Year-End Lists

A Real Pain

• #3 Best Films of 2025: Henry Barnes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Noel Hess: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Movies of 2024: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #3 The Best Movies of 2024: Owen Gleiberman: Variety
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2024: Tim Grierson: RogerEbert.com
• #3 20 Best Movies of 2024: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Celia Mattison: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Favorite Films of 2024: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #4 The Best Movies of 2024: Amy Nicholson: Los Angeles Times
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Geoff Andrew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2024: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Matt Connolly: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 The Best Films of 2025: Wendy Ide: Observer
• #7 Best Films of 2025: John Berra: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Jane Giles: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Movies of 2024: Lindsey Bahr: AP
• #7 The Best Movies of 2024: Tom Gliatto: People
• #7 Best Films of 2024: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 10 Best Movies of 2024: Nick Schager: Daily Beast
• #8 Best Films of 2024: Charles Gant: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 The Best Movies of 2024: Ty Burr: Washington Post
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2024: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2024: Sarah Knight Adamson: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2024: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Carly Mattox: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Alex Ramon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Guardian
• #9 The 10 Best Movies of 2024: Peter Travers: ABC News: Good Morning America
• #10 The 20 Best Films of 2025: NME
• #10 10 Best Movies of 2024: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe
• #10 Best Films of 2024: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #12 Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #13 The 20 Best Films Of 2024: The Playlist
• #15 The Best Movies of 2024: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• #15 25 Best Movies of 2024: Consequence
• #24 100 Favorite Movies of 2024: Sean Fennessey
• #25 The 25 Best Films of 2024: Slant
• #44 Top 50 Films of 2024: Film Stage
• #46 The 60 Best Movies of 2024: Max Cea: Esquire
• #47 The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Polygon

• Films of the Year 2025: New Statesman
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Nandini Balial: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Chris Vognar: RogerEbert.com
• Top 10 Movies of 2024: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
• The Best 15 Films of 2024: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win
• The 20 Best Films of 2024: BBC: BBC Culture
• The Best Movies Of 2024: Uproxx
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Kaiya Shunyata: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• The Best Films Of 2024: HuffPost
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Paul Risker: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• The Best Films of 2024: Justin Chang: New Yorker Nine honorable mentions, in alphabetical order
• The 10 Best Movies of 2024: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2024: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Twenty More
• The Best Films of 2024: Scott Tobias: The Reveal Honorable mention
• 10 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel Additional films this year I admired or loved
• The 10 Best Movies of 2024: Entertainment Weekly Others
• The Best Films of 2024: Keith Phipps: The Reveal Honorable mention