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Chaitanya Tamhane’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Stanley Kubrick · 1968

  2. 2

    8½

    Federico Fellini · 1963

  3. 3

    Close-Up

    A favorite film · 1990

  4. 4

    Underground

    Emir Kusturica · 1995

  5. 5

    You, the Living

    Roy Andersson · 2007

  6. 6

    Rashomon

    Akira Kurosawa · 1950

  7. 7

    Pather Panchali

    Satyajit Ray · 1955

  8. 8

    Sherlock, Jr.

    Buster Keaton · 1924

  9. 9

    Modern Times

    Charlie Chaplin · 1936

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Ten films selected by Chaitanya Tamhane 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/chaitanya-tamhane

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  2. 8½ (1963)
  3. Close-Up (1990)
  4. Underground (1995)
  5. You, the Living (2007)
  6. Rashomon (1950)
  7. Pather Panchali (1955)
  8. Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
  9. Modern Times (1936)
  10. The Act of Killing (2012)