Year-End Lists

No Other Choice

• 1 Best Films of 2025: Poulomi Das: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 2 Best Movies of 2025: Jake Coyle: AP
• 2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
• 2 The 20 Best Films of 2025: Dazed
• 2 Best Films of 2025: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2025: Celia Mattison: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2025: AJ Morris: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2025: Colette Balmain: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2025: Naman Ramachandran: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 3 The Best Movies of 2025: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• 3 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
• 3 Best Films of 2025: Thomas Flew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 4 The Best Films of 2025: A.A. Dowd
• 4 Best Films of 2025: Sasha Han: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2025: Madeline Ostdick: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 5 The 30 Best Films of 2025: Little White Lies
• 5 Top 10 Films of 2025: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• 5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com
• 5 Best Films of 2025: Joseph Fahim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2025: Sarah Fensom: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2025: Joseph Fahim: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2025: Matthew Taylor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 6 Top 10 Films of 2025: Michael Phillips: Filmspotting
• 6 Best Films of 2025: Lee Marshall: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2025: Katherine McLaughlin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 7 The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• 7 Best Films of 2025: Lucia Ahrensdorf: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2025: Matene Toure: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 8 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Peter Travers: The Travers Take
• 8 Best Films of 2025: Ian Mantgani: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2025: Katie McCabe: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2025: John Bleasdale: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2025: Josh Slater-Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 10 The 50 Best Movies of 2025: Guardian
• 10 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2025: Edo Choi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 12 The 25 Best Films of 2025: The Playlist
• 13 Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
• 14 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: Consequence
• 14 Best Films of 2025: Leonardo Goi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 15 The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 16 Best Films of 2025: Matilda Hague: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 17 The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker
• 18 Top 20 Films of 2025: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club
• 19 The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
• 21 The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
• 28 Best Films of 2025: In Review Online

• Favorite Movies of 2025: Barack Obama
• Best Films of 2025: Jadie Stillwell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Caroline Golum: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Lovia Gyarkye: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Robert Daniels: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Best Movies Of 2025: Uproxx
• The 25 Best Films of 2025: BBC: BBC Culture
• The Ten Best Films of 2025: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Runner-up
• The Ten Best Films of 2025: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Best Movies of 2025: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr Runners-up, in alphabetical order
• Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Other movies that I liked and urge you to see
• The Best Films of 2025: Keith Phipps: The Reveal Honorable mention

Decision to Leave

• 1 The 10 Best Films of 2022: The i Paper
• 1 Top Ten Films of 2022: Katie Rife: RogerEbert.com
• 1 Films of the Year 2022: Wendy Ide: Screen Top 10
• 1 Best Films of 2022: Wendy Ide: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2022: Azadeh Jafari: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2022: Isabel Sandoval: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2022: Josh Slater-Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2022: Lou Thomas: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 2 Top 5 Films of 2022: Nictate
• 2 The Best Movies of 2022: Polygon The Top 10 Movies of 2022
• 2 Films of 2022: The Skinny
• 2 The Best Films of 2022: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• 2 Best Films of 2022: Imogen Sara Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2022: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2022: Mike Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 3 The Ten Best Films of 2022: RogerEbert.com
• 3 22 Best Movies of 2022: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• 3 Top Ten Films of 2022: Mike D’Angelo
• 3 The 50 Best Films of 2022: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 3 Top 10 Films of 2022: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• 3 Best Films of 2022: Kambole Campbell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2022: Katherine McLaughlin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2022: Naman Ramachandran: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2022: Jake Coyle: AP
• 4 Top Ten Films of 2022: Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com
• 4 The Best Movies of 2022: Adam Nayman: The Ringer
• 4 The 30 Best Films of 2022: Little White Lies
• 4 Best Films of 2022: Grace Barber-Plentie: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 4 The Best Movies of 2022: Tasha Robinson: Polygon
• 4 Best Films of 2022: Emerson Goo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2022: Nicholas Russell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2022: Imogen Sara Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2022: Christina Newland: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2022: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 5 The Best Movies of 2022: Kevin Slane: Boston.com
• 5 The 25 Best Movies of 2022: IndieWire
• 5 The Best Films of 2022: Dazed
• 5 Best Films of 2022: Colette Balmain: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 5 The Top 10 Films of 2022: Hyperallergic
• 5 Best Films of 2022: Sam Clements: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2022: Margaret Barton-Fumo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2022: Catherine Wheatley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 6 The Best Movies of 2022: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
• 6 The Best Films of 2022: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 6 The Best Movies of 2022: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• 6 Best Movies of 2022: Screen Slate
• 6 Best Movies of 2022: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• 6 Best Films of 2022: Phoebe Chen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 7 Top 10 Films of 2022: Josh Larsen: Filmspotting
• 7 Best Movies of 2022: Molly Haskell: Screen Slate
• 7 Top Ten Films of 2022: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• 7 Best Films of 2022: Sophie Brown: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2022: Philip Concannon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2022: Molly Haskell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2022: Kelli Weston: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2022: Charles Whitehouse: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 8 Top 50 Movies of 2022: Jessica Kiang
• 8 The Best Films of 2022: Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter
• 8 The Best Films of 2022: A.A. Dowd: Chron
• 8 Best Movies of 2022: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• 8 Best Films of 2022: Ryan Swen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2022: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2022: Łukasz Mańkowski: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2022: Caspar Salmon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2022: Leigh Singer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 9 Top 50 Films of 2022: Film Stage
• 9 Top Ten Movies of 2022: Jesse Hassenger: Paste
• 9 The Best Movies of 2022: Scott Tobias: The Reveal
• 9 The 25 Best Films of 2022: David Ehrlich
• 9 The Top 20 Best Films Of The Year 2022: Mark Hughes: Forbes
• 9 Best Films of 2022: Molly Haskell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2022: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2022: Chris Shields: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2022: Ian Mantgani: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2022: Sam Wigley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 10 My Favorite Movies of 2022: Sean Fennessey
• 10 Best Movies of 2022: Scott Renshaw: Salt Lake City Weekly
• 10 Best Films of 2022: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2022: Adam Nayman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 12 Best Films of 2022: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 12 The Best Films of 2022: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
• 12 Top 25 Films of 2022: In Review Online
• 14 The 20 Best Films of 2022: BBC: BBC Culture
• 14 Best Films of 2022: Daniel Kasman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 14 Best Films of 2022: Steven Mears: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 16 Best Films of 2022: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 17 Best Films of 2022: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 18 Top 50 Movies of 2022: Guy Lodge
• 18 Best Films of 2022: Gavin Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 19 The 25 Best Films Of 2022: The Playlist
• 21 The 50 Best Movies of 2022: Paste
• 19 10 Best Movies of 2022: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe Runner-up

• Top Ten Films of 2022: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2022: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
• Best Films of 2022: Danny Leigh: Financial Times
• Top Ten Films of 2022: Nandini Balial: RogerEbert.com
• Best Films of 2022: Kelli Weston: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2022: Christina Newland: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2022: Spectrum Culture
• Favorite Movies of 2022: Barack Obama
• Best Films of 2022: Jamsheed Akrami: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2022: Tyler Wilson: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top 10 Movies of 2022: Randy Myers: Mercury News Runner-up
• The 10 Best Movies of 2022: Dana Stevens: Slate Runner-up
• The 10 Best Films of 2022: David Sims: Atlantic Honorable mention
• The Top 10 Best Movies of 2022: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune Plus a few honorable mentions, in alphabetical order
• The 10 Best Movies of 2022: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2022: Nick Schager: Daily Beast Honorable mention
• Notable Films Of 2022: Glenn Kenny Top Stuff
• The 10 Best Movies of 2022: Leah Greenblatt: Entertainment Weekly Plus more we loved
• Top 20 Films of 2022: Ty Burr Runner-up meaning they’re really good and you should see them too.
• The 25 Best Movies of 2022: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox Honorable mentions, a.k.a. great films you should seek out
• The 25 Best Films of 2022: Slant Runner-up

The Little Drummer Girl

• 4 Best Television Shows of 2018: The Ringer
• 6 Best TV Shows of 2018: The Playlist
• 8 10 Best TV Shows of 2018: Willa Paskin: Slate
• 57 Favourite Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya

• 22 Best TV Shows of 2018: Sophie Gilbert: Atlantic
• Top TV Shows of 2018: Maureen Ryan The Rest of the Top 40

