Alexander Payne
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Downsizing
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Nebraska
- Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The Top 10 Films Of 2013
- Glenn Kenny: 30 Top Films of 2013
- Variety: Scott Foundas: 20 Best Films of 2013
- New York Times: Stephen Holden: 13 Best Films of 2013
- Marya E. Gates: Favorite Fifteen Films of 2013
- A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo: The Best Films of 2013
- The Dissolve: 20 Best Films of 2013
- IndieWire Poll: Top 50 Films of 2013
- L Magazine: 20 Best Films of 2013
- Film Comment Poll: 50 Best Movies of 2013
- David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2013
- Boston Globe: Ty Burr: The 50 Best Movies of the Decade
- Grantland: Wesley Morris: Top 27 Movies of 2013
- Slate: Dana Stevens: 21 Best Movies of 2013
- New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Top 39 Movies of 2013
- The Dissolve: Scott Tobias: Top 15 Films of 2013
- Vanity Fair: Katey Rich: The Top 10 Films of 2013
- New York: David Edelstein: Top Ten Movies of 2013
- New York Times: A.O. Scott: 35 Favorite Films of 2013
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The Descendants
- New York Times: Stephen Holden: Top 10 Movies of 2011
- MSN: Top 10 Movies of 2011
- IndieWire: Anne Thompson: Top Ten Films of 2011
- Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: 10 Best Movies of 2011
- New Yorker: David Denby: Best Films of 2011
- Nerve: 15 Best Movies of 2011
- A.V. Club: Nathan Rabin: Best Films of 2011
- IndieWire Poll: Best Films of 2011
- Chicago Sun-Times: Roger Ebert: Best Films of 2011
- Film Comment Poll: 50 Best Released Films of 2011
- Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2011
- Empire: 20 Best Films of 2012
- New Yorker: Richard Brody: 26 Best Films of 2011
- David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2011
- Slant: 25 Best Films of 2011
- San Francisco Bay Guardian: Dennis Harvey: Favorite Films of 2011
- New York: David Edelstein: Top 10 Movies of 2011
- Sight & Sound Poll: Philip Horne: Top 5 Films of 2012
- New York Times: A.O. Scott: Best Films of 2011
- Sight & Sound Poll: John Wrathall: Top 5 Films of 2012
- Nick Pinkerton: Top 10 Films of 2011