Year-End Lists

Eddington

• #1 Top Ten Films of 2025: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
• #1 The Best Movies of 2025: John Waters: New York: Vulture
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Lucia Ahrensdorf: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Anton Bitel: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Brogan Morris: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Amy Nicholson: Los Angeles Times
• #3 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Max Cea: Esquire
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Rachel Pronger: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2025: Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2025: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Omar Ahmed: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Tim Hayes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Guy Lodge: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Phil Hoad: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2025: Kayleigh Donaldson: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Guy Lodge: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Julien Allen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Nick Davis: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Nick Davis: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 The 10 Best Films of 2025: Christina Newland: The i Paper
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Dan Sullivan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2025: Brendan Hodges: RogerEbert.com
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2025: Kaiya Shunyata: RogerEbert.com
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2025: Michael Viers: RogerEbert.com
• #11 The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
• #11 17 Best Movies of 2025: Decider
• #12 The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #13 Best Films of 2025: Edo Choi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #14 Best Films of 2025: Juan Camilo Velasquez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 Best Movies of 2025: Screen Slate
• #16 Best Films of 2025: AJ Morris: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2025: Madeline Ostdick: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 Best Films of 2025: Isabel Stevens: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 Best Films of 2025: Molly Haskell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
• #19 Best Films of 2025: Ruun Nuur: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #23 The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
• #25 The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #15 Favorite Films of 2025: Austin Noto-Moniz Runner-up
• #30 The 30 Best Films of 2025: Little White Lies

• The Best Movies of 2025: Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal
• Top 10 Movies of 2025: Sam Adams: Slate
• The Best Films of 2025: Sean Burns: WBUR
• Best Films of 2025: Michael Koresky: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Adam Piron: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Nicholas Russell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The 15 Best Films of 2025: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win
• Best Films of 2025: Passerby More of our favorite films include
• The Best Movies of 2025: Adam Nayman: The Ringer Honorable mention
• The Best Movies Of 2025: Uproxx
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: David Sims: Atlantic A few titles just outside my top 10 are worth mentioning
• Best Movies of 2025: Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times Also recommended
• The Best Films of 2025: Scott Tobias: The Reveal Honorable mention

Beau Is Afraid

• #1 Best Movies of 2023: John Waters: New York: Vulture
• #1 The 10 Best Films of 2023: Dazed
• #1 Best Films of 2023: Kim Newman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2023: Henry K. Miller: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2023: Anton Bitel: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2023: Jane Giles: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2023: Guy Lodge: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2023: Caspar Salmon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 The Best 2023 Movies: Eric Kohn
• #4 Best Films of 2023: Elena Lazic: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 The 10 Best Movies of 2023: Nick Schager: Daily Beast
• #5 Best Films of 2023: James Mottram: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2023: Adrian Curry: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2023: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• #10 The Best Movies Of 2023: Uproxx
• #10 Best Films of 2023: Eric Hynes: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Movies of 2023: Sean Fennessey
• #12 Top 50 Movies of 2023: Jessica Kiang
• #13 The Best Movies of 2023: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• #14 The 20 Best Movies of 2023: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #18 The Top Forty-Five Films Of 2023: Glenn Kenny
• #22 The 25 Best Films of 2023: David Ehrlich
• #25 The 25 Best Movies of 2023: IndieWire
• #26 The 50 Best Films of 2023: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #43 The 50 Best Movies of 2023: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #46 Top 50 Films of 2023: Film Stage

• Best Films of 2023: Caden Mark Gardner: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Best Films of 2023: Sean Burns: WBUR
• Top 10 Films of 2023: Esther Zuckerman: Slate: Movie Club
• Best Films of 2023: Passerby More of our favorite films include
• Best Films of 2023: Spectrum Culture
• Favorite Films of 2023: Dennis Cooper
• Top Ten Films of 2023: Clémence Polès Farhang Notable mentions
• The 10 Best Films of 2023: David Sims: Atlantic Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2023: Mark Kermode Also Absolutely Brilliant
• Top Ten Films of 2023: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2023: Keith Phipps: The Reveal Honorable mention

Midsommar (director's cut)

