Top 25 Favorite Movies

[VinylGuy]

Always surprises me when someone ranks Wild Tales that highly

i kinda hate that movie. Saw it when it came out and never went back.

[Mickey]

Three directors doubled up on my list. Bong, Safdie, and Lowery

I still need to see Okja. It's on Netflix I just keep putting it off.

[Anders]

Always surprises me when someone ranks Wild Tales that highly

i kinda hate that movie. Saw it when it came out and never went back.

You guys don’t like it?

When I saw it (I’m guessing in 15-16), I was unprepared, had not read anything about it. Had that and another movie on dvd for a Friday night alone. Made some good food, and put it on. It instantly had me both laughing and intrigued. Thought it was excellent.

[epilogue]

I know I'm missing a ton of stuff. I had this list up to 40 before I decided to stop adding and start cutting. This is my first pass attempt at this...

Top 25 Movies, 2012-2021:

Birdman (Inarritu, 2014)
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013)
Promising Young Woman (Fennell, 2020)
Sorry to Bother You (Riley, 2018)
Swan Song (Cleary, 2021)
The Lobster ( Lanthimos, 2015)
Get Out (Peele, 2017)
Pitch Perfect (Moore, 2012)
Francis Ha (Baumbach, 2012)
Arrival (Villeneuve, 2016)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)
Pride and Glory (Almodovar, 2019)
A Ghost Story (Lowery, 2017)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Zeitlin, 2012)
The Master (PT Anderson, 2012)
Drinking Buddies (Swanberg, 2013)
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (Johnson, 2017)
The Florida Project (Baker, 2017)
Sound of Metal (Marder, 2020)
In the Heights (Chu, 2021)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Sciamma, 2019)
Brooklyn (Crowley, 2015)
Under the Skin (Glazer, 2013)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
Under the Silver Lake (Mitchell, 2018)

[The Argonaut]

I was totally with you until I saw the Last Jedi. I guess it's the best of the new trilogy, but even still...

[bada]

I keep seeing A Ghost Story on people's lists I guess I should watch it.

[VinylGuy]

I keep seeing A Ghost Story on people's lists I guess I should watch it.

yeah, i havent seen it

[The Argonaut]

I keep seeing A Ghost Story on people's lists I guess I should watch it.

yeah, i havent seen it

A Ghost Story and Grand Budapest Hotel have appeared on all three of the decade lists people have shared so far

[Mickey]

I thought I was going to hate A Ghost Story but it wrecked me.

[Anders]

Top 25 movies 2012-2021:


Capernaum
1917
Get Out
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
What Will People Say
Brawl In Cell Block 99
Sami Blood
Room
The Worst Person in the World
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Gone Girl
The Hunt
Wild Tales
Zootopia
Ford v Ferrari
American Hustle
Bohemian Rhapsody
Django Unchained
The Martian
Wind River
Call Me By Your Name
Parasite
Joker
Promising Young Woman

Still got plenty of movies to see from these years. I’ve focused as much, or more, on seeing older movies, as newer ones.

[Mickey]

Arrival (Villeneuve, 2016)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)
Sound of Metal (Marder, 2020)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Sciamma, 2019)

These four could have easily made my list. I really thought about SoM.

[Farmer John]

Shout out to Zootopia!

[Mickey]

Birdman, OTOH, is a movie I remember enjoying from a director I generally like with a talented cast and I couldn't even begin to tell you what it's about. I only remember the final shot. So it didn't make it.

[The Argonaut]

Top 25 movies 2012-2021:

1917
Parasite

Finally, an inclusion of Parasite! Instant classic, truly great.
Also happy to see 1917. That movie just works so well. I think I saw it twice in theatres, and then once or twice again at home. Very compelling

[The Argonaut]

Birdman, OTOH, is a movie I remember enjoying from a director I generally like with a talented cast and I couldn't even begin to tell you what it's about. I only remember the final shot. So it didn't make it.

The final shot is the first shot. It's only one shot (unlike 1917, which is clearly two shots, regardless of what they try to tell you)

[Mickey]

Birdman, OTOH, is a movie I remember enjoying from a director I generally like with a talented cast and I couldn't even begin to tell you what it's about. I only remember the final shot. So it didn't make it.

The final shot is the first shot. It's only one shot (unlike 1917, which is clearly two shots, regardless of what they try to tell you)

Yeah the fact that I didn't remember this either means I made the right choice. Clearly it didn't make a strong impression on me.

[Mickey]

But you know what I fuckin mean.

[Anders]

Shout out to Zootopia!

Love that movie.

[epilogue]

Birdman, OTOH, is a movie I remember enjoying from a director I generally like with a talented cast and I couldn't even begin to tell you what it's about. I only remember the final shot. So it didn't make it.

I love that movie with all my heart. It's so brilliant.

[Anders]

Birdman, OTOH, is a movie I remember enjoying from a director I generally like with a talented cast and I couldn't even begin to tell you what it's about. I only remember the final shot. So it didn't make it.

I love that movie with all my heart. It's so brilliant.

I agree.