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With Vertigo, the newly crowned Greatest Film of All Time, appearing on just 191 of 846 submitted ballots for the recent Sight & Sound film poll, I’ve found myself wondering just what the other 655 people thought of it. Would it have made their top 20s, 50s, 100s? Do they even admire it at all? This poll seeks to address that question.

Your first task is to take these 100 films (listed below) – the top 100 from the recent Sight & Sound greatest films poll – and re-rank them preferentially. Your first choice film, should you rank all of them, will receive 100 points; your second choice will receive 99 points, and so on. Should you only rank 75 films, your first choice film will receive just 75 points. If you are unable to separate certain films, ties will be allowed, with the combined points split between the tied films.

Your second task is to draw up an additional list of up to a hundred alternative titles that you feel are as worthy of canonisation as the official 100. These can be ordered any way that you choose, though preferential ordering will not make any difference to the final tallying.

You have until the end of the year to prepare your ballot. Make clear how you wish your name to appear, and include any links, notes, introductions, etc. that you think appropriate.  The ballots that I receive would ideally look something like this. See also my former polls here, here, and here for further examples. Finished ballots should be sent to iain.stott90@googlemail.com

I would also be very much obliged to anyone who provided me with details of any suitable friends or colleagues that you feel would be willing to participate.

A spreadsheet of the 100 films is available on request.

I intend to collate and publish the results here in January of next year.

I've processed the first ballot, which came from the very quick off the mark Dane Benko, who has gone way above and beyond the call of duty with this thoughtful effort. Of course, the design of the site has yet to be finalised, but his ballot should end up looking something like this.

NOTE: Fassbinder's Fear Eats the Soul appears in joint 93rd position in the top 100 on the BFI website. However, it did not appear in the list printed in the September issue of the magazine. And so, it does not appear below, as I drew up this list before the results were published online. Although, it's perhaps worked out for the better anyway, as there would have been 101 titles (including ties) in the top 100, complicating matters somewhat.

Aguirre, Wrath of God | Werner HERZOG | 1972 | West Germany

Andrei Rublev | Andrei TARKOVSKY | 1966 | USSR

Apocalypse Now | Francis Ford COPPOLA | 1979 | USA

L'Atalante | Jean VIGO | 1934 | France

Au Hasard Balthazar | Robert BRESSON | 1966 | France

L'Avventura | Michelangelo ANTONIONI | 1960 | Italy/France

Barry Lyndon | Stanley KUBRICK | 1975 | UK/USA

The Battle of Algiers | Gillo PONTECORVO | 1966 | Italy/Algeria

Battleship Potemkin | Sergei EISENSTEIN | 1925 | USSR

Beau Travail | Claire DENIS | 1999 | France

Bicycle Thieves | Vittorio DE SICA | 1948 | Italy

Blade Runner | Ridley SCOTT | 1982 | UK/Hong Kong/USA

Blue Velvet | David LYNCH | 1986 | USA

Breathless | Jean-Luc GODARD | 1960 | France

A Brighter Summer Day | Edward YANG | 1991 | Taiwan

Casablanca | Michael CURTIZ | 1942 | USA

Un Chien Andalou | Luis BUÑUEL | 1929 | France

Chinatown | Roman POLANSKI | 1974 | USA

Citizen Kane | Orson WELLES | 1941 | USA

City Lights | Charles CHAPLIN | 1931 | USA

Close-Up | Abbas KIAROSTAMI | 1990 | Iran

The Colour of Pomegranates | Sergei PARAJANOV | 1968 | USSR

La Dolce Vita | Federico FELLINI | 1960 | Italy/France

L'Eclisse | Michelangelo ANTONIONI | 1962 | Italy/France

8½ | Federico FELLINI | 1963 | Italy/France

Les Enfants du Paradis | Marcel CARNÉ | 1945 | France

Fanny & Alexander | Ingmar BERGMAN | 1982 | Swe/Fra/Ger

The 400 Blows | François TRUFFAUT | 1959 | France

The General | Clyde BRUCKMAN & Buster KEATON | 1927 | USA

Gertrud | Carl Th. DREYER | 1964 | Denmark

The Godfather | Francis Ford COPPOLA | 1972 | USA

The Godfather: Part II | Francis Ford COPPOLA | 1974 | USA

La Grande Illusion | Jean RENOIR | 1937 | France

Greed | Erich VON STROHEIM | 1924 | USA

Histoire(s) du Cinéma | Jean-Luc GODARD | 1998 | Fra/Swi

Imitation of Life | Douglas SIRK | 1959 | USA

In the Mood for Love | WONG Kar-wai | 2000 | Hong Kong/France

Intolerance | D.W. GRIFFITH | 1916 | USA

Jeanne Dielman | Chantal AKERMAN | 1975 | Belgium/France

La Jetée | Chris MARKER | 1962 | France

Journey to Italy | Roberto ROSSELLINI | 1954 | Italy/France

Late Spring | OZU Yasujirō | 1949 | Japan

Lawrence of Arabia | David LEAN | 1962 | UK/USA

The Leopard | Luchino VISCONTI | 1963 | Italy/France

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | M. POWELL & E. PRESSBURGER | 1943 | UK

