Year-End Lists

After the Hunt

37. Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage

Challengers

1. The 25 Best Films of 2024: A.V. Club
1. The Best Queer Movies of 2024: Drew Burnett Gregory: Autostraddle
1. The Best Movies of 2024: Owen Gleiberman: Variety
1. Top Ten Films of 2024: Mike D’Angelo
1. The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Polygon
1. The Best Movies of 2024: Tom Gliatto: People
2. The 20 Best Films Of 2024: The Playlist
2. The Best Movies of 2024: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush
2. 25 Best Movies of 2024: Consequence
3. The 10 Best Movies of 2024: David Sims: Atlantic
3. 100 Favorite Movies of 2024: Sean Fennessey
3. The Best Movies of 2024: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture
3. Films of 2024: The Skinny
4. Top Ten Films of 2024: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
4. The 10 Best Films of 2024: Christina Newland: The i Paper
4. 10 Best Movies of 2024: A.A. Dowd: Digital Trends
4. Best Films of 2024: In Review Online
5. Best Films of 2024: Mark Kermode
5. Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
6. Favorite Films of 2024: Austin Noto-Moniz
6. Top Ten Films of 2024: Josh Larsen
6. Top Ten Films of 2024: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
6. The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Paste
7. The 30 Best Films of 2024: Little White Lies
7. The 25 Best Films of 2024: David Ehrlich
7. Top 10 Films of 2024: Adam Kempenaar: Filmspotting
7. The Best Films of 2024: Justine Smith: Cult MTL
7. The 60 Best Movies of 2024: Max Cea: Esquire
9. 10 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
10. The Best Movies of 2024: Ty Burr: Washington Post
11. The 15 Best Films of 2024: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
12. 20 Best Movies of 2024: David Fear: Rolling Stone
13. The 25 Best Films of 2024: Slant
13. Top 50 Films of 2024: Film Stage
13. The 50 Best Films of 2024: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
14. The 25 Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire
20. Best Movies of 2024: Screen Slate

• Favorite Movies of 2024: Sarah Welch-Larson
• The Best Films of 2024: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
• The Best Movies Of 2024: Uproxx
• Top 10 Movies of 2024: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
• The Best Movies of 2024: Peter Debruge: Variety
• Best Films of 2024: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter
• The 18 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2024: Them
• Best Movies of 2024: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• The 10 Best Movies of 2024: Dana Stevens: Slate
• The 10 Best Films of 2024: Nick Levine: Wallpaper
• Best Films of 2024: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• Best Films of 2024: Passerby
• Best Movies of 2024: Lindsey Bahr: AP
• The Very Best Films of 2024: AnOther Magazine
• The Best Movies of 2024: Tasha Robinson: Polygon
• The Best Films Of 2024: HuffPost
• The Best Films of 2024: RogerEbert.com
• The Best Movies of 2024: Matt Patches: Polygon
• The Best 15 Films of 2024: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win
• Best Films of 2024: Spectrum Culture

Queer

2. Best Films of 2024: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
2. The Best Movies of 2024: John Waters: New York: Vulture
4. The Best Queer Movies of 2024: Drew Burnett Gregory: Autostraddle
5. The Best Films of 2024: Justine Smith: Cult MTL
16. The 30 Best Films of 2024: Little White Lies
18. The 25 Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire
21. The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Polygon
31. The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Guardian
32. Best Films of 2024: In Review Online
39. Top 50 Films of 2024: Film Stage
39. Best Movies of 2024: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
41. 51 Favourite Films of 2024: Guy Lodge

• The Best Films of 2024: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
• The 18 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2024: Them
• 20 Best Movies of 2024: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• Best Films of 2024: Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter
• 10 Best Films of 2024: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel

Bones and All

2. Top Ten Films of 2022: Katie Rife: RogerEbert.com
4. Top Ten Films of 2022: Peyton Robinson: RogerEbert.com
5. The Best Films of 2022: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
6. The Best Films of 2022: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter
7. The Best Films of 2022: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
9. The Best Films of 2022: Dazed
10. Best Films of 2022: John Waters: Artforum
16. Favorite Films of 2022: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
17. The 25 Best Films Of 2022: The Playlist
19. The Top 20 Best Films Of The Year 2022: Mark Hughes: Forbes
20. The Best Films of 2022: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
28. The Best Movies of 2022: Esquire
32. My Favorite Movies of 2022: Sean Fennessey
33. Top 50 Films of 2022: Film Stage

• Top Ten Films of 2022: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• The Ten Best Films of 2022: RogerEbert.com
• The Best Movies of 2022: Polygon
• The Best Movies Of 2022: Uproxx
• Best Films of 2022: Jake Coyle: AP
• Best Movies Of 2022: Todd McCarthy: Deadline
• 22 Best Movies of 2022: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• Best Movies of 2022: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
• Notable Films Of 2022: Glenn Kenny
• The 29 Best Movies of 2022: Vogue
• Best Films of 2022: Spectrum Culture

I Am Love

3. Best Movies of the 2010s: Susannah Gruder

• Best 10 Films of the 2010s: AP

Suspiria

3. Films in Focus: David Sterritt: Ten Best Films of 2018
4. Vulture: Emily Yoshida: Best Movies of 2018
4. Time Out New York: Joshua Rothkopf: Top 10 Movies of 2018
5. Christy Lemire: 10 Best Films of 2018
5. HuffPost: Matthew Jacobs: 20 Best Movies Of 2018
5. Much Ado About Cinema: Best Films of 2018
6. Film Freak Central: Walter Chaw: 50 Best Films of 2018
7. Nashville Scene: The 2018 Jim Ridley Film Poll
8. Keith Uhlich: Top 10 Films of 2018
9. Much Ado About Cinema: Megan Christopher: Best Films of 2018
10. The Playlist: 25 Best Films of 2018
12. Film School Rejects: 50 Best Movies of 2018
14. David Ehrlich: 25 Best Films of 2018
14. A.V. Club: Charles Bramesco: Top 15 Films of 2018
14. Vox: Alissa Wilkinson: Best Movies of 2018
19. Time Out London: 20 Best Films of 2018
19. Keith Phipps: 20 Favorite Films of 2018
39. Paste: 50 Best Movies of 2018
40. IndieWire Poll: Best Movies of 2018
69. The Playlist: The 100 Best Films of the Decade

• Atlantic: David Sims: Best Films of 2018
• Time Out New York: Tomris Laffly: Top 10 Movies of 2018
• Saige Walton: Films I Adored in 2018
• Alicia Malone: Favorite Films of 2018
• Los Angeles Times: Mark Olsen: Best Movies of 2018

Call Me by Your Name

1. 20 Best Films of 2017: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
1. Top Ten Films of 2017: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
1. Favorite Movies of 2017: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
1. 10 Best Films of 2017: Christy Lemire
1. 50 Top Films of 2017: Guardian
1. Top Ten Films of 2017: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
1. Favorite Films of 2017: Joanna Di Mattia: Senses of Cinema World Poll
1. 25 Best Films of 2017: David Ehrlich
1. Top Ten Films of 2017: Allison Shoemaker: RogerEbert.com
1. Top 50 Films of 2017: Alicia Malone
1. 27 Best Movies of 2017: Matthew Jacobs: HuffPost
1. Best Movies of 2017: Film School Rejects
1. 32 Best Films of 2017: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
1. 25 Best Films of 2017: Charles Bramesco
1. Best Films of 2017: Jake Coyle: AP
1. 30 Best Films of 2017: Little White Lies
2. Top 10 Films of 2017: Mallory Andrews
2. 10 Best Movies of 2017: Emily Yoshida: New York: Vulture
2. 20 Best Films of 2017: Todd McCarthy: Hollywood Reporter
2. Top Ten Films of 2017: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
2. 10 Best Movies of 2017: David Edelstein: New York: Vulture
3. Top 26 Films of 2017: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
3. The 2017 Jim Ridley Memorial Film Poll: Nashville Scene
3. Best Films of 2017: Katie Rife: A.V. Club
3. Top Ten Films of 2017: Christina Newland: RogerEbert.com
3. 10 Best Movies of 2017: Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
3. 10 Best Films of 2017: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
3. Top Ten Films of 2017: Jordan Hoffman
4. Top 16 Films of 2017: Keith Phipps
4. Favorite Films of 2017: Keith Uhlich: Cinephiliacs
4. Best Films of 2017: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
4. Top 25 Movies of 2017: Consequence
4. 10 Best Films of 2017: Peter Debruge: Variety
4. Top 50 Films of 2017: Film Stage
4. Best Films of 2017: Lindsey Bahr: AP
4. The Best Movies of the 2010s: Esquire
5. Ten Best Films of 2017: RogerEbert.com
5. Top Ten Films of 2017: Sophy Romvari: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
6. Top 20 Films of 2017: Blake Williams: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
6. 12 Best Movies of 2017: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
6. 20 Best Films of 2017: A.V. Club
6. Top 10 Movies of 2017: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
6. Top 10 Movies of 2017: Mara Reinstein: Us Weekly
6. 50 Favourite Films of the Decade: Seventh Row
7. Best Movies of 2017: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
7. Favorite Films of 2017: Scout Tafoya
7. 35 Best Films of 2017: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox
8. 50 Best Movies of 2017: Paste
8. Top Ten Films of 2017: David Hudson: Criterion: Daily
8. 10 Best Films of 2017: Owen Gleiberman: Variety
9. Top 15 Films of 2017: In Review Online
10. 50 Best Films of 2017: Slant
10. Best Films of 2017: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
10. Best Films of 2017: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club
10. Top Ten Films of 2017: Odie Henderson: RogerEbert.com
10. 10 Best Movies of 2017: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
10. 100 Best Films of the 2010s: Insider
11. Best Movies of 2017: Bilge Ebiri: Village Voice
11. Top 15 Films of 2017: Genevieve Koski
11. The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Film School Rejects
12. The Best Films of 2017: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader
12. The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Time Out New York
16. 20 Best Movies of 2017: Graham Fuller: Culture Trip
17. 20 Best Movies of 2017: Uproxx
18. The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: IndieWire
23. The 40 Best Films of the 2010s: Independent
23. Top 100 Films of the 2010s: Consequence
30. Top 50 Films of the 2010s: The Young Folks
40. The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Rolling Stone
49. The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: A.V. Club
60. The 100 Best Films of the Decade: The Playlist
79. The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s: Paste

• 10 Best Movies of 2018: John Beifuss: Memphis Commercial Appeal
• Top 10 Films of 2018: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks
• The 10 Best Films of 2017: David Morgan: CBS News
• Best Movies of 2017: Christopher Orr: Atlantic
• Top 15 Movies of 2017: Dana Stevens: Slate
• 12 Films That Stayed with Us: cléo
• Best Films of 2017: Glenn Heath Jr.: San Diego CityBeat
• 20 Best Films of 2017: Mark Olsen: Los Angeles Times
• Top 30 Movies of 2017: Ed Gonzalez
• Best Films of 2017: Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
• Best Films of 2017: Sheila O’Malley: RogerEbert.com
• 10 Best Movies of 2017: John Powers: Vogue
• Top Ten Films of 2017: Cinema Scope
• Favorite Movies of 2017: NPR: Pop Culture Happy Hour
• 10 Best Films of 2017: Joe Morgenstern: Wall Street Journal
• Best Movies of 2017: Nick Schager: Esquire
• Best Films of 2017: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
• Best Films of 2017: Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com
• Favorite Movies of 2017: Karina Longworth
• 40 Best Movies of 2017: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• 21 Best Movies of 2017: A.O. Scott: New York Times
• The 10 Best Films of 2017: Jourdain Searles
• Top Ten Films of 2017: Vadim Rizov: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review
• The Best Films of the 2010s: RogerEbert.com
• Top Films of the 2010s: Anna Swanson: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

A Bigger Splash

3. Top Ten Films of 2016: Michał Oleszczyk: RogerEbert.com
5. 25 Best Films of 2016: David Ehrlich
6. Top 11 Films of 2016: Nictate
7. Top Ten Films of 2016: Susan Wloszczyna: RogerEbert.com
9. 10 Best Movies of 2016: A.O. Scott: New York Times
9. Best Movies of 2016: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
9. 25 Best Films of 2016: Time Out London
32. Top 50 Films of 2016: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll

• 26 Best Movies of 2016: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
• Top 25 Movies of 2016: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times