The Handmaiden

• 1 Best Films of 2016: Bob Chipman: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Top Ten Films of 2016: Danny Bowes: RogerEbert.com
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Daniel Barnes: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Jada Yuan: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Kristy Puchko: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Nathaniel Rogers: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Yehudit Mam: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 1 Top Ten Films of 2016: Jacob Oller: RogerEbert.com
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Michael Nordine: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Todd Gilchrist: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 The Best Films of 2016: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Angie Han: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Daniel Schindel: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Herb Stratford: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Pat Padua: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Rob Hunter: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Travis Crawford: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: William Bibbiani: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 The Best Films of 2016: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
• 2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Sean Mulvihill: RogerEbert.com
• 2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Dan Callahan: RogerEbert.com
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Mallory Andrews: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Amy Nicholson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: John Gholson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: John Powers: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Rob Thomas: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Scott Renshaw: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 3 20 Best Movies of 2016: Bilge Ebiri: Village Voice
• 4 Top 10 Films of 2016: Scott Tobias: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: April Wolfe: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Juan Barquin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Jason Gorber: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 5 Top Ten Films of 2016: Michał Oleszczyk: RogerEbert.com
• 5 Top Ten Films of 2016: Leah Pickett: Chicago Reader
• 5 Best Films of 2016: Steve Dollar: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2016: Christopher Schobert: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2016: Edwin Arnaudin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2016: David Ansen: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Alonso Duralde: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Todd VanDerWerff: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 20 Best Films of 2016: A.V. Club
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Kristian Lin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Neil Miller: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Piers Marchant: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Zac Oldenburg: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 6 The Best Films of 2016: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• 6 Top Ten Films of 2016: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
• 6 Top Ten Films of 2016: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
• 6 Best Films of 2016: B. Ruby Rich: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Sean Axmaker: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Ali Arikan: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 7 35 Best Movies of 2016: Christopher Orr: Atlantic
• 7 Top 50 Films of 2016: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2016: Laura Clifford: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 7 Top Ten Films of 2016: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• 7 Top Ten Films of 2016: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
• 8 Best Films of 2016: Annlee Ellingson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2016: Lance Goldenberg: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2016: Adam Kempenaar: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2016: Genevieve Yue: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 8 Top 50 Films of 2016: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 8 28 Best Movies of 2016: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• 8 Best Films of 2016: Ben Nicholson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2016: Scott Nye: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2016: Ty Burr: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 8 20 Best Movies of 2016: David Edelstein: New York: Vulture
• 8 19 Best Films of 2016: Todd McCarthy: Hollywood Reporter
• 8 The Best Movies of 2016: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• 8 Top Ten Films of 2016: Alan Zilberman: RogerEbert.com
• 8 The Best Movies of the 2010s: Esquire
• 9 Best Films of 2016: Jake Jacobson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2016: Kent Turner: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2016: Myron Meisel: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2016: Nick Rudow: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2016: Stacia Kissick Jones: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2016: Sean Burns: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2016: David Sims: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2016: Katie Walsh: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 9 Top 50 Films of the 2010s: The Young Folks
• 9 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence
• 10 Top 11 Films of 2016: Nictate
• 10 Best Films of 2016: Craig Skinner: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 10 Top Ten Films of 2016: Mark Dujsik: RogerEbert.com
• 10 Best Films of 2016: Jim Fouratt: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 11 25 Best Films of 2016: David Ehrlich
• 14 The Best Films of 2016: Jesse Hassenger: A.V. Club
• 16 20 Best Films of 2016: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 20 The 25 Best Movies of 2016: Nick Schager: Esquire
• 27 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club
• 39 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
• 41 100 Best Films of the 2010s: Insider
• 42 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
• 43 50 Best Films of 2016: Slant
• 57 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Paste
• 72 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire

• The 10 Best Films of 2016: Jourdain Searles
• Best Films of 2016: Robert Abele: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Brent Simon: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Abbey Bender: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 15 Best Movies of 2016: Tasha Robinson: Verge
• Top 15 Films of 2016: Keith Phipps Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2016: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top Ten Films of 2016: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• 20 Best Films of 2016: Steve Erickson: GCN Runner-up
• 20 Best Movies of 2016: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune 11-20 Alphabetically
• Top Ten Films of 2016: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Runner-up
• Top 25 Movies of 2016: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times And 15 honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)

Stoker

• 1 Top Ten Films of 2013: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• 7 The Top 10 Films of 2013: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
• 9 The Top 10 Films of 2013: Katey Rich: Vanity Fair
• 15 25 Best Films of 2013: David Ehrlich
• 16 The Best Movies of 2013: Jordan Hoffman: ScreenCrush
• 17 The 40 Best Films of the 2010s: Independent
• 44 Top 50 Films of 2013: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll