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Rama Thiaw’s Sight and Sound Ballot (2022)

  1. 1

    Touki Bouki

    A favorite film · 1973

  2. 2

    Ugetsu

    A favorite film · 1953

  3. 3

    Head-On

    Fatih Akın · 2004

  4. 4

    All About Eve

    Joseph L. Mankiewicz · 1950

  5. 5

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Stanley Kubrick · 1968

  6. 6

    Apocalypse Now

    Francis Ford Coppola · 1979

  7. 7

    Malcolm X

    Spike Lee · 1992

  8. 8

    GoodFellas

    Martin Scorsese · 1990

  9. 9

    Handsworth Songs

    John Akomfrah · 1986

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Ten films selected by Rama Thiaw 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/rama-thiaw

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Touki Bouki (1973)
  2. Ugetsu (1953)
  3. Head-On (2004)
  4. All About Eve (1950)
  5. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  6. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  7. Malcolm X (1992)
  8. GoodFellas (1990)
  9. Handsworth Songs (1986)
  10. The Act of Killing (2012)