Year-End Lists

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

• The Best Films Of 2025: HuffPost

Hip-Hop Is History

• The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
• The Best Books of 2024: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

1. Top Ten Films of 2021: Odie Henderson: RogerEbert.com
1. Best Movies of 2021: A.O. Scott: New York Times
1. Best Films of 2021: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter
2. Best Films of 2021: John Waters: Artforum
2. Top Ten Films of 2021: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
2. Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
2. Best Films of 2021: Mark Kermode: Observer
2. Top Ten Films of 2021: Tasha Robinson: The Next Picture Show
2. The Best Films of 2021: Caroline Siede: A.V. Club
3. Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Artforum
3. The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
3. Films of the Year 2021: Wendy Ide: Screen
4. Best Movies of 2021: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
4. Top Ten Films of 2021: Josh Larsen
4. Top Ten Films of 2021: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com
4. The Best Films of 2021: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
4. The Ten Best Films of 2021: RogerEbert.com
5. The 20 Best Films of 2021: Time Out London
5. Best Films of 2021: Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter
5. Top Ten Films of 2021: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
5. The Best Movies of 2021: Ty Burr
5. The Best Films of 2021: Leila Latif: A.V. Club
6. Top 10 Films of 2021: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
6. The 10 Best Films of 2021: David Morgan: CBS News
6. The 25 Best Movies of 2021: IndieWire
8. The 50 Best Films of 2021: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
8. Top Ten Films of 2021: Susan Wloszczyna: RogerEbert.com
8. The 30 Best Films of 2021: Little White Lies
8. Top 10 Best Movies of 2021: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
8. Films of 2021: The Skinny
8. Top 10 Films of 2021: Ross Bonaime: Collider
9. Favorite Films of 2021: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
9. 10 Best Movies of 2021: Peter Travers: ABC News: Good Morning America
10. The Best Films of 2021: A.V. Club
10. Our Top 10 Films of 2021: Hyperallergic
10. Best Films of 2021: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter
11. 20 Best Movies of 2021: David Fear: Rolling Stone
12. The 21 Best Movies of 2021: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
15. The Best Films of 2021: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
15. Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
18. The 50 Best Films of 2021: Guardian
19. Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels
27. Top 50 Films of 2021: Film Stage
57. The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire

• Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
• The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Entertainment Weekly
• Favorite Movies of 2021: Barack Obama
• The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny
• Best Films of 2021: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Abby Olcese: RogerEbert.com
• The Best Films of 2021: Ryan Gilbey: New Statesman
• The Best Films of 2021: Economist
• Best Films of 2021: Lindsey Bahr: AP
• Best Movies of 2021: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
• The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Dana Stevens: Slate
• The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021: Noel Murray: Polygon
• My Top 10 Movies of 2021: Maureen Ryan
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• The Best Films of 2021: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
• Best Films of 2021: Passerby
• The Ten Best Films of 2021: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• The Best Movies of 2021: Joe Morgenstern: Wall Street Journal