Top 10 this year

1. Dick Johnson Is Dead (Kirsten Johnson, USA) ***
2. Young Ahmed (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium)
3. Shirley (Josephine Decker, USA) **
4. Collective (Alexander Nanau, Romania) *
5. First Cow (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
6. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (Bill and Turner Ross, USA) ***
7. Minari (Lee Isaac Chung, USA) **
8. Tesla (Michael Almereyda, USA) ***
9. Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (Anabel Rodriguez Rios, Venezuela) ***
10. The Orphanage (Sharbanooh Sadat, Afghanistan) ***

HONORABLE MENTIONS
English fiction:

Foreign fiction:
The Traitor (Marco Bellocchio, Italy)

Documentary:
The Truffle Hunters (Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, USA) **; The Nowhere Inn (Bill Benz, USA) ***

* Not yet theatrically released, but a U.S. date for this year has been set.
** No release date set, but U.S. theatrical-distribution rights have been sold.
*** Theatrical distribution status uncertain.