Year-End Lists

Oh, Canada

• #2 Best Films of 2024: Rafa Sales Ross: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 The Best Movies of 2024: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #7 Best Films of 2024: Violet Lucca: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2024: Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Brad Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2024: Will Sloan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2024: Isabel Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #15 Best Films of 2024: Celia Mattison: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2024: Giovanni Marchini Camia: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #58 100 Favorite Movies of 2024: Sean Fennessey

• Top Ten Films of 2024: Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• The Best 15 Films of 2024: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win 15 Very Honorable Mentions (Though There Could Be More)
• The 25 Best Films of 2024: Slant Runner-up

Master Gardener

• #3 Best Movies of 2023: John Waters: New York: Vulture
• #4 Best Films of 2023: Peter Tonguette: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Kieron Corless: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2023: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2022: Rafa Sales Ross: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2023: Laura Staab: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2023: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2023: Kayleigh Donaldson: RogerEbert.com
• #10 Best Films of 2023: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Best Films of 2023: Savina Petkova: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 Best Films of 2023: Margaret Barton-Fumo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 Best Films of 2023: Carlos Valladares: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 Best Films of 2023: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 The Top Forty-Five Films Of 2023: Glenn Kenny
• #31 Best Movies of 2023: Sean Fennessey
• #40 The 50 Best Movies of 2023: Polygon

• The Best Films of 2023: Sean Burns: WBUR
• Best Films of 2023: Vikram Murthi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2023: Inney Prakash: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The 10 Best Movies of 2023: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention

The Card Counter

• #2 Best Films of 2021: Christina Newland: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Top 6 Films of 2021: Murielle Joudet: Les Inrocks
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Christina Newland: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Jason Anderson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Ian Mantgani: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Gabrielle Marceau: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2021: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
• #4 Best Films of 2021: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 My Favourite Films of 2021: Scout Tafoya
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Adrian Curry: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 The 30 Best Films of 2021: Little White Lies
• #5 The Best Movies of 2021: Sean Fennessey: The Ringer
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Steph Green: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Leonardo Goi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Erika Balsom: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 The 10 Best Films of 2021: David Sims: Atlantic
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2021: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Best Movies of 2021: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Cassie da Costa: Artforum
• #7 The Best Films of 2021: Leila Latif: A.V. Club
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Leila Latif: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Isabel Sandoval: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 The 25 Best Movies of 2021: IndieWire
• #8 Top 50 Films of 2021: Film Stage
• #8 The Best Films of 2021: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
• #8 The Best Films of 2021: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
• #9 Top 10 Films of 2021: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• #9 Best Films of 2021: Tom Waibel: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2021: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #9 Top 25 Movies of 2021: K. Austin Collins: Rolling Stone
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2021: Sergio Mims: RogerEbert.com
• #10 The 25 Best Films Of 2021: The Playlist
• #10 Best Films of 2021: Jonathan Romney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 The Best Movies of 2021: Ty Burr
• #10 Best Movies of 2021: Screen Slate
• #10 The Best Films of 2021: Scott Tobias: The Reveal The Top 15
• #12 The Best Films of 2021: Charles Bramesco: A.V. Club
• #13 The Best Films of 2021: A.V. Club
• #15 Best Films of 2021: Carlos Valladares: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2021: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2021: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 20 Essential Films of 2021: Les Inrocks
• #18 Top 25 Films of 2021: In Review Online
• #20 The 21 Best Movies of 2021: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
• #21 The Best Movies of 2021: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #21 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Slant
• #24 The 25 Best Films of 2021: David Ehrlich
• #30 Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels
• #33 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #38 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #44 The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire

• Top Ten Films of 2021: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
• Favorite Movies of 2021: Barack Obama
• Best Films of 2021: Erika Balsom: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Violet Lucca: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Sheila O’Malley: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Cinema Scope Special mentions
• The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
• The Ten Best Films of 2021: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• The Best Movies of 2021: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny
• Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline honorable mentions, in no particular order
• The Best Films of 2021: Keith Phipps: The Reveal Honorable mention
• The Ten Best Films of 2021: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times 20 more close to my heart

