Since I watch the vast preponderance of my movies on dvd, my year-end round-up is always delayed by months. Here are my highest rated films of the year, accompanied by their rankings in two critics’ polls, IndieWire and Film Comment. Most of my very best films I have confirmed with a second viewing on dvd after seeing in the theater. All are now available on Netflix, and my reviews can be found by clicking on the title. Please remember that my ratings are unabashedly subjective, with no pretense to objectivity, though some appeal to knowledge and experience.
*8+*
Away from Her. (IW #26, FC #17)
Taxi to the Dark Side. (too late to be listed, despite Oscar for best documentary)
No End in Sight. (IW #47, FC #14)
*8*
Once. (IW #12, FC #32)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. (IW #13, FC #16)
Michael Clayton. (IW #24, FC #13)
Persepolis. (IW #21, FC #22)
The Lives of Others. (IW #34, FC #11)
*8-*
2 Days in Paris.
*7+*
Zodiac. (IW #2, FC #3)
Ratatouille. (IW #20, FC #21)
Lady Chatterley. (IW #27, FC #7)
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead. (IW #36, FC #15)
Paprika. (IW #42, FC NR)
Knocked Up. (IW #56, FC #37)
The Bourne Ultimatum. (IW #47, FC #31)
Juno. (IW #97, FC #2)
*7*
There Will Be Blood. (IW #1, FC #2)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. (IW #5, FC #8)
Offside. (IW #10, FC #18)
Private Fears in Public Places. (IW #29, FC #20)
The Savages. (IW #44, FC #28)
Rescue Dawn. (IW #32, FC #48)
The Darjeeling Limited. (IW #23, FC #39)
Enchanted.
Starting Out in the Evening.
Things We Lost in the Fire.
On their lists (in rough descending order), but not on mine (though reviewed on this site): No Country for Old Men, I’m Not There, Syndromes and a Century, Assassination of Jesse James, Killer of Sheep, Black Book, Into the Wild, Bamako, Atonement, Margot at the Wedding, Gone Baby Gone, Superbad, Control, 3:10 to Yuma, In the Valley of Elah, Across the Universe, Southland Tales.
Not seen or still to be seen: Colossal Youth, Eastern Promises, I Don’t Want to Live Alone, The Host, 12:08 to Bucharest ,Grindhouse, Sweeney Todd, We Own the Night.
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