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John Semley’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Police Story

    Jackie Chan · 1985

  2. 2

    Chinese Roulette

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder · 1976

  3. 3

    Psycho

    Alfred Hitchcock · 1960

  4. 4

    Mulholland Dr.

    David Lynch · 2001

  5. 5

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    John Ford · 1962

  6. 6

    High and Low

    Akira Kurosawa · 1963

  7. 7

    Days of Heaven

    Terrence Malick · 1978

  8. 8

    Pickpocket

    Robert Bresson · 1959

  9. 9

    Escape from New York

    John Carpenter · 1981

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Ten films selected by John Semley for Sight and Sound’s 2022 critics’ 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-semley

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Police Story (1985)
  2. Chinese Roulette (1976)
  3. Psycho (1960)
  4. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
  5. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  6. High and Low (1963)
  7. Days of Heaven (1978)
  8. Pickpocket (1959)
  9. Escape from New York (1981)
  10. Waiting for Guffman (1996)