Back by popular demand!
Included is everything from the 21st century that I've watched throughout 2018
wooohooo!!!
[roughly between ****1/2 and ******]
Offene Wunde deutscher Film "Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films" [Director's Cut] (Dominik Graf/Johannes Sievert, Germany 2017)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi "Spirited Away" (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan 2001)
yummy
[roughly between ***1/2 and ****]
10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg, USA 2016)
A Thought of Ecstasy (RP Kahl, Germany/USA/Switzerland 2017)
Aloha (Cameron Crowe, USA 2015)
Baby Driver (Edgar Wright, UK/USA 2017)
Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja "On the Beach at Night Alone" (Sang-soo Hong, South Korea/Germany 2017)
Blind & Hässlich "Ugly & Blind" (Tom Lass, Germany 2017)
Death Wish (Eli Roth, USA 2018)
Den of Thieves (Christian Gudegast, USA 2018)
Get the Gringo (Adrian Grunberg, USA/Mexico 2012)
Going in Style (Zach Braff, USA 2017)
Gutland (Govinda Van Maele, Luxembourg/Belgium/Germany/France 2017)
HERRliche Zeiten (Oskar Roehler, Germany 2018)
Kong: Skull Island (Jordan Vogt-Roberts, USA/China 2017)
Logan Lucky (Steven Soderbergh, USA 2017)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Christopher McQuarrie, USA/China/Hong Kong 2015)
Nur ein Tag in Berlin "Only One Day in Berlin" (Malte Wirtz, Germany 2018)
Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, France/Germany/Czech Republic/Belgium 2016)
The Christmas Chronicles (Clay Kaytis, USA 2018)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, UK/France/USA 2017
tasty
[roughly between *** and ***1/2]
Asphaltgorillas (Detlev Buck, Germany 2018)
Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, USA/UK/Hungary/Canada 2017)
Ceska filmova avantgarda "The Czech Film Avant-Garde" (Libor Nemeskal, Czech Republic 2015)
Coco (Lee Unkrich/Adrian Molina, USA 2017)
Das schönste Mädchen der Welt (Aron Lehmann, Germany 2018)
Der Hauptmann "The Captain" (Robert Schwentke, Germany/France/Poland/China/Portugal 2017)
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse (Dominik Kuhn, Germany 2018)
Fack ju Göhte 2 "Suck Me Shakespeer 2" (Bora Dagtekin, Germany 2015)
Fack ju Göhte 3 "Suck Me Shakespeer 3" (Bora Dagtekin, Germany 2017)
Familie Lotzmann auf den Barrikaden (Axel Ranisch, Germany 2017)
Fikkefuchs "Bed Bugs" (Jan Henrik Stahlberg, Germany 2017)
Fühlen Sie sich manchmal ausgebrannt und leer? "Do You Sometimes Feel Burned Out and Empty?" (Lola Randl, Germany/Netherlands 2017)
Gods of Egypt (Alex Proyas, USA/Australia 2016)
Hail, Caesar! (Joel Coen/Ethan Coen, USA/UK/Japan 2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, New Zealand 2016)
In den Gängen "In the Aisles" (Thomas Stuber, Germany 2018)
Königin von Niendorf "Queen of Niendorf" (Joya Thome, Germany 2017)
Licht "Mademoiselle Paradis" (Barbara Albert, Austria/Germany 2017)
Lotte Jäger und die Tote im Dorf (Franziska Meletzky, Germany 2017)
Luna "Luna's Revenge" (Khaled Kaissar, Germany 2017)
Meine teuflisch gute Freundin "How to Be Really Bad" (Marco Petry, Germany 2018)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (Rob Minkoff, USA 2014)
Naomis Reise (Frieder Schlaich, Germany 2017)
Race (Stephen Hopkins, Canada/Germany/France 2016)
Sandstern (Yilmaz Arslan, Germany/Belgium/Luxembourg 2017)
Sauerkrautkoma (Ed Herzog, Germany 2018)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jon Watts, USA 2017)
Spielmacher (Timon Modersohn, Germany 2018)
The Commuter (Jaume Collet-Serra, France/USA 2018)
The Descendants (Alexander Payne, USA 2011)
The Equalizer (Antoine Fuqua, USA 2014)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (Patrick Hughes, USA/Hong Kong/Bulgaria/Netherlands 2017)
The Secret Life of Pets (Chris Renaud/Yarrow Cheney, USA/Japan 2016)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh, USA/UK 2017)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Luc Besson, France/China /Belgium /Germany /United Arab Emirates/USA 2017)
