I Am Not Your Negro 2016

Rolling Stone

• Published 2019
• Decade list · 2010s
• Ranked #41

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

• Published 2019
• Decade list · 2010s
• Ranked #71

Time

• Published 2019
• Decade list · 2010s
• Included, unranked

The Hollywood Reporter

• Published 2023
• Decade list · 2000-2023
• Ranked #39

Rolling Stone

• Published 2025
• Decade list · 2000-2025
• Ranked #64

Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones

• Published 2017
• Year list · 2017
• Ranked #2

New York Times: A.O. Scott

• Published 2017
• Year list · 2017
• Ranked #4

Slant Magazine

• Published 2017
• Year list · 2017
• Ranked #15

Sight & Sound

• Published 2017
• Year list · 2017
• Ranked #19

The Guardian

• Published 2017
• Year list · 2017
• Ranked #19

Little White Lies

• Published 2017
• Year list · 2017
• Ranked #26

IndieWire Poll: B. Ruby Rich

• Published 2016
• Year list · 2016
• Ranked #2

Associated Press

• Published 2016
• Year list · 2016
• Ranked #4

Variety

• Published 2016
• Year list · 2016
• Ranked #4

The New York Times

• Published 2016
• Year list · 2016
• Ranked #6

Los Angeles Times

• Published 2016
• Year list · 2016
• Ranked #8

GCN

• Published 2016
• Year list · 2016
• Ranked #9

Village Voice Film Poll

• Published 2016
• Year list · 2016
• Ranked #21

IndieWire

• Published 2016
• Year list · 2016
• Ranked #31

The Hollywood Reporter

• Published 2016
• Year list · 2016
• Included, unranked