Year-End Lists

May December

• 1 Best Movies of 2023: Screen Slate
• 1 Best Films of 2023: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 1 The Best Movies of 2023: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
• 1 The 25 Best Films of 2023: Slant
• 1 The 30 Best Films of 2023: Little White Lies
• 1 Top Ten Films of 2023: Katie Rife: RogerEbert.com
• 1 Best Films of 2023: Reverse Shot
• 1 Best Films of 2023: Molly Haskell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2023: Caitlin Quinlan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 2 Top Ten Films of 2024: Cahiers du Cinéma
• 2 The Best Movies of 2023: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture
• 2 The Best Films of 2023: A.A. Dowd: Chron
• 2 Best Films of 2023: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter
• 2 Best Films of 2023: Passerby
• 2 Best Films of 2023: In Review Online
• 2 The Best Movies of 2023: Scott Tobias: The Reveal
• 2 Best Films of 2023: Eric Hynes: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 3 Best Movies of 2023: Scott Renshaw: Salt Lake City Weekly
• 3 The Best Movies Of 2023: Uproxx
• 3 Top 50 Films of 2023: Film Stage
• 3 The Best Movies of 2023: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
• 3 Best Films of 2023: J. Hoberman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 4 Top Ten Films of 2023: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
• 4 The Best Movies of 2023: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• 4 The Best Movies of 2023: Adam Nayman: The Ringer
• 4 The Ten Best Films of 2023: RogerEbert.com
• 4 Best Movies of 2023: Sean Fennessey
• 4 23 Best Movies Of 2023: Decider
• 4 Best Films of 2023: Lawrence Garcia: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 5 Top 10 Films of 2023: Ryan Swen
• 5 The 25 Best Movies of 2023: IndieWire
• 5 Best Films of 2023: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter
• 5 Best Movies of 2023: Lindsey Bahr: AP
• 5 The Best Movies of 2023: Jesse Hassenger: Paste
• 5 Top Ten Films of 2023: Robert Daniels: RogerEbert.com
• 5 The 50 Best Movies of 2023: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 5 Top Ten Films of 2023: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• 5 Best Films of 2023: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2023: Chloe Lizotte: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 6 Our Top Films of 2024: Les Inrocks
• 6 The 10 Best Movies of 2023: Entertainment Weekly
• 6 Best Films of 2023: Beatrice Loayza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 7 Top Ten Films of 2023: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• 7 Best Movies of 2023: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• 7 Best Films of 2023: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2023: Kevin B. Lee: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2023: Amy Taubin: Screen Slate
• 8 The 21 Best Films of 2023: The Playlist
• 8 The Best Movies of 2023: Peter Debruge: Variety
• 8 Top 10 Films of 2023: Jeffrey M. Anderson: SF Examiner
• 8 The Best Movies of 2023: Owen Gleiberman: Variety
• 8 Top 10 Films of 2023: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
• 9 The 10 Best Movies of 2023: Peter Travers: ABC News: Good Morning America
• 9 The Best Movies of 2023: Jacob Oller: Paste
• 9 The Skinny's Films of 2023: The Skinny
• 10 The Top 10 Best Movies of 2023: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• 10 The 50 Best Films of 2023: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 10 Best Movies of 2023: Mara Reinstein: Us Weekly
• 11 The 50 Best Movies of 2023: Polygon
• 12 Favorite Films of 2023: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• 12 Best Films of 2023: Daniel Kasman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 13 The Best Films of 2023: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
• 14 The 25 Best Films of 2023: David Ehrlich
• 12 Top Ten Films of 2023: Marya E. Gates: Filmspotting 12-20
• 25 The 50 Best Films of 2023: Guardian
• 34 The Top Forty-Five Films Of 2023: Glenn Kenny
• 35 Top 50 Movies of 2023: Jessica Kiang