Venom (Ruben Fleischer, USA/China 2018)
Victor Frankenstein (Paul McGuigan, UK/USA/Canada 2015)
Wackersdorf (Oliver Haffner, Germany 2018)
War for the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, USA/Canada/New Zealand 2017)
Weenie (Kyle Balda/Ken Daurio/Cinco Paul, USA 2016)
Zootopia (Byron Howard/Rich Moore/Jared Bush, USA 2016)
from time to time
[roughly between **1/2 and ***]
22 Jump Street (Phil Lord/Christopher Miller, USA 2014)
American Made (Doug Liman, USA/Japan 2017)
Back for Good (Mia Spengler, Germany 2017)
Bastille Day (James Watkins, UK/France/USA/Luxembourg 2016)
Criminal (Ariel Vromen, USA/UK 2017)
Daddy's Home Two (Sean Anders, USA 2017)
Das Milan-Protokoll (Peter Ott, Germany 2017)
Der Junge muss an die frische Luft (Caroline Link, Germany 2018)
Der Vorname (Sönke Wortmann, Germany 2018)
Die Anfängerin "The Beginner" (Alexandra Sell, Germany 2017)
Die robuste Roswita (Richard Huber, Germany 2018)
Es ist aus, Helmut (Petra Lüschow, Germany 2018)
Eskimo Limon - Eis am Stiel. Von Siegern und Verlierern (Eric Friedler, Germany 2018)
Furry Vengeance (Roger Kumble, USA/United Arab Emirates 2010)
Grüner wird's nicht "As Green As It Gets" (Florian Gallenberger, Germany 2018)
Gundermann (Andreas Dresen, Germany 2018)
Hello Destroyer (Kevan Funk, Canada 2016)
John Cousins & The University of the Waves (Manfred Waffender, Germany 2018)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Jake Kasdan, USA 2017)
Killing Hasselhoff (Darren Grant, USA 2017)
Liftboy (Anne Heinze, Germany 2016)
Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' (Perry Martin, USA 2003)
Maudie (Aisling Walsh, Ireland/Canada 2016)
Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot "My Brother’s Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot" (Philip Gröning, Germany/France/Switzerland 2018)
Mower Minions (Bruno Chauffard/Glenn McCoy, USA 2016)
Mr. Bean's Holiday (Steve Bendelack, UK/France/Germany/USA 2007)
Nine Lives (Barry Sonnenfeld, France/China/Canada 2016)
Simpel "Simple" (Markus Goller, Germany 2017)
The Angry Birds Movie (Clay Kaytis/Fergal Reilly, USA/Finland 2016)
The Boss Baby (Tom McGrath, USA 2017)
The Cakemaker (Ofir Raul Graizer, Israel/Germany 2017)
The Dark Tower (Nikolaj Arcel, USA 2017)
The Disaster Artist (James Franco, USA 2017)
The Gunman (Pierre Morel, USA/UK/Spain/France 2015)
The Lorax (Chris Renaud/Kyle Balda, USA/France 2012)
The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro, USA 2017)
This Means War (McG, USA 2012)
War Dogs (Todd Phillips, USA/Cambodia 2016)
Wilson (Craig Johnson, USA 2017)
something got stuck between my teeth
[roughly between ** and **1/2]
Ballon "Balloon" (Michael Herbig, Germany 2018)
Borg McEnroe "Borg vs McEnroe" (Janus Metz, Sweden/Denmark/Finland 2017)
Breakdown in Tokyo (Zoltan Paul, Germany 2017)
Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg, USA/India/Germany 2015)
Collateral Damage (Andrew Davis, USA 2002)
Die defekte Katze "A Dysfunctional Cat" (Susan Gordanshekan, Germany 2018)
Ghostbusters (Paul Feig, USA/Australia 2016)
Hagazussa (Lukas Feigelfeld, Germany/Austria 2017)
Halloween (David Gordon Green, USA 2018)
Happy Death Day (Christopher Landon, USA 2017)
Keanu (Peter Atencio, USA 2016)
Kubrick // One-Point Perspective (Kogonada, ?? 2012)
Life (Daniel Espinosa, USA 2017)
London Has Fallen (Babak Najafi, USA/UK/Bulgaria 2016)
Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh, USA/Malta 2017)
Norman Television (Boris Jacq/Habib Louati, USA 2016)
Outlaw King (David Mackenzie, UK/USA 2018)
Reise nach Jerusalem "The Chairs Game" (Lucia Chiarla, Germany 2018)
Rewind - Die zweite Chance (Johannes F. Sievert, Germany 2017)
Rückenwind von vorn "Away You Go" (Philipp Eichholtz, Germany 2018)
Safari: Matcxh Me if you Can (Rudi Gaul, Germany 2018)
Schneeflöckchen "Snowflake" (Adolfo J. Kolmerer/William James, Germany 2017)
Styx (Wolfgang Fischer, Germany/Austria 2018)
Tian - Das Geheimnis der Schmuckstraße (Damian Schipporeit, Germany 2017)
Zwei Herren im Anzug "Two Men in Suits" (Josef Bierbichler, Germany 2018)
Zwei im falschen Film "Mission: Love" (Laura Lackmann, Germany 2017)
flat
[around * and *1/2]
303 (Hans Weingartner, Germany 2018)
Celica "The Box" (Dusan Kastelic, Slovenia 2017)
Justice League (Zack Snyder, USA/UK/Canada 2017)
The Conjuring 2 (James Wan, USA/Canada 2016)
The Cloverfield Paradox (Julius Onah, USA 2018)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos, USA/UK/Ireland 2017)
Wer hat eigentlich die Liebe erfunden? "Monster" (Kerstin Polte, Germany/Switzerland 2018)
crummy
[below *]
Orpheus Rhapsodie (Katharina Mihm, Germany 2016)
New(ish) Films you've seen in 2018
New(ish) Films you've seen in 2018
Last edited by wba2 on Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:15 am, edited 4 times in total.
To please the majority is the requirement of the Planet Cinema. As far as I'm concerned, I don't make a concession to viewers, these victims of life, who think that a film is made only for their enjoyment, and who know nothing about their own existence.
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I think I've seen more recently made films this year than in any other year before.
"Recently made" for me is no older than 5 years according to imdb., so anything released from Jan 1, 2014.
Here they are, highest score to lowest score:
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Loveless (Zvyagintsev, 2017) 8/10 in a cinema
Sweet Country (Thornton, 2017) 8
Private Life (Jenkins, 2018) 8
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Western (Grisebach, 2017) 7.5
Visages, villages (Varda, 2017) 7.5 doco
Voyage à travers le cinéma français (Tavernier, 2016) 7.5 doco
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Coen, 2018) 7.5
Breath (Baker, 2017) 7.5 in a cinema
First Reformed (Schrader, 2017) 7.5
The Wife (Runge, 2017) 7.5 in a cinema
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise - PBS American Masters - (Whack, Hercules, 2016) 7.5 doco
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BPM (Campillo, 2017) 7.4 in a cinema
The Meyerowitz Stories (Baumbach, 2017) 7
Frantz (Ozon, 2016) 7
20th Century Women (Mills, 2016) 7
Leave No Trace (Granik, 2018) 7
Ex Libris - The New York Public Library (Wiseman, 2017) 7 doco
I, Tonya (Gillespie, 2017) 7 in a cinema
Suspiria (Guadagnino, 2018) 7 in a cinema
The Phantom Thread (P.T. Anderson, 2017) 7 in a cinema
A Quiet Passion (Davies, 2016) 7
Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016) 7
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (Black, Bernstein, 2016) 7 doco
De Palma (Baumbach, Paltrow, 2015) 7 doco
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (Lacy, 2018) 7 doco
Un beau soleil intèrieure (Denis, 2017) 6.9
You Were Never Really Here (Ramsay, 2017) 6.8
Get Out (Peele, 2017) 6.8
Mudbound (Rees, 2017) 6.8
Good Time (Safdie, 2017) 6.8
The Babadook (Kent, 2014) 6.8
Hereditary (Aster, 2018) 6.8
The Florida Project (Baker, 2017) 6.8
The Edge of Seventeen (Craig, 2016) 6.8
Girl's Trip (Lee, 2017) 6.8
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Foxcatcher (Miller, 2014) 6.6
By Sidney Lumet - PBS American Masters - (Buirski, 2015) 6.6 doco
Lady Macbeth (Oldroyd, 2016) 6.6
Into the Inferno (Herzog, 2016) 6.6 doco
BlacKkKlansman (Lee, 2018) 6.5
Marjorie Prime (Almereyda, 2017) 6.5
American Animals (Layton, 2018) 6.5
Lady Bird (Gerwig, 2017) 6.5 in a cinema
Boy Erased (Edgerton, 2018) 6.5 in a cinema
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Heller, 2015) 6.5
Victoria and Abdul (Frears, 2017) 6.5
Iris (Maysles, 2014) 6.5 doco
Tonya Harding: The Price of Gold (Burstein, 2014) 6.5 doco
The Darkest Hour (Wright, 2017) 6.5 in a cinema
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What Happened Miss Simone? (Garbus,Tolchin, 2015) 6 doco
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson, 2018) 6 in a cinema
Under the Shadow (Anvari, 2016) 6
The Post (Spielberg, 2017) 6
God's Own Country (Lee, 2017) 6 in a cinema
Sicario (Villeneuve, 2015) 6
Alone with Chrissie Hynde (Roberts, 2017) 6 doco
Spotlight (McCarthy, 2015) 6
3 Billboards outside… (McDonagh, 2017) 6 in a cinema
Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey - PBS American Masters - (Iturriaga, 2015) 6 doco
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Tallulah (Heder, 2016) 5.8
Notes on Blindness (Spinney, Middleton, 2016) 5.8 doco
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Ce qui nous lie / Back to Burgundy (Klapisch, 2017) 5.5
Edgar Allen Poe: Buried Alive - PBS American Masters - (Stange, 2016) 5.5 doco
Crazy Rich Asians (Chu, 2018) 5.5
Pride (Warchus, 2014) 5.5
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Demolition (Vallée, 2015) 5
The Director and the Jedi (Wonke, 2018) 5 doco
A Ghost Story (Lowery, 2017) 5
The Incredibles 2 (Bird, 2018) 5
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Personal Shopper (Assayas, 2016) 4
Downsizing (Payne, 2017) 4 in a cinema
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Red Sparrow (Lawrence, 2018) 3 in a cinema
The Breaker-Upperers (Sami, van Beek, 2018) 3 in a cinema
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Final Portrait (Tucci, 2017) 1
The Shape of Water (Del Toro, 2017) 1 in a cinema
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I think I've seen more recently made films this year than in any other year before.
"Recently made" for me is no older than 5 years according to imdb., so anything released from Jan 1, 2014.
Here they are, highest score to lowest score:
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Loveless (Zvyagintsev, 2017) 8/10 in a cinema
Sweet Country (Thornton, 2017) 8
Private Life (Jenkins, 2018) 8
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Western (Grisebach, 2017) 7.5
Visages, villages (Varda, 2017) 7.5 doco
Voyage à travers le cinéma français (Tavernier, 2016) 7.5 doco
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Coen, 2018) 7.5
Breath (Baker, 2017) 7.5 in a cinema
First Reformed (Schrader, 2017) 7.5
The Wife (Runge, 2017) 7.5 in a cinema
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise - PBS American Masters - (Whack, Hercules, 2016) 7.5 doco
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BPM (Campillo, 2017) 7.4 in a cinema
The Meyerowitz Stories (Baumbach, 2017) 7
Frantz (Ozon, 2016) 7
20th Century Women (Mills, 2016) 7
Leave No Trace (Granik, 2018) 7
Ex Libris - The New York Public Library (Wiseman, 2017) 7 doco
I, Tonya (Gillespie, 2017) 7 in a cinema
Suspiria (Guadagnino, 2018) 7 in a cinema
The Phantom Thread (P.T. Anderson, 2017) 7 in a cinema
A Quiet Passion (Davies, 2016) 7
Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016) 7
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (Black, Bernstein, 2016) 7 doco
De Palma (Baumbach, Paltrow, 2015) 7 doco
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (Lacy, 2018) 7 doco
Un beau soleil intèrieure (Denis, 2017) 6.9
You Were Never Really Here (Ramsay, 2017) 6.8
Get Out (Peele, 2017) 6.8
Mudbound (Rees, 2017) 6.8
Good Time (Safdie, 2017) 6.8
The Babadook (Kent, 2014) 6.8
Hereditary (Aster, 2018) 6.8
The Florida Project (Baker, 2017) 6.8
The Edge of Seventeen (Craig, 2016) 6.8
Girl's Trip (Lee, 2017) 6.8
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Foxcatcher (Miller, 2014) 6.6
By Sidney Lumet - PBS American Masters - (Buirski, 2015) 6.6 doco
Lady Macbeth (Oldroyd, 2016) 6.6
Into the Inferno (Herzog, 2016) 6.6 doco
BlacKkKlansman (Lee, 2018) 6.5
Marjorie Prime (Almereyda, 2017) 6.5
American Animals (Layton, 2018) 6.5
Lady Bird (Gerwig, 2017) 6.5 in a cinema
Boy Erased (Edgerton, 2018) 6.5 in a cinema
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Heller, 2015) 6.5
Victoria and Abdul (Frears, 2017) 6.5
Iris (Maysles, 2014) 6.5 doco
Tonya Harding: The Price of Gold (Burstein, 2014) 6.5 doco
The Darkest Hour (Wright, 2017) 6.5 in a cinema
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What Happened Miss Simone? (Garbus,Tolchin, 2015) 6 doco
Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson, 2018) 6 in a cinema
Under the Shadow (Anvari, 2016) 6
The Post (Spielberg, 2017) 6
God's Own Country (Lee, 2017) 6 in a cinema
Sicario (Villeneuve, 2015) 6
Alone with Chrissie Hynde (Roberts, 2017) 6 doco
Spotlight (McCarthy, 2015) 6
3 Billboards outside… (McDonagh, 2017) 6 in a cinema
Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey - PBS American Masters - (Iturriaga, 2015) 6 doco
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Tallulah (Heder, 2016) 5.8
Notes on Blindness (Spinney, Middleton, 2016) 5.8 doco
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Ce qui nous lie / Back to Burgundy (Klapisch, 2017) 5.5
Edgar Allen Poe: Buried Alive - PBS American Masters - (Stange, 2016) 5.5 doco
Crazy Rich Asians (Chu, 2018) 5.5
Pride (Warchus, 2014) 5.5
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Demolition (Vallée, 2015) 5
The Director and the Jedi (Wonke, 2018) 5 doco
A Ghost Story (Lowery, 2017) 5
The Incredibles 2 (Bird, 2018) 5
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Personal Shopper (Assayas, 2016) 4
Downsizing (Payne, 2017) 4 in a cinema
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Red Sparrow (Lawrence, 2018) 3 in a cinema
The Breaker-Upperers (Sami, van Beek, 2018) 3 in a cinema
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Final Portrait (Tucci, 2017) 1
The Shape of Water (Del Toro, 2017) 1 in a cinema
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Last edited by pabs on Sun Dec 23, 2018 3:03 pm, edited 4 times in total.
2014-2018
Re-watches not included
Films in bold I've seen in a cinema
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh, 2018) 10/10
Widows (Steve McQueen, 2018) 9
Destination Wedding (Victor Levin, 2018) 9
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie, 2018) 9
Silvana (Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring & Christina Tsiobanelis, 2017) 9
The Post (Steven Spielberg, 2017) 9
The Florida Project (Sean Baker, 2017) 9
The Farthest (Emer Reynolds, 2017) 9
Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton, 2017) 8
I, Tonya (Craig Gillespie, 2017) 8
Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018) 8
The Blessed (Sofia Djama, 2017) 8
Candelaria (Jhonny Hendrix, 2017) 8
Darkest Hour (Joe Wright, 2017) 8
Foxtrot (Samuel Maoz, 2017) 8
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard, 2018) 8
Avengers: Infinity War (Joe Russo & Anthony Russo, 2018) 8
Bad Times at the El Royale (Drew Goddard, 2018) 8
The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci, 2017) 8
Where to Invade Next (Michael Moore, 2015) 8
Spielberg (Susan Lacy, 2017) 8
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (David Fairhead, 2017) 8
Molly’s Game (Aaron Sorkin, 2017) 7
Ant-Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed, 2018) 7
The Insult (Ziad Doueiri, 2017) 7
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (Stefano Sollima, 2018) 7
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017) 7
Battle of the Sexes (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2017) 7
Ocean’s Eight (Gary Ross, 2018) 7
G-Funk (Karam Gill, 2017) 7
Game Night (John Francis Daley & Jonathan M. Goldstein, 2018) 7
Tag (Jeff Tomsic, 2018) 7
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Dan Gilroy, 2017) 7
Patriots Day (Peter Berg, 2016) 7
Racer and the Jailbird (Michaël R. Roskam, 2017) 6
A Simple Favor (Paul Feig, 2018) 6
The Predator (Shane Black, 2018) 6
Deadpool 2 ( David Leitch, 2018) 6
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J. A. Bayona, 2018) 6
The Equalizer 2 (Antoine Fuqua, 2018) 6
Red Sparrow (Francis Lawrence, 2018) 6
Do You Trust this Computer? (Chris Paine, 2018) 6
Happy Death Day (Christopher Landon, 2017) 6
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (David Yates, 2018) 5
Paterno (Barry Levinson, 2018) 5
Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh, 2017) 5
Rainbow: A Private Affair (Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani, 2017) 4
All the Money in the World (Ridley Scott, 2017) 4
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer & Dexter Fletcher, 2018) 4
Johnny English Strikes Again (David Kerr, 2018) 4
The Meg (Jon Turteltaub, 2018) 4
