Watched for the first time in 2014. All rated 4.5/5 (9 out of 10) on letterboxd. In case you're wondering, I'm excluding films from the 2010s, and I'm not including rewatches or short films.
Upon reflection, I changed some scores from 8/10 to 9/10. So in a few cases, the scores are wrong in the reviews I link to. In random order:
Das Boot (1981) (director's cut) (Wolfgang Petersen) (review)
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Stop Making Sense (1984) (Jonathan Demme) (mini-review)
The Hill (1965) (Sidney Lumet) (mini-review)
The Holy Mountain (1973) (Alejandro Jodorowsky) (mini-review) (notes from A Story of Film)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) (Cristian Mungiu) (mini-review)
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Malcolm X (1992) (Spike Lee) (review)
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The Firemen’s Ball (1967) (Milos Forman) (review)
Strangers on a Train (1951) (Alfred Hitchcock) (mini-review)
The Circus (1928) (Charles Chaplin) (mini-review)
Christiane F. (1981) (Uli Edel) (mini-review)
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Come and See (1985) (Elem Klimov) (review)
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Wake in Fright (1971) (Ted Kotcheff) (mini-review)
The Princess Bride (1987) (Rob Reiner) (mini-review)
Duck Soup (1933) (Leo McCarey) (review)
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A Night at The Opera (1935) (Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding) (mini-review)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (Robert Zemeckis) (mini-review)
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Bottle Rocket (1996) (Wes Anderson) (mini-review)
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Insomnia (2002) (Christopher Nolan) (mini-review)
La Cérémonie (1995) (Claude Chabrol)
Seen any of these? Agree or disagree? Which films did you give a 9/10 or 10/10 score in 2014? Thoughts are welcome in the comments
Good list! I've only seen The Princess Bride (so many times!), Strangers on a Train (love it!), and Malcolm X (excellent!)
ReplyDelete@Irene McKenna: Thanks, happy you are a fan of those films as well !
DeleteI dug The Holy Mountain. It was awesome. I wanna do more Jodorowsky next year. Actually, I mentioned him in my blog plans for 2015 yesterday. I will totally do more of his work. He's fantastic.
ReplyDelete@thevoid99: Jodorowsky's work is candy for the eyes, hope you enjoy his other films. I commented on post today, good luck with your projects for 2015
DeleteNice list, but there are a lot of movies in that list I have not watched yet!
ReplyDelete@Nostra: Thanks! Of the ones you are interested in, I hope you get to see them soon
DeleteSome excellent movies, here. Glad you got to see the underappreciated "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days." It's an amazing film. "Malcolm X" happens to be one of my all time faves.
ReplyDelete@Wendell Ottley: Thanks, and those are indeed two great films. I need to check out others from the Romanian new wave(short films too), and from Spike Lee.
DeleteSo many great movies here! 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days crippled me...such a powerful and heartbreaking film. The Fireman's Ball is a great little underseen gem, and Das Boot is brilliant.
ReplyDelete@Fisti: Great films, each for different reasons! I saw a bunch of Czech New Wave films during a short space of time earlier in the year, and Fireman’s Ball was my favorite of them.
DeleteBig agreements on Das Boot, The Princess Bride and Stop Making Sense. On the other end of the spectrum I just saw The Holy Mountain a week or so ago and I'm afraid I can't agree on that one. I was left with the impression that Jodorowsky felt he had been too subtle and understated with El Topo so he decided to go all out on this one.
ReplyDelete@Chip Lary: Glad we agree on those ones! Holy Mountain is not for everyone. I read your letterboxd review, agree J went all out, and a very unique experience, but I don’t see it as a joke. Asking him to cut back on his ideas and style would be a sin I think. His films do have allegorical meaning, if you check notes I linked to above. Jodorowsky’s not just being controversial for the sake of shock value.
DeleteNice list! I would have to go over my list of films this year, but I know that two of your selections would be up there for me: Wake In Fright, and 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Both of those left a huge impact on me.
ReplyDeleteEric @ The Warning Sign: I had a running letterboxd list I updated throughout the year with all my 9/10 and 10/10 films, so that made it easier to compile this list.
DeleteIndeed, 4 Months and Wake in Fright linger in the mind for a long time.
Wow, based on this list, you had a great viewing year. The Hill is such an overlooked gem from Lumet’s filmography. And Malcolm X… acting doesn’t really get better than that.
ReplyDelete@Alex Withrow: Indeed, great films! Agree with what you say about The Hill and Malcolm X
DeleteWonderful list! I'm a big fan of Das Boot, Insomnia, Come and See, Malcolm X, and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Also, I just watched The Firemen's Ball, and it was terrific.
ReplyDelete@Josh: Thank you! Fireman’s Ball holds up well, even though it’s from the late 60s.
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