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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4 new
Sincerity I
1973, in 1 top list Check -
31 new
L'età di Cosimo de Medici
1972 — a.k.a. The Age of the Medici, in 1 top list Check -
41 new
Sayat Nova
1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check -
42 new
Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland
1977 — a.k.a. Hitler: A Film from Germany, in 4 top lists Check -
44 new
Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
45 new
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
60 new
Reds
1981, in 9 top lists Check -
75 new
Zerkalo
1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check -
80 new
Danton
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
83 new
Francisca
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
84 new
Napló gyermekeimnek
1984 — a.k.a. Diary for My Children, in 3 top lists Check -
96 new
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
1986, in 0 top lists Check -
109 new
Sherman's March
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
112 new
Caravaggio
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
146 new
Born on the Fourth of July
1989, in 6 top lists Check -
151 new
Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
178 new
Xi meng ren sheng
1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check -
179 new
The Long Day Closes
1992, in 9 top lists Check -
181 new
Rock Hudson's Home Movies
1992, in 0 top lists Check -
187 new
Jacquot de Nantes
1991 — a.k.a. Jacquot of Nantes, in 1 top list Check -
191 new
Heavenly Creatures
1994, in 7 top lists Check -
205 new
Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
241 new
Topsy-Turvy
1999, in 6 top lists Check -
300 new
Last Days
2005, in 5 top lists Check -
302 new
Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
324 new
I'm Not There
2007, in 2 top lists Check -
332 new
L'avocat de la terreur
2007 — a.k.a. Terror's Advocate, in 0 top lists Check -
333 new
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...
2007, in 7 top lists Check -
337 new
Che: Part One
2008, in 1 top list Check -
338 new
Che: Part Two
2008, in 1 top list Check -
339 new
Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check -
346 new
Hunger
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
351 new
Les plages d'Agnès
2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check -
358 new
Carlos
2010, in 5 top lists Check -
363 new
Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu
2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check -
368 new
A Dangerous Method
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
376 new
J. Edgar
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
388 new
Hannah Arendt
2012, in 1 top list Check -
389 new
The Bling Ring
2013, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 7, 2022; source