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For me the Mission Impossible franchise is one of the best action series to ever exist. A great first film, and while it stumbles with the second film it continually improved after that with phenomenal set pieces, solid characters for the audience to follow, and it perfectly scratches that itch of the last second heroic, self-sacrificing protagonist that I think all of us secretly wish we could be.

For what could potentially be a finale for the franchise, until it's inevitable reboot, there is a lot to love but it's also a large regression for the series. The first half of the film feels like a clip show catch-up that you'd watch on YouTube to refresh yourself on the previous entries. If that only lasted 5-10 minutes I could forgive it, but it is so drawn out and prolonged for seemingly no reason that it tremendously hurts the film. The pacing isn't terrible, but it also isn't good.

The back half of the film ramps up the action and finally gives some story progression but it takes so long to get there. The airplane sequence is some of the best action I've seen in a movie, but the climax of it (which I won't spoil) is very emblematic of the issues this movie has. Throughout the franchise it has it's moments of humor which I'd normally say it pulls off fairly well. There are a few jokes that land well here, but also many more that just don't work and feel very out of place.

This is a good movie, but it's very far from a great one and that's pretty disappointing actually. I still absolutely recommend it, especially for fellow lovers of the franchise, but temper your expectations.

Watched on Sunday May 25, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 25, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

Less cheese, more charm and charisma.

The best action of the franchise, at the time of release.

Lea Seydoux.

Yep, lots of improvements here.

Where the second film is mostly dumb and kinda fun the third in the franchise is only kinda dumb but mostly fun. Phillip Seymour Hoffman unsurprisingly makes for a great villain and helps elevate this just a bit.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

Since 2019 there are only a handful of movies I've seen in theaters 3 or more times:

Portrait Of A Lady On Fire - 8 times (would have cracked 10 times if not for Covid shutdowns)
Tár - 5 times
Babylon - 3 times (would have been more if this wasn't pulled from theaters so fast because it bombed)
Bones And All - 3 times

Now Sinners has been added to that list after this watch. There's just something special about Sinners that I don't think I can quite articulate yet. It's like a force of nature that just pulls you in immediately and then never lets go as it builds up steam. It's compelling and incredibly entertaining all the while having layers of thematic depth to it that you wouldn't expect from a film that, for lack of a better term transforms in the way this does. This is the type of movie that theaters exist for.

First review
Second review

Watched on Thursday May 8, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.

"I could die right now Clem. I'm just so happy. I've never felt that before. I'm just exactly where I want to be."

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm having a nervous breakdown."

Happy belated birthday to Audrey Hepburn, forever and always one of my favorites. One of the most charming people to ever live, which I suppose could also describe Cary Grant as well. Such a wonderful combination here that I'm so thankful we got, and in such a fun movie. They play off one another so we'll, their back and forths are one of the biggest highlights. This is such a great time front to back.

First review

As expected this was even better the second time. I still have issues with some of the story choices that don't make a whole lot of sense when you think about them, but they are so insignificant and unimportant when it comes to how entertaining and enjoyable the film is as a whole. The themes, the music, and the performances are all executed so well. I know it's early in the year still but so far this is my favorite of the year by a wide margin. Anyone who considers themselves a film fan owes it to themselves to see this in theaters.

It's May 1st and I'm sitting on my couch, eating canned pineapple, and watching Chungking Express. Happy holidays to everyone else who celebrates.

"We split up on April Fool's Day. So I decided to let the joke run for a month. Every day I buy a can of pineapple with a sell-by date of May 1. May loves pineapple, and May 1 is my birthday. If May hasn't changed her mind by the time I've bought thirty cans, then our love will also expire."

If it was never new and it never gets old, then it's me rewatching this again.

Yeah, I think this has to be considered my favorite comedy of all time. All the small little gags, the fucking phenomenal soundtrack, the color of the set and outfits, the level of satire and how ridiculous it can be at times, and it's just really fucking funny. It's pretty perfect and accomplishes everything it wants to do all the while having a wonderful message of self acceptance and love that is still just as relevant today.

Waymond's speech about the need for people to be kind to one another is I think my favorite moment in this.

I definitely understand the hype now, and while this movie definitely has it's issues I can't deny that the style, music, performances, and vibes make this extremely entertaining.

