Films of the Decade Rankdown

[.Rei]

Tbh I would cut them all.. in one hand there’s Chris who is responsible of my all-time favorite film being cut and there’s Dee who is responsible for the rest of my favorite films 

[Alex95]

Tom at the Farm & Gloria have won the duel!

 

Dear White People & The Skin I Live In have been eliminated. @#jeah is responsible for their writeups.

We also still need one more writeup from @*Chris and both writeups from @Elliott. Then we can move on to the next cycle!

[#jeah]

I thought mine would win easily and I wouldn’t have to do any write ups 

 

 

[Elliott]

8 minutes ago, Alex95 said:

Dear White People have been eliminated.

[Deeee]

2 minutes ago, #jeah said:

I thought mine would win easily and I wouldn’t have to do any write ups 

 

 

Me too 

[Deeee]

Just now, Elliott said:

 

[*Chris]

  

 

Winner for Best Foreign Language Movie at the Academy Award in 2012,  "A Seperation" is an Iranian drama film directed & written by Asghar Farhadi.  The movie revolves around an Iranian family when Simin files for divorce from her husband, Nader - the divorce is essentially a results from Simin who wants to leave Iran with her husband and their daughter but Nader refuses to do as he is concerned for his father's health.  As Simin filed for divorce, the couple found themselves in front of the family court where she say the divorce rejected as the reasons for divorce is not sufficient enough to warrant one.  The court decision means that Simin is finding herself living with her parents while her daughter decide to stay with Nader, whom is taking care of his father -  a woman named Razieh is hired to take care of his father, which lead to more problem for the family when Nader's father is found tied to his bed with Razieh nowhere to be found. This lead to Nader accusing Razieh of neglecting his father as well stealing money, which was taken by Simin for her move - things goes from bad to worse when Nader pushes Razieh out of the apartment whom fell on the stairwell. Simin & Nader eventually found out that Razieh suffered a miscarriage which will complicate the relation with Razieh, as Nader could be sentence for murder - this forces to the family to be involved with the judicial system once again. The process to prove if Nader was aware of the pregnancy & responsible for the miscarriage is a long and difficulty one as there's different parties involved in the situation. At the end of the day, we notice the effect of the couple's dispute have on their daughters who eventually have to decide which parents to live with. 

It is obvious to see why the movie was well loved and appreciated by many, notably the acting of the cast which include Leila Hatami, Pewyman Mooadi, Shabah Hesseini, Sareh Bayah and Sarina Farhadi.

Having seen the movie at one occasion, I certainly recommend everyone to at least watch it once - writing this write-up made me want to rewatch it as I haven't seen it since its release.

[*Wallace]

2 hours ago, Alex95 said:

Rei watching everyone who took out all his faves need his vote

I was thinking the same thing.  

[#jeah]

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE (2014)

 

 

I nominated this movie because I thought I had seen it and didn't love it...then after more research I realized I watched the first episode of the TV series and not this. Oops. Dear White People is a 2014 comedy-drama film starring the amazing Tessa Thompson. Thompson plays Sam, an Ivy League student at a school with increasingly escalated racial tensions. From what I can tell, the culture war comes to a head when the staff of a humor magazine stages an offensively themed Halloween party. It has pretty great reviews at a 91% score on RT and a 79 on Metacritic. Seems like it handles a really important issue well and provides a great acting vehicle for Tessa Thompson. Unfortunately its time in the rankdown is done but based off of the reviews and general consensus, now is not a bad spot for it to leave.

[FrogLenzen]

Congrats everyone on getting below 150 with over 800 films eliminated! Get below 100 and maybe I'll have the patience to add Metacritic scores to the list.

