Precocious Ragamuffin

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These are rankings of my favourite movies and shows.

My Top Films of 2023

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Joaquim Dos Santos) [USA]
2. Missing (Nick Johnson, Will Merrick) [USA]
3. Barbie (Greta Gerwig) [USA/UK]
4. Renfield (Chris McKay) [USA]
5. Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan) [USA/UK]
6. No Hard Feelings (Gene Stupnitsky) [USA]
7. Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (John Daley, Jonathan Goldstein) [USA]

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. I Love My Dad (James Morosini) [USA]
7. Three Thousand Years of Longing (George Miller) [USA/AUS]
8. Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund) [SWE/GRC]
9. The Whale (Darren Aronofsky) [USA]
10. Turning Red (Domee Shi) [USA]

My Top Films of 2021

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

My 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-present]
6. Narcos / Narcos: Mexico (Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro) [2015-2021]
7. Downton Abbey (Julian Fellowes) [2010-2015]
8. The Sopranos (David Chase) [1999-2007]
9. Ozark (Bill Dubuque, Mark Williams) [2017-2022]
10. The Witcher (Lauren Schmidt Hissrich) [2019-present]
11. Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore, Glen A. Larson) [2004-2009]
12. Sherlock (Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat) [2010-2017]
13. Beef (Sung-Jin Lee) [2023]

My 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. Schitt’s Creek (Eugene & Daniel Levy) [2015-2020]
6. Modern Family (Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan) [2009-2020]
7. Young Sheldon (Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro) [2017-present]
8. Frasier (David Angell, Peter Casey) [1993-2004, 2023-present]
9. Kim’s Convenience (Ins Choi, Kevin White) [2016-2021]
10. Housos (Paul Fenech) [2011-2022]

My Top Asian TV Series

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

My Top Japanese Animation Series

1. Attack on Titan (Wit Studio, MAPPA, Hajime Isayama) [2013-2023]
2. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Bones, Hiromu Arakawa) [2009-2010]
3. Kill la Kill (Studio Trigger, Kazuki Nakashima) [2013-2014]
4. Dorohedoro (MAPPA, Q Hayashida) [2020-present]
5. Death Note (Madhouse, Tsugumi Ohba) [2006-2007]
6. Chibi Maruko-Chan (Nippon Animation, Momoko Sakura) [1990-1992]
7. Kuroko’s Basketball (Production IG, Tadatoshi Fujimaki) [2012-2015]

My Top Animated Miniseries

1. Thermae Romae Novae (NAZ, Tetsuya Tatamitani, Mari Yamazaki) [2022]
2. Japan Sinks (Science Saru, Masaaki Yuasa) [2020]
3. Attack on Titan: Junior High (Production IG) [2015]

My 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]

My Top Reality TV Series

1. Love on the Spectrum (Cian O’Clery) [2019-2024]

My Top Documentary Features

My Top General Docuseries

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

My Top Political History Docuseries

1. The Last Czars (Adrian McDowall, Gareth Tunley) [2019]
2. Roman Empire (Richard Lopez, John Ealer, David O’Neill) [2016-2019]
3. How to Become a Tyrant (Greg Franklin, Ron Myrick, Peter Dinklage) [2021]
4. Alexander: The Making of a God (Hugh Ballantyne, Christopher Bell) [2024]
5. Queen Cleopatra (Jada Pinkett Smith, Tina Gharavi) [2023]

My Top Films of 2020

1. The Father (Florian Zeller) [UK/FRA]
2. Tenet (Christopher Nolan) [UK/USA]
3. Soul (Pete Docter) [USA]
4. Minari (Lee Isaac Chung) [USA]
5. Eurovision Song Contest (David Dobkin) [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. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos) [IRL/UK]
3. The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro) [USA]
4. Get Out (Jordan Peele) [USA]
5. Baby Driver (Edgar Wright) [USA/UK]

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. Your Name (Makoto Shinkai) [JPN]
7. Zootopia (Byron Howard, Rich Moore) [USA]
8. Snowden (Oliver Stone) [USA/DEU]
9. Swiss Army Man (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert) [USA]
10. Silence (Martin Scorsese) [USA/TWN]

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]

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 1995-1996

1. Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne) [USA] 96
2. Braveheart (Mel Gibson) [USA] 95
3. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle) [UK] 96
4. Dangerous Minds (John N. Smith) [USA] 95
5. Seven (David Fincher) [USA] 95

My Top Films of 1990-1994

1. Terminator 2 (James Cameron) [USA] 91
2. Léon: The Professional (Luc Besson) [FRA] 94
3. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg) [USA] 93
4. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino) [USA] 94
5. Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont) [USA] 94
6. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis) [USA] 93
7. To Live (Yi-Mou Zhang) [CHN] 94
8. Forest Gump (Robert Zemeckis) [USA] 94
9. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton) [USA] 90
10. Leap of Faith (Richard Pearce) [USA] 92
11. Heart and Souls (Ron Underwood) [USA] 93
12. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner) [USA] 90
13. Death Becomes Her (Robert Zemeckis) [USA] 92
14. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg) [USA] 93
15. Demolition Man (Marco Brambilla) [USA] 93
16. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese) [USA] 90
17. Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen) [USA] 92
18. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow) [USA] 91
19. White Men Can’t Jump (Ron Shelton) [USA] 92

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]