Film critics pick the 50 best movies of all time

From film critics Gail Kinn and Jim Piazza's new book 'The Greatest Movies Ever,' their picks for the 50 greatest films

46. '8 1/2'

"A gush of visual astonishments await as we journey through the mind of a genius who's essentially psychoanalyzing himself," the critics wrote of the 1963 film by Federico Fellini. "More than a little like dreaming with your eyes open."

The movie was later the basis for the Tony Award-winning musical "Nine," which was adapted as a film in 2009.

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