Links to recaps/rankings from previous years:
2025 – My Top Film: Anora; Best Picture Winner: Anora
2024 – My Top Film: American Fiction; Best Picture Winner: Oppenheimer
2023 – My Top Film: Everything Everywhere All at Once; Best Picture Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 – My Top Film: Dune; Best Picture Winner: CODA
2021 – My Top Film: The Father; Best Picture Winner: Nomadland
2020 – My Top Film: Parasite; Best Picture Winner: Parasite
2019 – My Top Film: BlacKKKlansman; Best Picture Winner: Green Book
2018 – My Top Film: Dunkirk; Best Picture Winner: The Shape of Water
2017 – My Top Film: La La Land; Best Picture Winner: Moonlight
2016 – My Top Film: Spotlight; Best Picture Winner: Spotlight
2015 – My Top Film: Whiplash; Best Picture Winner: Birdman
2014 – My Top Film: 12 Years a Slave; Best Picture Winner: 12 Years a Slave
2013 – My Top Film: Zero Dark Thirty; Best Picture Winner: Argo
2012 – My Top Film: War Horse; Best Picture Winner: The Artist
2011 – My Top Film: True Grit; Best Picture Winner: The King’s Speech
2010 – My Top Film: Avatar; Best Picture Winner: The Hurt Locker
2009 – My Top Film: Slumdog Millionaire; Best Picture Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
2008 – My Top Film: There Will Be Blood; Best Picture Winner: No Country for Old Men
2007 – My Top Film: The Departed; Best Picture Winner: The Departed
2006 – My Top Film: Good Night, and Good Luck; Best Picture Winner: Crash
2005 – My Top Film: The Aviator; Best Picture Winner: Million Dollar Baby
2004 – My Top Film: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World; Best Picture Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 – My Top Film: The Pianist; Best Picture Winner: Chicago
2002 – My Top Film: In the Bedroom; Best Picture Winner: A Beautiful Mind
2001 – My Top Film: Gladiator; Best Picture Winner: Gladiator
2000 – My Top Film: The Cider House Rules; Best Picture Winner: American Beauty
1999 – My Top Film: Shakespeare in Love; Best Picture Winner: Shakespeare in Love
1998 – My Top Film: L.A. Confidential; Best Picture Winner: Titanic