Year-End Lists

Sentimental Value

• #1 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Oris Aigbokhaevbolo: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Jason Bailey: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Passerby
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Molly Haskell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 The Best Movies of 2025: Owen Gleiberman: Variety
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Laura Venning: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire
• #3 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
• #3 Favorite Films of 2025: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Justine Smith: Cult MTL
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Lillian Crawford: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Poulomi Das: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Molly Haskell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Movies of 2025: Lindsey Bahr: AP
• #4 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Nick Schager: Daily Beast
• #4 The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
• #4 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• #4 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Max Covill: RogerEbert.com
• #5 10 Best Films of 2025: Anita Katz: Bay City News
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• #5 The Best Films of 2025: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Isabel Stevens: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 The 25 Best Films of 2025: The Playlist
• #6 The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2025: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com
• #6 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Peter Travers: The Travers Take
• #6 Best Movies of 2025: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #6 Top 10 Films of 2025: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Alana Pockros: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Rógan Graham: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Movies of 2025: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Peyton Robinson: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Brandon Wilson: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Films of 2025: The Skinny
• #7 Top 10 Films of 2025: Michael Phillips: Filmspotting
• #7 The Best Films of 2025: Scott Tobias: The Reveal
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Amanda Chen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Philip Concannon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Jamsheed Akrami: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Bedatri Datta Choudhury: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Daniel Eagan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Matilda Hague: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Isabel Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2025: Carla Renata: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2025: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2025: Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com
• #8 The 20 Best Films of 2025: Dazed
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Jonathan Romney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Bedatri Datta Choudhury: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Naman Ramachandran: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Carly Mattox: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Sophie Monks Kaufman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Juan Camilo Velasquez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Carlos Aguilar: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #11 The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Jean-Michel Frodon: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Steven Mears: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: Consequence
• #12 Best Films of 2025: Matene Toure: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 The Best Films of 2025: A.A. Dowd
• #17 The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
• #18 Our Top Films of 2025: Les Inrocks
• #18 Best Films of 2025: Nick Davis: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #20 The 30 Best Films of 2025: Little White Lies
• #20 Best Films of 2025: Gavin Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #24 Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
• #44 The 50 Best Movies of 2025: Guardian

• Top Ten Films of 2025: Nandini Balial: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Rendy Jones: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Wael Khairy: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Collin Souter: RogerEbert.com
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Dana Stevens: Slate
• The Best Films of 2025: Sean Burns: WBUR
• Films of the Year 2025: New Statesman
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
• The 11 Best Movies of 2025: Vanity Fair
• The Best Movies of 2025: W
• Favorite Movies of 2025: Barack Obama
• Best Films of 2025: Spectrum Culture
• Best Films of 2025: Nicholas Russell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Best Films of 2025: Economist
• The Best Films Of 2025: HuffPost
• Best Films of 2025: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Very Best Films of 2025: AnOther Magazine
• The Best Movies Of 2025: Uproxx
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Cortlyn Kelly: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• The 25 Best Films of 2025: BBC: BBC Culture
• Best Films of 2025: Katie McCabe: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Special Mentions
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Paul Risker: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2025: Jake Coyle: AP Also
• The Ten Best Films of 2025: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Zachary Lee: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Other movies that I liked and urge you to see

