Top Ten Films First Seen in 2019

[Dead & Messed Up]

Because we need to quantify and rank art.

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. BlackkKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018)
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (The Coens, 2018)
3. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Rob Cohen, 2008)

[Dukefrukem]

Yeh we need some 2019 sections up in here.

[Peng]

1. Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
2. Witness (1985)

[MadMan]

1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
2. Under The Skin (2013)
3. Deep Impact (1998)
4. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Birdbox and maybe Enemy is next.

[transmogrifier]

1. The World of Us (2016) - 77

[MadMan]

1. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018, Theater)
2. Vice (2018, Theater)
3. Crazy Rich Asians (2018, RedBox)
4. Under The Skin (2014, Netflix Instant Viewing)
5. The Town (2010, AMC)
6. Night of the Living Deb (2015, Shudder)
7. The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972, Shudder)
8. Deep Impact (1998, AMC)
9. The Day After Tomorrow (2004, AMC)

[Ivan Drago]

https://boxd.it/2kfuu

[baby doll]

Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, 1957)
Our Little Sister (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2015)
Shoplifters (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2018)

[Peng]

1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
2. Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
3. City on Fire (1987)
4. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
5. Animal House (1978)
6. Witness (1985)

[Stay Puft]

1. PROTOTYPE (2017, dir. Blake Williams)
2. Shirkers (2018, dir. Sandi Tan)
3. The Yards (2000, dir. James Gray)
4. Twelve Tales Told (2014, dir. Johann Lurf)
5. Apostle (2018, dir. Gareth Evans)
6. Details of Pollock's White Light (2019, dir. Ken Jacobs)
7. more than everything (2018, dir. Rainer Kohlberger)

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. BlackkKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018)
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (The Coens, 2018)
3. Glass (M. Night Shyamalan, 2019)
4. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Rob Cohen, 2008)
5. Body Bags (Carpenter & Hooper, 1993)

[transmogrifier]

1. The World of Us (2016) - 77
2. Orlando (1992) - 70

There is nothing better than watching a film that you had completely the wrong impression of before you actually watched it. Knowing nothing about the book it was based on, and assuming it was just a typically stuffy period piece, Orlando is frequently hilarious.

[Peng]

1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
2. Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
3. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
4. Paris Is Burning (1990)
5. City on Fire (1987)
6. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
7. Animal House (1978)
8. Witness (1985)

[Spinal]

1. The World of Us (2016) - 77
2. Orlando (1992) - 70

There is nothing better than watching a film that you had completely the wrong impression of before you actually watched it. Knowing nothing about the book it was based on, and assuming it was just a typically stuffy period piece, Orlando is frequently hilarious.

Orlando has long held a spot on my Top 100. I had the poster on my wall when I was in college. But it's one that I've found rather difficult to convince others to watch.

[baby doll]

Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, 1957)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
Our Little Sister (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2015)
Ocean Falls (Ryan Ermacora/Jessica Johnson, 2016)
Shoplifters (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2018)

[transmogrifier]

Orlando has long held a spot on my Top 100. I had the poster on my wall when I was in college. But it's one that I've found rather difficult to convince others to watch.

I only thing I knew about it was that the main character lived a long time, and that Swinton played a man. And silly me still assumed that it was going to be a straight drama.

(Spoilered not because it is a spoiler as such, but because I recommend others to go in with as little info as possible)

[transmogrifier]

1. The World of Us (2016) - 77
2. The Guns of Navarone (1961) - 71
3. Orlando (1992) - 70

Navarone actually saves its best for last, with a superbly tense third act, especially the scene focusing on what to do with the traitor , which is more morally prickly than a lot of these glossy heist-esque films are, ending with the trenchant shot of Niven standing over the dead girl's body.

