The greatest achievements of the BBC Natural History Unit and/or David Attenborough, making this some of the best documentaries on wildlife and nature. They are listed in the order of broadcast, but I'd recommend starting with Planet Earth to see if you're interested in these kind of tv shows. Try to watch them with the original British narrator, David Attenborough, for the best experience.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Natural_History_Unit
Animated feature films by Studio Ghibli. While Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is not officially created by Studio Ghibli, it's success was the reason the studio was founded, so it deserves a spot on the list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli
Updated March 20th, 2023
The 21st Century’s Most Acclaimed Films (including films from 2000!)
9th edition (March 2016)
List curated by Bill Georgaris on They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
Source: https://www.theyshootpictures.com/21stcentury.htm
The Criterion Collection is a video distribution company which specializes in licensing and selling "important classic and contemporary films" in "editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements."
This is a list of all films (main feature, extra featurette, making of, box-set meta entry, etc if it has a separate entry on trakt) released under Criterion Collection catalog, Essential Art House, Eclipse, Merchant Ivory collections etc. as DVD/BluRay. So far LaserDisc releases have not been included.
Notes to self:
Reviewed/cross-checked entries till Criterion Collection #200.
Last entry: Criterion Collection Spine #845 / Eclipse Series #44.
The objective of this Collection are Movies with:
Complex plot
Big plot twist.
Ending twist
Pulled from PTP collection
All of Wes Anderson's movies and those that are similar in style.
Based on the book by Jennifer Eiss
Rolling Stone magazine issued a list ranking what they call the 100 greatest TV shows of all time. The list was compiled after the pop culture magazine sent out ballots to entertainment inudustry professionals.
http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/100-greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time-w439520
Japanese Cyberpunk is a genre of underground film produced in Japan starting in the late 1980s. It bears some semblance to the high-tech and scientific Cyberpunk as understood in the West, however differs in its representation of industrial and metallic imagery and an incomprehensible narrative. The genre is primarily defined by the movie Tetsuo: The Iron Man. (Wikipedia)
No Anime Series or 'Splatter Punk' (recent releases of gore heavy movies from the likes of Nishimura/Iguchi etc.).
Every year there are a huge number of movies that fly right under the radar of the average movie fan. movies that are great but just not that well known.
There are plenty of movie gems out there and hopefully this list will help you find some.
Feel free to submit new movies in the comments below.
This list contains movies/documentaries and short films. The list was originally created on IMDb. http://goo.gl/gHles
This is it. The end of the lists. Finally! So the other day I posted the best documentaries of the decade as selected by a group of acclaimed documentary filmmakers. Now, we’ve got The Documentary Blog’s own top 50 docs of the decade. I was originally aiming for 25 but I just couldn’t cut it down, so 50 will have to do. Let me stress that this list represents my own personal opinion and nothing more. Hopefully some people can use this as a starting point to check out some great films. Feel free to share your own lists in the comments and let me know what I missed! One thing’s for sure; it has been a great decade for documentaries!"
Source: http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2010/01/05/the-documentary-blogs-top-25-documentaries-of-the-decade/. TDB is Jay Cheel who is a Co-Host of the Filmjunk-Podcast.
21st EDITION – JULY 13-AUGUST 2, 2017
Missing :
Cocolors
Plan B
Punk Fu Zombie
Works directed, written, or with art by Satoshi Kon
Sources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Konhttps://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creator&creatorid=54
Tags:#creator #release_order #complete
Works of Satoshi Kon
Movies and TV Series based on books by Philip K. Dick.
All Neill Blomkamp's experimental movies.
World-famous animators pick the best animated movies, including Disney and Pixar movies, cult movies, anime and more
Timeout's list of 100 greatest animated movies. Available at: http://timeout.com/newyork/film/the-100-best-animated-movies'
This is a comprehensive list of Studio Ghibli related people and their work, with some personal notes
besides the expected movies, it contains some older work by Miyazaki and Takahata from before Studio Ghibli's formation in 1985 (Yes, Nausicaä is actually not a Studio Ghibli Movie). Including Miyazaki's and Takahata's directorial debuts Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro and The Little Norse Prince as well as some well-known World Masterpiece Theater TV Series directed by them.
Extra stuff:
A top-notch analysis about what makes Miyazaki's movies so special:
Hayao Miyazaki - The Essence of Humanity by Channel Criswell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52raDbtNpa4
About Miyazaki's scene composition:
How Hayao Miyazaki Maps A Setting by Digibro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSOZu8Ls7Qs
A retrospective of Japanese animation:
Miyazaki, Lineage, and Depth by Pause and Select
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GpUQ42qtRA
Have fun watching
From: http://ifi.ie/dark-skies
From: http://ew.com/gallery/50-best-movies-youve-never-seen/
From: http://www.slashfilm.com/slashfilm-top-15-of-2016/
From http://screenrant.com/best-movies-2016-you-have-not-seen/?view=all
From http://www.thewrap.com/who-needs-sequels-here-are-61-original-movies-were-dying-to-see-in-2016/
Source: http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a47757/best-movies-to-watch-2016/
http://imgur.com/a/gAaWB
taken form the above link
http://www.indiewire.com/article/stranger-than-fiction-16-documentaries-that-will-blow-your-mind-20150611
This year's Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner (U.S. Documentary) "The Wolfpack" tells a story that's almost too strange to believe: It centers on six teen brothers whose father forced them to spend their entire childhoods locked away from the outside world. With the film opening Friday, here are 16 other unbelievable documentaries.
taken from http://www.empireonline.com/features/20-best-unseen-movies-2014/
We’ve celebrated the 50 favourite films of 2014, showering html-shaped garlands on blockbusters and arthouse delights alike. But the year saw plenty of other, less-heralded gems come and go with less fanfare. Some, in fact, didn’t even make it as far our screens. Hands up, for instance, who saw Tom At The Farm or American Interior? But with the holidays coming and streaming services and DVD retailers standing by, here are 20 belated opportunities to pour movie goodness into your eyeballs.
Based on this post: http://imgur.com/a/pDE53
This is a list of genre films that have received good to great buzz. Some of the movies have had limited releases, some don't even have a release date yet. But all of them should be on your radar.Keep in mind, this is horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and mindbender centric. Buzzed about movies like Foxcatcher, Gone Girl and Nightcrawler are not included. This list would be a mile long if all acclaimed films were included.
based on this post: http://imgur.com/a/t18qK
Here is a list of recent films playing major film festivals such as Sundance, SXSW and TIFF that have been getting a lot of positive buzz. These lists stick primarily to those of a sci-fi/horror/fantasy/mindbender style, so don't expect to see everything that is cleaning up at Cannes, just the weird ones. With that said, here are new films to keep your eye on.