• Best Films of 2023: Caden Mark Gardner: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Best Films of 2023: Sean Burns: WBUR
• Top 10 Movies of 2023: Sam Adams: Slate: Movie Club
• Top Ten Films of 2023: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll
• The Best Movies of 2023: Matt Patches: Polygon
• Top 10 Films of 2023: Esther Zuckerman: Slate: Movie Club
• The 15 Best Movies of 2023: Wired
• Best Films of 2023: Spectrum Culture
• Best Films of 2023: B. Ruby Rich: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Movies of 2023: Them
• Favorite Films of 2023: Jourdain Searles
• The Best Films Of 2023: HuffPost
• The 10 Best Films of 2023: David Sims: Atlantic Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2023: Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2023: Mark Kermode Also Absolutely Brilliant
• The Best Movies of 2023: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2023: Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times And don’t miss
• The 20 Best Movies of 2023: David Fear: Rolling Stone some additional 2023 shout-outs

The Velvet Underground

• 1 Top Ten Films of 2021: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
• 3 The Best Films of 2021: Vikram Murthi: A.V. Club
• 3 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• 3 Best Movies of 2021: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• 3 Best Films of 2021: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2021: Tom Waibel: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2021: Genevieve Yue: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2021: Eugene Hernandez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2021: Christina Newland: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 6 The Best Movies of 2021: Sean Fennessey: The Ringer
• 6 Best Films of 2021: J. Hoberman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2021: Jonathan Romney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2021: Adrian Curry: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 8 20 Best Movies of 2021: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• 8 The Top Ten Best Films of 2021: Kyle Smith: National Review
• 8 Best Films of 2021: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 9 Best Films of 2021: J. Hoberman: Artforum
• 10 Best Movies of 2021: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• 10 Best Films of 2021: Mackenzie Lukenbill: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 1 Films of the Year 2021: Wendy Ide: Screen Best documentaries
• 12 Best Films of 2021: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 13 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 13 The Best Movies of 2021: Ty Burr
• 13 The 20 Best Films of 2021: Time Out London
• 15 Best Films of 2021: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 15 Best Films of 2021: Kaleem Hawa: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 16 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Slant
• 16 Best Films of 2021: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 17 Top 25 Movies of 2021: K. Austin Collins: Rolling Stone
• 17 Top 20 Movies of 2021: Odie Henderson: Slate: Movie Club
• 17 Best Films of 2021: Vadim Rizov: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 19 Best Films of 2021: Edo Choi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 20 Best Movies of 2021: Screen Slate
• 20 Best Films of 2021: Matthew Eng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 28 The 30 Best Films of 2021: Little White Lies
• 31 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 34 The 50 Best Films of 2021: Guardian
• 36 The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire
• 4 Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll Best Documentary
• 73 My Favourite Films of 2021: Scout Tafoya

• Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline
• Top Ten Films of 2021: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Dana Stevens: Slate
• The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021: Noel Murray: Polygon
• Best Films of 2021: Caden Mark Gardner: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Sheila O’Malley: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2021: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Favorite Films of 2021: Dennis Cooper
• Best Films of 2021: Passerby More of our favorite films include
• The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
• The Ten Best Films of 2021: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Best Films of 2021: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny
• 21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021: Cassie da Costa: Vanity Fair Honorable mention
• Favorite Films of 2021: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine Also
• The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times Honorable mention
• Top 10 Films of 2021: Screen Queens Honorable mention
• The Best Films of 2021: Scott Tobias: The Reveal Honorable mention
• The Best Films of 2021: Keith Phipps: The Reveal Honorable mention
• The Ten Best Films of 2021: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Honorable mention

Dark Waters

• 4 Top Ten Films of 2019: Peter Labuza: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Mark Asch: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Willow Maclay: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Top Ten Films of 2019: Michael Sicinski: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• 7 Top 10 Films of 2019: Justine Smith: RogerEbert.com
• 7 Top 25 Films of 2019: Caden Mark Gardner
• 7 Top Ten Films of 2019: Don Kaye: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• 8 Top Ten Films of 2019: Kyle Turner: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• 10 Top Ten Films of 2019: Vadim Rizov: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• 12 Top 20 Films of 2020: Les Inrocks
• 15 The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny
• 15 Favorite 2019 Movies: Fernando F. Croce
• 35 Top 50 Films of 2019: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll

• Top Ten Films of 2019: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
• The Best Films of 2020: Economist
• Top 20 Films of 2019: In Review Online Honorable mention
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay

Wonderstruck

• 2 Best Films of 2017: Glenn Heath Jr.: San Diego CityBeat
• 2 Top 10 Films of 2017: Marilou Duponchel: Les Inrocks
• 3 Best Films of 2017: Les Inrocks
• 4 Top Ten Films of 2017: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• 5 10 Best Films of 2017: John Waters: Artforum
• 5 Top 10 Films of 2017: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks
• 8 Best Films of 2017: Reverse Shot
• 13 25 Best Films of 2017: David Ehrlich
• 15 Best Movies of 2017: Bilge Ebiri: Village Voice
• 17 20 Best Films of 2017: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 24 25 Best Films of 2017: Charles Bramesco

• Best Films of 2017: Florence Almozini: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Caryn James: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Michael Koresky: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Diego Lerer: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2017: Jeff Reichert: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Top 10 Movies of 2017: Stephanie Zacharek: Time Honorable mention
• 24 Best Movies of 2017: K. Austin Collins: The Ringer Honorable mention
• Best Films of 2017: Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com Some others
• 40 Best Movies of 2017: Manohla Dargis: New York Times Other Favorites

Carol

• 1 20 Best Movies of 2015: Time Out London
• 1 Best Films of 2015: Miriam Bale: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 10 Best Films of 2015: Variety
• 1 20 Best Films of 2015: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• 1 19 Best Movies of 2015: Melissa Anderson: Village Voice
• 1 18 Best Movies of 2015: Stephen Holden: New York Times
• 1 20 Best Films of 2015: Little White Lies
• 1 10 Favorite Films of 2015: Darren Hughes
• 1 The Best Movies of 2015: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
• 1 25 Best Films of 2015: David Ehrlich
• 1 Top 10 Movies of 2015: Jake Coyle: AP
• 1 Best Films of 2015: Diana Drumm: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2015: Keith Phipps: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2015: Max Weiss: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2015: Steve Dollar: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2015: Danny Bowes: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2015: Eugene Hernandez: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2015: Zachary Wigon: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 1 Best Films of 2015: David Rudin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 10 Best Feature Films of 2015: Eric Hynes: Fandor: Keyframe
• 2 10 Best Movies of 2015: Reverse Shot
• 2 Top 50 Films of 2015: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 Top 35 Films of 2015: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• 2 Top 17 Films of 2015: David Hudson: Fandor: Keyframe Daily
• 2 Top 50 Films of 2015: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• 2 Top Films of 2015: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• 2 Best Films of 2015: Alonso Duralde: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2015: Dan Kois: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2015: Elena Lazic: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2015: Adam Kempenaar: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2015: John Oursler: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2015: Sean Axmaker: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 Best Films of 2015: Willow Maclay: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 2 The 30 Best Movies of the 2010s: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
• 2 The 40 Best Films of the 2010s: Independent
• 3 Top 30 Films of 2015: Scott Tobias
• 3 19 Best Movies of 2015: Alison Willmore: BuzzFeed
• 3 10 Best Films of 2015: Ben Kenigsberg: Variety: Variety Survey
• 3 Best Films of 2015: Alan Scherstuhl: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2015: Brian Tallerico: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2015: Jason Anderson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2015: Josh Spiegel: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2015: Kate Erbland: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2015: Kyle Turner: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2015: Sean Mulvihill: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2015: Michael Koresky: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 3 Best Films of 2015: Mike Rubin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 4 29 Best Films of 2015: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
• 4 17 Best Films of 2015: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
• 4 66 Best Films of 2015: IndieWire
• 4 37 Best Movies of 2015: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• 4 Top 25 Films of 2015: Fandor
• 4 Top 10 Films of 2015: In Review Online
