I believe they increased the number of critics who they polled, so the 2022 list represents a broader community, which may account for some of the differences in the most recent list.
Data from Wikipedia. Image created in Excel. There were a few years with ties in the rankings; for simplicity's sake I ranked them in the order they were presented in the Wikipedia page.
[OC] Top Ten films from each year of Sight & Sound's critics poll
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I believe they increased the number of critics who they polled, so the 2022 list represents a broader community, which may account for some of the differences in the most recent list.