Top 10 of 2026

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This list will be updated each time I see a film from 2026 (world premiere/imdb date) that is better than at least one of the films already on the list.

  1. The Rib of the Greater Bay Area (Zhou Tao)
  2. My Wife Cries (Angela Schanelec)
  3. Chronovisor (Kevin Walker & Jack Auen)
  4. Queen at Sea (Lance Hammer)
  5. London (Sebastian Brameshuber)
  6. Everything Else Is Noise (Nicolás Pereda)
  7. If I Were Alive (André Novais Oliveira)
  8. EIGHT BRIDGES (James Benning)
  9. Doggerland (Kim Ekberg)
  10. The Loneliest Man in Town (Rainer Frimmel & Tizza Covi)

 

Polls Top 10 (Eligible titles [will] appear here.)

  1. Dry Leaf (2025, Alexandre Koberidze)
  2. The Periphery of the Base (2024, Zhou Tao)
  3. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025, Matt Johnson)
  4. Chime (2024, Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
  5. The Invisible Zoo (2024, Romuald Karmakar)
  6. The Adamant Girl (2024, P.S. Vinothraj)
  7. Yes (2025, Nadav Lapid)
  8. What Does That Nature Say to You (2025, Hong Sang-soo)
  9. The Love That Remains (2025, Hlynur Pálmason)
  10. The Christophers (2025, Steven Soderbergh)

 

Top 10 “Oldies” (first-time viewings of films made before 2010)

  1. Aspen (1991, Frederick Wiseman)
  2. Dekalog, Six (1989, Krzysztof Kieslowski)
  3. Saboteur (1942, Alfred Hitchcock)
  4. The Seats of the Alcazar (1989, Luc Moullet)
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Other 2026 films I’ve seen

  • Nightmare’s Advice (Renaud Després-Larose & Ana Tapia Rousiouk) – 5.8
  • Atlas of the Universe (Paul Negoescu) – 5.8
  • Tycoon (Charlotte Zhang) – 5.7
  • The Bride! (Maggie Gyllenhaal) – 5.6
  • Dao (Alain Gomis) – 5.6
  • Mouse (Kelly O’Sullivan & Alex Thompson) – 5.5
  • Light Pillar (Xu Zao) – 5.5
  • The Day She Returns (Hong Sang-soo) – 5.4
  • Skyscraper Live (Joe DeMaio) – 5.2
  • The Misconceived (James N. Kienitz Wilkins) – 5.1
  • Foreign Travel (Ted Fendt) – 5.1
  • Nox (Matti Harju) – 4.9
  • Blind Song (Stefano Canapa & Natacha Muslera) – 4.9
  • WAX & GOLD (Ruth Beckermann) – 4.9
  • Flies (Fernando Eimbcke) – 4.9
  • Isabel (Gabe Klinger) – 4.8
  • Cesarean Weekend (Mohammad Schirvani) – 4.6
  • The Moths & the Flame (Kevin Contento) – 4.5
  • Rose (Markus Schleinzer) – 4.4
  • Trial of Hein (Kai Stänicke) – 4.2
  • Nina Roza (Geneviève Dulude-de Celles) – 4.2
  • Home Stories (Eva Trobisch) – 4.0
  • Yo (Anna Fitch & Banker White) – 3.8
  • I Built A Rocket Imagining Your Arrival (Janaína Marques) – 3.6
  • Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Grant Gee) – 3.5
  • No Good Men (Shahrbanoo Sadat) – 3.4
  • Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord & Chris Miller) – 2.9
  • Josephine (Beth de Araújo) – 2.9
  • 水托邦 (Hydrotopia) (Chiemi Shimada & Jamie Man) – 2.5
  • At the Sea (Kornél Mundruczó) – 2.3