Part three of my top 100 films of the half-decade list. Don’t forget to let me know how many titles you’ve seen in the comments section below for a chance to win dinner and a movie on me and/or a copy of my book Flickering Empire.
50. Inside Llewyn Davis (Coen/Coen, USA, 2013) – 8.9
49. The Grandmaster (Wong, Hong Kong/China, 2013) – 8.9
48. Twenty Cigarettes (Benning, USA, 2011) – 9.0
47. Nymphomaniac (Von Trier, Denmark/UK, 2013) – 9.0
46. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Takahata, Japan, 2013) – 9.0
45. J. Edgar (Eastwood, USA, 2011) – 9.0
44. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Weerasethakul, Thailand, 2010) – 9.0
43. Dormant Beauty (Bellocchio, Italy, 2012) – 9.1
42. Stray Dogs (Tsai, Tawian, 2013) – 9.1
41. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (Rivers/Russell, Estonia, 2013) – 9.1
40. Mr. Turner (Leigh, UK, 2014) – 9.1
39. The Skin I Live In (Almodovar, Spain, 2011) – 9.1
38. The Master (Anderson, USA, 2012) – 9.2
37. Bastards (Denis, France, 2013) – 9.2
36. The Babadook (Kent, Australia, 2014) – 9.2
35. Computer Chess (Bujalski, USA, 2013) – 9.2
34. Leviathan (Castaing-Taylor/Paravel, USA, 2012) – 9.2
33. A Dangerous Method (Cronenberg, Canada/Germany, 2011) – 9.3
32. Neighboring Sounds (Mendonca, Brazil, 2012) – 9.3
31. Like Someone in Love (Kiarostami, Iran/Japan, 2012) – 9.3
30. Film Socialisme (Godard, France, 2010) – 9.3
29. Jealousy (Garrel, France, 2013) – 9.4
28. The Immigrant (Gray, USA, 2013) – 9.4
27. The Strange Little Cat (Zurcher, Germany, 2013) – 9.4
26. Before Midnight (Linklater, USA/Greece, 2013) – 9.4
To be continued tomorrow . . .
White City Cinema 
January 19th, 2015 at 10:10 am
Only 6 😦
January 19th, 2015 at 10:16 am
This is an excellent list so far, and I shall definitely be pursuing some of the ones I haven’t seen. I’ve only seen 30 of the 75 you’ve so far posted, so plenty still to do, but the ones I have seen all deserve their places, I think (well, I’m no huge fan of The Master, but I can’t deny its artistry; I just can’t seem to get onboard with PT Anderson no matter how many of his films I see).
January 19th, 2015 at 11:39 am
Thanks, Ewan. PTA is definitely not for all tastes and I don’t like all of his movies (MAGNOLIA leaves me cold). But THE MASTER will not be his only appearance on this list.
February 6th, 2015 at 7:58 am
Well, I finally caught up with Inherent Vice and you may be onto something (I really loved it), so perhaps I shall have to try again with The Master… Anyway, it’s a great list and I look forward to watching the 55 or so others that I’ve not seen!
February 6th, 2015 at 8:06 am
Thanks, Ewan!
January 19th, 2015 at 10:35 am
eleven this time. just found out bird people is streaming on netflix, so i can catch that one right away!
January 19th, 2015 at 11:40 am
Excellent. You can always revise your totals if you catch anything before tomorrow at midnight.
January 19th, 2015 at 12:30 pm
4!
January 19th, 2015 at 12:33 pm
We need to see INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS together!
January 19th, 2015 at 12:53 pm
12
January 19th, 2015 at 12:54 pm
You’re now at 30 total, Paul.
January 19th, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Hoping to catch up with the final lap.
January 19th, 2015 at 1:33 pm
…. 21! There’s many of my favorites in this batch. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, BEFORE MIDNIGHT, and THE SKIN I LIVE IN are featured in prominent positions on my own list.
January 19th, 2015 at 4:48 pm
That puts you at 51 total. I wonder if anyone can catch you!
January 19th, 2015 at 3:19 pm
15 for me. Nice to see BELLA ADDORMENTATA listed; it was almost startling to see a film where such a divisive issue creates a context for drama without the film becoming in any way a political tract.
January 19th, 2015 at 4:47 pm
Well-said about the Bellocchio. I think he’s Italy’s greatest living filmmaker. As you indicate, he really knows how to take a subject and dramatize it in a completely naturalistic way. DORMANT BEAUTY is so underrated — and a thousand times better than Haneke’s similarly-themed AMOUR.
January 19th, 2015 at 5:13 pm
Strongly agreed! I hadn’t even thought of the two together before, that’s how far apart they are. I just recently watched Bellocchio’s PRINCE OF HOMBURG, which I found impressively ambiguous.
January 19th, 2015 at 11:31 pm
BTW, you’re at 46 total, Dan.
January 19th, 2015 at 6:40 pm
21 from this batch.
January 19th, 2015 at 11:27 pm
You’re at 52 total, Jake.
January 19th, 2015 at 7:13 pm
11 again
January 19th, 2015 at 11:25 pm
Of course it’s not too late to enter, T. You’re at 28!
January 19th, 2015 at 7:24 pm
5 🙂
January 19th, 2015 at 11:09 pm
LLEWYN DAVIS, J. EDGAR, NYMPHOMANIAC, THE MASTER, BEFORE SUNSET. 😉
January 20th, 2015 at 5:43 pm
that’s very embarrassing