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. BlackkKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018)
2. The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimo, 2018)
3. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (The Coens, 2018)
4. Glass (M. Night Shyamalan, 2019)
5. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Rob Cohen, 2008)
6. Body Bags (Carpenter & Hooper, 1993)
7. The Nutty Professor (Jerry Lewis, 1963)

[baby doll]

Penny Serenade (George Stevens, 1941)
Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, 1957)
Machorka-Muff (Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub, 1963)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
Our Little Sister (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2015)
The Dreamed Ones (Ruth Beckermann, 2016)
Ocean Falls (Ryan Ermacora/Jessica Johnson, 2016)
Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018)
Shoplifters (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2018)

[MadMan]

1. BlacKkKlansman (2018, RedBox)
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, Theater)
3. Hereditary (2018, RedBox)
4. The Favourite (2018, Theater)
5. Vice (2018, Theater)
6. Enemy (2013, Netflix Instant Viewing)
7. Paddington (2015, TubiTV)
8. Crazy Rich Asians (2018, RedBox)
9. Under the Skin (2013, Netflix Instant Viewing)
10. The Town (2010, AMC)

[transmogrifier]

1. The World of Us (2016) - 77
2. The Congress (2013) - 74
3. Air Doll (2009) - 73
4. The Guns of Navarone (1961) - 71
5. Orlando (1992) - 70

The Congress is the type of film we need to see more of, a mix of styles and influences, and crammed with ideas, but underlying it all a sense of melancholy at the things we leave behind in the pursuit of the old and the familiar. Air Doll takes Pinocchio and makes it weird, but the best trick is taking the trappings of saccharine cinema (twinkly soundtrack, naive protagonist learning to love) and twisting it into something darker and more desolate.

[dreamdead]

Probably the fewest number of films I've watched to date in a year so far, but:

1. Shoplifters
2. Can You Ever Forgive Me?
3. Roma
4. Control
5. Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
6. BlackkKlansman
7. Mandy
8. A Quiet Place
9. Revenge
10. Red Sparrow

Juliet, Naked
Sinister

[Stay Puft]

1. PROTOTYPE (2017, dir. Blake Williams)
2. Happy as Lazzaro (2018, dir. Alice Rohrwacher)
3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, dir. Robert Altman)
4. Shirkers (2018, dir. Sandi Tan)
5. The Yards (2000, dir. James Gray)
6. Twelve Tales Told (2014, dir. Johann Lurf)
7. Apostle (2018, dir. Gareth Evans)
8. Details of Pollock's White Light (2019, dir. Ken Jacobs)
9. more than everything (2018, dir. Rainer Kohlberger)

[baby doll]

Regeneration (Raoul Walsh, 1915)
Penny Serenade (George Stevens, 1941)
Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
Machorka-Muff (Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub, 1963)
The Ceremony (Oshima Nagisa, 1971)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
The Dreamed Ones (Ruth Beckermann, 2016)
Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018)
The Endless Film (Leandro Listorti, 2018)
Shoplifters (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2018)

[Peng]

1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
2. Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
3. Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
4. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
5. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
6. Paris Is Burning (1990)
7. City on Fire (1987)
8. A Man for All Seasons (1966)
9. Animal House (1978)
10. Witness (1985)

[Stay Puft]

1. Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)
2. PROTOTYPE (2017, dir. Blake Williams)
3. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948, dir. Max Ophüls)
4. Happy as Lazzaro (2018, dir. Alice Rohrwacher)
5. You Were Never Really Here (2017, dir. Lynne Ramsay)
6. La Ronde (1950, dir. Max Ophüls)
7. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, dir. Robert Altman)
8. Shirkers (2018, dir. Sandi Tan)
9. The Yards (2000, dir. James Gray)
10. Twelve Tales Told (2014, dir. Johann Lurf)

[Peng]

1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
2. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
3. Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
4. Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
5. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
6. 127 Hours (2010)
7. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
8. Paris Is Burning (1990)
9. City on Fire (1987)
10. A Man for All Seasons (1966)

