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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

by Rungano Nyoni

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl - Rungano Nyoni

Appears on 66 lists

#2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Katie Rife: RogerEbert.com
#2 Top 10 Films of 2025: Josh Larsen: Filmspotting
#2 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#2 Best Films of 2025: Ayanna Dozier: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#2 Best Films of 2025: Maggie Hennefeld: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#2 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#2 Best Films of 2024: Leila Latif: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#3 10 Best Movies of 2025: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe
#3 Best Films of 2025: Matene Toure: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#3 51 Favourite Films of 2024: Guy Lodge
#4 Best Films of 2025: Guy Lodge: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#4 Best Films of 2025: Matthew Eng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#4 Best Films of 2025: Celia Mattison: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#4 Best Films of 2025: AJ Morris: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#5 Best Films of 2024: Simran Hans: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#5 Best Films of 2024: Ben Nicholson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#6 Best Films of 2025: Nick Davis: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#7 Best Films of 2024: Alex Ramon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#7 Best Films of 2024: Charles Whitehouse: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#8 Best Films of 2025: Carly Mattox: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#8 Best Films of 2024: Guy Lodge: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#8 Best Films of 2024: Katie McCabe: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#9 Top Ten Films of 2025: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
#9 Top 10 Films of 2025: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
#9 Top 10 Films of 2025: Michael Phillips: Filmspotting
#9 Top Ten Films of 2025: Kayleigh Donaldson: RogerEbert.com
#9 The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker
#9 Best Films of 2025: Bedatri Datta Choudhury: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#9 Best Films of 2025: Abirami Logendran: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#9 Best Films of 2024: Rachel Pronger: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#10 Best Films of 2025: Reverse Shot
#10 Top Ten Films of 2025: Ally Johnson: RogerEbert.com
#10 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: David Sims: Atlantic
#10 Best Films of 2025: Soham Gadre: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#10 The 30 Best Films of 2024: Little White Lies
#10 Best Films of 2024: Jonathan Romney: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#12 Best Films of 2025: Steven Mears: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#13 Best Films of 2025: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#13 Best Films of 2025: Madeline Ostdick: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#13 Best Films of 2025: Inney Prakash: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#16 The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
#16 Top 20 Films of 2025: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club
#16 Best Films of 2025: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#17 Best Films of 2025: Sona Karapoghosyan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#19 The Best Films of 2025: Richard Brody: New Yorker
#20 Best Films of 2025: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
#25 The 50 Best Films of 2024: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
#49 The 50 Best Movies of 2025: Guardian
#64 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey

Top Ten Films of 2025: Rendy Jones: RogerEbert.com
Top Ten Films of 2025: Cortlyn Kelly: RogerEbert.com
Favorite Movies of 2025: Sarah Welch-Larson
Best Films of 2025: Michael Koresky: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
Top Ten Films of 2025: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com
The Best Films Of 2025: HuffPost
Best Films of 2025: Lovia Gyarkye: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2025: Robert Daniels: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
The Very Best Films of 2024: AnOther Magazine
The 25 Best Films of 2025: BBC: BBC Culture
Best Movies of 2025: Jake Coyle: AP Also
The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Nick Schager: Daily Beast Honorable mention
Best Movies of 2025: Lindsey Bahr: AP Also
Top Ten Films of 2025: Chase Hutchinson: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
Top 10 Films of 2025: Victor Morton Honorable Mentions: Foreign Fiction
Best Films of 2024: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Twenty More
The Best Films of 2025: Scott Tobias: The Reveal Honorable mention

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