2020

1. Beanpole (Kantemir Balagov, Russia)

2. The Father (Florian Zeller, UK/France)

3. Bacurau (Juliano Dornelles/Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil/France)

4. The Twentieth Century (Matthew Rankin, Canada)

5. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Eliza Hittman, USA)

6. The Vast of Night (Andrew Patterson, USA)

7. On the Rocks (Sofia Coppola, USA)

8. Another Round (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark)

9. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Charlie Kaufman, USA)

10. Da 5 Bloods (Spike Lee, USA)

11. The Wolf House (Joaquin Cocina/Cristobal Leon, Chile/Germany)

12. Dick Johnson Is Dead (Kristen Johnson, USA)

13. The New Pope (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy) (TV)

14. Young Ahmed (Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France)

15. Proxima (Alice Winocour, France/Germany)

16. Fourteen (Dan Sallitt, USA)

17. Babyteeth (Shannon Murphy, Australia)

18. Deerskin (Quentin Dupieux, France)

19. First Cow (Kelly Reichardt, USA)

20. Anne at 13,000 Ft. (Kazik Radwanski, Canada)

21. The Whistlers (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania)

22. Black Bear (Lawrence Michael Levine, USA)

23. The Climb (Michael Angelo Covino, USA)

24. The Nest (Sean Durkin, UK/USA)

25. David Byrne's American Utopia (Spike Lee, USA)

26. Nomadland (Chloe Zhao, USA)

27. Let Them All Talk (Steven Soderbergh, USA)

28. Swallow (Carlo Mirabella-Davis, USA/France)

29. Fire Will Come (Oliver Laxe, Spain/France/Luxembourg)

30. Entwined (Minos Nikolakakis, Greece)

31. Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (Cathy Yan, USA)

32. Saint Frances (Alex Thompson, USA)

33. The Lodge (Severin Fiala/Veronika Franz, UK/Canada/USA)

34. Palm Springs (Max Barbakow, USA)

35. Kajillionaire (Miranda July, USA)

36. Alone (John Hyams, USA)

37. Let Him Go (Thomas Bezucha, USA)

38. Night of the Kings (Philippe Lacote, France/Ovory Coast/Canada)

39. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (Jim Cummings, USA)

40. To the Ends of the Earth (Koyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)

41. The Wild Goose Lake (Yi’nan Diao, China/France)

42. The Voice in Your Head (Graham Parkes, USA)

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The Midnight Sky (George Clooney, USA)

Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell, UK/USA)

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2021

1. The Velvet Underground (Todd Haynes, USA)

2. Nine Days (Edson Oda, USA)

3. The Killing of Two Lovers (Robert Machoian, USA)

4. Nightmare Alley (Guillermo del Toro, USA/Mexico/Canada) 

5. The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, UK/Canada/Australia)

6. Wrath of Man (Guy Ritchie, UK/USA)

7. The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, Norway)

8. Pig (Michael Sarnoski, USA/UK)

9. Compartment No. 6 (Juho Kuosmanen, Finland/Russia)

10. About Endlessness (Roy Andersson, Sweden)

11. A Hero (Asghar Farhadi, France/Iran)

12. Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Colombia/Thailand)

13. Midnight Mass (Mike Flanagan, USA) (TV)

14. C’Mon C’Mon (Mike Mills, USA) 

15. The Humans (Stephen Karam, USA)

16. Mass (Fran Krantz, USA)

17. The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal, USA/Greece)

18. Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven, France/Belgium/Netherlands)

19. The Hand of God (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy)

20. The Novice (Lauren Hadaway, USA)

21. Saint Maud (Rose Glass, UK)

22. Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan)

23. Shiva Baby (Emma Seligman, USA)

24. What Do We See When We Look At the Sky? (Alexandre Koberidze, Georgia)

25. The Last Duel (Ridley Scott, UK/USA)

26. Stillwater (Thomas McCarthy, USA)

27. Red Rocket (Sean Baker, USA)

28. Parallel Mothers (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)

29. The Card Counter (Paul Schrader, USA)

30. Censor (Prano Bailey-Bond, UK)

31. In the Earth (Ben Wheatley, UK)

32. A Ghost Waits (Adam Stovall, USA)

33. Climate of the Hunter (Mickey Reece, USA)

34. Swan Song (Benjamin Cleary, USA)

35. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan)

36. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (Aleksandre Koberidze, Georgia/Germany)

37. Nobody (Ilya Naishuller, Japan/USA)

38. The Night House (David Bruckner, UK/USA)

39. Mandibles (Quentin Dupieux, France/Belgium)

 

John and the Hole (Pascual Sisto, USA)

Old (M. Night Shyamalan, USA/Japan)

Titane (Julia Ducournau, France/Belgium)

