Year-End Lists

The Beast

• #1 Best Films of 2024: Ayanna Dozier: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Anne Billson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Caden Mark Gardner: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Azadeh Jafari: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Beatrice Loayza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Top 10 Films of 2024: Ryan Swen
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Beatrice Loayza: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Ryan Swen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Vadim Rizov: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: In Review Online
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2024: Brendan Hodges: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2024: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Best Films of 2023: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Jean-Michel Frodon: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Tim Hayes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Leonardo Goi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Steven Mears: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Isabel Sandoval: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Vikram Murthi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 The 25 Best Films of 2024: Slant
• #2 Top 50 Films of 2024: Film Stage
• #2 Best Movies of 2024: Screen Slate
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Jessica Dunn Rovinelli: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Annabel Bai Jackson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Our Top Films of 2024: Les Inrocks
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Saffron Maeve: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 The 25 Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2024: Clint Worthington: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Adrian Curry: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Mackenzie Lukenbill: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 The Best Movies of 2024: Adam Nayman: The Ringer
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Nicole Flattery: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2023: Alex Ramon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2023: Ian Wang: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 The 10 Best Films of 2023: Dazed
• #5 Best Films of 2024: Michael Sicinski: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2024: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Margaret Barton-Fumo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Giovanni Marchini Camia: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Roger Luckhurst: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Philip Horne: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2024: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Best Films of 2023: Rafa Sales Ross: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Brad Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2024: Celia Mattison: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Favorite Films of 2024: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #7 The 25 Best Films of 2024: A.V. Club
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Mark Kermode Joint 4th
• #8 Best Films of 2024: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 The 25 Best Films of 2024: David Ehrlich
• #8 Best Films of 2024: Reverse Shot
• #8 Best Films of 2023: Giovanni Marchini Camia: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Dash Shaw: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Julien Allen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 The Best Films of 2024: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Best Films of 2023: Beatrice Loayza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2023: Steph Green: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2023: Leila Latif: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2024: Matt Connolly: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2024: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #15 The 15 Best Films of 2024: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
• #15 The 60 Best Movies of 2024: Max Cea: Esquire
• #15 The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Polygon
• #16 Best Films of 2024: Carly Mattox: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2023: Jonathan Romney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #20 Best Films of 2024: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #23 The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Paste
• #25 100 Favorite Movies of 2024: Sean Fennessey
• #26 The 50 Best Films of 2023: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #28 Top 50 Films of 2023: Film Stage
• #31 The 50 Best Films of 2024: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll Best International Film

• Best Films of 2024: Paul Attard: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2024: Phil Coldiron: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2024: Willow Catelyn Maclay: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2024: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com
• The Best Movies of 2024: Tasha Robinson: Polygon
• Best Films of 2024: Spectrum Culture
• Best Films of 2024: Lucia Ahrensdorf: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2024: Robert Daniels: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2024: Dorota Lech: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Kaiya Shunyata: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• The Twenty-Five Best Movies of 2024: A.S. Hamrah: n+1
• Best Films of 2024: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• The Best Films of 2024: Scott Tobias: The Reveal Honorable mention
• The 20 Best Films Of 2024: The Playlist Honorable mention
• 10 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel Additional films this year I admired or loved
• The Best Films of 2024: Keith Phipps: The Reveal Honorable mention

Coma

• #1 Best Films of 2024: Michael Sicinski: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Lawrence Garcia: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Ian Wang: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2024: Ayanna Dozier: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Top 10 Films of 2024: Steve Erickson: GCN
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Vikram Murthi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Ten Best Films of 2022: Michael J. Anderson
• #7 Best Films of 2024: Mackenzie Lukenbill: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2023: Adrian Martin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Vadim Rizov: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2024: Jessica Dunn Rovinelli: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 Best Films of 2024: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #14 Best Films of 2024: In Review Online
• #15 Best Films of 2024: Giovanni Marchini Camia: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 Best Films of 2024: Ryan Swen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #30 Top 50 Films of 2024: Film Stage

• Best Films of 2024: Phil Coldiron: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2024: Lucia Ahrensdorf: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Twenty-Five Best Movies of 2024: A.S. Hamrah: n+1
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com Runner-up

Zombi Child

• #7 Top Ten Films of 2020: Florence Almozini: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 The 10 Best Films of 2020: Jason Shawhan: Nashville Scene
• #20 The Best Films of 2020: Slant
• #35 The 50 Best Films of 2019: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #49 The 50 Best Movies of 2020: Paste

