Silver Screen Riot's Top Ten Films of Every Year (2013–2025)

Every year since 2013, I’ve ranked my ten favorite films. Here they all are in one place, newest first: each year’s No. 1, the rest of the top ten, and a link to the full write-ups. It’s 13 years of my favorite movies, from Before Midnight to One Battle After Another. For every film I’ve given an A, see my Perfect Scores.

2025 · 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020 · 2019 · 2018 · 2017 · 2016 · 2015 · 2014 · 2013

2025: One Battle After Another

No. 1: One Battle After Another

The rest of the top ten: 2. Sinners, 3. Weapons, 4. Marty Supreme, 5. Bugonia, 6. The Life of Chuck, 7. Together, 8. Hamnet, 9. Lurker, 10. No Other Choice

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2024: The Beast

No. 1: The Beast

The rest of the top ten: 2. Nosferatu, 3. The Substance, 4. Challengers, 5. Dune: Part Two, 6. Anora, 7. Conclave, 8. The Brutalist, 9. The Coffee Table, 10. Strange Darling

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2023: Poor Things

No. 1: Poor Things

The rest of the top ten: 2. The Zone of Interest, 3. Saltburn, 4. Past Lives, 5. The Holdovers, 6. Barbie, 7. Theater Camp, 8. How to Blow Up a Pipeline, 9. Talk to Me, 10. Bottoms

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2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once

No. 1: Everything Everywhere All at Once

The rest of the top ten: 2. RRR, 3. Pearl, 4. Tár, 5. Top Gun: Maverick, 6. The Northman, 7. Barbarian, 8. Speak No Evil, 9. The Innocents, 10. The Menu

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2021: Dune

No. 1: Dune

The rest of the top ten: 2. Red Rocket, 3. Titane, 4. Pleasure, 5. CODA, 6. Zola, 7. Bo Burnham: Inside, 8. The Fallout, 9. Mass, 10. Saint Maud

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2020: Soul

No. 1: Soul

The rest of the top ten: 2. Another Round, 3. First Cow, 4. Kajillionaire, 5. Dinner in America, 6. Palm Springs, 7. Possessor, 8. The Painter and the Thief, 9. The Invisible Man, 10. New Order

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2019: Parasite

No. 1: Parasite

The rest of the top ten: 2. Ad Astra, 3. Her Smell, 4. Midsommar, 5. Us, 6. In Fabric, 7. The Lighthouse, 8. Waves, 9. Climax, 10. Uncut Gems

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2018: Hereditary

No. 1: Hereditary

The rest of the top ten: 2. The Favourite, 3. Blindspotting, 4. Mission: Impossible – Fallout, 5. Annihilation, 6. First Reformed, 7. If Beale Street Could Talk, 8. A Quiet Place, 9. Tully, 10. Bodied

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2017: Raw

No. 1: Raw

The rest of the top ten: 2. Get Out, 3. War for the Planet of the Apes, 4. The Florida Project, 5. Dunkirk, 6. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 7. The Shape of Water, 8. Lady Bird, 9. The Killing of a Sacred Deer, 10. The Disaster Artist

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2016: The VVitch

No. 1: The VVitch

The rest of the top ten: 2. La La Land, 3. Moonlight, 4. The Lobster, 5. Swiss Army Man, 6. Green Room, 7. Sing Street, 8. 10 Cloverfield Lane, 9. Arrival, 10. Don’t Breathe

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2015: Mad Max: Fury Road

No. 1: Mad Max: Fury Road

The rest of the top ten: 2. The Revenant, 3. Ex Machina, 4. Inside Out, 5. The End of the Tour, 6. Room, 7. Steve Jobs, 8. Creed, 9. The Overnight, 10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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2014: Birdman

No. 1: Birdman

The rest of the top ten: 2. Gone Girl, 3. Whiplash, 4. Nightcrawler, 5. Fury, 6. Boyhood, 7. The Raid 2, 8. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, 9. The Guest, 10. Enemy

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2013: Before Midnight

No. 1: Before Midnight

The rest of the top ten: 2. Her, 3. The Wolf of Wall Street, 4. 12 Years a Slave, 5. Dallas Buyers Club, 6. Inside Llewyn Davis, 7. Gravity, 8. Nebraska, 9. Out of the Furnace, 10. The Spectacular Now/short Term 12

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