Films Per Year Mini-Rankdown (1993 - 3-1 Posted)

[Alex95]

Fixing the numbering

 

6 spots left in the top 15 with 14 films remaining. You will now vote for the four films you would most like to see join the top 15. The six films with the most votes will join our finalists while the rest will be eliminated. The round will end in 48 hours, when everyone has voted, or when it's mathematically impossible to catch the top 6. Whichever comes first. You can change your votes at any time before any of the criteria is met.

 

Belfast - 2 (Chris, Steven) 

Dune - 1 (Diana)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye - 

Flee - 2 (Alex, Megan)

The Green Knight - 1 (Megan)

I Care a Lot - 

In the Heights - 1 (Steven)

Judas and the Black Messiah - 1 (Alex)

The Lost Daughter - 

Minari - 3 (Alex, Chris, Diana)

Spencer - 

tick, tick... BOOM! - 4 (Alex, Chris, Diana, Steven)

Titane - 1 (Megan)

West Side Story - 4 (Chris, Megan, Diana, Steven)

[Alex95]

Just waiting on @Elliott

[*Chris]

6 spots left in the top 15 with 14 films remaining. You will now vote for the four films you would most like to see join the top 15. The six films with the most votes will join our finalists while the rest will be eliminated. The round will end in 48 hours, when everyone has voted, or when it's mathematically impossible to catch the top 6. Whichever comes first. You can change your votes at any time before any of the criteria is met.

 

Belfast - 2 (Chris, Steven) 

Dune - 1 (Diana)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye - 

Flee - 2 (Alex, Megan)

The Green Knight - 1 (Megan)

I Care a Lot - 

In the Heights - 2 (Steven, Chris)

Judas and the Black Messiah - 1 (Alex)

The Lost Daughter - 

Minari - 3 (Alex, Diana, Chris)

Spencer - 

tick, tick... BOOM! - 3 (Alex, Diana, Steven)

Titane - 1 (Megan)

West Side Story - 4 (Chris, Megan, Diana, Steven)

Edited August 20, 2022 by *Chris

[Alex95]

@Elliott has about three more hours to vote.

[Alex95]

Belfast, Flee, In the Heights, Minari, tick, tick... BOOM!, and West Side Story have advanced while everything else has now been eliminated.

[Alex95]

Belfast

Streaming on HBO Max

 

CODA

Streaming on Apple TV+

 

Cruella

Streaming on Disney+

 

Drive My Car

Streaming on HBO Max

 

The Father

Streaming on Starz

 

Flee

Streaming on Hulu

 

In the Heights

Streaming on HBO Max

 

Luca

Streaming on Disney+

 

Minari

Streaming on Showtime

 

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Streaming on Netflix

 

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Streaming on Disney+

 

tick, tick... BOOM!

Streaming on Netflix

 

West Side Story

Streaming on HBO Max and Disney+

 

The Worst Person in the World

Streaming on Hulu

 

Zola

Streaming on Showtime

 

Congrats to the top 15 films of 2021! You all now have a week to send me your rankings of the top 15. I will average all the rankings out and reveal what the top films of 2021 are! Comments are optional, but always encouraged. Rankings are due by Monday, August 29th at midnight. If I don't have your rankings by then, we're moving on without you!

 

@totes4totes @Elliott @*Chris @Steven_ @*Diana

[totes4totes]

Well at least I like a solid like 1/3 of the movies. The rest?

[Elliott]

Me trying to decide if I wanna keep boycotting this round with pettiness after I lost my two favourite movies of 2021 versus wanting to support West Side Story tbh.

[FrogLenzen]

wow I've actually seen some of these

[*Wallace]

Yay for In the Heights and West Side Story making it to the finals here!  

[totes4totes]

i can't wait to get bodies bodies bodies to the finals of the 2022 rankings so that i can relive the lena wilson twitter drama

[Alex95]

1 hour ago, totes4totes said:

i can't wait to get bodies bodies bodies to the finals of the 2022 rankings so that i can relive the lena wilson twitter drama

The revelations that she's a TERF is about the least surprising thing I've heard in my life. Literally everything about her screams TERF.

