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Here's my list.

Posted by: second gary (a.k.a 80181597) on Jul 07, 14:29 in response to Moviesnob's post HSX Players Best of the Century Poll - Post II

1.  La grande bellezza (The Great Beauty; dir. Paolo Sorrentino, 2013) 

2.  Spirited Away (dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)

3.  The Grand Budapest Hotel (dir. Wes Anderson, 2014)

4.  The Social Network (dir. David Fincher, 2010)

5.  Birdman (dir. Alejandro Iñárritu, 2014)

6.  Incendies (dir. Denis Villeneuve, 2010)

7.  Memento (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2000)

8.  Io non ho paura (I'm not scared; dir. Gabriele Salvatores, 2003)

9.  Children of Men (dir. Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)

10.  Stories We Tell (dir. Sarah Polley, 2012)

 

Three of these I've only seen once, but all of them struck me as amazing on first viewing.  I am dismayed that a list of ten fills up so quickly, and I would have thought these would have made my list, also (rough chronological order):

2001: Amelie, A.I., Sexy Beast

2004: The Incredibles, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2005: Caché

2006: The Departed, Pan's Labyrinth, Volver

2007: Ratatouille, No Country for Old Men

2008: The Dark Knight

2011: Moneyball, Certified Copy

2012: Looper, The Master

2013: Gravity, American Hustle, Her, The Wolf of Wall Street

2014: Under the Skin, Force Majeure

2015: Inside Out, Sicario, Ex Machina, Spotlight

HSX Players Best of the Century Poll - Post II Moviesnob Jul 07, 09:04

cool, hope for lots o responses. its better to be positive than negative, but here is a worst list to get things started> islander Jul 07, 09:32

Aw, you're too harsh on War of the Worlds. One of my fav recent Spielberg films... numbersix_99 Jul 07, 11:05

Well said. second gary Jul 07, 14:02

i almost put funny games in my top 10 :) that it elicited such a strong reaction from you is part of why i think it's so great. {nm} Andre C Jul 07, 16:14

please post your list here, dont try to add it to the google doc. thanks {nm} Moviesnob Jul 07, 10:28

My top 10 to be added St Blink Jul 07, 14:24

is there any consensus or trends from the data so far? {nm} slipping jimmy Jul 07, 11:32

i'm holding off totaling things until i get all the lists (tab two is the rollups). at a glance, its skewing more niche than blockbuster {nm} Moviesnob Jul 07, 11:37

Noice, looking forward to seeing it all in the end. I watched a couple from the lists of others already. Thanks again for making the poll. {nm} tatoufan Jul 07, 15:32

Here's my list. second gary Jul 07, 14:29

Omitted honourables from 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; You Can Count on Me; Maelstrom. {nm} second gary Jul 07, 14:42

Love you can count on me, nice call. {nm} journey Jul 07, 22:01

Spirited Away, classic. I had a hard time bumping that one off my list. {nm} tatoufan Jul 07, 15:39

I left documentaries off my list, but Stories We Tell is such a beautiful film. great list gary. {nm} lobogotti Jul 07, 19:33

It reminds me, at least in the ending, of. . . (spoilers) second gary Jul 07, 21:02

nice list. I am also a huge fan of Incendies. I haven been crazy about his work since this one, but his and his two previous films Moviesnob Jul 07, 19:55

I haven't seen "Polytechnique" yet, but "Maelstrom" and "Sicario" are both longlisters. second gary Jul 07, 20:56

he's hit and miss for me. Tom at the Farm is a good entry film. I really wanted to like Sicario and think it was well made Moviesnob Jul 07, 22:06

Do we need the directors on the list? Because I don't remember who directed most of my movies {nm} JDolphin Jul 07, 18:15

nope {nm} Moviesnob Jul 07, 18:51

My List ExeterMac Jul 07, 20:42

4/3/2 is a wonderful, harrowing film. And I loved "Certified Copy." {nm} second gary Jul 07, 20:59

My list CoffinDancr Jul 08, 06:12

List TFeeney Jul 08, 10:11

Nice, love detention. I think I watch the ending mmmbop dance scene about once a week {nm} islander Jul 09, 11:47

My list: emoticripple Jul 08, 13:06

My Top 20 delfinasu Jul 10, 13:49





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