Films of the Decade Rankdown

[aliasocfan]

1 hour ago, *Chris said:

Save Martha Marcy May Marlene

Cutting Looper 

Victoria saved that already. 

It's between Looper and The Wind Rises. 

Fortunately, your cut is still good. 

[*Chris]

13 minutes ago, aliasocfan said:

Victoria saved that already. 

It's between Looper and The Wind Rises. 

Fortunately, your cut is still good. 

Ooh, I didn’t see the writeup

[totes4totes]

1 hour ago, *Chris said:

Save Martha Marcy May Marlene

Cutting Looper 

victoria already saved that. but also somebody else corrected you.

Edited October 8, 2020 by totes4totes

[FrogLenzen]

Just in case public noms are next/soon/ever happening, and also just in case this is helpful to any rankers, I wasted time and made the following list. It has all the remaining movies by year, along with language, genre, Rotten Tomatoes score, and some actors.

 

FYI the info is all from Rotten Tomatoes so sorry if the genres are weird, and also sorry if I misspelled anything or picked weird actors to list, and also if the language was English I put USA unless there was easy evidence it was from another country, and also sorry if I got any of the movies/information/whatever incorrect lol I tried my best.

 

Feel free to steal and repost with different formatting or make edits or arrange by genre or whatever. I put the years in reverse order so you can finally kill off some of 2018

 

2019 (16 remaining):

1917 - USA - Drama/History/War - 89% - George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman

Ash is Purest White - Chinese - Drama/Romance - 99% - Zhao Tao, Liao Fan

Avengers: Endgame - USA - Action/Fantasy/SciFi - 94% - Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans

Clemency - USA - Drama - 92% - Afre Woodard, Aldis Hodge

The Farewell - USA - Drama/Comedy - 98% - Awkwafina, Tzi Ma

Harriet - USA - Drama/History/Biography - 73% - Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monae

Jojo Rabbit - USA - Drama/Comedy - 79% - Roman Griffin Davis, Scarlett Johansson

The Lighthouse - USA - Drama/Thriller - 90% - Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe

Little Women - USA - Drama - 95% - Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh

Midsommar - USA - Horror/Thriller - 83% - Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor

Parasite - Korean - Drama/Thriller - 98% - Song Kang-ho, Yeo-jeong Jo

The Peanut Butter Falcon - USA - Drama/Comedy/Adventure - 96% - Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu - USA - Comedy/Thriller - 68% - Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith

Portrait of a Lady on Fire - French - Drama/Romance/History - 98% - Noemie Merlant, Adele Haenel

Rocketman - USA - Drama/Musical/Biography - 89% - Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell

Shazam! - USA - Comedy/Fantasy/Action - 90% - Zachary Levi, Mark Strong

Toy Story 4 - USA - Animated/Comedy/Fantasy - 97% - Tom Hanks, Tim Allen

Us - USA - Horror/Thriller - 93% - Lupita Nyong'o, Elisabeth Moss

 

2018 (25 remaining):

Annihilation - USA - Thriller/SciFi - 88% - Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Ben Is Back - USA - Drama/Thriller - 81% - Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges

Black Panther - USA - Action/Fantasy - 96% - Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan

BlacKkKlansman - USA - Drama/Comedy/Crime - 96% - John David Washington, Adam Driver

Blindspotting - USA - Drama/Comedy - 94% - Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal

Blockers - USA - Comedy - 84% - Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, John Cena

Boy Erased - USA - Drama/Biography - 81% - Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman

Burning (Beoning) - Korean - Drama/Thriller - 95% - Ah In Yoo, Steven Yeun

CAM - USA - Horror/Thriller - 93% - Madeline Brewer, Patch Darragh

Cold War - Poland - Drama/Romance/History - 92% - Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot

Crazy Rich Asians - USA - Romance - 91% - Constance Wu, Henry Golding

Eighth Grade - USA - Drama/Comedy - 99% - Elsie Fisher, Daniel Zolghadri

The Favourite - UK - Drama/Comedy - 93% - Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone

