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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Katzelmacher
1969, in 5 top lists Check -
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Numéro deux
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
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11 x 14
1977, in 1 top list Check -
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Providence
1977, in 5 top lists Check -
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Le diable probablement
1977 — a.k.a. The Devil, Probably, in 3 top lists Check -
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Novyy Vavilon
1929 — a.k.a. The New Babylon, in 4 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...
1975, in 12 top lists Check -
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Fényes szelek
1969 — a.k.a. The Confrontation, in 0 top lists Check -
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Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...
1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check -
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American Hot Wax
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Perceval le Gallois
1978 — a.k.a. Perceval, in 3 top lists Check -
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Violette Nozière
1978 — a.k.a. Violette, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Fury
1978, in 2 top lists Check -
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Who'll Stop the Rain
1978, in 1 top list Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
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Les rendez-vous d'Anna
1978 — a.k.a. The Meetings of Anna, in 5 top lists Check -
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In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
1978 — a.k.a. In a Year with 13 Moons, in 4 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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Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland
1977 — a.k.a. Hitler: A Film from Germany, in 4 top lists Check -
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Sauve qui peut (la vie)
1980 — a.k.a. Every Man for Himself, in 5 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977, in 0 top lists Check -
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Angi Vera
1978, in 2 top lists Check -
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Mon oncle d'Amérique
1980 — a.k.a. My American Uncle, in 8 top lists Check -
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Mababangong Bangungot
1977 — a.k.a. Perfumed Nightmare, in 5 top lists Check -
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India Song
1975, in 8 top lists Check -
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Czlowiek z zelaza
1981 — a.k.a. Man of Iron, in 5 top lists Check -
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Czlowiek z marmuru
1977 — a.k.a. Man of Marble, in 7 top lists Check -
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Cutter's Way
1981, in 6 top lists Check -
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Amor de Perdição: Memórias de uma Família
1978, in 5 top lists Check -
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Unsichtbare Gegner
1977 — a.k.a. Invisible Adversaries, in 2 top lists Check -
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Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco
1980 — a.k.a. Pixote, in 7 top lists Check -
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Reds
1981, in 9 top lists Check -
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Tôkyô no onna
1933 — a.k.a. Woman of Tokyo, in 0 top lists Check -
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Dalla nube alla resistenza
1979 — a.k.a. From the Clouds to the Resistance, in 3 top lists Check -
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Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
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Megáll az idö
1982 — a.k.a. Time Stands Still, in 2 top lists Check -
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Yol
1982, in 11 top lists Check -
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Parsifal
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
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Nihon no yoru to kiri
1960 — a.k.a. Night and Fog in Japan, in 2 top lists Check -
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Zerkalo
1975 — a.k.a. Mirror, in 14 top lists Check -
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Abismos de pasión
1953 — a.k.a. Wuthering Heights, in 0 top lists Check -
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L'argent
1983 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check -
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Danton
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
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The King of Comedy
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
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Francisca
1981, in 3 top lists Check -
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Napló gyermekeimnek
1984 — a.k.a. Diary for My Children, in 3 top lists Check -
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Stranger Than Paradise
1984, in 14 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 7, 2022; source