Every year, newest first

1. 2026
   Yellow LettersWinnerNot reviewed yet
2. 2025
   Dreams (Sex Love)WinnerNot reviewed yet
3. 2024
   DahomeyWinnerNot reviewed yet
4. 2023
   On the AdamantWinnerNot reviewed yet

   • Suzume 2022Fi1m 74
5. 2022
   AlcarràsWinnerNot reviewed yet
6. 2021
   Bad Luck Banging or Loony PornWinnerNot reviewed yet
7. 2020
   There Is No EvilWinnerNot reviewed yet
8. 2019
   SynonymsWinnerNot reviewed yet
9. 2018
   Touch Me NotWinnerNot reviewed yet
10. 2017
    On Body and SoulWinnerNot reviewed yet
11. 2016
    Fire at SeaWinnerNot reviewed yet
12. 2015
    TaxiWinnerNot reviewed yet
13. 2014
    Black Coal, Thin IceWinnerNot reviewed yet
14. 2013
    Child's PoseWinnerNot reviewed yet
15. 2012
    Caesar Must DieWinnerNot reviewed yet
16. 2011
    A Separation 2011WinnerAsghar Farhadi’s family drama is gripping, upsetting and unusually fair to people behaving badly. A few plot complications look carefully placed, but we recommend it without hesitation for the actors and the uncomfortable attention paid to the children.Fi1m 93
17. 2010
    HoneyWinnerNot reviewed yet
18. 2009
    The Milk of SorrowWinnerNot reviewed yet
19. 2008
    Elite SquadWinnerNot reviewed yet
20. 2007
    Tuya's MarriageWinnerNot reviewed yet
21. 2006
    GrbavicaWinnerNot reviewed yet
22. 2005
    U-Carmen eKhayelitshaWinnerNot reviewed yet
23. 2004
    Head-OnWinnerNot reviewed yet
24. 2003
    In This WorldWinnerNot reviewed yet
25. 2002
    Bloody SundayWinnerNot reviewed yet

    Spirited Away 2001WinnerHayao Miyazaki’s fantasy makes a child’s work in a spirit bathhouse compelling, frightening and moving. Its wandering pace asks for patience, but we would recommend it to adults and children alike.Fi1m 92
26. 2001
    IntimacyWinnerNot reviewed yet
27. 2000
    Magnolia 1999WinnerPaul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling drama is moving, superbly acted and occasionally exhausting. We recommend it for the people it makes us care about, with a warning that 189 minutes of distress can leave little room to breathe.Fi1m 84
28. 1999
    The Thin Red Line 1998WinnerTerrence Malick’s war film is moving, patient and occasionally too fond of its own questions. John Toll’s photography and the performances make its wandering worthwhile, though some soldiers barely emerge as people.Fi1m 84
29. 1998
    Central Station 1998WinnerGive Montenegro makes a reluctant travelling companion worth spending time with in Walter Salles’s moving road drama. The story occasionally reassures us too readily, but the central relationship earns our affection.Fi1m 85
30. 1996
    Sense and Sensibility 1995WinnerAng Lee’s Austen adaptation is funny, moving and worth an evening for Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet alone. The setting sometimes looks too comfortable for the characters’ difficulties, but the performances keep their feelings awkward and recognisable.Fi1m 85

    1997WinnerNot reviewed yet
31. 1995
    The BaitWinnerNot reviewed yet
32. 1994
    In the Name of the Father 1993WinnerJim Sheridan’s miscarriage-of-justice drama is angry, humane and carried by Daniel Day-Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite. Its emotional prompting can be heavy, but the difficult relationship between father and son makes it well worth the discomfort.Fi1m 83
33. 1993
    The Wedding Banquet 1993WinnerAng Lee makes a funny, tender comedy from a marriage arranged to keep several people happy. The broader farce occasionally labours, but the cast give the family pressures a weight that the jokes cannot dismiss.Fi1m 81

    Woman Sesame Oil MakerWinnerNot reviewed yet
34. 1992
    Grand CanyonWinnerNot reviewed yet
35. 1991
    The House of SmilesWinnerNot reviewed yet
36. 1990
    Larks on a StringWinnerNot reviewed yet

