Year-End Lists

A Compassionate Spy

• Best Films of 2023: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention

City So Real

• 2 The Best TV of 2020: Willa Paskin: Slate
• 3 Top 10 Shows of 2020: Kathryn VanArendonk: New York: Vulture
• 4 Top 10 Shows of 2020: Angelica Jade Bastién: New York: Vulture
• 5 Top 10 Movies of 2020: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• 6 The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020: Judy Berman: Time
• 7 Top 10 Shows of 2020: Matt Zoller Seitz: New York: Vulture
• 16 The 25 Best TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2020: The Playlist
• 21 The 25 Best TV Shows of 2020: A.V. Club

• Favorite TV Shows of 2020: Barack Obama
• Best TV Shows of 2020: James Poniewozik: New York Times
• The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020: Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times
• The Best TV Shows of 2020: Caroline Framke: Variety
• The Best TV Shows of 2020: Doreen St. Félix: New Yorker
• The Best TV Shows of 2020: Maggie Fremont: Shondaland

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

• Best Films of 2017: Chris Wells: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Jake Coyle: AP Also excellent

Life Itself

• 2 Top 15 Films of 2014: Genevieve Koski: The Dissolve
• 5 Top 15 Films of 2014: Nathan Rabin: The Dissolve
• 6 Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014: Marya E. Gates
• 6 20 Best Films of 2014: The Dissolve
• 10 Top 15 Films of 2014: Keith Phipps: The Dissolve
• 11 28 Best Movies of 2014: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
• 18 The 20 Best Movies of 2020: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
• 35 Top 50 Films of 2014: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll

• The Best Movies of 2014: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush Honorable mention
• Top 20 Movies of 2014: Dana Stevens: Slate Runner-up
• 30 Best Movies of 2014: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune Nos. 11-30 (in alphabetical order)

The Interrupters

• 3 10 Best Movies of 2011: Matt Singer: IFC
• 3 Best Films of 2011: Ben Kenigsberg: Time Out Chicago
• 4 Top Movies of 2011: Wesley Morris: Boston Globe
• 5 10 Best Movies of 2011: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• 7 Best Films of 2011: Tasha Robinson: A.V. Club Top 15
• 9 Best Films of 2011: Sam Adams: A.V. Club Top 15
• 11 26 Best Films of 2011: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• 14 25 Best Films of 2011: David Ehrlich
• 14 Year in Film 2011: A.V. Club
• 15 Best Films of 2011: Scott Tobias: A.V. Club Top 15
• 15 Best Films of 2011: David Fear: Time Out New York
• 21 Best Films of 2011: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 23 Best Films of 2011: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 26 50 Best Released Films of 2011: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 35 50 Best Movies of 2011: Total Film
• 26 25 Best Films of 2011: Slant The Next 25
• 76 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence

• Top 10 Movies of 2011: Dana Stevens: Slate
• The Best Movies of the 2010s: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush Honorable mention