Braven (Lin Oeding, 2018) 4
Venom (Ruben Fleischer, 2018) 3
Final Score (Scott Mann, 2018) 3
The Spy Who Dumped Me (Susanna Fogel, 2018) 3
The Commuter (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2018) 3
Overdrive (Antonio Negret, 2017) 3
Jigsaw (Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig, 2017) 3
Charleston (Andrei Cretulescu, 2017) 2
The Nun (Corin Hardy, 2018) 2
Skyscraper (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2018) 2
Tomb Raider (Roar Uthaug, 2018) 2
Death Wish (Eli Roth, 2018) 2
Daddy’s Home 2 (Sean Anders, 2017) 1
Re-watches not included
Films in bold I've seen in a cinema
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh, 2018) 10/10
Widows (Steve McQueen, 2018) 9
Destination Wedding (Victor Levin, 2018) 9
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie, 2018) 9
Silvana (Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring & Christina Tsiobanelis, 2017) 9
The Post (Steven Spielberg, 2017) 9
The Florida Project (Sean Baker, 2017) 9
The Farthest (Emer Reynolds, 2017) 9
Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton, 2017) 8
I, Tonya (Craig Gillespie, 2017) 8
Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018) 8
The Blessed (Sofia Djama, 2017) 8
Candelaria (Jhonny Hendrix, 2017) 8
Darkest Hour (Joe Wright, 2017) 8
Foxtrot (Samuel Maoz, 2017) 8
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard, 2018) 8
Avengers: Infinity War (Joe Russo & Anthony Russo, 2018) 8
Bad Times at the El Royale (Drew Goddard, 2018) 8
The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci, 2017) 8
Where to Invade Next (Michael Moore, 2015) 8
Spielberg (Susan Lacy, 2017) 8
Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (David Fairhead, 2017) 8
Molly’s Game (Aaron Sorkin, 2017) 7
Ant-Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed, 2018) 7
The Insult (Ziad Doueiri, 2017) 7
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (Stefano Sollima, 2018) 7
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017) 7
Battle of the Sexes (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2017) 7
Ocean’s Eight (Gary Ross, 2018) 7
G-Funk (Karam Gill, 2017) 7
Game Night (John Francis Daley & Jonathan M. Goldstein, 2018) 7
Tag (Jeff Tomsic, 2018) 7
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Dan Gilroy, 2017) 7
Patriots Day (Peter Berg, 2016) 7
Racer and the Jailbird (Michaël R. Roskam, 2017) 6
A Simple Favor (Paul Feig, 2018) 6
The Predator (Shane Black, 2018) 6
Deadpool 2 ( David Leitch, 2018) 6
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J. A. Bayona, 2018) 6
The Equalizer 2 (Antoine Fuqua, 2018) 6
Red Sparrow (Francis Lawrence, 2018) 6
Do You Trust this Computer? (Chris Paine, 2018) 6
Happy Death Day (Christopher Landon, 2017) 6
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (David Yates, 2018) 5
Paterno (Barry Levinson, 2018) 5
Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh, 2017) 5
Rainbow: A Private Affair (Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani, 2017) 4
All the Money in the World (Ridley Scott, 2017) 4
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer & Dexter Fletcher, 2018) 4
Johnny English Strikes Again (David Kerr, 2018) 4
The Meg (Jon Turteltaub, 2018) 4
Braven (Lin Oeding, 2018) 4
Venom (Ruben Fleischer, 2018) 3
Final Score (Scott Mann, 2018) 3
The Spy Who Dumped Me (Susanna Fogel, 2018) 3
The Commuter (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2018) 3
Overdrive (Antonio Negret, 2017) 3
Jigsaw (Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig, 2017) 3
Charleston (Andrei Cretulescu, 2017) 2
The Nun (Corin Hardy, 2018) 2
Skyscraper (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2018) 2
Tomb Raider (Roar Uthaug, 2018) 2
Death Wish (Eli Roth, 2018) 2
Daddy’s Home 2 (Sean Anders, 2017) 1
When you refine the TSPDT Top 1001 list down to the best films of this decade it lists:
The Tree of Life
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
The Turin Horse
A Seperation
Nostalgia for the Light
What do you guys think?
