+14
Her didn't make my ballot as it didn't grab me the way it grabbed some other people, but it still paints a compelling portrait of a not-so-distant future where people value technology and AIs over real-world relationships (an extreme portrait of our current usage of technology). In the film, the reliance of technology is so extreme that AI dating is a normal part of society and, from what we see, isn't looked down upon. This is a compelling premise, complete with a nice undercurrent of alienation being an issue for a number of people we see in the film (both major and minor characters), but the film never rose above this premise for me in the sense I felt it was at the forefront of the film's themes and there wasn't a whole lot else for me to latch on to. It's one thing for your film to have a compelling premise, but it's what you do with it that truly counts. Still though, it's a really good film and I'm glad it made this list.
Also, in regards to Spike Jonze's 2010's films, I prefer I'm Here.