Dark

• #10 Favourite Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya

First Reformed

• #1 Top 15 Films of 2018: Vikram Murthi: A.V. Club
• #1 Top 50 Films of 2018: Film Stage
• #1 10 Best Movies of 2018: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
• #1 50 Best Films of 2018: Walter Chaw: Film Freak Central
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2018: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top 10 Films of 2018: Ed Gonzalez
• #1 50 Best Movies of 2018: Paste
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2018: Justine Smith: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2018: David Hudson
• #1 Top 15 Films of 2018: Charles Bramesco: A.V. Club
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2018: Caden Mark Gardner: Seattle Screen Scene
• #1 Best Films of 2018: Mallory Andrews
• #1 25 Best Films of 2018: Slant
• #1 25 Best Films of 2018: David Ehrlich
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2018: Max O’Connell: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Best Movies of 2018: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• #2 Best Movies of 2018: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #2 25 Best Films of 2018: The Playlist
• #2 Best Films of 2018: Philip Concannon
• #2 Top 10 Films of 2018: Elena Lazic: Little White Lies
• #2 Top 20 Films of 2018: In Review Online
• #2 Best Movies of 2018: Emily Yoshida: New York: Vulture
• #3 Best Films of 2018: David Sims: Atlantic
• #3 Top 15 Films of 2018: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
• #3 Top 10 Films of 2018: Christina Newland: Little White Lies
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2018: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• #3 Top Movies of 2018: Scott Tobias
• #3 Ten Best Movies of 2018: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2018: Josh Larsen: Filmspotting
• #3 10 Best Movies of 2018: David Edelstein: New York: Vulture
• #3 Best Films of 2018: Dilara Elbir: Much Ado About Cinema
• #3 20 Favorite Films of 2018: Keith Phipps
• #3 Best Films of 2018: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2018: Jake Coyle: AP
• #3 Best Movies of 2018: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• #3 Top 20 Movies of 2018: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2018: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Favorite Films of 2017: Keith Uhlich: Cinephiliacs
• #4 Top 10 Films of 2018: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• #4 10 Best Films of 2018: Christy Lemire
• #4 Best Films of 2018: Christopher Orr: Atlantic
• #4 Ten Best Films of 2018: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Best Movies of 2018: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
• #4 The Top Ten Best Movies of 2018: Kyle Smith: National Review
• #4 Best 25 Films of 2018: A.V. Club
• #4 Best Movies of 2018: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
• #4 30 Best Films of 2018: Little White Lies
• #4 Best Movies of 2018: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2018: Matt Fagerholm: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2018: Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2018: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com
• #4 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Paste
• #5 Best Films of 2018: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Movies of 2018: The Ringer
• #6 Best Films of 2018: Reverse Shot
• #7 Best Films of 2018: Much Ado About Cinema
• #7 Best Movies of 2018: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #7 10 Best Movies of 2018: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• #7 25 Best Movies of 2018: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2017: Sophy Romvari: lists curated by Toronto Film Review
• #8 Best Movies of 2018: Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
• #8 20 Best Movies of 2018: Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
• #8 Ten Best Films of 2018: David Sterritt: Films in Focus
• #8 Favorite US Releases of 2018: Darren Hughes
• #8 10 Best Movies of 2018: John Beifuss: Memphis Commercial Appeal
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2018: Mark Dujsik: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2017: Cinema Scope
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2017: Jordan Cronk: lists curated by Toronto Film Review
• #10 Top 15 Films of 2018: Jesse Hassenger: A.V. Club
• #10 Top 15 Films of 2018: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
• #10 Favourite Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya
• #10 50 Best Movies of 2018: Film School Rejects
• #10 Top 20 Films of 2018: Jordan Cronk
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya: RogerEbert.com
• #11 The 2018 Jim Ridley Film Poll: Nashville Scene
• #11 Favorite Films of 2018: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #12 Top 20 Films of 2018: Genevieve Koski
• #17 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
• #19 100 Best Films of the 2010s: Insider
• #22 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club
• #25 Top 30 Films of the 2010s: Keith Phipps
• #26 Best Movies of the 2010s: Susannah Gruder
• #29 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
• #37 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
• #39 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
• #56 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence of Sound
• #70 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online

• Best Films of 2018: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Dana Linssen: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Adam Batty: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: James Bell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Philip Concannon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Ian Mantgani: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Craig Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Joanna Hogg: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Ashley Clark: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Eric Kohn: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Nellie Killian: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Tim Hayes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Matthew Taylor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Ehsan Khoshbakht: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Sophie Monks Kaufman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Philip Horne: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Erika Balsom: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Adam Nayman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Mallory Andrews: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Alexander Horwath: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Keith Uhlich: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Denis Côté: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Top Films of 2018: Quietus
• Best Movies of 2018: Dana Stevens: Slate
• Top Ten Films of 2018: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• Best Movies of 2018: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery
• Favorite Movies of 2018: Aisha Harris
• Top 11 Films of 2018: Nictate
• Best Films of 2018: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll If Ties Are Permitted I Would Add
• Best Films of 2018: Sam Wigley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Leaving Off
• Best Films of 2017: Andrew Simpson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Other Highlights
• Some 2018 Releases I Liked: Karina Longworth
• Favorite Films of 2018: Alicia Malone
• Best Films of 2018: Desist Film Bonus
• Best Films of 2018: Lindsey Bahr: AP Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2018: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Best Movies of 2018: David Morgan: CBS News Honorable mention
• 2018's 12 Best Movies: John Powers: Vogue Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2018: Cary Darling: Chron Runner-up 20, in alphabetical order
• Best Movies of 2018: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• Best Films of 2018: Glenn Kenny The second twenty in looser preferential order
• Top Films of 2018: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register Runner-up
• Top Films of the 2010s: Nellie Killian
• The Best Films of the 2010s: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention

Dog Eat Dog

• #24 35 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Brody: New Yorker

• Best Films of 2016: Ian Mantgani: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

The Canyons

• #19 Top 20 Films of 2014: Les Inrocks
• #20 21 Favorite Movies of 2013: Stephanie Zacharek: Village Voice And don’t forget

• Best Films of 2013: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll