Year-End Lists

Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2023, as published by Les Inrockuptibles

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
   Martin Scorsese
2. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
3. Last Summer
   Catherine Breillat
4. The Animal Kingdom
   Thomas Cailley
5. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
6. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
   Phạm Thiên Ân
7. Jeanne du Barry
   Maïwenn
8. The Rapture
   Iris Kaltenbäck
9. The Nature of Love
   Monia Chokri
10. Return to Seoul
    Davy Chou

This list contributes to:

• Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2023

Les Inrockuptibles: Our Top Films of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
2. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
3. Last Summer
   Catherine Breillat
4. The Animal Kingdom
   Thomas Cailley
5. Close Your Eyes
   Víctor Erice
6. Red Island
   Robin Campillo
7. Return to Seoul
   Davy Chou
8. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
   Phạm Thiên Ân
9. Tár
   Todd Field
10. Showing Up
    Kelly Reichardt
11. Killers of the Flower Moon
    Martin Scorsese
12. In Our Day
    Hong Sang-soo
13. Aftersun
    Charlotte Wells
14. The Rapture
    Iris Kaltenbäck
15. The Killer
    David Fincher
16. Trenque Lauquen
    Laura Citarella
17. De humani corporis fabrica
    Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
18. Soul Mates
    André Téchiné
19. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
    Christopher McQuarrie
20. A Brighter Tomorrow
    Nanni Moretti

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Les Inrocks: Emily Barnett: Top 10 Films of 2023
• Les Inrocks: Marilou Duponchel: Top 10 Films of 2023
• Les Inrocks: Murielle Joudet: Top 10 Films of 2023

IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2015]

1. Past Lives
   Celine Song
2. The Taste of Things
   Trần Anh Hùng
3. Asteroid City
   Wes Anderson
4. The Boy and the Heron
   Hayao Miyazaki
5. May December
   Todd Haynes
6. Poor Things
   Yorgos Lanthimos
7. Passages
   Ira Sachs
8. Anatomy of a Fall
   Justine Triet
9. All of Us Strangers
   Andrew Haigh
10. The Zone of Interest
    Jonathan Glazer
11. A Thousand and One
    A.V. Rockwell
12. Barbie
    Greta Gerwig
13. The Delinquents
    Rodrigo Moreno
14. Oppenheimer
    Christopher Nolan
15. Killers of the Flower Moon
    Martin Scorsese
16. R.M.N.
    Cristian Mungiu
17. Love Life
    Kôji Fukada
18. Pacifiction
    Albert Serra
19. Kokomo City
    D. Smith
20. La chimera
    Alice Rohrwacher
21. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
    Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
22. Earth Mama
    Savanah Leaf
23. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
    Kelly Fremon Craig
24. Godland
    Hlynur Pálmason
25. Beau Is Afraid
    Ari Aster

The Economist: The Best Films of 2023

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

• Anatomy of a Fall
  Justine Triet
• The Boy and the Heron
  Hayao Miyazaki
• The Creator
  Gareth Edwards
• The Holdovers
  Alexander Payne
• Holy Spider
  Ali Abbasi
• How to Have Sex
  Molly Manning Walker
• Killers of the Flower Moon
  Martin Scorsese
• Maestro
  Bradley Cooper
• Oppenheimer
  Christopher Nolan
• Past Lives
  Celine Song
• Poor Things
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• The Taste of Things
  Trần Anh Hùng
• Reality
  Tina Satter
• The Zone of Interest
  Jonathan Glazer

Cinema Scope: Top 10 Films of 2022

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Pacifiction
   Albert Serra
2. De humani corporis fabrica
   Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
3. Crimes of the Future
   David Cronenberg
4. Unrest
   Cyril Schäublin
5. The Novelist's Film
   Hong Sang-soo
6. Saint Omer
   Alice Diop
7. Showing Up
   Kelly Reichardt
8. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
9. Queens of the Qing Dynasty
   Ashley McKenzie
10. The Plains
    David Easteal

Special mentions

• Aftersun
  Charlotte Wells
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• Mutzenbacher
  Ruth Beckermann
• Tár
  Todd Field
• Walk Up
  Hong Sang-soo

Brian Darr: Top Ten Films of 2022, as submitted to the Senses of Cinema World Poll where it appears alongside lists of films not yet distributed, older films seen for the first time, and shorts

[see also 2023 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Laura Poitras
• Crimes of the Future
  David Cronenberg
• Descendant
  Margaret Brown
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
• The Fabelmans
  Steven Spielberg
• Free Chol Soo Lee
  Julie Ha and Eugene Yi
• Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
  Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine
• Memoria
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• Nope
  Jordan Peele
• The Novelist's Film
  Hong Sang-soo

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2022

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Saint Omer
   Alice Diop
2. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
3. The Eternal Daughter
   Joanna Hogg
4. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
5. Crimes of the Future
   David Cronenberg
6. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
   Laura Poitras
7. Nope
   Jordan Peele
8. We're All Going to the World's Fair
   Jane Schoenbrun
9. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
9. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
10. Armageddon Time
    James Gray

David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2022, this year's installment of his video countdown, as witty, tuneful, and emotional as ever

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
2. Tár
   Todd Field
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
   Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
4. Hit the Road
   Panah Panahi
5. Descendant
   Margaret Brown
6. Return to Seoul
   Davy Chou
7. We're All Going to the World's Fair
   Jane Schoenbrun
8. Crimes of the Future
   David Cronenberg
9. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
10. Nope
    Jordan Peele
11. Jackass Forever
    Jeff Tremaine
12. All That Breathes
    Shaunak Sen
13. Top Gun: Maverick
    Joseph Kosinski
14. After Yang
    Kogonada
15. RRR
    S.S. Rajamouli
16. Benediction
    Terence Davies
17. EO
    Jerzy Skolimowski
18. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
    Laura Poitras
19. Ahed's Knee
    Nadav Lapid
20. Saint Omer
    Alice Diop
21. Armageddon Time
    James Gray
22. The Banshees of Inisherin
    Martin McDonagh
23. Resurrection
    Andrew Semans
24. The Northman
    Robert Eggers
25. The Fabelmans
    Steven Spielberg

Nick Schager: Best Movies of 2022, as published by The Daily Beast

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
2. Three Minutes: A Lengthening
   Bianca Stigter
3. Murina
   Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
4. Playground
   Laura Wandel
5. Return to Seoul
   Davy Chou
6. No Bears
   Jafar Panahi
7. Benediction
   Terence Davies
8. Elvis
   Baz Luhrmann
9. Vortex
   Gaspar Noé
10. Ambulance
    Michael Bay

Honorable Mention

• Decision to Leave
  Park Chan-wook
• The Eternal Daughter
  Joanna Hogg
• Great Freedom
  Sebastian Meise
• Hit the Road
  Panah Panahi
• A Wounded Fawn
  Travis Stevens
• The Quiet Girl
  Colm Bairéad
• All Quiet on the Western Front
  Edward Berger
• Kimi
  Steven Soderbergh
• Men
  Alex Garland
• Living
  Oliver Hermanus
• Flux Gourmet
  Peter Strickland
• Happening
  Audrey Diwan
• Both Sides of the Blade
  Claire Denis
• Blonde
  Andrew Dominik
• Top Gun: Maverick
  Joseph Kosinski

Scott Tobias: The Best Movies of 2022, as posted at The Reveal where it appears alongside fun selections like "Reason for Hope," "Reason for Despair," "Most Annoying Discourse," and "Most Anticipated Film" of next year

[see also 2023 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Tár
   Todd Field
2. Aftersun
   Charlotte Wells
3. The Banshees of Inisherin
   Martin McDonagh
4. The Fabelmans
   Steven Spielberg
5. After Yang
   Kogonada
6. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
   Laura Poitras
7. EO
   Jerzy Skolimowski
8. Benediction
   Terence Davies
9. Decision to Leave
   Park Chan-wook
10. Confess, Fletch
    Greg Mottola
11. Kimi
    Steven Soderbergh
12. Armageddon Time
    James Gray
13. Both Sides of the Blade
    Claire Denis
14. Happening
    Audrey Diwan
15. Hit the Road
    Panah Panahi