The results are quite interesting in Indiewire’s latest critics poll. Would you believe Milk, The Wrestler, Che and The Dark Knight all beat Slumdog Millionaire? Well, this is probably why Slumdog will do better with the Academy because traditionally, AMPAS and the critics have been at odds about the films they believe are best (No Country and The Departed being two notable exceptions). Here is the list:
# | Film Title | Points | Mentions |
1 | The Flight of the Red Balloon | 495 | 43 |
2 | A Christmas Tale | 454 | 38 |
3 | WALL-E | 368 | 32 |
4 | Wendy and Lucy | 366 | 36 |
5 | Happy-Go-Lucky | 346 | 31 |
6 | Paranoid Park | 335 | 31 |
7 | Still Life | 330 | 31 |
8 | Silent Light | 310 | 26 |
9 | Synecdoche, New York | 290 | 25 |
10 | Waltz with Bashir | 283 | 27 |
11 | Rachel Getting Married | 267 | 24 |
12 | In the City of Sylvia | 256 | 22 |
13 | My Winnipeg | 248 | 27 |
14 | Let the Right One In | 237 | 22 |
15 | Milk | 205 | 20 |
16 | The Edge of Heaven | 203 | 17 |
17 | Hunger | 198 | 19 |
18 | The Wrestler | 192 | 19 |
19 | Ballast | 177 | 17 |
20 | Man on Wire | 165 | 16 |
21 | The Duchess of Langeais | 160 | 17 |
22 | The Dark Knight | 156 | 14 |
23 | Che | 146 | 13 |
24 | Reprise | 141 | 15 |
25 | Gomorrah | 132 | 13 |
26 | Woman On The Beach | 122 | 13 |
27 | Before I Forget | 105 | 10 |
28 | Slumdog Millionaire | 104 | 10 |
29 | La France | 103 | 9 |
30 | Encounters at the End of the World | 101 | 10 |
Trouble the Water | 101 | 10 | |
32 | The Last Mistress | 97 | 10 |
33 | The Class | 91 | 9 |
34 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | 87 | 9 |
35 | Frownland | 86 | 8 |
Standard Operating Procedure | 86 | 8 | |
37 | The Exiles | 84 | 7 |
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon | 84 | 8 | |
39 | Burn After Reading | 77 | 8 |
40 | The Order of Myths | 76 | 8 |
41 | Momma’s Man | 73 | 8 |
42 | The Secret of the Grain | 70 | 7 |
43 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | 68 | 6 |
Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World | 68 | 6 | |
45 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | 67 | 8 |
46 | Chop Shop | 64 | 8 |
47 | Ashes of Time Redux | 63 | 6 |
48 | Boarding Gate | 60 | 6 |
49 | Boy A | 58 | 6 |
Frozen River | 58 | 5 | |
51 | Gran Torino | 55 | 6 |
52 | Mister Lonely | 54 | 5 |
53 | The Witnesses | 53 | 5 |
Up the Yangtze | 53 | 5 | |
55 | Mary | 52 | 5 |
46 | Shotgun Stories | 51 | 6 |
57 | The Visitor | 50 | 5 |
58 | I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar | 48 | 4 |
59 | Alexandra | 47 | 5 |
60 | Be Kind Rewind | 46 | 5 |
61 | Tell No One | 45 | 5 |
62 | My Father My Lord | 44 | 5 |
63 | Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind | 41 | 5 |
64 | W. | 39 | 4 |
65 | Changeling | 37 | 3 |
The Silence Before Bach | 37 | 3 | |
The Unforeseen | 37 | 4 | |
68 | Summer Palace | 35 | 4 |
Taxi to the Dark Side | 35 | 3 | |
70 | In Bruges | 34 | 4 |
The Pool | 34 | 3 | |
72 | Fengming: A Chinese Memoir | 32 | 3 |
Love Songs | 32 | 4 | |
State Legislature | 32 | 3 | |
75 | Frost/Nixon | 31 | 3 |
Opera Jawa | 31 | 3 | |
The Band’s Visit | 31 | 3 | |
The Other Half | 31 | 3 | |
79 | Cadillac Records | 29 | 3 |
80 | Funny Games | 28 | 3 |
Stuck | 28 | 3 | |
Tropic Thunder | 28 | 3 | |
83 | JCVD | 27 | 3 |
Redbelt | 27 | 3 | |
85 | My Blueberry Nights | 26 | 3 |
Savage Grace | 26 | 2 | |
87 | Snow Angels | 24 | 3 |
88 | Married Life | 23 | 2 |
Pineapple Express | 23 | 3 | |
90 | Of Time and the City | 22 | 2 |
91 | Battle for Haditha | 20 | 2 |
92 | Mad Detective | 20 | 2 |
Mukhsin | 20 | 2 | |
94 | Revolutionary Road | 19 | 2 |
Speed Racer | 19 | 2 | |
96 | Operation Filmmaker | 18 | 2 |
97 | Dear Zachary: A Letter To a Son About His Father | 17 | 2 |
I Served the King of England | 17 | 2 | |
99 | Doubt | 15 | 2 |
Heartbeat Detector | 15 | 2 |