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Karim Aïnouz’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder · 1974

  2. 2

    Imitation of Life

    Frank Shaw · 1959

  3. 3

    Hour of the Star

    A favorite film · 1985

  4. 4

    A Song of Love

    A favorite film · 1950

  5. 5

    Red Desert

    Michelangelo Antonioni · 1964

  6. 6

    News from Home

    Chantal Akerman · 1976

  7. 7

    Happy Together

    Wong Kar-wai · 1997

  8. 8

    A Woman Under the Influence

    John Cassavetes · 1974

  9. 9

    The Battle of Algiers

    Gillo Pontecorvo · 1966

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Ten films selected by Karim Aïnouz 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/karim-ainouz

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
  2. Imitation of Life (1959)
  3. Hour of the Star (1985)
  4. A Song of Love (1950)
  5. Red Desert (1964)
  6. News from Home (1976)
  7. Happy Together (1997)
  8. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
  9. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
  10. Titane (2021)