Why Citizen Kane Is Called The Greatest Movie Ever Made

Rotten Tomatoes may not agree, but there are a few good reasons that Orson Welles' debut Citizen Kane is so often called the greatest movie ever

Citizen Kane is often touted as the "greatest movie ever made," but what exactly makes the Orson Welles movie more deserving of this impressive accolade than, for example, Paddington 2? The family film Paddington 2 recently replaced Citizen Kane as the top-rated movie of all time on Rotten Tomatoes, prompting commentators across the internet to debate what (if any) movie deserves to be referred to as "the greatest" in the history of the medium.