Year-End Lists

The Fence

• #7 Best Films of 2025: Laura Staab: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Stars at Noon

• #1 Top 5 Films of 2022: Nictate
• #1 Best Films of 2022: Catherine Bray: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2022: Leonardo Goi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2022: Azadeh Jafari: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Top 25 Films of 2022: In Review Online
• #6 Best Films of 2022: Savina Petkova: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2022: Jessica Dunn Rovinelli: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2022: Dash Shaw: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2022: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2022: Violet Lucca: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2022: R. Emmet Sweeney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Top 50 Movies of 2022: Guy Lodge
• #11 Best Films of 2022: Lukas Brasiskis: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 Best Films of 2022: Mackenzie Lukenbill: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 Best Films of 2022: Andréa Picard: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #14 Best Films of 2022: Margaret Barton-Fumo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #14 Best Films of 2022: Inney Prakash: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 The 25 Best Films of 2022: Slant
• #16 Best Films of 2022: Edo Choi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2022: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2022: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 Best Films of 2022: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #29 My Favorite Movies of 2022: Sean Fennessey
• #36 Top 50 Movies of 2022: Jessica Kiang

• Best Films of 2022: Violet Lucca: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2022: Jamsheed Akrami: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2022: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Guilty Pleasures & Little Treasures
• Best Movies of 2022: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times And I also recommend

Both Sides of the Blade

• #2 Best Films of 2023: Brad Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2022: Charles Whitehouse: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 The Best Movies of 2022: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture
• #3 Best Films of 2022: Elena Lazic: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top 25 Films of 2022: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2022: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com
• #5 The Best Movies of 2022: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #5 Top 5 Films of 2022: Nictate
• #5 Best Films of 2022: Edo Choi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 The Best Movies of 2022: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture
• #7 Best Films of 2023: Darren Hughes: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2022: Jessica Dunn Rovinelli: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2022: Naman Ramachandran: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2022: Eric Hynes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2022: Jamie Dunn: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2022: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 The 25 Best Films of 2022: Slant
• #9 Best Films of 2022: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 2022 Top Film Picks: Saige Walton
• #11 Best Films of 2022: Beatrice Loayza: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 The Best Movies of 2022: Scott Tobias: The Reveal
• #17 Best Films of 2022: Adam Nayman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #43 The 50 Best Films of 2022: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #44 Top 50 Films of 2022: Film Stage
• #46 Top 50 Movies of 2022: Guy Lodge
• #52 My Favorite Movies of 2022: Sean Fennessey

• Best Films of 2022: John Klacsmann: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2022: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Best Movies of 2022: Nick Schager: Daily Beast Honorable mention
• Notable Films Of 2022: Glenn Kenny Top Stuff
• Top Ten Films of 2022: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Honorable mention
• Top 25 Films of 2022: In Review Online Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2022: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times And I also recommend

Beau Travail [rerelease]

• #2 10 Best Films of 2020: Cassie da Costa: Artforum

White Material

• #72 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist

High Life

• #1 Favorite Films of 2019: Saige Walton
• #1 The Best Films of 2019: Charles Bramesco: A.V. Club
• #1 Favorite Films of 2018: Chiara Marañón: Mubi
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2018: Federica Foglia: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
• #2 Top 15 Feature Films of 2019: Hyperallergic
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Aaron Hillis: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Michael Nordine: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Jeff Reichert: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2019: Jake Cole: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2019: Mallory Andrews
• #4 Top 25 Films of 2019: Robert Daniels
• #4 The 30 Best Films of 2019: Little White Lies
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com
• #5 Top 20 Films of 2019: Jordan Cronk
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2019: Brian Darr: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny
• #5 10 Best Movies of 2018: Melissa Anderson: Artforum
• #6 Favorite 2019 Movies: Fernando F. Croce
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Florence Almozini: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Eric Henderson: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Top 10 Films of 2018: Les Inrocks
• #7 Top 25 Films of 2019: Michael Glover Smith
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2019: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
• #7 The Best Movies of 2019: The Ringer
• #7 Best Films of 2019: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2019: Maddie Whittle: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2019: Max O’Connell: RogerEbert.com
• #8 The Best Films of 2019: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
• #8 Best Films of 2019: Reverse Shot
• #8 The Best Films of 2019: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Morgan Leigh Davies: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Emma Stefansky: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Top 10 Films of 2018: Christina Newland: Little White Lies
• #8 Favourite Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Favorite Films of 2019: Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
• #9 The Best Films of 2019: Beatrice Loayza: A.V. Club
• #10 Top 10 Films of 2019: Josh Larsen: Filmspotting
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2019: Alonso Duralde: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2019: Tim Grierson: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2019: Don Kaye: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2018: Cinema Scope
• #11 Top 16 Films of 2019: Nictate
• #11 The 50 Best Films of 2019: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #12 The 25 Best Films Of 2019: The Playlist
• #13 Best Movies of 2019: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• #13 Best Films of 2019: A.V. Club
• #14 Top 50 Films of 2019: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #15 The 25 Best Films of 2019: David Ehrlich
• #16 The Best Films of 2019: Scott Tobias
• #17 Top 20 Films of 2019: In Review Online
• #19 Best Films of 2019: Susannah Gruder
• #19 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Slant
• #19 The 19 Best Movies of 2019: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
• #19 The Best Films of the 2010s: Hyperallergic
• #20 The 50 Best Movies of 2019: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #21 Best Films of 2018: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #29 The Best Movies of 2019: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #31 Top 50 Films of 2018: Film Stage
• #31 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
• #40 The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk
• #81 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
• #85 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Paste
• #90 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club
• #94 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects

