The Top 25 of the Decade That Was: 2010-2019

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The Top 25 of the Decade That Was: 2010-2019

It’s a wild time we live in…

As we sit here on the brink of a new decade we feel compelled to reflect on what once was.  Here at In The Seats we decide to take a look back and we polled some of our industry friends like fellow writers, filmmakers, film programmers and general fans about town and we asked for their Top 25 of the decade to compile a master list of the best that once was.

Using a simple scoring system (#1 was worth 25 points, #25 was worth one point…you get the idea) we tabulated the results as 31 different professionals from all over the film universe chose 341 different films as their top 25.

For anyone says that “they” just don’t make great movies anymore, is quite frankly not looking hard enough and I’d say that this list proves that and then some.

I’d like to thank the following people for taking part in this process, and you can scroll to the bottom of the page to see how everyone voted individually.

Richard Crouse: Host of Pop Life on CTV

Ingrid Veninger; filmmaker Porcupine Lake

Sarah Choi; the executive director of the Lights Dance Festival

Jim Slotek; editor in chief over at Original Cin (original-cin.ca)

Timothy D. Rideout from The Mind Reels (themindreels.com)

Jorge Ignacio Castillo from The Canadian Crew and Prairie Dog Magazine

Étienne Fillion-Sauve: Staff Writer at the Gateway Newspaper (thegatewayonline.com)

Brad Smilanich: Programmer wit h the Edmonton International Film Festival

L. Gustavo Cooper; filmmaker & Editor; June, Velvet Road

Chris Luciantonio from Film Pulse and Exclaim! Magazine, a host of the Japanese cinema focused podcast Eiga Night

Christian Burgess; Programmer, Manager, Programming Manager, Publicity & Promotions at TORONTO AFTER DARK FILM FESTIVAL

Eric Marchen; host of Cinema Seen on Rogers TV and of the Untitled Movie Podcast

Myles Herod and Sarah Sahagian; Entertainment Contributors at Addicted Magazine (weraddicted.com) James Green; co-host of the Geek Hard podcast (Geekhardshow.com)

Norm McGlashan from Flick Hunter (flickhunter.blogspot.com)

Steve Norton; Editor at Screen Fish (screenfish.net)

Gabriel Carrer; filmmaker & editor; The Destroyer and the upcoming For The Sake of Vicious

David Baldwin; Writer and Film Critic for Mr. Will Wong and The Movie Chasm (mrwillwong.com & moviechasm.com)

Bob Turnbull; former contributor at Row Three and found of the Eternal Sunshine of the Logical Mind

Hilary Butler from Live for Films (liveforfilm.com)

Kurt Halfyard from Screen Anarchy (screenanarchy.com)

King Wei Chu; Director of Asian Programming at the Fantasia Film Festival

John Allison; Festival Director of the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival

Karen Gordon; contributor at Original Cin, Film Critic for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning and a Freelance Creative Producer, Series Story Editor and Writer for various documentary and lifestyle television projects.

Kirk Haviland: Programmer at the Blood In The Snow Film Festival (and In The Seats contributor)

And most importantly staff contributors including Thomas Wishloff, Heidy M, Court Jarrell, Mark Hanson, Paolo Kagaoan and David Voigt.

When putting together a list this monstrous, it seems only fitting to kick things off with a tie.  At #25 with 86 points each we have Carol from director Todd Haynes and Boyhood from Director Richard Linklater.

Richard Crouse: As a chronicle of our existence it’s an ambitious undertaking, a moving experience about the individual moments that make a life.

Thomas Wishloff: Remains the undisputed most beautiful film of the decade, and nothing else really comes close (maybe Jauja could offer a competent challenge). At the end of the decade, I’m realizing that the things which stood out most in my mind are those films which felt like tangible emotions. As facile as it sounds, this film feels like the weight of being in love. It’s heavy and sits on top of you. Few moments hit me as hard as Rooney Mara staring out the window of a train sobbing. It brings back all sorts of violent memories. The cruelness of Carol is that they should never have had to abscond together. There might not have been a happy ending I wished for harder this decade.

At #24 from Director Ari Aster it’s Hereditary

Dave Voigt: It’s simply a glorious mind f*** of a film that reminded audiences that having your mind messed with is WAY scarier than seeing blood and body parts gets strewn across the screen.

At #23 from 2014 we have director Wes Anderson’s glorious trip to The Grand Budapest Hotel

Richard Crouse: It’s a wittily whimsical story that feels transported in from a bygone era. It’s funny and elegant, feeling like a throwback to the Ealing Comedies complete with social commentary, farce and laugh-out-loud situational comedy.

At #22 we take a trip across the pond and into the mind of director Leos Carax and Holy Motors.

Dave Voigt: It’s a crackpot cinematic experience that gets strangers the more you find yourself lost inside of it all.  Simply has to be seen to be believed as we sprawl across Paris in the shoes of a variety of different characters.

Things get intense with #21 as director Steve McQueen delivers his modern opus and we experience 12 Years a Slave.

Dave Voigt: Based on the shocking true story of one Solomon Northrup, this is the kind of film that simply demands an audience as we soak in the shameful chapters of our past to try and improve our collective futures.

We crack the 100 pt mark at #20 as writer/director Sean Baker’s The Florida Project hits our list.

Richard Crouse: The Florida Project has heartbreaking moments but celebrates the power of friendship and the bond between mother and daughter. Six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) may be having a rough go of it now, but she’s not prepared to give up. Check out the unwitting metaphor for her own life she uses to describe her favorite landmark, a gnarled tree. “It’s fallen over,” she says, “but it’s still growing.”

Jonathan Glazer’s insidiously creepy piece of science fiction Under The Skin hits our list at #19.

Dave Voigt: It’s a darkly sexualized trip down the rabbit hole as Scarlet Johansson cements her status as an iconic leading lady in a turn where she barely says a word.

Yet another tie at #17 as both Sarah Polley’s intimate family portrait Stories We Tell slides in to the list right alongside Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma.

Richard Crouse: What could have been a self-indulgent home movie is, instead, a riveting look into the dynamics of a group of individuals bound together by birth and circumstance.

Hillary Butler: I wasn’t as moved by this film as many this is a stunningly beautiful and is one of those movies that sneaks up on you.

#16 brings auteur Paul Thomas Anderson with his first of two appearances on this list with Phantom Thread

Richard Crouse: In Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson takes a Pretty Woman style premise and elevates it to high art.

Dave Voigt: It’s the curse of arrogance and genius seamlessly meshed together on screen with sumptuous and beautifully tragic cinematic palettes.

