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Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

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The Florida Project (2017)

Sean Baker

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Get Out (2017)

Jordan Peele

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Martin McDonagh

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Call Me by Your Name (2018)

Luca Guadagnino

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Columbus (2017)

Kogonada

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Small Town Crime (2017)

Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms

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The Shape of Water (2017)

Guillermo del Toro

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Lady Bird (2017)

Greta Gerwig

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Dunkirk (2017)

Christopher Nolan

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The Greatest Showman (2017)

Michael Gracey

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Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Jordan Vogt-Roberts

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Ferdinand (2017)

Carlos Saldanha

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Prevenge (2016)

Alice Lowe

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The Bad Batch (2017)

Ana Lily Amirpour

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

James Gunn

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Logan (2017)

James Mangold

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Marshall (2017)

Reginald Hudlin

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The Breadwinner (2017)

Nora Twomey

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The Disaster Artist (2017)

James Franco

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Icarus (2017)

Bryan Fogel

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The Big Sick (2017)

Michael Showalter

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Last Men in Aleppo (2017)

Firas Fayyad

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The Work (2017)

Gethin Aldous, Jairus McLeary

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Frantz (2016)

François Ozon

I'm Watching This Week

AMERICAN DOCTOR
Poh Si Teng (2026)

RESIDENT EVIL
Zach Cregger (2026)

TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA
Jane Schoenbrun (2026)

COYOTE VS. ACME
Dave Green (2026)

EVENT HORIZON
Paul Anderson (1997)

IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
John Carpenter (1994)

About Me

I’m a passionate cinema buff, occasional film producer, 35mm collector, theater proprietor, programmer, and movie podcaster. I was born in 1971, studied film in New York during the early 1990s, started programing and podcasting in the 2020s, and have lived and worked on the outskirts of the industry all my adult life. I've ranked and cataloged every film I've ever seen and have been writing reviews and essays about them since 2010.

This project is about seeing as many films as possible in a lifetime while still maintaining an actual life. I post my sometimes brief and sometimes detailed thoughts here for my own reference and in the hope that others will seek out the films I consider worthwhile and important. The more familiar you are with my opinions, the more you’ll know how they align with yours.

How I Rate Films

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An All-timer. One of the 5000 greatest films. Usually only awarded after repeat viewings.

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One of the year's best. An excellent film. Possibly one of the 5000 greatest and certainly worthy of repeated viewing.

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A very good film. Most films I see fall in the two- or three-star ranking. I give an extra half-star to three-star films that could end up on the list of the 5000 greatest.

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A good film that fully succeeds at what it sets out to accomplish. Well worth seeing, but less effective than a three-and-a-half stars films and often less consequential than a two-and-a-half star film.

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A noteworthy or enjoyable film that I can’t fully recommend. Still, two-and-a-half star films are often some of the most memorable films of a year.

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A disappointment, an interesting failure, or just a bad movie. But still worth seeing if you’ve got the time.

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A bad, rant-worthy film. Should be avoided regardless of hype or talent involved.

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One of the worst films.