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1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout

   Easily the best and its not really even close.

2. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
3. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
4. Mission: Impossible
5. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

   I've warmed up to this one over time and especially after seeing what Fallout did with the characters. I think it overall has some of the worst action scenes of the series, but I think its story and characters are pretty good.

6. Mission: Impossible III

   (I need to rewatch soon to get a better sense of the movie and how it holds up)

7. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

   It definitely gets better once they get to the aircraft carrier and they get past the massive (and poorly implemented, in my opinion) exposition dumps of the first third. In of the action its pretty fun, but the story just doesn't do anything for me and they can't convince me that Gabriel is a character, let alone a major villain.

8. Mission: Impossible II

1. Se7en
2. Zodiac
3. The Social Network
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5. The Killer
6. The Game
7. Panic Room
8. Mank
9. Fight Club
10. Gone Girl

1. Inception
2. Memento
3. The Dark Knight
4. Dunkirk
5. The Prestige
6. Oppenheimer
7. Interstellar
8. Tenet
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. Following

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 28 Days Later
• Alien
• Alien Resurrection
• Alien: Covenant
• Aliens
• Alien³
• American Beauty
• The American Friend

  Criterion Collection

• Amélie
• The Animatrix

...plus 85 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My rankings of the best Marvel movies since the beginning of the current Marvel Cinematic Universe. The scores are relative to when I last saw the movies but the ranking is based mostly on their lasting impact.

1. Thor: Ragnarok
2. Avengers: Infinity War
3. Iron Man
4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
5. Guardians of the Galaxy
6. Doctor Strange
7. Captain America: Civil War
8. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
10. Spider-Man: No Way Home

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3. Spider-Man
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home
5. Spider-Man: Homecoming
6. Spider-Man 3
7. The Amazing Spider-Man
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home
9. The Amazing Spider-Man 2

1. Saw II
2. Saw V
3. Saw
4. Saw VI
5. Saw IV
6. Saw III
7. Saw 3D

yo this year sucks

I guess I'll add stuff to this when I see more 2020 movies? Maybe not? Not much came out and the majority of the movies I saw that year have no place on anyone's year-end list.

1. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2. Sound of Metal
3. Another Round
4. Mank
5. The Devil All the Time
6. Soul
7. Tenet
8. Nomadland

My rankings for the best films released in 2017. I'm still catching up on all that I missed from 2017 so all the positions on here are temporary for the time being.

Honorable mentions include:
Mother!
IT
Brigsby Bear
Star Wars 8

1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Dunkirk
3. Phantom Thread
4. The Big Sick
5. Wind River
6. Darkest Hour
7. Baby Driver
8. Molly's Game
9. I, Tonya
10. The Shape of Water

My picks for the best movies of 2019.

Runners Up:
I Lost My Body
Ford v. Ferrari
Midsommar

(Note: This list is probably still a work-in-progress, as I still need to see Little Women, The Farewell, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire)

1. Parasite
2. The Lighthouse
3. The Irishman
4. Marriage Story
5. Climax
6. Knives Out
7. Uncut Gems
8. Dark Waters
9. The Art of Self-Defense
10. To the Ends of the Earth

If Spaced had a Letterboxd entry, I'd probably put it at #4, below Baby Driver and above Scott Pilgrim.

I also haven't seen The World's End since it came out and I've been wanting to re-watch it for a while. I don't know why but I feel like, since my taste in movies has changed a lot since I was in high school, I'd probably like it a lot more.

1. Hot Fuzz
2. Shaun of the Dead
3. Baby Driver
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
5. The World's End

My picks for the twenty-five best movies of the decade. This list is definitely still a work-in-progress as there's a lot I still need to see, especially earlier in the decade.

Near Misses (in any order):
Only Lovers Left Alive
First Reformed
You Were Never Really Here
Inside Out
Carol
Moonlight
The Babadook
Phantom Thread
Phoenix
Take Shelter
Upstream Color
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
s Ha
The Lego Movie

1. Nocturnal Animals
2. Burning
3. Parasite
4. The Handmaiden
5. Whiplash
6. The Favourite
7. Under the Skin
8. Anomalisa
9. The Lighthouse
10. Inception

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I'm a simp

(Missing: August 32nd on Earth, Maelström)

1. Sicario
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Prisoners
4. Enemy
5. Incendies
6. Arrival
7. Polytechnique

• Nocturnal Animals
• Perfect Blue
• Adaptation.
• Persona
• Boogie Nights
• One Hour Photo
• Synecdoche, New York

• House
• Knives Out
• Parasite
• Blue Velvet
• Sexy Beast
• Delicatessen

• The Thing
• The Matrix
• Under the Skin
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Inception
• The Elephant Man
• Alien
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Blade Runner
• Blade Runner 2049

I guess I haven't seen that many short films, or at least many ones that I've ed. SO: here's five that I like a lot.

• Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
• Unedited Footage of a Bear
• Doodlebug
• The Fall
• Rejected

Ayyyy it's just my opinion so it really doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with every single position choice.

Put your bad takes on The Last Jedi in the comments below :)

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
3. Star Wars
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
5. Return of the Jedi
6. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
7. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
8. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
9. Solo: A Star Wars Story
10. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My rankings for the best films released in 2018. All the positions on here are subject to change or removal if/when I see more movies released this year.

