Year-End Lists

The Room Next Door

• #1 Best Films of 2024: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2024: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2024: Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Molly Haskell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2024: Chaz Ebert: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Best Films of 2024: Hannu Matias Björkbacka: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2024: Clara Bradbury-Rance: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2024: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2024: Molly Haskell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Our Top Films of 2025: Les Inrocks
• #7 Best Films of 2024: Bedatri Datta Choudhury: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Neil Young: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2024: Kayleigh Donaldson: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Best Films of 2024: Sukhdev Sandhu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 The Best Movies of 2024: Peter Debruge: Variety
• #9 Best Films of 2024: Derek O’Connor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2024: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #10 Best Films of 2024: Jean-Michel Frodon: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2024: Mary Harrod: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2024: Michael Blair: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2024: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2024: Kaiya Shunyata: RogerEbert.com
• #13 Best Films of 2024: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 Best Films of 2024: Michael Koresky: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 Best Films of 2024: Benoit Rouilly
• #19 Best Films of 2024: Madeline Ostdick: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 Best Films of 2024: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #20 Best Films of 2024: Jonathan Romney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #27 Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #31 The 50 Best Films of 2024: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #31 Top 50 Films of 2024: Film Stage

• The 10 Best Films of 2024: Nick Levine: Wallpaper
• Favorite Films from 2024: Saige Walton
• The 18 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2024: Them
• Best Films of 2024: Matías Piñeiro: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2024: Jamsheed Akrami: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Very Best Films of 2024: AnOther Magazine
• Best Films of 2024: Lucia Ahrensdorf: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Best Films Of 2024: HuffPost
• The Best Movies of 2024: Ty Burr: Washington Post Runner-up
• The Best Films of 2024: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Best Films of 2024: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• 10 Best Movies of 2024: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe Runner-up numbers 11-20
• The 10 Best Movies of 2024: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2024: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Twenty More
• Best Movies of 2024: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Also recommended
• 10 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel Additional films this year I admired or loved
• The Best Queer Movies of 2024: Drew Burnett Gregory: Autostraddle 3 Great Movies With Minor Queer Characters but Major Queer Sensibilities
• The 25 Best Films of 2024: Slant Runner-up

Strange Way of Life

• #2 Best Films of 2023: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Movies of 2023: John Waters: New York: Vulture
• #34 The 50 Best Films of 2023: Guardian

Parallel Mothers

• #2 Best Films of 2021: Jamsheed Akrami: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2021: Eugene Hernandez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2022: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top 6 Films of 2021: Murielle Joudet: Les Inrocks
• #3 Best Films of 2021: Matthew Thrift: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2022: Jamie Dunn: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels
• #4 Best Films of 2021: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #4 The 30 Best Films of 2021: Little White Lies
• #4 The Best Movies of 2021: Ty Burr
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2021: Roxana Hadadi: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2021: Marya E. Gates: RogerEbert.com
• #5 Best Films of 2022: Katie McCabe: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 The Best Films of 2021: Keith Phipps: The Reveal The Top 15
• #5 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Nicholas Elliott: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Pamela Hutchinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2021: Sukhdev Sandhu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2022: Brad Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2022: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2021: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2022: Mike Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2022: Imogen Sara Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 The Best Films of 2021: Carlos Aguilar: A.V. Club
• #9 Top 20 Movies of 2021: Odie Henderson: Slate: Movie Club
• #9 The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Entertainment Weekly
• #9 Best Films of 2021: Kaleem Hawa: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 The 25 Best Movies of 2021: IndieWire
• #10 The Best Films of 2021: Owen Gleiberman: Variety
• #10 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Slant
• #10 The Ten Best Films of 2021: RogerEbert.com
• #11 The 25 Best Films Of 2021: The Playlist
• #13 Best Films of 2021: Susannah Gruder
• #13 20 Essential Films of 2021: Les Inrocks
• #13 The Best Films of 2021: Leila Latif: A.V. Club
• #14 The Best Movies of 2021: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #14 The 50 Best Movies of 2021: Paste
• #15 Best Films of 2021: Matthew Eng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #19 Top 50 Films of 2021: Film Stage
• #19 Best Films of 2021: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #22 My Favourite Films of 2021: Scout Tafoya
• #31 The 50 Best Films of 2022: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #45 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll

