Year-End Lists

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• 2 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2025: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2025: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2025: Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2025: Lee Marshall: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2025: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2025: Blake Simons: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 10 The Best Films of 2025: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
• 10 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2025: Joseph Fahim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2025: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2025: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2025: Ryan Swen: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 11 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 17 Best Films of 2025: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 17 Best Films of 2025: Gavin Smith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 18 Best Films of 2025: Ryan Swen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 23 Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
• 25 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
• 31 The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 46 The 50 Best Movies of 2025: Guardian

• Top Ten Films of 2025: Jordan Cronk
• The Best Films of 2025: Sean Burns: WBUR
• Best Films of 2025: Fatoumata Bah: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The 25 Best Films of 2025: BBC: BBC Culture
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2025: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• 10 Best Movies of 2025: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe Runner-up 11-20
• Best Films of 2025: Alex Ramon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Honorable mention
• Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen Not to discount these
• Best Films of 2025: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll 25 More
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Peter Travers: The Travers Take The Best of the Rest
• The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker Honorable mention

The Dead Don't Die

• 8 Top Ten Films of 2019: C.J. Prince: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• 20 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny
• 49 The Best Movies of 2019: Nick Schager: Esquire
• 49 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Slant Runner-up

• Best Films of 2019: Keith Uhlich: Slant Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2019: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• The 15 Best Movies of 2019: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair Honorable mention

Gimme Danger

• 7 Best Films of 2016: Craig Skinner: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll

Paterson

• 1 Top 10 Films of 2016: Jonathan Rosenbaum: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Mallory Andrews: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Kenji Fujishima: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Jordan Hoffman: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: C.J. Prince: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Todd VanDerWerff: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2016: Robert Koehler: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Top 13 Films of 2016: David Hudson: Fandor: Keyframe Daily
• 2 Top 20 Movies of 2016: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• 2 The Ten Best Films of 2016: RogerEbert.com
• 2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• 2 Top Ten Films of 2016: Odie Henderson: RogerEbert.com
• 2 Top 15 Films of 2016: Keith Phipps
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Katie Kilkenny: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Manuela Lazic: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Brandon Harris: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Chris Knight: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Scott Renshaw: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2016: Ty Burr: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 3 Top Ten Films of 2016: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• 3 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016: Glenn Kenny
• 3 The Best Films of 2016: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• 3 Top Ten Films of 2016: Tina Hassannia: RogerEbert.com
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Sean Burns: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Jake Cole: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Jon Frosch: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Todd Gilchrist: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: David Sims: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Jeremy Smith: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Jordan Raup: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Jordan Ruimy: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2016: Ray Pride: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 4 25 Best Films of 2016: Little White Lies
• 4 Top 50 Films of 2016: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 4 Top Ten Films of 2016: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
• 4 Top Ten Films of 2016: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• 4 Top Ten Films of 2016: Sean Mulvihill: RogerEbert.com
• 4 Top 10 Films of 2016: In Review Online
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Ali Arikan: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Calum Marsh: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Andrew Lapin: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Christopher Schobert: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Emanuel Levy: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Eric Hynes: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Rania Richardson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2016: Vikram Murthi: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2016: B. Ruby Rich: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 5 Top 10 Films of 2016: Scott Tobias: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 25 Best Films of 2016: Matt Prigge: Metro
• 5 Top Ten Films of 2016: Noah Gittell: RogerEbert.com
• 5 Best Films of 2016: Tim Grierson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2016: Joshua Brunsting: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2016: Niclas Goldberg: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 6 Top 50 Films of 2016: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 6 50 Best Films of 2016: Slant
• 6 20 Best Films of 2016: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 6 The Best Films of 2016: Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Aaron Hillis: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2016: Chuck Wilson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 7 Top Ten Films of 2016: Christina Newland: RogerEbert.com
• 7 Top 25 Movies of 2016: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• 7 16 Best Movies of 2016: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
• 7 Best Films of 2016: Annlee Ellingson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2016: Kate Erbland: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2016: Andrew Parker: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2016: Ethan Alter: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2016: Mark Keizer: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2016: Michael J. Anderson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2016: Peter Howell: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 8 20 Best Movies of 2016: Bilge Ebiri: Village Voice
• 8 The Best Films of 2016: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
• 8 Best Films of 2016: Angie Han: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2016: Laura Clifford: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 9 Top Ten Films of 2016: Danny Bowes: RogerEbert.com
• 9 20 Best Films of 2016: A.V. Club
• 9 Top Ten Films of 2016: Patrick McGavin: RogerEbert.com
• 9 Top 30 Films of 2016: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2016: Max Weiss: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2016: Scott Nye: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 10 20 Best Films of 2016: Uproxx
• 10 Best Films of 2016: Peter Debruge: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2016: Daniel Barnes: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2016: Joshua Brunsting: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 10 Best Films of 2016: Kent Turner: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 10 Top Ten Films of 2016: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
• 12 The 25 Best Movies of 2016: Nick Schager: Esquire
• 13 The Best Films of 2016: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
• 17 Top 30 Films of the 2010s: Keith Phipps
• 24 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
• 48 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club
• 69 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence

• Top Ten Films of 2016: Bill Stamets: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2016: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com
• Best Films of 2016: Robert Abele: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Alissa Wilkinson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll American Film
• Best Movies of 2016: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll Honorable mention
• 20 Best Movies of 2016: Stephen Holden: New York Times Runner-up
• The Best Movies of 2016: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush Honorable mention
• 26 Best Movies of 2016: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post “…had I not been constrained by numerical obstinacy”
• 28 Best Movies of 2016: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Other Loves
• The Best Films of the 2010s: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention

Only Lovers Left Alive

• 3 28 Top Movies of 2014: Stephanie Zacharek: Village Voice
• 4 Top 15 Films of 2014: Scott Tobias: The Dissolve
• 4 Top 15 Films of 2014: Genevieve Koski: The Dissolve
• 4 Top 20 Films of 2014: Les Inrocks
• 4 Best Films of 2014: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 20 Best Films of 2014: The Dissolve
• 5 Top 15 Films of 2014: Keith Phipps: The Dissolve
• 6 19 Best Movies of 2014: David Edelstein: New York: Vulture
• 6 25 Best Films of 2014: David Ehrlich: Little White Lies
• 6 10 Best Films of 2013: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• 8 The Best Films of 2014: Nick Schager: A.V. Club
• 8 10 Best Films of 2014: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
• 8 Top 25 Films of 2014: Fandor: Keyframe
• 8 25 Best Films of 2014: Slant
• 8 13 Favorite Films of 2013: Dennis Cooper
• 9 Top 50 Films of 2014: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 9 Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014: Marya E. Gates
• 9 Top 12 Films of 2014: Michael Sicinski
• 11 30 Favorite Films of 2014: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• 11 Top 15 Films of 2014: Noel Murray: The Dissolve
• 11 Top 15 Films of 2014: Tasha Robinson: The Dissolve
• 12 20 Best Films of 2014: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 25 26 Best Films of 2014: Flavorwire
• 30 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
• 35 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
• 55 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
• 92 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online

• 16 Favorite Movies of 2014: Karina Longworth
• Top 10 Movies of 2014: Jocelyn Noveck: AP Honorable mention
• Top 20 Movies of 2014: Dana Stevens: Slate Runner-up
• 28 Best Movies of 2014: Ty Burr: Boston Globe Honorable mention
• The Best Films of the 2010s: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention