Year-End Lists

Memoria

• #1 Best Films of 2022: Caspar Salmon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 The Best Films of 2021: Vikram Murthi: A.V. Club
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Reverse Shot
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2021: Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Our Top 10 Films of 2021: Hyperallergic
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Movies of 2021: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• #1 The Best Films of 2021: Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Edo Choi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Andréa Picard: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Nick Chen: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Devika Girish: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Matt Turner: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2022: Catherine Wheatley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top 25 Films of 2021: In Review Online
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Jessica Green: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: J. Hoberman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Sam Wigley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Movies of 2021: Screen Slate
• #2 Best Films of 2021: J. Hoberman: Artforum
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Cinema Scope
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Nicholas Elliott: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Leonardo Goi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Leo Goldsmith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Sophie Brown: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: J. Hoberman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Łukasz Mańkowski: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Julian Ross: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Andrew Simpson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2022: Jamie Dunn: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2022: Brad Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 The 10 Best Films of 2021: David Sims: Atlantic
• #3 The 50 Best Movies of 2021: Paste
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Ben Nicholson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2021: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2021: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Max Nelson: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Violet Lucca: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Ross McDonnell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Isabel Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Caitlin Quinlan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Lillian Crawford: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Films of 2022: The Skinny
• #4 The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• #4 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Slant
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Carlos Valladares: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: K.F. Watanabe: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 The 25 Best Films of 2021: David Ehrlich
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• #4 The Best Films of 2021: Scott Tobias: The Reveal The Top 15
• #4 Favorite Theatrical/VOD Releases of 2021: Darren Hughes
• #4 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Top 50 Films of 2021: Film Stage
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Thomas Flew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Gabrielle Marceau: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Katie McCabe: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 The Best Films of 2021: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• #5 Best Movies of 2021: Chloe Lizotte: Screen Slate
• #5 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
• #5 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Kaleem Hawa: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Dessane Lopez Cassell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Willow Maclay: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Kieron Corless: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: James Lattimer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2021: Kyle Turner: RogerEbert.com
• #6 The Ten Best Films of 2021: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Eugene Hernandez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Azadeh Jafari: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Eric Hynes: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Ten Best Films of 2021: Michael J. Anderson
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2021: Josh Larsen
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Isabel Sandoval: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 The 25 Best Movies of 2021: IndieWire
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Lawrence Garcia: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Jamie Dunn: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Michael Hayden: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Eric Hynes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2022: Kambole Campbell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Movies of 2021: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Susannah Gruder
• #9 The Best Films of 2021: A.V. Club
• #9 The Best Films of 2021: Charles Bramesco: A.V. Club
• #9 Best Films of 2021: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #11 The Best Films of 2022: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
• #11 The 30 Best Films of 2021: Little White Lies
• #14 Best Films of 2021: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 Top 25 Movies of 2021: K. Austin Collins: Rolling Stone
• #16 The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #16 Best Films of 2021: Jonathan Romney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 Best Films of 2021: Nick Davis: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 20 Essential Films of 2021: Les Inrocks
• #20 Best Films of 2022: Jonathan Romney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #24 The 25 Best Films Of 2021: The Playlist
• #35 The 50 Best Films of 2022: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #46 Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels

• Best Films of 2022: Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Matías Piñeiro: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2022: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• Top 10 Films of 2021: Benoit Rouilly
• Best Films of 2021: Molly Haskell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: James Wham: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com
• Best Films of 2021: Phoebe Chen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Erika Balsom: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Isabel Stevens: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Violet Lucca: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny
• Top 10 Films of 2021: Screen Queens Honorable mention

Blue

• #1 Favorite Films of 2018: Daniel Kasman: Mubi
• #2 Best Films of 2018: Desist Film Experimental: our favourites
• #22 Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018: Michael Sicinski
• #39 Top 50 Films of 2018: Michael Sicinski

