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Top 10 Movie List

Bucket and I make a top 10 list every year. Usually we start thinking about it in March when we've had the time to watch most of the previous year's films. I figured I'd make a place to record it. Anyone else is welcome to participate. Pretty simple, just rank your top 10 for films that came out in the same calendar year. We combine both documentary and fiction, but I'm usually slow to watch documentaries. I'll update the first post as people lock their lists.

2018

buckett
1. First Reformed
2. Blindspotting
3. Annihilation
4. Minding the Gap
5. Burning
6. Eighth Grade
7. You Were Never Really Here
8. Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse
9. Roma
10. Blockers

Kyle
1. Annihilation
2. Sorry to Bother You
3. First Reformed
4. Mandy
5. Hold the Dark
6. Avengers: Infinity War
7. You Were Never Really Here
8. Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse
9. Thoroughbreds
10. Revenge

2017

Zombie
1. Get Out
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Logan
4. Lady Bird
5. Dunkirk
6. The Florida Project
7. Wind River
8. Good Time
9. Brawl on Cell Block 99
10. Mudbound

Buckett

1. Blade Runner 2049
2. Get Out
3. Good Time
4. Brigsby Bear
5. Lady Bird
6. The Florida Project
7. The Work
8. Dunkirk
9. A Ghost Story
10. Logan

Kyle
1. Blade Runner 2049
2. It
3. Baby Driver
4. Get Out
5. Logan
6. The Shape of Water
7. Good Time
8. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
9. Thor: Ragnarok
10. Atomic Blonde


2016

Zombie
1. Hell or High Water
2. Moonlight
3. Arrival
4. The Witch
5. Green Room
6. The Lobster
7. Nocturnal Animals
8. Deadpool
9. The Nice Guys
10. Manchester by the Sea

Buckett
1. Hell or High Water
2. The Witch
3. Moonlight
4. Green Room
5. Toni Erdmann
6. Arrival
7. Paterson
8. The Lobster
9. Everybody Wants Some!
10. Manchester by the Sea

Kyle
1. Nocturnal Animals
2. Arrival
3. The Witch
4. The Handmaiden
5. Green Room
6. Hell or High Water
7. Lobster
8. Deadpool
9. The Love Witch
10. The Autopsy of Jane Doe

2015

Zombie
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Sicario
3. Ex Machina
4. The Big Short
5. Inside Out
6. What We Do in the Shadows
7. Room
8. Star Wars: Force Awakens
9. Anomalisa
10. Kingsman: Secret Service

Buckett
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
(large gap)
2. Inside Out
3. The Look of Silence
4. Sicario
5. Anomalisa
6. The Big Short
7. What We Do in the Shadows
8. Dope
9. Ex Machina
10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Kyle
1. The Hateful 8
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Star Wars: Force Awakens
4. Inside Out
5. Ex Machina
6. Bone Tomahawk
7. The Martian
8. The Visit
9. What We Do in the Shadows
10. It Follows

2014

Zombie
1. Whiplash
2. Boyhood
3. Nightcrawler
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Birdman
6. Only Lovers Left Alive
7. Blue Ruin
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
9. John Wick
10. The Babadook

Buckett
1. Boyhood
2. Whiplash
3. Only Lovers Left Alive
4. Gone Girl
5. John Wick
6. The Unknown Known
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. A Most Violent Year
9. Blue Ruin
10. Nightcrawler

Mike
1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Edge of Tomorrow
3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
4. Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Birdman
6. Big Hero 6
7. The Lego Movie
8. X-Men: Days of Future Past
9. Big Bad Wolves
10. Gone Girl

Kyle
1. Boyhood
2. Nightcrawler
3. Stoker
4. Edge of Tomorrow
5. Intersteller
6. The Babadook
7. Blue Ruin
8. John Wick
9. Gone Girl
10. Guardians of the Galaxy


2013

Zombie
1. Short Term 12
2. Mud
3. Upstream Color
4. Her
5. 12 Years a Slave
6. Nebraska
7. Blue is the Warmest Color
8. All is Lost
9. Before Midnight
10. Fruitvale Station

Buckett
1. Upstream Color
2. Her
3. The Act of Killing
4. Captain Phillips/A Hijacking (double billing, Zombie gave me permission)
5. Blackfish
6. Gravity
7. 12 Years a Slave
8. Frances Ha
9. The Place Beyond the Pines
10. Prisoners

Mike
1. Mud
2. Evil Dead
3. Frozen
4. The Kings of Summer
5. The Book Thief
6. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
7. The Purge
8. Big Ass Spider!
9. 12 Years a Slave
10. Nebraska

Kyle
1. Short Term 12
2. Evil Dead
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. The Kings of Summer
5. We Are What We Are
6. Frozen
7.Warm Bodies
8. Iron Man 3
9. This is the End
10. Pain and Gain


2012

Zombie
1. Django Unchained
2. The Master
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. End of Watch
6. Looper
7. Silver Linings Playbook
8. The Grey
9. Cabin in the Woods
10. Pitch Perfect

Buckett
1. Django Unchained
2. The Grey
3. The Master
4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. Looper
6. Beasts of the Southern Wild
7. Zero Dark Thirty
8. Moonrise Kingdom
9. Argo
10. The Cabin in the Woods

Mike
1. Safety Not Guaranteed
2. The Cabin in the Woods
3. Looper
4. Django Unchained
5. The Avengers
6. Chronicle
7. God Bless America
8. Silver Linings Playbook
9. Moonrise Kingdom
10. Lockout

Kyle
1. Django Unchained
2. Cabin in the Woods
3. Seven Psychopaths
4. The Avengers
5. Skyfall
6. Chronicle
7. 21 Jump Street
8. ParaNorman
9. Safety Not Guaranteed
10. Headhunters


2011

Zombie
1. A Separation
2. Pariah
3. Take Shelter
4. Martha Marcy May Marlene
5. Drive
6. Moneyball
7. Attack the Block
8. Source Code
9. Hanna
10. Warrior

Buckett
1. The Tree of Life
2. Into the Abyss
3. Take Shelter
4. Project Nim
5. Shame
6. Drive
7. Attack the Block
8. Source Code
9. The Rise of the Planet of the Apes
10. Young Adult

Kyle
1. Super
2. Attack the Block
3. X-Men: First Class
4. Martha Marcy May Marlene
5. Hanna
6. Young Adult
7. The Raid
8. The Innkeepers
9. Fast Five
10. Super 8

2010

Zombie
1. Winter's Bone
2. 127 Hours
3. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
4. Blue Valentine
5. Toy Story 3
6. The Social Network
7. Exit Through the Gift Shop
8. Black Swan
9. Fish Tank
10. Kick-Ass

Buckett
1. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2. Toy Story 3
3. The Social Network
4. Four Lions
5. Shutter Island
6. The Town
7. Winter's Bone
8. Exit Through the Gift Shop
9. Restrepo
10. Black Swan

Kyle
1. Black Swan
2. Animal Kingdom
3. Inception
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
5. Rare Exports
6. Shutter Island
7. 13 Assassins
8. Insidious
9. Kick-Ass
10. The Social Network

2009

Zombie
1. The Hurt Locker
2. Moon
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Zombieland
5. (500) Days of Summer
6. Sin Nombre
7. Up in the Air
8. A Serious Man
9. World's Greatest Dad
10. Goodbye Solo

Buckett
1. The Hurt Locker
2. A Serious Man
3. In the Loop
4. Moon
5. Inglorious Basterds
6. World's Greatest Dad
7. Up in the Air
8. Bronson
9. Up
10. Goodbye Solo

Kyle
1. Inglorious Basterds
2. Moon
3. Bronson
4. Zombieland
5. Up
6. Pontypool
7. Drag Me to Hell
8. District 9
9. Paranormal Activity
10. The Hangover

Ongoing 2015 List:

Short List
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Sicario
3. Ex Machina
4. The Big Short
5. Inside Out
6. What We Do in the Shadows
7. Room
8. Star Wars: Force Awakens
9. Beasts of No Nation
10. Kingsman: Secret Service

In the Mix
Spotlight
End of the Tour
Creed
Straight Outta Compton
Dope
The Revenant
It Follows
The Martian
Trainwreck
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl
Steve Jobs
The Hateful Eight

Ongoing 2016 List

Good Bet:
Hell or High Water
Arrival
Green Room
The Lobster
Moonlight
The Witch
Deadpool
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea

Honorables:
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Midnight Special, Everybody Wants Some, Swiss Army Man

Need to See:
Fences, Silence, Captain Fantastic, Toni Erdmann, Kubo

Gotta get back on this.

Buckett's 2015 List (will be way too similar to Zombie's, we had the same taste this year)

1. Mad Max: Fury Road

(large gap)

2. Inside Out
3. The Look of Silence
4. Sicario
5. Anomalisa
6. The Big Short
7. What We Do in the Shadows
8. Dope
9. Ex Machina
10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Honorable Mention

Creed
The Hateful Eight
Bridge of Spies
The End of the Tour
The Martian
White God
Tangerine
Beasts of No Nation
The Revenant

Still Really Want to See

Room
Mississippi Grind
Crimson Peak
Straight Outta Compton
Love & Mercy
Cartel Land

Went to update my ongoing 2016 list and didn't have much to add. I wonder if this year will be a bad one?

I need to see if I've watched 10 movies that came out this year.

I know Deadpool will make my list, along with Finding Dory and Ghostbusters.

I always preferred making my lists a "top 10 movies first watched this year", therefore I can throw a "The Red Shoes" or something in there, and since I'm less and less able to watch new movies in the calendar year.

Now I'm with Caz, I have seen 2 new movies this year (Finding Dory & Zootopia) and maybe 2 "new to me" old movies this year.

That said, thanks to my toddler, I've seen "Singing in the Rain" so many times I could write a book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktv3-1JTspc

Ha! Remembered one!

See 'The Nice Guys' - it is fantastic.

This is not a great year so far.

For sure, I have Deadpool and Nice Guys on my list... I'm with Caz on those.

I loved Finding Dory, and I just saw (and really enjoyed) Lights Out, but neither of those feel like movie greats.

Movies from this year that I haven't seen and have really high hopes for: 10 Cloverfield Lane, Ghostbusters, Swiss Army Man, and Green Room. I'll be thrilled if half of them are as good as I'm hoping.

Oh crap. Thanks for reminding me about Green Room. That's number 1 on my list so far.

I'll add The Nice Guys to my list. I'm a fan of Shane Black. I also saw Lights Out and enjoyed it.

Buckett's 2016 Contenders

Hell or High Water
Arrival
Green Room
Everybody Wants Some!
The Lobster
The Witch
Captain Fantastic
Moonlight
Paterson

Manchester by the Sea
Silence
La La Land
Hail, Caesar!
10 Cloverfield Lane
The Shallows
Midnight Special
The Nice Guys
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Sausage Party
Sing Street
Deadpool

Watchlist

Zootopia
Triple 9
Birth of a Nation
Hacksaw Ridge
Loving
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Nocturnal Animals

Upcoming

Jackie
Rogue One
Passengers
Fences
Live by Night

2010

1. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2. Toy Story 3
3. The Social Network
4. Four Lions
5. Shutter Island
6. The Town
7. Winter's Bone
8. Exit Through the Gift Shop
9. Restrepo
10. Black Swan

2010 sucked.

Exit through the Gift Shop, Restrepo, and Winter's Bone all good. But what about The King's Speech?! that was AWESOME! And Despicable Me? Even How to Train Your Dragon was ok, and Inception ok.

Here's my top list for 2015 and 2016:

2015:
1. The Hateful 8
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. Star Wars: Force Awakens
4. Inside Out
5. Ex Machina
6. Bone Tomahawk
7. The Martian
8. The Visit
9. What We Do in the Shadows
10. It Follows

2016:
1. Nocturnal Animals
2. Arrival
3. The Witch
4. The Handmaiden
5. Green Room
6. Hell or High Water
7. Lobster
8. Deadpool
9. The Love Witch
10. The Autopsy of Jane Doe

2013:
1. Short Term 12
2. Evil Dead
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. The Kings of Summer
5. We Are What We Are
6. Frozen
7.Warm Bodies
8. Iron Man 3
9. This is the End
10. Pain and Gain

2012:
1. Django Unchained
2. Cabin in the Woods
3. Seven Psychopaths
4. The Avengers
5. Skyfall
6. Chronicle
7. 21 Jump Street
8. ParaNorman
9. Safety Not Guaranteed
10. Headhunters

2011:
1. Super
2. Attack the Block
3. X-Men: First Class
4. Martha Marcy May Marlene
5. Hanna
6. Young Adult
7. The Innkeepers
8. Fast Five
9. Super 8
10. Captain America: The First Avenger

2010:
1. Black Swan
2. Animal Kingdom
3. Inception
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
5. Rare Exports
6. Shutter Island
7. 13 Assassins
8. Insidious
9. Kick-Ass
10. The Social Network

2009:
1. Inglorious Basterds
2. Moon
3. Bronson
4. Zombieland
5. Up
6. Pontypool
7. Drag Me to Hell
8. District 9
9. Paranormal Activity
10. The Hangover

My 2014 list needs to be modified:

1. Boyhood
2. Nightcrawler
3. Stoker
4. Edge of Tomorrow
5. Intersteller
6. The Babadook
7. Blue Ruin
8. John Wick
9. Gone Girl
10. Guardians of the Galaxy