Top 10 this year
1. Tar (Todd Field, USA)
2. RRR (S.S. Rajamouli, India)
3. Three Minutes: A Lengthening (Bianca Stigter, Netherlands/Poland/USA)
4. Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, Ireland)
5. Benediction (Terence Davies, Britain)
6. Dual (Riley Stearns, USA)
7. Armageddon Time (James Gray, USA)
8. Top Gun: Maverick (Joseph Kosinski, USA)
9. Three Thousand Years of Longing (George Miller, USA)
10. White Noise (Noah Baumbach, USA)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
English fiction: The Northman (Robert Eggers, USA); Glass Onion (Rian Johnson, USA); Vengeance (B.J. Novak, USA); Nanny (Nikyata Jusu, USA); Something in the Dirt (Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, USA)
Foreign fiction: Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook, South Korea); Pleasure (Ninja Thyberg, Sweden/USA); In Front of Your Face (Hong Sangsoo, South Korea); Speak No Evil (Christian Tafdrup, Denmark)
Documentary: Navalny (Daniel Roher, USA/Russia)
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