Game Night - USA - Comedy/Action - 85% - Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams

The Hate U Give - USA - Drama - 97% - Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall

Hereditary - USA - Horror/Thriller - 89% - Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne

If Beale Street Could Talk - USA - Drama/Romance/Crime - 95% - KiKi Layne, Stephan James

Private Life - USA - Drama/Comedy - 94% - Paul Giamatti, Kathryn Hahn

Roma - Spanish - Drama - 96% - Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira

Searching - USA - Thriller - 92% - John Cho, Debra Messing

Shoplifters - Japanese - Drama/Crime - 99% - Lily Franky, Sakura Ando

Sorry To Bother You - USA - Comedy/Fantasy/SciFi - 93% - Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Animated/Action/Fantasy - Drama - 97% - Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson

Summer of 84 - USA - Drama/Thriller - 72% - Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis

Support the Girls - USA - Comedy - 91% - Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson

Unsane - USA - Horror/Thriller - 80% - Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah

We the Animals - USA - Drama - 92% - Raul Castillo, Sheila Vand

You Were Never Really Here - USA - Drama/Thriller - 89% - Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov

 

2017 (19 remaining):

A Fantastic Woman (Una Mujer Fantástica) - Spanish - Drama - 94% - Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes

Atomic Blonde - USA - Action/Thriller - 78% - Charlize Theron, James McAvoy

The Big Sick - USA - Romance - 98% - Kumali Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter

Blade Runner 2049 - USA - Thriller/SciFi - 88% - Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford

BPM (Beats per Minute) - USA - French - 98% - Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois

Coco - USA - Animated/Comedy/Adventure - 97% - Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal

Disobedience - USA - Drama/Romance - 84% - Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams

Dunkirk - USA - Drama/History/War - 92% - Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney

First Reformed - USA - Drama/Thriller - 93% - Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried

The Florida Project - USA - Drama - 96% - Willem Dafoe, Brooklyn Prince

Get Out - USA - Horror/Thriller - 98% - Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams

God's Own Country - UK - Drama - 98% - Josh O'Connor, Alex Secareanu

Good Time - USA - Drama/Thriller/Crime - 92% - Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Jason Leigh

I, Tonya - USA - Drama/Comedy/Biography - 89% - Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney

It - USA - Horror/Thriller - 85% - Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgard

Lady Bird - USA - Drama/Comedy - 99% - Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Timothee Chalamet

Logan - USA - Action/Fantasy - 93% - Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart

Thor: Ragnarok - USA - Action/Fantasy/SciFi - 93% - Chris Hemsworth, Tom HIddleston, Cate Blanchett

Wonder Woman - USA - Action/Fantasy - 93% - Gal Gadot, Chris Pine

 

2016 (16 remaining):

10 Cloverfield Lane - USA - Thriller - 90% - John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

20th Century Women - USA - Drama/Comedy - 88% - Annette Bening, Elle Fanning

Arrival - USA - Drama/Thriller/SciFi - 94% - Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker

Captain America: Civil War - USA - Action/Fantasy - 91% - Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr.

Certain Women - USA - Drama - 91% - Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Michelle Williams

The Conjuring 2 - USA - Horror/Thriller - 80% - Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga

Deadpool - USA - Comedy/Action/Fantasy - 85% - Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin

Fences - USA - Drama - 92% - Denzel Washington, Viola Davis

The Handmaiden - Korean - Drama/Romance/Thriller - 95% - Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri

Hidden Figures - USA - Drama/History - 93% - Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae

Hush - USA - Horror/Thriller - 93% - John Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel

Loving - USA - Drama/History/Biography - 89% - Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga

Moonlight - USA - Drama - 98% - Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp

Nocturnal Animals - USA - Drama/Thriller/Crime - 74% - Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal

Train to Busan - Korean - Action/Horror/Thriller - 94% - Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok

Your Name. - Japanese - Animated/Fantasy/Romance - 98% - Michael Sinterniklaas, Stephanie Sheh

 

2015 (15 remaining):

45 Years - USA - Drama - 97% - Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay

Anomalisa - USA - Animated/Drama/Comedy - 92% - Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, David Thewlis

The Blackcoat’s Daughter - Canada - Horror/Thriller - 72% - Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka

Brooklyn - UK - Drama/Romance/History - 97% - Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson

Carol - USA - Drama/Romance - 94% - Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson

Crimson Peak - USA - Horror/Thriller/Romance - 73% - Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain

Inside Out - USA - Animated/Fantasy/Comedy - 98% - Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith

Leviathan - Russian - Drama - 98% - Alexey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova

The Little Prince - USA - Animated/Fantasy/Adventure - 93% - Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Hames Franco

The Lobster - USA - Drama/Fantasy/SciFi - 87% - Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz

Mad Max: Fury Road - USA - Action/Adventure - 97% - Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron

The Martian - USA - Drama/SciFi/Adventure - 91% - Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain

Room - USA - Drama - 93% - Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay

Sicario - USA - Drama/Thriller/Crime - 92% - Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin

Spotlight - USA - Drama - 97% - Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams

Straight Outta Compton - USA - Drama/Biography - 89% - O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins

The Witch - USA - Thriller/Horror/History - 90% - Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson

Youth - Italian - Drama/Comedy - 72% -  Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel 

 

2014 (23 remaining):

A Most Violent Year - USA - Drama/Thriller/Crime - 89% - Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain

The Babadook - Australia - Horror/Thriller - 98% - Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall

Big Hero 6 - USA - Animated/Action/SciFi - 89% - Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit

Boyhood - USA - Drama - 97% - Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - USA - Action/Fantasy - 90% - Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson

Dear White People - USA - Drama/Comedy - 91% - Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson

Enemy - Canada - Thriller - 71% - Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini

Ex Machina - USA - Drama/Thriller/SciFi - 92% - Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander

Gone Girl - USA - Drama/Thriller/Crime - 87% - Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris

The Grand Budapest Hotel - USA - Drama/Comedy - 91% - Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham

Interstellar - USA - Action/SciFi - 72% - Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain

It Follows - USA - Horror/Thriller - 95% - Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter - USA - Drama/Adventure - 88% - Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube

Love & Mercy - USA - Drama/Biography - 89% - John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks

Mommy - French Canadian - Drama - 89% - Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon

Nightcrawler - USA - Drama/Thriller/Crime - 95% - Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo

Obvious Child - USA - Comedy - 90% - Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy

Selma - USA - Drama/History - 99% - David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson

The Skeleton Twins - USA - Drama/Comedy - 87% - Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson

Timbuktu - French - Drama - 98% - Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki

Two Days, One Night - French - Drama - 97% - Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione

What We Do in the Shadows - USA - Horror/Comedy - 96% - Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

Whiplash - USA - Drama - 94% - Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons

 

2013 (14 remaining):

12 Years A Slave - USA - Drama/History/Biography - 95% - Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch

Before Midnight - USA - Drama/Romance - 98% - Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy

The Conjuring - USA - Horror/Thriller - 86% - Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson

Frozen - USA - Animation/Fantasy/Adventure - 90% - Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel

Gloria - Spanish - Drama - 99% - Paulina Garcia, Sergio Hernandez

Gravity - USA - Drama/Thriller/SciFi - 96% - Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

Her - USA - Drama/Comedy/Romance - 95% - Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson

Inside Llewyn Davis - USA - Drama/Comedy - 92% - Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman

Nebraska - USA - Drama - 91% - Bruce Dern, Will Forte

Prisoners - USA - Drama/Thriller/Crime - 81% - Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis

Short Term 12 - USA - Drama - 98% - Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr.

