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Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project

25 films Edit list

Criterion Vol. 1 – 1-6 Criterion Vol. 2 – 7-12  Criterion Vol. 3 – 13-18 Criterion Vol. 4 – 19-25

  • Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind
  • Neal Brennan: Blocks
  • Sheng Wang: Sweet and Juicy
  • Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You
  • Hasan Minhaj: The King's Jester

Comedy Specials, 2022

26 films Edit list

Seen in calendar year: 24

  • And Then We Danced
  • Before Sunset
  • Blue
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • Carol

Right person, wrong time

20 films Edit list

One of my favorite tropes/sub genres, and truly one of the most painful

  • The Rescue
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • Pretend It's a City
  • The Beatles: Get Back
  • All These Sons

2021 DOCS RANKED

19 films Edit list

Seen in calendar year: 15 (— in theaters)

  • Whiplash
  • Parasite
  • The Social Network
  • Drive
  • 12 Years a Slave

My Favorites from the 2010s

25 films Edit list

Subject to change literally any time I think about this list in the future.

  • Gravity
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • American Hustle
  • Captain Phillips

2013 RANKED

117 films Edit list

I saw 73 of these movies (51 in the theater) in the 2013 calendar year.

  • The Boys of Baraka
  • The Pursuit of Happyness
  • The Last Kiss
  • Stranger Than Fiction
  • Little Miss Sunshine

Top 10 of 2006

10 films Edit list

A ranking of my 10 favorite movies from 2006 (as written in 2006. I no longer this ranking).

  • Life of Pi
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • The Master
  • Django Unchained
  • Silver Linings Playbook

Top 14 of 2012

14 films Edit list

I saw 63 movies (55 in the theater) in the 2012 calendar year.

  • Blinded by the Light
  • Thunder Road
  • Two-Lane Blacktop
  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • Do the Right Thing
  • 25th Hour
  • Malcolm X
  • Inside Man
  • He Got Game

SPIKE LEE RANK’D

25 films Edit list

I’ve seen 20/25 (Just the features. No docs, etc.)

  • Won't You Be My Neighbor?
  • Active Measures
  • Free Solo
  • They Shall Not Grow Old
  • Minding the Gap

2018 DOCS RANKED

14 films Edit list

Seen in calendar year: 9 (0 in the theater)

  • The Third Man
  • Brief Encounter
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The 39 Steps
  • Great Expectations

The BFI 100

100 films Edit list

The BFI's Top 100 British films (1935-1998). The list was created in 1999 and the full details can be found…