Year-End Lists

Caught by the Tides

1. Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen
3. Best Films of 2025: Reverse Shot
3. The Best Movies of 2025: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture
3. The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker
3. Best Films of 2025: In Review Online
4. The 30 Best Films of 2025: Little White Lies
4. The 10 Best Movies of 2025: David Sims: Atlantic
4. Best Movies of 2025: Screen Slate
5. Best Films of 2025: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
5. Our Top Films of 2025: Les Inrocks
5. Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
6. The 50 Best Films of 2024: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
7. The Best Movies of 2025: Adam Nayman: The Ringer
9. Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
13. Best Films of 2024: Benoit Rouilly
18. The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
18. The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
18. The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
22. 51 Favourite Films of 2024: Guy Lodge
23. The 25 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire

• Best Films of 2025: Benoit Rouilly
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Nick Schager: Daily Beast
• The Ten Best Films of 2025: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
• Best Movies of 2025: Jake Coyle: AP
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Dana Stevens: Slate
• The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr
• Top 10 Movies of 2025: Steve Erickson: GCN
• Best Films of 2024: Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2024: Jordan Cronk

Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue

18. The Best Movies of 2021: Richard Brody: New Yorker
52. The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire

• Best Films of 2020: Molly Haskell: Screen Slate

I Wish I Knew

• Best Movies of 2020: Manohla Dargis: New York Times

The Pickpocket

4. 10 Best Films of 2020: James Quandt: Artforum

Ash is Purest White

1. The 15 Best Movies of 2019: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
2. The Best Films of 2019: Beatrice Loayza: A.V. Club
3. Top 15 Feature Films of 2019: Hyperallergic
3. Best Movies of 2019: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
3. The Best Movies of 2019: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
3. Top Movies of 2018: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
5. Top 10 of 2019: Cinematary
5. Top 10 Movies of 2019: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture
5. Favorite Films of 2019: Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
5. Favorite 2019 Movies: Fernando F. Croce
6. Top 20 Films of 2019: In Review Online
6. The 25 Best Films of 2019: Slant
6. Best Films of 2018: Amy Taubin: Artforum
8. Top 25 Films of 2019: Tomris Laffly: RogerEbert.com
8. Best Films of 2019: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
9. Top Ten Films of 2019: Brian Darr: Filmmaker Magazine
10. The Best Films of 2019: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
12. The Best Movies of 2019: Karen Han: Polygon
13. Top 50 Films of 2019: Filmmaker Magazine: Village Voice Film Poll
14. The Best Films of 2019: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
14. Top 16 Films of 2019: Nictate
15. Top 20 Films of 2019: Jordan Cronk
21. Best Films of 2019: A.V. Club
22. 25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
24. The Best Movies of 2019: Nick Schager: Esquire
26. The 50 Best Movies of 2019: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
33. The 50 Best Films of 2019: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
40. Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online
50. Top 50 Films of 2018: Film Stage
84. Favourite Films of 2018: Scout Tafoya

• The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Daily Beast
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• The 10 Best Films of 2019: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery
• Top Ten Films of 2019: Brian Darr: Filmmaker Magazine
• The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny
• The Best Films of 2019: Todd McCarthy: Hollywood Reporter
• Favorite Movies of 2019: Barack Obama
• Best Movies of 2019: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• Best Movies of 2019: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• Top Ten Films of 2018: Cinema Scope
• Top Ten Films of 2018: David Hudson
• Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay

Mountains May Depart

4. Top Ten Films of 2016: Michał Oleszczyk: RogerEbert.com
4. 11 Best Movies of 2016: Alison Willmore: BuzzFeed
4. 15 Favorite Films of 2016: Peter Labuza
5. Best Movies of 2015: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
6. 10 Favorite Films of 2016: Darren Hughes
9. The 10 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
11. The 25 Best Movies of 2016: Nick Schager: Esquire
14. Top 20 Films of 2015: Les Inrocks
16. 35 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Brody: New Yorker
44. 50 Best Films of 2016: Slant
46. 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016: Glenn Kenny
98. Top 100 Films of the 2010s: In Review Online

• 28 Best Movies of 2016: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• Top 25 Movies of 2016: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• Top Ten Films of 2016: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com
• Top 17 Films of 2015: David Hudson: Fandor: Keyframe Daily

A Touch of Sin

2. The Best Films of 2013: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
2. 10 Best Films of 2013: Amy Taubin: Artforum
3. Top 15 Films of 2013: Cinema Scope
4. Top Ten Movies of 2013: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
4. Top Ten Movies of 2013: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader
5. 50 Best Movies of 2013: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
5. 35 Favorite Films of 2013: A.O. Scott: New York Times
5. Top Ten Films of 2013: Cahiers du Cinéma
6. Top 27 Movies of 2013: Wesley Morris: Grantland
6. 20 Best Films of 2013: Les Inrocks
6. Top 10 Films of 2013: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
6. 10 Best Films of 2013: James Quandt: Artforum
8. 25 Best Films of 2013: David Ehrlich
8. 20 Best Films of 2013: L Magazine
10. 13 Best Films of 2013: Stephen Holden: New York Times
10. 25 Best Films of 2013: Slant
13. Top 50 Films of 2013: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
15. The Best Films of 2013: Ben Kenigsberg: A.V. Club
18. 20 Best Films of 2013: A.V. Club
24. The 30 Best Movies of the 2010s: K. Austin Collins: Vanity Fair
41. The 50 Best Films of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk

• 20 Best Films of 2013: Scott Foundas: Variety
• Top 39 Movies of 2013: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• Top Ten Movies of 2013: David Edelstein: New York
• 21 Best Movies of 2013: Dana Stevens: Slate
• Best Movies of 2013: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• Top 15 Films of 2013: Matt Singer: The Dissolve
• Favorite Films of the 2010s: Manohla Dargis: New York Times