Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

Lists

  1. Keith Phipps: Top 16 Films of 2017
  2. Slant: 50 Best Films of 2017
  3. Scout Tafoya: Favorite Films of 2017
  4. Ed Gonzalez: Top 30 Movies of 2017
  5. Culture Trip: Graham Fuller: 20 Best Movies of 2017
  6. Mubi: Anaïs Lebrun: Favorite Films of 2018
  7. RogerEbert.com: Ben Kenigsberg: Best Films of 2017
  8. Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2017
  9. Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: The 10 Best Movies of the 2010s
  10. Boston Globe: Ty Burr: The 50 Best Movies of the Decade
  11. Susannah Gruder: Best Movies of the 2010s
  12. Sight & Sound Poll: Best Films of 2018
  13. BuzzFeed: Alison Willmore: 11 Best Movies of 2017
  14. A.V. Club: Katie Rife: Best Films of 2017
  15. Christy Lemire: 10 Best Films of 2017
  16. RogerEbert.com: Ten Best Films of 2017
  17. AP: Best 10 Films of the 2010s
  18. Sight & Sound Poll: Miriam Bale: Top 10 Films of 2017
  19. Little White Lies: 30 Best Films of 2017
  20. Time Out New York: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s
  21. Los Angeles Times: Justin Chang: 32 Best Films of 2017
  22. Mallory Andrews: Top 10 Films of 2017
  23. RogerEbert.com: Allison Shoemaker: Top Ten Films of 2017
  24. Film Society of Lincoln Center: Dennis Lim: Favorite Films of 2017
  25. Time Out London: 20 Best Films of 2018
  26. A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2017
  27. Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2018
  28. Memphis Commercial Appeal: John Beifuss: 10 Best Movies of 2018
  29. The Ringer: K. Austin Collins: 24 Best Movies of 2017
  30. IndieWire Poll: Best Movies of 2017
  31. Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: 10 Best Movies of 2017
  32. Guardian: 50 Top Films of 2017
  33. Mubi: Chiara Marañón: Favorite Films of 2018
  34. The Independent: The 40 Best Films of the 2010s
  35. Justine Smith: 30 Favorite Films of 2017
  36. Los Angeles Times: Mark Olsen: 20 Best Films of 2017
  37. Cinema Scope: Top Ten Films of 2017
  38. IndieWire: Eric Kohn: 17 Best Movies of 2017
  39. Nictate: Top 10 Films of 2017
  40. RogerEbert.com: Brian Tallerico: Top Ten Films of 2017
  41. Time Out New York: Joshua Rothkopf: 20 Best Films of 2017
  42. San Diego CityBeat: Glenn Heath Jr.: Best Films of 2017
  43. A.V. Club: A.A. Dowd: Best Films of 2017
  44. A.V. Club: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: Best Films of 2017
  45. Nashville Scene: The 2017 Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll
  46. The Big Picture: Amanda Dobbins: Top 10 Movies of the 2010s
  47. Charles Bramesco: 25 Best Films of 2017
  48. Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review: Jordan Cronk: Top Ten Films of 2017
  49. RogerEbert.com: The Best Films of the 2010s
  50. Vanity Fair: Richard Lawson: 10 Best Films of 2017
  51. RogerEbert.com: Matt Zoller Seitz: Best Films of 2017
  52. Hollywood Reporter: Todd McCarthy: 20 Best Films of 2017
  53. New Yorker: Richard Brody: 35 Best Movies of 2017
  54. Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2017
  55. New York Times: A.O. Scott: 21 Best Movies of 2017
  56. Paste: 50 Best Movies of 2017
  57. AP: Lindsey Bahr: Best Films of 2017
  58. AP: Jake Coyle: Best Films of 2017
  59. New York Times: Manohla Dargis: 40 Best Movies of 2017
  60. Vulture: Emily Yoshida: 10 Best Movies of 2017
  61. ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: 20 Best Films of 2017
  62. Esquire: Nick Schager: Best Movies of 2017
  63. Consequence: Top 100 Films of the 2010s
  64. A.V. Club: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
  65. Consequence: Top 25 Movies of 2017
  66. Atlantic: Christopher Orr: Best Movies of 2017
  67. A.V. Club: Mike D’Angelo: Best Films of 2017
  68. Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2017
  69. Reverse Shot: Best Films of the Decade
  70. Vulture: David Edelstein: 10 Best Movies of 2017
  71. Rolling Stone: Peter Travers: 10 Best Movies of 2017
  72. David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2017
  73. RogerEbert.com: Sheila O’Malley: Best Films of 2017
  74. Rolling Stone: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s
  75. Robert Koehler: Best Movies of 2017
  76. Uproxx: 20 Best Movies of 2017
  77. A.V. Club: Jesse Hassenger: Best Films of 2017
  78. Alicia Malone: Top 50 Films of 2017
  79. Huffington Post: Matthew Jacobs: 27 Best Movies of 2017
  80. Film School Rejects: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
  81. Film Comment Poll: 20 Best Films of 2017
  82. The Playlist: The 100 Best Films of the Decade
  83. IndieWire: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
  84. World of Reel: Jordan Ruimy: The 25 Best Movies of the 2010s
  85. Village Voice: Bilge Ebiri: Best Movies of 2017
  86. Insider: 100 Best Films of the 2010s
  87. Paste: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s