Lists
These are rankings of my favourite experiences.
My Top Games of 2022
- Elden Ring (From Software) [JPN]
- Stacklands (Sokpop) [NLD]
- Forward: Escape the Fold (Two Tiny Dice) [FRA]
- Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate (Punkcake Delicieux) [FRA/ESP]
- Strange Horticulture (Bad Viking) [UK]
- Furry Fury (Demibug) [POL]
- A Memoir Blue (Cloisters Interactive) [TWN/USA]
- Skyweaver (Horizon Blockchain Games) [CAN]
- Please, Touch the Artwork (Thomas Waterzooi) [BEL]
Wife’s Top Games of 2022
- Elden Ring (From Software) [JPN]
- Strange Horticulture (Bad Viking) [UK]
My Top Games of 2021
- It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios) [SWE]
- Splinterlands: Chaos Legion (Jesse Reich, Matthew Rosen) [USA]
- Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games) [CAN]
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio) [JPN]
- Hades (Supergiant Games) [USA]
- Twelve Minutes (Luis Antonio) [USA]
- Life Is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine) [USA]
- Little Nightmares II (Tarsier Studios) [SWE]
- Last Stop (Variable State) [UK]
- Maquette (Graceful Decay) [USA]
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games) [USA]
- Dungeon Encounters (Square Enix, Square Enix Europe) [JPN/UK]
- Unpacking (Witch Beam) [AUS]
- Mario Party Superstars (ND Cube) [JPN]
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (Snoozy Kazoo) [USA]
- Qomp (Stuffed Wombat, Clovelt, Miroko, Britt Brady) [AUT/ESP/NLD/USA]
- Toodee and Topdee (Diet Zribi) [ISR]
- Fate of Kai (Trylight Game Studio) [ARG]
- I Am Fish (Bossa Studios) [UK]
- Behind the Frame (Silver Lining Studio) [TWN]
- Just Dance 2022 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune, Ubisoft Shanghai) [FRA/USA/CHN]
- What the Dub?! (Mark Zorn, Kurt Wojda, Wide Right Interactive) [USA]
- Rain on Your Parade (Unbound Creations) [USA]
- Lost Words: Beyond the Page (Sketchbook Games, Fourth State) [UK]
- Minit Fun Racer (JW, Kitty, Jukio, and Dom) [NLD/FIN/DEU]
- Wildfire Swap (Ryan Kubik, Wes Mueller, Drew Gingerich) [USA]
- Sizeable (Sander Ambroos, Business Goose Studios) [BEL]
- Balancelot (Anvil Bird Interactive) [FIN]
- Xuan Yuan Sword 7 (DOMO Studio, Softstar) [TWN]
- Kill It with Fire (Casey Donnellan Games) [USA]
Wife’s Top Games of 2021
- Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games) [CAN]
- It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios) [SWE]
- Hades (Supergiant Games) [USA]
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio) [JPN]
- Splinterlands: Chaos Legion (Jesse Reich, Matthew Rosen) [USA]
- Twelve Minutes (Luis Antonio) [USA]
- Last Stop (Variable State) [UK]
- Mario Party Superstars (ND Cube) [JPN]
- Xuan Yuan Sword 7 (DOMO Studio, Softstar) [TWN]
- Unpacking (Witch Beam) [AUS]
My Top Games of 2020
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) [JPN]
- There Is No Game (Draw Me a Pixel) [FRA]
- Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games) [USA]
- Carto (Sunhead Games) [TWN]
- Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch Productions) [USA]
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic) [UK]
- Astro’s Playroom (Team Asobi, SIE Japan Studio) [JPN]
- The Last of Us: Part II (Naughty Dog) [USA]
- The Pedestrian (Skookum Arts) [USA]
- What the Golf? (Triband) [DNK]
- Moving Out (SMG Studio, DEVM Games) [AUS/SWE]
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games) [USA]
- Maneater (Tripwire Interactive, Blindside Interactive) [USA/CAN]
- Twin Mirror (Dontnod Entertainment) [FRA]
- Signs of the Sojourner (Echodog Games) [USA]
- The Procession to Calvary (Joe Richardson) [UK]
- Coffee Talk (Toge Productions) [IDN]
- Dreams (Media Molecule) [UK]
- HoloVista (Aconite) [USA]
- Disc Room (JW, Kitty, Terri, Dose) [NLD/BRA/USA]
- Solitaire Conspiracy (Bithell Games) [UK]
- Batu Ta Batu (EZ Software Development) [NLD]
- Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft San Francisco) [FRA/USA]
- The Suicide of Rachel Foster (Daedalic Entertainment) [DEU]
- Chicken Police (The Wild Gentlemen) [HUN]