• 4 Best Films of 2015: Mike Ryan: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2015: Patrick McGavin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2015: Monica Castillo: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 4 Best Films of 2015: Mark Lukenbill: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 20 Best Movies of 2015: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• 5 The Best Films of 2015: Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club
• 5 Best Films of 2015: Bob Chipman: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2015: Jordan Hoffman: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2015: Sam Adams: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2015: Cynthia Fuchs: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2015: David Fear: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2015: Diego Lerer: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 5 Best Films of 2015: Lance Goldenberg: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 10 Best Films of 2015: John Waters: Artforum
• 6 10 Best Movies of 2015: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• 6 Best Films of 2015: Annlee Ellingson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2015: Calum Marsh: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2015: Elizabeth Stoddard: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 6 Best Films of 2015: Marsha McCreadie: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 7 50 Best Films of 2015: Guardian
• 7 Best Films of 2015: Alynda Wheat: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2015: Michael Atkinson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 7 Best Films of 2015: Jake Cole: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 7 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
• 8 The Best Films of 2015: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
• 8 20 Best Films of 2015: A.V. Club
• 8 Top 10 Movies of 2015: Lindsey Bahr: AP
• 8 Best Films of 2015: Alissa Wilkinson: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 8 Best Films of 2015: Manuela Lazic: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 9 Top Ten Films of 2016: Cahiers du Cinéma
• 9 Top 10 Films of 2016: Murielle Joudet: Les Inrocks
• 9 10 Best Films of 2015: Amy Taubin: Artforum
• 9 20 Best Movies of 2015: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
• 9 Best Films of 2015: Vadim Rizov: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 9 30 Best Films of 2015: Matt Prigge: Metro
• 9 The 25 Best Movies of the 2010s: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
• 10 Best 15 Films of 2015: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
• 10 Best Films of 2015: Daryl Chin: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• 10 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
• 11 30 Best Movies of 2015: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• 11 22 Best Movies of 2015: Christopher Orr: Atlantic
• 11 The Best Films of 2015: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
• 11 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online
• 13 The 100 Best Films of the 2010s: The Playlist
• 14 The Best Films of 2015: Adam Nayman: A.V. Club
• 15 Top 20 Films of 2016: Les Inrocks
• 15 Best Films of the 2010s: Reverse Shot
• 15 Top 30 Films of the 2010s: Keith Phipps
• 17 47 Noteworthy Films of 2015: Glenn Kenny
• 19 50 Best Films of 2015: Slant
• 25 The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Time Out New York
• 35 Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence
• 38 Best Movies of the 2010s: Susannah Gruder
• 51 100 Best Films of the 2010s: Insider
• 69 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
• 89 The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club

• Best Films of 2015: Brent Simon: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Top 10 Films of 2015: Mark Kermode: Observer
• Top 15 Movies of 2015: Dana Stevens: Slate Top Ten, in alphabetical order
• Best Films of 2015: Abbey Bender: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Robert Abele: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Craig Lindsey: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Ben Mercer: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Best Films of 2015: Erik Davis: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
• Favorite Films of the 2010s: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• 14 Best Films of 2015: Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times The rest presented alphabetically
• The 20 Best Films of 2015: David Morgan: CBS News
• 20 Favorite Movies of 2015: Lisa Schwarzbaum
• Favorite Films of the 2010s: Darren Hughes
• Top Ten Films of 2015: Cinema Scope Special mentions
• 20 Best Movies of 2015: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture Honorable mention
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay

Mildred Pierce

• 2 Best Films of 2011: John Waters: Artforum
• 10 Personal Best Films of 2011: J. Hoberman: Village Voice
• 35 The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the 2010s: The Playlist