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FAVORITE FILMS BY YEAR

2019
01 Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)
02 Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, US)
03 The Farewell (Lulu Wang, US)
04 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Marielle Heller, US)
05 Booksmart (Olivia Wilde, US)
06 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Celine Sciamma, France)
07 Pain and Glory (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
08 Woman at War (Benedikt Erlingsson, Iceland)
09 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Tarantino, US)
10 Shadow (Zhang Yimou, China)

top ten article | list of films screened

2018
01 The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, UK)
02 A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper, US)
03 Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham, US)
04 Shoplifters (Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan)
05 Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico)
06 Tully (Jason Reitman, US)
07 Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, US)
08 BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, US)
09 A Simple Favor (Paul Feig, US)
10 We the Animals (Jeremiah Zagar, US)

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2017
01 Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, US)
02 BPM (Beats Per Minute) (Robin Campillo, France)
03 Get Out (Jordan Peele, US)
04 Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, Italy)
05 The Florida Project (Sean Baker, US)
06 Atomic Blonde  (David Leitch, US)  /  Baby Driver (Edgar Wright, UK)
07 Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd, UK)
08 Battle of the Sexes (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, US)
09 mother! (Darren Aronofsky, US)
10 Princess Cyd (Stephen Cone, US)

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2016
01 20th Century Women (Mike Mills, US)
02 Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, US)
03 The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
04 The Witch (Robert Eggers, US)
05 La La Land (Damien Chazelle, US)
06 Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, Canada)
07 Jackie (Pablo Larraín, US/Chile)
08 Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman, US)
09 The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, UK/Greece)
10 Embrace of the Serpent  (Cirro Guerra, Colombia)

top ten article |  list of all films seen

2015
01 Carol
02 Mad Max Fury Road
03 Room
04 Tangerine
05 Ex Machina
06 Phoenix
07 Brooklyn
08 Inside Out
09 Mustang
10 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch...

top ten article | honorable mention
list of all films seen

 

2014
01 Under the Skin
02 Birdman
03 Boyhood
04 Pride
05 Ida
06 Selma
07 Love is Strange
08 Mommy
09 The Babadook
10 Captain America: Winter Soldier 

top ten article | honorable mention
list of all films seen

2013
01 12 Years a Slave
02 Short Term 12
03 Frances Ha
04 No
05 Nebraska
06 Before Midnight
07 American Hustle
08 Blue Jasmine
09 Spring Breakers
10 Enough Said

top ten & honorable mentions
list of all films seen 

2012
01. Beasts of the Southern Wild
02. Amour
03. Magic Mike
04. Moonrise Kingdom
05. Les Misérables 
06. Farewell My Queen
07. Lincoln
08. Middle of Nowhere
09. Holy Motors
10. Zero Dark Thirty

top ten article | honorable mention
list of all films seen

2011
01. A Separation
02. The Artist
03. Drive
04. Beginners
05. Weekend
06. Poetry
07. Melancholia /  Bridesmaids
08. Martha Marcy May Marlene
09. Certified Copy
10. Moneyball

top ten article | runners up | honorable mention
list of all films seen 

2010
01. I Am Love
02. The Social Network
03. The Kids Are All Right
04. Blue Valentine
05. Black Swan
06. The Fighter
07. Animal Kingdom
08. Fish Tank
09. The Ghost Writer
10. How To Train Your Dragon

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