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Benny Safdie’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Requiem for a Heavyweight

    Ralph Nelson · 1962

  2. 2

    A Man Escaped

    Robert Bresson · 1956

  3. 3

    Husbands

    John Cassavetes · 1970

  4. 4

    It's a Wonderful Life

    Frank Capra · 1946

  5. 5

    Alice in the Cities

    Wim Wenders · 1974

  6. 6

    Taxi Driver

    Martin Scorsese · 1976

  7. 7

    Bicycle Thieves

    Vittorio De Sica · 1948

  8. 8

    The French Connection

    William Friedkin · 1971

  9. 9

    High School

    Frederick Wiseman · 1968

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Ten films selected by Benny Safdie for Sight and Sound’s 2022 directors’ 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/benny-safdie

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
  2. A Man Escaped (1956)
  3. Husbands (1970)
  4. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  5. Alice in the Cities (1974)
  6. Taxi Driver (1976)
  7. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
  8. The French Connection (1971)
  9. High School (1968)
  10. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)