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 20 Best Movies of 2024: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• 4 The Best Movies of 2024: Amy Nicholson: Los Angeles Times
• 4 Best Films of 2024: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter
• 4 Favorite Films of 2024: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• 5 Best Films of 2025: Geoff Andrew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound 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 Top Ten Films of 2024: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• 8 10 Best Movies of 2024: Nick Schager: Daily Beast
• 8 The Best Movies of 2024: Ty Burr: Washington Post
• 8 Top Ten Films of 2024: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• 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 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
• The Best Films Of 2024: HuffPost
• 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
• The Best Films of 2024: Scott Tobias: The Reveal Honorable mention
• The 10 Best Movies of 2024: Entertainment Weekly Others
• 10 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel Additional films this year I admired or loved
• The Best Films of 2024: Keith Phipps: The Reveal Honorable mention