Лучшие ленты года по версии издания Cnet:

Top-16:
No Time To Die
Dune
King Richard
I Care a Lot
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar
Fear Street: 1994/ 1978/ 1666
In The Heights
No Sudden Move
CODA
Gunpowder Milkshake
The Little Things
Nomadland
Minari
A Quiet Place Part II
Judas and the Black Messiah

Лучшие ленты года по версии издания Cinevue:

Top-10:
1. Petite Maman (dir. Céline Sciamma)
2. The Power of the Dog (dir. Jane Campion)
3. Annette (dir. Leos Carax)
=4. Drive My Car (dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi)
=4. Dune (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
=6. Flee (dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen)
=6. The Green Knight (dir. David Lowery)
8. Pig (dir. Michael Sarnoski)
9. Summer of Soul (dir. Questlove)
=10. Azor (dir. Andreas Fontana)

Honourable mentions:
11. Zola (dir. Janicza Bravo)
=12. Compartment No. 6 (dir. Juho Kuosmanen)
=12. The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet (dir. Ana Katz)
=12. The Last Duel (dir. Ridley Scott)
=12. Playground (dir. Laura Wandel)
=12. Titane (dir. Julie Ducournau)
17. Mad God (dir. Phil Tippett)
=18. Licorice Pizza (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
=18. Spencer (dir. Pablo Larraín)
=20. Nightmare Alley (dir. Guillermo del Toro)
=20. Candyman (dir. Nia DaCosta)
=20. Mass (dir. Fran Kranz)

Лучшие ленты года по версии издания Cineuropa:

Top-25:
1 Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn [+], Radu Jude (Romania/Luxembourg/Czech Republic/Croatia/Switzerland/UK)
2 The Worst Person In The World [+], Joachim Trier (Norway/France/Sweden/Denmark)
3 Titane [+], Julia Ducournau (France)
4 Petite Maman [+], Céline Sciamma (France)
5 Annette [+], Leos Carax (France/Germany/Belgium/Switzerland/Mexico/Japan)
6 The Hand of God [+], Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)
7 Happening [+], Audrey Diwan (France)
8 The Souvenir Part II [+], Joanna Hogg (UK)
9 What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? [+], Alexandre Koberidze (Germany/Georgia)
10 Memoria [+], Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Colombia/Thailand/UK/Mexico/France/Germany/China/Taiwan/USA/Switzerland)
11 France [+], Bruno Dumont (France)
= Compartment No. 6 [+], Juho Kuosmanen (Finland/Russia/Estonia/Germany)
12 The Lost Daughter [+], Maggie Gyllenhaal (USA/UK/Greece/Israel)
= Flee [+], Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Denmark/France/Norway/Sweden)
14 Playground [+], Laura Wandel (Belgium)
16 The Tsugua Diaries [+], Miguel Gomes & Maureen Fazendeiro (Portugal)
= The Green Knight [+], David Lowery (USA/Canada/Ireland)
17 Vortex [+], Gaspar Noé (France/Belgium/Monaco)
= The Innocents [+], Eskil Vogt (Norway/Sweden/Denmark/Finland/France/UK)
19 Petrov’s Flu [+], Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia/Switzerland/France/Germany)
21 Parallel Mothers [+], Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
22 Pleasure [+], Ninja Thyberg (Sweden/Netherlands/France)
23 Who’s Stopping Us [+], Jonás Trueba (Spain)
24 Mr Bachmann and his Class [+], Maria Speth (Germany)
25 L'arminuta [+], Giuseppe Bonito (Italy/Switzerland)

Лучшие ленты года по версии Volkmar Richter (Canada's National Observer):

Top-10:
Belfast
Drive My Car
Gunda
Licorice Pizza
Maria Chapdelaine
Only the Animals
The Power of the Dog
Returning Home
Summer of Soul
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
Writing With Fire

Лучшие ленты года по версии Daniel Reynolds (Brief Take):

Top-10:
1. Licorice Pizza
2. The Matrix Resurrections
3. C’Mon C’Mon
4. I’m Your Man
5. No Sudden Move
6. Red Rocket
7. Benedetta
8. Get Back
9. Dune
10. Drive My Car
Honourable Mentions: The Card Counter, Petite Maman, The Last Duel, Azor, The French Dispatch

Лучшие ленты года по версии J. Don Birnam (Below the Line):

Top-10:
Don't Look Up
The Power of the Dog
The Worst Person in the World
West Side Story
Drive My Car
Bergman Island
Parallel Mothers
Prayers for the Stolen
C'mon C'mon
Dune

Лучшие ленты года по версии Matthew Passantino (Big Picture Big Sound):

Top-10:
1. Pig
2. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
3. Parallel Mothers
4. Passing
5. Spencer
6. Procession
7. In The Heights
8. The Beta Test
9. Red Rocket
10. Spider-Man: No Way Home