Next day edit - Been thinking about this movie a lot since watching it and bumping the score up half a star. This one sticks with you, in the best way. While I still contend it has it's fair share of issues (pacing on the back half, some of the character choices) but I don't think any of them really matter all that much, and most importantly they don't detract from it at all. Really want to give this one a rewatch, think I'll enjoy it even more.

Sometimes you wake up at 5am on a Sunday, throw this on and cry.

Cillian Murphy and Lucy Liu in a rom-com about a cinephile film store owner is unsurprisingly pretty up my alley. Liu is simply impossible not to adore in this, and watching Murphy crying while playing baseball will always be funny. At just over 90 minutes this is a breezy and enjoyable watch.

The pairing of Roth and Oldman is pretty perfect, they play off each other so well in this. That said they are shouldering a lot of the load when it comes to making this interesting and entertaining, luckily they're both unsurprisingly good enough to make that work

Previous review

An underappreciated gem that more people should give a shot. Great music and just a nice, feel good film.

Watched on Friday April 25, 2025.

"I feel like I need to wake up...but I don't know what from. Or to."

This was a relatable one. The fractured family, growing up in nowhere Montana (shout-out Hamilton, you weren't actually that bad and it was only from age 1-8), and constantly being put in awkward and uncomfortable situations. Terrific performances, great cinematography, and a well written and well made film. Why doesn't Paul Dano direct more? He's pretty good at it.

In 60 seconds Kon is able to perfectly capture a feeling that almost every person on the planet can relate to. No one does animation better than Kon, sorry Miyazaki.

FLCL is probably the most important and single most influential piece of media that I've ever watched, at least in of how it applies to myself. I've written an in depth review about FLCL as a whole and the reasons why it's so important to me personally, here. So rather than regurgitating those same thoughts again right now I'll instead talk a little about what I think I'd have to consider my favorite scene/moment from the show, which you can see here. This particular scene was also a big influence on this tattoo.

Episode 4, Full Swing, questions Naota's ability to "swing the bat". Something his cool older brother, who left for the US to play baseball, never had an issue with. In the context of what the show represents, adolescence and growing up, swinging the bat really just means taking a chance or going out of your comfort zone. Haruko's line of, "Nothing can happen until you swing the bat" speaks to how we need to be our own catalysts for change in our own lives. Nothing will change if we just live a ive life full of waiting and indecision. Did I take exactly that away when I watched this when I was 12? Absolutely not, at least not consciously, but it's obviously something that really stuck around with me. The whole "swing the bat" mantra is genuinely something that I did come back to and think about quite a bit as I was growing up and even still do to this day. I don't think I could ever overstate the importance of this show to me personally. It was weird and it was strange but it felt like it understood me in some odd way. It also opened me up to a world of awesome music and more strange shows and movies, something I'm eternally grateful for.

Perhaps this is a bit less refined than Princess Mononoke but I would argue it is still just as good. I'll say it again Nausicaä is the best character from any Ghibli (yes I consider this Ghibli) film and I don't say that lightly. Courageous and caring, or maybe just courageous through her caring. That almost childlike strive towards the altruism of doing only good, but being so earnest and steadfast in those feelings and in her actions makes her impossible not to root for. The action is good, the animation is still beautiful to this day, and the story is timeless. A perfect animated film, a perfect film in general.

Ghibli Ranked

I like Sophie Thatcher, that's my biggest takeaway here.

I know tomorrow is 4/20 but I decided to celebrate a bit early. Didn't feel like there could be a more appropriate film for the occasion.

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

"April 16th, 1960, one minute before 3:00. We were here together. I'll always that minute because of you. From now on, we're one-minute friends."

As is tradition.

I don't think movies get much better than this, at least in the way they can make you feel. It's quiet and cozy, calm and comforting. Soft and small moments of simple appreciation. Not tedium in the mundane but seeing the beauty in it. I know a lot of this is personal preference on my end, but I don't know of anything else that better epitomizes "comfort film" than this. I always walk away from it in a better mood than when I started it.

I'm currently on what I think is my 8th rewatch of The West Wing and I got to Hartsfield's Landing so gave this a rewatch along with the original episode. The ease with which all of these actors fall back into their old characters is lovely to see and helps make this play like structure work all the better. Sterling K Brown does as well as anyone could as a new Leo. The West Wing is probably in my top 5 when it comes to favorite shows, simply love these characters.

