally, voters named Alfred Hitchcock's chilling Vertigo at number nine and classic fairytale The Wizard Of Oz at number ten.

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