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David Thompson’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    L'Atalante

    A favorite film · 1934

  2. 2

    The Rules of the Game

    Jean Renoir · 1939

  3. 3

    8½

    Federico Fellini · 1963

  4. 4

    Pandora's Box

    G.W. Pabst · 1929

  5. 5

    Goto, Island of Love

    Walerian Borowczyk · 1969

  6. 6

    The Conformist

    Bernardo Bertolucci · 1970

  7. 7

    À Nos Amours

    Maurice Pialat · 1983

  8. 8

    Bad Timing

    Nicolas Roeg · 1980

  9. 9

    Persona

    Ingmar Bergman · 1966

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Ten films selected by David Thompson 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/david-thompson

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. L'Atalante (1934)
  2. The Rules of the Game (1939)
  3. 8½ (1963)
  4. Pandora's Box (1929)
  5. Goto, Island of Love (1969)
  6. The Conformist (1970)
  7. À Nos Amours (1983)
  8. Bad Timing (1980)
  9. Persona (1966)
  10. Touki Bouki (1973)