Year-End Lists

What Does That Nature Say to You

49. Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025

• Jordan Cronk: Top Ten Films of 2025

A Traveler's Needs

10. Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2024
12. Film Comment Poll: Best Films of 2024
21. In Review Online: Best Films of 2024
34. Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2024
39. Paste: The 50 Best Movies of 2024
48. Guy Lodge: 51 Favourite Films of 2024

By the Stream

11. Best Films of 2025: In Review Online
14. The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
15. Best Films of 2025: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
33. Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
35. The 50 Best Films of 2024: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
44. The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Paste

• Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Jordan Cronk

In Water

3. Top Ten Films of 2024: Cahiers du Cinéma
4. Top Ten Films of 2023: Mike D’Angelo
5. Best Films of 2023: In Review Online

• Top 10 LGBTQ Films of 2023: Steve Erickson: GCN

In Our Day

7. Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2024
7. Benoit Rouilly: Best Films of 2024
12. Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2023
46. In Review Online: Best Films of 2024

• Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2024

Walk Up

1. Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2023
3. Michael J. Anderson: Ten Best Films of 2022
5. In Review Online: Best Films of 2023
12. Guy Lodge: Top 50 Movies of 2022
16. New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2023
20. Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2023
24. Jessica Kiang: Top 50 Movies of 2022
48. Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2023

• Cinema Scope: Top 10 Films of 2022

The Novelist's Film

2. Best Films of 2022: James Quandt: Artforum
2. Ten Best Films of 2022: Michael J. Anderson
4. Best Movies of 2022: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
5. Top 10 Films of 2022: Cinema Scope
8. Top 25 Films of 2022: In Review Online
9. Best Films of 2022: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
14. Best Movies of 2022: Screen Slate
18. The Best Movies of 2022: Richard Brody: New Yorker
19. Best Films of 2022: Florence Almozini: Filmmaker Magazine: Film Comment Poll
21. Top 50 Films of 2022: Film Stage
37. The 50 Best Films of 2022: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

• Best Movies of 2022: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• Top Ten Films of 2022: Jordan Cronk
• The 25 Best Films of 2022: Slant
• Top Ten Films of 2022: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll

Introduction

1. Best Films of 2021: James Quandt: Artforum
8. Top Ten Films of 2022: Cahiers du Cinéma
26. The Best Movies of 2022: Richard Brody: New Yorker

• 21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021: Cassie da Costa: Vanity Fair

In Front of Your Face

2. Top Ten Films of 2022: Mike D’Angelo
2. Best Films of 2021: James Quandt: Artforum
2. Ten Best Films of 2021: Michael J. Anderson
5. Top Ten Films of 2021: Cinema Scope
6. Best Films of 2022: Florence Almozini: Filmmaker Magazine: Film Comment Poll
7. Best Films of 2022: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
8. Top 25 Films of 2022: In Review Online
9. Best Movies of 2022: Molly Haskell: Screen Slate
11. The 25 Best Films of 2022: Slant
11. Our Top Films of 2022: Les Inrocks
14. The Best Movies of 2022: Richard Brody: New Yorker
15. Best Movies of 2022: Screen Slate
27. The Best Films of 2022: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
30. The 30 Best Films of 2022: Little White Lies

• Best Movies of 2022: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Jordan Cronk
• Best Movies of 2021: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Top 10 Films of 2021: Benoit Rouilly
• 21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021: Cassie da Costa: Vanity Fair

The Woman Who Ran

1. Artforum: James Quandt: 10 Best Films of 2020
2. Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2020
4. Michael J. Anderson: Ten Best Films of 2020
5. Nictate: Top 10 Films of 2020
6. Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2020
7. Film Society of Lincoln Center: Dennis Lim: Top 10 Films of 2020
7. Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2020
9. Sight & Sound Poll: Jordan Cronk: Top Ten Films of 2020
10. Sight & Sound Poll: Vadim Rizov: Best Films of 2021
11. New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Movies of 2021
15. Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2020
16. Film Comment Poll: Best Films of 2021
16. Screen Slate: Top 20 Films of 2020
18. Sight & Sound Poll: The Best Films of 2020
21. In Review Online: Top 25 Films of 2021
26. Slant: The 50 Best Films of 2021
42. Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2021