Toshiro Mifune and Akira Kurosawa, a match made in heaven. Mifune is just so cool as Sanjuro, a top tier action protagonist. The action in this is great, the humor really works, and Kurosawa is simply so skilled as a director that he not only makes this look great but he tells the story in such a fun and engaging way, as you'd expect. Perfect in practically every way, Yojimbi is an essential piece of cinema history that everyone should watch at least once.

Not many better movies out there that you can watch when you're having a terrible day. The positivity of Kiki as a character, and the characters around her,mixed with the relatively low stakes nature of the story means this is always a delight that will allow you to walk away from it feeling better than you did going into it. One of the best examples of a comfort film you could possibly watch. Love this movie, and I always will.

Watched on Tuesday April 8, 2025.

A tier Batman.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the greatest movie ever made.

References and nostalgia for the sake of nothing more than being references and nostalgia doesn't exactly make for the most memorable or interesting movie, but being a part of the target audience does still allow a lot of this to be enjoyable at least. It's very stupid, intentionally so, and meant to be dumb fun, which it is...but only occasionally. When a movie like Didi exists though showing a way to incorporate that early 2000's nostalgia into a genuinely good film it makes this feel even more hollow and painfully surface level.

Too relatable. Enjoyed it even more on a rewatch.

Today is Trans Visibility Today and as a CIS white dude I don't always feel like I know the best possible way to be an ally to these groups that are marginalized and often forced to face judgement, persecution, and outright bigotry from an unfortunately large portion of the population. A problem that seems to be regressing rather than progressing both here in the US and abroad. I know one thing that is important at least though, being vocal with your . For better or worse this Letterboxd page is the largest "following" that I have so I just wanted to say a big fuck you to all the backwards ass bigots out there that hate people simply for who they are. Sending a whole lot of love to anyone who is out there struggling with or still figuring out their own identiies. Don't let the narrow minded dumbasses tear you down because sadly that's all they want to do. Let's all continue to fight the good fight, the one for acceptance and self love. I'm the meantime I'll be watching this, the single most wholesome short film in existence. I'd encourage anyone with access to YouTube to take 2 minutes out of their day to do the same.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Watched on Sunday March 30, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 30, 2025.

Remains brutally effective.

Intimate, sensual, but also filled with yearning and loneliness. Daniel Craig is fantastic, the film looks great, and a Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross score never disappoints. Luca always comes through.

A jumbled assortment of my favorite films, I tried to organize this by my personal rating before but then it just grew too large and I don't feel like sorting it so this is just the list I add new favorites into after I watch them, with some of my all time favorites towards the top.

• Twin Peaks
• Taipei Suicide Story
• Wristcutters: A Love Story
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• In the Mood for Love
• 2046
• Alien
• Happy Together
• Chungking Express
• Before Sunset

...plus 178 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

On this list I'm going to rank my favorite directors. I'll have one film from each of them listed and films will be ranked in order of which director, not film, is my favorite. I'll put a little write up with each one with my thoughts on that director, and why I chose the film I did, or something like that. This is a list that will change and be updated over time.

1. In the Mood for Love

   Yes, no shock here. Wong Kar-wai is my favorite director. I thought about putting Fallen Angels here, as I think it might be Wong's most accessible film, but I think In The Mood For Love is undoubtedly his best film, even if it's only my third favorite of his.

2. Twin Peaks

   If Wong Kar-wai never existed then Lynch would be my easy number one director. Everything he does has so much character, personality, insanity, and ion behind it. He tells stories that, while they may seem bizarre, often cut to the core of the darkness that is always lurking just beneath the surface. Truly a one of kind person, filmmaker, and artist. Twin Peaks.isnmy favorite piece of media, so it felt like the right choice here.

3. The Shining

   Kubrick was a titan of cinema. Everything I said about PTA applies here, but even more so. Maybe The Shining isn't his best film, but it may be the greatest horror film ever made. Recently going through his whole filmography forced me to bump him up the list a bit as well. Paths Of Glory just blew me away.

4. Vagabond

   The warmth, the empathy, the understanding, and the beauty of life that Agnès captured feels so pure. However you can't forget her fiercely feminist ideals and how daring many of her films were for their time. A pioneer and one of the most important voices the medium has ever had.

5. Only Lovers Left Alive

   Only reason Jarmusch isn't higher is because I haven't watched enough of his films yet. While Paterson is probably my favorite, Only Lovers Left Alive holds a special place in my heart. My love of Detroit and Tilda Swinton in one movie? With Tom Hiddleston too? Yes please. I look forwarding to discovering more Jarmusch I'm the coming years, and we may see his place in this ranking go higher.

