"the godfather" was chosen to be part of the national film registry by the library of congress in 1990. the film is on several lists of the american film institute. it is number 3 in afi's 100 years...100 movies, number 11 in afi's 100 years...100 thrills, number 5 in afi's 100 years of film scores and number 1 in afi's 10 top 10 gangster film. in "sight &amp; sound" director's poll, the film got 6th place in 1992, 2nd place in 2002 and 7th place in 2012. in a 1998 "time out" poll, the film was ranked the best movie ever. in 1999, "entertainment weekly" named the film the best of all time. the national society of film critics voted the film no. 39 out of the top 100 essential movies. "time" magazine named the film one of the top 100 films of all time. the film got second place in bbc's 100 greatest american films list.