Cemetery of Splendor

• #1 Top Ten Films of 2016: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• #1 Best Films of 2016: Michael Atkinson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2016: Sean Axmaker: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2016: Daryl Chin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2016: Glenn Heath Jr.: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2016: Kevin B. Lee: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2016: Michael J. Anderson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #1 Best Movies of 2015: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2015: Cinema Scope
• #1 Top 20 Films of 2015: Les Inrocks
• #2 Best Films of 2016: Jonathan Rosenbaum: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2016: Jason Anderson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2016: Chris Wisniewski: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2016: Jay Kuehner: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2016: R. Emmet Sweeney: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2015: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #3 12 Best Movies of 2016: Reverse Shot
• #3 Best Films of 2016: Jordan Cronk: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2016: Jason Shawhan: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #4 50 Best Films of 2016: Slant
• #4 10 Favorite Films of 2016: Darren Hughes
• #4 20 Best Films of 2016: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 12 Best Movies of 2016: K. Austin Collins: The Ringer
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2016: Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Best Films of 2016: Kenji Fujishima: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2016: Michael Koresky: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2016: Josh Larsen: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2016: Matthew Wilder: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2016: John DeCarli: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2016: John Keefer: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2016: C.J. Prince: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2016: Jeff Reichert: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2016: Alex Engquist: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2016: Ben Nicholson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2016: Dustin Chang: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2016: Eric Henderson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #5 Top 17 Films of 2015: David Hudson: Fandor: Keyframe Daily
• #5 Top 35 Films of 2015: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2016: Julia Cooper: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 10 Best Films of 2015: J. Hoberman: Artforum
• #7 Best Films of 2016: Cédric Succivalli: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2016: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top 10 Films of 2016: Miriam Bale: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Top 10 Films of 2016: In Review Online
• #8 Best Films of 2016: Adam Nayman: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2016: Vadim Rizov: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2016: Andrew Lapin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2016: Pat Padua: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #11 Top 50 Films of 2016: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #15 Top 50 Films of 2016: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #18 25 Best Films of 2016: Matt Prigge: Metro
• #11 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016: Glenn Kenny Another ten, in no particular order
• #28 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online
• #1 Top Films of 2016: Michael Sicinski Top Ten Releases (Poll-Eligible Only)

• Best Films of 2016: Kieron Corless: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Mark Cousins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Michael Koresky: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Brad Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Denis Côté: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Roger Koza: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Jason Anderson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Pamela Cohn: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Philip Concannon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Stephane Delorme: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: J. Hoberman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Alexander Horwath: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Michael Koresky: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Kevin B. Lee: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Dennis Lim: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Dana Linssen: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Violet Lucca: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Andréa Picard: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Kong Rithdee: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Noah Cowan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Helen de Witt: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Thirza Wakefield: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Selina Robertson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll An Honourable Queer Mention
• 12 Favorite Films of 2015: Dennis Cooper
• Best Films of 2016: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Special Mentions
• Best Films of 2015: Nick James: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Came Close to Inclusion
• 15 Favorite Films of 2016: Dennis Cooper
• Best Films of 2015: Jonathan Romney: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Let's Also Mention
• Best Films of 2015: Matthew Taylor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Other Favourites
• Top 25 Movies of 2016: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times And 15 honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)
• Top Films of the 2010s: Nellie Killian

Ashes

• Top 5 Films of 2012: Kong Rithdee: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

• #2 50 Best Released Films of 2011: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 10 Best Films of 2011: Reverse Shot
• #2 Top Ten Films of the 2010s: Cinema Scope
• #2 The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk
• #3 Top 10 Films of 2011: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #3 Best Films of the 2010s: Reverse Shot
• #4 Top 10 Movies of 2011: MSN
• #4 Top Films of 2011: Fandor
• #4 Top 10 Films of the 2010s: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #5 Best Films of 2011: Scott Tobias: A.V. Club Top 15
• #5 Best Films of 2011: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #5 Top 10 Films of 2011: Nick Schager: Slant
• #5 Best Films of 2011: David Fear: Time Out New York
• #5 The 25 Best Movies of the 2010s: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
• #6 Best Films of 2011: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 25 Best Films of 2011: Slant
• #7 Personal Best Films of 2011: J. Hoberman: Village Voice
• #7 Best Films of 2011: Ben Kenigsberg: Time Out Chicago
• #7 25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #8 10 Best Movies of 2011: Andrew O’Hehir: Salon
• #8 Favorite Films of 2011: Dennis Cooper
• #8 The Best of the 2010s: TIFF Cinematheque
• #8 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2011: Matt Prigge: Philadelphia Weekly
• #9 20 Best Films of 2011: Skandies
• #10 Best Films of 2011: John Waters: Artforum
• #12 Best Films of 2011: Keith Uhlich: Time Out New York
• #12 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
• #14 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Paste
• #15 Best Films of 2011: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
• #26 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
• #62 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
• #97 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club

• Best Films of 2011: Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 10 Movies of 2011: Dana Stevens: Slate
• Ten Best FIlms of the 2010s: Michael J. Anderson
• Best Films of 2011: Alison Willmore: A.V. Club The next five
• Best Films of 2011: Noel Murray: A.V. Club The next five
• Best Films of 2011: Karina Longworth: Village Voice Films That Almost Made the Cut, Alphabetically
• Favorite Films of 2011: Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian Narrative Features
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay