Year-End Lists

Caught by the Tides

• #1 Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Jean-Michel Frodon: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Matilda Hague: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Ryan Swen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Genevieve Yue: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Will Sloan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2025: Brendan Hodges: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Ryan Swen: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Matt Turner: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Edo Choi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: David Schwartz: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: R. Emmet Sweeney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Josh Slater-Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 The Best Movies of 2025: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture
• #3 Top 20 Films of 2025: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club
• #3 The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker
• #3 Best Films of 2025: In Review Online
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Reverse Shot
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Olivia Crough: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Sona Karapoghosyan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Cici Peng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Erika Balsom: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Isabel Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Thomas Flew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Kevin B. Lee: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Beatrice Loayza: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: David Sims: Atlantic
• #4 Best Movies of 2025: Screen Slate
• #4 The 30 Best Films of 2025: Little White Lies
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Amanda Chen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Ayanna Dozier: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Victor Guimarães: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Caitlin Quinlan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Philip Concannon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Sam Wigley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Our Top Films of 2025: Les Inrocks
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Vadim Rizov: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Kevin B. Lee: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Michael Blair: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Abby Sun: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2024: Matthew Thrift: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2024: Charles Whitehouse: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Patrick Gamble: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Vadim Rizov: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Will Sloan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Kieron Corless: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Nick James: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 The 50 Best Films of 2024: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Ten Best Films of 2024: Michael J. Anderson
• #7 The Best Movies of 2025: Adam Nayman: The Ringer
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Julian Ross: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Dan Sullivan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2024: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Matthew Eng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Madeline Ostdick: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Gavin Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Leo Goldsmith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Tim Grierson: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Nathan Lee: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Inney Prakash: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2025: Simon Abrams: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Sukhdev Sandhu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Imogen Sara Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Chris Cassingham: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Lawrence Garcia: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Celia Mattison: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Antoine Thirion: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Best Films of 2025: Nick Davis: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 Best Films of 2025: Carlos Valladares: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 Best Films of 2025: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 Best Films of 2024: Benoit Rouilly
• #15 Best Films of 2025: Daniel Kasman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 Best Films of 2025: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
• #18 The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #18 The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
• #20 Best Films of 2025: Darren Hughes: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #22 51 Favourite Films of 2024: Guy Lodge
• #23 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire

• Best Films of 2024: Matt Turner: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2024: Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Yuka Murakami: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top 10 Movies of 2025: Steve Erickson: GCN
• Best Films of 2025: Michael Koresky: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Erika Balsom: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Öykü Sofuoğlu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Benoit Rouilly Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2024: Guy Lodge: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Could Have Made the Cut, in Another Mood
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Nick Schager: Daily Beast Honorable mention
• The Ten Best Films of 2025: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Runner-up
• Best Movies of 2025: Jake Coyle: AP Also
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Dana Stevens: Slate Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr Movies I liked but not quite enough to make this list; your mileage may vary

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

• #3 Best Films of 2021: Chris Shields: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Courtney Duckworth: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2020: Molly Haskell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2021: Sukhdev Sandhu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #18 The Best Movies of 2021: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #19 Best Films of 2021: Adam Nayman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #52 The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire

• Best Films of 2020: Molly Haskell: Screen Slate Runner-up

I Wish I Knew (2010)

• #3 Top Ten Films of 2020: Simon Abrams: RogerEbert.com
• #4 My Favorite Films of 2020: Simon Abrams

• Best Movies of 2020: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Other movies I'm grateful for

The Pickpocket

• #4 10 Best Films of 2020: James Quandt: Artforum

Ash Is Purest White

• #1 The 15 Best Movies of 2019: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: Jake Cole: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 The Best Films of 2019: Beatrice Loayza: A.V. Club
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: A.S. Hamrah: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #3 Best Movies of 2019: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• #3 The Best Movies of 2019: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• #3 Top 15 Feature Films of 2019: Hyperallergic
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2019: Willow Maclay: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #3 Top Movies of 2018: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2019: Florence Almozini: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 Favorite 2019 Movies: Fernando F. Croce
• #5 Favorite Films of 2019: Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
• #5 Top 10 Movies of 2019: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture
• #5 Top 10 of 2019: Cinematary
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2019: Matt Prigge: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Slant
• #6 Top 20 Films of 2019: In Review Online
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Max O’Connell: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Best Films of 2018: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2019: Mike Rubin: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2019: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Top 25 Films of 2019: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Diego Lerer: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2019: Brian Darr: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #10 The Best Films of 2019: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
• #12 The Best Movies of 2019: Karen Han: Polygon
• #13 Top 50 Films of 2019: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #14 Top 16 Films of 2019: Nictate
• #14 The Best Films of 2019: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• #15 Top 20 Films of 2019: Jordan Cronk
• #21 Best Films of 2019: A.V. Club
• #22 25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #24 The Best Movies of 2019: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #26 The 50 Best Movies of 2019: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #28 Best Films of 2018: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #33 The 50 Best Films of 2019: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #40 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online
• #50 Top 50 Films of 2018: Film Stage
• #84 Favourite Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya

• Best Films of 2018: Jean-Michel Frodon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Kong Rithdee: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Tony Rayns: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Jason Wood: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Dennis Lim: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2018: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Beatrice Loayza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Roger Clarke: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Tara Judah: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Paul O’Callaghan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Beth Webb: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• The 10 Best Films of 2019: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery
• Top 10 Films of 2019: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Benjamin Mercer: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2018: Barbara Scharres: RogerEbert.com
• Favorite Movies of 2019: Barack Obama
• Top Ten Films of 2018: Cinema Scope Special Mentions
• The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Daily Beast Honorable mention
• The Best Films of 2019: Todd McCarthy: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top Ten Films of 2018: David Hudson Emphatic mentions (alphabetical)
• Best Movies of 2019: A.O. Scott: New York Times And ...
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Best Movies of 2019: Manohla Dargis: New York Times And ...
• The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny Other Films Enjoyed and Reviewed, in Alphabetical Order
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay

Mountains May Depart

• #2 Best Films of 2016: Alex Engquist: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #4 11 Best Movies of 2016: Alison Willmore: BuzzFeed
• #4 15 Favorite Films of 2016: Peter Labuza
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2016: Michał Oleszczyk: RogerEbert.com
• #5 Best Movies of 2015: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• #6 10 Favorite Films of 2016: Darren Hughes
• #6 Best Films of 2016: Dustin Chang: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2016: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
• #7 Best Films of 2016: David Sims: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2016: Jada Yuan: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2016: Lisa Kennedy: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2016: Sean Burns: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2016: Willow Maclay: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2016: C.J. Prince: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2016: Juan Barquin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #9 The 10 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
• #10 Best Films of 2016: Ray Pride: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #11 The 25 Best Movies of 2016: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #14 Top 20 Films of 2015: Les Inrocks
• #16 35 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #44 50 Best Films of 2016: Slant
• #46 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016: Glenn Kenny Should be seen by every citizen of the United States at the very least
• #98 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online

• Best Films of 2018: Tiina Lokk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Jean-Michel Frodon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Chris Fujiwara: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Brad Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Other Films I Enjoyed
• Best Films of 2016: Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Runner-up
• Top 17 Films of 2015: David Hudson: Fandor: Keyframe Daily Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2016: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Top 25 Movies of 2016: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times And 15 honorable mentions (in alphabetical order)
• 28 Best Movies of 2016: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Other Loves

A Touch of Sin

• #2 The Best Films of 2013: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
• #2 10 Best Films of 2013: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• #3 Top 15 Films of 2013: Cinema Scope
• #4 Top Ten Movies of 2013: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader
• #4 Top Ten Movies of 2013: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #5 35 Favorite Films of 2013: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2013: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #5 50 Best Movies of 2013: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Top 27 Movies of 2013: Wesley Morris: Grantland
• #6 20 Best Films of 2013: Les Inrocks
• #6 Top 10 Films of 2013: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 10 Best Films of 2013: James Quandt: Artforum
• #8 20 Best Films of 2013: L Magazine
• #8 25 Best Films of 2013: David Ehrlich
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2013: Scout Tafoya: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2013: Kevin B. Lee: RogerEbert.com
• #10 13 Best Films of 2013: Stephen Holden: New York Times
• #10 25 Best Films of 2013: Slant
• #13 Top 50 Films of 2013: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #14 Top 15 Films of 2013: Matt Singer: The Dissolve
• #15 The Best Films of 2013: Ben Kenigsberg: A.V. Club
• #8 Best Movies of 2013: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll Honorable mention
• #18 20 Best Films of 2013: A.V. Club
• #24 The 30 Best Movies of the 2010s: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
• #41 The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk

• Best Films of 2013: Robert Koehler: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2013: James Bell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Noah Cowan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Jean-Michel Frodon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Robert Koehler: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Kate Muir: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Adam Nayman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Andréa Picard: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Tony Rayns: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Andrew Schenker: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Jason Anderson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2013: Michel Ciment: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Favorite Films of the 2010s: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• Best Films of 2013: Ian Christie: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Just Squeezed Out of My Final List
• Top 39 Movies of 2013: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Top 16, Alphabetically
• 21 Best Movies of 2013: Dana Stevens: Slate 10 more titles that were booted from the list with the utmost difficulty
• 20 Best Films of 2013: Scott Foundas: Variety Next Ten, in alphabetical order
• Best Movies of 2013: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• Top Ten Movies of 2013: David Edelstein: New York And don’t forget