The Tree of Life
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
The Turin Horse
A Seperation
Nostalgia for the Light
What do you guys think?
Lost in cognitive dissonance.
I think the recognized best films on lists like TSPDT will change a lot over time as more movies get established as important and more voices are added to the polls from outside the usual places as is increasingly happening with polls overall. By this time next decade the list won't look anything like it does now as a wider range of movies will have found vocal supporters among movie enthusiasts as the internet continues to change the terrain and as movies themselves face new pressures from the online streaming world. This strikes me as an end of an era for movie appreciation, where some of the old will of course live on as important but new values will shift ideas of importance considerably.
I mean that's assuming there is still enough people alive with similar access to that we have now, with the current political trends and climate change, who knows if that'll be the case. Movie history might just end up being written by some guy clutching a grubby copy of the Videohound movie guide that he copies out for posterity just to have something to keep him busy in the ashes of our once vibrant civilization.
I mean that's assuming there is still enough people alive with similar access to that we have now, with the current political trends and climate change, who knows if that'll be the case. Movie history might just end up being written by some guy clutching a grubby copy of the Videohound movie guide that he copies out for posterity just to have something to keep him busy in the ashes of our once vibrant civilization.
No doubt the timeless classics, and films that were ahead of their time, will be revealed down the track as perspectives change.
On the other hand maybe films that are in and of their time need to be seen when they're released to be fully appreciated. The fact that they might not be viewed as classics or one of the best films of their time down the track might just say more about changing perspectives rather than the inherent quality of the film itself.
On the other hand maybe films that are in and of their time need to be seen when they're released to be fully appreciated. The fact that they might not be viewed as classics or one of the best films of their time down the track might just say more about changing perspectives rather than the inherent quality of the film itself.
Lost in cognitive dissonance.
Updated my list till November 2018. Still to add 16 titles from December, for a new record of 150+ newish films seen in a single year.
I'd say that's more than enough, as I had to endure a lot of bad and mediocre shit, which is usually waaay more than I can stand. Whats the point in watching films, if they aren't great? Right, there is no point in watching less than stellar movies. It's simply a waste of time.
I'd say that's more than enough, as I had to endure a lot of bad and mediocre shit, which is usually waaay more than I can stand. Whats the point in watching films, if they aren't great? Right, there is no point in watching less than stellar movies. It's simply a waste of time.
To please the majority is the requirement of the Planet Cinema. As far as I'm concerned, I don't make a concession to viewers, these victims of life, who think that a film is made only for their enjoyment, and who know nothing about their own existence.
So I watched a total of 75 newish films in 2018. A record for me. Won't have time to see more.
Top 10:
Loveless (Zvyagintsev, 2017) 8/10 in a cinema
Sweet Country (Thornton, 2017) 8
Private Life (Jenkins, 2018) 8
Western (Grisebach, 2017) 7.5
Visages, villages (Varda, 2017) 7.5 doco
Voyage à travers le cinéma français (Tavernier, 2016) 7.5 doco
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Coen, 2018) 7.5
Breath (Baker, 2017) 7.5 in a cinema
First Reformed (Schrader, 2017) 7.5
The Wife (Runge, 2017) 7.5 in a cinema
Top 10:
Loveless (Zvyagintsev, 2017) 8/10 in a cinema
Sweet Country (Thornton, 2017) 8
Private Life (Jenkins, 2018) 8
Western (Grisebach, 2017) 7.5
Visages, villages (Varda, 2017) 7.5 doco
Voyage à travers le cinéma français (Tavernier, 2016) 7.5 doco
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Coen, 2018) 7.5
Breath (Baker, 2017) 7.5 in a cinema
First Reformed (Schrader, 2017) 7.5
The Wife (Runge, 2017) 7.5 in a cinema