Citizen Kane is on my top 10, but for the sake of pure enjoyability, Casablanca beats it. For peripheral characters, especially Louis, Ilsa, and Sam, Casablanca wins again. The acting was perfect, there wasn't a bad performance in the whole film. There wasn't even a mediocre one. For having the best AND most memorable lines of any movie EVER, it deserves its accepted title as the greatest Hollywood movie ever. And you have to remember, it's being made during the war, so it has a great amount of social relevance. If you want to look for deeper meanings, there are metaphorical characters throughout, starting with Rick. It's the ideal film. A lot of people would argue that CK was, too, but I never enjoyed watching it to the same extent.
J.D.'s Hall of Fame for Stupid Posts:
''mad trix is a gay name. go with the k2's.'' -Linepunk
''Dude, Americans or Canadians didn't invent english, the British dudes did.'' -Chauncy
''Gay people are fags'' -Atlantaski
''dude i am literat i just cant spell worth shit u got prob with it bitch'' -Bridgerbowlskier
''Gay marriages are gay.'' -SUpilot
'if it werent for women, i wouldnt have to wear condoms' -Hucksterjibber