M | Fritz LANG | 1931 | Germany

Madame de… | Max OPHÜLS | 1953 | France

The Magnificent Ambersons | Orson WELLES | 1942 | USA

La Maman et la Putain | Jean EUSTACHE | 1973 | France

A Man Escaped | Robert BRESSON | 1956 | France

Man with a Movie Camera | Dziga VERTOV | 1929 | USSR

A Matter of Life and Death | M. POWELL & E. PRESSBURGER | 1946 | UK

Le Mépris | Jean-Luc GODARD | 1963 | France

Metropolis | Fritz LANG | 1927 | Germany

Mirror | Andrei TARKOVSKY | 1975 | USSR

Modern Times | Charles CHAPLIN | 1936 | USA

Mulholland Dr. | David LYNCH | 2001 | USA/France

Nashville | Robert ALTMAN | 1975 | USA

The Night of the Hunter | Charles LAUGHTON | 1955 | USA

North by Northwest | Alfred HITCHCOCK | 1959 | USA

Once upon a Time in the West | Sergio LEONE | 1968 | Italy/USA

A One and a Two | Edward YANG | 2000 | Taiwan/Japan

Ordet | Carl Th. DREYER | 1955 | Denmark

Partie de Campagne | Jean RENOIR | 1936 | France

The Passion of Joan of Arc | Carl Th. DREYER | 1928 | France

Pather Panchali | Satyajit RAY | 1955 | India

Persona | Ingmar BERGMAN | 1966 | Sweden

Pickpocket | Robert BRESSON | 1959 | France

Pierrot le Fou | Jean-Luc GODARD | 1965 | France/Italy

Play Time | Jacques TATI | 1967 | France/Italy

Psycho | Alfred HITCHCOCK | 1960 | USA

Raging Bull | Martin SCORSESE | 1980 | USA

Rashomon | KUROSAWA Akira | 1950 | Japan

Rear Window | Alfred HITCHCOCK | 1954 | USA

La Règle du Jeu | Jean RENOIR | 1939 | France

Rio Bravo | Howard HAWKS | 1959 | USA

Sans Soleil | Chris MARKER | 1983 | France

Sansho Dayu | MIZOGUCHI Kenji | 1954 | Japan

Sátántangó | TARR Béla | 1994 | Hungary

The Searchers | John FORD | 1956 | USA

Seven Samurai | KUROSAWA Akira | 1954 | Japan

The Seventh Seal | Ingmar BERGMAN | 1957 | Sweden

Sherlock Jr. | Buster KEATON | 1924 | USA

Shoah | Claude LANZMANN | 1985 | France

Singin' in the Rain | Stanley DONEN & Gene KELLY | 1952 | USA

Some Like It Hot | Billy WILDER | 1959 | USA

The Spirit of the Beehive | Víctor ERICE | 1973 | Spain

Stalker | Andrei TARKOVSKY | 1979 | USSR/West Germany

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | F.W. MURNAU | 1927 | USA

Sunset Blvd. | Billy WILDER | 1950 | USA

Taxi Driver | Martin SCORSESE | 1976 | USA

The Third Man | Carol REED | 1949 | UK

Tokyo Story | OZU Yasujirō | 1953 | Japan

Touch of Evil | Orson WELLES | 1958 | USA

Touki-Bouki | Djibril DIOP MAMBÉTY | 1973 | Senegal

2001: A Space Odyssey | Stanley KUBRICK | 1968 | UK/USA

Ugetsu Monogatari | MIZOGUCHI Kenji | 1953 | Japan

Vertigo | Alfred HITCHCOCK | 1958 | USA

The Wild Bunch | Sam PECKINPAH | 1969 | USA

Wild Strawberries | Ingmar BERGMAN | 1957 | Sweden

• Aguirre, Wrath of God
• Andrei Rublev
• Apocalypse Now
• L'Atalante
• Au Hasard Balthazar
• L'Avventura
• Barry Lyndon
• The Battle of Algiers
• Battleship Potemkin
• Beau Travail
• Bicycle Thieves
• Blade Runner
• Blue Velvet
• Breathless
• A Brighter Summer Day
• Casablanca
• Un Chien Andalou
• Chinatown
• Citizen Kane
• City Lights
• Close-Up
• The Colour of Pomegranates
• La Dolce Vita
• L'Eclisse
• 8½
• Les Enfants du Paradis
• Fanny & Alexander
• The 400 Blows
• The General
• Gertrud
• The Godfather
• The Godfather: Part II
• La Grande Illusion
• Greed
• Histoire(s) du Cinéma
• Imitation of Life
• In the Mood for Love
• Intolerance
• Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
• La Jetée
• Journey to Italy
• Late Spring
• Lawrence of Arabia
• The Leopard
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
• M
• Madame de…
• The Magnificent Ambersons
• La Maman et la Putain
• A Man Escaped
• Man with a Movie Camera
• A Matter of Life and Death
• Le Mépris
• Metropolis
• Mirror
• Modern Times
• Mulholland Dr.
• Nashville
• The Night of the Hunter
• North by Northwest
• Once upon a Time in the West
• A One and a Two
• Ordet
• Partie de Campagne
• The Passion of Joan of Arc
• Pather Panchali
• Persona
• Pickpocket
• Pierrot le Fou
• Play Time
• Psycho
• Raging Bull
• Rashomon
• Rear Window
• La Règle du Jeu
• Rio Bravo
• Sans Soleil
• Sansho Dayu
• Sátántangó
• The Searchers
• Seven Samurai
• The Seventh Seal
• Sherlock Jr.
• Shoah
• Singin' in the Rain
• Some Like It Hot
• The Spirit of the Beehive
• Stalker
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
• Sunset Blvd.
• Taxi Driver
• The Third Man
• Tokyo Story
• Touch of Evil
• Touki-Bouki
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Ugetsu Monogatari
• Vertigo
• The Wild Bunch
• Wild Strawberries