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Michael Newton’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Seven Samurai

    Akira Kurosawa · 1954

  2. 2

    Three Colours: Red

    Krzysztof Kieślowski · 1994

  3. 3

    Nights of Cabiria

    Federico Fellini · 1957

  4. 4

    Bicycle Thieves

    Vittorio De Sica · 1948

  5. 5

    Children of Paradise

    Marcel Carné · 1945

  6. 6

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    Michael Powell · 1943

  7. 7

    Charade

    Stanley Donen · 1963

  8. 8

    It's a Wonderful Life

    Frank Capra · 1946

  9. 9

    The Third Man

    Carol Reed · 1949

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Ten films selected by Michael Newton 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/michael-newton

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Seven Samurai (1954)
  2. Three Colours: Red (1994)
  3. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  4. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
  5. Children of Paradise (1945)
  6. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
  7. Charade (1963)
  8. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  9. The Third Man (1949)
  10. The Apartment (1960)