Year-End Lists

Petite Maman

• #1 Films of 2021: The Skinny
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Mark Kermode: Observer
• #1 Top 10 Films of 2021: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Molly Haskell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Melanie Hoyes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Ian Mantgani: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2021: Mike Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Movies of 2022: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #2 Best Films of 2022: Matt Connolly: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Abby Olcese: RogerEbert.com
• #2 The Best Films of 2021: A.V. Club
• #2 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 The Best Films of 2021: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Rick Burin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Philip Concannon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Michael Leader: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2021: Collin Souter: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Best Films of 2022: Imogen Sara Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 The Best Films of 2021: Leila Latif: A.V. Club
• #3 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Guardian
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Ella Kemp: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Katie McCabe: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2021: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
• #4 The 10 Best Films of 2022: Barry Hertz: Globe and Mail
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Bedatri Datta Choudhury: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Movies of 2021: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• #4 Best Movies of 2021: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Jamie Dunn: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Pamela Hutchinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Caitlin Quinlan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Movies of 2022: Chloe Lizotte: Screen Slate
• #5 The Best Films of 2021: Carlos Aguilar: A.V. Club
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2021: Roxana Hadadi: RogerEbert.com
• #5 My Favourite Films of 2021: Scout Tafoya
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Susannah Gruder
• #5 The Best Movies of 2021: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Lillian Crawford: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Josh Slater-Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Ginette Vincendeau: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2021: Carlos Aguilar: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Best Films of 2022: Chris Boeckmann: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 The 25 Best Films of 2021: David Ehrlich
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2021: Josh Larsen
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Clara Bradbury-Rance: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Thomas Flew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Katherine McLaughlin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2021: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Best Films of 2022: Chloe Lizotte: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 The Best Films of 2021: Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club
• #7 The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• #7 The Best Movies of 2021: Ty Burr
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2021: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #7 The Best Films of 2021: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Ashley Clark: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Steph Green: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2022: Imogen Sara Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2022: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2021: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• #8 Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels
• #8 Best Films of 2021: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Jake Coyle: AP
• #8 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Kambole Campbell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Michael Hayden: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Philip Horne: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Anna Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2021: Robert Daniels: RogerEbert.com
• #9 The Best Movies of 2021: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #9 The Best Films of 2021: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
• #9 The Ten Best Films of 2021: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Best Films of 2021: Devika Girish: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2021: Rebecca Harrison: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2021: Łukasz Mańkowski: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2021: Leigh Singer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Top 25 Films of 2022: In Review Online
• #10 Best Films of 2022: Savina Petkova: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 The Best Movies of 2021: Angelica Jade Bastién: New York: Vulture
• #10 Best Films of 2021: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2021: Philip Kemp: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2022: Srikanth Srinivasan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Best Films of 2022: Daniel Kasman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Best Films of 2022: Margaret Barton-Fumo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 The 30 Best Films of 2021: Little White Lies
• #12 The 20 Best Films of 2021: Time Out London
• #13 Top 50 Films of 2021: Film Stage
• #13 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
• #13 The Best Films of 2021: Caroline Siede: A.V. Club
• #13 Favorite Films of 2021: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #15 Best Films of 2022: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 Best Films of 2022: Gavin Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 The 25 Best Films Of 2021: The Playlist
• #15 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Slant
• #18 Best Movies of 2022: Screen Slate
• #18 Best Films of 2022: Molly Haskell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 Best Films of 2022: Inney Prakash: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #50 The 50 Best Movies of 2021: Paste

• Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline
• Top 10 Films of 2021: Screen Queens
• Best Films of 2021: Spectrum Culture
• Favorite Movies of 2022: Barack Obama
• Best Films of 2022: Jessica Green: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2022: Cristina Nord: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Passerby More of our favorite films include
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Cinema Scope Special mentions
• The Best Movies of 2021: Polygon
• Best Films of 2021: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Our Top 10 Films of 2021: Hyperallergic Honorable mention
• The Top 10 Films of 2022: Hyperallergic Honorable mention
• Notable Films Of 2022: Glenn Kenny Top Stuff
• The Best Films of 2021: Scott Tobias: The Reveal Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2022: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Honorable mention
• The 25 Best Movies of 2022: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox Honorable mentions, a.k.a. great films you should seek out

