"The Godfather Part II" was featured on "Sight & Sound"s Director's list of the ten greatest films of all time in 1992 and 2002 (where it was ranked at No. 2. The critics ranked it at No. 4) On the 2012 list by the same magazine the film was ranked at No. 31 by critics and at No. 30 by directors. It ranked No. 7 on "Entertainment Weekly"s list of the "100 Greatest Movies of All Time", and #1 on "TV Guide"s 1998 list of the "50 Greatest Movies of All Time on TV and Video". On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 98% approval rating based on 85 reviews, with an average rating of 9.70/10. The consensus reads, "Drawing on strong performances by Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, Francis Ford Coppola's continuation of Mario Puzo's Mafia saga set new standards for sequels that have yet to be matched or broken." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 90 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". In 2015, it was tenth in the BBC's list of the 100 greatest American films.