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Steve Barron’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Kes

    Ken Loach · 1969

  2. 2

    Midnight Cowboy

    John Schlesinger · 1969

  3. 3

    The Act of Killing

    Joshua Oppenheimer · 2012

  4. 4

    Whistle Down the Wind

    Bryan Forbes · 1961

  5. 5

    Nights of Cabiria

    Federico Fellini · 1957

  6. 6

    Citizen Kane

    Orson Welles · 1941

  7. 7

    This Is Spinal Tap

    Rob Reiner · 1984

  8. 8

    The Shining

    Stanley Kubrick · 1980

  9. 9

    Singin' in the Rain

    Gene Kelly · 1952

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Ten films selected by Steve Barron 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/steve-barron

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Kes (1969)
  2. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  3. The Act of Killing (2012)
  4. Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
  5. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  6. Citizen Kane (1941)
  7. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  8. The Shining (1980)
  9. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  10. Jean de Florette (1986)