 

2019 (14 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

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

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 (24 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

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

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):

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

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

 

2014 (19 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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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 (9 remaining):

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

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

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

[Alex95]

FYI I'm going away for the weekend and I'll be back tomorrow. So hopefully we get the last three writeups in by tomorrow and then we'll get started on the next cycle @#jeah @Elliott

[#jeah]

THE SKIN I LIVE IN (2011)

 

 

Ugh, I didn't realize this was a Spanish movie.  Serves me right for not researching either of these movies before nominating them.  The Skin I Live In is a psychological thriller film released in 2011 and starring Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya. I do know Antionio is an incredible actor so I'm sure he's amazing here. This is a movie about...wow that's a complicated premise. Basically a plastic surgeon tries to develop this skin that will save the lives of burn victims...he is doing this to try to bring his wife back to normal after she is horribly burned in a car accident. I guess the movie turns to a bit of thriller/horror based off of what happens when he gives her the new skin? Idk. This sounds really creepy actually, but I got through Midsommar alone lmao so I could do this. Out it goes from the rankdown now!

[Alex95]

I'm back! And see I still don't have @Elliott's writeups. If he doesn't get them in tomorrow strikes will be happening.

[Elliott]

 

I forgot. What write-ups do I have due?

[Alex95]

10 hours ago, Elliott said:

 

I forgot. What write-ups do I have due?

Mommy and Harriet.

[Elliott]

1 hour ago, Alex95 said:

Mommy and Harriet.

Working on them now. 

[Elliott]

MOMMY

 

I've got to be honest, I've literally never even heard of this film. I thought it was Goodnight (Goodbye?) Mommy, which I didn't really care for, so when I looked it up and realized I was wrong, I was like "oh. " But since I've never even heard of it, I'm fine with it going. According to Wikipedia, Mommy is a 2014 drama film from Québec, Canada that was written, directed, edited and produced by Xavier Dolan. Wow, king serving Rob Zombie realness. It stars Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon and Suzanne Clément and focuses on a mother who has a violent teenage son in a hypothetical future where parents have the legal option to commit troubled youth to pubic hospitals. The film was unique in that it was shot in an aspect ratio of 1:1 (most films are 1.78/1.85:1, 2.35:1 or the now more commonly used 2:1 aspect ratio) and became a critical & commercial success following its release at Cannes in 2014.

[Elliott]

HARRIET

 

I remember seeing the trailers for Harriet last year and thinking it looked off as a movie about Harriet Tubman. I finally watched it through completely legal means and was left whelmed. There's nothing inherently awful or bad about the film, but as a biopic on Harriet Tubman, I wish it had done more to show just how much of a bad ass she was rather than just being the "biopic by the numbers," as I've seen some reviews refer to it as. Even reading her Wikipedia article and the numerous books about her turned out to be more exciting than this movie. Cynthia Erivo is a fantastic actress in her own right, but I feel like she is let down by the script. All in all, it's a very middle-of-the-road film that's fine, but didn't do Harriet Tubman justice, imo.

 

Also friendly reminder that she was supposed to be replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill this year, but the Agent Orange administration halted that.

[Alex95]

Cycle 15 ~Battles Part 2~

Now that we did the duels, it's time for the battles. This will be the final battle round of the game. You will nominate two movies against each other. The other nine voters will publicly vote on which movie should stay. First movie to get five votes will stay. The other movie is out of here! Only a few cycles left! Is there still fodder you think we need to get rid of, or do you want to make a big move? The choice is yours!

 

Here is the nominating order:

 

@NGM is up first to come up with the first battle! He can post his two films now whenever he's ready and then everyone can begin voting for which movie they'd like to see stay.

 

@Steven_ @Elliott @totes4totes @#jeah @1234567890 @aliasocfan @.Rei @Deeee @*Chris

[Elliott]

I'm open to deals.

[.Rei]

I’m open to zero deals.

 

[FrogLenzen]

Battles????

 

[NGM]

Captain America: Civil War

 

vs.

 

Logan

[Alex95]

Vote to save:

Captain America: Civil War - 

Logan - 

 

@Elliott @Deeee @totes4totes @Steven_ @*Chris @aliasocfan @.Rei @1234567890 @#jeah

[Steven_]

Vote to save:

Captain America: Civil War - Steven

Logan -