I keep putting 127 Hours off for over 8 years because just the thought of seeing that ending on screen already made me queasy, but I also was not warned about a long scene of Franco taking off his contact lenses in extreme close-ups! So many intimate sensation of body horror captured on screen. Good movie though. 7.5/10

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - "Ted would be shaking in his boots. I'm at least just trembling like a leaf." A ripping yarn, delightful in its engrossingly ludicrous plotting (never thought Woody Allen would do a light-hearted mystery pretty well) and some deliciously bone-dry banter, all the funnier for it being so dense and casually dropped at will ("Try giving her the present?"). Biggest drawback is I'm usually neutral on Allen delivering his own neuroses in dialogue, and here with some legitimate suspense set-pieces and slightly higher-stake situations, he can turn a bit grating in this context. His chemistry with Diane Keaton, however, remains great even after over 10 years of absence, and Keaton herself is note-perfect sublime throughout. 8/10

[Stay Puft]

1. Beau travail (1999, dir. Claire Denis)
2. Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)
3. PROTOTYPE (2017, dir. Blake Williams)
4. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948, dir. Max Ophüls)
5. Happy as Lazzaro (2018, dir. Alice Rohrwacher)
6. You Were Never Really Here (2017, dir. Lynne Ramsay)
7. La Ronde (1950, dir. Max Ophüls)
8. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, dir. Robert Altman)
9. Shirkers (2018, dir. Sandi Tan)
10. The Yards (2000, dir. James Gray)

Serve the good cause and die.
This is the rhythm of my life.

[transmogrifier]

1. The World of Us (2016) - 77
2. The Congress (2013) - 74
3. Air Doll (2009) - 73
4. One More Time With Feeling (2016) - 72
5. 20,000 Days on Earth (2014) - 71
6. The Guns of Navarone (1961) - 71
7. Orlando (1992) - 70

[Yxklyx]

1. Eighth Grade (2018, Bo Burnham)
2. Jane Eyre (2006, Susanna White)
3. Lonely Are the Brave (1962, David Miller)
4. Annihilation (2018, Alex Garland)
5. Waitress (2007, Adrienne Shelly)

Jane Eyre is listed as a mini-series but I feel it's more like a movie since it's less than 4 hours long. A movie split in 4 parts.

Oh that horse in the Miller film. Was kind of hating it there for a while.

[Peng]

1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
2. Election (2005)
3. Election 2 (2006)
4. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
5. Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
6. Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
7. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
8. 127 Hours (2010)
9. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
10. Paris Is Burning (1990)

[MadMan]

I loved Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), although I much preferred Alda's character, who was way more interesting and likable.

[megladon8]

The Greasy Strangler


End thread please.

[baby doll]

Penny Serenade (George Stevens, 1941)
Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
Machorka-Muff (Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub, 1963)
The Ceremony (Oshima Nagisa, 1971)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
Camp de Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembène/Thierno Faty Sow, 1988)
The Dreamed Ones (Ruth Beckermann, 2016)
Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018)
Shoplifters (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2018)
3 Faces (Jafar Panahi, 2018)

[Peng]

1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
2. Election (2005)
3. Election 2 (2006)
4. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
5. Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
6. Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
7. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
8. Project A (1983)
9. 127 Hours (2010)
10. A Better Tomorrow (1986)

[Irish]

Hm.

- Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Smithereens (1982)
- The Bicycle Thief (1949)
- Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down (1989)
- Narrow Margin (1952)

[Stay Puft]

1. Beau travail (1999, dir. Claire Denis)
2. Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)
3. PROTOTYPE (2017, dir. Blake Williams)
4. Good Men, Good Women (1995, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien)
5. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948, dir. Max Ophüls)
6. The Intruder (2004, dir. Claire Denis)
7. Happy as Lazzaro (2018, dir. Alice Rohrwacher)
8. You Were Never Really Here (2017, dir. Lynne Ramsay)
9. La Ronde (1950, dir. Max Ophüls)
10. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, dir. Robert Altman)

[Mal]

