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John Wrathall’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    A Canterbury Tale

    Michael Powell · 1944

  2. 2

    The Searchers

    John Ford · 1956

  3. 3

    Sweet Smell of Success

    Alexander Mackendrick · 1957

  4. 4

    Point Blank

    John Boorman · 1967

  5. 5

    Chinatown

    Roman Polanski · 1974

  6. 6

    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    Martin Scorsese · 1974

  7. 7

    The Last of the Mohicans

    Michael Mann · 1992

  8. 8

    Children of Men

    Liz West · 2006

  9. 9

    Little Miss Sunshine

    Jonathan Dayton · 2006

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Ten films selected by John Wrathall for Sight and Sound’s 2022 critics’ poll of the Greatest Films of All Time.

Films appear in the order BFI lists them on the ballot page; the ballot does not rank them.

Source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/john-wrathall

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
  2. The Searchers (1956)
  3. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
  4. Point Blank (1967)
  5. Chinatown (1974)
  6. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
  7. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
  8. Children of Men (2006)
  9. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
  10. Quo vadis, Aida? (2021)