   -Edit- Ok I watched a few more of his films, and yeah, seems like I just love everything he does. Ghost Dog and Coffee And Cigarettes were both excellent.

   -Edit 2- Yeah, he's in my top five now. Do I think he's a better director than Kurosawa? No, but I have this odd connection to his films that I can't explain but it makes me love pretty much everything he does.

6. Seven Samurai

   Maybe it's the basic and easy choice, but dammit do I love Seven Samurai. You can talk about it's influence, and more so Kurosawa's influence until you're blue in the face and you won't even be scratching the surface.

7. Perfect Blue

   Gone far too soon. Kon was a master of animation and pushing it to it's extremes. All of his films were great, but Perfect Blue may just be one of the greatest films ever made.

8. Phantom Thread

   Calle a film bro all you want, LP aside this man has made almost exclusively masterpieces. He has master every aspect of filmmaking. I don't think any particular film of his personifies that more than Phantom Thread. Costume and set design, the score, cinematography, performances, and the story all work together in perfect harmony to make a film that I think is technically perfect. Though I could say that exact same line about 4 or more other films in his filmography as well. Just a ridiculous talent.

9. Oldboy

   Park Chan-wook is absolutely phenomenal. I do think I need tocwatch more of his work, but the revenge trilogy, The Handmaiden, and ever Stoker are all great and show a mastery of his talents as a director. Oldboy and The Handmaiden would be his two masterpieces, and while The Hamndmaiden may be slightly more well made, Oldboy is a film that once you've watched it you'll never forget it.

10. GoodFellas

    It's Scorsese, I mean come on. I don't think I need to say more.

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I'm not going to go out of my way to add all of mine as I just create this list, rather I added my main ones and I will add others as I either rewatch them, or when I discover a new one.

• Paterson
• Wristcutters: A Love Story
• Chungking Express
• Before Sunset
• Let the Right One In
• Twin Peaks
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Spencer
• Kiki's Delivery Service

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My favorites so far, there may be a 2023 film here or the (Perfect Days) but that's because it was released in theaters by me in 2024, so I'm counting it.

1. Perfect Days
2. Kinds of Kindness
3. The Substance
4. My First Film
5. Megalopolis
6. This Closeness
7. Alien: Romulus

Films that at one point or another were in my top four here on Letterboxd. Needless to say they're films I really love and that are special to me.

• Happy Together
• In the Mood for Love
• Before Sunset
• Let the Right One In
• FLCL
• Godzilla
• Nosferatu
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• Alien
• 2046

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These are my top tier favorites, so films that really define my taste and to an extent myself. Limiting this to only films which is why it doesn't include Twin Peaks or NGE.

1. Taipei Suicide Story

   Call it recency bias, or blame it on the fact that the director of this messaged me on Instagram after seeing all of my reviews and mailed me a signed poster. This truly captures a feeling that I have unfortunately related to for almost all of my life. An overarching sadness that cuts through everything and lingers constantly and continuously, however it approaches it with an empathetic understanding that I don't know I've ever seen captured better in the medium of film. Perhaps this will drop a few spots in coming years as many of my "favorites" have over time. For me though this is a really special and really important movie.

2. In the Mood for Love

   One of many Wong Kar-wai films on this list. I think it's that incredible ending that really puts it over the top for me though. Truly one of the greatest movies ever made and plays right into my sad boy aesthetic.

3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

   Just read this review, and it should explain why this is where it is for me.

4. Wristcutters: A Love Story

   I've got about 20+ reviews out there about this and I've probably watched it more than anyone else on the planet at this point. A movie that speaks to continuing to push forward and that it's never too late to find happiness.

5. Alien

   One of the films that really got me to appreciate cinema from a younger age. The top of my entire left forearm is a tattoo dedicated to this movie. It's just a perfect film.

6. Let the Right One In

   Standing atop my favorites for a good 8-10 years this film, and also the novel it's based on, really struck a chord with me right at the end of high school. Two of, in my opinion, the best child performances of all time really sell this. It's a lonely little film about finding acceptance from someone you care about masquerading as a vampire flick.

7. 2046

   A culmination of all of WKW's work in the best possible way.

8. Happy Together

   I've been in an extremely toxic relationship before and the way WKW is able to capture that here is simply spot on. Two people who know that they need to move on but simply don't seem to be able to. Also Tony Leung's best performance.