- Table Manners (Echo Chamber Games) [UK]
- Kuukiyomi: Consider It (G-Mode) [JPN]
- Orwell’s Animal Farm (Nerial) [UK]
- Raji: An Ancient Epic (Nodding Heads Games) [IND]
- Snakeybus (Stovetop Studios) [USA]
Wife’s Top Games of 2020
- Slay the Spire (Mega Crit Games) [USA]
- Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch Productions) [USA]
- There Is No Game (Draw Me a Pixel) [FRA]
- XCOM: Chimera Squad (Firaxis Games) [USA]
- Twin Mirror (Dontnod Entertainment) [FRA]
- HoloVista (Aconite) [USA]
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic) [UK]
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo EPD) [JPN]
- Just Dance 2021 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft San Francisco) [FRA/USA]
- Moving Out (SMG Studio, DEVM Games) [AUS/SWE]
My Top Games of 2019
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software) [JPN]
- The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Telltale Games, Skybound Games) [USA]
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope) [USA]
- A Plague Tale: Innocence (Asobo Studio) [FRA]
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo) [SWE]
- Ape Out (Gabe Cuzzillo) [USA]
- Devotion (Red Candle Games) [TWN]
- Untitled Goose Game (House House) [AUS]
- Hollow Knight (Team Cherry) [AUS]
- Mutazione (Die Gute Fabrik) [DNK]
- Heave Ho (Le Cartel Studio) [FRA]
- Dicey Dungeons (Terry Cavanagh) [UK]
- Control (Remedy Entertainment) [FIN]
- Cuphead (Studio MDHR) [CAN]
- Kine (Gwen Frey) [USA]
- Songbird Symphony (Joysteak Studios) [SGP]
- Baba Is You (Hempuli) [FIN]
- Concrete Genie (Pixelopus) [USA]
- Felix the Reaper (Kong Orange) [DNK]
- Vacation Simulator (Owlchemy Labs) [USA]
- Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix) [JPN]
- Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo EPD) [JPN]
- Just Dance 2020 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune) [FRA/IND]
- Kind Words (Pop Cannibal) [USA]
- Tools Up! (The Knights of Unity) [POL]
- Telling Lies (Sam Barlow, Furious Bee) [UK]
- Life Is Strange 2 (Dontnod Entertainment) [FRA]
- Tick Tock: A Tale for Two (Other Tales Interactive) [DNK/SWE]
- My Friend Pedro (Dead Toast Entertainment) [SWE]
- Trüberbrook (BTF, Headup Games) [DEU]
Wife’s Top Games of 2019
- Gwent: The Witcher Card Game (CD Projekt Red) [POL]
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems, Koei Tecmo) [JPN]
- The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Telltale Games, Skybound Games) [USA]
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software) [JPN]
- Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo EPD) [JPN]
- Chinese Parents (Moyuwan Games) [CHN]
- Heave Ho (Le Cartel Studio) [FRA]
- Tick Tock: A Tale for Two (Other Tales Interactive) [DNK/SWE]
- Just Dance 2020 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune) [FRA/IND]
- Untitled Goose Game (House House) [AUS]
My Top Games of 2018
- God of War (Santa Monica Studio) [USA]
- Life Is Strange: Before the Storm (Deck Nine) [USA]
- Gwent: The Witcher Card Game (CD Projekt Red) [POL]
- Beat Saber (Beat Games) [CZE]
- Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio) [JPN]
- Tacoma (Fullbright) [USA]
- Spider-Man (Insomniac Games) [USA]
- Gris (Nomada Studio) [ESP]
- Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games, Team 17) [UK]
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream) [FRA]
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio) [JPN]
- Tiny Bubbles (Pine Street Codeworks) [USA]
- Dead in Vinland (CCCP) [FRA]
- Frostpunk (11 Bit Studios) [POL]
- Donut County (Ben Esposito) [USA]
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games) [CAN]
- Wandersong (Greg Lobanov) [CAN]
- The Gardens Between (The Voxel Agents) [AUS]
- Gorogoa (Buried Signal) [USA]
- Super Mario Party (ND Cube) [JPN]
- Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (CD Projekt Red) [POL]
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Bandai Namco Entertainment, Sora) [JPN]
- Batman: The Enemy Within (Telltale Games) [USA]
- Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (Level-5) [JPN]
