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Post by Pear on Jan 28, 2015 20:53:50 GMT -5
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Post by Lady Bones on Jan 28, 2015 21:05:26 GMT -5
First, for clarity, just some of the most significant (to me) gaps in my viewing history at the moment:
A Separation
Her
Force Majeure
Killing Them Softly
Margaret
Headhunters
Wadjda
Upstream Color
Frances Ha
The Missing Picture
Whiplash
Alps
Le Grande Belleza
Starred Up
Nightcrawler
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Stranger By the Lake
And now, for the main event. I want to be clear that on any given day of the week, at least 20 or 21 out of these could be in a completely different order.
1. Inside Llewyn Davis
2. Holy Motors
3. The Master
4. Twelve Years a Slave
5. Birdman
6. Gravity
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. The Act of Killing
9. Before Midnight
10. Dogtooth/Kynodontas
11. The Wind Rises
12. The World's End
13. Inherent Vice
14. The One I Love
15. Under the Skin
16. Young Adult
17. Pariah
18. Weekend
19. Hanna
20. The Cabin in the Woods
21. Seven Psychopaths
22. Attack the Block
23. 127 Hours
24. Black Swan
25. Hugo
26. The Tree of Life
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Post by Beatrix Kiddo 9000 on Jan 28, 2015 21:52:39 GMT -5
The love The Cabin in the Woods and Weekend is getting on this thread makes me VERY happy.
Also, glad I'm not the only one who thinks Black Swan is standing the test of time.
Thirdly, I'm glad people are mentioning The Social Network and ignoring The King's Speech. (Still very better about that Oscar thing. I mean Tom Hooper fucking won best director at the Oscars. Even BAFTA, the British fucking academy, gave David Fincher best director over native Tom Hooper!)
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Post by Pear on Jan 28, 2015 22:01:57 GMT -5
Yes. Also, Her and Whiplash are highly recommended. My favorite movie of 2013 and 2014, respectively. |
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Post by flapjackriley on Jan 28, 2015 23:36:48 GMT -5
MrsLangdonAlger I'm really happy you said Tangled instead of Frozen. I don't know if these lists are personal preference or what we think is the best reflection of the decade, but Tangled is a much more solid film than Frozen is and has been sorely overshadowed because of it.
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Post by NerdInTheBasement on Jan 29, 2015 9:09:00 GMT -5
Yes. Also, Her and Whiplash are highly recommended. My favorite movie of 2013 and 2014, respectively. Hey! Her was my favorite of 2013 too! Polar bear high-five! |
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Post by jerkassimo on Jan 29, 2015 9:11:57 GMT -5
At this point in time, as I have not seen everything from 2014 yet. Or even 2013. And holy crap was 2011 a terrible movie year. 1) Boyhood 2) Her 3) Gravity 4) Django Unchained 5) The Avengers 6) Social Network 7) Nightcrawler 8) Inception 9) Inside Llewyn Davis 10) Inherent Vice 11) Upstream Color 12) Looper 13) Grand Budapest Hotel 14) Toy Story 3 15) Beasts of the Southern Wild 16) Moonrise Kingdom 17) Snowpiercer 18) Moneyball 19) Take Shelter 20) You're Next Yay for including Upstream Color, Looper, and Take Shelter. And for having Her that high. And for me - yay for mentioning Gravity. That movie gets a lot of scorn, but I loved it. |
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Post by usernametoolong on Jan 29, 2015 11:16:46 GMT -5
I still have a lot to see from the past five years, but I guess it would be something along those lines so far:
Mysteries Of Lisbon Adieu Au Langage Holy Motors Hill Of Freedom Le Havre The Wolf Of Wall Street A Touch Of Sin Uncle Bonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives The Other Guys Oki's Movie Pina Cosmopolis Camille Redouble Our Sunhi Exit Through The Gift Shop Gone Girl MacGruber From What Is Before Last Of The Unjust Anchorman 2
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Jan 29, 2015 15:21:54 GMT -5
MrsLangdonAlger I'm really happy you said Tangled instead of Frozen. I don't know if these lists are personal preference or what we think is the best reflection of the decade, but Tangled is a much more solid film than Frozen is and has been sorely overshadowed because of it. I love Frozen, but Tangled is better in almost every way. I wish it got more love! |
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Post by Invisible Goat on Jan 30, 2015 8:10:10 GMT -5
Boyhood was great, it would be on my list somewhere. "Deep Blue" in the end credits, swoon.
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Post by jerkassimo on Jan 31, 2015 8:47:40 GMT -5
A lot of my favorites have been covered already, except for this one:
American Hustle
Another one that I just enjoyed the hell out of watching in the same way I loved Inherent Vice.
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Post by The Prighlofone on Jan 31, 2015 21:53:30 GMT -5
Fine. I'll answer my own thread to the best of my ability.
Her
Toy Story 3
The Social Network
Inside Job
Boyhood
Before Midnight
Gone Girl
Easy A
Kick-Ass
21 Jump Street
Drinking Buddies
Moonrise Kingdom
The Wolf of Wall Street
Gravity
Lincoln
DAMN IT THIS IS HARD - there's lots of other stuff I like I need to rewatch to see if it fits in the list
TWO MORE THINGS: Goat, you're an ass, I thought my 162 films from this decade was impressive. And "World's Greatest Dad" actually was from 2009.
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Post by Pear on Feb 1, 2015 23:19:58 GMT -5
A lot of my favorites have been covered already, except for this one: American Hustle Another one that I just enjoyed the hell out of watching in the same way I loved Inherent Vice. Yes! The backlash to Hustle was really disappointing to me; I thought it was a really fun movie. I'm also a fan of Silver Linings Playbook. |
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Post by flowsthead on Feb 1, 2015 23:23:17 GMT -5
Something like this maybe? It's hard because of which films I've seen most recently, and that I remember certain films more fondly than others. In my original ranking for 2013 I had 12 Years over Before Midnight, but I just have so many feelings caught up in Jesse and Celine, and 12 Years is such a heavy film, that they switched places for this ranking. Similarly, Only Lovers and the Social Network are ranked 3 Stars for me whereas the rest of the films below them are four stars, but I just remember those two films so strongly that they're pretty high in the rankings. I'm sure if I rewatched all of these that this order would not hold in the least. Anyways, here it is:
01) Boyhood
02) Nymphomaniac (Vol I and II) (International version)
03) Gone Girl
04) Before Midnight
05) 12 Years a Slave
06) Social Network, The
07) Whiplash
08) Holy Motors
09) Grande Bellezza, La (The Great Beauty)
10) Ida
11) Only Lovers Left Alive
12) Her
13) Life Itself
14) Blue Ruin
15) Lego Movie, The
16) The Tale of Princess Kaguya
17) American Hustle
18) All is Lost
19) Two Days, One Night
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Post by NerdInTheBasement on Feb 2, 2015 7:49:59 GMT -5
Fine. I'll answer my own thread to the best of my ability. Her Toy Story 3 The Social Network Inside Job Boyhood Before Midnight Gone Girl Easy A Kick-Ass 21 Jump Street Moonrise Kingdom The Wolf of Wall Street Gravity Lincoln DAMN IT THIS IS HARD - there's lots of other stuff I like I need to rewatch to see if it fits in the list TWO MORE THINGS: Goat, you're an ass, I thought my 162 films from this decade was impressive. And "World's Greatest Dad" actually was from 2009. The Her love continues unabated much to my glee, and I'm so glad Before Midnight, Toy Story 3, Boyhood and Lincoln (one of Spielberg's best films in my book) are getting some recognition! And I'll also reinforce the love going on for David O. Russell's two most recent films, American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook. Hustle particularly impressed me, some great performances in there! |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Feb 3, 2015 9:52:51 GMT -5
Cross-Posted from The Dissolve comments:
Top ten in alphabetical order (differences between them are maginal), weighted towards more recent films due to memory and since I only started keeping track of what I watched in 2013:
All Is Lost
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A Hijacking
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Master
A Separation
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Twelve Years a Slave
Under the Skin
Wadjda
ETA: Honorable mention for Inception
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Feb 3, 2015 10:26:31 GMT -5
Something like this maybe? It's hard because of which films I've seen most recently, and that I remember certain films more fondly than others. In my original ranking for 2013 I had 12 Years over Before Midnight, but I just have so many feelings caught up in Jesse and Celine, and 12 Years is such a heavy film, that they switched places for this ranking. Similarly, Only Lovers and the Social Network are ranked 3 Stars for me whereas the rest of the films below them are four stars, but I just remember those two films so strongly that they're pretty high in the rankings. I'm sure if I rewatched all of these that this order would not hold in the least. Anyways, here it is: 01) Boyhood 02) Nymphomaniac (Vol I and II) (International version) 03) Gone Girl 04) Before Midnight 05) 12 Years a Slave 06) Social Network, The 07) Whiplash 08) Holy Motors 09) Grande Bellezza, La (The Great Beauty) 10) Ida 11) Only Lovers Left Alive 12) Her 13) Life Itself 14) Blue Ruin 15) Lego Movie, The 16) The Tale of Princess Kaguya 17) American Hustle 18) All is Lost 19) Two Days, One Night was wonderful, and I'm planning on seeing Two Days, One Night this evening! |
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Post by Sanziana on Aug 20, 2015 9:55:23 GMT -5
This thread is old but I like movie lists, so here it goes, my best of the decade list.
1. The Tree of Life
2. Holy Motors
3. Upstream Color
4. Under the Skin
5. Melancholia
6. Mad Max: Fury Road
7. Oslo, 31 August
8. Post Tenebras Lux
9. Stranger by the Lake
10. Only God Forgives
11. The Act of Killing
12. Certified Copy
13. Only Lovers Left Alive
14. Inside Llewyn Davis
15. The Master
16. Tabu
17. I Saw the Devil
18. Amour
19. Before Midnight
20. The Grand Budapest Hotel
I love Cloud Atlas to bits, but I feel it should be an honorable mention.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2016 3:00:23 GMT -5
This isn't a real top 20, just the ones that come to mind first 1. Boyhood 2. Bernie 3. Rush 4. Prisoners 5. Killer Joe 6. Django Unchained 7. 21 and 22 Jump Street 8. Social Network 9. Nightcrawler 10. Whiplash 11. Black Swan 12. Grand Budapest Hotel 13. Dredd 14. Snowpiercer 15. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 16. Scott Pilgrim vs The World 17. Attack the Block 18. Adventures of Tintin 19. Wreck it Ralph 20. 127 hours Updating the list, would definitely put Hateful Eight in there in place of wreck-it-ralph. Still have no clue what ranking those twenty films exactly would be like, all of them are just so damn good. |
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Post by Dellarigg on Jan 1, 2016 4:23:22 GMT -5
To my rather terse list I can now add Ida, Margin Call, Two Days One Night, It Follows.
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Post by Ice Cream Planet on Jan 1, 2016 7:25:48 GMT -5
Adding Carol, Amy, It Follows, Anomalisa, and Two Days, One Night (thanks Dellarigg for that reminder) to my list. |
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Post by The Prighlofone on Jan 1, 2016 21:34:06 GMT -5
I'm actually quite happy this thread is resurging.
I'd add "Calvary," "Margaret," "Inside Out," "The End of the Tour," "Steve Jobs" and maybe "Dear White People". Planning on seeing a lot more foreign and short films this year, and the many acclaimed 2015 films I haven't gotten a chance to see yet.
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