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

• #1 Top Ten Films of 2020: Mike Rubin: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #1 The Best Films of 2019: Allison Shoemaker: A.V. Club
• #1 The 10 Best Films of 2019: David Sims: Atlantic
• #1 Best Films of 2019: Jake Coyle: AP
• #1 Top 10 Films of 2019: Allison Shoemaker: RogerEbert.com
• #1 The Best Films of 2019: Caroline Siede: A.V. Club
• #1 The 25 Best Films of 2019: David Ehrlich
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: Dan Kois: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: John Oursler: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: Emma Stefansky: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: Matt Fagerholm: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: Carlos Aguilar: RogerEbert.com
• #2 The Best Movies of 2020: Empire
• #2 10 Best Films of 2020: Mark Kermode: Observer
• #2 Favorite Films of 2019: Saige Walton
• #2 Top 10 Films of 2019: Josh Larsen: Filmspotting
• #2 The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Noah Gittell: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Ren Jender: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2020: Mark Cousins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top 10 Films of 2019: Justine Smith: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2019: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• #3 The Best Films of 2019: Katie Walsh: SF Examiner
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2019: Jason Bailey: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2019: Danny Bowes: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2019: Daryl Chin: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2019: Kate Erbland: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #4 The Best Films of 2019: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
• #4 The Best Movies of 2019: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• #4 Favorite Films of 2019: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2019: Willow Maclay: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 The Best Films of 2019: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• #5 The Best Films of 2019: Todd McCarthy: Hollywood Reporter
• #5 The Best Films of 2019: Scott Tobias
• #5 The 50 Best Movies of 2019: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #5 The Best Films of 2019: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
• #5 The 50 Best Films of 2019: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2019: Siddhant Adlakha: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2019: Morgan Leigh Davies: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2019: Aaron Hillis: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Top 50 Films of 2019: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 The 2019 Jim Ridley Film Poll: Nashville Scene
• #6 Best Films of 2019: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Ali Arikan: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Michael Nordine: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Josh Spiegel: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
• #7 The 20 Best Movies of 2019: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
• #7 The 10 Best Films of 2019: David Morgan: CBS News
• #7 Best Films of 2019: A.V. Club
• #7 Top 25 Films of 2019: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2019: Simon Abrams: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2019: Sean Axmaker: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2019: Matt Prigge: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Top 10 Films of 2019: Kristy Puchko: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Favorite Fifteen Films of 2019: Marya E. Gates
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Odie Henderson: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
• #8 Best Films of 2019: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #8 The Best Films of 2019: Beatrice Loayza: A.V. Club
• #8 Top 10 Films of 2019: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Mark Dujsik: RogerEbert.com
• #8 50 Favourite Films of the 2010s: Seventh Row
• #9 Top 10 Films of 2019: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Best Movies of 2019: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• #9 Best Films of 2019: Reverse Shot
• #9 10 Best Films of 2019: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• #10 The 19 Best Movies of 2019: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
• #10 Ten Best Films of 2019: RogerEbert.com
• #11 The 30 Best Films of 2020: Little White Lies
• #11 The 25 Best Films Of 2019: The Playlist
• #12 Top 25 Films of 2019: Robert Daniels
• #12 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny
• #13 Top 15 Feature Films of 2019: Hyperallergic
• #15 The Best Films of 2019: Jesse Hassenger: A.V. Club
• #15 The Best Movies of 2019: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #19 Best Films of 2019: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 The 21 Best Films of 2019: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
• #40 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
• #43 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
• #27 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Slant Runner-up
• #64 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
• #70 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects

• The 10 Best Films of 2019: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery
• Best Films of 2019: Ela Bittencourt: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: John Bleasdale: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Alex Davidson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Rebecca Harrison: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Violet Lucca: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Caspar Salmon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Anna Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Simran Hans: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Dana Stevens: Slate
• Best Films of 2019: Ginette Vincendeau: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Catherine Wheatley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Mike Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Jason Anderson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Elisabet Cabeza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Philip Concannon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Nick James: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Beatrice Loayza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Geoffrey Macnab: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Katherine McLaughlin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Leigh Singer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Isabel Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Lou Thomas: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Caitlin Quinlan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Jonathan Kiefer: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Benjamin Mercer: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Ray Pride: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• The 15 Best Movies of 2020: Vogue
• The Best Films of 2019: Peter Debruge: Variety Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2019: Lindsey Bahr: AP Honorable mention
• The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Daily Beast Honorable mention
• The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2019: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Favorite Films by Women in 2019: Kimber Myers
• The Best Movies of 2019: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• The Best Movies of 2019: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush Honorable mention
• Top 20 Films of 2019: In Review Online Honorable mention

Girlhood

• #3 47 Noteworthy Films of 2015: Glenn Kenny
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2015: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• #5 Best Films of 2015: C.J. Prince: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2015: Kyle Turner: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2015: Abby Garnett: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2015: Cynthia Fuchs: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2015: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Best Films of 2015: Aaron Hillis: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 20 Best Movies of 2015: Time Out London
• #9 Favorite Fifteen Films of 2015: Marya E. Gates
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2015: Brian Doan: RogerEbert.com
• #13 20 Best Movies of 2015: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• #13 Top 20 Films of 2014: Les Inrocks
• #14 Top 35 Films of 2015: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #18 20 Best Movies of 2015: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
• #25 25 Best Films of 2015: David Ehrlich
• #42 50 Best Films of 2015: Guardian
• #34 50 Best Films of 2015: Slant Just missed making it into the top 25
• #84 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist

• Top 10 Films of 2015: Mark Kermode: Observer
• 15 Favorite Films of the 2010s: Glenn Kenny
• Top Ten Films of 2015: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay

Tomboy

• #5 Top 10 Films of 2011: Ed Gonzalez: Slant
• #14 25 Best Films of 2011: Slant
• #40 50 Favourite Films of the 2010s: Seventh Row