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. 4 new

    Sincerity I

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  2. 31 new

    L'età di Cosimo de Medici

    1972 — a.k.a. The Age of the Medici, in 1 top list Check
  3. 41 new

    Sayat Nova

    1969 — a.k.a. The Color of Pomegranates, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 42 new

    Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland

    1977 — a.k.a. Hitler: A Film from Germany, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 44 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 45 new

    The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 60 new

    Reds

    1981, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 75 new

    Zerkalo

    1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 80 new

    Danton

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 83 new

    Francisca

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 84 new

    Napló gyermekeimnek

    1984 — a.k.a. Diary for My Children, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 96 new

    The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 109 new

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 112 new

    Caravaggio

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 146 new

    Born on the Fourth of July

    1989, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 151 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  17. 178 new

    Xi meng ren sheng

    1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 179 new

    The Long Day Closes

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 181 new

    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 187 new

    Jacquot de Nantes

    1991 — a.k.a. Jacquot of Nantes, in 1 top list Check
  21. 191 new

    Heavenly Creatures

    1994, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 205 new

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 241 new

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 300 new

    Last Days

    2005, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 302 new

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 324 new

    I'm Not There

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 332 new

    L'avocat de la terreur

    2007 — a.k.a. Terror's Advocate, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 333 new

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 337 new

    Che: Part One

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  30. 338 new

    Che: Part Two

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  31. 339 new

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 346 new

    Hunger

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 351 new

    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 358 new

    Carlos

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 363 new

    Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu

    2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 368 new

    A Dangerous Method

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 376 new

    J. Edgar

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 388 new

    Hannah Arendt

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  39. 389 new

    The Bling Ring

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jan 7, 2022; source