Snowpiercer - USA - Action/SciFi - 94% - Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton

Tom at the Farm - French Canadian - Drama/Thriller - 78% - Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal

The Way, Way Back - USA - Drama/Comedy - 84% - Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney

The Wind Rises - Japanese - Animated/Drama/History - 88% - [Studio Ghibli + Miyazaki] 

 

2012 (11 remaining):

Beasts of the Southern Wild - USA - Drama/Fantasy - 87% - Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry

The Dark Knight Rises - USA - Action/Fantasy - 87% - Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy

Frances Ha - USA - Comedy - 92% - Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner

The Impossible - USA - Drama - 81% - Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland

Looper - USA - Action/Thriller/SciFi - 93% - Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt

The Master - USA - Drama - 85% - Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

Moonrise Kingdom - USA - Drama/Comedy/Romance - 94% - Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray

Rust & Bone - French - Drama/Romance - 82% - Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts

Silver Linings Playbook - USA - Drama/Comedy/Romance - 92% - Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro

Wreck-It Ralph - USA - Animated/Comedy/Adventure - 87% - John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman

Zero Dark Thirty - USA - Drama/War/Thriller - 91% - Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke

 

2011 (11 remaining):

A Separation - Iran - Drama - 99% - Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami

Bridesmaids - USA - Comedy - 90% - Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne

Drive - USA - Drama/Action/Crime - 92% - Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston

Hanna - USA - Action/Thriller - 71% - Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett

Martha Marcy May Marlene -  USA - Drama/Mystery/Thriller - 90% - Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson

Melancholia - USA - Drama/SciFi - 79% - Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgard

Monsieur Lazhar - French Canadian - Drama - 97% - Fellag, Sophie Nelisse

The Skin I Live In - Spanish - Drama/Thriller - 81% - Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya

Super 8 - USA - Thriller/SciFi - 81% - Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning

War Horse - USA - Drama/History/War - 75% - Emily Watson, David Thewlis

X-Men: First Class - USA - Action/Fantasy/SciFi - 86% - James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender

 

2010 (9 remaining):

Animal Kingdom - Australia - Drama/Crime - 94% - Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton

Black Swan - USA - Drama/Thriller - 85% - Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis

Blue Valentine - USA - Drama/Romance - 87% - Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams

Easy A - USA - Comedy - 85% - Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes

The Fighter - USA - Drama/Biography - 90% - Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams

Heartbeats - French Canadian - Romance - 73% - Niels Schneider, Xavier Dolan

Incendies - French Canadian - Drama - 93% - Lubna Azabal, Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin

Inception - USA - Action/Thriller - 87% - Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page

Toy Story 3 - USA - Animated/Comedy/Fantasy - 98% - Tom Hanks, Tim Allen

Winter’s Bone - USA - Drama - 94% - Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes

Edited October 10, 2020 by FrogLenzen

[miss denise]

Wow @FrogLenzen is a life saver.  

[~Tom~]

I too appreciate this list Derek, thanks! 

[Deeee]

Or how about no public rounds? They suck.

[Alex95]

@*Chris has about three hours between Looper and The Wind Rises.

[*Chris]

44 minutes ago, Alex95 said:

@*Chris has about three hours between Looper and The Wind Rises.

I’ll try my best to have it in - wrapping up last week at work so been super busy juggling with both jobs. 

[Alex95]

24 hours is up so @Steven_ is free to make the final cut.

