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Best films of the 'teens

50 films Edit list

We're down to 10 more months of this decade, so I'm optimistically starting a list of my 50 favorite movies…

  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • The Golem: How He Came Into the World
  • Nosferatu
  • Süss, the Jew
  • The Bells

"Profoundly Disturbing," by Joe Bob Briggs

263 films Edit list

All of the films brought into the canon or otherwise mentioned by Joe Bob Briggs in post-"Drive In" history of…

  • Southland Tales
  • Riverworld
  • 2010: The Year We Make
  • Bombshell
  • The Ultimate Warrior

The Future, Year by Year

48 films Edit list

A movie set every year from 2008 to 2058.

  • Taking Care of Business
  • Chairman of the Board
  • The Man Who Sleeps
  • Secret Honor
  • Talk Radio
  • Buried
  • Locke

One man shows

6 films Edit list

Movies with only one actor.

  • Wings
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • Two Arabian Knights
  • 7th Heaven
  • The Last Command

Michael Ovitz's Big Five

185 films Edit list

When he co-founded the Creative Artists Agency in 1975, Michael Ovitz set out to watch every movie that won an…

  • Empire Records
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Clerks
  • The General
  • Beetlejuice

One State, One Movie

14 films Edit list

You want states? America's got 50 of em! Get your stepped-on provinces outta here.

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • TÁR
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • Crimes of the Future
  • The Banshees of Inisherin

Dave's best of 2022 (in progress!)

9 films Edit list

Doing one of these lists again, updating it as I see the other "good movies" on the way.

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Rocky
  • Network
  • All the President's Men

Michael Ovitz’s Big Five (continued)

176 films Edit list

Michael Ovitz founded CAA in 1975, and watched every "Big Five" Oscar winner (Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, Screenplay) up to…

  • The Desert of Forbidden Art
  • A New Day in Old Sana'a
  • Secuestro
  • The Wedding Song
  • Moolaadé