fav tings

Jemma Desai’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Vagabond

    Agnès Varda · 1985

  2. 2

    Girlfriends

    Claudia Weill · 1978

  3. 3

    Mississippi Masala

    Mira Nair · 1991

  4. 4

    Tongues Untied

    A favorite film · 1989

  5. 5

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles

    A favorite film · 1975

  6. 6

    Babylon

    A favorite film · 1980

  7. 7

    Burning an Illusion

    Menelik Shabazz · 1981

  8. 8

    Suzanne, Suzanne

    Camille Billops · 1982

  9. 9

    Report to Mother

    A favorite film · 1986

Popular picks

Loading popular picks…

Share a list of your own

Create a collection or make a board with these picks.

Create a collectionMake a board from this collection
Browse collections
About this collection10 items

Ten films selected by Jemma Desai 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/jemma-desai

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Vagabond (1985)
  2. Girlfriends (1978)
  3. Mississippi Masala (1991)
  4. Tongues Untied (1989)
  5. Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
  6. Babylon (1980)
  7. Burning an Illusion (1981)
  8. Suzanne, Suzanne (1982)
  9. Report to Mother (1986)
  10. The Stuart Hall Project (2013)