[Alex95]

Anyone can make the final cut

[Deeee]

Save Looper

Cut The Wind Rises

[totes4totes]

i thought steven had to make the cut lol

[Alex95]

4 minutes ago, totes4totes said:

i thought steven had to make the cut lol

I got tired of waiting lol

[Deeee]

The Wind Rises (2013 dir. by Hayao Miyazaki)

 

 

The last thing I ever want to do is cut a Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki-directed film. But here I am. Doing just that. Because these nominations were tragic on so many levels. The Wind Rises is actually a biographical drama film adapted from the Miyazaki manga series of the same name. The manga series was loosely based on the novel The Wind Has Risen by Tatsuo Hori, as well as based on the life of famous fighter aircraft designer, Jiro Horikoshi. Horikoshi was the chief engineer of the Mitsubishi A5M aircraft and the successor aircraft, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, both of which were used by the Japanese Empire during World War II. The Wind Rises is a fictionalized biography of Horikoshi's life from 1918 to 1945, starting with his desire to become a pilot and ending with his feelings on the creation of those aircrafts and the consequences of war. 

 

This happened to be the first Miyazaki solo project since Ponyo and his supposed last film before retirement, until he announced that he is working on How Do You Live? set for a 2023 release. Very exciting. At first Miyazaki rejected the idea of making his manga into a film, considering most Ghibli films were geared towards a younger audience. But he came around to the idea and I think it was good that he did. Because the film is absolutely beautiful in every way. While not the most fantastical or exciting Ghibli feature, the film instead takes a good, hard look at the consequences of capitalism and imperialism, the corruption of war, and the disappearance of beauty from a country not yet touched by such massive destruction. The movie is pretty unflinching in its approach, but Miyazaki's vision real is fully realized. And realized very well.

 

The Wind Rises received critical acclaim and a ton of awards recognition, most notably an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. The film currently holds a score of 83/100 on Metacritic and an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Among a ton of other award nominations and wins, the film did not come without controversy. Of course, Miyazaki's take on the Japanese involvement in World War II would drum up a lot of attention and criticism from political parties. Because Miyazaki is a pacifist who definitely does not agree much with the Japanese entry into WWII. 

 

The Japanese voice cast includes Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masahiko Nishimura, Morio Kazama, Keiko Takeshita, Mirai Shida, Jun Kunimura, Shinobu Otake, and Nomura Mansai. The English voice cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Martin Short, Werner Herzog, Martin Short, William H. Macy, Edie Mirman, Mae Whitman, Mandy Patinkin, Jennifer Grey, Stanley Tucci, Elijah Wood, Darren Criss, and Ronan Farrow. 

 

With Ghibli films so widely available and easily accessible now, you all should have zero excuse to not check out these brilliant movies. Sad to cut this film, but happy to give it this write-up and see it come so far.

 

SAVING: Looper

[Alex95]

Cycle 13.2 ~Public Noms~

The audience has been sitting on the sidelines watching the rankers nominate, cut, and save their favorite and least favorite movies. Now, the public gets to take over. Anyone whose been following along can pm or dm me five films they would like to see nominated. Please rank them from 1 (most want to see nominated) to 5 (fifth most wanted to see nominated). I'll post the 20 nominations at 5:30 pm EST tomorrow (Oct 9th). The ten rankers can then cut and save from this list.

 

PUBLIC, YOU HAVE TILL 5:30 TOMORROW TO PM ME YOUR NOMS. The sooner you get noms in, the more likely you'll get to have more choices nominated.

[Deeee]

Great 

[Elliott]

[Alex95]

And full disclosure I'm nominating too, but I didn't look at anyone's apps and I don't remember literally anything any of you wrote on there so I'm not using them against you  (In fact I just did five movies I don't like remaining)

[aliasocfan]

[Alex95]

I didn't realize how popular public noms are, I should've thrown more than just one into this game  

[Alex95]

Also, previously saved noms being immune are a thing of the past! So the public can nominate anything nominated last round, as can the rest of you for the rest of the game!

[#jeah]

14 minutes ago, Elliott said:

 

[Elliott]

27 minutes ago, Alex95 said:

Also, previously saved noms being immune are a thing of the past! So the public can nominate anything nominated last round, as can the rest of you for the rest of the game!

I just wanted to be dramatic.  There’s only like five films left I like anyway.

[QueenKalie]

Ooh public noms fun I'll look at the list