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2010 Top Ten
1. In the Shadows (2010) Thomas Arslan :22:
2. Bad Lieutenant (2009) Werner Herzog :21:
3. The Maid (2009) Sebastian Silva :20:
4. Crying With Laughter (2009) Justin Molotnikov :20:
5. R (2010) Lindholm & Noer :19:
6. Red Hill (2010) Patrick Hughes :19:
7. Breathless (2009) Yang Ik-June :19:
8. Crazy Heart (2009) Scott Cooper :18:
9. The Crazies (2010) Breck Eisner :18:
10. Congo In Four Acts (2010) Hamadi, Wa Lusala, Kalala, Katembo Siku :18:
{from 2010's world-premieres and new UK releases.}
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UK new-release in 2010:
8/10 [21/28] Bad Lieutenant
7/10 [20] Crying With Laughter. The Maid.
7/10 [18] Breathless (Ddongpari). The Crazies. Crazy Heart.
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6/10 [17] Revanche. Exam.
6/10 [16] Armored. La Danse. The Happiest Girl in the World. Kicks. Precious. A Prophet. Up In the Air.
6/10 [15] Exit Through the Gift Shop. The Last Station. The Road.
5+/10 [14+] Our Beloved Month of August.
5/10 [14] The Milk of Sorrow.
5/10 [13] Green Zone.
5/10 [12] Valhalla Rising. When You're Strange. White Material.
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4/10 [11] The Headless Woman.
4/10 [10] Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll.
4/10 [9] The Boys are Back. A Boy Called Dad.
3/10 [8] Extraordinary Measures.
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2/10 [3] Legion.
World-premiere in 2010 (15+)
8/10 [22/28] In the Shadows.
7/10 [19] "R" (Lindholm/Noer). Red Hill.
7/10 [18] Congo In Four Acts. The Crazies.
6/10 [17] Defiant Brasilia. Double Tide. Still Alive In Gaza. Street Days.
6/10 [16] It's Already Summer. Reforming the Past (mid-length). Win/Win.
6/10 [15] Eastern Drift. Exit Through the Gift Shop.
2009 top ten ('2009 world-premieres and UK new-releases*)
>>> TRIBUNE roundup
1 The Wrestler (D.Aronofsky, US 08*) : 10/10 [27]
2 District 9 (N.Blomkamp, USA/NZ 09*) : 9/10 [24]
3 Symbol (H.Matsumoto, Jpn 09) : 9/10 [24]
4 Revolutionary Road (S.Mendes, US/UK 08*) : 9/10 [24]
5 The Wolf's Mouth (P.Marcello, Ity 09) : 8/10 [23]
6 Green Waters (M.De Rosa, Arg 09) : 8/10 [23]
7 Toto (P.Schreiner, Aut 09) : 8/10 [22]
8 Two Lovers (J.Gray, US 08*) : 8/10 [22]
9 A Serious Man (E. and J.Coen, US 09*) : 8/10 [22]
10 The Last House on the Left (D.Iliadis, US/SA 09 [(c)'08]*) : 8/10 [22]
then
A Perfect Getaway (D.Twohy, US 09*) : 8/10 [22]
Encounters at the End of the World (W.Herzog, US 07*) : 8/10 [22]
The Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call : New Orleans (W.Herzog, US 09) : 8/10 [21]
Crank - High Voltage ('Neveldine/Taylor', US 09) : 8/10 [21]
Home From Home (Cho S.-H., Ger 09) : 8/10 [21]
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (V.Jendreyko, Swi-Ger 09) : 8/10 [21]
other 7/10s released for the first time in UK cinemas in 2009 include (in alphabetical order): Anvil! - The Story of Anvil; Avatar; The Beaches of Agnes; Bronson; The Class; Cold Souls; Il Divo; Fantastic Mr Fox; Fish Tank; Genova; Gran Torino; The Hangover; In the City of Sylvia; King of the Hill; Moon; Nowhere Boy; Pontypool; Role Models; Shifty; Sin Nombre; sleep furiously; Star Trek; Three Miles North of Molkom; Up, and also Shane Acker's 9
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2008 top ten ('2008 films' and UK new-releases*) >>> TRIBUNE roundup
1 The Wrestler (D.Aronofsky, US 08) : 10/10 [27]
2 René (H.Trestikova, Cz 08) : 9/10 [24]
3 Revolutionary Road (S.Mendes, US/UK 08) : 9/10 [24]
4 WALL-E (A.Stanton, US 08) : 9/10 [24]
5 Unrelated (J.Hogg, UK 07*) : 8/10 [22]
6 Stella (S.Verheyde, Fr 08) : 8/10 [23]
7 Import Export (U.Seidl, Aut 07*) : 8/10 [23]
8 Somers Town (S.Meadows, UK 08) : 8/10 [22]
9 Of Time and the City (T.Davies, UK 08) : 8/10 [22]
10 Two Lovers (J.Gray, US 08 > UK 09) : 8/10 [22]
then (all 8/10)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (M.Herman, UK 08) [21]
Burn After Reading (E.Coen & J.Coen, US 08) [21]
Funny Games U.S. (M.Haneke, US 07*) [21]
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (C.Mungiu, Rom 07*) [21]
Hoopeston (T.Bender, US 08 - copyright-dated 07) [21]
Involuntary (R.Ostlund, Swe 08) [22]
Joy Division (G.Gee, UK 07*) [21]
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2007 top ten (UK new-releases and '2007 films') 2007 ROUNDUP
1 casting a glance (J.Benning, US 07) : 10/10 [28]
2 Who Killed Cock Robin? (T.Wilkerson, US 06/07) 73m version : 9/10 [26]
3 The Call of the Wild (R.Lamothe, US 07) : 9/10 [26]
4 Satan (K.Chapiron, Fr 06 > UK 07) aka Sheitan : 9/10
5 With a Girl of Black Soil (S-i.Jeon, SK/Fr 07) : 9/10 [24]
6 Profit motive and the whispering wind (J.Gianvito, US 07) : 9/10 [24]
7 Blind Mountain (Y.Li Chi/Ger 07) : 9/10 [24]
8 Control (A.Corbijn, UK/US 07) : 9/10 [24]
9 Go Go Tales (A.Ferrara, US/It 07) : 8/10 [23]
10 Yella (C.Petzold, Ger 07) : 8/10 [23]
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2006 top ten (new releases in UK and '2006 films')
1 United 93 (P.Greengrass, US/UK/Fr 06) : 10/10 [27]
2 Who Killed Cock Robin? (T.Wilkerson, US 06/07) 73m version : 9/10 [26]
3 Satan (K.Chapiron, Fr 06) aka Sheitan : 9/10 [25]
4 Fantasma (L.Alonso, Arg/Neth/Fr 06) : 9/10 [24]
5 Volver (P.Almodovar, Spn 06) : 9/10 [24]
6 Children of Men (A.Cuaron. UK/US 06) : 8/10 [23]
7 The Other Half (YING Liang, China 06) : 8/10 [23]
8 How Is Your Fish Today? (X.Guo, China/UK 06) : 8/10 [23]
9 Bellavista (P.Schreiner, Aut 06) : 8/10 [23]
10 Pan's Labyrinth (G.Del Toro, Spn/Mex/USA 06) : 8/10 [23]
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2005 top ten (new releases in UK and ‘2005 films')
1 A History of Violence (D.Cronenberg, USA 05) : 10/10 [27]
2 Who Is Bozo Texino? (B.Daniel, USA 05) : 9/10 [26]
3 The Intruder (C.Denis, France 04 > UK 05) aka L'intrus : 9/10 [24]
4 King Kong (P.Jackson, USA 05) : 9/10 [24]
5 Taking Father Home (YING Liang, China 05) : 8/10 [23]
6 Mean Creek (J.A.Estes, USA 04 > UK 05) : 8/10 [22]
7 Broken Flowers (J.Jarmusch, USA 05) : 8/10 [22]
8 Dave Chappelle's Block Party (M.Gondry, USA 05) : 8/10 [22]
9 Good Night, and Good Luck. (G.Clooney, USA 05) : 8/10 [21]
10 Process (C.S.Leigh, UK/France 04 > UK 05) : 8/10 [21]
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2004 top ten (new releases in UK and '2004 films')
1 Elephant (G.Van Sant, USA 03 > UK 04) : 10/10 [27]
2 Dead Man's Shoes (S.Meadows, UK 04) : 9/10 [26]
3 Capturing the Friedmans (A.Jarecki, USA 03 > UK 04) : 9/10 [25]
4 Los Angeles Plays Itself (T.Andersen, USA 03 > UK 04) : 9/10 [25]
5 Tropic of Cancer (E.Polgovsky, Mexico 04) aka Tropico de Cancer : 9/10 [25]
6 The Intruder (C.Denis, France 04 > UK 05) aka L'intrus : 9/10 [24]
7 Ten Skies (J.Benning, USA 04) : 9/10 [24]
8 13 Lakes (J.Benning, USA 04) : 9/10 [24]
9 Gozu (T.Miike, Japan 03 > UK 04) : 8/10 [23]
10 The Bourne Supremacy (P.Greengrass, US 04) : 8/10 [23]
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'2009 films' rated 7/10 or higher
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District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, NZ/USA) [24]
Symbol (MATSUMOTO Hitoshi, Japan) [24]
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Green Waters (Mariano De Rosa, Arg) [23]
The Wolf's Mouth (Pietro Marcello, Ity) [23]
The Last House on the Left (Dennis Iliadis, USA/SA) [copyright-dated 2008] [22]
A Perfect Getaway (David Twohy, USA) [22]
A Serious Man (Ethan and Joel Coen, USA) [22]
Toto (Peter Schreiner, Austria) [22]
The Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call : New Orleans (Werner Herzog, USA) [21]
Crank - High Voltage ('Neveldine/Taylor') [21]
Home From Home (Sung-Hyung Cho, Ger) [21]
The Woman with the 5 Elephants (Vadim Jendreyko, Swi/Ger) [21]
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Constantin and Elena (Andrei Dascalescu, Rom) [20]
Crying With Laughter (Justin Molotnikov, UK) [20]
Me, Too (Naharro & Pastor, Spain) [20]
Moon (Duncan Jones, UK) [20]
9 (Shane Acker, USA) [20]
Perpetuum Mobile (Nicolas Pereda, Mexico) [20]
A Real Life (Sarah Leonor, France) [20]
Up (Docter & Peterson, USA) [20]
The Wondrous World of Laundry (Hans-Christian Schmid, Ger) [20]
Accident (CHEANG Pou-Soi, HK-Chi) [19]
Berlin-Stettin (Volker Koepp, Ger) [19]
Birth of a City (Joao Rosas, Por/UK) [19]
Deep in the Valley (FUNAHASHI Atsushi, Jpn) [19]
Disco and Atomic War (Jaak Kilmi, Fin/Est) [19]
Easier With Practice (Kyle Patrick Alvarez, USA) [19]
Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, UK) [19]
Grey Gardens [TV] (Michael Sucsy, USA) [19]
Letters to the President (Petr Lom, Can/Iran) [19]
The Maid (Sebastian Silva, Chile) [19]
Optical Illusions (Cristian Jimenez, Chile) [19]
Perestroika - Reconstruction of a Flat (Christiane Buchner, Ger) [(c) 2008] [19]
Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu, Rom) [19]
Redland (Asiel Norton, USA) [19]
Sin Nombre (Cary Joji Fukunaga, USA) [19]
10 to 11 (Pelin Esmer, Turkey) [19]
Tourists (Alicia Scherson, Arg) aka Turistas [19]
Avatar (James Cameron, USA) [18]
Breathless (YANG Ik-June, S.Korea) [18]
Cold Souls (Sophie Barthes, USA/Fr) [18]
Crazy Heart (Scott Cooper, USA) [18]
Domain (Patric Chiha, Fr) [18]
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, US/UK) [18]
The Hangover (Todd Phillips, USA) [18]
The Land Inhabited (Anna Sanmartí, Spain) [18]
Nowhere Boy (Sam Taylor-Wood, UK) [18]
Pontypool (Bruce McDonald, Canada) [18]
Star Trek (J J Abrams, USA) [18]
Woman Without Piano (Javier Rebollo, Spain) [18]
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'2008 films' rated 8/10 or higher
10/10 The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, USA)
9/10 René (Helena Trestikova, Czech Rep)
9/10 Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, USA/UK)
9/10 WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, USA)
8/10 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Mark Herman, UK)
8/10 Burn After Reading (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, USA)
8/10 Hoopeston (Thomas Bender, USA) [(c) 2007]
8/10 Involuntary (Ruben Ostlund, Sweden)
8/10 Of Time and the City (Terence Davies, UK)
8/10 Somers Town (Shane Meadows, UK)
8/10 Stella (Sylvie Verheyde, Fr)
8/10 Two Lovers (James Gray, USA)
7/10s released for the first time in UK cinemas in 2008 include (in alphabetical order): The Boss of It All; Cloverfield; Couscous; Dance Party, USA; The Day the Earth Stood Still; The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Donkey Punch; The Fall (2006); Gone Baby Gone; Happy-Go-Lucky; Hunger; In Search of a Midnight Kiss; I Served the King of England; I've Loved You So Long; Jar City; Julia; Killer of Sheep (1977); Man On Wire; The Mist; The Orphanage; [REC]; Savage Grace; The Strangers; Summer; There Will Be Blood; Tropic Thunder; The Violin; The Visitor.
7/10s of 2008 are available HERE
8/10+s of 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004 are listed HERE
click HERE for the Jigsaw Lounge film and performance of the year, 1945>
BEST OF THE DECADE
1. Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002) 28
2. casting a glance (Benning, 2007) 28
3. United 93 (Greengrass, 2006) 27
4. A History of Violence (Cronenberg, 2005) 27
5. The Wrestler (Aronofsky, 2008) 27
6. Elephant (Van Sant, 2003) 27
7. Who Killed Cock Robin? (Wilkerson, 2007) 26
8. Los (Benning, 2001) 26
9. Who Is Bozo Texino? (Daniel, 2005) 26
10. Dead Man's Shoes (Meadows, 2004) 26
11. The Call of the Wild (Lamothe, 2007) 26
12. Capturing the Friedmans (Jarecki, 2003) 25
13. Los Angeles Plays Itself (Andersen, 2003) 25
14. Satan (Chapiron, 2006) aka Sheitan 25
15. Tropic of Cancer (Polgovsky, 2004) 25
16. With a Girl of Black Soil (Jeon, 2007) 24
17. René (Trestikova, 2008) 24
18. Fantasma (Alonso, 2006) 24
19. District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) 24
20. El Valley Centro (Benning, 2000) 24
21. Profit motive and the whispering wind (Gianvito, 2007) 24
22. Volver (Almodovar, 2006) 24
23. The Intruder (Denis, 2004) 24
24. Dancer in the Dark (Von Trier, 2000) 24
25. Symbol (Matsumoto 2009) 24
26. Far From Heaven (Haynes, 2002) 24
27. Gunnar Goes Comfortable (Jensen, 2003) 24
28. The State I Am In (Petzold, 2000) 24
29. Revolutionary Road (Mendes, 2008) 24
30. WALL-E (Stanton, 2008) 24
31. Ten Skies (Benning, 2004) 24
32. 13 Lakes (Benning, 2004) 24
33. Blind Mountain (Li, 2007) 24
34. Memento (Nolan, 2000) 24
35. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Jackson, 2003) 24
36. Control (Corbijn, 2007) 24
37. City of God (Meirelles & Lund, 2002) 24
38. Last Resort (Pawlikowski, 2000) 24
39. King Kong (Jackson, 2005) 24
documentaries are in bold
DECADE SUMMARY : top films (1999>) and performances (2000>) by year
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