Collection: Years' Best Films
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- DirectorMahalia BeloStarsJodie ComerJoel FryYves RassouA woman tries to find her way home with her newborn while an environmental crisis submerges London in floodwaters.Top film of 2024
Runner up:
Honorable mentions: - DirectorMakoto ShinkaiStarsNanoka HaraHokuto MatsumuraEri FukatsuA modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.Top film of 2023
Runner up: A Good Person
Honorable mentions:
* Blackberry
* Knock at the Cabin
* Oppenheimer - DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverJake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.Top film of 2022
Runner up: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Honorable mention: Pompo the Cinephile - DirectorMichel FrancoStarsNaian González NorvindEligio MeléndezMónica Del CarmenA lavish high-society wedding unexpectedly turns into a class struggle that leads to a violent coup.Top film of 2021
Runner up: In The Heights
Honorable mentions:
* Dune
* Pig - DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsDevin FranceYashua MackGage NaquinLost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.Top film of 2020
Runner up: Promising Young Woman
Honorable mention: Wolfwalkers - DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRosa SalazarChristoph WaltzJennifer ConnellyA deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.Top film of 2019
Runner up: Katie Says Goodbye
Honorable mentions:
* Teen Spirit
* I Am Mother
* Then Came You - DirectorQuinn ShephardStarsQuinn ShephardMarcia DeBonisElizabeth HowellA drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to 'The Crucible'.Top film of 2018
Runner up: Leave No Trace - DirectorMarc WebbStarsChris EvansMckenna GraceLindsay DuncanFrank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.Top film of 2017
Runner up: Newness
Honorable mention: Hidden Figures - DirectorEwan McGregorStarsEwan McGregorJennifer ConnellyDakota FanningAn All-American college star and his beauty queen wife watch their seemingly perfect life fall apart as their daughter joins the turmoil of '60s America.Top film of 2016
Runner up: Girl Flu.
Honorable mention: Arrival - DirectorHiromasa YonebayashiStarsSara TakatsukiKasumi ArimuraNanako MatsushimaAnna, a shy 12-year-old girl, is sent to spend time with her aunt and uncle who live in the countryside, where she meets Marnie. The two become best friends. But Anna gradually discovers that Marnie is not quite who she appears to be.Top film of 2015
Runner up: The Age of Adaline
Honorable mentions:
* These Final Hours
* No Escape
* The Martian - DirectorBong Joon HoStarsChris EvansJamie BellTilda SwintonIn a future where a failed climate change experiment has killed all life except for the survivors who boarded the Snowpiercer (a train that travels around the globe), a new class system emerges.Top film of 2014
Runner up: Interstellar
Honorable mention: Ask Me Anything - DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsSaoirse RonanMax IronsJake AbelWhen an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie Stryder risks everything to protect the people she cares about.Top film of 2013
Runner up: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Honorable mentions:
* Frozen
* Ender's Game
* The Lifeguard - DirectorWes AndersonStarsJared GilmanKara HaywardBruce WillisTwo 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.Top film of 2012
Runner up: Sound of My Voice - DirectorMike CahillStarsBrit MarlingWilliam MapotherMatthew-Lee ErlbachOn the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.Top film of 2011
Runner up: Midnight in Paris - DirectorMark RomanekStarsKeira KnightleyCarey MulliganAndrew GarfieldThe lives of three friends, from their early school days into young adulthood, when the reality of the world they live in comes knocking.Top film of 2010
Runner up: Agora
Honorable mentions:
* Inception
* Monsters - DirectorJamin WinansStarsChristopher Soren KellyQuinn HuncharJessica DuffyA mysterious creature, known as Ink, steals a child's soul in hopes of using it as a bargaining chip to join the Incubi - the group of supernatural beings responsible for creating nightmares.Top film of 2009
Runner up: The Time Traveler's Wife
Honorable mentions: Avatar - DirectorDanny BoyleLoveleen TandanStarsDev PatelFreida PintoSaurabh ShuklaA teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.Top film of 2008
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsCharlie CoxClaire DanesSienna MillerIn a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.Top film of 2007
Runner up: The Man From Earth
Honorable mentions: Death at a Funeral - DirectorJames McTeigueStarsHugo WeavingNatalie PortmanRupert GravesIn a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.Top film of 2006
Runner up: The Fountain
Honorable mentions:
* Cashback
* Children of Men - DirectorMarcos SiegaStarsEvan Rachel WoodRon LivingstonJames WoodsA 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.Top film of 2005
Runner up: Sideways
Honorable mentions:
* Off The Map
* Brick - DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsSigourney WeaverWilliam HurtJoaquin PhoenixA series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.Top film of 2004
Runner up: The Phantom of the Opera
Honorable mentions:
* The Place Promised in Our Early Days
* The Notebook
* I Heart Huckabees
* Hotel Rwanda - DirectorEdward ZwickStarsTom CruiseKen WatanabeBilly ConnollyNathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.Top film of 2003
Runner up: Beyond Borders
Honorable Mentions:
* Whale Rider
* Voices of a Distant Star
* The Spanish Apartment - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioCameron DiazDaniel Day-LewisIn 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher; his father's killer.Top film of 2002
Runner up: Secret Things - DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruisePenélope CruzCameron DiazA self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.Top film of 2001
Runner up: Donnie Darko
Honorable mention: Moulin Rouge! - DirectorRobert RedfordStarsWill SmithMatt DamonCharlize TheronA down-and-out golfer attempts to recover his game and his life with help from a mystical caddie.Top film of 2000
Runner up: Pitch Black
Honorable mention: Chocolat - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.Top film of 1999
Runner up: American Beauty
Honorable mentions:
* Eyes Wide Shut
* Being John Malkovich - DirectorMartin BrestStarsBrad PittAnthony HopkinsClaire ForlaniDeath, who takes the form of a young man killed in an accident, asks a media mogul to act as his guide to teach him about life on Earth and, in the process, he falls in love with the mogul's daughter.Top film of 1998
Runner up: What Dreams May Come
Honorable mention: Shakespeare in Love - DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.Top film of 1997
Runner up: The Fifth Element
Honorable mention: Titanic - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff GoldblumThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.Top film of 1996
Runner up: Twister
Honorable mention: The Ghost and the Darkness - DirectorVictor SalvaStarsMary SteenburgenSean Patrick FlaneryLance HenriksenAn off-the-charts genius who is home schooled and shunned after his last relative dies shows the unconscious residents of his town about connection awareness and the generosity of the spirit.Top film of 1995
Runner up: Twelve Monkeys
Honorable mentions:
* Beyond Rangoon
* Before Sunrise
* The Secret of Roan Inish - DirectorLuc BessonStarsJean RenoGary OldmanNatalie Portman12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.Top film of 1994
Runner up: Don Juan
Honorable mentions:
* The Crow
* Stargate - DirectorThomas CarterStarsRobert Sean LeonardChristian BaleFrank WhaleyA group of teens adores forbidden music in Nazi Germany just before the outbreak of World War II.Top film of 1993
Runner up: Indian Summer - DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJane MarchTony Ka Fai LeungJeanne MoreauIn 1929 French Indochina, a French teenage girl embarks on a reckless and forbidden romance with a wealthy, older Chinese man, each knowing that knowledge of their affair will bring drastic consequences to each other.Top film of 1992
Runner up: Far and Away - DirectorRobert MulliganStarsSam WaterstonTess HarperGail StricklandA coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. when Elvis was King.Top film of 1991
Runner up: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Honorable mention: My Girl - DirectorJohn Patrick ShanleyStarsTom HanksMeg RyanLloyd BridgesWhen a hypochondriac learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano at a tropical island, and along the way there, learns to truly live.Top film of 1990
Runner up: Edward Scissorhands - DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan HawkeMaverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.Top film of 1989
Runner up: Young Einstein
Honorable mention: The Little Mermaid - DirectorPenny MarshallStarsTom HanksElizabeth PerkinsRobert LoggiaAfter wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.Top film of 1988
Runner up: They Live
Honorable mentions:
* Grave of the Fireflies
* Akira
Possible honorable mentions:
* Die Hard
* Cocktail
* Beetlejuice
* Bull Durham
* Young Guns - DirectorRob ReinerStarsCary ElwesMandy PatinkinRobin WrightA bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.Top film of 1987
Runner up: Dirty Dancing
Honorable mention: Full Metal Jacket - DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.Top film of 1986
Runner up: Top Gun
Honorable mention: Ferris Bueller's Day Off - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Top film of 1985
Runner up: The Goonies
Honorable mention: Ladyhawke - DirectorNick CastleStarsLance GuestRobert PrestonKay E. KuterHigh schooler Alex Rogan conquers the Starfighter video game, only to find out it was just a test, and is transported to another planet. He has been recruited to join a team of the best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.Top film of 1984
Runner up: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Honorable mentions:
* Ghostbusters
* 2010
* Top Secret - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.Top film of 1983
Runner up: Barefoot Gen
Honorable mention: Krull - DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.Top film of 1982
Runner up: The Dark Crystal
Honorable mention: Fast Times at Ridgemont High - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.Top film of 1943
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksJosef RovenskýFritz RaspAfter falling pregnant by a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is ejected from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.Top film of 1929