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Paul Kelly’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    The 400 Blows

    François Truffaut · 1959

  2. 2

    The Apartment

    Billy Wilder · 1960

  3. 3

    Billy Liar

    John Schlesinger · 1963

  4. 4

    The Deer Hunter

    Michael Cimino · 1978

  5. 5

    The Graduate

    Mike Nichols · 1967

  6. 6

    Kes

    Ken Loach · 1969

  7. 7

    Midnight Cowboy

    John Schlesinger · 1969

  8. 8

    The Servant

    Joseph Losey · 1963

  9. 9

    Taxi Driver

    Martin Scorsese · 1976

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Ten films selected by Paul Kelly 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/paul-kelly

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. The 400 Blows (1959)
  2. The Apartment (1960)
  3. Billy Liar (1963)
  4. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  5. The Graduate (1967)
  6. Kes (1969)
  7. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  8. The Servant (1963)
  9. Taxi Driver (1976)
  10. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)