This list contains the favorite movies of movie critic Jonathan Rosenbaum who writes for the Chicago Reader. The movies span virtually every decade, and include many an obscure movie.
#1 - #1012: original list
#1013 - #1073: 2008 additions
#1074 - #1133: 2016 additions
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Cinema-Necessity-Film-Canons/dp/0801889715
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Trippy, Absurd, or Excessively Over The Top
Underrated/Underseen Crime Flick Picks of the New Millennium
All crime flicks listed here: small films, foreign language imports, high-profile flops or victims of unjust critical dismissal. Some were even moderately successful, but deserve to be in more conversations, others are new, but under-exposed. Didn't love every one of these, but they all have a reason to be here.
From:
https://letterboxd.com/jedidiahayres/list/hardboiled-wonderland-underrated-underseen/
The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films list serves as a companion to the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 Greatest Films of all time list which, - by its nature - tends to have very few films from the 21st century in it. The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films list attempts to highlight and honour this century's most critically revered films and act as a sort of 'resting bay' for many great films that are likely to be included in the 1,000 Greatest Films list sooner or later.
Source: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/21stcentury.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_actual_events
Films lacking a big budget or a big studio release that were still enjoyed by many.
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Using IMDb advanced search, filtering only by English language.
Notable entries missing include:
What Maisie Knew (2012)
Buried (2010)
The Babadook (2014)
Song of the Sea (2014)
Sleeping with Other People (2015)
Coriolanus (2011)
Palo Alto (2013)
The Hunt (2012)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015)
Last Updated: 26/06/2019
Two times a year—at the halfway point and during list-making season in November—I send out a list of “significant” movies to the film staff so they can try to see as many as possible before our Year In Film feature. It’s just a simple checklist, presented in the order each film was released theatrically in New York City. The idea is to give our writers time to catch up and give relative obscurities like The Arbor (last year’s No. 13 on our conjoined Best Of The Year list) the same collective consideration as more widely heralded efforts like The Tree Of Life. In the interest of transparency—and recommending a bunch of movies we love—I’m making the halftime list public this year so our readers can play along at home. A few caveats:
- My staff inevitably comes back to me with omissions, and I suspect there will be many in the comments below. We’ll add the big ones to our year-end checklist.
- Normally, the list goes out without categories. The ones below, particularly “The Essentials,” are a reflection of my taste and priorities. Mileage will definitely vary.
- Within the categories, titles are still listed in order of release in NYC through the weekend of July 13th, not in order of preference.
- Overall, the momentum from last year’s embarrassment of cinematic riches has continued into 2012, so now’s the time to get those queues in order.
The Essentials: From "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" to "Django Unchained"
Hollywood: The System Works!: From "The Grey" to "Lés misérables"
Auteur Obligations: From "Crazy Horse" to "Killing Them Softly"
Notable Documentaries: From "West of Memphis" to "Jiro Dreams of Sushi"
Indie Curiosities: From "Return" to "Promised Land"
Imported Goods: From "Declaration of War" to "Sister"
Source: http://www.avclub.com/articles/best-films-2012,82513/ / http://www.avclub.com/articles/best-films-of-2012-so-far-an-annotated-checklist-p,89844/
HollyWood Movies based on Popularity
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Movies from 2010-2019 with 6.5+ IMDB, 6.5+ TMDB, 65%+ RottenTomatoes, at least 10K votes. Sorted by popularity.
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Complete movies of the great directors. Starting with Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers.
Dark comedies where a dead body proves to be a very pesky problem, mistaken identities often lead to mistaken kidnappings and murders, and some deaths happen to be just freak accidents...
Let’s all just admit that 2012 started to get a little weird towards the end. At least Stateside, anyway. There was all that unpleasant political stuff going on; somehow rape became a gift and then it was bad again; and there was that inclement weather along the East Coast that totally had nothing to do with man-made climate change. Amid all this socialecological turmoil, we shouldn’t blame you for missing some pretty big news in the world of cinema. But we will, anyway.
After all, this year we said goodbye to one controversial auteur (Béla Tarr) and adopted a different personal pronoun for another (Lana Wachowski). Whit Stillman finally made another film after a nearly 15-year hiatus (Damsels In Distres), brilliantly showcasing the talent of Generation Me’s answer to Chloë Sevigny (Greta Gerwig). Plus, any year that a Zachary Oberzan film comes out (Your brother. Remember?) is a good year for movies. Thankfully, all that Mayan apocalypse dreck ran its course a couple years ago, leaving room for some more rarefied grapplings with the end of all things (Tarr’s number-one stunner, The Turin Horse). And all that IRL political stuff we mentioned earlier? Not nearly as troubling as 5 Broken Cameras or This Is Not A Film, movies that managed so brilliantly to elucidate the very real human loss of geopolitical conflict.
But what really blew us away this year weren’t the super-good films that defied convention or made grand political statements. Instead, we were left with our mouths agape by films helmed by auteurs confident enough to be okay simply ignoring convention, never feeling the need to prove anything outside the piece of work at hand, some of which were at ease merely reveling in the sheer virtuosity of their principal actors’ performances (The Master). Oh, and Béla, you’ll be missed.
Source: http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2012-favorite-30-films-of-2012
Movies that I already have
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. ARGO
b. DJANGO UNCHAINED
c. LIFE OF PI
d. LINCOLN
e. ZERO DARK THIRTY
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
a. Jessica Chastain – ZERO DARK THIRTY
b. Marion Cotillard – RUST AND BONE
c. Helen Mirren – HITCHCOCK
d. Naomi Watts – THE IMPOSSIBLE
e. Rachel Weisz – THE DEEP BLUE SEA
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA|
a. Daniel Day-Lewis – LINCOLN
b. Richard Gere – ARBITRAGE
c. John Hawkes – THE SESSIONS
d. Joaquin Phoenix – THE MASTER
e. Denzel Washington – FLIGHT
BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ?
b. LES MISERABLES
c. MOONRISE KINGDOM
d. SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
e. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Emily Blunt – SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
b. Judi Dench – THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
c. Jennifer Lawrence – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
d. Maggie Smith – QUARTET
e. Meryl Streep – HOPE SPRINGS
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
a. Jack Black – BERNIE
b. Bradley Cooper – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
c. Hugh Jackman – LES MISERABLES
d. Ewan McGregor – SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN
e. Bill Murray – HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
a. BRAVE
b. FRANKENWEENIE
c. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA
d. RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
e. WRECK-IT RALPH
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
a. AMOUR (AUSTRIA)
b. A ROYAL AFFAIR (DENMARK)
c. THE INTOUCHABLES (FRANCE)
d. KON-TIKI (NORWAY/UK/DENMARK)
e. RUST AND BONE (FRANCE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. Amy Adams – THE MASTER
b. Sally Field – LINCOLN
c. Anne Hathaway – LES MISERABLES
d. Helen Hunt – THE SESSIONS
e. Nicole Kidman – THE PAPERBOY
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
a. Alan Arkin – ARGO
b. Leonardo DiCaprio – DJANGO UNCHAINED
c. Philip Seymour Hoffman – THE MASTER
d. Tommy Lee Jones – LINCOLN
e. Christoph Waltz – DJANGO UNCHAINED
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
a. Ben Affleck – ARGO
b. Kathryn Bigelow – ZERO DARK THIRTY
c. Ang Lee – LIFE OF PI
d. Steven Spielberg – LINCOLN
e. Quentin Tarantino – DJANGO UNCHAINED
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
a. Mark Boal – ZERO DARK THIRTY
b. Tony Kushner – LINCOLN
c. David O. Russell – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
d. Quentin Tarantino – DJANGO UNCHAINED
e. Chris Terrio – ARGO
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
a. Mychael Danna – LIFE OF PI
b. Alexandre Desplat – ARGO
c. Dario Marianelli – ANNA KARENINA
d. Tom Tykwer, – CLOUD ATLAS
Johnny Klimek,
Reinhold Heil
e. John Williams – LINCOLN
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