Sight & Sound is one of the more prestigious film publications in the world. Every year they poll well over a hundred international film critics and other individuals to put together a ranking list of the best films. You might know them from their "Greatest Films of All Time" poll they do every decade that asks hundreds of critics and directors and is considered by some to be the definitive list of "greatest films" (Was Citizen Kane for 70 years until Vertigo knocked it off the pedestal).
Last year, they polled about 180 "international critics and curators". These were the results.
1: Get Out
2: Twin Peaks: The Return
3: Call Me By Your Name
4: Zama
5: Western
6: Faces Places
7: Good Time
8: Loveless
9=: Dunkirk
9=: The Florida Project
This year they've begun the countdown to the top 10 by currently releasing the results of 20-11. You will notice some repeats with the previous year. This is because they let film critics in international countries nominate films for the years in which they were released in their locations. The final results will be revealed December 11th (I think).
https://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2018
18=: Western
18=: The Rider
18=: Faces Places
17: Sorry to Bother You
14=: Shoplifters
14=: Shirkers
14=: The Other Side of the World
13: BlacKkKlansman
12: If Beale Street Could Talk
11: The Image Book
Some notable omissions thus far, and presumably that will make it into the top 10, are The Favourite, Roma, First Reformed, Shoplifters, Burning, and Cold War.
What are your guesses for the top 10, and for the number one spot?
Edit: They put it all up now. The top 10 is as follows:
9=: Happy As Lazzaro
9=: Zama
7=: The Favourite
7=: You Were Never Really Here
6=: Leave No Trace
5: First Reformed
4: Cold War
3: Burning
2: Phantom Thread (Oh yeah, I forgot that this would probably count for this year)
1: Roma
Roma got it by a good number of votes, too.
Last year, they polled about 180 "international critics and curators". These were the results.
1: Get Out
2: Twin Peaks: The Return
3: Call Me By Your Name
4: Zama
5: Western
6: Faces Places
7: Good Time
8: Loveless
9=: Dunkirk
9=: The Florida Project
This year they've begun the countdown to the top 10 by currently releasing the results of 20-11. You will notice some repeats with the previous year. This is because they let film critics in international countries nominate films for the years in which they were released in their locations. The final results will be revealed December 11th (I think).
https://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2018
18=: Western
18=: The Rider
18=: Faces Places
17: Sorry to Bother You
14=: Shoplifters
14=: Shirkers
14=: The Other Side of the World
13: BlacKkKlansman
12: If Beale Street Could Talk
11: The Image Book
Some notable omissions thus far, and presumably that will make it into the top 10, are The Favourite, Roma, First Reformed, Shoplifters, Burning, and Cold War.
What are your guesses for the top 10, and for the number one spot?
Edit: They put it all up now. The top 10 is as follows:
9=: Happy As Lazzaro
9=: Zama
7=: The Favourite
7=: You Were Never Really Here
6=: Leave No Trace
5: First Reformed
4: Cold War
3: Burning
2: Phantom Thread (Oh yeah, I forgot that this would probably count for this year)
1: Roma
Roma got it by a good number of votes, too.
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