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Frederick Wiseman’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    A Day at the Races

    Sam Wood · 1937

  2. 2

    A Night at the Opera

    Sam Wood · 1935

  3. 3

    Duck Soup

    Leo McCarey · 1933

  4. 4

    Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

    A favorite film · 1988

  5. 5

    Paths of Glory

    Stanley Kubrick · 1957

  6. 6

    Modern Times

    Charlie Chaplin · 1936

  7. 7

    La Strada

    Federico Fellini · 1954

  8. 8

    The Dentist

    Leslie Pearce · 1932

  9. 9

    Grand Illusion

    Jean Renoir · 1937

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Ten films selected by Frederick Wiseman 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/frederick-wiseman

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. A Day at the Races (1937)
  2. A Night at the Opera (1935)
  3. Duck Soup (1933)
  4. Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
  5. Paths of Glory (1957)
  6. Modern Times (1936)
  7. La Strada (1954)
  8. The Dentist (1932)
  9. Grand Illusion (1937)
  10. The Gold Rush (1925)