The Rules of the Game
Atkinson participated in the 2012 "Sight &amp; Sound" critics' poll, where he listed his ten favorite films as follows: "Aguirre, The Wrath of God", "L'Atalante", "Blue Velvet", "Céline and Julie Go Boating", "Citizen Kane", "Late Spring", "A Man Escaped", "Pierrot Le Fou", "The Rules of the Game", and "Sherlock Jr.".