Precocious Ragamuffin

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These are rankings of my favourite movies and shows.

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. Father Stu (Rosalind Ross) [USA/KOR]
6. Turning Red (Domee Shi) [USA]

My Top Films of 2021

1. Belle (Mamoru Hosoda) [JPN]
2. The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Michael Rianda) [USA]
3. Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA/CAN]
4. Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven) [FRA/NLD]
5. 8-Bit Christmas (Michael Dowse) [USA]

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. The Founder (John Lee Hancock) [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. Kamikaze Girls (Tetsuya Nakashima) [JPN]
2. Survive Style 5+ (Gen Sekiguchi) [JPN]
3. The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson) [USA]
4. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright) [UK/FRA]
5. Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki) [USA]
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 1995-1999

1. The Truman Show (Peter Weir) [USA]
2. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
3. Election (Alexander Payne) [USA]
4. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan) [USA]
5. The Matrix (Lana & Lilly Wachowski) [USA]
6. Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne) [USA]
7. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
8. Fight Club (David Fincher) [USA]
9. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol) [USA]
10. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick) [USA/UK]
11. Braveheart (Mel Gibson) [USA]
12. American Beauty (Sam Mendes) [USA]
13. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont) [USA]
14. Office Space (Mike Judge) [USA]
15. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle) [UK]
16. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant) [USA]
17. Seven (David Fincher) [USA]
18. Casino (Martin Scorsese) [USA]
19. Face/Off (John Woo) [USA]
20. Dangerous Minds (John N. Smith) [USA]

My Top Films of 1990-1994

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