• #3 Favorite Films of 2019: Saige Walton

Midsommar

• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: Sherilyn Connelly: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 The 20 Best Movies of 2019: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
• #3 Top 10 Films of 2019: Kristy Puchko: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2019: Nick Allen: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2019: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Top 10 Films of 2019: Murielle Joudet: Les Inrocks
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Maddie Whittle: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 The Best Films of 2019: Scott Tobias
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2019: John Oursler: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 The Best Movies of 2019: Karen Han: Polygon
• #8 The 25 Best Films Of 2019: The Playlist
• #8 Top 10 Films of 2019: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
• #8 The 10 Best Films of 2019: David Morgan: CBS News
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Noah Gittell: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Collin Souter: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2019: Calum Marsh: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2019: Gerald Peary: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2019: Danny Bowes: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #12 Top 20 Films of 2019: Les Inrocks
• #12 The Best Movies of 2019: Tasha Robinson: Polygon
• #13 The Best Films of 2019: Allison Shoemaker: A.V. Club
• #13 The Best Films of 2019: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• #13 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Time Out New York
• #14 The 25 Best Films of 2019: David Ehrlich
• #14 The 2019 Jim Ridley Film Poll: Nashville Scene
• #16 The 50 Best Films of 2019: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #16 Top 25 Films of 2019: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com
• #17 Best Films of 2019: Susannah Gruder
• #20 The 21 Best Films of 2019: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
• #21 Top 50 Films of 2019: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #23 Top 25 Films of 2019: Robert Daniels
• #25 The 50 Best Movies of 2019: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #70 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence of Sound

• Top Ten Films of 2019: Lara Zarum: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2019: John Bleasdale: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Charles Gant: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Philip Kemp: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Roger Clarke: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Mark Cousins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Ryan Gilbey: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Paul O’Callaghan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Sukhdev Sandhu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Anna Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Beth Webb: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Benjamin Mercer: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• The Best Movies of 2019: Polygon
• Favorite Movies Of 2019: NPR
• The Best Movies of 2019: The Ringer Honorable mention
• The Best Films of 2019: Peter Debruge: Variety Honorable mention
• Ten Best Films of 2019: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top 10 Films of 2019: Allison Shoemaker: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Favorite Films of 2019: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2019: Steve Erickson: GCN Runner-up
• Best Movies of 2019: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times Honorable mention
• The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny Enjoyed but Not Reviewed

Hereditary

• #1 Top 10 Movies of 2018: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2018: Nick Allen: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top 15 Films of 2018: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
• #2 Top 20 Movies of 2018: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2018: Quinn Hough: RogerEbert.com
• #3 25 Best Films of 2018: The Playlist
• #4 Top 15 Films of 2018: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• #4 20 Best Films of 2018: Time Out London
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2018: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• #5 Ten Best Films of 2018: David Sterritt: Films in Focus
• #5 10 Best Movies of 2018: John Beifuss: Memphis Commercial Appeal
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2018: Justine Smith: RogerEbert.com
• #5 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence of Sound
• #6 The 2018 Jim Ridley Film Poll: Nashville Scene
• #7 50 Best Movies of 2018: Paste
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2018: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2018: Collin Souter: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2018: Kristen Lopez: RogerEbert.com
• #8 10 Best Films of 2018: Christy Lemire
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2018: Kristy Puchko: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Best Films of 2018: Much Ado About Cinema
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2018: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com
• #10 Top 10 Movies of 2018: Tomris Laffly: Time Out New York
• #10 Best Films of 2018: Desist Film
• #11 11 Best Movies Of 2018: Alison Willmore: BuzzFeed
• #11 50 Best Movies of 2018: Film School Rejects
• #13 25 Best Films of 2018: David Ehrlich
• #14 Best Films of 2018: Megan Christopher: Much Ado About Cinema
• #14 30 Best Films of 2018: Little White Lies
• #14 20 Best Movies Of 2018: Matthew Jacobs: HuffPost
• #15 Best Movies of 2018: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• #16 20 Best Movies of 2018: Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
• #16 Best 25 Films of 2018: A.V. Club
• #20 Best Movies of 2018: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #29 100 Best Films of the 2010s: Insider
• #29 The 40 Best Films of the 2010s: Independent
• #34 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
• #44 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
• #45 Best Movies of the 2010s: Susannah Gruder
• #46 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
• #80 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club

• Top Ten Films of 2018: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Runner-up
• Top Ten Films of 2018: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• 10 Best Movies of 2018: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune Runners-up, 11-30, alphabetical
• Best Movies of 2018: The Ringer With Apologies To