- A Way Out (Hazelight Studios) [SWE]
- Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Toronto) [CAN]
- Just Dance 2019 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune) [FRA/IND]
- The American Dream (Samurai Punk) [AUS]
- Think of the Children (Jammed Up Studios) [AUS]
- Minit (JW, Kitty, Jukio, and Dom) [NLD/FIN/DEU]
Wife’s Top Games of 2018
- God of War (Santa Monica Studio) [USA]
- Beat Saber (Beat Games) [CZE]
- Tiny Bubbles (Pine Street Codeworks) [USA]
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream) [FRA]
- Gris (Nomada Studio) [ESP]
- Dead in Vinland (CCCP) [FRA]
- Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games, Team 17) [UK]
- Frostpunk (11 Bit Studios) [POL]
- Just Dance 2019 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune) [FRA/IND]
- A Way Out (Hazelight Studios) [SWE]
My Top Games of 2017
- Persona 5 (Atlus) [JPN]
- What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow) [USA]
- Prey (Arkane Studios) [FRA]
- Pyre (Supergiant Games) [USA]
- Horizon: Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games) [NLD]
- Battle Chef Brigade (Trinket Studios) [USA]
- Ultimate Chicken Horse (Clever Endeavour Games) [CAN]
- South Park: Fractured but Whole (Ubisoft San Francisco) [USA]
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory) [UK]
- Old Man’s Journey (Broken Rules) [AUT]
- Detention (Red Candle Games) [TWN]
- The Surge (Deck 13 Interactive) [DEU]
- Snipperclips Plus (SFB Games) [UK]
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog) [USA]
- Dreamfall Chapters (Red Thread Games) [NOR]
- Blackwood Crossing (Paper Seven) [UK]
- The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (Telltale Games) [USA]
- Statik (Tarsier Studios) [SWE]
- Superhot (Superhot Team) [POL]
- Nier: Automata (Platinum Games) [JPN]
- Nioh (Team Ninja) [JPN]
- That’s You! (Wish Studios) [UK]
- The Sims 4 (Maxis) [USA]
- The Flame in the Flood (The Molasses Flood) [USA]
- Just Dance 2018 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune) [FRA/IND]
- Black & White Bushido (Good Catch, Ground Shatter) [UK]
- Knowledge Is Power (Wish Studios) [UK]
- NBA Playgrounds (Saber Interactive) [USA]
- Undertale (Toby Fox) [USA]
- 1-2-Switch (Nintendo EPD) [JPN]
Wife’s Top Games of 2017
- Battle Chef Brigade (Trinket Studios) [USA]
- Persona 5 (Atlus) [JPN]
- Pyre (Supergiant Games) [USA]
- Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Milan, Ubisoft Paris) [ITA/FRA]
- What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow) [USA]
- The Walking Dead: A New Frontier (Telltale Games) [USA]
- That’s You! (Wish Studios) [UK]
- Just Dance 2018 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune) [FRA/IND]
- Nioh (Team Ninja) [JPN]
- The Sims 4 (Maxis) [USA]
My Top Games of 2016
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog) [USA]
- XCOM 2 (Firaxis Games) [USA]
- Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes (Pop Cap Games) [USA]
- Life Is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment) [FRA]
- Tricky Towers (Weird Beard) [NLD]
- Overcooked (Ghost Town Games, Team 17) [UK]
- Firewatch (Campo Santo) [USA]
- Unravel (Coldwood Interactive) [SWE]
- Inside (Playdead) [DNK]
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Eidos Montreal) [CAN]
- Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst (EA DICE) [SWE]
- The Witness (Thekla) [USA]
- Tharsis (Choice Provisions) [USA]
- Just Dance 2017 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune) [FRA/IND]
- Surgeon Simulator: Experience Reality (Bossa Studios) [UK]
- Dark Souls III (From Software) [JPN]
- Salt and Sanctuary (Ska Studios) [USA]
- √Letter (Kadokawa Games) [JPN]
- Headlander (Double Fine Productions) [USA]
- Doom (Id Software) [USA]
- Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix) [JPN]
- Batman: The Telltale Series (Telltale Games) [USA]
- Push Me Pull You (House House) [AUS]
- Job Simulator (Owlchemy Labs) [USA]
- Virginia (Variable State) [UK]
- Pony Island (Daniel Mullins Games) [CAN]
- Manual Samuel (Perfectly Paranormal) [NOR]
