An acrylic film comprising: a) from 70% to 99%, by weight based on the weight of said film, multi-stage acrylic polymer prepared by emulsion polymerization in which two or more different compositions are polymerized sequentially and including at least 70%, by weight based on the polymer weight, as copolymerized units, of monomers selected from the acids, esters, amides, and nitriles of acrylic or methacrylic acid, said multi-stage acrylic polymer comprising: i) from 10% to 75% by weight, based on the weight of said multi-stage polymer, first polymer comprising, as copolymerized units, from 0% to 20% by weight, based on the weight of said first polymer, C 1 -C 6 alkyl methacrylate, said methacrylate having a homopolymer glass transition temperature ("Tg") of from 60°C to 120°C and from 80% to 100% by weight, based on the weight of said first polymer, C 1 -C 12 alkyl acrylate, said acrylate having a homopolymer Tg of lower than 10°C; and ii) from 25% to 90% by weight, based on the weight of said multi-stage polymer, second polymer formed in the presence of said first polymer comprising, as copolymerized units, from 50% to 100% by weight, based on the weight of said second polymer, C 1 -C 6 alkyl methacrylate, said methacrylate having a homopolymer glass transition temperature ("Tg") of from 60°C to 120°C; from 0% to 20% by weight, based on the weight of said second polymer, C 1 -C 12 alkyl acrylate, said acrylate having a homopolymer Tg of lower than 10°C, and from 0% to 30% by weight, based on the weight of said second polymer, of a polymer having a homopolymer Tg of higher than 120°C; and b) from 1% to 20%, by weight based on the weight of said film, pigment. a) from 70% to 99%, by weight based on the weight of said film, multi-stage acrylic polymer prepared by emulsion polymerization in which two or more different compositions are polymerized sequentially and including at least 70%, by weight based on the polymer weight, as copolymerized units, of monomers selected from the acids, esters, amides, and nitriles of acrylic or methacrylic acid, said multi-stage acrylic polymer comprising: i) from 10% to 75% by weight, based on the weight of said multi-stage polymer, first polymer comprising, as copolymerized units, from 0% to 20% by weight, based on the weight of said first polymer, C 1 -C 6 alkyl methacrylate, said methacrylate having a homopolymer glass transition temperature ("Tg") of from 60°C to 120°C and from 80% to 100% by weight, based on the weight of said first polymer, C 1 -C 12 alkyl acrylate, said acrylate having a homopolymer Tg of lower than 10°C; and ii) from 25% to 90% by weight, based on the weight of said multi-stage polymer, second polymer formed in the presence of said first polymer comprising, as copolymerized units, from 50% to 100% by weight, based on the weight of said second polymer, C 1 -C 6 alkyl methacrylate, said methacrylate having a homopolymer glass transition temperature ("Tg") of from 60°C to 120°C; from 0% to 20% by weight, based on the weight of said second polymer, C 1 -C 12 alkyl acrylate, said acrylate having a homopolymer Tg of lower than 10°C, and from 0% to 30% by weight, based on the weight of said second polymer, of a polymer having a homopolymer Tg of higher than 120°C; and i) from 10% to 75% by weight, based on the weight of said multi-stage polymer, first polymer comprising, as copolymerized units, from 0% to 20% by weight, based on the weight of said first polymer, C 1 -C 6 alkyl methacrylate, said methacrylate having a homopolymer glass transition temperature ("Tg") of from 60°C to 120°C and from 80% to 100% by weight, based on the weight of said first polymer, C 1 -C 12 alkyl acrylate, said acrylate having a homopolymer Tg of lower than 10°C; and ii) from 25% to 90% by weight, based on the weight of said multi-stage polymer, second polymer formed in the presence of said first polymer comprising, as copolymerized units, from 50% to 100% by weight, based on the weight of said second polymer, C 1 -C 6 alkyl methacrylate, said methacrylate having a homopolymer glass transition temperature ("Tg") of from 60°C to 120°C; from 0% to 20% by weight, based on the weight of said second polymer, C 1 -C 12 alkyl acrylate, said acrylate having a homopolymer Tg of lower than 10°C, and from 0% to 30% by weight, based on the weight of said second polymer, of a polymer having a homopolymer Tg of higher than 120°C; b) from 1% to 20%, by weight based on the weight of said film, pigment.