#15 sees the first of two animated features hit the list, first up from director Pete Doctor, its Inside Out

Etienne Fillion-Sauve: After dominating the 2000s, Pixar has had some ups (Toy Story 3, Inside Out, Coco) and downs (a bunch of unnecessary sequels, The Good Dinosaur) this decade. But when it was good, it was as good as always, if not perhaps even better than ever. Inside Out may just be my favourite Pixar movie of the bunch, because it strikes that balance of being accessible and entertaining to children, while offering the same for adults but with incredible amounts of depth. In fact, I think that even for children, this is an incredibly deep and meaningful movie, one that tackles emotions in original and thoughtful ways, and that encourages kids and their parents to do the same in their everyday lives. Its equal parts entertaining and educational, with an emotional punch that hits hard even for a Pixar movie.

At #14 Writer/Director Alex Garland gives a powerful glimpse into humanity and creation with Ex-Machina.

Dave Voigt: It’s a stunning reminder that just because we can do something as a species, it doesn’t mean that we should.  It’s the epitome of consciousness on screen.

Paul Thomas Anderson returns to make it a baker’s dozen at #13 with The Master.

Myles Herod: Anderson manages to create an utterly convincing universe of time and place where you literally can smell and taste it.

Get in your cars…Director Nicolas Winding Refn shifts into #12 with Drive.

Myles Herod: Impeccable style with a wildfire cast, it’s the epitome of “cool” cinema in the 2010s.

The Tree of Life finds itself sprouting just shy of our top ten at #11

Dave Voigt: It’s the confluence of faith and family as we follow the story of a man at odds with the teachings of his family in 1950’s Waco, Texas.  Easily the most autobiographical work of writer/director Terrance Malick’s storied career.

The top ten launches with a bang as Spiderman: Into The Spider Verse at #10.

Dave Voigt: A visual “mic drop” of a film that keeps not only Spider-Man but the Marvel Universe alive right at a time when things we’re starting to get a little stale.  This will shape the look and feel of superhero movies and animated films for the next decade.

Thomas Wishloff: The biggest theme of the decade is probably the rise of the superhero film, a genre that was previously relegated to being a nerdy summer popcorn genre, which has now grown to completely dominate the cultural conversation. Marvel is the world’s biggest property, and everyone wants to be it. No one has succeeded, and all their imitations are pale at best, for better or for worse. But the path to greater superhero actualization may not actually be found within aping Marvel, but deviating from it. Marvel films do their thing, and do it so successfully we’re going to get four every year for the next decade or so. Spiderverse colours outside the lines with such fervour that sometimes, the medium physically shakes. This is my partners favourite film of all time, and you can see why it holds the devotion it does. Few films are willing to play with the medium to the extent that this piece does. At its best, this reminds you of why we go to the movies—not to be merely entertained, but to be dumbstruck at creative displays.

With a song in our heart we go to 2013 and the Coen Brothers at #9 with Inside Llewyn Davis

Dave Voigt: It’s the cold odyssey through the city that we truly appreciate about this journey of Llewyn Davis, a singer barely squeaking out a living in Greenwich Village in the early sixties which is shot so beautifully by cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel that we can’t help but get roped into the music, the passion and the deftly surreal of his journey.  It’s what makes this movie so darn special.

At #8, it’s time to bask in the Moonlight from director Barry Jenkins.

Dave Voigt: It’s a poignant tale of human self discovery in an environment that is hardly conducive to that kind of personal exploration.  It’s hard to watch and even harder to look away from.

Director Damien Chazelle is all about us keeping tempo at #7 with Whiplash

Dave Baldwin: But the one I keep coming back to is Whiplash. I knew it would be my #1 even before I started sketching out and deciding on the rest of the rankings. Everything about is firing on all cylinders – from the script, to the editing, to the sound, to the music, and just about everything in-between.  Of course let’s not forget the brilliantly toxic back-and-forth relationship between Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons (who more than earned that Oscar) as well. It is a hypnotic, breathless experience that gets better each time, inducing nervous panic just as often as it does uproarious laughter. The experience of seeing this one at TIFF on a Monday afternoon was extraordinary – I have never been part of a crowd so finely in tune with a film before or since. Of all the incredible films I saw this decade, that’s the one that has stayed with me the longest and the one I immediately want to re-watch.

Christopher Nolan changed all of our perceptions for the better with Inception at #6.

Etienne Fillion-Sauve: Christopher Nolan kicked off this decade with a heist thriller that boggled the senses as much as the mind. Is it a bit sad that a movie set in the world of dreams doesn’t have landscapes of cotton candy and ice cream, and people riding dinosaurs while fighting with oversized swords? Yes, a little bit, but this grounded vision of dreamscapes is nevertheless trippy, imaginative and intense, and keeping it realistic keeps the stakes oh-so-high. Almost ten years later, and the visual effects still look incredible. Furthermore, Inception is a homage to cinema through and through, but unlike some other films (looking at you, Hugo); it doesn’t hit you over the head with nostalgia and movie-love. Instead, it performs that love: with the snow-fort scene that feels straight out of a Bond movie; with the idea of conning people through dreams; with the dreams imitating life much like how many movies try to be as “realistic” as possible. Inception is intelligent, fun, and incredibly rewatchable, and in my opinion, is probably Nolan’s best film.

Canada’s own Denis Villeneuve breaks the mold as Arrival settles in at #5.

Dave Voigt: This is that moment when Denis Villeneuve becomes a big deal on the world stage as Arrival is one of those pieces of entertainment that is not only reflect of our current times but on humanity as well as it all makes for a gripping and unforgettable experience.

It’s the movie that defined a decade, at #4 its The Social Network

Richard Crouse: The opening scene of the movie sets the tone for the rest of the film. Zuckerberg and his soon-to-be-ex girlfriend Erica (Rooney Mara) engage in a long, awkward conversation that reveals his disconnect from regular society. He’s the smartest guy in the room, but has a chip on his shoulder and an attitude. Their exchange, beautifully written by former “West Wing” screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, displays the kind of verbal fireworks that propels the movie.

At #3 it’s the film that made ‘social thriller’ an everyday term, it’s Get Out.

Heidy M: I saw the film twice when it initially came out. On my third viewing sometime later, I still found it compelling. It mixes horror elements, comedic moments with a thought-provoking narrative making it an excellent social critique.

Richard Crouse: “Get Out” is a horror film—there are all manner of shocks and jumps—but like all great genre films it isn’t just that. It could more rightly be called a social thriller, a film that looks at everyday ills—in this case racial tension—through the lens of a genre movie.

