Alissa Wilkinson: The 15 Best Movies of the Year So Far, as published by Vox
- The Souvenir — Joanna Hogg
- Her Smell — Alex Ross Perry
- Peterloo — Mike Leigh
- Black Mother — Khalik Allah
- Us — Jordan Peele
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco — Joe Talbot
- Apollo 11 — Todd Douglas Miller
- Wild Nights with Emily — Madeleine Olnek
- Under the Silver Lake — David Robert Mitchell
- 3 Faces — Jafar Panahi
- Wild Rose — Tom Hooper
- Fast Color — Julia Hart
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum — Chad Stahelski
- Booksmart — Olivia Wilde
- Avengers: Endgame — Anthony and Joe Russo