• New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2021
• Vanity Fair: Cassie da Costa: 21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021
• La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2020
• Screen Slate: Molly Haskell: Best Films of 2020

Grass

2. Dan Sallitt: Favorite Films of 2019
7. Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs: Top 12 Films of 2019
8. Kristen Yoonsoo Kim: Favorite Films of 2019
9. A.V. Club: Lawrence Garcia: The Best Films of 2019
15. Michael Sicinski: Top 50 Films of 2018
19. Michael Glover Smith: Top 25 Films of 2019

• Glenn Kenny: The 25 Best Films of 2019
• In Review Online: Top 20 Films of 2019
• David Hudson: Top Ten Films of 2018

Hotel by the River

2. Favorite Films of 2019: Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
6. Top 7 Films of 2020: Murielle Joudet: Les Inrocks
6. Top 10 Films of 2020: Cahiers du Cinéma
7. Top 12 Films of 2019: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
9. Favorite Films of 2018: Chiara Marañón: Mubi
13. Top 20 Films of 2019: Jordan Cronk
16. Top 20 Films of 2020: Les Inrocks
19. Top 25 Films of 2019: Michael Glover Smith
74. Favourite Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya

• The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny
• The Best Movies of 2019: Richard Brody: New Yorker

Claire’s Camera

6. Favorite Films of 2017: Dennis Lim: Film Society of Lincoln Center
30. 30 Favorite Films of 2017: Justine Smith
40. 25 Best Films of 2018: The Playlist

• Top Movies of 2018: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• Best Movies of 2018: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• Top 10 Films of 2018: Ed Gonzalez
• Best Films of 2018: Glenn Kenny
• Top 20 Films of 2018: In Review Online

The Day After

1. Favorite Films of 2018: Dan Sallitt
2. Best Movies of 2018: Miriam Bale
3. Top Ten Films of 2018: Caden Mark Gardner: Seattle Screen Scene
4. Top 10 Films of 2017: Marilou Duponchel: Les Inrocks
5. Top Ten Films of 2017: Cahiers du Cinéma
6. Favorite Films of 2017: Dennis Lim: Film Society of Lincoln Center
6. Best Movies of 2017: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
7. Top Ten Films of 2017: David Hudson: Criterion: Daily
8. Top 20 Films of 2018: In Review Online
8. Top 10 Films of 2018: Ed Gonzalez
13. Top 20 Films of 2018: Jordan Cronk
15. Best Films of 2017: Les Inrocks
18. 25 Best Films of 2018: Slant
26. Top 50 Films of 2018: Film Stage

• Top Movies of 2018: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• Best Movies of 2018: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• 10 Best Movies of 2018: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
• Favorite Films of 2017: Dennis Lim: Film Society of Lincoln Center
• Ten Best Films of 2017: Michael J. Anderson
• Top Ten Films of 2017: Cinema Scope
• Top 10 Films of 2017: Miriam Bale: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2017: Denis Côté: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
• Top 35 Films of the Decade: Dan Sallitt
• Best Films of the Decade: Miriam Bale

On the Beach at Night Alone

1. Top 25 Films of 2017: Michael Sicinski
3. Best Films of 2017: Desist Film
4. Best Movies of 2017: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
4. Top Ten Films of 2017: Cinema Scope
5. 20 Favorite Films of 2017: Darren Hughes
6. Top 10 Films of 2018: Marilou Duponchel: Les Inrocks
6. Favorite Films of 2017: Dennis Lim: Film Society of Lincoln Center
7. Top Ten Films of 2018: Cahiers du Cinéma
7. Top Ten Films of 2017: Jordan Cronk: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
9. Top 10 Films of 2018: Les Inrocks
9. Favorite Films of 2017: Joanna Di Mattia: Senses of Cinema World Poll
9. Top 10 Films of 2017: Willow Maclay: Film Stage
11. Top 15 Films of 2017: In Review Online
14. 35 Best Movies of 2017: Richard Brody: New Yorker
15. Top 50 Films of 2017: Film Stage
16. 20 Best Films of 2017: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
17. Best Movies of 2017: Robert Koehler
18. Best Films of 2017: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
20. The 2017 Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll: Nashville Scene
21. Favorite Films of 2017: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
24. The Best Films of the Decade: Hyperallergic
30. 50 Best Films of 2017: Slant
40. Favorite Films of 2017: Scout Tafoya
52. Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online