1. Wanda
2. Hale County, This morning This evening
3. Wait Until Dark
4. The Homesman
5. Diner
6. Border
7. If Beale Street Could Talk
8. The Hate U Give
9. Rocky
10. Mikey and Nicky

[Irish]

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
2. Stray Dog (1949)
3. Smithereens (1982)
4. The Bicycle Thief (1949)
5. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
6. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down (1989)
7. Narrow Margin (1952)

[Irish]

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
2. Stray Dog (1949)
3. Smithereens (1982)
4. The Bicycle Thief (1949)
5. Jubal (1956)
6. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
7. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down (1989)
8. Narrow Margin (1952)
9. The Sisters Brothers (2018)

[Dukefrukem]

I've sucked at watching movies this year.

[Yxklyx]

1. Support the Girls (2018, Andrew Bujalski)
2. The Road (2009, John Hillcoat)
3. Eighth Grade (2018, Bo Burnham)
4. Green Book (2018, Peter Farrelly)
5. Jane Eyre (2006, Susanna White)
6. Lonely Are the Brave (1962, David Miller)
7. Annihilation (2018, Alex Garland)
8. Persuasion (1995, Roger Michell)
9. Bound for Glory (1976, Hal Ashby)
10. Waitress (2007, Adrienne Shelly)

[baby doll]

8. Persuasion (1995, Roger Michell)Minor Austen.

[Peng]

1. The Ascent (1977)
2. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
3. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
4. Election (2005)
5. Election 2 (2006)
6. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
7. Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
8. Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
9. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
10. Sense and Sensibility (1995)

[transmogrifier]

1. The World of Us (2016) - 77
2. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) - 74
3. The Congress (2013) - 74
4. Air Doll (2009) - 73
5. Hombre (1967) - 72
6. One More Time With Feeling (2016) - 72
7. 20,000 Days on Earth (2014) - 71
8. The Guns of Navarone (1961) - 71
9. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) - 71
10. Orlando (1992) - 70

[Stay Puft]

1. Beau travail (1999, dir. Claire Denis)
2. Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)
3. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000, dir. Jonas Mekas)
4. PROTOTYPE (2017, dir. Blake Williams)
5. Good Men, Good Women (1995, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien)
6. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948, dir. Max Ophüls)
7. The Intruder (2004, dir. Claire Denis)
8. Mundane History (2009, dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong)
9. You Were Never Really Here (2017, dir. Lynne Ramsay)
10. La Ronde (1950, dir. Max Ophüls)

[Peng]

8. Mundane History (2009, dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong)


I quite liked the recent By the Time It Gets Dark, and have been meaning to check out this film, her breakout, for a while.

[Peng]

1. The Ascent (1977)
2. 3 Women (1977)
3. Sorcerer (1977)
4. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
5. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
6. Election (2005)
7. Election 2 (2006)
8. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
9. Slap Shot (1977)
10. Eight Hours of Terror (1957)

[Mal]

1. Das Boot
2. Wanda
3. Her Smell
4. West Side Story
5. Hale County This Morning, This Evening
6. Wait Until Dark
7. The Homesman
8. Love Streams
9. Diner
10. Border

[Peng]

Getting near a top 10 of 1977 list now lol

1. The Ascent (1977)
2. The Duellists (1977)
3. 3 Women (1977)
4. Sorcerer (1977)
5. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
6. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
7. Election (2005)
8. Election 2 (2006)
9. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
10. Stroszek (1977)

[baby doll]

Penny Serenade (George Stevens, 1941)
Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
Wagon Master (John Ford, 1950)
Machorka-Muff (Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub, 1963)
The Ceremony (Oshima Nagisa, 1971)
Camp de Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembène/Thierno Faty Sow, 1988)
The Dreamed Ones (Ruth Beckermann, 2016)
The Green Fog (Evan and Galen Johnson/Guy Maddin, 2017)
Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018)
3 Faces (Jafar Panahi, 2018)

[Yxklyx]

Penny Serenade (George Stevens, 1941)...

