around the world. The film was voted at No. 12 on the list of The 100 greatest comedies of all time by a poll of 253 film critics from 52 countries conducted by the BBC in 2017. In 2021 the film ranked 49th on Time Out magazine's list of The 100 best movies of all time. Restoration A digitally restored version of the film was released in 2003. The French company MK2 searched the world for good copies of the original footage, cut them together and processed each of the 126,000 frames, removing scratches and dust, and ensuring optimal image stability and balanced black and white tone levels. The restored version was first shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003. See also Fordism List of United States comedy films List of films featuring surveillance References External links Modern Times essay at the National Film Registry Filmsite Modern Times page Movie stills and bibliography Tour of Modern Times filming locations Modern Times: Exit the Tramp essay by Saul Austerlitz at the Criterion Collection Modern Times essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies at the National Film Registry (p. 238-240) 1936 films American black-and-white films 1930s satirical films Films directed by Charlie Chaplin 1930s romantic comedy-drama films American satirical films United States National Film Registry films Fictional-language films American romantic comedy-drama films Great Depression films Roller skating films Films about technological impact Films set in department stores Works about the Industrial Revolution Modernity Films set in factories 1936 comedy films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films