• The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Dana Stevens: Slate
• Best Movies of 2021: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• Best Films of 2021: Erika Balsom: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Sheila O’Malley: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Isabel Stevens: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Best Movies of 2021: Polygon
• Best Films of 2021: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny
• Best Films of 2021: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2021: A.O. Scott: New York Times Also ...
• Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline honorable mentions, in no particular order
• Top 25 Films of 2021: In Review Online Honorable mention

The Human Voice

• #1 Best Films of 2021: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2020: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 20 Best Movies of 2021: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #2 Best Films of 2020: Pamela Hutchinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2020: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2021: Anna Bogutskaya: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 10 Best Films of 2020: John Waters: Artforum
• #7 Best Films of 2020: Isabel Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

• Top 10 Films of 2020: Henry Baime: Cinema Etc.
• Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny

Pain and Glory

• #1 Best Films of 2019: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #1 The 19 Best Movies of 2019: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
• #1 Favorite Fifteen Films of 2019: Marya E. Gates
• #1 The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• #1 Best Movies of 2019: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #1 Top 25 Films of 2019: Robert Daniels
• #1 Top 20 Films of 2019: Les Inrocks
• #1 Top 10 Films of 2019: Murielle Joudet: Les Inrocks
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: Sheila Benson: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: Daryl Chin: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2019: David Fear: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny
• #2 The Best Films of 2019: Peter Debruge: Variety
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Odie Henderson: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Top 10 Films of 2019: Marilou Duponchel: Les Inrocks
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Siddhant Adlakha: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Freja Dam: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Alonso Duralde: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2019: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• #4 The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
• #4 Ten Best Films of 2019: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Top 10 Movies of 2019: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2019: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
• #5 10 Best Films of 2019: Melissa Anderson: Artforum
• #5 Best Films of 2019: Keith Uhlich: Slant
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2019: Joanna Langfield: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 The 50 Best Films of 2019: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 The 50 Best Movies of 2019: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2019: Jake Coyle: AP
• #6 Top 10 Films of 2019: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #6 Favorite Films of 2019: David Hudson
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
• #6 Top 10 Films of 2019: Josh Larsen: Filmspotting
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Jason Bailey: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Noah Gittell: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Carlos Aguilar: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Michał Oleszczyk: RogerEbert.com
• #7 10 Best Films of 2019: John Waters: Artforum
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2019: Diego Lerer: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Ali Arikan: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Top 50 Films of 2019: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2019: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2019: Anne Thompson: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2019: A.S. Hamrah: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• #10 The 2019 Jim Ridley Film Poll: Nashville Scene
• #10 The 30 Best Films of 2019: Little White Lies
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2019: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #10 The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Daily Beast
• #13 The 25 Best Films of 2019: David Ehrlich
• #13 Top 16 Films of 2019: Nictate
• #14 The Best Films of 2019: Scott Tobias
• #15 The 25 Best Films Of 2019: The Playlist
• #16 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Slant
• #19 Top 25 Films of 2019: Caden Mark Gardner
• #21 The Best Movies of 2019: Nick Schager: Esquire
• #24 Top 25 Films of 2019: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com
• #24 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
• #15 Top 25 Films of 2019: Michael Glover Smith Runner-up

