The American Film Institute ranked "Lawrence of Arabia" 5th in its original and 7th in its updated 100 Years...100 Movies lists and first in its list of the greatest American films of the "epic" genre. In 1991, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 1999, the film placed third in the British Film Institute's poll of the best British films of the 20th century, and in 2001 the magazine "Total Film" called it "as shockingly beautiful and hugely intelligent as any film ever made" and "faultless". It was ranked in the top ten films of all time in the 2002 "Sight & Sound" directors' poll. In 2004, it was voted the best British film of all time by over 200 respondents in a "Sunday Telegraph" poll of Britain's leading filmmakers. Additionally, O'Toole's performance is often considered one of the greatest in all of cinema, topping lists from both "Entertainment Weekly" and "Premiere". T. E. Lawrence, portrayed by O'Toole, was selected as the tenth-greatest hero in cinema history by the American Film Institute.