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Matt Johnson’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Doctor Zhivago

    David Lean · 1965

  2. 2

    Brief Encounter

    David Lean · 1945

  3. 3

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    David Lean · 1957

  4. 4

    Rushmore

    Wes Anderson · 1998

  5. 5

    Crumb

    Terry Zwigoff · 1994

  6. 6

    The Talented Mr. Ripley

    Anthony Minghella · 1999

  7. 7

    Sweet Smell of Success

    Alexander Mackendrick · 1957

  8. 8

    F for Fake

    Orson Welles · 1973

  9. 9

    The Empire Strikes Back

    Irvin Kershner · 1980

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Ten films selected by Matt Johnson 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/matt-johnson

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  2. Brief Encounter (1945)
  3. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  4. Rushmore (1998)
  5. Crumb (1994)
  6. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
  7. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
  8. F for Fake (1973)
  9. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  10. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)