9. Chungking Express

   "Wherever you want to take me." 🥹

10. La La Land

    😭😭😭

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked in order of what I enjoyed most while also trying to take quality into .

1. Poor Things
2. Sing Sing
3. Past Lives

   ... Beautiful

4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Asteroid City

   Pure Wes Anderson.

6. The Boy and the Heron
7. Youth (Spring)
8. Godzilla Minus One
9. The Holdovers
10. In Flames

...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Different from my 2023 ranked list, I'll only include on this one films from this year that I loved and I'll be ranking in order of my overall enjoyment, ignoring quality and things like that.

1. Poor Things
2. Sanctuary
3. Past Lives
4. Sing Sing
5. The Holdovers
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. Asteroid City
8. Godzilla Minus One
9. Rye Lane
10. The Boy and the Heron

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I realized I've seen almost all of his film, why not make a list. Unlike most of my other director lists I have, I don't believe all of these are good.

1. Dawn of the Dead
2. Watchmen
3. Man of Steel
4. Zack Snyder's Justice League
5. 300
6. Army of the Dead
7. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
8. Sucker Punch
9. Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire

In order of my personal preference, Spirited Away is the objective number one but this is a very subjective list. I genuinely enjoy all of these though and I've got a Ghibli tattoo on my wrist to prove it lol.

1. Kiki's Delivery Service

   If I had to pick just one film that I could guarantee will make me smile it's this. Might be the sweetest movie I've ever watched. A charming tale of believing in yourself.

2. Princess Mononoke

   A masterpiece, truly an absolute masterpiece in every sense of the word.

3. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

   I waited far to long to finally watch this, don't overlook it or write it off. Has perhaps the greatest protagonist in a Ghibli film.

4. The Boy and the Heron

   A culmination of the career of a genius. A fantastic look at life, death, and legacy.

5. Spirited Away

   In the discussion for greatest animated film ever made. Stunning.

6. Grave of the Fireflies

   A beautiful but painful film. Tragically necessary.

7. Ponyo

   Another I waited far too long to watch. Beautiful animation and a sweet story. Also features the best Ghibli parent.

8. My Neighbor Totoro

   A classic, pure and simply.

9. Howl's Moving Castle
10. Porco Rosso

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Wong Kar-wai is my favorite director, I can confidently say that even though I still have two more of his films I need to see at the time of making this list (Ashes of Time/Blueberry Nights).
Almost every single film on this list is a part of my all time, personal favorites.

• 2046

  Overtime this has become my favorite WKW film. It truly does feel like a culmination of his work, taking every from his previous masterpieces and combining into a tale of longing that stretches back over those precious films.

• Happy Together

  Tony Leung's best performance. A heartbreaking and devastating film, perfectly captures how easy it is to be drawn into a toxic relationship, even when you know its bad for you. Tony crying into tape recorder is an Oscar worthy moment.

• In the Mood for Love

  Potentially the greatest ending in all of film. It's again devastating, the longing and desire. The style, the performances, the absolute perfection. Not a wasted frame, not a wasted inch of frame. A masterpiece.

• Chungking Express

  I used to say this was my favorite, but I think the happy ending is something that I just cling to because it's something rather rare in WKW films. Faye is maybe my favorite WKW character.

• Fallen Angels

  The style that this is absolutely drenched in is matched only by the incredible camerawork that make this perhaps Wong's most interesting film. Again, a masterpiece.

• Days of Being Wild

  Worth it just for that final scene with Tony Leung.

• As Tears Go By

  A well done Hong Kong action movie that has heart and also has some of WKW's early genius shining through. Plus Maggie Cheung.

• The Hand

  WKW and the 60's work well together.

• Ashes of Time

  Probably the weakest, outside of My Blueberry Nights, but I think I probably enjoy this more than most. An interesting story that is told in a way that many find, understanbly, confusing.

• The Grandmaster

  ittedly a bit less interesting than some of his others, but a gorgeous film with some nice flashy sequences.

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Movies that I have watched several times that always seem to manage to make tear up at least once, every time I watch them.

• In the Mood for Love
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• La La Land
• 2046
• Taipei Suicide Story
• Before Sunset
• Good Will Hunting
• Everything Everywhere All at Once

A list of films that, if you follow me for any length of time on here will realize, I rewatch very frequently, or at least have in the past.

