Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Citizen Kane bụ ihe nkiri ihe nkiri America nke 1941 nke Orson Welles mepụtara ma duzie. O sokwa Herman J. Mankiewicz dee ihe nkiri ahụ. Ihe nkiri ahụ bụ ihe nkiri mbụ Welles mere. Ọtụtụ ndị nkatọ na ndị ọkachamara na-ele ya anya dị ka ihe nkiri kachasị mma e meworo, "Citizen Kane" ka a họpụtara dị ka nọmba 1 na ise nke British Film Institute "Sight &amp; Sound" ntuli aka nke ndị nkatọ, ọ na-ebute ụzọ na American Film Institute's 100 Years... Ndepụta 100 Movies na 1998, yana mmelite ya na 2007. A họpụtara maka
Academy Awards na edemede itoolu, ọ meriri Academy Award maka Best Writing (Original Screenplay) nke Mankiewicz na Welles dere. A na-eto "Citizen Kane" maka ihe nkiri Gregg Toland, nhazi nke Robert Wise, egwu nke Bernard Herrmann, na usoro ịkọ akụkọ ya, nke a na-ewere dị ka ihe ọhụrụ na nke mbụ.