Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association: Top 10 Films

The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association: Top 10 Films is a list of 10 films selected by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association to honor the best films of the year.

List

 * † = Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture

1990s

 * 1990:
 * 1) Dances with Wolves †
 * 2) Goodfellas
 * 3) Reversal of Fortune
 * 4) The Grifters
 * 5) Awakenings
 * 6) Metropolitan
 * 7) Miller's Crossing
 * 8) Avalon
 * 9) Edward Scissorhands
 * 10) The Freshman


 * 1991:
 * 1) JFK
 * 2) The Silence of the Lambs †
 * 3) Beauty and the Beast
 * 4) Boyz n the Hood
 * 5) Thelma & Louise
 * 6) Bugsy
 * 7) Grand Canyon
 * 8) The Fisher King
 * 9) Barton Fink
 * 10) The Prince of Tides


 * 1992:
 * 1) Unforgiven †
 * 2) The Player
 * 3) Malcolm X
 * 4) Howards End
 * 5) The Crying Game
 * 6) Aladdin
 * 7) A Few Good Men
 * 8) Passion Fish
 * 9) Scent of a Woman
 * 10) A League of Their Own


 * 1993:
 * 1) Schindler's List †
 * 2) The Piano
 * 3) King of the Hill
 * 4) The Remains of the Day
 * 5) The Fugitive
 * 6) In the Name of the Father
 * 7) The Nightmare Before Christmas
 * 8) The Age of Innocence
 * 9) Philadelphia
 * 10) Sleepless in Seattle


 * 1994:
 * 1) Pulp Fiction
 * 2) Forrest Gump †
 * 3) The Shawshank Redemption
 * 4) The Lion King
 * 5) Three Colours: Red
 * 6) Quiz Show
 * 7) Hoop Dreams
 * 8) Heavenly Creatures
 * 9) Little Women
 * 10) Four Weddings and a Funeral


 * 1995:
 * 1) Leaving Las Vegas
 * 2) Apollo 13
 * 3) Babe
 * 4) Braveheart †
 * 5) Toy Story
 * 6) A Little Princess
 * 7) The Usual Suspects
 * 8) Se7en
 * 9) Sense and Sensibility
 * 10) Heat


 * 1996:
 * 1) Fargo
 * 2) Secrets & Lies
 * 3) Hamlet
 * 4) The English Patient †
 * 5) Jerry Maguire
 * 6) Shine
 * 7) Trainspotting
 * 8) Courage Under Fire
 * 9) Lone Star
 * 10) Breaking the Waves


 * 1997:
 * 1) L.A. Confidential
 * 2) Titanic †
 * 3) The Sweet Hereafter
 * 4) Good Will Hunting
 * 5) The Wings of the Dove
 * 6) Boogie Nights
 * 7) The Rainmaker
 * 8) Contact
 * 9) The Full Monty
 * 10) As Good as It Gets


 * 1998:
 * 1) Saving Private Ryan
 * 2) The Thin Red Line
 * 3) The Truman Show
 * 4) Life Is Beautiful
 * 5) Shakespeare in Love †
 * 6) Gods and Monsters
 * 7) The Big Lebowski
 * 8) Elizabeth
 * 9) A Simple Plan
 * 10) Out of Sight


 * 1999:
 * 1) American Beauty †
 * 2) The Sixth Sense
 * 3) The Iron Giant
 * 4) The Insider
 * 5) Toy Story 2
 * 6) The Matrix
 * 7) Being John Malkovich
 * 8) Fight Club
 * 9) Magnolia
 * 10) The Green Mile

2000s

 * 2000:
 * 1) 'Traffic''
 * 2) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
 * 3) Gladiator †
 * 4) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
 * 5) Almost Famous
 * 6) Erin Brockovich
 * 7) Chicken Run
 * 8) Wonder Boys
 * 9) Finding Forrester
 * 10) You Can Count on Me


 * 2001:
 * 1) A Beautiful Mind †
 * 2) Moulin Rouge!
 * 3) Memento
 * 4) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
 * 5) In the Bedroom
 * 6) Shrek
 * 7) The Man Who Wasn't There
 * 8) Mulholland Dr.
 * 9) Life as a House
 * 10) Amélie


 * 2002:
 * 1) Chicago †
 * 2) Far from Heaven
 * 3) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
 * 4) The Pianist
 * 5) About Schmidt
 * 6) Gangs of New York
 * 7) Adaptation.
 * 8) Road to Perdition
 * 9) Catch Me If You Can
 * 10) The Hours


 * 2003:
 * 1) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King †
 * 2) Cold Mountain
 * 3) Mystic River
 * 4) Lost in Translation
 * 5) Finding Nemo
 * 6) American Splendor
 * 7) In America
 * 8) Big Fish
 * 9) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
 * 10) The Last Samurai


 * 2004:
 * 1) Million Dollar Baby †
 * 2) Sideways
 * 3) Finding Neverland
 * 4) The Aviator
 * 5) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 * 6) Ray
 * 7) Kinsey
 * 8) The Incredibles
 * 9) A Very Long Engagement
 * 10) Hotel Rwanda


 * 2005:
 * 1) Brokeback Mountain
 * 2) Capote
 * 3) Good Night, and Good Luck.
 * 4) Crash †
 * 5) Cinderella Man
 * 6) Syriana
 * 7) Pride & Prejudice
 * 8) A History of Violence
 * 9) King Kong
 * 10) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada


 * 2006:
 * 1) United 93
 * 2) The Departed †
 * 3) Little Miss Sunshine
 * 4) The Queen
 * 5) Babel
 * 6) Letters from Iwo Jima
 * 7) Dreamgirls
 * 8) Blood Diamond
 * 9) Little Children
 * 10) Flags of Our Fathers


 * 2007:
 * 1) No Country for Old Men †
 * 2) Juno
 * 3) There Will Be Blood
 * 4) Atonement
 * 5) Michael Clayton
 * 6) Into the Wild
 * 7) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
 * 8) The Kite Runner
 * 9) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
 * 10) Charlie Wilson's War


 * 2008:
 * 1) Slumdog Millionaire †
 * 2) Milk
 * 3) The Dark Knight
 * 4) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * 5) The Wrestler
 * 6) The Visitor
 * 7) Frost/Nixon
 * 8) Doubt
 * 9) WALL-E
 * 10) Happy-Go-Lucky


 * 2009:
 * 1) Up in the Air
 * 2) The Hurt Locker †
 * 3) Precious
 * 4) Up
 * 5) An Education
 * 6) A Serious Man
 * 7) Inglourious Basterds
 * 8) District 9
 * 9) Avatar
 * 10) Fantastic Mr. Fox

2010s

 * 2010:
 * 1) The Social Network
 * 2) The King's Speech †
 * 3) Black Swan
 * 4) 127 Hours
 * 5) Winter's Bone
 * 6) Inception
 * 7) The Fighter
 * 8) True Grit
 * 9) The Town
 * 10) The Kids Are All Right


 * 2011:
 * 1) The Descendants
 * 2) The Artist †
 * 3) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
 * 4) Midnight in Paris
 * 5) The Tree of Life
 * 6) Hugo
 * 7) 50/50
 * 8) Drive
 * 9) Shame
 * 10) Moneyball


 * 2012:
 * 1) Lincoln
 * 2) Argo †
 * 3) Zero Dark Thirty
 * 4) Life of Pi
 * 5) Les Misérables
 * 6) Moonrise Kingdom
 * 7) Silver Linings Playbook
 * 8) Skyfall
 * 9) The Master
 * 10) Beasts of the Southern Wild


 * 2013:
 * 1) 12 Years a Slave †
 * 2) Gravity
 * 3) Nebraska
 * 4) American Hustle
 * 5) Dallas Buyers Club
 * 6) Her
 * 7) The Wolf of Wall Street
 * 8) Inside Llewyn Davis
 * 9) Captain Phillips
 * 10) Mud


 * 2014:
 * 1) Birdman †
 * 2) Boyhood
 * 3) The Imitation Game
 * 4) The Theory of Everything
 * 5) The Grand Budapest Hotel
 * 6) Whiplash
 * 7) Gone Girl
 * 8) Selma
 * 9) Wild
 * 10) Nightcrawler


 * 2015:
 * 1) Spotlight †
 * 2) The Revenant
 * 3) Carol
 * 4) Sicario
 * 5) Mad Max: Fury Road
 * 6) The Big Short
 * 7) The Martian
 * 8) Room
 * 9) The Danish Girl
 * 10) Brooklyn


 * 2016:
 * 1) Moonlight †
 * 2) Manchester by the Sea
 * 3) La La Land
 * 4) Hell or High Water
 * 5) Arrival
 * 6) Jackie
 * 7) Loving
 * 8) 20th Century Women
 * 9) Hacksaw Ridge
 * 10) Silence


 * 2017:
 * 1) The Shape of Water †
 * 2) The Post
 * 3) Lady Bird
 * 4) Call Me by Your Name
 * 5) Get Out
 * 6) Dunkirk
 * 7) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
 * 8) I, Tonya
 * 9) The Florida Project
 * 10) Darkest Hour


 * 2018:
 * 1) A Star Is Born
 * 2) Roma
 * 3) The Favourite
 * 4) Vice
 * 5) BlacKkKlansman
 * 6) Black Panther
 * 7) Green Book †
 * 8) If Beale Street Could Talk
 * 9) Eighth Grade
 * 10) Can You Ever Forgive Me?


 * 2019:
 * 1) 1917
 * 2) Marriage Story
 * 3) Parasite †
 * 4) The Irishman
 * 5) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
 * 6) Jojo Rabbit
 * 7) Little Women
 * 8) The Farewell
 * 9) The Two Popes
 * 10) Knives Out

2020s

 * 2020:
 * 1) Nomadland †
 * 2) Promising Young Woman
 * 3) The Trial of the Chicago 7
 * 4) Minari
 * 5) One Night in Miami...
 * 6) Mank
 * 7) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
 * 8) Sound of Metal
 * 9) Da 5 Bloods
 * 10) First Cow


 * 2021:
 * 1) The Power of the Dog
 * 2) Belfast
 * 3) King Richard
 * 4) West Side Story
 * 5) Licorice Pizza
 * 6) Dune
 * 7) Nightmare Alley
 * 8) The French Dispatch
 * 9) The Lost Daughter
 * 10) CODA †


 * 2022:
 * 1) Everything Everywhere All at Once †
 * 2) The Banshees of Inisherin
 * 3) The Fabelmans
 * 4) Tár
 * 5) Top Gun: Maverick
 * 6) Women Talking
 * 7) The Whale
 * 8) Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
 * 9) Babylon
 * 10) The Woman King


 * 2023:
 * 1) The Holdovers
 * 2) Oppenheimer
 * 3) Killers of the Flower Moon
 * 4) Poor Things
 * 5) American Fiction
 * 6) Past Lives
 * 7) Maestro
 * 8) Anatomy of a Fall
 * 9) Barbie
 * 10) May December