Hillary Butler: I’m not sure another film has broken through genres, stimulated conversation quite like this one.  So while I shuffled around my top five an insane number of times, it’s a film that I believe will continue to push through our cultural landscape.

At #2, it’s a movie that took 2019 by storm.  It’s director Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite.

Thomas Wishloff: Probably the best secret adaptation of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” committed to celluloid. Bong’s film is one of the most expertly crafted pieces of the decade. For all the accusations of bias you may want to throw at this film’s final placement, Parasite is a film that sticks with you. It’s not something that leaves fleetingly, and I’m willing to be that in ten years people will still be talking about it.

In the #1 spot as decided upon between 31 voters with a total score of 319 points and 3 first place votes its Mad Max: Fury Road.

Norm McGlashan: You will ride eternal shiny and chrome!

Gabriel Carrer: One of the best films ever made, and the only film that can be compared to Apocalypse Now.

Richard Crouse: An out-of-control reboot that recreates Max Rockatansky’s dystopian world and then races like hell through it, laying rubber all the way.

Dave Voigt: It’s two hours of rough adrenaline filled road that will keep you on the edge of your seat every step of the way.

That’s it and that’s all kids, keep it locked here at In The Seats as we publish a best of 2019 in the coming days. The list of how everyone voted is below.

Richard Crouse

 

1.) The Florida Project (Sean Baker)

2.) Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)

3.) Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)

4.) Before Midnight (Richard Linklater)

5.) Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade)

6.) Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas)

7.) Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson)

8.) The Farewell (Lulu Wang)

9.) Get Out (Jordan Peele)

10.) First Reformed (Paul Schrader)

11.) Inside Out (Pete Docter)

12.) Boyhood (Richard Linklater)

13.) Force Majeure (Ruben Ostland)

14.) The Wolf of Wall Street (Marty Scorsese)

15.) Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse (Various)

16.) Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley)

17.) Paddington 2 (Paul King)

18.) The Handmaiden (Park Chan-Wook)

19.) Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller)

20.) We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay)

21.) Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach)

22.) The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson)

23.) Inception (Christopher Nolan)

24.) The Social Network (David Fincher)

25.) Melancholia (Lars Von Trier)

 

Ingrid Veninger

PARASITE – 2019 – Bong Joon Ho

ANTIGONE – 2019 – Sophie Deraspe

CAPERNAUM – 2018 – Nadine Labaki

LEAVE NO TRACE – 2018 – Debra Granik

THE SQUARE  – 2017 – Ruben Ostlund

GET OUT – 2017 – Jordan Peele

THE FLORIDA PROJECT – 2017 – Sean Baker

TONI  ERDMANN – 2016 – Maren Ade

OLD STONE – 2016  – Johnny Ma

FORCE MAJEURE – 2014 – Ruben Ostlund

GIRLHOOD – 2014 – Céline Sciamma

BIRDMAN – 2014 – Alejandro G. Iñárritu

BOYHOOD – 2014 – Richard Linklater

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT – 2014 – Dardenne brothers

MOMMY – 2014 – Xavier Dolan

FELIX AND MEIRA – 2014 – Maxime Giroux

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR – 2013 – Abdellatif Kechiche

THE MASTER – 2012 – Paul Thomas Anderson

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD – 2012 – Benh Zeitlin (looking forward to WENDY)

HOLY MOTORS – 2012 – Leos Carax

THE TREE OF LIFE – 2011 – Terrence Malick

TOMBOY – 2011 – Céline Sciamma

BRIDESMAIDS – 2011 – Paul Feig

WINTER’S BONE – 2010 – Debra Granik

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT – 2010 – Lisa Cholodenko

 

Sarah Choi

  1. Parasite (2019) (Bong Joon-Ho)
  2. Border (2018) (Ali Abbas)
  3. Moonrise Kingdom (2012) (Wes Anderson)
  4. Whiplash (2014) (Damien Chazelle)
  5. Birdman (2014) (Alejandro G. Iñárritu)
  6. La La Land (2016) (Damien Chazelle)
  7. Get Out (2017) (Jordan Peele)
  8. Roma (2018) (Alfonso Cuaron)
  9. Inside Out (2015) (Pete Doctor)
  10. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) (The Coen Brothers)
  11. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (Various)
  12. Old Boys (2018) (Toby MacDonald)
  13. Coco (2017) (Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina)
  14. Winter’s Bone (2010) (Debra Granik)
  15. Inception (2010) (Christopher Nolan)
  16. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) (Wes Anderson)
  17. Her (2013) (Spike Jonze)
  18. Moneyball (2011) (Bennett Miller)
  19. Straight Outta Compton (2015)(F. Gary Gray)
  20. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) (Mike Newell)
  21. Gravity (2013) (Alfonso Cuarón)
  22. Won’t You Be My Neighbour? (2018) (Morgan Neville)
  23. Animus Animalis (2018) (Aistė Žegulytė)
  24. Selma (2015) (Ava Duvernay)
  25. Crazy Stupid Love (2011) (Glenn Ficarra, John Requa)

Dave Voigt

  1. Mad Max Fury Road (2015) (George Miller)
  2. Parasite (2019) (Bong Joon-ho)
  3. The Big Short (2016) (Adam McKay)
  4. Skyfall (2012) (Sam Mendes)
  5. Stories We Tell (2012) (Sarah Polley)
  6. Paddington (2014) (Paul King)
  7. Roma (2018) (Alfonso Cuarón)
  8. Phantom Thread (2017) (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  9. O.J. Made in America (2016) (Ezra Edleman)
  10. Spiderverse (2018) (Various11)
  11. Shoplifters (2018) (Hirozaku Kore-eda)
  12. Café De Flore (2011) (Jean Marc Vallee)
  13. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) (Kathryn Bigelow)
  14. A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood (2019) (Marielle Heller)
  15. Interstellar (2014) (Christopher Nolan)
  16. Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood (2019) (Quentin Tarantino)
  17. Inception (2010) (Christopher Nolan)
  18. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) (Wes Anderson)
  19. Ida (2013) (Pawel Pawlikowski)
  20. The Social Network (2010) (David Fincher)
  21. Arrival (2016) (Denis Villeneuve)
  22. The Irishman (2019) (Martin Scorsese)
  23. Cameraperson (2016) (Kirsten Johnson)
  24. Inside Out (2015) (Pete Docter)
  25. Silence (2016) (Martin Scorsese)