- Abzû (Giant Squid Studios) [USA]
- Severed (Drink Box Studios) [CAN]
- Stikbold! (Game Swing) [DNK]
Wife’s Top Games of 2016
- XCOM 2 (Firaxis Games) [USA]
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog) [USA]
- Just Dance 2017 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Pune) [FRA/IND]
- Overcooked (Ghost Town Games, Team 17) [UK]
- Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes (Pop Cap Games) [USA]
- Darkest Dungeon (Red Hook Studios) [CAN]
- Civilization VI (Firaxis Games) [USA]
- Life Is Strange (Dontnod Entertainment) [FRA]
- Batman: Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios) [UK]
- Tharsis (Choice Provisions) [USA]
My Top Games of 2015
- Soma (Frictional Games) [SWE]
- Batman: Arkham Knight (Rocksteady Studios) [UK]
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red) [POL]
- Rocket League (Psyonix) [USA]
- Bloodborne (From Software) [JPN]
- Her Story (Sam Barlow) [UK]
- The Beginner’s Guide (Everything Unlimited) [USA]
- Wasteland 2 (InXile Entertainment) [USA]
- Fallout 4 (Bethesda Game Studios) [USA]
- Broken Age (Double Fine Productions) [USA]
- Limbo (Playdead) [DNK]
- Hatoful Boyfriend (PigeoNation) [JPN]
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Asteroid Base) [CAN]
- Minecraft: Story Mode (Telltale Games) [USA]
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (Steel Crate Games) [CAN]
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts) [POL]
- Until Dawn (Supermassive Games) [UK]
- Pneuma: Breath of Life (Deco Digital, Bevel Studios) [UK]
- Tembo the Badass Elephant (Game Freak) [JPN]
- I Am Bread (Bossa Studios) [UK]
- Just Dance 2016 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Milan) [FRA/ITA]
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (The Chinese Room) [UK]
- Super Exploding Zoo! (Honeyslug) [UK]
- Grow Home (Ubisoft Reflections) [UK]
- Apotheon (Alientrap) [CAN]
My Top Games of 2014
- The Talos Principle (Croteam) [HRV]
- South Park: The Stick of Truth (Obsidian Entertainment) [USA]
- Infamous: First Light / Second Son (Sucker Punch Productions) [USA]
- This War of Mine (11 Bit Studios) [POL]
- Transistor (Supergiant Games) [USA]
- The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Games) [USA]
- The Banner Saga (Stoic) [USA]
- Little Big Planet 3 (Sumo Digital) [UK]
- Octodad: Dadliest Catch (Young Horses) [USA]
- The Evil Within (Tango Gameworks) [JPN]
- Wolfenstein: The New Order (Machine Games) [SWE]
- Just Dance 2015 (Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Milan) [FRA/ITA]
- Road Not Taken (Spry Fox) [USA]
- Dark Souls II (From Software) [JPN]
- Screencheat (Samurai Punk) [AUS]
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Ubisoft Montpellier) [FRA]
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions) [USA]
- Far Cry 4 (Ubisoft Montreal) [CAN]
- Kitty Powers’ Matchmaker (Magic Notion) [UK]
- Never Alone (Upper One Games) [USA]
My Top Games of 2013
- BioShock Infinite (Irrational Games) [USA]
- The Last of Us (Naughty Dog) [USA]
- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games) [USA]
- Tearaway (Media Molecule) [UK]
- The Yawhg (Damian Sommer, Emily Carroll) [CAN]
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Starbreeze Studios) [SWE]
- Rayman Legends (Ubisoft Montpellier) [FRA]
- Hotline Miami (Dennaton Games) [SWE]
- The Swapper (Facepalm Games) [FIN]
- Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Pop Cap Games) [USA]
- Beyond: Two Souls (Quantic Dream) [FRA]
- Gone Home (Fullbright) [USA]
- Guacamelee! (Drink Box Studios) [CAN]
- Resogun (Housemarque) [FIN]
- Remember Me (Dontnod Entertainment) [FRA]
- Puppeteer (SIE Japan Studio) [JPN]
- The Stanley Parable (Galactic Cafe) [USA]
- Dead Space 3 (Visceral Games) [USA]
- Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (Level-5) [JPN]
- Sportsfriends (Die Gute Fabrik) [DNK]
My Top Games of 2012
- Mass Effect 3 (BioWare) [CAN]
- Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft Montreal) [CAN]
- Catherine (Atlus) [JPN]
- Spec Ops: The Line (Yager Development) [DEU]
