The IndieWire Critics Poll is an annual poll by American

film industry The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production company, production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre- ...

and

film criticism Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film studies, film scholars, who study the composition of film theory and publish ...

website IndieWire that recognizes the best in American and international films in a ranking of ten or five films across different categories. The winners are chosen by the votes of the critics from IndieWire and other invited critics from around the world. The poll began in 2006.

Editions

* 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2012 * 2013 * 2014 *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

* 2020 * 2021 * 2022 * 2023 * 2024

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Best Director

Best Performance

Best Screenplay

Best Cinematography

Best International Film

Best Documentary

Best First Feature

Films Opening Next Year

Discontinued categories and special awards

Best Supporting Performance

Best Undistributed Film

Best Original Score or Soundtrack

Best Editing

Best Animated Film

Most Anticipated Film

Best Film of the Decade

Best Ensemble

Best Overlooked Film

Notes

References

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