Лучшие ленты года по версии издания Rolling Stone:

11-20:
20 'Dune'
19 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines'
18 'This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection'
17 'Nightmare Alley'
16 'The Disciple'
15 'Flee'
14 'The Green Knight'
13 'The Power of the Dog'
12 'Saint Maud'
11 'Summer of Soul'

Top-10:
10 'Licorice Pizza'
09 'Quo Vadis, Aida?'
08 'The Velvet Underground'
07 'Shiva Baby'
06 'Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn'
05 'The Souvenir: Part II'
04 'The Viewing Booth'
03 'Beginning'
02 'The Human Voice'
01 'Drive My Car'

Лучшие ленты года по версии Stephanie Zacharek (Time):

Top-10:
1. The Power of the Dog
2. The Worst Person in the World
3. Summer of Soul
4. The Souvenir Part II
5. Parallel Mothers
6. Passing
7. The Disciple
8. C'mon C'mon
9. The Tragedy of Macbeth
10. Drive My Car

Honorable mentions: West Side Story, The Card Counter, The Velvet Underground, The Lost Daughter, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, I’m Your Man, King Richard, The Green Knight, The Truffle Hunters

Лучшие ленты года по версии Manohla Dargis (The New Times):

Top-10:
1. Drive My Car
2. The Power of the Dog
3. The Velvet Underground
4. Summer of Soul
5. Passing
6. Azor
7. The Card Counter
8. The Disciple
9. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
10. Spencer

Лучшие ленты года по версии A.O. Scott (The New Times):

Top-10:
1. ‘Summer of Soul’ (Questlove)
2. ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ (Radu Jude)
3. ‘The Power of the Dog’ (Jane Campion)
4. ‘Petite Maman’ (Celine Sciamma)
5. ‘Bring Your Own Brigade’ (Lucy Walker)
6. ‘Bergman Island’ (Mia Hansen-Love)
7. ‘Drive My Car’ (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
8. ‘Memoria’ (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
9. ‘West Side Story’ (Steven Spielberg)
10. ‘The Velvet Underground’ (Todd Haynes)

Honourable mentions:
“Annette” (Leos Carax)
“The Disciple” (Chaitanya Tamhane)
“Flee” (Jonas Poher Rasmussen)
“The Green Knight” (David Lowery)
“The Hand of God” (Paolo Sorrentino)
“King Richard” (Reinaldo Marcus Green)
“Mogul Mowgli” (Bassam Tariq)
“Parallel Mothers” (Pedro Almodovar)
“Passing” (Rebecca Hall)
“El Planeta” (Amalia Ulman)
“The Souvenir Part II” (Joanna Hogg)
“Spencer” (Pablo Larrain)
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” (Joel Coen)

Лучшие ленты года по версии издания IndieWire:

Top-25:
25 “Test Pattern” (dir. Shatara Michelle Ford)
24 “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” (dir. Radu Jude)
23 “Spencer” (dir. Pablo Larrain)
22 “West Side Story” (dir. Steven Spielberg)
21 “The Souvenir Part II” (dir. Joanna Hogg)
20 “There Is No Evil” (dir. Mohammad Rasoulof)
19 “Zola” (dir. Janicza Bravo)
18 “Pig” (dir. Michael Sarnoski)
17 “The Lost Daughter” (dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal)
16 “The Worst Person in the World” (dir. Joachim Trier)
15 “Procession” (dir. Robert Greene)
14 “Red Rocket” (dir. Sean Baker)
13 “CODA” (dir. Sian Heder)
12 “Passing” (dir. Rebecca Hall)
11 “Bergman Island” (dir. Mia Hansen-Love)
10 “Parallel Mothers” (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
09 “The Green Knight” (dir. David Lowery)
08 “The Card Counter” (dir. Paul Schrader)
07 “Memoria” (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
06 “Summer of Soul” (dir. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson)
05 “Titane” (dir. Julia Ducournau)
04 “Flee” (dir. Jonas Poher Rasmussen)
03 “Drive My Car” (dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
02 “Licorice Pizza” (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
01 “The Power of the Dog” (dir. Jane Campion)

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