Editing In the Bedroom (section)

=== Retrospective lists ===
[[A. O. Scott]] included the film in his ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' essay "The most important films of the past decade—and why they mattered."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/magazine/15FOB-wwln-t.html|title=Screen Memories|first=A. O.|last=Scott|date=12 November 2009|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref>

''In the Bedroom'' was also chosen by the New York Times Film Critics for their "Best 1,000 Films of All Time" list.<ref name="NYT In the Bedroom Overview">{{cite news|title=NYT In the Bedroom Overview|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/237127/In-the-Bedroom/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210070457/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/237127/In-the-Bedroom/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-12-10|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2013|access-date=2017-08-22}}</ref>

The March 2023 issue of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine listed ''In the Bedroom'' alongside ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'', ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'', ''[[The Conversation]]'', ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]'', ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'', ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'', ''[[Roma (2018 film)|Roma]]'', and ''[[Tár]]'', also directed by Field, as "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars".<ref name="The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars">{{cite news |date=March 28, 2023 |title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html |access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref>''

The March 2024 issue of ''[[IndieWire]]'' listed ''In the Bedroom'' and ''[[Tár]]'', also directed by Field, as two of the "Best Picture Nominees that Deserved to win the Oscar."<ref>{{cite web |date=March 2, 2024 |title=40 Best Picture Nominees that Deserved to Win the Oscar|url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-picture-oscar-snubs/ |access-date=2024-03-02}}</ref>