Out of curiousity, I went ahead and broke down the titles that ended up securing a place on my year-end list. Of the 50 titles, 52% of them happened to theatrical offerings while the other 48% were viewed via the internet; websites like NoBudge (6), Mubi (5), FestivalScope (4) comprising the bulk of that 48%, with a couple of titles from Fandor, Vimeo, Filmmaker Magazine, Field of Vision and Kinet.Media. 64% come by way of the US. 58% were directed by male filmmakers, 34% by female and 8% by a group of female and male directors.
#25: SPL 2: A TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES directed by Soi Cheang
#24: SUNDAY directed by Iva Gocheva
#23: THE DAY BEFORE THE END directed by Lav Diaz
#22: WE ALL LOVE THE SEASHORE directed by Keina Espiñeira
#21: COSMOS directed by Andrzej Żuławski
#20: LITTLE SISTER directed by Zach Clark
#19: HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE directed by Taika Waititi
#18: LOVE & FRIENDSHIP directed by Whit Stillman
#17: THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE directed by Perry Blackshear
#16: THE PHENOM directed by Noah Buschel
#15: MEN GO TO BATTLE directed by Zachary Treitz
#14: ELLE directed by Paul Verhoeven
#13: THE FITS directed by Anna Rose Holmer
#12: FOR THE PLASMA directed by Bingham Bryant and Kyle Molzan
#10: 13TH directed Ava DuVernay
#9: OCEAN FALLS directed by Ryan Ermacora and Jessica Johnson
#8: CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
#7: LEMONADE directed by Beyoncé Knowles, Dikayl Rimmasch, Todd Tourso, Mark Romanek, Kahlil Joseph, Melina Matsoukas and Jonas Åkerlund
#6: THE LOBSTER directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
#5: KAILI BLUES directed by Gan Bi
#4: CERTAIN WOMEN directed by Kelly Reichardt
#3: PROJECT X directed by Henrik Moltke and Laura Poitras
#2: 0.5MM directed Momoko Ando
#1: THE PARK directed by Randa Maroufi