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Isamu Hirabayashi’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Stanley Kubrick · 1968

  2. 2

    The Ballad of Narayama

    A favorite film · 1983

  3. 3

    Dancer in the Dark

    Anders Refn · 2000

  4. 4

    The Elephant Man

    David Lynch · 1980

  5. 5

    Rashomon

    Akira Kurosawa · 1950

  6. 6

    Spirited Away

    Hayao Miyazaki · 2001

  7. 7

    The Turin Horse

    A favorite film · 2011

  8. 8

    Hard to Be a God

    A favorite film · 2013

  9. 9

    Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

    A favorite film · 2010

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Ten films selected by Isamu Hirabayashi 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/isamu-hirabayashi

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  2. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
  3. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
  4. The Elephant Man (1980)
  5. Rashomon (1950)
  6. Spirited Away (2001)
  7. The Turin Horse (2011)
  8. Hard to Be a God (2013)
  9. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
  10. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)