- Assassin’s Creed III (Ubisoft Montreal) [CAN]
- Journey (That Game Company) [USA]
- Fez (Polytron Corporation) [CAN]
- Sleeping Dogs (United Front Games) [CAN]
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Firaxis Games) [USA]
- Hitman: Absolution (IO Interactive) [DNK]
- Dishonored (Arkane Studios) [FRA]
- Diablo III (Blizzard Entertainment) [USA]
- Vessel (Strange Loop Games) [USA]
- Lollipop Chainsaw (Grasshopper Manufacture) [JPN]
- The Unfinished Swan (Giant Sparrow) [USA]
My Top Games of 2011
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal) [CAN]
- Portal 2 (Valve Corporation) [USA]
- Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios) [UK]
- Mass Effect 2 (BioWare) [CAN]
- Dead Space 2 (Visceral Games) [USA]
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Naughty Dog) [USA]
- Dragon Age II (BioWare) [CAN]
- L.A. Noire (Team Bondi) [AUS]
- Little Big Planet 2 (Media Molecule) [UK]
- Dark Souls (From Software) [JPN]
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios) [USA]
- Shadows of the Damned (Grasshopper Manufacture) [JPN]
- Bastion (Supergiant Games) [USA]
- Infamous 2 (Sucker Punch Productions) [USA]
- Trine 2 (Frozenbyte) [FIN]
My Top Games of 2010
- Heavy Rain (Quantic Dream) [FRA]
- BioShock 2 (2K Marin) [USA]
- Fallout: New Vegas (Obsidian Entertainment) [USA]
- Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (Ninja Theory) [UK]
- Mafia II (2K Czech) [CZE]
- God of War III (Santa Monica Studio) [USA]
- Sports Champions (San Diego Studio) [USA]
- Darksiders (Vigil Games) [USA]
- Demon’s Souls (From Software) [JPN]
- Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) [JPN]
- Dead Nation (Housemarque) [FIN]
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Crystal Dynamics) [USA]
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Ubisoft Montreal) [CAN]
- Dante’s Inferno (Visceral Games) [USA]
- Thomas Was Alone (Bithell Games) [UK]
My Top Games of 2004-2009
- BioShock (Irrational Games) [USA]
- Fallout 3 (Bethesda Game Studios) [USA]
- Dead Space (Visceral Games) [USA]
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog) [USA]
- World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment) [USA]
- Age of Empires III (Ensemble Studios) [USA]
- Mass Effect (BioWare) [CAN]
- Mirror’s Edge (EA DICE) [SWE]
- Portal (Valve Corporation) [USA]
- Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios) [UK]
- Plants vs. Zombies (Pop Cap Games) [USA]
- Dragon’s Age: Origins (BioWare) [CAN]
- Little Big Planet (Media Molecule) [UK]
- Braid (Number None) [USA]
- Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal) [CAN]
- Infamous (Sucker Punch Productions) [USA]
- World of Goo (2D Boy) [USA]
- Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (Naughty Dog) [USA]
- Trine (Frozenbyte) [FIN]
- Flower (That Game Company) [USA]
My Top Films of 2021
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Michael Rianda) [USA]
My Top Films of 2020
- Tenet (Christopher Nolan) [UK/USA]
- Soul (Pete Docter) [USA]
- Palm Springs (Max Barbakow) [USA]
- Onward (Dan Scanlon) [USA]
- Eurovision Song Contest (David Dobkin) [USA]
My Top Films of 2019
- Joker (Todd Phillips) [USA]
- El Camino (Vince Gilligan) [USA]
- Parasite (Joon-ho Bong) [KOR]
- The Farewell (Lulu Wang) [USA/CHN]
- Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi) [USA/NZL]
My Top Films of 2018
- Paul, Apostle of Christ (Andrew Hyatt) [USA]
- Searching (Aneesh Chaganty) [USA]
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (Phil Johnston, Rich Moore) [USA]
- The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel & Ethan Coen) [USA]
- Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham) [USA]
My Top Films of 2017
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh) [USA/UK]
- The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro) [USA]
- Get Out (Jordan Peele) [USA]
- Baby Driver (Edgar Wright) [USA/UK]
- Coco (Lee Unkrich) [USA]
My Top Films of 2016
- Hacksaw Ridge (Mel Gibson) [USA/AUS]
- Arrival (Denis Villeneuve) [USA]
- Lion (Garth Davis) [AUS/UK]
