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Jeanie Finlay’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    Barbara Kopple · 1976

  2. 2

    Anvil! The Story of Anvil

    Sacha Gervasi · 2008

  3. 3

    A Matter of Life and Death

    Michael Powell · 1946

  4. 4

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    Céline Sciamma · 2019

  5. 5

    All About Eve

    Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1950

  6. 6

    After Life

    Iwao Takahashi · 1998

  7. 7

    Paris Is Burning

    A favorite film · 1990

  8. 8

    Wake in Fright

    Ted Kotcheff · 1971

  9. 9

    Lola Montès

    A favorite film · 1955

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Ten films selected by Jeanie Finlay 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/jeanie-finlay

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
  2. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)
  3. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
  4. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
  5. All About Eve (1950)
  6. After Life (1998)
  7. Paris Is Burning (1990)
  8. Wake in Fright (1971)
  9. Lola Montès (1955)
  10. The Arbor (2010)