Year-End Lists

Sentimental Value

2. Best Films of 2025: Passerby
3. The Best Movies of 2025: Owen Gleiberman: Variety
3. The 25 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire
3. Best Films of 2025: Justine Smith: Cult MTL
3. The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
4. The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Nick Schager: Daily Beast
4. The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
4. The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
4. Best Movies of 2025: Lindsey Bahr: AP
4. Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
5. The Best Films of 2025: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
5. 10 Best Films of 2025: Anita Katz: Bay City News
5. Top Ten Films of 2025: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
6. Top 10 Films of 2025: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
6. Best Movies of 2025: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
6. The 25 Best Films of 2025: The Playlist
6. The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr
7. Top 10 Films of 2025: Michael Phillips: Filmspotting
7. Best Movies of 2025: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter
7. The Best Films of 2025: Scott Tobias: The Reveal
8. Top Ten Films of 2025: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
8. Top Ten Films of 2025: Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com
10. The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
11. The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
11. Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
13. The Best Films of 2025: A.A. Dowd
17. The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
18. Our Top Films of 2025: Les Inrocks
20. The 30 Best Films of 2025: Little White Lies
24. Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage

• Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• The Best Films of 2025: Economist
• Best Movies of 2025: Jake Coyle: AP
• The Ten Best Films of 2025: RogerEbert.com
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Dana Stevens: Slate
• The Best Films Of 2025: HuffPost
• Favorite Movies of 2025: Barack Obama
• The Best Films of 2025: Sean Burns: WBUR
• Films of the Year 2025: New Statesman
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
• Best Films of 2025: Spectrum Culture

The Worst Person in the World

1. The Best Movies of 2022: Esquire
1. Best Films of 2021: Susannah Gruder
1. The 10 Best Films of 2021: David Sims: Atlantic
1. The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
1. Best Films of 2021: Jake Coyle: AP
1. Top Ten Films of 2021: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
2. Top 10 Films of 2021: Ross Bonaime: Collider
2. Top 10 Films of 2021: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
2. The Best Movies of 2021: Sean Fennessey: The Ringer
2. The Best Movies of 2021: Angelica Jade Bastién: New York: Vulture
2. The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire
2. The 21 Best Movies of 2021: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
2. The 10 Best Movies of 2021: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
3. The Best Movies of 2021: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture
3. The Top Ten Best Films of 2021: Kyle Smith: National Review
3. Best Films of 2021: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
3. The Best Films of 2021: Caroline Siede: A.V. Club
3. 20 Essential Films of 2021: Les Inrocks
4. Best Films of 2022: Florence Almozini: Filmmaker Magazine: Film Comment Poll
4. Best Films of 2022: Passerby
4. Best Films of 2021: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
4. The Best Movies of 2021: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
5. The Best Films of 2022: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
5. Top Ten Films of 2021: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
5. Top 50 Films of 2021: Film Stage
6. The Best Films of 2021: Carlos Aguilar: A.V. Club
6. The Best Films of 2021: Peter Debruge: Variety
6. The Best Films of 2021: Jesse Hassenger: A.V. Club
6. Favorite Films of 2021: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
7. The Ten Best Films of 2021: RogerEbert.com
7. The 50 Best Films of 2021: Slant
7. Top 10 Films of 2021: Marilou Duponchel: Les Inrocks
8. Top Ten Films of 2021: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
8. Top Ten Films of 2021: Abby Olcese: RogerEbert.com
8. The Best Movies Of 2021: Uproxx
9. Films of 2022: The Skinny
9. The Best Movies of 2021: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture
10. Top 10 Films of 2021: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks
10. Films of the Year 2021: Wendy Ide: Screen
10. 10 Best Movies of 2021: Peter Travers: ABC News: Good Morning America
12. The 25 Best Films Of 2021: The Playlist
12. The Best Films of 2021: A.V. Club
13. The Best Films of 2021: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
15. The Best Films of 2021: Vikram Murthi: A.V. Club
16. The 30 Best Films of 2022: Little White Lies
16. The 50 Best Films of 2021: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
16. The 25 Best Movies of 2021: IndieWire
17. The Best Movies of 2021: Ty Burr
19. Top 25 Films of 2021: In Review Online
22. The 25 Best Films of 2021: David Ehrlich
25. The 50 Best Films of 2021: Guardian
50. The 50 Best Films of 2022: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
82. My Favourite Films of 2021: Scout Tafoya

• The 29 Best Movies of 2022: Vogue
• Notable Films Of 2022: Glenn Kenny
• Best Movies of 2022: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• Our Top 10 Films of 2021: Hyperallergic
• The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• Best Movies Of 2021: Todd McCarthy: Deadline
• Best Films of 2021: Spectrum Culture
• Favorite Movies of 2021: Barack Obama
• The Best Movies of 2021: Polygon

Thelma

1. 30 Favorite Films of 2017: Justine Smith
2. Best Movies of 2017: Film School Rejects
12. Top 50 Films of 2017: Alicia Malone
17. 25 Best Films of 2017: David Ehrlich
23. Best Movies of 2017: Nick Schager: Esquire
38. Best Films of 2017: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
58. Favorite Films of 2017: Scout Tafoya
74. The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects

Louder Than Bombs

7. Top Ten Films of 2016: Simon Abrams: RogerEbert.com
8. The Best Films of 2016: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
14. The Best Films of 2016: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
15. 50 Favourite Films of the Decade: Seventh Row
19. The 25 Best Movies of 2016: Nick Schager: Esquire
20. 20 Best Films of 2016: A.V. Club

Oslo, August 31st

1. 50 Favourite Films of the Decade: Seventh Row
4. 16 Favorite Films of 2012: Dennis Cooper
5. Top 10 Films of 2012: Sean Burns: Philadelphia Weekly
7. 25 Best Films of 2012: Slant
7. Top 20 Films of 2012: Nick Schager: Slant
8. Top 20 Films of 2012: Ed Gonzalez: Slant
9. Top Ten Movies of 2012: David Edelstein: New York
9. 20 Best Movies of 2012: Andrew O’Hehir: Salon
9. Top 10 Movies of 2012: Christy Lemire: AP
10. 10 Best Movies of 2012: Ben Kenigsberg: Time Out Chicago
10. Top 26 Movies of 2012: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
12. Best Films of 2012: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
13. Top 20 Films of 2012: In Review Online
13. The Best Films of 2012: Keith Phipps: A.V. Club
14. Top 50 Films of 2012: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
14. 20 Best Films of 2012: Matt Singer: IndieWire
19. 25 Best Films of 2012: David Ehrlich
19. 50 Best Films of 2012: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
47. The 50 Best Movies of the Decade: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
54. The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects

• Top 20 Films of 2012: Fernando F. Croce: Slant
• 20 Best Movies of 2012: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• 5 Best Movies of 2012: David Thomson: New Republic
• Top 36 Movies of 2012: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• 20 Best Movies of 2012: Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
• Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012: Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian
• The Best Films of the Decade 2010-2019: Benzine