- A Silent Voice (Naoko Yamada) [JPN]
- Moana (Ron Clements, John Musker) [USA]
- Your Name (Makoto Shinkai) [JPN]
- Zootopia (Byron Howard, Rich Moore) [USA]
- Snowden (Oliver Stone) [USA/DEU]
- The Founder (John Lee Hancock) [USA]
- Train to Busan (Sang-Ho Yeon) [KOR]
My Top Films of 2015
- Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) [USA]
- Ex Machina (Alex Garland) [UK]
- Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman) [USA]
- Inside Out (Pete Docter) [USA]
- Eye in the Sky (Gavin Hood) [UK]
My Top Films of 2014
- Whiplash (Damien Chazelle) [USA]
- Interstellar (Christopher Nolan) [USA/UK]
- Birdman (Alejandro González Iñárritu) [USA]
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Matt Reeves) [USA]
- Big Hero 6 (Don Hall, Chris Williams) [USA]
My Top Films of 2013
- Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (Sion Sono) [JPN]
- About Time (Richard Curtis) [UK/USA]
- 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen) [UK/USA]
- Enemy (Denis Villeneuve) [CAN/ESP]
- Her (Spike Jonze) [USA]
My Top Films of 2012
- The Dictator (Larry Charles) [USA]
- Wolf Children (Mamoru Hosoda) [JPN]
- Wreck-It Ralph (Rich Moore) [USA]
- Les Misérables (Tom Hooper) [UK]
- Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson) [USA]
My Top Films of 2011
- The Descendants (Alexander Payne) [USA]
- A Separation (Asghar Farhadi) [IRN]
- We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay) [UK/USA]
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Rupert Wyatt) [USA]
- Source Code (Duncan Jones) [USA]
My Top Films of 2010
- The Book of Eli (Albert & Allen Hughes) [USA]
- Inception (Christopher Nolan) [USA]
- Confessions (Tetsuya Nakashima) [JPN]
- Super (James Gunn) [USA]
- Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich) [USA]
My Top Films of 2009
- Moon (Duncan Jones) [UK]
- City of Life and Death (Chuan Lu) [CHN]
- Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda) [JPN]
- Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) [USA]
- Avatar (James Cameron) [USA]
My Top Films of 2008
- Departures (Youjirou Takita) [JPN]
- Love Exposure (Sion Sono) [JPN]
- Wall·E (Andrew Stanton) [USA]
- Burn After Reading (Joel & Ethan Coen) [USA/UK]
- The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) [USA/UK]
My Top Films of 2007
- No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen) [USA]
- Lars and the Real Girl (Craig Gillespie) [USA/CAN]
- Son of Rambow (Garth Jennings) [FRA/UK]
- There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
- Superbad (Greg Mottola) [USA]
My Top Films of 2006
- Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris) [USA]
- This Is England (Shane Meadows) [UK]
- Black Snake Moan (Craig Brewer) [USA]
- Kenny (Clayton Jacobson) [AUS]
- Borat (Larry Charles) [USA/UK]
My Top Films of 2005
- Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan) [USA]
- Thank You for Smoking (Jason Reitman) [USA]
- V for Vendetta (James McTeigue) [UK]
- Sin City (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez) [USA]
- The Weather Man (Gore Verbinski) [USA]
My Top Films of 2004
- Kamikaze Girls (Tetsuya Nakashima) [JPN]
- Survive Style 5+ (Gen Sekiguchi) [JPN]
- The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson) [USA]
- Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright) [UK/FRA]
- Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki) [USA]
- Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki) [JPN]
- The Incredibles (Brad Bird) [USA]
- Team America: World Police (Trey Parker) [USA]
- The Butterfly Effect (Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber) [USA]
- I, Robot (Alex Proyas) [USA]
My Top Films of 2003
- Big Fish (Tim Burton) [USA]
- 21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu) [USA]
- Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino) [USA/JPN]
- Oldboy (Chan-Wook Park) [KOR]
- Bruce Almighty (Tom Shadyac) [USA]
My Top Films of 2002
- City of God (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund) [BRA]
- Solaris (Steven Soderbergh) [USA]
- The Pianist (Roman Polanski) [UK/POL]
