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Benjamin Mercer’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Stanley Kubrick · 1968

  2. 2

    Andrei Rublev

    Andrei Tarkovsky · 1966

  3. 3

    The Ascent

    A favorite film · 1977

  4. 4

    Close-Up

    A favorite film · 1990

  5. 5

    The Duchess of Langeais

    Jacques Rivette · 2007

  6. 6

    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    Werner Herzog · 1974

  7. 7

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    A favorite film · 1948

  8. 8

    Nashville

    Robert Altman · 1975

  9. 9

    PlayTime

    Jacques Tati · 1967

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Ten films selected by Benjamin Mercer 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/benjamin-mercer

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  2. Andrei Rublev (1966)
  3. The Ascent (1977)
  4. Close-Up (1990)
  5. The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
  6. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
  7. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
  8. Nashville (1975)
  9. PlayTime (1967)
  10. Ugetsu (1953)