While not a top list of the decade (that's coming after I catch up on some stuff), here is part one of my favourite hidden gem films of the decade.
https://matthewblivingston.wixsite.c...dden-gems-pt-1
While not a top list of the decade (that's coming after I catch up on some stuff), here is part one of my favourite hidden gem films of the decade.
https://matthewblivingston.wixsite.c...dden-gems-pt-1
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Very different lists. While I like all of the movies you listed, my favorites tend to be more "popcorn" / "main stream" affairs, with a few exceptions. From your list Arrival, Wonder Woman, and Annihilation could have easily been in the favorite seat. I think I like them as much as the ones I choseOriginally Posted by mae
Mine were:
2010: The Kids Are All Right
2011: Melancholia
2012: Argo
2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
2014: Boyhood
2015: The Revenant
2016: Arrival
2017: Wonder Woman
2018: Annihilation
2019: TBD (probably Parasite)
My favourite films by year
2010: Another Year
2011: The Descendants (I could easily replace this with 8 other movies...it was a strong year)
2012: Life of Pi (I could easily replace this with several other movies because it was a weaker year)
2013: Her
2014: Whiplash
2015: Mad Max: Fury Road
2016: Moonlight
2017: A Ghost Story
2018: Leave No Trace
2019: The Lighthouse
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My favourite films by year
2010: The Town
2011: The Descendants or Crazy, Stupid Love
2012: Life of Pi
2013: 12 Years A Slave
2014: Nightcrawler
2015: The Martian
2016: 10 Cloverfield Lane
2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
2018: Green Book
2019: Peanut Butter Falcon
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Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
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That was a great list, and I loved seeing Four Lions so high up.
Thank you! As I was going through the process, it kept going higher and higher. I know you love doing lists too, but it really is fun to put these together, but sometimes really difficult too.
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Very much so, very fun and very difficult. Wat do you leave off, what do you absolutely include, where to place it. Ugh! I'll get working soon on my own 2019 list as I watch a few of the foreign releases from this past year on streaming. Probably will be a few months unless I can find them... elsewhere.
SO out of date....
That calls for a re-do, Tommy! I've done it, too. I'll post my new lists for this decade later, once I decide on my 2019 stuff. So far I have 60 movies and somehow I need to whittle that down to my usual Top 30.
Everyone keeps putting Dogtooth in their 2010s lists! It came out in 2009, people!
Nice list. I like the variety of genres. And a few that aren't critically acclaimed, necessarily, but are solid fun flicks.
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That is a beautiful list even if I don't like some of those movies. Would have loved to see CMBYN on there as well.I still haven't seen Silence, Ida or Roma and a few others.
Quite a few films I'd substitute out of that list for sure. I'd slide in The Double, John Wick 2, The Shape of Water, A Ghost Story, Upstream Color, Your Name, Ex Machina and take out stuff like Carol, Birdman, and a few others. I guess no 1917 because they don't really have access to the footage.
Hard to tell their exact definition of beautiful. At times it seemed they were talking about the photography, and others it didn't show off the photography as much...like there are so many great shots Her they could've picked.
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Top 10? Top 30? Top 50? Top 100?
Pshaw! Try Top 280!
That's basically what we do.
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Well, our 2010s tournament will be 320 titles
Yup, and we will have a true ranking of the people.Well, our 2010s tournament will be 320 titles
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So I finally managed to make my Top 30 list for 2019! I have seen most of the movies officially released last year that I really wanted but some I'm yet to see (like The Platform that's coming soon to Netflix, don't know if it can crack my list though). As always, this list is very much subject to change, especially as it pertains to the bottom half, and as I see more 2019 releases eventually. But as of right now, here we go. Also here is the Letterboxd link: https://letterboxd.com/maemiddleton/...films-of-2019/ which will be updated as needed and the below will sooner or later inevitably become obsolete.
- Parasite (2019)
- The Farewell (2019)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
- Pain and Glory (2019)
- Booksmart (2019)
- Little Women (2019)
- System Crasher (2019)
- Midsommar (2019)
- I Lost My Body (2019)
- Hustlers (2019)
- Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
- Uncut Gems (2019)
- The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
- Marriage Story (2019)
- Wasteland (2019)
- Jojo Rabbit (2019)
- Us (2019)
- Knives Out (2019)
- The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
- The Souvenir (2019)
- Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019)
- Atlantics (2019)
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
- Queen of Hearts (2019)
- And Then We Danced (2019)
- Joker (2019)
- Honey Boy (2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
- Super Deluxe (2019)
When I first finished watching The Farewell, even though it was early, I knew this would be at the top of my list for the year. Once I saw Parasite, I struggled a bit which hit me more and Parasite slightly edged the amazing Farewell just a little. For the longest time The Farewell was at #1.
I also noticed that a good portion of my list is directed by women (six of the top ten, and twelve overall). This is not on purpose exactly, but female filmmakers made some great films lately, especially last year. Hopefully this trend continues! Also, many films on the list are in languages other than English, feels more so than in earlier years. Non-Hollywood movies in 2019 were simply exceptional!
I'm a little tired to get into detailed reviews of each film right now, but I do think this was an excellent year and a great finish to the decade of the 2010s. There was such an explosion of diverse and varied voices this past decade that I feel it might be one of my favorite decades. I hope the 2020s can keep up. I have a feeling they will.
Very solid list. Your top 10 is very unique. Interesting to see something like System Crasher so high. I saw you post something about it a while back, but I haven't gotten around to watching it. I still have to see Honey Boy and that is pretty much a wrap on most of the films I wanted to see in 2019.
I did watch Dark Waters last night and really enjoyed that one.
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System Crasher was amazing. The girl should have been nominated for an Oscar, in a perfect world.
And if anyone missed out on Portrait of a Lady on Fire (it was in theaters for a few minutes), it's finally streaming on Hulu!
My Top 30 lists for each year, especially for the first half of the decade have probably changed from what I posted here originally, but I keep everything up to date with Letterboxd here:
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But here is my overall Top 30 for the decade:
- Parasite (2019)
- Arrival (2016)
- The Farewell (2019)
- Melancholia (2011)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
- Annihilation (2018)
- Wonder Woman (2017)
- The Revenant (2015)
- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- The Kids Are All Right (2010)
- Boyhood (2014)
- Enemy (2013)
- Pain and Glory (2019)
- Moonlight (2016)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- Shutter Island (2010)
- A Fantastic Woman (2017)
- Argo (2012)
- Cold Fish (2010)
- BlacKkKlansman (2018)
- Sicario (2015)
- Under the Skin (2013)
- Whiplash (2014)
- Booksmart (2019)
- Carol (2015)
- Get Out (2017)
- Max Max: Fury Road (2015)
- The Social Network (2010)
- Birdman (2014)
Solid list, Mae. I dig it.
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