J. Hoberman's Annual Best Films Lists

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As the other list isn't updated since 2012. I created this updated one (some missing films from old list were added too).

Notes:
- Lists since 1977
- In 1978, two lists were released (Narrative and Non-narrative ones). Both were added
- Golden Eighties aka Window Shopping, Chantal Akerman (1986) was named twice (1983 and 1992 lists). Actually, the first reference could be the film Les années 80 (1983), but I'm not sure.
- Allemagne 90 neuf zéro, Jean-Luc Godard (1991) was named twice (1992 and 1995 lists)
- Honorable mentions from multiple years weren't added
- Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel (2012) was named twice (2012 and 2013 lists)
- The Americans TV series was named twice (2014 and 2018 lists)
- #5. Mexico at Midnight: Film Noir From Mexican Cinema’s Golden Age (series at New York’s Museum of Modern Art) source: https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/1533 (from 2015 list)
- #7. Ten documentary shorts, Vittorio De Seta: source: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/ten-documentary-shorts-by-vittorio-de-seta/ (from 2019 list)
- No list was released in 2020

Missing in IMDB:
#10. We Imitate; We Break-Up, Ericka Beckmann (1977) (from 1978 non-narrative list)
#7. Triscuits, Amy Sillman (2010) (from 2013 list) (https://vimeo.com/166613623)
#9. Continuous Variation, Manuel De Landa (2015) (from 2015 list)
#7. Aproposessexstreetmarket, Ernie Gehr (2018) (from 2021 list)
#7. Circling Essex Crossing, Ernie Gehr (2018) (from 2021 list)
#8. Paths of Fire II, Neelon Crawford (1976) (from 2021 list)

Not properly an entry:
#05. Game Six, 1986 World Series [TV sport] (from 1986 list)
#02. The Carl Stalling Project [sound recording] (from 1990 list)
#9. Panoramas of the Moving Image, Ernie Gehr (2005) (video installation) (from 2007 list)
#1. Werner Schroeter retrospective at MOMA (from 2012 list)
#4. Il Cinema Ritrovato XVI (annual festival in Bologna) (from 2012 list)
#4. Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art, Whitney Museum exhibition (multimedia projections) (from 2012 list)
#10. Clint Eastwood on YouTube (from 2012 list)
#8. “Video” column, NYTimes, by Dave Kehr (from 2013 list)
#6. The Marx Brothers TV Collection [DVD box set] (from 2014 list)
#7. Die Farbe, Sigmar Polke (Film Installation) (from 2014 list)
#10. Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact at Museum of the Moving Image, New York (memorabilia exhibition) (from 2016 list)
#5. The Kavanaugh Hearing (from 2018 list)
#5. Jordan Belson exhibit at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (paintings exhibition) (from 2019 list)
#4. On the Royal Road: The Burgher King, Elfriede Jelinek (book) (from 2021 list)

Souces:
1977-2005: https://www.mistdriven.com/critics/hoberman.html
2006: https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/12/26/hobermans-top-10/
2007: https://www.villagevoice.com/2007/12/25/j-hobermans-top-10-films-of-2007/
2008: https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/12/31/j-hobermans-top-10-of-2008/
2009: https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/12/22/j-hobermans-favorite-films-of-2009/
2010: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/j-hobermans-top-10-movies-of-2010/Content?oid=2492695
2011-2021: https://www.yearendlists.com/list_authors/j-hoberman-e42284d6-b54b-4332-8742-e2f1f26f4273

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  1. 381 new

    Lonesome

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 8 new

    Novyy Vavilon

    1929 — a.k.a. The New Babylon, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 62 new

    Tôkyô no onna

    1933 — a.k.a. Woman of Tokyo, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 36 new

    By Night with Torch and Spear

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 410 new

    Distinto amanecer

    1943 — a.k.a. Another Dawn, in 2 top lists Check
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    Crepúsculo

    1945 — a.k.a. Twilight, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 415 new

    La otra

    1946 — a.k.a. The Other One, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 413 new

    La diosa arrodillada

    1947 — a.k.a. The Kneeling Goddess, in 1 top list Check
  9. 411 new

    Que Dios me perdone

    1948 — a.k.a. May God Forgive Me, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 213 new

    Aventurera

    1950 — a.k.a. The Adventuress, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 416 new

    En la palma de tu mano

    1951 — a.k.a. In the Palm of Your Hand, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 465 new

    Olivia

    1951, in 0 top lists Check
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    La noche avanza

    1952 — a.k.a. Night Falls, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 76 new

    Abismos de pasión

    1953 — a.k.a. Wuthering Heights, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 457 new

    Contadini del mare

    1955 — a.k.a. Sea Countrymen, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 454 new

    Isole di fuoco

    1955 — a.k.a. Islands of Fire, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 453 new

    Lu tempu di li pisci spata

    1955 — a.k.a. The Age of Swordfish, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 458 new

    Parabola d'oro

    1955 — a.k.a. Golden Parable, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 455 new

    Pasqua in Sicilia

    1955 — a.k.a. Easter in Sicily, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 456 new

    Surfarara

    1955, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 459 new

    Un giorno in Barbagia

    1958 — a.k.a. A Day in Barbagia, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 461 new

    Pastori di Orgosolo

    1958 — a.k.a. Orgosolo's Shepherds, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 460 new

    Pescherecci

    1958 — a.k.a. Fishing Boats, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 462 new

    I dimenticati

    1959 — a.k.a. The Forgotten, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 74 new

    Nihon no yoru to kiri

    1960 — a.k.a. Night and Fog in Japan, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 126 new

    Beauty #2

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  27. 430 new

    Drunk

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 231 new

    Outer and Inner Space

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 134 new

    Komissar

    1967 — a.k.a. The Commissar, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 392 new

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 222 new

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  32. 447 new

    Dialogue with Che

    1968, in 0 top lists
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  33. 12 new

    Fényes szelek

    1969 — a.k.a. The Confrontation, in 0 top lists Check
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    Katzelmacher

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
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    Sayat Nova

    1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check
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    Skrivánci na niti

    1969 — a.k.a. Larks on a String, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 27 new

    The Hart of London

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 31 new

    L'età di Cosimo de Medici

    1972 — a.k.a. The Age of the Medici, in 1 top list Check
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    Lucifer Rising

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
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    Hamlet in the Rented World (A Fragment)

    1973, in 0 top lists
    Check
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    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 4 new

    Sincerity I

    1973, in 1 top list Check
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    Allonsanfàn

    1974 — a.k.a. Allonsanfan, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 121 new

    Bástyasétány hetvennégy

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 13 new

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 51 new

    India Song

    1975, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 11 new

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
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    Numéro deux

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 75 new

    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
  50. 3 new

    11 x 14

    1977, in 1 top list Check
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