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James Quandt’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    L'Argent

    Robert Bresson · 1983

  2. 2

    A City of Sadness

    Hsiao-Hsien Hou · 1989

  3. 3

    Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder · 1974

  4. 4

    Gertrud

    A favorite film · 1964

  5. 5

    Muriel, or the Time of Return

    Alain Resnais · 1963

  6. 6

    The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

    Roberto Rossellini · 1966

  7. 7

    The Headless Woman

    Lucrecia Martel · 2008

  8. 8

    Sicilia!

    A favorite film · 1999

  9. 9

    Late Spring

    Buichi Saito · 1949

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Ten films selected by James Quandt 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/james-quandt

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. L'Argent (1983)
  2. A City of Sadness (1989)
  3. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
  4. Gertrud (1964)
  5. Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
  6. The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
  7. The Headless Woman (2008)
  8. Sicilia! (1999)
  9. Late Spring (1949)
  10. Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)