• Top 20 Films of 2017: Daniel Kasman: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Florence Almozini: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Favorite Movies of 2017: Karina Longworth
• 24 Best Movies of 2017: K. Austin Collins: The Ringer
• Top Ten Films of 2017: Denis Côté: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
• Top Ten Films of 2017: Vadim Rizov: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
• Top 26 Films of 2017: Steve Erickson: GCN

Yourself and Yours

4. A.V. Club: Lawrence Garcia: The Best Films of 2020
4. Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2017
5. Les Inrocks: Best Films of 2017
6. In Review Online: Top 25 Films of 2020
7. Artforum: James Quandt: 10 Best Films of 2016
19. Slant: The Best Films of 2020

• Glenn Kenny: Notable Films of 2020
• Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2017

Right Now, Wrong Then

2. A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo: The Best Films of 2016
3. Les Inrocks: Top 20 Films of 2016
4. RogerEbert.com: Michael Snydel: Top Ten Films of 2016
4. Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2016
4. La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2015
5. Michael Sicinski: Top 10 Films of 2016
5. GCN: Steve Erickson: 20 Best Films of 2016
5. Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2015
6. Village Voice Film Poll: Scott Tobias: Top 10 Films of 2016
7. Reverse Shot: 12 Best Movies of 2016
10. RogerEbert.com: Patrick McGavin: Top Ten Films of 2016
11. Slant: 50 Best Films of 2016
12. Film Comment Poll: 20 Best Films of 2016
15. A.V. Club: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: The Best Films of 2016
17. A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2016
23. Metro: Matt Prigge: 25 Best Films of 2016
24. Village Voice Film Poll: Top 50 Films of 2016
26. Sight & Sound Poll: Top 35 Films of 2015
30. IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2016
32. New Yorker: Richard Brody: 35 Best Movies of 2016
54. In Review Online: Top 100 Films of the 2010s
65. A.V. Club: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s

• RogerEbert.com: Craig Lindsey: Top Ten Films of 2016
• Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2016

Hill of Freedom

5. 10 Best Films of 2014: James Quandt: Artforum
8. Top 20 Films of 2015: Les Inrocks
30. Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online

Our Sunhi

10. Top Ten Films of 2014: Cahiers du Cinéma

Nobody’s Daughter Haewon

2. 20 Best Films of 2013: Les Inrocks
6. 25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
8. Top Ten Films of 2013: Cahiers du Cinéma

The Day He Arrives

1. Favorite 18 Films of 2012: Dan Sallitt
3. The 30 Best Movies of the 2010s: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
6. 10 Best Films of 2012: Darren Hughes
10. Top 12 Films of 2012: Michael Sicinski
10. 12 Best Films of 2012: Kevin B. Lee: Fandor
12. Top 20 Films of 2012: In Review Online
13. 20 Best Films of 2012: Les Inrocks
14. 25 Best Films of 2012: Slant
21. The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk
22. 27 Best Movies of 2012: Richard Brody: New Yorker
48. Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online
50. 50 Best Films of 2012: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll

• Top 20 Films of 2012: Fernando F. Croce: Slant
• Top 35 Films of the Decade: Dan Sallitt

Oki’s Movie

4. 27 Best Movies of 2012: Richard Brody: New Yorker
10. Top 12 Films of 2012: Michael Sicinski

• Top Films of the Decade: Nellie Killian

In Another Country

3. Les Inrocks: 20 Best Films of 2012
4. Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2012
6. Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs: 25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s
10. Michael Sicinski: Top 12 Films of 2012
23. New Yorker: Richard Brody: 27 Best Movies of 2012
48. Film Comment Poll: 50 Best Films of 2012

• Cinema Scope: Top 15 Films of 2012
• Sight & Sound Poll: James Quandt: Top 5 Films of 2012

Hahaha

15. 20 Best Films of 2011: Les Inrocks

• Top 35 Films of the Decade: Dan Sallitt