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2022

1. Tar (Todd Field, USA)

2. The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, Ireland/USA/UK)

3. The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, USA)

4. Resurrection (Andrew Semans, USA)

5. Earwig (Lucile Hadzihalilovic, UK/France/Belgium)

6. Flux Gourmet (Peter Strickland, UK/Hungary/USA)

7. Sundown (Dir. Michel Franco, France/Mexico/Sweden)

8. Holy Spider (Ali Abbasi, Denmark/Germany/Sweden/France)

9. Everything Everywhere All at Once (Dir. Dan Kwan/Daniel Scheinert, USA)

10. Three Thousand Years of Longing (George Miller, Australia/USA)

11. The Kingdom: Exodus (Lars von Trier, Denmark) (TV)

12. Intregalde (Radu Muntean, România)

13. Vortex (Gaspar Noe, France/Belgium/Mexico)

14. Viking (Stephane Lafleur, Canada) (No USA Release)

15. Barbarian (Zach Cregger, USA)

16. Empire of Light (Sam Mendes, UK/USA)

17. The Pink Cloud (Iuli Gerbase, Brazil)

18. God’s Country (Julien Higgins, USA)

19. Official Competition (Mariana Cohn/Gaston Duprat, Spain/Argentina)

20. The Menu (Mark Mylod, USA)

21. Speak No Evil (Christian Tafdrup, Denmark/Netherlands)

22. Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Mexico)

23. Eo (Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland/Italy)

24. Miracle (Bogdan George Apetri, România)

25. The Northman (Robert Eggers, USA/China/UK)

26. The Eternal Daughter (Joanna Hogg, USA/UK)

27. Women Talking (Sarah Polley, USA)

28. A Love Song (Max Walker-Silverman, USA)

29. One Fine Morning (Mia Hansen-Love, France/UK)

30. Petite Maman (Celine Sciamma, France)

31. Ahed’s Knee (Nadiv Lapid, France/Israel/Germany)

32. Blonde (Andrew Dominik, USA)

33. Corsage (Marie Kreutzer, Austria/Luxembourg/Germany/France)

34. I Love My Dad (James Morosini, USA)

35. Emily the Criminal (John Patton Ford, USA)

36. Dual (Riley Stearns, USA)

37. The Black Phone (Scott Derrickson, USA)

38. The Inspection (Elegance Bratton, USA)

39. Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg, Canada/Greece/UK)

40. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Eric Appel, USA)

41. Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Ostlund, Sweden/France/UK/Germany)

42. Incredible But True (Quentin Dupieux, France)

43. On the Count of Three (Jerrod Carmichael, USA)

44. Apples (Christos Nikou, Greece)

45. Fire of Love (Sara Dosa, USA/Canada)

46. Adopting Audrey (M. Cahill, USA)

47. Next Exit (Mali Elfman, USA)

48. All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger, Germany/USA/UK)

49. God’s Creatures (Saela Davis/Anna Rose Holmer, Ireland/UK/USA)

50. Happening (Audrey Diwan, France)

51. The Quiet Girl (Colm Bairead, Ireland)

52. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Jane Schoenbrun, USA)

53. Pearl (Ti West, USA/Canada)

54. The Innocents (Eskil Vogt, Norway/Sweden/Denmark)

55. Petrov’s Flu (Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia)

56. The Wonder (Sebastian Lelio, Ireland/UK/USA)

57. Return to Seoul (Davy Chou, France/Germany/Belgium/South Korea)

58. The Tale of King Crab (Alessio Rigo de Righi/Matteo Zoppis, Italy/France/Argentina)

 

2023

1. The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, USA)

2. About Dry Grasses (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/France)

3. Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland, USA)

4. Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, France)

5. Godland (Hlynur Palmason, Denmark/Iceland/France)

6. Eileen (William Oldroyd, USA/UK)

7. Beau Is Afraid (Ari Aster, USA)

8. Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, Japan)

9. Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, USA)

10. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (Christopher McQuarrie, USA)

11. The Teachers’ Lounge (Ilker Catak, Germany)

12. Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, USA)

13. May December (Todd Haynes, USA)

14. Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismaki, Finland)

15. Tori & Lokita (Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France)

16. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson, USA)

17. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Chad Stahelski, Germany/USA)

18. The Royal Hotel (Kitty Green, Australia/UK)

19. Master Gardener (Paul Schrader, USA)

20. Memory (Michel Franco, Mexico/USA)

21. The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)

22. Priscilla (Sophia Coppola, USA)

23. Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, USA)

24. R.M.N. (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)

25. The Eight Mountains (Felix van Groeningen/Charlotte Vandermeersch, Italy/Belgium) 

26. Linoleum (Colin West, USA)

27. Corner Office (Joachim Back, USA) 

28. You Hurt My Feelings (Nicole Holofcener, USA)

29. The Sweet East (Sean Price Williams, USA)

30. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (Kelly Fremon Craig, USA)

31. Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli, USA)

32. All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh, UK/USA)

33. A Thousand and One (A.V. Rockwell, USA)

34. The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic (Teemu Nikki, Finland) 

35. The Rat Catcher (Wes Anderson, USA)

36. Moon Garden (Ryan Stevens Harris, USA)

37. Knock at the Cabin (M. Night Shyamalan, USA/Japan/China)

38. The Beasts (Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spain/France)

39. Shortcomings (Randall Park, USA)

 

Skinamarink (Kyle Edward Ball, Canada)