• Wristcutters: A Love Story
• But I'm a Cheerleader
• In the Mood for Love
• Chungking Express
• Happy Together
• FLCL
• Twin Peaks
• The Shining
• La La Land
• Spencer

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Starting in 1989 to present day. Will get updated as years and as I catch up on films I've yet to see from any particular year. This is personal favorite, not necessarily what I would consider best of the year, though in some years it surely would be both. Also just going off of year that Letterboxd has listed for the sake of simplicity.

• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Days of Being Wild
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Chungking Express
• Before Sunrise
• Mars Attacks!
• Perfect Blue

  Special mention here for Happy Together, Princess Mononoke, and EOE.

• Rushmore

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I've watched a lot of movies in my life, but not these. Going to fill with films that are generally "universally praised" and either big in pop culture or the cinephile world that I haven't seen yet. Feel free to let me know of any suggestions you might have for me to add as well. I'll use this as a quasi-watchlist.

• The Princess Bride
• Amour
• An Autumn Afternoon
• The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
• Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
• Metropolis
• Das Boot
• The Young Girls of Rochefort
• Life Is Beautiful
• Army of Shadows

...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This is a rough ranking of the A24 film's I've seen so far.

1. Under the Skin
2. The Lighthouse
3. Climax
4. The Florida Project
5. Lady Bird
6. Past Lives
7. Midsommar
8. Uncut Gems
9. The Witch
10. The Green Knight

...plus 27 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I do think that first season of Twin Peaks is the best thing I've seen of Lynch's. All of his work is phenomenal though, I still need to see Inland Empire, Wild At Heart, and Straight Story.

1. Twin Peaks
2. Mulholland Drive
3. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
4. Eraserhead
5. Blue Velvet
6. Twin Peaks: The Return
7. Lost Highway
8. Inland Empire
9. The Elephant Man
10. Dune

Everything I'm playing to see.

• His Three Daughters
• Ezra
• Sing Sing
• Mimang
• The Beast
• Your Mother's Son
• The Critic
• Wildcat
• Banel & Adama
• In Flames

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This list is going to be a compilation of what I think are the best films of this century so far. I'll add to this as I see more new films, but these are the ones that I think will go on to be for decades and decades to come. Ranking in of what I personally think is the best. Only going to include films I've watched multiple times and that have been out for at least 2-3 years.

1. In the Mood for Love

   One of my reviews for this: boxd.it/3IfaCT

2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

   One of my review for this: boxd.it/3RfnFx

3. Burning

   Some in depth thoughts on this one: boxd.it/3bR2Xt

4. Under the Skin

   Some thoughts as to why this is so high on the list: boxd.it/38f9iT

5. Mulholland Drive

   My review: boxd.it/2LnMyb

6. 2046

   One of my favorite reviews I've ever written: boxd.it/3V1KfZ

7. Phantom Thread

   Thoughts on this: boxd.it/3CvErT

8. The Handmaiden

   Thought: boxd.it/3aRZxP

9. Spirited Away

   Thoughts: boxd.it/1IX07X

10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Thoughts: boxd.it/3JQ9Bj

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I like Nolan a lot as a director, not as much when it comes to his writing.

1. Memento
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Prestige
4. The Dark Knight
5. Inception
6. Dunkirk
7. Batman Begins
8. Insomnia
9. Tenet
10. Interstellar

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
3. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
4. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
5. Mission: Impossible
6. Mission: Impossible III
7. Mission: Impossible II

1. Asteroid City
2. Rushmore
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Moonrise Kingdom
6. Isle of Dogs
7. The French Dispatch
8. The Royal Tenenbaums
9. The Darjeeling Limited
10. Bottle Rocket

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3. Spider-Man 2
4. Spider-Man
5. Spider-Man: Far From Home
6. Spider-Man: No Way Home
7. The Amazing Spider-Man
8. Spider-Man: Homecoming
9. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
10. Spider-Man 3

Based on my enjoyment.

1. Only Lovers Left Alive
2. Paterson
3. Down by Law
4. Night on Earth
5. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
6. Mystery Train
7. Coffee and Cigarettes
8. Stranger Than Paradise
9. Dead Man
10. The Dead Don't Die

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. In the Mood for Love
2. 2046
3. Before Sunset
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Oldboy
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Pan's Labyrinth
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox
10. Howl's Moving Castle

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Evil Dead II
2. Evil Dead
3. Evil Dead Rise
4. Army of Darkness
5. The Evil Dead

Ranked by enjoyment.

