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These are rankings of our favourite movies and shows.

My Top Films of 2025

1. K-Pop Demon Hunters (Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang) [USA]

Oliver’s Top Films of 2025

1. Zootopia 2 (Jared Bush, Byron Howard) [USA]

My Top Films of 2024

1. The Substance (Coralie Fargeat) [FRA/UK]
2. Nosferatu (Robert Eggers) [USA]
3. Anora (Sean Baker) [USA]
4. The Brutalist (Brady Corbet) [USA/HUN]
5. Heretic (Scott Beck, Bryan Woods) [USA]
6. Challengers (Luca Guadagnino) [USA]
7. Inside Out 2 (Kelsey Mann) [USA]
8. Conclave (Edward Berger) [UK/USA]
9. Mean Girls (Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr.) [USA]
10. Love Lies Bleeding (Rose Glass) [UK/USA]

Oliver’s Top Films of 2024

1. The Brutalist (Brady Corbet) [USA/HUN]
2. Heretic (Scott Beck, Bryan Woods) [USA]
3. Nosferatu (Robert Eggers) [USA]
4. Love Lies Bleeding (Rose Glass) [UK/USA]
5. Inside Out 2 (Kelsey Mann) [USA]
6. The Substance (Coralie Fargeat) [FRA/UK]
7. Moana 2 (Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller) [USA]
8. Anora (Sean Baker) [USA]
9. Didi (Sean Wang) [USA]
10. Juror #2 (Clint Eastwood) [USA]

My Top Films of 2023

1. Sound of Freedom (Alejandro Monteverde) [USA]
2. Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki) [JPN]
3. The Iron Claw (Sean Durkin) [UK/USA]
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Joaquim Dos Santos) [USA]
5. Missing (Nick Johnson, Will Merrick) [USA]
6. Past Lives (Celine Song) [USA/KOR]
7. The Holdovers (Alexander Payne) [USA]
8. Renfield (Chris McKay) [USA]
9. Barbie (Greta Gerwig) [USA/UK]
10. The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer) [UK/POL]

My Top Films of 2022

1. The Menu (Mark Mylod) [USA]
2. RRR (S. S. Rajamouli) [IND]
3. Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert) [USA]
4. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Tom Gormican) [USA]
5. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Eric Appel) [USA]
6. Suzume (Makoto Shinkai) [JPN]
7. Tár (Todd Field) [USA/DEU]
8. I Love My Dad (James Morosini) [USA]
9. Three Thousand Years of Longing (George Miller) [USA/AUS]
10. Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund) [SWE/GRC]

My Top Films of 2021

1. Belle (Mamoru Hosoda) [JPN]
2. Coda (Sian Heder) [FRA/USA]
3. Boiling Point (Philip Barantini) [UK]
4. The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Michael Rianda) [USA]
5. Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA/CAN]
6. Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi) [JPN]
7. Titane (Julia Ducournau) [FRA/BEL]
8. Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven) [FRA/NLD]
9. 8-Bit Christmas (Michael Dowse) [USA]
10. Mass (Fran Kranz) [USA]

Top Live Action TV Series

1. Breaking Bad (Vince Gilligan) [2018-2013]
2. The Chosen (Dallas Jenkins) [2017-present]
3. Stranger Things (Matt & Ross Duffer) [2016-present]
4. Black Mirror (Charlie Brooker) [2011-present]
5. Cobra Kai (Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg) [2018-2025]
6. Narcos / Narcos: Mexico (Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro) [2015-2021]
7. One Hundred Years of Solitude (Alex García López, Laura Mora) [2024-present]
8. Downton Abbey (Julian Fellowes) [2010-2015]
9. The Sopranos (David Chase) [1999-2007]
10. Ozark (Bill Dubuque, Mark Williams) [2017-2022]
11. The Witcher (Lauren Schmidt Hissrich) [2019-present]
12. Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore, Glen A. Larson) [2004-2009]
13. Sherlock (Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat) [2010-2017]
14. Beef (Sung-Jin Lee) [2023-present]

Top Sitcom / Comedy TV Series

1. The Big Bang Theory (Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady) [2007-2019]
2. Community (Dan Harmon) [2009-2015]
3. The IT Crowd (Graham Linehan) [2006-2013]
4. Seinfeld (Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld) [1989-1998]
5. Frasier (David Angell, Peter Casey) [1993-2004]
6. Modern Family (Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan) [2009-2020]
7. Young Sheldon (Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro) [2017-present]
8. Schitt’s Creek (Eugene & Daniel Levy) [2015-2020]
9. Kim’s Convenience (Ins Choi, Kevin White) [2016-2021]
10. Housos (Paul Fenech) [2011-2022]

Top Limited TV Series

1. Baby Reindeer (Richard Gadd) [2024]
2. The Queen’s Gambit (Scott Frank, Allan Scott) [2020]
3. Griselda (Carlo Bernard, Ingrid Escajeda, Doug Miro) [2024]

Top Asian TV Series

1. The Full-Time Wife Escapist (Fuminori Kaneko, Tsunami Umino) [2016]
2. Squid Game (Dong-Hyuk Hwang) [2021-2025]
3. Sanctuary (Kan Eguchi) [2023-present]
4. Hellbound (Sang-Ho Yeon) [2021-present]
5. The Naked Director (Masaharu Take, Nobuhiro Motohashi) [2019-2021]

Top Anime: Mega-Series

1. Attack on Titan (Wit Studio, MAPPA, Hajime Isayama) [2013-2023] — EP.94
2. Slam Dunk (Toei Animation, Takehiko Inoue) [1993-1996] — EP.101
3. Haikyu!! (Production IG, Haruichi Furudate) [2014-present] — EP.85-90
4. Chibi Maruko-Chan (Nippon Animation, Momoko Sakura) [1990-1992] — EP.142
5. Kuroko’s Basketball (Production IG, Tadatoshi Fujimaki) [2012-2015] — EP.75-78

Top Anime: Maxi-Series

1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Bones, Hiromu Arakawa) [2009-2010] — EP.64
2. Psycho-Pass (Production IG, Tatsunoko Production, Gen Urobuchi) [2012-2023] — EP.41
3. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Sunrise, Goro Taniguchi) [2006-2008] — EP.50

Top Anime: Midi-Series

1. Kill la Kill (Studio Trigger, Kazuki Nakashima) [2013-2014] — EP#24
2. Death Note (Madhouse, Tsugumi Ohba) [2006-2007] — EP.37
3. Neon Genesis Evangelion (Gainax, Tatsunoko) [1995-1996] EP.26
4. Your Lie in April (A-1 Pictures, Naoshi Arakawa) [2014-2015] — EP.22

Top Anime: Mini-Series

1. Erased (A-1 Pictures, Kei Sanbe) [2016 / #12]
2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Shaft, Magica Quartet) [2011] — EP.12
3. Ping Pong: The Animation (Tatsunoko Production, Taiyou Matsumoto) [2014] — EP.11
4. Horimiya (CloverWorks, Hiroki Adachi) [2021] — EP.13
5. Thermae Romae Novae (NAZ, Mari Yamazaki) [2022] — EP.11
6. Charlotte (P.A. Works, Jun Maeda) [2015] — EP.13
7. Violet Evergarden (Kyoto Animation, Kana Akatsuki) [2018] — EP.13
8. Japan Sinks (Science Saru, Masaaki Yuasa) [2020] — EP.10
9. Prison School (J.C. Staff, Akira Hiramoto) [2015] — EP.12
10. Attack on Titan: Junior High (Production IG) [2015] — EP.12

Top Western Animation Series

1. South Park (Trey Parker, Matt Stone) [1997-present]
2. Avatar: The Last Airbender (Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko) [2005-2008]
3. Rick and Morty (Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland) [2013-prsent]
4. Blue Eye Samurai (Michael Green, Amber Noizumi) [2023-present]
5. Blood of Zeus (Charley & Vlas Parlapanides) [2020-present]

Top Reality TV Series

1. Love on the Spectrum (Cian O’Clery) [2019-2025]
2. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Peter A. Golden, Andrew J. Golder) [2011-present]
3. Squid Game: The Challenge (Stephen Lambert) [2023-present]
4. The Carbonaro Effect (Michael Carbonaro) [2014-2020]
5. Parental Guidance (Chris Culvenor) [2021]

Top Documentary Features

Top General Docuseries

1. Waco: American Apocalypse (Tiller Russell) [2023]

Top Historical Docuseries – Ancient World

1. Testament: The Story of Moses (Benjamin Ross) [2024]
2. Roman Empire (Richard Lopez, John Ealer, David O’Neill) [2016-2019]
3. Alexander: The Making of a God (Hugh Ballantyne, Christopher Bell) [2024]
4. Queen Cleopatra (Jada Pinkett Smith, Tina Gharavi) [2023]

Top Historical Docuseries – Modern World

1. Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (Brian Knappenberger) [2024]
2. The Last Czars (Adrian McDowall, Gareth Tunley) [2019]
3. World War II: From the Frontlines (Rob Coldstream) [2023]
4. How to Become a Tyrant (Greg Franklin, Ron Myrick, Peter Dinklage) [2021]

My Top Films of 2020

1. The Father (Florian Zeller) [UK/FRA]
2. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (George C. Wolfe) [USA]
3. Tenet (Christopher Nolan) [UK/USA]
4. Eurovision Song Contest (David Dobkin) [USA]
5. Soul (Pete Docter) [USA]