[totes4totes]

21 hours ago, Alex95 said:

The revelations that she's a TERF is about the least surprising thing I've heard in my life. Literally everything about her screams TERF.

OMG absolutely. It takes her trying to shame Amandla (an out non-binary actor) to a very explainable level. (Also the addition that she was trying to say that Amandla must be dealing with mental health issues????)

 

All the Smithies in the Subreddit being like "I knew her in college and she was just as awful then!" is the best.

[Alex95]

About 24 hours left!

@*Chris @Elliott @Steven_

[Alex95]

And @totes4totes to finish her comments if she pleases

[Alex95]

Bump for @Elliott & @*Chris as results will begin tomorrow! (and @totes4totes to add the rest of her comments if she'd like)

[Alex95]

Sorry for the delay. I'm starting this for real tomorrow. So final call for @Elliott's ranking and for @totes4totes to add her comments if she wants.

[Alex95]

 15. Belfast

10.6/15

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@Steven_ - 5/15

@*Chris - 8/15

@*Diana - 12/15

@Alex95 - 14/15

@totes4totes - 14/15

 

Steven

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Great performances from the cast. The short runtime made this an easy watch.

 

Alex

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Considering what a personal movie this was for Kenneth Branagh, I felt it had a shocking lack of heart. It felt very simple and basic. I watched it, I thought it was fine, and then I didn't really think about it again afterwords. Jamie Dornan was very gorgeous though and the Everlasting Love scene turned me on more than I'd care to admit.

 

 

 

 

14. Zola

10.6/15

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@totes4totes - 5/15

@*Diana - 6/15

@Alex95 - 12/15

@Steven_ - 15/15

@*Chris - 15/15

 

Alex

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I still remember reading the twitter thread for this story when it happened. Truly one of the most iconic things to happen on the internet. Not every good story needs to be a movie though. It was a solid popcorn movie, very entertaining. Just not much depth there, cause I mean there's not much depth to the story. Colman Domingo was incredible through, as always, and completely elevated the material.

 

 

 

 

13. The Mitchells vs. the Machines

10.4/15

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@totes4totes - 6/15

@Alex95 - 7/15

@Steven_ - 12/15

@*Diana - 13/15

@*Chris - 14/15

 

Alex

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Such a unique and creative movie. Amazing LGBTQ+ representation and fun for all ages. If The Mitchells vs. the Machines is the future of animation, I'm very much excited about it!

 

[Alex95]

12. Cruella

9.4/15

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@*Diana - 1/15

@Steven_ - 9/15

@Alex95 - 10/15

@*Chris - 12/15

@totes4totes - 15/15

 

Steven

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I did see this film and liked it, so I thought I would've ranked it higher than films I haven't seen. It was just a tad too over-the-top for me, but it was a fun watch with great performances from Emma Stone and Emma Thompson.

 

Alex

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The costume design, the soundtrack, the acting, the production design I loved everything about that. Unfortunately didn't love the plot lmao. This felt like just a typical heist movie? Not sure what the point of making it a Cruella origin story was except for name recognition I guess. I don't regret watching it, but I wanted more.

 

 

 

 

11. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

9.2/15

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@Steven_ - 3/15

@totes4totes - 7/15

@Alex95 - 9/15

@*Chris - 13/15

@*Diana - 14/15

 

Steven

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I admit I'm getting some MCU fatigue and some recent films haven't been great, but this was a really cool film. The action sequences and visual effects were terrific. Simu Liu and Awkwafina were great in their roles too. 

 

Alex

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Easily my favorite Marvel movie of phase four, and pretty much the only one that holds up against the classic movies (along with Wandavision if we're counting tv). It just had a strong plot and I was completely invested the entire time. Didn't love the final battle, but that's a problem I have with many Marvel movies.