1. Scream

   A true classic

2. Scream 2

   Sidney is still a badass.

3. Scream 4

   Kirby is a queen.

4. Scream
5. Scream VI
6. Scream 3

1. Loki
2. WandaVision
3. Avengers: Endgame
4. Avengers: Infinity War
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
6. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
7. Thor: Ragnarok
8. Moon Knight
9. Spider-Man: No Way Home
10. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This is a ranking that combines both my personal enjoyment and also quality of the films, or should I say my opinion on their quality.

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
8. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
9. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

1. Perfect Blue
2. Happy Together
3. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
4. Before Sunrise
5. Chungking Express
6. Pulp Fiction
7. GoodFellas
8. Princess Mononoke
9. Magnolia
10. The Matrix

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All are solid action films, but the first still remains the best.

• John Wick
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
• John Wick: Chapter 2

1. TÁR

   Unmatched in of quality, performances, and depth/nuance. Incredible.

2. Decision to Leave

   Simply incredible filmmaking.

3. Irma Vep

   Read any of my reviews I wrote for this, but this was something special for me.

4. Bones and All

   Loved absolutely everything about this. That summer in the Midwest vibe is on point. Strong performances from the entire cast as well.

5. Aftersun

   😭

6. Everything Everywhere All at Once

   So much heart went in to this, you feel it in the performances and it comes across in the story. It's fun, it's a little crazy, and it's a love letter to film.

7. Babylon

   Simply my favorite of the year.

8. Women Talking

   Powerful.

9. The Banshees of Inisherin

   Feck yeah!

10. Cha Cha Real Smooth

    Most charming film ever? Maybe

...plus 53 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These are ranked in order of my personal enjoyment.

1. Babylon
2. Irma Vep
3. Bones and All
4. TÁR
5. Aftersun
6. Everything Everywhere All at Once
7. Cha Cha Real Smooth
8. After Yang
9. The Batman
10. Moonage Daydream

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I'm ranking these by my personal enjoyment, not by what I feel is the best objectively.

1. The Shining
2. Paths of Glory
3. Eyes Wide Shut
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
7. Barry Lyndon
8. A Clockwork Orange
9. Spartacus
10. The Killing

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Shorts will be at the bottom and aren't ranked.

-December edit- kind of got in over my head on this and haven't actually adjusted the rankings on here for like my last 50 or so movies. Takes me so long to adjust these rankings on my phone just to scroll through it. I've still been adding every movie I watch, but come January 1st I'll probably go through and update the actually rankings for everything. I'm not doing this again next year though, I watch too much lol

1. Persona
2. Alien
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey
4. Under the Skin
5. In the Mood for Love
6. Chungking Express
7. The Shining
8. Neon Genesis Evangelion
9. Perfect Blue
10. Twin Peaks

...plus 411 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Yes, I have more than 10 on here. It was a good decade.

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2. Under the Skin
3. Burning
4. The Lighthouse
5. Phantom Thread
6. Her
7. The Handmaiden
8. Parasite
9. The Master
10. Inside Llewyn Davis

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Some pretty great ones, some pretty good ones, and some trash.

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
3. New Nightmare
4. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
7. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

With all the attention on the new 2022 list I wanted to create what I would have submitted. Tried to actually take some time to think about this one. It's a mix of personal favorites and ones I think are objectively important to cinema history. My biggest take away from this is I still have a lot of film history I need to catch up on. At the time of creating this list I've seen 39 of the 100 from the actually list that came out this year. I've tried to add some notes that speak to my reasoning for why I've selected each film I have. For the record though, this is an absolutely impossible task.

• Persona

  I think this may be the greatest film ever made. So yeah, that's why it's on here.

• In the Mood for Love

  While Happy Together is my favorite this is a film that is made with so much care, so much precision. One of the best made films of all time with one of the greatest final scenes in film history.

• Perfect Blue

  The greatest animated film of all time from the greatest director the medium of animation has ever had.

• The ion of Joan of Arc

  Maria Falconetti with the greatest performance ever put to film, need I say more?

• Seven Samurai

  Ikiru is probably my favorite Kurosawa, but the entire landscape of film would be different without this. The amount of films and filmmakers this has inspired is unquantifiable.

• 2001: A Space Odyssey

  Similar to what I wrote up about Seven Samurai, this changed what film can be and cinema would be much different today without this. I may like The Shining more, but again the influence and importance of this is impossible to overstate.