• Best Films of 2018: Simran Hans: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Jean-Michel Frodon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Guy Lodge: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Jason Wood: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Chris Boeckmann: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Michelle Carey: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 10 Films of 2019: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Bidisha: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Elena Gorfinkel: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Philippa Snow: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Matt Zoller Seitz: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• The 10 Best Films of 2019: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery
• Best Films of 2019: Pamela Hutchinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Tara Judah: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Beatrice Loayza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Violet Lucca: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Andrew Male: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Brad Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Matthew Taylor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Catherine Wheatley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Eric Hynes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2019: C. Mason Wells: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Spectrum Culture
• The 10 Best Films of 2019: David Sims: Atlantic Honorable mention
• The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Daily Beast Honorable mention
• Ten Best Films of 2019: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Favorite Films by Women in 2019: Kimber Myers
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com Runner-up

Let the Sunshine In

• #2 Best Films of 2018: Reverse Shot
• #4 25 Best Films of 2018: Slant
• #4 Top 20 Films of 2018: In Review Online
• #5 10 Best Movies of 2018: Melissa Anderson: Artforum
• #5 Top Ten Films by Women in 2018: Another Gaze
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2017: David Hudson: Criterion: Daily
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2018: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• #6 Best Movies of 2018: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• #6 Best Movies of 2018: Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
• #7 Best Movies of 2018: The Ringer
• #7 Best Films of 2018: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2018: Caden Mark Gardner: Seattle Screen Scene
• #7 Favorite US Releases of 2018: Darren Hughes
• #7 50 Best Films of 2018: Walter Chaw: Film Freak Central
• #8 Best Films of 2017: Les Inrocks
• #9 Top 10 Films of 2017: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks
• #10 Best Films of 2018: David Sims: Atlantic
• #10 Top 10 Films of 2018: Ed Gonzalez
• #10 Top 10 Films of 2017: Marilou Duponchel: Les Inrocks
• #15 30 Best Films of 2018: Little White Lies
• #6 10 Best Movies of 2018: John Beifuss: Memphis Commercial Appeal The Second 10 (in alphabetical order)
• #18 Favorite Films of 2017: Joanna Di Mattia: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• #19 Top 26 Films of 2017: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #19 Best Movies of the 2010s: Susannah Gruder
• #21 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
• #22 30 Favorite Films of 2017: Justine Smith
• #23 25 Best Films of 2018: David Ehrlich
• #25 Top 50 Films of 2018: Film Stage
• #28 Favorite Films of 2017: Scout Tafoya
• #33 Best Movies of 2018: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #35 Best Films of 2018: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #44 50 Best Movies of 2018: Paste
• #46 50 Best Movies of 2018: Film School Rejects
• #37 25 Best Films of 2018: The Playlist After that

• Best Films of 2018: Michael Koresky: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Nellie Killian: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Sophie Monks Kaufman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Adam Batty: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Adam Scovell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Adrian Martin: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Geoff Andrew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Dana Linssen: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Miguel Marías: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Michael Pattison: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Alexander Horwath: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: David Jenkins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Matthew Taylor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Catherine Wheatley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Favorite Films of 2018: Girish Shambu
• Top 11 Films of 2018: Nictate
• Films I Adored in 2018: Saige Walton Films that I expected to love but proved to be glorious messes
• Best Movies Directed By Women in 2018: Valerie Ettenhofer: Film School Rejects
• Some 2018 Releases I Liked: Karina Longworth
• Best Films of 2018: Pasquale Iannone: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Bubbling Under
• The Twenty-Seven Best Movies of the 2010s: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• Top Ten Films of 2018: Justine Smith: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2018: Jake Coyle: AP Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2018: Max O’Connell: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• 10 Best Movies of 2018: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune Runners-up, 11-30, alphabetical
• Best Films of 2018: Glenn Kenny The second twenty in looser preferential order
• Best Movies of 2018: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• 10 Best Movies of 2018: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair Honorable mention
• Top Films of the 2010s: Nellie Killian
• 25 Best Movies of 2018: Nick Schager: Esquire Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2018: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times Honorable mention

Bastards

• #3 Top 11 Films of 2013: Miriam Bale: Movie City News
• #7 20 Best Films of 2013: L Magazine
• #7 25 Best Films of 2013: Slant
• #9 10 Best Films of 2013: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• #13 50 Best Movies of 2013: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 The Best Films of 2013: Sam Adams: A.V. Club
• #15 The Best Films of 2013: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
• #19 30 Top Films of 2013: Glenn Kenny
• #28 Top 50 Films of 2013: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll

• Top 27 Movies of 2013: Wesley Morris: Grantland 17 more
• Top 39 Movies of 2013: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Honor Roll, Alphabetically
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay