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Margaret Smith’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Man with a Movie Camera

    A favorite film · 1929

  2. 2

    Singin' in the Rain

    Gene Kelly · 1952

  3. 3

    Cléo from 5 to 7

    Agnès Varda · 1962

  4. 4

    Citizen Kane

    Orson Welles · 1941

  5. 5

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

    Jacques Demy · 1964

  6. 6

    His Girl Friday

    Howard Hawks · 1940

  7. 7

    It's a Wonderful Life

    Frank Capra · 1946

  8. 8

    Grand Illusion

    Jean Renoir · 1937

  9. 9

    Un Chien Andalou

    A favorite film · 1929

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Ten films selected by Margaret Smith 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/margaret-smith

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
  2. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  3. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
  4. Citizen Kane (1941)
  5. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
  6. His Girl Friday (1940)
  7. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  8. Grand Illusion (1937)
  9. Un Chien Andalou (1929)
  10. Pandora's Box (1929)