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Laura Waddington’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Tokyo Story

    Yasujirô Ozu · 1953

  2. 2

    Sansho the Bailiff

    A favorite film · 1954

  3. 3

    The Spirit of the Beehive

    A favorite film · 1973

  4. 4

    Rome, Open City

    Roberto Rossellini · 1945

  5. 5

    The Passion of Joan of Arc

    Carl Theodor Dreyer · 1928

  6. 6

    Close-Up

    A favorite film · 1990

  7. 7

    Au Hasard Balthazar

    Robert Bresson · 1966

  8. 8

    Mirror

    Andrei Tarkovsky · 1975

  9. 9

    Spring in a Small Town

    A favorite film · 1948

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Ten films selected by Laura Waddington 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/laura-waddington

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Tokyo Story (1953)
  2. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
  3. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
  4. Rome, Open City (1945)
  5. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  6. Close-Up (1990)
  7. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
  8. Mirror (1975)
  9. Spring in a Small Town (1948)
  10. Chile: Obstinate Memory (1997)