How did you watch this?

[baby doll]

How did you watch this?It was on MUBI in Canada a few months ago.

[Irish]

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
2. Stray Dog (1949)
3. Smithereens (1982)
4. The Bicycle Thief (1949)
5. Jubal (1956)
6. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
7. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down (1989)
8. Narrow Margin (1952)
9. The Sisters Brothers (2018)

1. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
2. Stray Dog (1949)
3. Smithereens (1982)
4. The Bicycle Thief (1949)
5. Born Yesterday (1950)
6. Jubal (1956)
7. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
8. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down (1989)
9. Narrow Margin (1952)
10. The Sisters Brothers (2018)

[Yxklyx]

1. Support the Girls (2018, Andrew Bujalski)
2. The Road (2009, John Hillcoat)
3. Eighth Grade (2018, Bo Burnham)
4. Green Book (2018, Peter Farrelly)
5. The Last Race (2018, Michael Dweck)
6. The Favourite (2018, Yorgos Lanthimos)
7. Jane Eyre (2006, Susanna White)
8. Climax (2018, Gaspar Noé)
9. Lonely Are the Brave (1962, David Miller)
10. Annihilation (2018, Alex Garland)

[Peng]

1. The Ascent (1977)
2. The Duellists (1977)
3. 3 Women (1977)
4. Sorcerer (1977)
5. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
6. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
7. Only the Young (2012)
8. Election (2005)
9. Mikey and Nicky (1976)
10. Election 2 (2006)

[transmogrifier]

1. The World of Us (2016) - 77
2. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) - 74
3. Wolf Children (2012) - 74
4. The Congress (2013) - 74
5. Air Doll (2009) - 73
6. Hombre (1967) - 72
7. One More Time With Feeling (2016) - 72
8. 20,000 Days on Earth (2014) - 71
9. The Guns of Navarone (1961) - 71
10. That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) - 71
11. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) - 71
12. Parasite (2019) - 71
13. El (1953) - 70
14. Orlando (1992) - 70

[Peng]

1. Love and Death (1975)
2. Mirror (1975)
3. The Ascent (1977)
4. The Duellists (1977)
5. 3 Women (1977)
6. King Kong (1933)
7. Sorcerer (1977)
8. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
9. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
10. Only the Young (2012)

[baby doll]

Penny Serenade (George Stevens, 1941)
Wagon Master (John Ford, 1950)
Machorka-Muff (Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub, 1963)
The Ceremony (Oshima Nagisa, 1971)
Camp de Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembène/Thierno Faty Sow, 1988)
Le Pont des Arts (Eugène Green, 2004)
The Dreamed Ones (Ruth Beckermann, 2016)
The Green Fog (Evan and Galen Johnson/Guy Maddin, 2017)
Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018)
3 Faces (Jafar Panahi, 2018)

[Stay Puft]

I quite liked the recent By the Time It Gets Dark, and have been meaning to check out this film, her breakout, for a while.

I saw that one, too, and enjoyed it. Preferred Mundane History by a slim margin. It's a nice little domestic drama, but then goes in some awe-inspiring directions towards the end.

[Stay Puft]

1. Beau travail (1999, dir. Claire Denis)
2. Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)
3. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000, dir. Jonas Mekas)
4. PROTOTYPE (2017, dir. Blake Williams)
5. Good Men, Good Women (1995, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien)
6. On the Silver Globe (1988, dir. Andrzej Zulawski)
7. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995, dir. Todd Solondz)
8. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948, dir. Max Ophüls)
9. The Intruder (2004, dir. Claire Denis)
10. Mundane History (2009, dir. Anocha Suwichakornpong)

[baby doll]

I saw that one, too, and enjoyed it. Preferred Mundane History by a slim margin. It's a nice little domestic drama, but then goes in some awe-inspiring directions towards the end.I like her short Graceland, but both her features bored me to distraction, though that's probably my fault since everybody else seems to like her.

[Irish]

6. On the Silver Globe (1988, dir. Andrzej Zulawski)

!!!

Still want to see this but it's difficult to track down ...

[Peng]

1. Love and Death (1975)
2. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
3. Mirror (1975)
4. Jackie Brown (1997)
5. The Ascent (1977)
6. The Duellists (1977)
7. 3 Women (1977)
8. King Kong (1933)
9. Sorcerer (1977)
10. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

[Peng]

1. Love and Death (1975)
2. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
3. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
4. Mirror (1975)
5. Jackie Brown (1997)
6. The Ascent (1977)
7. Alice in the Cities (1974)
8. The Duellists (1977)
9. 3 Women (1977)
10. King Kong (1933)

[baby doll]

Penny Serenade (George Stevens, 1941)
Machorka-Muff (Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub, 1963)
The Ceremony (Oshima Nagisa, 1971)
Nathalie Granger (Marguerite Duras, 1972)
Camp de Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembène/Thierno Faty Sow, 1988)
A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991)
Le Pont des Arts (Eugène Green, 2004)
The Dreamed Ones (Ruth Beckermann, 2016)
The Green Fog (Evan and Galen Johnson/Guy Maddin, 2017)
3 Faces (Jafar Panahi, 2018)

[Peng]

1. Love and Death (1975)
2. The King of Comedy (1982)
3. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
4. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
5. Mirror (1975)
6. Jackie Brown (1997)
7. The Ascent (1977)
8. Alice in the Cities (1974)
9. The Duellists (1977)
10. 3 Women (1977)

[baby doll]

Mother (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1926)
Penny Serenade (George Stevens, 1941)
Machorka-Muff (Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub, 1963)
The Ceremony (Oshima Nagisa, 1971)
Camp de Thiaroye (Ousmane Sembène/Thierno Faty Sow, 1988)
A Brighter Summer Day (Edward Yang, 1991)
Le Pont des Arts (Eugène Green, 2004)
The Dreamed Ones (Ruth Beckermann, 2016)
The Green Fog (Evan and Galen Johnson/Guy Maddin, 2017)
3 Faces (Jafar Panahi, 2018)

[Pop Trash]

Black Christmas (1974)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Breakdown (1997)
The Village (2004)
The Gate (1987)
Streets of Fire (1984)
Fear (1996)

[Peng]

1. The Conformist (1970)
2. Love and Death (1975)
3. The King of Comedy (1982)
4. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
5. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
6. Mirror (1975)
7. Jackie Brown (1997)
8. The Ascent (1977)
9. Alice in the Cities (1974)
10. The Duellists (1977)

[Stay Puft]

1. Beau travail (1999, dir. Claire Denis)
2. Yi Yi (2000, dir. Edward Yang)
3. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000, dir. Jonas Mekas)
4. PROTOTYPE (2017, dir. Blake Williams)
5. Liberté (2019, dir. Albert Serra)
6. Good Men, Good Women (1995, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien)
7. On the Silver Globe (1988, dir. Andrzej Zulawski)
8. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995, dir. Todd Solondz)
9. Little Women (1994, dir. Gillian Armstrong)
10. Gauche the Cellist (1982, dir. Isao Takahata)

[Peng]

Probably last update of the year...

1. The Conformist (1970)
2. Love and Death (1975)
3. The King of Comedy (1982)
4. Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
5. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
6. Mirror (1975)
7. Jackie Brown (1997)
8. The Ascent (1977)
9. Alice in the Cities (1974)
10. Still Life (2006)

[origami_mustache]

Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980)
The Devils (Ken Russell, 1971)
Roma (Alfonso Cuaron, 2018)
Walkabout (Nicolas Roeg, 1971)
Don't Look Now (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
Uncut Gems (Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, 2019)
Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)
Fantastic Planet (Rene Laloux, 1973)
The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris, 1988)
Time Regained (Raul Ruiz, 1999)