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Alison Strauss’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    The Parson's Widow

    Carl Theodor Dreyer · 1920

  2. 2

    Bringing Up Baby

    Howard Hawks · 1938

  3. 3

    I Know Where I'm Going!

    Michael Powell · 1945

  4. 4

    The Night of the Hunter

    Charles Laughton · 1955

  5. 5

    The Red Balloon

    Albert Lamorisse · 1956

  6. 6

    The Spirit of the Beehive

    A favorite film · 1973

  7. 7

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Steven Spielberg · 1981

  8. 8

    Fanny & Alexander

    Ingmar Bergman · 1982

  9. 9

    The Piano

    Jane Campion · 1993

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Ten films selected by Alison Strauss 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/alison-strauss

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. The Parson's Widow (1920)
  2. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
  3. I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
  4. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  5. The Red Balloon (1956)
  6. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
  7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  8. Fanny & Alexander (1982)
  9. The Piano (1993)
  10. Mary and Max (2009)