This is the second update to my Top 1000 list. The list, recently completed here has an introduction here. I have broken this down by year. I was originally going to include “hard luck cases”, films that made the Top 1000 in their year of release and then got bumped, but an upcoming post made me decide not to bother. So, under each year are films that make the current Top 1000 list (through 2021), by year of initial release (not necessarily Oscar eligible / Nighthawk eligible year) from lowest on the list to highest. (more…)
10 September, 2022
A Century of Film: The Top 1000 Films (2012-2016 update)
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This is the first update to my Top 1000 list. The list, recently completed, has an introduction here. I have broken this down by year. I was originally going to include “hard luck cases”, films that made the Top 1000 in their year of release and then got bumped, but an upcoming post made me decide not to bother. So, under each year are films that make the current Top 1000 list (through 2021), by year of initial release (not necessarily Oscar eligible / Nighthawk eligible year) from lowest on the list to highest. (more…)
10 April, 2022
A Century of Film: The Top 1000 Films (#150-101)
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12 March, 2022
A Century of Film: The Top 1000 Films (#200-151)
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Getting close to the (initial) end of the Top 1000 list. The introduction is here and the rest of the list can be found by going here. Films through Inglourious Basterds (#174) are a 95 which is high ****. The rest are a 96. A 96 is, to me, worthy of a Best Picture win. That means any Oscar winners from that point on, even if they don’t win the Nighthawk, earn no complaints from me. Ironically, one of those films doesn’t even earn a Nighthawk nomination (The Hours) because 2002 is just that tough. There are also a few films that come 5th in their years while the only actual Nighthawk winners in this post are all 95 films. Things are so even across genres and major studios that only one film in this group of 50 is in the Top 5 all-time for its genre or major studio. (more…)