+1
I've been thinking about this for a while. I'm sure if I redid this list later in the day, it would be very different...
1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. Children of Men
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
4. The Fountain
5. 25th Hour
6. Synecdoche, New York
7. Never Let Me Go
8. The Social Network
9. No Country for Old Men
10. A Separation
Notes:
Jesse James is, today, my favorite movie ever.
Children of Men continues to grow in relevance. One of, if not the best, depiction of dystopia ever put onscreen, the result of the filmmaker's astute design and hindsight. The film has become a mirror.
The Fountain is a beautiful piece of cinema precisely because it's a compromise. Aronofsky's most impressive and touching output.
25th Hour is one of the great critiques of post-9/11 America.
Synecdoche - depression distilled in cinematic form. Up there with Ikiru in terms of perfect endings. If you don't cry, you don't have a soul.
The Social Network could very well be the defining film of the millennial generation.
Now, some leftovers off the top of my head...
Zodiac
Oldboy
Melancholia
Kill Bill (both)
The Master
Inglourious Basterds
Mad Max: Fury Road
This is Not a Film
Zero Dark Thirty
Pariah
Irreversible
12 Years a Slave
Memories of a Murder
The Witch
Upstream Color
The Assassin
Inception
Wall•E
Up
I'm Not There
Brokeback Mountain
Memento
Her
Holy Motors
The Tree of Life
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The Hateful Eight
Django Unchained
The Immigrant
In Bruges
Carlos
Two Days, One Night
The Assassin
In the Mood for Love
Y Tú Mama También
Lincoln
Carol
The Prestige
There Will Be Blood
The Wolf of Wall Street
Spirited Away
When Marnie Was There
Phoenix
A Serious Man
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Che (both)
True Grit
The Dark Knight
Tangerine
Edit: oh my god, how did I forget Boyhood???
Last edited by Saunch; 07-09-17 at 03:52 PM.