My Top Films of 2019

1. Joker (Todd Phillips) [USA]
2. El Camino (Vince Gilligan) [USA]
3. Parasite (Joon-ho Bong) [KOR]
4. The Farewell (Lulu Wang) [USA/CHN]
5. Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi) [USA/NZL]

My Top Films of 2018

1. Paul, Apostle of Christ (Andrew Hyatt) [USA]
2. Searching (Aneesh Chaganty) [USA]
3. Ralph Breaks the Internet (Phil Johnston, Rich Moore) [USA]
4. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel & Ethan Coen) [USA]
5. Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham) [USA]

My Top Films of 2017

1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh) [USA/UK]
2. Loving Vincent (DK & Hugh Welchman) [UK/POL]
3. The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro) [USA]
4. The Case for Christ (Jon Gunn) [USA]
5. Get Out (Jordan Peele) [USA]

My Top Films of 2016

1. Hacksaw Ridge (Mel Gibson) [USA/AUS]
2. Arrival (Denis Villeneuve) [USA]
3. Lion (Garth Davis) [AUS/UK]
4. A Silent Voice (Naoko Yamada) [JPN]
5. Moana (Ron Clements, John Musker) [USA]
6. Zootopia (Byron Howard, Rich Moore) [USA]
7. Snowden (Oliver Stone) [USA/DEU]
8. Your Name (Makoto Shinkai) [JPN]
9. Risen (Kevin Reynolds) [USA/ESP]
10. Swiss Army Man (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert) [USA]

My Top Films of 2015

1. Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) [USA]
2. Ex Machina (Alex Garland) [UK]
3. Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman) [USA]
4. Inside Out (Pete Docter) [USA]
5. Eye in the Sky (Gavin Hood) [UK]

My Top Films of 2014

1. Whiplash (Damien Chazelle) [USA]
2. Interstellar (Christopher Nolan) [USA/UK]
3. Birdman (Alejandro González Iñárritu) [USA]
4. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves) [USA]
5. Big Hero 6 (Don Hall, Chris Williams) [USA]

My Top Films of 2013

1. Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (Sion Sono) [JPN]
2. About Time (Richard Curtis) [UK/USA]
3. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen) [UK/USA]
4. Enemy (Denis Villeneuve) [CAN/ESP]
5. Her (Spike Jonze) [USA]

My Top Films of 2012

1. The Dictator (Larry Charles) [USA]
2. Wolf Children (Mamoru Hosoda) [JPN]
3. Wreck-It Ralph (Rich Moore) [USA]
4. Les Misérables (Tom Hooper) [UK]
5. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson) [USA]

My Top Films of 2011

1. The Descendants (Alexander Payne) [USA]
2. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi) [IRN]
3. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay) [UK/USA]
4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Rupert Wyatt) [USA]
5. Source Code (Duncan Jones) [USA]

My Top Films of 2010

1. The Book of Eli (Albert & Allen Hughes) [USA]
2. Inception (Christopher Nolan) [USA]
3. Confessions (Tetsuya Nakashima) [JPN]
4. Super (James Gunn) [USA]
5. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich) [USA]

My Top Films of 2009

1. Moon (Duncan Jones) [UK]
2. City of Life and Death (Chuan Lu) [CHN]
3. Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda) [JPN]
4. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) [USA]
5. Avatar (James Cameron) [USA]

My Top Films of 2008

1. Departures (Youjirou Takita) [JPN]
2. Love Exposure (Sion Sono) [JPN]
3. Wall·E (Andrew Stanton) [USA]
4. Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen) [USA/UK]
5. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) [USA/UK]

My Top Films of 2007

1. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen) [USA]
2. Lars and the Real Girl (Craig Gillespie) [USA/CAN]
3. Son of Rambow (Garth Jennings) [FRA/UK]
4. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
5. Superbad (Greg Mottola) [USA]

My Top Films of 2006

1. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris) [USA]
2. This Is England (Shane Meadows) [UK]
3. Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer) [USA]
4. Kenny (Clayton Jacobson) [AUS]
5. Borat (Larry Charles) [USA/UK]

My Top Films of 2005

1. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan) [USA]
2. Thank You for Smoking (Jason Reitman) [USA]
3. V for Vendetta (James McTeigue) [UK]
4. Sin City (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez) [USA]
5. The Weather Man (Gore Verbinski) [USA]

My Top Films of 2004

1. Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki) [USA]
2. Kamikaze Girls (Tetsuya Nakashima) [JPN]
3. Survive Style 5+ (Gen Sekiguchi) [JPN]
4. The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson) [USA]
5. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright) [UK/FRA]
6. Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki) [JPN]
7. The Incredibles (Brad Bird) [USA]
8. Team America: World Police (Trey Parker) [USA]
9. The Butterfly Effect (Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber) [USA]
10. I, Robot (Alex Proyas) [USA]

