Year-End Lists

Grand Tour

• #1 Best Films of 2025: Amanda Chen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Leonardo Goi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Lillian Crawford: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Vadim Rizov: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Movies of 2024: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2024: Kieron Corless: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Ten Best Films of 2024: Michael J. Anderson
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Vadim Rizov: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Nick Davis: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Matthew Eng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Jason Anderson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 51 Favourite Films of 2024: Guy Lodge
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Jonathan Romney: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 The Best Films of 2024: Justine Smith: Cult MTL
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Joseph Fahim: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Ryan Swen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Tim Grierson: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Radu Jude: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Vikram Murthi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Brogan Morris: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2025: Tim Grierson: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Lee Marshall: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 The 20 Best Films of 2024: Dazed
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Guy Lodge: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Matilda Hague: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Dan Sullivan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Sona Karapoghosyan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Pamela Hutchinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Guy Lodge: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2024: Sam Clements: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: R. Emmet Sweeney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Caitlin Quinlan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Nick James: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: David Schwartz: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Best Films of 2025: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Best Films of 2025: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Our Top Films of 2024: Les Inrocks
• #13 Best Films of 2025: Maggie Hennefeld: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #14 Best Films of 2025: Carly Mattox: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 Best Films of 2025: Chris Cassingham: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
• #16 Best Films of 2025: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 Best Films of 2025: Steven Mears: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Top 20 Films of 2025: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club
• #17 Best Films of 2025: Jean-Michel Frodon: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 The 50 Best Films of 2024: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #18 Best Films of 2025: Antoine Thirion: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 Best Films of 2025: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #20 Best Films of 2025: Lucia Ahrensdorf: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #20 Best Films of 2025: Michael Blair: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #29 Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
• #34 Best Films of 2025: In Review Online
• #37 Top 50 Films of 2024: Film Stage

• Best Films of 2025: Adam Piron: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Jed Rapfogel: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Öykü Sofuoğlu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Movies of 2024: Jake Coyle: AP Also
• The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker Honorable mention

Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One

• #10 Best Films of 2015: C.J. Prince: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll

The Owners of Dixie

• #10 10 Best Films of 2015: James Quandt: Artforum

Arabian Nights

• #2 Top Ten Films of 2015: Cinema Scope
• #3 Best Movies of 2015: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2015: Larry Gross: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #4 Top 35 Films of 2015: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 10 Best Feature Films of 2015: Eric Hynes: Fandor: Keyframe
• #5 Best Films of 2015: Miriam Bale: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 Top 25 Films of 2015: Fandor
• #5 20 Best Films of 2015: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Top 20 Films of 2015: Les Inrocks
• #5 Best Films of 2015: Calum Marsh: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2015: Jordan Cronk: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2015: Tina Hassannia: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 10 Best Movies of 2015: Reverse Shot
• #8 25 Best Films of 2016: Little White Lies
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2015: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #8 Best Films of 2015: Patrick McGavin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2015: Michael Atkinson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2015: Jake Cole: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #10 30 Best Movies of 2015: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #18 Top 50 Films of 2015: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #39 The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk
• #44 Top 50 Films of 2015: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #27 50 Best Films of 2015: Slant Just missed making it into the top 25

• Best Films of 2015: Denis Côté: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Robert Koehler: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Miriam Bale: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Erika Balsom: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Chris Boeckmann: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Catherine Bray: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Michelle Carey: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Tom Charity: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Nick Davis: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Chris Fujiwara: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Leo Goldsmith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Sandra Hebron: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: David Jenkins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Gabe Klinger: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Dennis Lim: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Guy Lodge: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Kate Muir: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Andréa Picard: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Rachael Rakes: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Kong Rithdee: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Tim Robey: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Helen de Witt: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Jonathan Romney: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Alexander Horwath: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll A Further Constellation
• Best Films of 2015: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Also
• Top 17 Films of 2015: David Hudson: Fandor: Keyframe Daily Honorable mention
• Top Films of the 2010s: Nellie Killian
• 66 Best Films of 2015: IndieWire Clocking up a vote or two

Redemption

• #9 Best Movies of 2013: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll Honorable mention

• Best Films of 2013: Aaron Cutler: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Other Great 2013 Films
• Top 15 Films of 2013: Cinema Scope Special Mentions

Tabu

• #1 Top 10 Films of 2012: Little White Lies
• #1 Top 20 Films of 2012: Fernando F. Croce: Slant
• #2 12 Best Films of 2012: J. Hoberman: Artforum
• #2 20 Best Films of 2012: Les Inrocks
• #2 Top 11 Films of 2012: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top 15 Films of 2012: Cinema Scope
• #3 Best Movies of 2013: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2012: Jonathan Marlow: Fandor: Keyframe
• #4 10 Best Films of 2012: Reverse Shot
• #4 Top 20 Films of 2012: In Review Online
• #6 25 Best Films of 2012: Slant
• #7 Top Ten Movies of 2013: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #7 10 Best Movies of 2012: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
• #7 27 Best Movies of 2012: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2012: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #9 Top Ten Films of the 2010s: Cinema Scope
• #10 25 Best Films of 2012: Glenn Kenny
• #10 Favorite 18 Films of 2012: Dan Sallitt
• #10 Best Films of 2012: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #11 50 Best Films of 2012: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Top 50 Films of 2012: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #18 25 Best Films of 2012: David Ehrlich
• #24 25 Best Films of 2012: L Magazine
• #25 25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #27 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online
• #63 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
• #70 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club

• Top Films of 2012: Mark Le Fanu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Films of 2012: Paul Tickell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Kieron Corless: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Jean-Michel Frodon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Graham Fuller: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Agnieszka Gratza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Kong Rithdee: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Vadim Rizov: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Tim Robey: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Jonathan Romney: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Melissa Anderson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Ian Christie: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Michel Ciment: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Nick James: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: David Jenkins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Robert Koehler: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: James Mottram: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Isabel Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Matthew Taylor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Jason Wood: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Sam Wigley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012: Barbara Wurm: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Films of 2012: Andréa Picard: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 10 Films of 2012: Nick Pinkerton: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Top Films of 2012: Alexander Horwath: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Favorite Films of the 2010s: Eric Allen Hatch
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay