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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Dressed to Kill
1980, in 6 top lists Check -
55 new
Cutter's Way
1981, in 6 top lists Check -
64 new
Stalker
1979, in 22 top lists Check -
88 new
Tightrope
1984, in 1 top list Check -
103 new
Blue Velvet
1986, in 27 top lists Check -
129 new
The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
196 new
Trois couleurs: Bleu
1993 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Blue, in 19 top lists Check -
197 new
Trois couleurs: Rouge
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check -
198 new
Trois couleurs: Blanc
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White, in 10 top lists Check -
204 new
O Convento
1995 — a.k.a. The Convent, in 0 top lists Check -
215 new
La cérémonie
1995 — a.k.a. La Cérémonie, in 7 top lists Check -
222 new
Le samouraï
1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check -
234 new
Affliction
1997, in 1 top list Check -
259 new
Mulholland Dr.
2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check -
260 new
Werckmeister harmóniák
2000 — a.k.a. Werckmeister Harmonies, in 12 top lists Check -
275 new
Solaris
2002, in 1 top list Check -
285 new
Le fils
2002 — a.k.a. The Son, in 5 top lists Check -
317 new
Inland Empire
2006, in 10 top lists Check -
325 new
Eastern Promises
2007, in 5 top lists Check -
336 new
Paranoid Park
2007, in 2 top lists Check -
349 new
Coraline
2009, in 3 top lists Check -
352 new
La mujer sin cabeza
2008 — a.k.a. The Headless Woman, in 8 top lists Check -
359 new
The Ghost Writer
2010, in 2 top lists Check -
370 new
Mistérios de Lisboa - O Filme
2010, in 6 top lists Check -
391 new
Le pont du Nord
1981 — a.k.a. Le Pont du Nord, in 4 top lists Check -
399 new
Inherent Vice
2014, in 6 top lists Check -
401 new
The Americans
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
413 new
La diosa arrodillada
1947 — a.k.a. The Kneeling Goddess, in 1 top list Check -
415 new
La otra
1946 — a.k.a. The Other One, in 3 top lists Check -
424 new
Lu bian ye can
2015 — a.k.a. Kaili Blues, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Jan 7, 2022; source