Greatest Films by Year

[pauldrach]

2020-2029
2010-2019
2000-2009
1990-1999
1980-1989
1970-1979
1960-1969
1950-1959
1940-1949
1930-1939
1920-1929
1910-1919
1900-1909
Before 1900

[pauldrach]

Let me kick off this thread with an update of my version for 2022:

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once - Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
2. Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski
3. The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh
4. Avatar: The Way of Water - James Cameron
5. Tár - Todd Field
6. The Batman - Matt Reeves
7. Nope - Jordan Peele
8. The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg
9. All Quiet on the Western Front - Edward Berger
10. RRR - S. S. Rajamouli
11. Aftersun - Charlotte Wells
12. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Rian Johnson
13. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson
14. Elvis - Baz Luhrmann
15. Triangle of Sadness - Ruben Östlund
16. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - Joel Crawford
17. Decision to Leave - Park Chan-Wook
18. Suzume - Makoto Shinkai
19. The Quiet Girl - Colm Bairéad
20. Turning Red - Domee Shi
21. Close - Lukas Dhont
22. The First Slam Dunk - Takehiko Inoue
23. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ryan Coogler
24. Argentina, 1985 - Santiago Mitre
25. The Woman King - Gina Prince-Bythewood
26. EO - Jerzy Skolimowski
27. The Menu - Mark Mylod
28. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed - Laura Poitras
29. The Northman - Robert Eggers
30. Women Talking - Sarah Polley
31. The Whale - Darren Aronofsky
32. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - Sam Raimi
33. Moonage Daydream - Brett Morgen
34. The Bad Guys - Pierre Perifel
35. Bullet Train - David Leitch
36. Babylon - Damien Chazelle
37. Talk to Me - Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou
38. Bones and All - Luca Guadagnino
39. The Beasts - Rodrigo Sorogoyen
40. Barbarian - Zach Cregger
41. Living - Oliver Hermanus
42. Prey - Dan Trachtenberg
43. No Bears - Jafar Panahi
44. M3GAN - Gerard Johnstone
45. Till - Chinonye Chukwu
46. Jackass Forever - Jeff Tremaine
47. Saint Omer - Alice Diop
48. Smile - Parker Finn
49. The Battle at Lake Changjin II - Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark & Dante Lam
50. Pearl - Ti West
51. Hustle - Jeremiah Zagar
52. X - Ti West
53. Crimes of the Future - David Cronenberg
54. The Kashmir Files - Vivek Agnihotri
55. Lighting Up the Stars - Liu Jiangjiang
56. DC League of Super-Pets - Jared Stern
57. Godland - Hlynur Pálmason
58. Hundreds of Beavers - Mike Cheslik
59. K.G.F: Chapter 2 - Prashanth Neel
60. One Piece Film: Red - Gorō Taniguchi
61. Moon Man - Zhang Chiyu
62. Scream - Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett
63. Minions: The Rise of Gru - Kyle Balda
64. A Man Called Otto - Marc Forster
65. Return to Seoul - Davy Chou
66. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Jeff Fowler
67. The Gray Man - Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
68. How to Blow Up a Pipeline - Daniel Goldhaber
69. The Adam Project - Shawn Levy
70. Corsage - Marie Kreutzer
71. Black Adam - Jaume Collet-Serra
72. One Fine Morning - Mia Hansen-Løve
73. Showing Up - Kelly Reichardt
74. The Lost City - Aaron & Adam Nee
75. R.M.N. - Cristian Mungiu
76. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - Tom Gormican
77. The Sea Beast - Chris Williams
78. Trenque Lauquen - Laura Citarella
79. Thor: Love and Thunder - Taika Waititi
80. Uncharted - Ruben Fleischer
81. The Eternal Daughter - Joanna Hogg
82. Where the Crawdads Sing - Olivia Newman
83. Jurassic World Dominion - Colin Trevorrow
84. You Won't Be Alone - Goran Stolevski
85. Too Cool to Kill - Xing Wenxiong
86. Pacifiction - Albert Serra
87. Lightyear - Angus MacLane
88. The Novelist's Film - Hong Sang-Soo
89. Nice View - Wen Muye
90. De Humani Corporis Fabrica - Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
91. Death on the Nile - Kenneth Branagh
92. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - David Yates
93. When the Waves Are Gone - Lav Diaz
94. Home Coming - Rao Xiaozhi
95. Unrest - Cyril Schäublin

This doesn't necessarily mean that I think the current list needs changing. I just wanted to check whether there were any late-comers we failed to consider back when we made that list, like there were in 2019. There weren't, or at least not in the top 20.

[ManPerson]

I could get behind adding Suzume.

[Fido]

I've been getting into Satoshi Kon lately, and I have to say it looks pretty bad that, considering his influence and acclaim both inside and outside of anime, he doesn't have anything inside the top 20+ of any of our year lists, while films directly influenced by him or that blatantly rip him off are considered some of the greatest of all time.

[pauldrach]

I've been getting into Satoshi Kon lately, and I have to say it looks pretty bad that, considering his influence and acclaim both inside and outside of anime, he doesn't have anything inside the top 20+ of any of our year lists, while films directly influenced by him or that blatantly rip him off are considered some of the greatest of all time.

He's represented on the greatest films by individual directors lists. Which films of his do you think beat any of those currently listed on the yearly lists cause in the end the criteria are decisive? It does look bad that he's not represented on the greatest animated movies list.

[ManPerson]

I wouldn't be against having Perfect Blue somewhere in the bubblers of the 90s list since its influence, lasting acclaim and popularity are all fairly strong. It's probably not quite top 20 for '97 though.

[Dubrow555]

I could get behind that.

[pauldrach]

Just checked my list for 1997 and there's three films not listed I put above "Perfect Blue" ("The Ice Storm", "The Game", "Amistad"), neither of which has to be above it I guess. I, too, could see it in the lower ranks.

[Tim]

Thoughts on moving The Father atop of the 2020 list?

[ManPerson]

I'd be fine with that but it doesn't seem necessary to me either.

[Tim]

Ok, I will leave 2020 for now. Suggested update for 2022

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once - Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
2. Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski
3. Avatar: The Way of Water - James Cameron
4. The Banshees of Inisherin - Martin McDonagh
5. The Batman - Matt Reeves
6. Tár - Todd Field
7. Aftersun - Charlotte Wells
8. RRR - S.S. Rajamouli
9. The Fabelmans - Steven Spielberg
10. All Quiet on the Western Front - Edward Berger

11. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Rian Johnson
12. Nope - Jordan Peele
13. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - Joel Crawford
14. Elvis - Baz Luhrmann
15. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio - Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson
16. Decision to Leave - Park Chan-wook
17. Triangle of Sadness - Ruben Östlund
18. Suzume - Makoto Shinkai
19. The Northman - Robert Eggers
20. The Quiet Girl - Colm Bairéad

[Dubrow555]

I would also not be super hot on The Father > Nomadland. Nomadland pretty definitely wins Critical acclaim, and it is a very unorthodox best picture winner, so I'd rather it stay at #1.

What's the justification for including Suzume? Seems to have like 1/5 or so the popularity that Your Name had on IMDB + Letterboxd, plus made less money. Pretty low on Critics Top Ten lists, not on Films101, #85 on RYM - I don't see what's so special about this one...

[Tim]

Well, my thinking was: it made a lot of money in Japan plus strong audience acclaim. Just cause it falls rather short of Your Name's credentials does not mean it can't be in running for the placement somewhere in the top 20.

[pauldrach]

Yup, match it against The Northman and The Quiet Girl, not against Your Name..

[Dubrow555]

ok true there

[Dubrow555]

Anyone else planning to post a draft for 2024?