My Top Films of 2003

1. Big Fish (Tim Burton) [USA]
2. 21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu) [USA]
3. Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino) [USA/JPN]
4. Oldboy (Chan-Wook Park) [KOR]
5. Bruce Almighty (Tom Shadyac) [USA]

My Top Films of 2002

1. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund) [BRA]
2. Solaris (Steven Soderbergh) [USA]
3. The Pianist (Roman Polanski) [UK/POL]
4. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg) [USA]
5. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]

My Top Films of 2001

1. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki) [JPN]
2. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) [FRA]
3. Visitor Q (Takashi Miike) [JPN]
4. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter) [USA]
5. Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe) [USA]

My Top Films of 2000

1. Gladiator (Ridley Scott) [UK/USA]
2. Brother (Takeshi Kitano) [JPN/USA]
3. Memento (Christopher Nolan) [USA]
4. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky) [USA]
5. American Psycho (Mary Harron) [USA]

My Top Films of 1999

1. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
2. Election (Alexander Payne) [USA]
3. Fight Club (David Fincher) [USA]
4. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan) [USA]
5. The Matrix (Lana & Lilly Wachowski) [USA]
6. South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (Trey Parker) [USA]
7. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick) [USA/UK]
8. American Beauty (Sam Mendes) [USA]
9. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont) [USA]
10. Office Space (Mike Judge) [USA]

My Top Films of 1998

1. The Truman Show (Peter Weir) [USA]
2. The Legend of 1900 (Giuseppe Tornatore) [ITA/USA]
3. There’s Something About Mary (Peter & Bobby Farrelly) [USA]
4. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie) [UK]
5. American History X (Tony Kaye) [USA]

My Top Films of 1997

1. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
2. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol) [USA]
3. Life Is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni) [ITA]
4. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant) [USA]
5. Face/Off (John Woo) [USA]

My Top Films of 1996

1. Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne) [USA]
2. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle) [UK]
3. Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
4. Fargo (Joel & Ethan Coen) [USA]
5. The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner) [USA]

My Top Films of 1995

1. Braveheart (Mel Gibson) [USA]
2. Dangerous Minds (John N. Smith) [USA]
3. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam) [USA]
4. Seven (David Fincher) [USA]
5. Casino (Martin Scorsese) [USA]

My Top Films of 1994

1. Léon: The Professional (Luc Besson) [FRA]
2. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino) [USA]
3. Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont) [USA]
4. To Live (Yi-Mou Zhang) [CHN]
5. Forest Gump (Robert Zemeckis) [USA]
6. Dumb and Dumber (Peter & Bobby Farrelly) [USA]
7. Little Women (Gillian Armstrong) [USA]
8. Stargate (Roland Emmerich) [USA/FRA]
9. ++ The Lion King / Chungking Express / Speed

My Top Films of 1993

1. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg) [USA]
2. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis) [USA]
3. Heart and Souls (Ron Underwood) [USA]
4. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg) [USA]
5. Demolition Man (Marco Brambilla) [USA]

My Top Films of 1992

1. Leap of Faith (Richard Pearce) [USA]
2. Death Becomes Her (Robert Zemeckis) [USA]
3. Aladdin (Ron Clements, John Musker) [USA]
4. Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen) [USA]
5. Malcolm X (Spike Lee) [USA]

My Top Films of 1991

1. Terminator 2 (James Cameron) [USA]
2. JFK (Oliver Stone) [USA]
3. Delicatessen (Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet) [FRA]
4. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow) [USA]
5. Barton Fink (Joel & Ethan Coen) [USA]

My Top Films of 1990

1. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton) [USA]
2. Miller’s Crossing (Joel & Ethan Coen) [USA]
3. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner) [USA]
4. Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven) [USA]
5. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese) [USA]

My Top Films of 1980-1989

1. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick) [USA]
2. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis) [USA]
3. Brazil (Terry Gilliam) [UK]
4. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick) [USA]
5. A City of Sadness (Hsiao-Hsien Hou) [TWN]

My Top Films Prior to 1980

1. The Godfather: Part I + II (Francis Ford Coppola) [USA]
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) [USA]
3. Roman Holiday (William Wyler) [USA]
4. The Devil’s Playground (Fred Schepisi) [AUS]
5. Fiddler on the Roof (Norman Jewison) [USA]
6. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean) [UK/USA]
7. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola) [USA]
8. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock) [USA]
9. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu) [JPN]
10. 8½ (Federico Fellini) [ITA]
11. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming) [USA]
12. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet) [USA]
13. The Exorcist (William Friedkin) [USA]
14. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa) [JPN]
15. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles) [USA]
16. To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan) [USA]
17. My Fair Lady (George Cukor) [USA]
18. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa) [JPN]
19. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz) [USA]
20. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica) [ITA]