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James Curtis’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Citizen Kane

    Orson Welles · 1941

  2. 2

    Our Hospitality

    John G. Blystone · 1923

  3. 3

    Unfaithfully Yours

    A favorite film · 1948

  4. 4

    Inherit the Wind

    Stanley Kramer · 1960

  5. 5

    The 39 Steps

    Alfred Hitchcock · 1935

  6. 6

    Patton

    Franklin J. Schaffner · 1970

  7. 7

    The Bride of Frankenstein

    James Whale · 1935

  8. 8

    The Ladykillers

    Alexander Mackendrick · 1955

  9. 9

    The Night of the Hunter

    Charles Laughton · 1955

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Ten films selected by James Curtis 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/james-curtis

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Citizen Kane (1941)
  2. Our Hospitality (1923)
  3. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
  4. Inherit the Wind (1960)
  5. The 39 Steps (1935)
  6. Patton (1970)
  7. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  8. The Ladykillers (1955)
  9. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  10. Ace in the Hole (1951)