    Music BoxWinnerNot reviewed yet
37. 1989
    Rain Man 1988WinnerBarry Levinson’s *Rain Man* is a moving road drama that sometimes repeats itself and makes Raymond’s autism too useful to Charlie. Tom Cruise does much of the difficult emotional work opposite Dustin Hoffman’s carefully controlled performance.Fi1m 76
38. 1988
    Red SorghumWinnerNot reviewed yet
39. 1987
    The ThemeWinnerNot reviewed yet
40. 1986
    StammheimWinnerNot reviewed yet
41. 1985
    WetherbyWinnerNot reviewed yet

    The Woman and the StrangerWinnerNot reviewed yet
42. 1984
    Love StreamsWinnerNot reviewed yet
43. 1983
    AscendancyWinnerNot reviewed yet

    La colmenaWinnerNot reviewed yet
44. 1982
    Veronika VossWinnerNot reviewed yet
45. 1981
    Deprisa, deprisaWinnerNot reviewed yet
46. 1980
    HeartlandWinnerNot reviewed yet

    Palermo or WolfsburgWinnerNot reviewed yet
47. 1979
    DavidWinnerNot reviewed yet
48. 1978
    AscensorWinnerNot reviewed yet

    Las truchasWinnerNot reviewed yet

    What Max SaidWinnerNot reviewed yet
49. 1977
    The AscentWinnerNot reviewed yet
50. 1976
    Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonWinnerNot reviewed yet
51. 1975
    AdoptionWinnerNot reviewed yet
52. 1974
    The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzWinnerNot reviewed yet
53. 1973
    Distant ThunderWinnerNot reviewed yet
54. 1972
    The Canterbury TalesWinnerNot reviewed yet
55. 1971
    The Garden of the Finzi-ContinisWinnerNot reviewed yet
56. 1969
    Early WorksWinnerNot reviewed yet
57. 1968
    Who Saw Him Die?WinnerNot reviewed yet
58. 1967
    Le DépartWinnerNot reviewed yet
59. 1966
    Cul-de-SacWinnerNot reviewed yet
60. 1965
    AlphavilleWinnerNot reviewed yet
61. 1964
    Dry SummerWinnerNot reviewed yet
62. 1963
    Bushido, Samurai SagaWinnerNot reviewed yet

    To Bed or Not to BedWinnerNot reviewed yet
63. 1962
    A Kind of LovingWinnerNot reviewed yet
64. 1961
    La NotteWinnerNot reviewed yet
65. 1960
    El Lazarillo de TormesWinnerNot reviewed yet
66. 1959
    Les CousinsWinnerNot reviewed yet
67. 1958
    Wild StrawberriesWinnerNot reviewed yet
68. 1957
    12 Angry Men 1957WinnerSidney Lumet makes a jury’s deliberations gripping enough to recommend to almost anyone. The writing sometimes arranges its disagreements too neatly, but Henry Fonda and the ensemble make the responsibility of listening feel urgent.Fi1m 91
69. 1956
    Invitation to the DanceWinnerNot reviewed yet

    1957WinnerNot reviewed yet
70. 1955
    Die RattenWinnerNot reviewed yet
71. 1954
    Hobson's ChoiceWinnerNot reviewed yet
72. 1953
    The Wages of Fear 1953WinnerHenri-Georges Clouzot makes a truckload of nitroglycerine frightening enough to justify every cautious mile. We recommend this hard, patient thriller, though its long wait in town tests the nerves rather differently from the journey.Fi1m 90
73. 1952
    One Summer of HappinessWinnerNot reviewed yet
74. 1951
    Four in a JeepWinnerNot reviewed yet

    Without Leaving an AddressWinnerNot reviewed yet

    In Beaver ValleyWinnerNot reviewed yet

    Justice Is Done (Thriller & Adventure)WinnerNot reviewed yet

    Cinderella (Music Film)WinnerNot reviewed yet

    Cinderella 1950WinnerDisney’s telling of the Perrault story is short, tidy and often lovely, and its villain is one of the studio’s best. Its heroine and her prince are the thinnest things in it, and the mice have to carry the middle third.Fi1m 72