• Best Films of 2019: Ashley Clark: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Nick James: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Giovanni Marchini Camia: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Jonathan Romney: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Catherine Wheatley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Cinema Scope Special Mentions
• Best Films of 2020: Ed Gonzalez: Slant Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2020: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top 25 Films of 2020: In Review Online Honorable mention

Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera

• Best Films of 2016: Michael Pattison: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Dennis Lim: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Plus Five Shorts

Nocturama

• #1 Best Films of 2017: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
• #1 Top 15 Films of 2017: In Review Online
• #2 Best Films of 2017: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• #2 Top 26 Films of 2017: Steve Erickson: GCN
• #2 Favorite Films of 2017: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #3 20 Favorite Films of 2017: Darren Hughes
• #3 50 Best Films of 2017: Slant
• #3 Top 25 Films of 2017: Michael Sicinski
• #3 Best Films of 2017: Glenn Heath Jr.: San Diego CityBeat
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2016: Cinema Scope
• #4 10 Best Films of 2017: John Waters: Artforum
• #4 Top 30 Movies of 2017: Ed Gonzalez
• #5 The Best Films of 2017: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader
• #5 20 Best Films of 2017: A.V. Club
• #5 Favorite Films of 2017: John Rangel
• #5 Top 10 Films of 2017: Miriam Bale
• #5 Best Films of 2017: Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club
• #5 10 Best Films of 2017: J. Hoberman: Artforum
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2017: Adrian Martin
• #5 20 Best Films of 2017: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Favorite Films of 2017: Joanna Di Mattia: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2017: Reverse Shot
• #8 Top 50 Films of 2017: Film Stage
• #8 Best Films of 2017: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Top Films of 2016: Michael Sicinski Top Thirty (World Premieres Only)
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2017: Walker King: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Top 20 Films of 2016: Les Inrocks
• #10 Top 10 Films of 2017: Nictate
• #10 The 2017 Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll: Nashville Scene
• #10 15 Favorite Films of 2016: Keith Uhlich
• #10 Best Films of 2017: Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com Then…
• #13 Top 30 Films of 2016: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #14 Best Films of 2017: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
• #14 25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #17 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online
• #21 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club
• #23 25 Best Films of 2017: Charles Bramesco
• #23 The 25 Best Movies of the 2010s: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
• #47 50 Best Movies of 2017: Paste
• #71 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence of Sound

• Best Films of 2017: Charles Whitehouse: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Ashley Clark: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: J. Hoberman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Eric Hynes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Adrian Martin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Michelle Carey: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Michael Ewins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Simran Hans: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Ehsan Khoshbakht: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Danny Leigh: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Dennis Lim: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Andréa Picard: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Craig Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Chris Boeckmann: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Robert Koehler: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Ten Feature Films of 2017: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Florence Almozini: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Simon Abrams: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Sean Axmaker: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Jordan Cronk: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Aaron Hillis: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Eric Hynes: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Tomris Laffly: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Calum Marsh: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Vikram Murthi: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Matt Prigge: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Jeff Reichert: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Alice Stoehr: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Adam Cook: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Manuela Lazic: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Vadim Rizov: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: C.J. Prince: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Scott Tobias: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Eric Henderson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Chris Wells: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Matthew Wilder: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Top 10 Films of 2016: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks
• 15 Favorite Films of 2016: Dennis Cooper
• Favorite Feature Films of 2017: Ryland Walker Knight
• Top 20 Films of 2017: Daniel Kasman: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Jonathan Romney: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Other Films That Made 2016 for Me
• Best Films of 2016: Jean-Michel Frodon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll If Not Limited to Five
• 20 Best Films of 2017: Mark Olsen: Los Angeles Times And another 10 that could easily have been slotted in somewhere (alphabetical)
• Favorite Movies of 2017: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine Runner-up

Saint Laurent

• #1 Top 20 Films of 2014: Les Inrocks
• #5 19 Best Movies of 2015: Melissa Anderson: Village Voice
• #5 30 Best Films of 2015: Matt Prigge: Metro
• #5 Best Films of 2015: Matthew Wilder: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2015: Eugene Hernandez: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 20 Best Movies of 2015: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture

House of Pleasures

• #1 Top Ten Films of 2011: Matt Prigge: Philadelphia Weekly
• #1 20 Best Films of 2011: Les Inrocks
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2011: Cinema Scope
• #5 20 Best Films of 2011: Skandies
• #6 Top Ten Films of the 2010s: Cinema Scope
• #6 The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2011: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #11 Best Films of 2011: Scott Tobias: A.V. Club Top 15
• #35 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online

• Top 5 Films of 2012: Kieron Corless: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2011: David Thompson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Almost Made My Top Five
• Favorite Films of the 2010s: Darren Hughes
• 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
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay