Лучшие ленты года по версии (тут персональные списки) издания Sight&Sound:

Top-10:
1. The Souvenir Part II, Joanna Hogg, UK
2. Petite maman, Céline Sciamma, France
3. Drive My Car, Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, Japan
4. Memoria, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand
5. Titane, Julia Ducournau, France
6. The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion, UK/US/New Zealand
7. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, Alexandre Koberidze, Georgia
8. Summer of Soul, Ahmir Khalib Thompson, US
9. Annette, Leos Carax, France
10. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Hamaguchi Ryūsuke, Japan

11-20:
11. Bergman Island, Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Sweden
12. The Green Knight, David Lowery, US/Canada
13. The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes, US
14. Dune, Denis Villeneuve, US
15. Spencer, Pablo Larraín, UK/Germany/Chile
16. The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier, Norway
17. First Cow, Kelly Reichardt, US
18. Censor, Prano Bailey-Bond, UK
19. Flee, Jonas Peter Rasmussen, Denmark
20. Il buco, Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy

21-30:
21. The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal, US
22. Nomadland, Chloé Zhao, US
23. The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson, US
24. Azor, Andreas Fontana, Switzerland/Argentina
25. Zola, Janicza Bravo, US
26. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Radu Jude, Romania
27. Benedetta, Paul Verhoeven, France
28. The Father, Florian Zeller, France/UK
29. Pig, Michael Sarnoski, US
30. Hit the Road, Panah Panahi, Iran

31-40:
31. ear for eye, debbie tucker green, UK
32. Benediction, Terence Davies, UK
33. The Card Counter, Paul Schrader, US
34. Minari, Lee Isaac Chung, US
35. Sound of Metal, Darius Marder, US
36. Judas and the Black Messiah, Shaka King, US
37. Red Rocket, Sean Baker, US
38. Compartment No. 6, Juho Kuosmanen, Finland
39. Beginning, Déa Kulumbegashvili, Georgia
40. Playground, Laura Wandel, Belgium

41-50:
41. The Tsugua Diaries, Maureen Fazendeiro & Miguel Gomes, Portugal
42. Shiva Baby, Emma Seligman, US
43. Undine, Christian Petzold, Germany
44. Belle, Hosoda Mamoru, Japan
45. Limbo, Ben Sharrock, UK
46. Friends and Strangers, James Vaughan, Australia
47. The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino, Italy
48. After Love, Aleem Khan, UK
49. Cry Macho, Clint Eastwood, US
50. Quo Vadis, Aida?, Jasmila Žbanić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Лучшие ленты года по версии Richard Brody (The New Yorker):

Top-10:
01. “The French Dispatch”
02. “Licorice Pizza”
03. “Zola”
04. “I Was a Simple Man”
05. “In the Same Breath”
06. “C’mon C’mon”
07. “Passing”
08. “Pebbles” (“Koozhangal”)
09. “Petite Maman”
10. “Procession”

11-20:
11. “The Woman Who Ran”
12. “The Disciple”
13. “Being the Ricardos”
14. “Parallel Mothers”
15. “The American Sector”
16. “All Light, Everywhere”
17. “A Cop Movie”
18. “Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue”
19. “Listening to Kenny G”
20. “Drive My Car”

21-35:
21. “The Card Counter”
22. “Uppercase Print”
23. “Little Girl”
24. “Cry Macho”
25. “Exterminate All the Brutes”
26. “Paris Calligrammes”
27. “The Year of the Everlasting Storm”
28. “You Will Die at Twenty”
29. “France”
30. “Titane”
31. “Test Pattern”
32. “No Ordinary Man”
33. “Isabella”
34. “There Is No Evil”
35. “Wojnarowicz”

Лучшие ленты по версии Cassie da Costa (Artforum):

Top-10:
1. The Lost Daughter
2. Drive My Car
3. All Light Everywhere
4. Working Girls (re-release)
5. Zola
6. Working for the Knife
7. The Card Counter
8. Respect
9. The Inheritance
10. Annette

Лучшие ленты по версии James Quandt (Artforum):

Top-10:
1-2. Introduction / In Front of Your Face
3. The Round-Up
4. Ahed's Knee
5. Il Buco
6. Intregalde
7. Flee
8. Returning to Reims
9. Unclenching the Fists
10. Dog Star Descending

Лучшие ленты по версии Amy Taubin (Artforum):

Top-10:
1. Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn
2. Memoria
3. Exterminate All the Brutes
4. On the Royal Road: The Burgher King
5. Undine
6. Paris Calligrammes
7. "Lower East Side Trilogy"
8. Paths of Fire II
9. The Velvet Underground
10. Fire Music: The Story of Free Jazz

Лучшие ленты по версии Amy Taubin (Artforum):

Top-10:
1. The Power of the Dog
2. Ken Jacobs Collection, Vol. 1
3. The Velvet Underground / Summer of Soul
4. Memoria
5. Petite Maman
6. Mr. Bachmann and His Class
7. Azor
8. The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Quiet / Souad
9. Cryptozoo / The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
10. The Bureau

Лучшие ленты года по версии John Waters (Artforum):

Top-10:
1. Annette
2. Summer of Soul
3. Vortex
4. France
5. The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
6. Mandibles
7. Red Rocket
8. The Tragedy of Macbeth
9. Saint-Narcisse
10. The Onania Club