Year-End Lists

Orwell: 2+2=5

4. The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
8. 10 Best Films of 2025: Anita Katz: Bay City News
8. Top 10 Films of 2025: Michael Phillips: Filmspotting
15. The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
97. Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey

• Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• Favorite Movies of 2025: Barack Obama

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

• The 12 Best Documentaries of 2024: Noel Murray: Polygon
• Best Movies of 2024: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• Best Movies of 2024: Jake Coyle: AP

Silver Dollar Road

• Top Ten Films of 2023: Brian Darr: Senses of Cinema: Senses of Cinema World Poll

Exterminate All the Brutes

3. Best Films of 2021: J Hoberman: Artforum
4. The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021: Judy Berman: Time
4. Best TV Shows of 2021: Daniel D’Addario: Variety
5. The 10 Best TV Shows of 2021: Daniel Fienberg: Hollywood Reporter
25. The Best Movies of 2021: Richard Brody: New Yorker
42. My Favourite Films of 2021: Scout Tafoya

• The Best TV Shows of 2021: Ben Travers: IndieWire
• Best of TV 2021: Inkoo Kang: Washington Post
• 21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021: Cassie da Costa: Vanity Fair

The Young Karl Marx

8. Favorite Films of 2017: Scout Tafoya

• Best Films of 2018: Glenn Kenny

I Am Not Your Negro

2. The Best Films of 2017: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader
2. Best Films of 2016: B. Ruby Rich: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
2. Top Ten Films of 2016: Alan Zilberman: RogerEbert.com
4. 21 Best Movies of 2017: A.O. Scott: New York Times
4. Top 10 Movies of 2016: Jake Coyle: AP
5. Top 30 Movies of 2017: Ed Gonzalez
5. Top Ten Films of 2016: Danny Bowes: RogerEbert.com
5. 10 Best Films of 2016: Amy Taubin: Artforum
5. 19 Best Films of 2016: Todd McCarthy: Hollywood Reporter
6. 28 Best Movies of 2016: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
7. Top 10 Movies of 2016: Lindsey Bahr: AP
7. Top Ten Films of 2016: Godfrey Cheshire: RogerEbert.com
7. Top Ten Films of 2016: Odie Henderson: RogerEbert.com
8. Top 25 Movies of 2016: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
9. 20 Best Films of 2016: Steve Erickson: GCN
11. The Best Films of 2016: Noel Murray: A.V. Club
14. Best Movies of 2016: Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out New York
14. 20 Best Movies of 2016: Bilge Ebiri: Village Voice
15. 50 Best Films of 2017: Slant
19. Top 26 Films of 2017: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
19. 50 Top Films of 2017: Guardian
19. 25 Best Films of 2016: Matt Prigge: Metro
21. Top 50 Films of 2016: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll
26. 30 Best Films of 2017: Little White Lies
31. Top 50 Films of 2016: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
41. The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s: Rolling Stone

• 40 Best Movies of 2017: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• 63 Best Films of 2017: Glenn Kenny
• Best Films of 2017: Glenn Heath Jr.: San Diego CityBeat
• Top Ten Films of 2016: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com
• Top 15 Movies of 2016: Dana Stevens: Slate
• 26 Best Movies of 2016: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
• Best Black Films of the 2010s: Jourdain Searles