Honorable Mentions:
Game Night
Deadpool 2
The Death of Stalin
Mission Impossible: Fallout

1. Burning
2. The Favourite
3. Blindspotting
4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
5. Widows
6. Free Solo
7. You Were Never Really Here
8. Annihilation
9. Three Identical Strangers
10. First Reformed

My entry for Showdown: The Grey -- the best black and white movies.

• The Third Man
• Sweet Smell of Success
• Persona
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Eraserhead

Here's my five picks for the "Endgame" Showdown for the best movie endings, with a bit of explanation for each.

• The Thing

  Probably my favorite movie ending of all time. Say what you will about the final climactic confrontation with the alien, but the final note of the film -- these atmospheric, open-air shots of two men left on the brink of death and deep in the waters of uncertainty -- is haunting and deeply memorable. Add Carpenter's iconic, minimalist score and you've got something great.

• The Truman Show

  Not much of a shocking ending or something that looms in your mind forever, but it is one of those endings that feel completely earned. Like the audiences in the film that watch Truman's show, you cheer along -- you feel his pain and the joy that he feels knowing that he is finally free from the control of others. Props to Jim Carrey for his great performance; it completely sells the catharsis of the moment.

• Nocturnal Animals

  One of the most gut-twisting movies in recent memory keeps the tension rolling straight to the end of the film, subverting expectations and lingering to further put the viewer into a depressing, weird spell. Its theatrical and grim and completely earned in some unexpected ways.

• The Mist

  A completely great horror ending that makes you feel completely awful after the screen cuts to black -- its the sort of ending that stays with you long afterwards and elevates the movie as a whole far above others in the genre.

• The Shining

  Regardless of your thoughts on the actual content of the movie (I'm not sold that it is a masterpiece), but the final shot of the film -- the slow, lingering zoom -- is one of the most memorable images in film history, in my opinion. It raises questions that are still being explored to this day.

These are the top ten films of 2016 so far in my opinion.

Please note that this list is still a work in progress, as I have not been able to see as many movies this year as I would have hoped.

Honorable Mentions: Don't Breathe, Zootopia, Green Room, Shin Godzilla, A Bigger Splash

1. Nocturnal Animals
2. Arrival
3. The Handmaiden
4. Manchester by the Sea
5. La La Land
6. The Witch
7. Eye in the Sky
8. Midnight Special
9. Moana
10. 10 Cloverfield Lane

A list of the films I have seen at Cinequest 2016, ranked from best to worst.

Please note that due to my schedule this year, I won't be able to see as many movies as my previous years at this film festival.

Not found on Letterboxd:

The Comedy Club (2016): 4/5
An inside look at the history and recreation of Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, CA. Its well assembled but I would have liked to see more s and stories about the club as told by comedians (as far as I , there are only like 8 or so different comedians talking about the club, while others' histories with it are shown).

The Forest (2016): 2/5
Billed as a horror fantasy, it really boils down to a bullied girl running around in a forest with someone who may or may not be an evil spirit. A little disappointing, but some of the cinematography was nice.

And a bunch of different short film programs.

1. The Empire of Corpses
2. Here Come the Videofreex
3. Man Underground

   A very enjoyable drama about a conspiracy theorist trying to make a movie. The characters are fun and interesting, though the story is a little familiar and predictable.

4. The Phoenix Incident

These are the top ten films of 2015 in my opinion. Some honorable mentions include "Goodnight Mommy," "Trumbo," "Steve Jobs," "Straight Outta Compton," "Creed," and "'71."

1. Sicario
2. Anomalisa
3. Phoenix
4. Ex Machina
5. Carol
6. Crimson Peak
7. Macbeth
8. Mad Max: Fury Road
9. Beasts of No Nation
10. Room

My choices for the top ten films of 2014. Honorable mentions include "Gone Girl," "The Lego Movie," and "Interstellar."

1. Whiplash
2. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
3. Nightcrawler
4. Only Lovers Left Alive
5. Under the Skin
6. The Babadook
7. Enemy
8. The Grand Budapest Hotel
9. Snowpiercer
10. Inherent Vice

My choices for the top ten films of 2013. Some honorable mentions include "Kon Tiki," "Evil Dead," and "Blackfish."

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Her
3. Short Term 12
4. Prisoners
5. Upstream Color
6. About Time
7. Stoker
8. s Ha
9. Side Effects
10. American Hustle

A list of films I have seen at Cinequest 25 in San Jose, CA. They are ranked from best to worst.

Note: this list is constantly changing as I reflect on the movies further.

1. Amnesia
2. Ally Was Screaming
3. 5 to 7
4. Eadweard
5. Astraea
6. Slow West
7. Champs
8. Sea Horse
9. '71
10. Batkid Begins

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

A list of films I have seen at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA this year. These are ranked from best to worst.

1. Uneasy Lies the Mind
2. Love in the Time of Monsters
3. Small Time
4. Unforgiven
5. Grand Piano
6. Blood Punch
7. My Father's Truck
8. Breathe In
9. The Grand Seduction
10. Victoriana

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.