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Here's what I came up with. Did a bit less research than previous years.

1. Sinners
2. KPop Demon Hunters
3. One Battle After Another
4. Weapons
5. Marty Supreme
6. Ne Zha 2
7. Frankenstein
8. Sentimental Value
9. Hamnet
10. Zootopia 2
11. Bugonia
12. The Secret Agent
13. It Was Just An Accident
14. F1
15. Superman
16. No Other Choice
17. Wake Up Dead Man
18. Avatar: Fire and Ash
19. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
20. Train Dreams
21. The Voice of Hind Rajab
22. 28 Years Later
23. Sorry, Baby
24. Final Destination: Bloodlines
25. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
26. Mickey 17
27. Sirat
28. How To Train Your Dragon
29. The Naked Gun
30. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
31. Bring Her Back
32. The Phoenician Scheme
33. Companion
34. Warfare
35. Thunderbolts
36. Wicked: For Good
37. Materialists
38. The Long Walk
39. Eddington
40. If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You
41. Blue Moon
42. Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie
43. Fantastic Four: First Steps
44. A Minecraft Movie
45. The Mastermind
46. Lilo & Stitch
47. A House of Dynamite
48. Jurassic World: Rebirth
49. Nouvelle Vague
50. Jay Kelly
51. Resurrection
52. Left-Handed Girl

Yes, but when it definitively wins critical, audience, and industry acclaim pretty squarely - I would give that the edge over the other film being more popular.

Tbh this is sorta like saying Sinners wins in ticket sales, number of imdb ratings, letterboxd faves, rt ratings and OBAA only wins acclaim.

Sinners grossed over 1.5x as much at the box office and has over 1.5x as many views on Letterboxd as OBAA. I don't think OBAA is 1.5x as acclaimed.

Sinners also has a much higher audience rating on RT and is only slightly behind OBAA on IMDb and Letterboxd so I don't think OBAA 'squarely' wins in audience acclaim.

It's higher on TSPDT, Films101,RYM, and has a much higher metacritic. I firmly have it as #1, I'm open to hearing what others think.

I think Sinners is probably the 2nd most acclaimed film of the year, only after One Battle After Another, while I think there's clearly a bigger difference between the two in popularity.

I also think KPop Demon Hunters popularity and impact is too large to leave it out of the top 3, I'm not even convinced OBAA should be above it.

Sinners/OBAA/KPop Demon Hunters aside, here's what I'd suggest for a compromise
4. Marty Supreme
5. Weapons
6. Sentimental Value
7. Frankenstein
8. Ne Zha 2
9. The Secret Agent
10. It Was Just An Accident
11. Zootopia 2
12. Hamnet
13. Superman
14. Bugonia
15. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
16. F1
17. No Other Choice
18. Train Dreams
19. Avatar: Fire and Ash
20. Wake Up Dead Man

I like this compromise.

Think as long as cultural impact is not a part of criteria and it's too early to talk influence, OBAA > KPop Demon Hunters. Sinners should prolly be #1 though.

ManPerson wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 6:34 pm Sinners grossed over 1.5x as much at the box office and has over 1.5x as many views on Letterboxd as OBAA. I don't think OBAA is 1.5x as acclaimed.

This is precisely the reason why popularity is being overrated in every list. Treating unmeasurable things as if they were measurable.

Tim wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 4:01 am Think as long as cultural impact is not a part of criteria and it's too early to talk influence, OBAA > KPop Demon Hunters. Sinners should prolly be #1 though.

We've definitely given movies credit for influence the year they came out though (Dune, EEAAO, Avatar 2).

I think it's ridiculous for a movie spawning four top ten hits, simultaneously, while being a boost in international popularity for Korea (even leading to a significant boost in tourism), to not get credit for that.

I'm thinking:

1. Sinners
2. One Battle
3. KPop

Is a fair compromise for now (I'll admit Kpop was too low on my draft). Who knows what can change in a year or two.

Fido wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 5:26 am

ManPerson wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 6:34 pm Sinners grossed over 1.5x as much at the box office and has over 1.5x as many views on Letterboxd as OBAA. I don't think OBAA is 1.5x as acclaimed.

This is precisely the reason why popularity is being overrated in every list. Treating unmeasurable things as if they were measurable.

I would agree with this to some extent. This is why I would prefer Sirat + The Voice of Hind Rajab instead of Avatar 3 and F1.

I'd keep F1 at least, it was nominated for Best Film at Oscars (though people made fun of this fact obvi) and has good audience acclaim. As for your suggestions, I'd rather include The Voice of Hind Rajab than Sirāt.

I threw one together real quick:

1. One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Sinners - Ryan Coogler
3. Marty Supreme - Josh Safdie
4. KPop Demon Hunters - Maggie Kang & Chris Appelhans
5. Sentimental Value - Joachim Trier
6. The Secret Agent - Kleber Mendonça Filho
7. Hamnet - Chloé Zhao
8. Weapons - Zach Cregger
9. Frankenstein - Guillermo del Toro
10. It Was Just an Accident - Jafar Panahi
11. Superman - James Gunn
12. F1: The Movie - Joseph Kosinski
13. No Other Choice - Park Chan-Wook
14. Bugonia - Yorgos Lanthimos
15. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - Rian Johnson
16. Ne Zha 2 - Jiaozi
17. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning - Christopher McQuarrie
18. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle - Haruo Sotozaki
19. Mickey 17 - Bong Joon-Ho
20. Sirât - Oliver Laxe