• Hiroshima Mon Amour

  One of the first French New Wave films, it just so happens to also be the best. Though ittedly I do have a lot of FNW I need to explore.

• Portrait of a Lady on Fire

  Call it recency bias if you want, but I genuinely believe this is one of the best films ever made. The way Sciamma uses music, in a film completely devoid of a score or soundtrack, to further accentuate 3 of the more powerful and emotional scenes is so well done. Every single frame of this film is beautiful and could be a stunning painting in it's own right. The history of film and cinema has been dominated by the male gaze, I don't think there is a film that better shows why that should not be the case going forward than this. Says the 32 year old CIS guy...

• Mulholland Drive

  David Lynch has already had such a large influence and effect on cinema, going all the way back to Eraserhead. I think that's an influence that is only going to continue to grow over time, well after he's gone (though let's pray he somehow finds a way to just become immortal). In lieu of being able to select season 1 of Twin Peaks for a list of films I have to go with Mulholland Drive. An expertly crafted and perfectly made film that explores the pitfalls and dangers of Hollywood. But really this could easily be a spot for either Eraserhead or Blue Velvet.

• Alien

  The greatest horror film ever made. From the sets, to the sound, to the performances. This gave us the greatest protagonist in film history, in my opinion, in Ellen Ripley. A flawless and perfect film.

What do you mean Ranked? How do you rank perfection?

• Persona
• Cries and Whispers
• Autumn Sonata
• The Seventh Seal
• The Virgin Spring

My favorite horror franchise of all time. I love all of these, even if the majority of them are garbage. Michael Myers is the greatest slasher in all of horror and the original Halloween is a masterpiece.

1. Halloween
2. Halloween
3. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
4. Halloween II
5. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
6. Halloween Kills
7. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
8. Halloween
9. Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
10. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Shining
2. Blue Velvet
3. Blade Runner
4. Kiki's Delivery Service
5. Raging Bull
6. The Thing
7. Possession
8. Paris, Texas
9. Full Metal Jacket
10. Clue

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Predator
2. Prey
3. Predator 2
4. Predators
5. AVP: Alien vs. Predator
6. The Predator
7. Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

Alien is one of my favorite films of all time, and I think one of the best ever made. Aliens is one of the best sequels ever and those two films are far and away the best of the franchise.

Maybe it's a hot take but I actually enjoyed Prometheus. It bothers me how stupid some of the characters act, given the level if intelligence they should have, but I still think it's a solid film.

1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Prometheus
4. Alien³
5. Alien: Covenant
6. Alien Resurrection
7. AVP: Alien vs. Predator
8. Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

I still have more PTA films to see, but man everything I have seen is just a masterpiece so this is where I somehow try to rank what I've seen.
Seriously as I'm making this list initially right now I have seen 5 of his films. I consider all five of these to be more or less perfect films, so this is a loose ranking that will probably change often.

• There Will Be Blood
• Phantom Thread
• The Master
• Magnolia
• Boogie Nights
• Punch-Drunk Love
• Inherent Vice
• Hard Eight
• Licorice Pizza

For Four Rooms I know Tarantino only directed his segment, but I'm counting the whole film anyways. I weighted personal enjoyment as the biggest factor in making this list. That being said there is nothing on here I would consider bad, just varying degrees of excellent and good.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
5. Jackie Brown
6. The Hateful Eight
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. Django Unchained
9. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
10. Four Rooms

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Alien
2. A Clockwork Orange
3. Eraserhead
4. The Godfather
5. Taxi Driver
6. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
7. Dawn of the Dead
8. Halloween
9. Lady Snowblood
10. Suspiria

For the record I thoroughly enjoy all of these films and think they're all great.

1. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2. Shaun of the Dead
3. Hot Fuzz
4. Last Night in Soho
5. The Sparks Brothers
6. Baby Driver
7. The World's End

Not really in any particular order, outside of the first five.

• Perfect Blue
• Princess Mononoke
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Angel's Egg
• Paprika
• WALL·E
• The Aristocats
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Millennium Actress
• Spirited Away

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Se7en
2. The Social Network
3. Gone Girl
4. Fight Club
5. The Game
6. Zodiac
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
9. Panic Room
10. Alien³

I mean, besides the first rebuild these are all pretty perfect to me. The series is still the best to me though, even though I really enjoy EOE and the rebuilds.

• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
• Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
• Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
• Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone