# 2022 Sight & Sound List - Greatest Films of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 2, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930 "2022-12-02T19:00:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/1 "2022-12-02T19:00:14Z")
I’m sure there will be no controversy over this list (the good news is that it isn’t one of those damnable slide shows) > **[The Greatest Films of All Time](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time)** > > In 1952, the Sight and Sound team had the novel idea of asking critics to name the greatest films of all time. The tradition became decennial, increasing in size and prestige as the decades passed. > The Sight and Sound poll is now a major... I’ve seen about half of the movies on the list. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/2 "2022-12-02T20:37:10Z")
Cool. I like lists that give me something I haven’t seen before. I like that _Daisies_ was on the list. I don’t know anyone else who’s seen it, but I loved it. I like how _Meshes of the Afternoon_ was described. It’s a movie that transports me back to my earliest memories. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/3 "2022-12-02T20:52:09Z")
So surely mostly of you have seen the Number 1 film on that list (one I’ve never heard of): Jeanne Dielman 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gXG4PG55q_Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXG4PG55q_Y) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/4 "2022-12-02T21:00:04Z")
No _King Kong_ (1933)? No _kaiju_ at all! Fuck that shit! While there are many choices here I might agree or disagree with, I personally subscribe to the notion that any “Greatest Films of All Time” list that includes _Celine and Julie Go Boating_ automatically disqualifies itself from serious consideration. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/5 "2022-12-02T21:05:34Z")
So happy to see Tati’s _Playtime_ on the list. I’m ready to see it again right now. (And Tati for best actor too!) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/6 "2022-12-02T21:10:42Z")
Did you know there is a statue of Tati and Dacky in Paris? ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/7 "2022-12-02T21:57:01Z")
No “Chinatown.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/8 "2022-12-02T22:00:50Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > So surely mostly of you have seen the Number 1 film on that list (one I’ve never heard of): Me either. Never seen it. Never heard of it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/9 "2022-12-02T22:05:09Z")
No _Pulp Fiction_? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/10 "2022-12-02T22:45:54Z")
Godfather makes it to #12, but Godfather Part II, a better film, isn’t even on the list? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/11 "2022-12-02T22:48:56Z")
I would guess they have a maximum of one film per series: are there are any other similar situations on the list? ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/12 "2022-12-03T01:30:50Z")
Sure; e.g. they only list _Pather Panchali_ rather than the entire trilogy. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/13 "2022-12-03T01:55:53Z")
_Barry Lyndon_? Come on. I mean, I have only seen a small fragment, which was enough to convince that I did not want to see all of it. Beautifully filmed, yes, but is that enough? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/14 "2022-12-03T02:15:48Z")
Yes, that made me very happy as well. The first time I saw it I had the good fortune to view a new 70mm print of it. It was a delight. A lot of films I’m very happy to see on that list (The General & Sherlock Jr.!) even if there is nothing by Jean-Pierre Melville. I was surprised how many I’ve actually seen too. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/15 "2022-12-03T02:39:16Z")
You might like the Director’s Poll of the 100 Greatest Films which has both: > **[Directors’ 100 Greatest Films of All Time](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time)** > > Every decade since 1992, Sight and Sound has complemented its celebrated critics’ poll by formally sounding out the world’s leading directors on the ten films they believe to be the greatest of all time. > > Though it has always been global and... This seems to have more well known films than the Critics List. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/16 "2022-12-03T02:59:35Z")
I have seen exactly 1 1/2 of these films. I’m not sure if that makes me uncultured swine or if it means the critics are out of touch with popular film. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/17 "2022-12-03T03:01:21Z")
I like the director’s list better. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/18 "2022-12-03T09:49:34Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > I would guess they have a maximum of one film per series And you’d be wrong. [NYTimes gift link](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/01/movies/jeanne-dielman-greatest-film-of-all-time-sight-and-sound-poll.html?unlocked_article_code=6rsyPrEaDg4EPqAFUE2uOJRzH3Jmx_omLfM9hC3X_bZyJ6EBP2SCRnlzi-8dxooRaLIskj5bQNumFxN-DFkzAWd_las8edhxkPN55hmElRqx4O5JvH6bwQERuSxm3NMq2b-8JIVeSgidFYSlg3FQxG60Z9FeqVhRH-4r4FMs1vx-kVJGoYpbugQbOoI_GguXt1wtuib1cpUGh-qIyjnTEik18WnaHid87X_ug1nE0fKFVbb9UaCMEzURrQ_72Mdr2o70yeVR9iZUFvVWcQizfNDJloATocDdsaYEDjOOIA0lhssU4TXuvzvJ_yfDg9ml_toxF53sr129HHKyOi18zDeouGyW5gXl6_151beDb_oHJeffIMmW97xsXwxtKOJyR6lsVpOB&smid=share-url) > [@](#): > > To create the list, five Sight and Sound editors and associates asked respondents to select what they considered to be the 10 greatest films of all time, with the definition of “greatness” left to the respondent’s discretion. The lists were unranked — each of the 10 films received one vote. The editors then used software to rank all submitted films by the total number of votes. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/19 "2022-12-03T12:20:40Z")
I was all set to come in here and flaunt that I have seen most of them, but alas, I’ve only seen 33 of the 100. This is good new though. There is much still to be explored. Happy to see Get Out and Rear Window on there. My list would include Pulp Fiction, Schindler’s List, To Kill a Mockingbird, 12 Angry Men, and The Last Picture Show. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930/20 "2022-12-03T13:53:14Z")
Seen about half of the Directors List. They are the pros but Vertigo? Not even close to The Red Pony for anxiety producing suspense. I agree with Mean\_Mr.Mustards’ list and would add Twelve O’Clock High and Triumph of the Will. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930.md?page=2)