 

 

 

 

10. The Father

9.0/15

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@Alex95 - 2/15

@totes4totes - 8/15

@*Diana - 11/15

@*Chris - 11/15

@Steven_ - 13/15

 

Alex

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Filed under movies I've seen once and never want to watch again. But whew, what a masterpiece. I'm not sure how many other movies made me sob as much as this one did by the end. As someone whose family has suffered from dementia, I've never seen a work of art that uses dementia and puts us in the mind of the disease as this one. The way it played with time and reality was completely genius. You never know where you are, who you're talking to, WHEN you are. It was astounding. Olivia Colman gives such a strong performance, but it's Anthony Hopkins with the masterclass performance. Truly the best of a long and illustrious career for Hopkins. The final scene broke me in more ways than I can count. Just a masterpiece of a movie. Easy 5/5 stars, and like I said, never wanna see it again.

 

[*Diana]

[Alex95]

9. Flee

8.4/15

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@Alex95 - 3/15

@totes4totes - 4/15

@*Chris - 9/15

@Steven_ - 11/15

@*Diana - 15/15

 

Alex

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Flee getting nominated for international film, animated film, and documentary how iconic  . This movie's a masterpiece and everyone should watch it. So tender, so emotional, so honest.

 

 

 

 

8. The Worst Person in the World

8.4/15

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@totes4totes - 2/15

@*Diana - 8/15

@Alex95 - 8/15

@*Chris - 10/15

@Steven_ - 14/15

 

Alex

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The first time I watched it I thought it was okay. Very well made and well acted, but I just had so much trouble emotionally connecting to it. The second time I enjoyed it more and found myself emotionally invested. I think this is a movie I will appreciate more in my 30's. I think you need to be in a certain point in your life to really relate to the mindset of the characters, which I have not reached yet.

 

 

 

 

7. In the Heights

8.4/15

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@Steven_ - 2/15

@*Chris - 4/15

@*Diana - 10/15

@Alex95 - 13/15

@totes4totes - 13/15

 

Steven

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This was a very enjoyable film. The celebration and representation of Latino culture in this film means a lot to me.

 

Alex

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Whew the discourse. This movie's downfall was shocking to say the least. I think obviously all the points around it were valid, but it still felt extremely harsh. Anyways I never saw it lol.

 

[Steven_]

I'm predicting a CODA win.

[Alex95]

6. West Side Story

7.8/15

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@*Diana - 2/15

@*Chris - 3/15

@totes4totes - 9/15

@Steven_ - 10/15

@Alex95 - 15/15

 

Steven

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This is another movie I've been meaning to watch, but I just haven't set the time aside for it yet. I'm sure it's great, especially with Steven Spielberg as the director.

 

Alex

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I was definitely afraid of this winning so I tanked it. I just don't like the plot at all. Maria sleeping with Tony the night he murdered her brother...? Honey, there's no way the dick is that good!

 

 

 

 

5. Luca

6.6/15

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@Steven_ - 1/15

@*Diana - 4/15

@*Chris - 7/15

@totes4totes - 10/15

@Alex95 - 11/15

 

Steven

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Luca is one of my favorite Pixar movies. It's a charming story of friendship with likable characters, and it's beautifully animated too. The low stakes plot and childhood slice of life feel reminds me of some Studio Ghibli films.

 

Alex

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It was fine. Encanto definitely outsold when it came to Disney/Pixar releases that year for me. I don't think people are gonna really remember it in the next few years, if people even remember it now. But it was good!

 

 

 

 

4. CODA

6.2/15

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@*Chris - 1/15

@*Diana - 5/15

@Alex95 - 6/15

@Steven_ - 7/15

@totes4totes - 12/15

 

Alex

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I definitely understand the complaints that it borders on cheesy at times. The strong performances really sell the movie. I laughed, I cheered, I cried. What more could you ask for from a crowdpleaser?

 

Steven

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I want to see this film, but I don't have Apple TV+. It looks great though; I don't doubt it was deserving of its wins at the Oscars.

 

[*Chris]

3 hours ago, Steven_ said:

I'm predicting a CODA win.

You jinxed it  

[*Diana]

This year did not end well for me at all oof