.Jim Slotek

  1. Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018) (Various)
  2. Parasite (2019) (Bong Joon Ho)
  3. Get Out (2017) (Jordan Peele)
  4. The Big Short (2015) (Adam McKay)
  5. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) (Martin McDonough)
  6. Arrival (2016) (Denis Villeneuve)
  7. Ex Machina (2014) (Alex Garland)
  8. The Death of Stalin (2017) (Armando Iannucci)
  9. Manchester by the Sea (2016) (Kenneth Lonergan)
  10. Interstellar (2014) (Christopher Nolan)
  11. The Social Network (2010) (David Fincher)
  12. Moneyball (2011) (Bennett Miller)
  13. Incendies (2010) (Denis Villeneuve)
  14. The Favourite (2018) (Yorgos Lanthimos)
  15. Force Majeure (2014) (Ruben Ostund)
  16. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (Various)
  17. Looper (2012) (Rian Johnson)
  18. Spotlight (2015) (Tom McCarthy)
  19. Isle of Dogs (2018) (Wes Anderson)
  20. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (George Miller)
  21. Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood (2019) (Quentin Tarantino)
  22. Roma (2018) (Alfonso Cuaron)
  23. Winter’s Bone (2010) (Debra Granik)
  24. Cloud Atlas (2012) (Wachowski siblings)
  25. The King’s Speech (2010) (Tom Hooper)

Timothy D. Rideout

  1. Inception (2010) (Christopher Nolan)
  2. Arrival (2016) (Denis Villeneuve)
  3. Interstellar (2014) (Christopher Nolan)
  4. John Wick Trilogy (2014/2017/2019) (Chad Stahelski)
  5. Knives Out (2019) (Rian Johnson)
  6. Dunkirk (2017) (Christopher Nolan)
  7. Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)
  8. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (George Miller)
  9. Get Out (2017) (Jordan Peele)
  10. 12 Years a Slave (2013) (Steve McQueen)
  11. Logan (2017) (James Mangold)
  12. Sing Street (2016) (John Carney)
  13. Spiderverse (2018) (Various)
  14. Avengers: Endgame (2019) (The Russo Brothers)
  15. Inside Out (2015) (Pete Docter)
  16. The Raid (2011) (Gareth Evans)
  17. Blade Runner: 2049 (2017) (Denis Villeneuve)
  18. The Nice Guys (2016) (Shane Black)
  19. Spiderman: Homecoming (2017) (Jon Watts)
  20. The Martian (2015) (Ridley Scott)
  21. Rocketman (2019) (Dexter Fletcher)
  22.  A Quiet Place (2018) (John Krasinski)
  23. Doctor Sleep (2019) (Mike Flanagan)
  24. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) (J.J. Abrams)
  25. Zero Dark Thrity (2012) (Kathryn Bigelow)

Jorge Ignacio Castillo

  1. Inside Out (2015) (Pete Docter)
  2. Melancholia (2011) (Lars von Trier)
  3. Parasite (2019) (Bong Joon-ho)
  4. The Lobster (2015) (Yorgos Lanthimos)
  5. Before Midnight (2013) (Richard Linklater)
  6. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) (Martin Scorsese)
  7. Whiplash (2013) (Damien Chazelle)
  8. Frances Ha (2012) (Noah Baumbach)
  9. Arrival (2016) (Denis Villeneuve)
  10. 45 Years (2015) (Andrew Haigh)
  11. The Hunt (2012) (Thomas Vinterberg)
  12. Ex Machina (2014) (Alex Garland)
  13. Hereditary (2018) (Ari Aster)
  14. Inception (2010) (Christopher Nolan)
  15. Shame (2011) (Steve McQueen)
  16. The Social Network (2010) (David Fincher)
  17. Drive (2010) (Nicholas Winding Refn)
  18. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) (Lynne Ramsay)
  19. Holy Motors (2012) (Leos Carax)
  20. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) (Rian Johnson)
  21. Rocketman (2019) (Dexter Fletcher)
  22. Call Me By Your Name (2017) (Luca Guadganino)
  23. Skyfall (2012) (Sam Mendes)
  24. Moneyball (2011) (Bennett Miller)
  25. Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013) (Abdellatif Kechiche)

Étienne Fillion-Sauve

  1. Our Little Sister (2015) (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
  2. Annihilation (2018) (Alex Garland)
  3. The Favourite (2018) (Yorgos Lanthimos)
  4. The Farewell (2019) (Lulu Wang)
  5. Inception (2010) (Christopher Nolan)
  6. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) (Barry Jenkins)
  7. And the Birds Rained Down (2019) (Louise Archambault)
  8. Sorry to Bother You (2018) (Boots Riley)
  9. The Great Beauty (2013) (Paolo Sorrentino)
  10. Inside Out (2015) (Pete Docter)
  11. Whiplash (2013) (Damien Chazelle)
  12. Tangerine (2015) (Sean Baker)
  13. Get Out (2017) (Jordan Peele)
  14. Spiderverse (2018) (Various)
  15. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) (Taika Waititi, Jermaine Clement)
  16. Call Me by Your Name (2017) (Luca Guadganino)
  17. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (George Miller)
  18. Moonrise Kingdom (2012) (Wes Anderson)
  19. Faces, Places (2017) (Agnes Varda)
  20. Cemetery of Splendour (2015) (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
  21. Capernaum (2018) (Nadine Labaki)
  22. Girlhood (2014) (Céline Sciamma)
  23. Snowpiercer (2013) (Bong Joon-ho)
  24. Sicario (2015) (Denis Villeneuve)
  25. Certain Women (2016) (Kelly Reichardt)

L. Gustavo Cooper

  1. Parasite (2019) (Bong Joon-ho)
  2. Mad Max: Fury Road (2017) (George Miller)
  3. Ex Machina (2015) (Alex Garland)
  4. Tigers are Not Afraid (2017) (Issa López)
  5. Inception (2010) (Christopher Nolan)
  6. Hereditary (2018) (Ari Aster)
  7. Under the Skin (2013) (Jonathan Glazer)
  8. Spiderverse (2018) (Various)
  9. Minding the Gap (2018) (Bing Liu)
  10. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) (Behn Zeitlin)
  11. Whiplash (2013) (Damien Chazelle)
  12. The Handmaiden (2016) (Park Chan-wook)
  13. Tangerine (2015) (Sean Baker)
  14. The Babadook (2014) (Jennifer Kent)
  15. The VVitch (2016) (Robert Eggers)
  16. Green Room (2017) (Jeremy Saulnier)
  17. The Master (2012) (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  18. Get Out (2017) (Jordan Peele)
  19. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) (Denis Villenueve)
  20. Her (2013) (Spike Jonze)
  21. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) (Taika Waititi, Jermaine Clement)
  22. Don’t Breathe (2016) (Fede Álvarez)
  23. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) (Martin Scorsese)
  24. The Wailing (2016) (Na Hong-jin)
  25. Trollhunter (2010) (André Øvredal)

Thomas Wishloff

  1. Carol (2015) (Todd Haynes)
  2. Meek’s Cutoff (2010) (Kelly Reichardt)
  3. Upstream Colour (2013) (Shane Carruth)
  4. A Separation (2011) (Asghar Farhadi)
  5. Anne at 13,000 Ft. (2019) (Kazik Radwanski)
  6. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) (Lynne Ramsay)
  7. Suspiria (2018) (Luca Guadganino)
  8. Under the Skin (2013) (Jonathan Glazer)
  9. Eighth Grade (2018) (Bo Burnham)
  10. Us (2019) (Jordan Peele)
  11. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) (Céline Sciamma)
  12. Stories We Tell (2012) (Sarah Polley)
  13. Song to Song (2017) (Terry Malick)
  14. Margaret (2011) (Kenneth Lonergan)
  15. Uncle Boonme Who Can R2ecall His Past Lives (2010) (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
  16. The Turin Horse (2011) (Béla Tarr, Agnes Hrantsky)
  17. Certain Women (2016) (Kelly Reichardt)
  18. The Party’s Just Beginning (2018) (Karen Gillian)
  19. Tangerine (2015) (Sean Baker)
  20. Jauja (2014) (Lisandro Alonso)
  21. Mistress America (2015) (Noah Baumbach)
  22. Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (2016) (Matheiu Denis, Simon Lavoie)
  23. Mommy (2014) (Xavier Dolan)
  24. Inherent Vice (2014) (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  25. Homo Sapiens (2016) (Nicholas Geyrhalter)

Chris Luciantonio

  1. The Handmaiden (2016) (Park Chan-wook)
  2. Why Don’t You Play in Hell (2013) (Sion Sono)
  3. Holy Motors (2012) (Leos Carax)
  4. Confessions (2010) (Tetsuya Nakashima)
  5. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) (The Coen Brothers)
  6. A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016) (Shunji Iwai)
  7. Parasite (2019) (Bong Joon-ho)
  8. Antiporno (2016) (Sion Sono)
  9. Carol (2015) (Todd Haynes)
  10. Shoplifters (2018) (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
  11. The Master (2012) (Paul Thomas Anderson)
  12. Night is Short, Walk on Girl (2017) (2)
  13. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) (Edgar Wright)
  14. Wolf Children (2012) (Mamoru Hosoda)
  15. A Ghost Story (2017) (David Lowry)
  16. Asako I&II (2018) (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
  17. Spiderverse (2018) (Various)
  18. The Light Only Shines There (2014) (Mipo O)
  19. The Lobster (2015) (Yorgos Lanthimos)
  20. Lowlilfe Love (2015) (Eiji Uchida)
  21. Stories We Tell (2012) (Sarah Polley)
  22. One Cut of the Dead (2017) (Shin’ichiro Ueda)
  23. Christine (2016) (Antonio Campos)
  24. 100 Yen Love (2014) (Masaharu Take)
  25. 20th Century Women (2016) (Mike Mills)

Paolo Kagaoan

  1. Parasite
  2. Minding the Gap
  3. Coco
  4. Your Name
  5. Samsara
  6. Son of Saul
  7. Frances Ha
  8. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  9. Clouds of Sils Maria
  10. Marriage Story
  11. Won’t You Be My Neighbour
  12. Get Out
  13. Arrival
  14. Wadjda
  15. Tig
  16. ’71
  17. Greenberg
  18. Homecoming: A Film By Beyonce
  19. Roma
  20. Blade Runner 2049
  21. Manchester by the Sea
  22. Jauja
  23. The Peanuts Movie
  24. The Florida Project
  25. La La Land

 

Christian Burgess

Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller, 2015

Babadook,The – Jennifer Kent, 2014

Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2018

Blue Ruin – Jeremy Saulnier, 2013

Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011

Dunkirk – Christopher Nolan, 2017

First Reformed – Paul Schrader – 2018

Grand Budapest Hotel, The – We Anderson, 2014

Hell or High Water – David Mackenzie, 2016

Hereditary – Ari Aster, 2018

John Wick – Chad Stahelski, 2014

Joker – Todd Phillips, 2019

Logan – James Mangold, 2017

Mission: Impossible – Fallout – Christopher McQuarrie, 2018

Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy, 2014

Raid, The- Gareth Evans, 2011

Shame – Steve McQueen, 2011

Shape of Water, The – Guillermo del Toro, 2017

Sicario – Denis Villeneuve, 2015

Social Network, The – David Fincher, 2010

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh, 2017

Under the Skin – Jonathan Glazer, 2013

We Need to Talk About Kevin- Lynne Ramsay, 2011

Wolf of Wall Street,The – Martin Scorsese, 2013

You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay, 2017

 

Court Jarrell

 

25. ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – dir. Martin McDonagh – 2017

24. ‘Nightcrawler’ – dir. Dan Gilroy – 2014

23. ‘Wind River’ – dir. Taylor Sheridan – 2017

22. ‘The Witch’ – dir. Robert Eggers – 2015

21. The Dark Knight Rises’ – dir. Christopher Nolan – 2012

20. ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ – dirs. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman – 2018

19. ‘Coco’ – dirs. Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina – 2017

18. ‘A Quiet Place – dir. John Krasinski – 2018

17. ‘A Star is Born’ – dir. Bradley Cooper – 2018

16. ‘The Irishman’ – dir. Martin Scorsese – 2019

15. ‘Logan’ – dir. James Mangold – 2017

14. ‘The Martian’ – dir. Ridley Scott – 2015

13. ‘The Shape of Water’ – dir. Guillermo Del Toro – 2017

12.  ‘Parasite’ – dir. Bong Joon-ho – 2019

11. ‘Snowpiercer’ – dir. Bong Joon-ho – 2013

10. ‘Hereditary’ – dir. Ari Aster – 2018

9. ‘Shutter Island’ – dir. Martin Scorsese – 2010

8. ‘Jojo Rabbit’ – dir. Taika Waititi – 2019

7. ‘Birdman (Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’ – dir. Alejandro G. Inarritu – 2014

6. ‘Spotlight – dir. Tom McCarthy – 2015

5. ‘Whiplash’ – dir. Damien Chazelle – 2014

4. ‘Arrival’ – dir. Denis Villeneuve – 2016

3. ‘Inception’ – dir. Christopher Nolan – 2010

2. ‘Black Swan’ – dir. Darren Aronofsky – 2010

1. ‘Ex Machina’ – dir. Alex Garland – 2014

 

Eric Marchen

  1. Mad Max: Fury Road
    2. Moonlight
    3. The Act of Killing—
    4. The Look of Silence
    5. The Social Network
    6. The Master
    7. Boyhood
    8. Roma
    9. Parasite
    10. The Imposter
    11. Amour
    12. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
    13. A Separation
    14. This is Not a Film
    15. Hard to be a God
    16. Holy Motors
    17.  Under the Skin
    18. 12 Years a Slave
    19. O.J.: Made in America
    20. Get Out
    21. Inside Llewyn Davis
    22. Nightcrawler
    23. Inception
    24. Anomalisa
    25. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Myles Herod

  1. The Master (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
  2. The Social Network (dir. David Fincher, 2010)
  3. 12 Years A Slave (dir. Steve McQueen, 2013)
  4. Exit Through The Giftshop (dir. Banksy, 2010
  5. Mad Max: Fury Road (dir. George Miller, 2015)
  6. Boyhood (dir. Richard Linklater, 2014)
  7. Minding The Gap (dir. Bing Liu, 2018)
  8. Lost City of Z (dir. James Gray, 2017)
  9. Moonlight (dir. Barry Jenkins, 2016)
  10. Drive (dir. Nicholas Winding Refn, 2011)
  11. Gone Girl (dir. David Fincher, 2014)
  12. Phantom Thread (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017)
  13. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2019)
  14. Martha Marcy May Marlene (dir. Sean Durkin, 2011)
  15. Holy Motors (dir. Leos Carax, 2012)
  16. Burning (dir. Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
  17. Toni Erdman (dir. Maren Ade, 2016)
  18. Toy Story 3 (dir. Lee Unkrich, 2010)
  19. The Wolf of Wall Street (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2013)
  20. Stranger By The Lake (dir. Alain Guiraudie, 2013)
  21. Cameraperson (dir. Kirsten Johnson, 2016)
  22. Inception (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2010)
  23. Raw (dir. Julia Ducournau, 2016)
  24. Ingrid Goes West (dir. Matt Spicer, 2017)
  25. Laurence Anyways (dir. Xavier Dolan, 2012)

 

Mark Hanson

  1. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (David Lynch)
  2. FORCE MAJEURE (Ruben Ostlund)
  3. CLIMAX (Gaspar Noe)
  4. BLACKKKLANSMAN (Spike Lee)
  5. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Fincher)
  6. NO (Pablo Larrain)
  7. BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 (S. Craig Zahler)
  8. NEIGHBORING SOUNDS (Kleber Mendonca Filho)
  9. NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (Tom Ford)
  10. DARK HORSE (Todd Solondz)
  11. GOOD TIME (Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie)
  12. EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (Ciro Guerra)
  13. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
  14. THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker)
  15. LEVIATHAN (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
  16. WHITE GOD (Kornel Mundruczo)
  17. A SERBIAN FILM (Srdjan Spasojevic)
  18. POST TENEBRAS LUX (Carlos Reygadas)
  19. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
  20. THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES (Brett Story)
  21. LAURENCE ANYWAYS (Xavier Dolan)
  22. IN THE FAMILY (Patrick Wang)
  23. FATEFUL FINDINGS (Neil Breen)
  24. BRIMSTONE & GLORY (Viktor Jakovleski)
  25. FIRST REFORMED (Paul Schrader)

 

Brad Smilanich

  1. The Florida Project (2017) (Sean Baker)
  2. A Separation (2011) (Asghar Farhadi)
  3. Upstream Color (2013) (Shane Carruth)
  4. The Act of Killing (2012) (Joshua Oppenheimer and Anonymous)
  5. Meek’s Cutoff (2010) (Kelly Reichardt)
  6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) (Céline Sciamma)
  7. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) (Ethan and Joel Coen)
  8. Moonlight (2016) (Barry Jenkins)
  9. Carol (2015) (Todd Haynes)
  10. The Tree of Life (2011) (Terrence Malick)
  11. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (George Miller)
  12. Annihilation (2018) (Alex Garland)
  13. Under the Skin (2013) (Jonathan Glazer)
  14. Margaret (2011) (Kenneth Lonergan)
  15. Manchester by the Sea (2016) (Kenneth Lonergan)
  16. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) (Benh Zeitlin)
  17. First Man (2018) (Damien Chazelle)
  18. Stories We Tell (2012) (Sarah Polley)
  19. Mistaken for Strangers (2013)
  20. Cameraperson (2016) (Kristen Johnson)
  21. The Arbor (2010) (Clio Barnard)
  22. Columbus (2017) (Kogonada)
  23. The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) (Felix van Groeningen)
  24. Mommy (2014) (Xavier Dolan)
  25. Burning (2018) (Chang-dong Lee)

 

James Green

  1. The Shape of Water (2017) (Guillermo del Toro)
  2. Get Out (2017) (Jordan Peele)
  3. A Quiet Place (2017) (John Krasinski)
  4. Whiplash (2014) (Damien Chazelle)
  5. The Social Network (2010) (David Fincher)
  6. Super 8 (2011) (J.J. Abrams)
  7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) (Joe Russo)
  8. Knives Out (2019) (Rian Johnson)
  9. The Martian (2015) (Ridley Scott)
  10. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018) (Morgan Neville)
  11. Us (2019) (Jordan Peele)
  12. Black Panther (2018) (Ryan Coogler)
  13. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (George Miller)
  14. Chef (2014) (Jon Favreau)
  15. John Wick (2014) (Chad Stahelski)
  16. Inside Out (2015) (Pete Docter)
  17. Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood (2019) (Quentin Tarantino)
  18. The Big Sick (2017) (Michael Showalter)
  19. ParaNorman (2012) (Chris Butler, Sam Fell)
  20. Kubo and the Two String (2016) (Travis Knight)
  21. Spiderverse (2018) (Various)
  22. Sicario (2015) (Denis Villenuve)
  23. Crazy Rich Asian (2018) (Jon M. Chu)
  24. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2018) (Issa López)
  25. Hail, Caesar! (2016) (The Coen Brothers)

Norm McGlashan

  1. Holy Motors | Leo Carax | 2012
  2. Inside Llewyn Davis | The Coen Brothers | 2013
  3. Mad Max: Fury Road | George Miller | 2015
  4. A Seperation | Asghar Farhadi | 2011
  5. Phantom Thread | Paul Thomas Anderson |2017
  6. Ida | Pawel Pawlikowski | 2013
  7. Mommy | Xavier Dolan | 2014
  8. Leviathan | Lucien Castian -Taylor, Verena Paravel | 2012
  9. Parasite | Boon Joon-Ho| 2019
  10. Traders | Rachel Moriarty, Peter Murphy | 2015
  11. Get Out | Jordan Peele | 2017
  12. Amour | Michael Haneke | 2012
  13. Short Term 12 | Destin Daniel Cretten| 2013
  14. Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn |2012
  15. Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | 2016
  16. Zero Dark Thirty | Kathryn Bigelow | 2012
  17. Upstream Colour | Shane Carruth | 2012
  18. 12 Years A Slave | Steve McQueen | 2013
  19. The Avengers | Joss Wheaton | 2012
  20. Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson |2012
  21. Gangs of Wasseypur | Anurag Kashyap |2012
  22. Taxi | Jafar Panahi
  23. Melancholia | Lars von Trier | 2011
  24. Skyfall | Sam Mendes | 2012
  25. Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation | Christopher McQuarrie | 2015

Heidy M.

  1. Get Out (2017) Dir. Jordan Peele
  2. Roma (2018) Dir. Alfonso Cuaron
  3. Moonlight (2016) Dir. Barry Jenkins
  4. The Shape of Water (2017) Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
  5. Logan (2017) Dir. James Mangold
  6. Nostalgia for the Light (2010) Dir Patricio Guzman
  7. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Dir. Coen Brothers
  8. Queen & Slim (2019) Dir. Malina Matsoukas
  9. Stories We Tell (2013) Dir. Sarah Polley
  10. John Wick (2014) Dir. Chad Stahelski
  11. The Irishman (2019) Dir. Martin Scorsese
  12. Ex Machina (2014)Dir. Alex Garland
  13. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Dir. Denis Villeneuve
  14. The Duke of Burgundy (2014) Dir. Peter Strickland
  15. The Witch (2015) Dir. Robert Eggers
  16. Drive (2011) Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
  17. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Dir. Christopher Nolan
  18. The Babadook (2014) Dir. Jennifer Kent
  19. It Follows (2014) Dir. David Robert Mitchell
  20. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Dir. Wes Anderson
  21. Jauja (2014) Dir. Lisandro Alonso
  22. The Hunt (2012) Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
  23. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) Dir. Edgar Wright
  24. Holy Motors (2012) Dir. Leos Carax
  25. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) Dir. Jim Jarmusch

 

 

Sarah Sahagian

  1. Lady Bird, Dir. Greta Gerwig (2017)
  2. Mad Max: Fury Road, Dir. George Miller (2015)
  3. Gone Girl, Dir. David Fincher (2014)
  4. We Have A Pope, Dir. Nanni Moretti (2011)
  5. Magic Mike XXL, Dir. Gregory Jacobs (2015)
  6. Searching (Dir. Aneesh Chaganty) (2018)
  7. Take This Waltz (Dir. Sarah Polley) (2011)
  8. Marriage Story (Dir. Noah Baumbach) (2019)
  9. Moonlight (Dir. Barry Jenkins) (2016)
  10. Contagion (Dir. Steven Soderbergh) (2011)
  11. Lion (Dir. Garth Davis) (2016)
  12. Call Me By Your Name (Dir. Luca Guadagnino) (2017)
  13. Maleficent (Dir. Robert Stromberg) (2014)
  14. The Hate U Give, Dir. (Dir. George Tilman Jr.) (2018)
  15. Room, Dir. Lenny Abrahamson (2015)
  16. Argo, Dir. Ben Affleck (2012)
  17. Three Identical Strangers, Dir. Tom Wardle (2018)
  18. Before Midnight, Dir. Richard Linklater (2013)
  19. Phantom Thread, Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
  20. A Royal Affair (Dir. Nikolaj Arcel) (2012)
  21. Booksmart, Dir. Olivia Wilde (2019)
  22. Mouthpiece, Dir. Patricia Rozema (2019)
  23. Frozen Dirs. Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee (2013)
  24. Pride (Matthew Warchus), (2014)
  25. Stories We Tell, Dir. Sarah Polley (2013)

 

Steve Norton

  1. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
  2. Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016)
  3. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
  4. Whiplash (Damien Chazelle, 2016)
  5. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron, 2013)
  6. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
  7. Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)—
  8. Her (Spike Jonze, 2014)
  9. Ex Machina (Alex Garland, 2015)
  10. Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018)
  11. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010)
  12. Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016)
  13. Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, 2016)
  14. Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
  15. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
  16. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)
  17. The Farewell (Lulu Wang, 2019)
  18. Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell, 2012)
  19. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, 2012)
  20. Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)
  21. Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012)
  22. Room (Lenny Abrahamson, 2016)
  23. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2014)
  24. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
  25. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves, 2014)

 

Gabriel Carrer

Book of Eli (2010) Directed by Albert and Allen Hughes

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Directed by David Fincher

Bellflower (2011) Directed by Evan Glodell

Dredd (2012) Directed by Pete Travis

Lawless (2012) Directed by John Hillcoat

Blue Ruin (2013) Directed by Jeremy Saulnier

Nightcrawler (2014) Directed by Dan Gilroy

Rover (2014) Directed by David Michod

It Follows (2014) Directed by David Robert Mitchell

Cold in July (2014) Directed by Jim Mickle

Her (2014) Directed by Spike Jonze

Chef (2014) Directed by Jon Favreau

Sicario (2015) Directed by Denis Villeneuve

Mad Max Fury Road (2015) Directed by George Miller

Neon Demon (2016) Directed by Nicolas Refn

13 Hours (2016) Directed by Michael Bay

You Were Never Really Here (2017) Directed by Lynn Ramsay

It Comes at Night (2017) Directed by Trey Edward Shults

Atomic Blonde (2017) Directed by David Leitch

Bladerunner 2049 (2017) Directed by Denis Villeneuve

Halloween (2018) Directed by David Gordon Green

Dragged Across Concrete (2018) Directed by S. Craig Zahler

Killerman (2019) Directed by Malik Bader

Paddleton (2019) Directed by Alex Lehmann

Joker (2019) Directed by Todd Philips

 

Bob Turnbull

    1. The Social Network
    2. Tree Of Life
    3. The Florida Project
    4. O.J.: Made In America
    5. Cafe De Flore
    6. I Wish
    7. Faces Places
    8. Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
    9. Stories We Tell
    10. Grand Budapest Hotel
    11. Arrival
    12. Cold War
    13. Shoplifters
    14. The Duke Of Burgundy
    15. Killing Of A Sacred Deer
    16. Tchoupitoulas
    17. Moonrise Kingdom
    18. Django Unchained
    19. Everybody Wants Some!!
    20. The Illusionist
    21. Our Little Sister
    22. Starred Up
    23. Steve Jobs
    24. Toni Erdmann
    25. Upstream Color

 

Dave Baldwin

  1. Whiplash – Damien Chazelle, 2014
  2. Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011
  3. The Social Network – David Fincher, 2010
  4. Inside Llewyn Davis – Joel & Ethan Coen, 2013
  5. Inception – Christopher Nolan, 2010
  6. Arrival – Denis Villeneuve, 2016
  7. The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick, 2011
  8. Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky, 2010
  9. Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, 2012
  10. O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman, 2016
  11. Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich, 2010
  12. Her – Spike Jonze, 2013
  13. Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller, 2015
  14. Parasite – Bong Joon Ho, 2019
  15. Hereditary – Ari Aster, 2018
  16. Get Out – Jordan Peele, 2017
  17. Inside Out – Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen, 2015
  18. Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón, 2013
  19. Spring Breakers – Harmony Korine, 2012
  20. The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015
  21. Skyfall – Sam Mendes, 2012
  22. The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro, 2017
  23. Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy, 2014
  24. Swiss Army Man – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, 2016
  25. The Raid: Redemption – Gareth Evans, 2011

Kurt Halfyard

  1. Enter The Void
  2. Sicario
  3. The Master
  4. Dunkirk
  5. Under The Skin—21pts
  6. We Need To Talk About Kevin—20pts
  7. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World—19pts
  8. The Counselor—18pts
  9. Tree of Life—17pts
  10. Nocturnal Animals—16pts
  11. Phantom Thread—15pts
  12. Fury Road—14pts
  13. Arabian Nights—13pts
  14. The Killing of A Sacred Deer—12pts
  15. Grand Budapest Hotel—11pts
  16. Magic Magic—10pts
  17. Gangs of Wassypur—9pts
  18. mother!—8pts
  19. Tabloid—7pts
  20. Ex Machina—6pts
  21. Broken Circle Breakdown—5pts
  22. Zero Dark Thirty—4pts
  23. Enemy—3pts
  24. Suspiria—2pts
  25. Another Year—1pts

Hillary Butler

1) Get Out – Jordan Peele, 2017

2) Arrival – Denis Villeneuve, 2016

3) Call Me By Your Name – Luca Guadagnino, 2017

4) The Social Network – David Fincher, 2010

5) Parasite – Bong Joon-ho, 2019

6) La La Land – Damien Chazelle, 2016

7) Birdman – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, 2014

8) Moonlight – Barry Jenkins, 2016

9) The Hunt – Thomas Vinterberg, 2012

10) Carol – Todd Haynes, 2015

11) You Were Never Really Here – Lynne Ramsay, 2017

12)  Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse – Various, 2018

13) The Favourite – Lorgos Lanthimos, 2018

14) Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig, 2017

15) Inside Llewyn Davis – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2013

16) Inception – Christopher Nolan, 2010

17) Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, 2018

18) Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese, 2013

19) Stories We Tell – Sarah Polley, 2012

20) The Farewell – Lulu Wang, 2019

21) Ex Machina – Alex Garland, 2014

22) Logan – James Mangold, 2017

23) Black Swan – Darren Aranofsky, 2010

24) Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, 2014

25) Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, 2015

 

King-Wei Chu

  1. Skyfall (2012)
  2. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
  3. Drive (2011)
  4. Killing of Sacred Deer (2017)
  5. Mission Impossible Fall Out (2018)
  6. Dunkirk (2017)
  7. Interstellar (2014)
  8. Judge Archer (2012)
  9. Phantom Thread (2017)
  10. Marriage Story (2019)
  11. Gravity (2013)
  12. A Star is Born (2018)
  13. The Favorite (2018)
  14. Love in the Puff (2010)
  15. Carol (2015)
  16. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  17. John Wick 2 (2017)
  18. Better Watch Out (2016)
  19. Final Master (2015)
  20. Ip Man 2 (2010)
  21. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (2011)
  22. Kick Ass (2010)
  23. Freaks (2018)
  24. Dredd (2012)
  25. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

John Allison

25 It Comes
24 The Irishman
23 Midsommar
22 Green Room
21 Satan’s Slaves
20 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
19 Under The Shadow
18 Inside Out
17 The Lighthouse
16 Tigers Are Not Afraid
15 The Witch
14 What We Do in the Shadows
13 US
12 Get Out
11 Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil
10 Hereditary
9 The Hunt for the Wilderpeople
8 The Handmaiden
7 Train to Busan
6 The Wailing
5 Parasite
4 The Raid
3 I Saw The Devil
2 Mad Max: Fury Road
1 Eega

 

Karen Gordon

  1. Tree of Life (2011)—25pts
  2. Moneyball (2011)—24pts
  3. The Master (2012)—23pts
  4. Arrival (2016)—22pts
  5. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)—21pts
  6. 12 Years a Slave (2013)—20pts
  7. Get Out (2018)—19pts
  8. Shoplifters (2018)—18pts
  9. Parasite (2019)—17pts
  10. Burning (2018)—16pts
  11. mother! (2017)—15pts
  12. Leave No Trace (2018)—14pts
  13. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)—13pts
  14. Toni Erdmann (2016)—12pts
  15. Roma (2018)—11pts
  16. Paterson (2016)—10pts8
  17. Boyhood (2014)—9pts
  18. Marriage Story (2019)—8pts
  19. JoJo Rabbit (2019)—7pts
  20. Her (2013)—6pts
  21. American Hustle (2013)—5pts
  22. The Big Short (2014)—4pts
  23. Wolf of Wall Street (2013)—3pts
  24. Ida (2013)—2pts
  25. (Tie) A Ghost Story (2017)—1pts The Revenant (2015)—1pts

Kirk Haviland

1) Drive

2) Social Network

3) 12 Years a Slave

4) Spring Breakers

5) Son of Saul

6) The Irishman

7) Dolemite is My Name

8) 3 Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri

9) Lady Bird

10) Her

11) Spotlight

12) Under The Skin

13) Wolf of Wall Street

14) Get Out

15) Me and Earl and The Dying Girl

16) The Hateful Eight

17) Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

18) Snowpiercer

19) Whiplash

20) Thoroughbreds

21) Her Smell

22) Love and Peace

23) Sing Street

24) Isle of Dogs

25) Blue Ruin

See you in ten years!

 

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