# The greatest films of all time according to directors (Sight and Sound 2022)

2001: A Space Odyssey, Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Jeanne Dielman, Tokyo Story, Vertigo, 8½ and Mirror: the top ten of the Sight and Sound directors' poll, published in December 2022.

- 165 votes · 11 items
- Sep 1, 2023 · Daniele Ferrari
- https://even.best/en/l/4928/the-greatest-films-of-all-time-according-to-directors-sight-and-sound-2022

## Top 11

1. **2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)** (21 · ▲21 ▼0) — Stanley Kubrick.
2. **Citizen Kane (1941)** (18 · ▲20 ▼2) — Orson Welles.
3. **Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)** (14 · ▲16 ▼2) — Chantal Akerman.
4. **The Godfather (1972)** (14 · ▲15 ▼1) — Francis Ford Coppola.
5. **8½ (1963)** (13 · ▲15 ▼2) — Federico Fellini.
6. **Tokyo Story (1953)** (9 · ▲14 ▼5) — Yasujirō Ozu.
7. **In the Mood for Love (2000)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — Wong Kar-wai.
8. **Close-Up (1990)** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Abbas Kiarostami.
9. **Vertigo (1958)** (6 · ▲10 ▼4) — Alfred Hitchcock.
10. **Persona (1966)** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Ingmar Bergman.
11. **Mirror (1975)** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — Andrej Tarkovskij.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.