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Year-End Critics’ Poll

The Best Short Films of 2023

By Leo Goldsmith
December 15, 2023
The long and short of it: the strongest, strangest, and boldest shorter films of 2023

The Best Restorations of 2023

By Gina Telaroli
December 15, 2023
What’s old is new: the best restorations, preservations, reprints, and remasters of 2023

The Film Comment Podcast: The Best Films of 2023

By Film Comment
December 15, 2023
Crème de la crème: critics Amy Taubin and Bilge Ebiri join to reveal and discuss the results of our annual year-end critics’ poll

The Best Short Films of 2022

By Inney Prakash
December 15, 2022
Good things, small packages: curator and critic Inney Prakash list the best short films of the year

The Film Comment Podcast: The Best Films of 2022

By Film Comment
December 15, 2022
Surgical theater: Alissa Wilkinson, Bilge Ebiri, and Inney Prakash join our panel to countdown (and debate) our top films of the year

The Best Restorations of 2022

By Gina Telaroli
December 15, 2022
Good as new: our restorations expert rounds up the most vital film revivals of the year

Year-End Critics’ Polls Roundup

By Film Comment
December 3, 2019
The last twenty years of Film Comment’s best-of lists

The Year in Experimental Film

By Jordan Cronk
January 4, 2018
No boundaries: considering some of 2017's most thoughtful entries in avant-garde film

Making the Case (Continued)

By Film Comment
January 2, 2018
Above and beyond: contributors speak in favor of films on (and off) our top 20 list, in an exclusive online extension of our year-end section

Best Films of 2016

By Film Comment
December 13, 2016
The greatest love of all: the top 20 films of 2016, as selected by our esteemed contributors