The Worst Person in the World

• #1 The Best Movies of 2022: Esquire
• #1 Best Films of 2022: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Susannah Gruder
• #1 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2021: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Jake Coyle: AP
• #1 The 10 Best Films of 2021: David Sims: Atlantic
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Steph Green: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Ella Kemp: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Josh Slater-Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2022: Adrian Curry: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 The Best Movies of 2021: Sean Fennessey: The Ringer
• #2 The 21 Best Movies of 2021: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
• #2 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• #2 Top 10 Films of 2021: Ross Bonaime: Collider
• #2 The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #2 The Best Movies of 2021: Angelica Jade Bastién: New York: Vulture
• #2 Top 10 Films of 2021: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Caitlin Quinlan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Jonah Koslofsky: RogerEbert.com
• #3 20 Essential Films of 2021: Les Inrocks
• #3 The Best Films of 2021: Caroline Siede: A.V. Club
• #3 The Best Movies of 2021: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture
• #3 Best Films of 2021: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #3 The Top Ten Best Films of 2021: Kyle Smith: National Review
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Anna Bogutskaya: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Passerby
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Leonardo Goi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #4 The Best Movies of 2021: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Lillian Crawford: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2021: Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com
• #5 The Best Films of 2022: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
• #5 Best Films of 2022: Anna Bogutskaya: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2022: Noel Hess: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2021: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
• #5 Top 50 Films of 2021: Film Stage
• #6 Best Films of 2022: James Mottram: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 The Best Films of 2021: Peter Debruge: Variety
• #6 The Best Films of 2021: Carlos Aguilar: A.V. Club
• #6 The Best Films of 2021: Jesse Hassenger: A.V. Club
• #6 Favorite Films of 2021: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Nick Chen: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Leigh Singer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2021: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Best Films of 2022: Bedatri Datta Choudhury: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 The Ten Best Films of 2021: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Top 10 Films of 2021: Marilou Duponchel: Les Inrocks
• #7 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Slant
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Simran Hans: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Molly Haskell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2021: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2021: Abby Olcese: RogerEbert.com
• #8 The Best Movies Of 2021: Uproxx
• #9 Films of 2022: The Skinny
• #9 Best Films of 2022: Savina Petkova: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 The Best Movies of 2021: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture
• #9 Top 20 Movies of 2021: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club
• #9 Best Films of 2021: Joshua Rothkopf: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2021: Collin Souter: RogerEbert.com
• #10 Best Films of 2022: Katie McCabe: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Top 10 Films of 2021: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks
• #10 10 Best Movies of 2021: Peter Travers: ABC News: Good Morning America
• #10 Films of the Year 2021: Wendy Ide: Screen Top ten
• #10 Best Films of 2021: Wendy Ide: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #12 The Best Films of 2021: A.V. Club
• #12 The 25 Best Films Of 2021: The Playlist
• #13 The Best Films of 2021: Keith Phipps: The Reveal The Top 15
• #14 Best Films of 2022: Gavin Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 The Best Films of 2021: Vikram Murthi: A.V. Club
• #16 The 30 Best Films of 2022: Little White Lies
• #16 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #16 The 25 Best Movies of 2021: IndieWire
• #16 Best Films of 2021: Eugene Hernandez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 The Best Movies of 2021: Ty Burr
• #19 Top 25 Films of 2021: In Review Online
• #19 Top 20 Movies of 2021: Odie Henderson: Slate: Movie Club
• #22 The 25 Best Films of 2021: David Ehrlich
• #25 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Guardian
• #50 The 50 Best Films of 2022: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #82 My Favourite Films of 2021: Scout Tafoya

• Best Films of 2022: Kevin B. Lee: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline
• Best Films of 2021: Molly Haskell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Spectrum Culture
• Favorite Movies of 2021: Barack Obama
• Best Films of 2021: Caden Mark Gardner: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Best Movies of 2021: Polygon
• The 29 Best Movies of 2022: Vogue
• Our Top 10 Films of 2021: Hyperallergic Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times Honorable mention
• Notable Films Of 2022: Glenn Kenny Top Stuff
• Best Movies of 2022: Manohla Dargis: New York Times And make sure to watch

Thelma

• #1 30 Favorite Films of 2017: Justine Smith
• #1 Best Films of 2017: Justine Smith: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Best Movies of 2017: Film School Rejects
• #12 Top 50 Films of 2017: Alicia Malone
• #17 25 Best Films of 2017: David Ehrlich
• #23 Best Movies of 2017: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #38 Best Films of 2017: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #58 Favorite Films of 2017: Scout Tafoya
• #74 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects

• Best Films of 2017: Kelli Weston: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Danny Bowes: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Freja Dam: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Ray Pride: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: David Sterritt: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Elizabeth Stoddard: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Gerald Peary: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Molly Faust: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Craig Lindsey: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2017: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com

Louder Than Bombs

• #4 Best Films of 2016: Dustin Chang: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2016: Simon Abrams: RogerEbert.com
• #8 The Best Films of 2016: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• #14 The Best Films of 2016: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
• #15 50 Favourite Films of the 2010s: Seventh Row
• #19 The 25 Best Movies of 2016: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #20 20 Best Films of 2016: A.V. Club

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• #1 50 Favourite Films of the 2010s: Seventh Row
• #4 16 Favorite Films of 2012: Dennis Cooper
• #5 Top 10 Films of 2012: Sean Burns: Philadelphia Weekly
• #7 Top 20 Films of 2012: Nick Schager: Slant
• #7 25 Best Films of 2012: Slant
• #8 Top 20 Films of 2012: Ed Gonzalez: Slant
• #9 Top Ten Movies of 2012: David Edelstein: New York
• #9 20 Best Movies of 2012: Andrew O’Hehir: Salon
• #9 Top 10 Movies of 2012: Christy Lemire: AP
• #10 Top 26 Movies of 2012: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
• #10 10 Best Movies of 2012: Ben Kenigsberg: Time Out Chicago
• #12 Best Films of 2012: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #13 The Best Films of 2012: Keith Phipps: A.V. Club
• #13 Top 20 Films of 2012: In Review Online
• #14 20 Best Films of 2012: Matt Singer: IndieWire
• #14 Top 50 Films of 2012: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #19 50 Best Films of 2012: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 25 Best Films of 2012: David Ehrlich
• #47 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
• #54 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects

• 5 Best Movies of 2012: David Thomson: New Republic Also Suggested
• 20 Best Movies of 2012: Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
• The Best Films of the 2010s: Benzine
• Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012: Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian
• 20 Best Movies of 2012: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune Nos. 11-20 (in alphabetical order)
• Top 20 Films of 2012: Fernando F. Croce: Slant Honorable mention
• Top 36 Movies of 2012: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Rest of the List, Alphabetically