• Best Films of 2019: Juliet Jacques: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Molly Haskell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: B. Ruby Rich: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Lara Zarum: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2019: So Mayer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Geoff Andrew: 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: Alex Davidson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Andrew Male: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Naman Ramachandran: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Imogen Sara Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Elisabet Cabeza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Alex Dudok de Wit: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Pamela Hutchinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Nick James: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Geoffrey Macnab: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Sukhdev Sandhu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Matthew Taylor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2019: Ginette Vincendeau: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Nellie Killian: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• The Best Films of 2019: Joe Morgenstern: Wall Street Journal Other Choices in Alphabetical Order
• Favorite Movies Of 2019: NPR
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Clémence Polès Farhang Notable Mentions
• The 10 Best Films of 2019: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2019: Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times Continue alphabetically
• The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Dana Stevens: Slate Runner-up
• The 10 Best Films of 2019: David Sims: Atlantic Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2019: Lindsey Bahr: AP Honorable mention
• The 10 Best Films of 2019: David Morgan: CBS News Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2019: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Top 12 Films of 2019: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2019: A.O. Scott: New York Times And ...
• Favorite Films of 2019: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2019: Steve Erickson: GCN Runner-up
• The 15 Best Movies of 2019: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2019: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush Honorable mention
• Top 20 Films of 2019: In Review Online Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2019: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times Honorable mention

Julieta

• #2 25 Best Films of 2016: Little White Lies
• #3 Best Films of 2016: Dan Kois: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2016: Ren Jender: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #5 Top 10 Films of 2016: Murielle Joudet: Les Inrocks
• #5 Best Films of 2016: Myron Meisel: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2016: Cahiers du Cinéma
• #6 Best Films of 2016: Rania Richardson: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #7 10 Best Films of 2016: John Waters: Artforum
• #7 Best Films of 2016: Julia Cooper: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2016: Alonso Duralde: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2016: B. Ruby Rich: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2016: Cédric Succivalli: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2016: Lisa Rosman: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #13 25 Best Films of 2016: Time Out London
• #13 Top 30 Films of 2016: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #14 Top 20 Films of 2016: Les Inrocks
• #17 20 Best Movies of 2016: Bilge Ebiri: Village Voice
• #20 Favorite Films of 2017: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #50 Top 50 Films of 2016: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll

• Best Films of 2016: Ian Christie: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Jane Giles: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Pasquale Iannone: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Marco Müller: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Paul Julian Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Ginette Vincendeau: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Stephane Delorme: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Graham Fuller: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Geoffrey Macnab: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2016: Mark Kermode: Observer
• Best Films of 2016: Anne Billson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Among the Films That Might Have Made My Cut Had We Been Allowed Ten Picks
• Best Films of 2016: David Jenkins: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Interchangeable Choices for Fifth Spot
• Top Ten Films of 2016: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Honorable mention

I’m So Excited!

• #5 Top Ten Movies of 2013: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2013: Ali Arikan: RogerEbert.com
• #10 10 Best Films of 2013: John Waters: Artforum

The Skin I Live In

• #1 Best Films of 2011: John Waters: Artforum
• #4 20 Best Films of 2011: Les Inrocks
• #4 Best Five Films of 2011: Dave Calhoun: Time Out London
• #4 Best Films of 2011: Tasha Robinson: A.V. Club Top 15
• #5 Favorite Fifteen Films of 2011: Marya E. Gates
• #8 Year in Film 2011: A.V. Club
• #8 Top 10 Films of 2011: Jonathan Rosenbaum: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2011: Keith Phipps: A.V. Club Top 15
• #8 Best Films of 2011: Sam Adams: A.V. Club Top 15
• #9 25 Best Films of 2011: David Ehrlich
• #9 Best Films of 2011: Peter Bradshaw: Guardian Best Film
• #15 20 Best Films of 2011: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
• #17 50 Best Movies of 2011: Total Film
• #23 Best Films of 2011: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #23 25 Best Films of 2011: Slant
• #25 26 Best Films of 2011: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #29 Best Movies of the 2010s: Susannah Gruder
• #31 50 Best Released Films of 2011: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #39 Best Films of 2011: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll

• Best Films of 2011: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2011: Paul Julian Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2011: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay