Top 5 films of the last ten years

[Reactionary Rage]

Consulting my spreadsheet (yes, I know) I’m amazed at how many films I thought were released in the last 5 years are actually far, far older.

Anyway, some I enjoyed....


The Favourite
Zama
Shoplifters
Bladerunner 2049
Phantom Thread
I, Tonya
Hell or High Water
Moonlight
Raw
Rogue One
Under the shadow
Embrace of the Serpent
Green Room
Girlhood
Boyhood
Inherent Vice
It Follows
Love and Mercy

[toomanyhatz]

Nobody's mentioned "Coco" yet. I think it's at least a contender for my number one.

Also loved "Boyhood."

After that I get stuck, but I feel like there's tons of movies I liked a lot. Just can't think of them now.

[toomanyhatz]

OK, just looked at a list of movies from last year. "Roma" and "Isle of Dogs" were the ones I loved.

I liked "Green Book" and "BlackKKKlansman" a lot though both made some somewhat questionable production decisions, imo, to please a mass audience. And Spike will hopefully be happy to know I think his is the (slightly) better of the two.

[Crunchy Col]

Maybe time for an UPDATE

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Mar 28, 2019 16:21:31 GMT @madcyril1 said:

I can come up with a five though, even though I haven't enjoyed this past decade in film as much as other decades.


In classic reverse order.


5. Kill List ( Ben Wheatley 2011)


I really enjoyed it's fly on the wall docu style and the way it combined that with a very British folk horror tradition. It captured a lot of the bland emptiness of modern Britain.



4. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold 2009)

A powerful, humane study of a troubled teenager. Great performances.



3. The Wolf of Wall Street ( 2013 Martin Scorsese)

Initially I had reservations about its excess, but that's the point. A film which pulls no punches and is often very funny.



2. Nostalgia for the light ( 2012 Patricio Guzman)

I'll nick imdb's rather handy summary of what it's about - "A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime".
It's an extraordinary meditation on loss, time and our search for meaning. Powerful and moving.



1. A Most Violent Year (2014 J.C. Chandor)

I loved this gritty, low-key thriller which never relied on the usual genre staples. It's the kind of thing Cassavetes would be making if he was still alive. See it.

In addition to the above a few more films I really enjoyed that I've seen subsequently:

Margin Call (2011): Gripping film about the financial crisis. More subtle than the usual 'all bankers are venal and corrupt', it seemed to really get the corporate culture that produces such greed.
71 (2014)Jack O' Connell as a British soldier lost in sectarian Belfast. Really urgent, visceral filmmaking. You couldn't take your eyes off it for a minute.
Only The Animals (2019) Superb French film which integrates its separate characters in a hyperlinear way with real flair.
Ultimately it's a really powerful study of loneliness. Very original and memorable.
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012): It didn't quite pull off its audacious narrative structure, but this is American filmmaking of scale and ambition and I loved the ride.
Wildlife (2018) Paul Dano's debut film is about an ill matched couple played by Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal coping with hardship in early 1960s Montana, and the effect on their teenage son ( a superb Ed Oxenbould).
This might be too low key and story light for many, but I absolutely loved it.The film deals with its troubled characters with a real sensitivity and subtlety which really accumulates power. The film is directed with a painterly stillness, and with clear nods to Edward Hopper in its composition, which cleverly conveys the isolation of the main characters. I think Ray might really like this one ( it's still on iPlayer!). A beautiful movie and a quiet masterpiece for me. Can't wait to see what Dano does next.

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Only the animals is a must see.I liked a most violent year as well. It had a wonderful seventies vibe.

[bungo the mungo]

kill list
midnight in paris
wild tales
ghost stories
the joker
the witch
a field in england

all spring to mind

[cousinlou]

I had to look up a list and go from there:

Inception
Wolf of Wallstreet
Drive
Jagten
The Joker
127 hours
Biutiful


There are plenty more............

[Reactionary Rage]

Drive is excellent. When I first watched it I wasn't that interested and the visuals aside I thought it was a bit dull but I ended up watching it again and really enjoying it. I liked its neon drenched minimalism and moments of brutal violence.

[Reactionary Rage]

Apr 8, 2019 14:06:26 GMT Reactionary Rage said:

Consulting my spreadsheet (yes, I know) I’m amazed at how many films I thought were released in the last 5 years are actually far, far older.

Anyway, some I enjoyed....


The Favourite
Zama
Shoplifters
Bladerunner 2049
Phantom Thread
I, Tonya
Hell or High Water
Moonlight
Raw
Rogue One
Under the shadow
Embrace of the Serpent
Green Room
Girlhood
Boyhood
Inherent Vice
It Follows
Love and Mercy

An update...

Nightcrawler
Florida Project
The Witch
The Lighthouse
Sicario
A Dark Song

[Sneelock]

Five? one, two, three...GO!

Roma
the Shape of Water
I am not your Negro
Parasite
The Master

I thought of those first so maybe that means I like them the best.
lists are hard.

[Crunchy Col]

I loved The Shape Of Water to pieces. Really should see it again. Such a unique, imaginative film.

[Sneelock]

I'm sorry I didn't see it in the theater since one of the best scenes occurs in a theater. I love stuff like that.

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Nov 18, 2021 19:23:22 GMT Crunchy Col said:

I loved The Shape Of Water to pieces. Really should see it again. Such a unique, imaginative film.

Oh, god yeah. That was a fantastic movie. Good call Johnny.

[Sneelock]

I see that actor that played the heavy in other movies. I hate him on sight. After the movie I figure out why. he is absolutely detestable in "shape of water". what an actor!