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J Hoberman’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Au Hasard Balthazar

    Robert Bresson · 1966

  2. 2

    The Blood of Jesus

    Spencer Williams · 1941

  3. 3

    Flaming Creatures

    Jack Smith · 1963

  4. 4

    In the Street

    James Agee · 1948

  5. 5

    Man with a Movie Camera

    A favorite film · 1929

  6. 6

    News from Home

    Chantal Akerman · 1976

  7. 7

    Pather Panchali

    Satyajit Ray · 1955

  8. 8

    Rose Hobart

    Joseph Cornell · 1936

  9. 9

    The Rules of the Game

    Jean Renoir · 1939

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Ten films selected by J Hoberman 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/j-hoberman

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
  2. The Blood of Jesus (1941)
  3. Flaming Creatures (1963)
  4. In the Street (1948)
  5. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
  6. News from Home (1976)
  7. Pather Panchali (1955)
  8. Rose Hobart (1936)
  9. The Rules of the Game (1939)
  10. Shoah (1985)