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John Paizs’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Stanley Kubrick · 1968

  2. 2

    Pinocchio

    Hamilton Luske · 1940

  3. 3

    The Godfather: Part II

    Francis Ford Coppola · 1974

  4. 4

    Persona

    Ingmar Bergman · 1966

  5. 5

    Citizen Kane

    Orson Welles · 1941

  6. 6

    8½

    Federico Fellini · 1963

  7. 7

    Psycho

    Alfred Hitchcock · 1960

  8. 8

    Cléo from 5 to 7

    Agnès Varda · 1962

  9. 9

    It's a Wonderful Life

    Frank Capra · 1946

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Ten films selected by John Paizs 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/john-paizs

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  2. Pinocchio (1940)
  3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  4. Persona (1966)
  5. Citizen Kane (1941)
  6. 8½ (1963)
  7. Psycho (1960)
  8. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
  9. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  10. Rashomon (1950)