- Minority Report (Steven Spielberg) [USA]
- Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
My Top Films of 2001
- Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki) [JPN]
- Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) [FRA]
- Visitor Q (Takashi Miike) [JPN]
- Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter) [USA]
- Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe) [USA]
My Top Films of 2000
- Gladiator (Ridley Scott) [UK/USA]
- Brother (Takeshi Kitano) [JPN/USA]
- Memento (Christopher Nolan) [USA]
- Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky) [USA]
- American Psycho (Mary Harron) [USA]
My Top Films of 1995-1999
- The Truman Show (Peter Weir) [USA]
- Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
- Election (Alexander Payne) [USA]
- The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan) [USA]
- The Matrix (Lana & Lilly Wachowski) [USA]
- Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne) [USA]
- Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson) [USA]
- Fight Club (David Fincher) [USA]
- Gattaca (Andrew Niccol) [USA]
- Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick) [USA/UK]
- Braveheart (Mel Gibson) [USA]
- American Beauty (Sam Mendes) [USA]
- The Green Mile (Frank Darabont) [USA]
- Office Space (Mike Judge) [USA]
- Trainspotting (Danny Boyle) [UK]
- Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant) [USA]
- Seven (David Fincher) [USA]
- Casino (Martin Scorsese) [USA]
- Face/Off (John Woo) [USA]
- Dangerous Minds (John N. Smith) [USA]
My Top Films of 1990-1994
- Terminator 2 (James Cameron) [USA]
- Léon: The Professional (Luc Besson) [FRA]
- Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg) [USA]
- Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino) [USA]
- Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont) [USA]
- To Live (Yi-Mou Zhang) [CHN]
- Forest Gump (Robert Zemeckis) [USA]
- Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton) [USA]
- Leap of Faith (Richard Pearce) [USA]
- Heart and Souls (Ron Underwood) [USA]
- Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner) [USA]
- Death Becomes Her (Robert Zemeckis) [USA]
- Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg) [USA]
- Life Is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni) [ITA]
- Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis) [USA]
- Dumb and Dumber (Peter & Bobby Farrelly) [USA]
- Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese) [USA]
- Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen) [USA]
- Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow) [USA]
- White Men Can’t Jump (Ron Shelton) [USA]
My Top Films of 1980-1989
- Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick) [USA]
- Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis) [USA]
- Brazil (Terry Gilliam) [UK]
- The Shining (Stanley Kubrick) [USA]
- A City of Sadness (Hsiao-Hsien Hou) [TWN]
My Top Films Prior to 1980
- The Godfather: Part I + II (Francis Ford Coppola) [USA]
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) [USA]
- Roman Holiday (William Wyler) [USA]
- The Devil’s Playground (Fred Schepisi) [AUS]
- Fiddler on the Roof (Norman Jewison) [USA]
- Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean) [UK/USA]
- Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola) [USA]
- Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock) [USA]
- Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu) [JPN]
- 8½ (Federico Fellini) [ITA]
- Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming) [USA]
- 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet) [USA]
- The Exorcist (William Friedkin) [USA]
- Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa) [JPN]
- Citizen Kane (Orson Welles) [USA]
- To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan) [USA]
- My Fair Lady (George Cukor) [USA]
- Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa) [JPN]
- Casablanca (Michael Curtiz) [USA]
- Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica) [ITA]
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