In the 2002
Sight & Sound poll, Thomson revealed his ten favorite films of all time:
- Blue Velvet (1986)
- Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
- The Conformist (1970)
- His Girl Friday (1940)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
- The Rules of the Game (1939)
- That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
- Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)