Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)
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Broadcast News
James L. Brooks · 1987
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Hoop Dreams
Steve James · 1994
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GoodFellas
Martin Scorsese · 1990
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Ordinary People
Robert Redford · 1980
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The Graduate
Mike Nichols · 1967
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Eve's Bayou
Kasi Lemmons · 1997
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Out of Sight
Steven Soderbergh · 1998
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12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen · 2013
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The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola · 1972