Critic Top Ten Lists - 2002
compiled by Ron Reed
Alex Fung gathered critic lists for 2002, but his compilation of the data does not appear to be available online. If I can obtain or retabulate it, I'll post it here. In the meantime, this is a tabulation I put together from the following sources; Film Comment, Guy Madden, Dave Kerr, Philip Lopate, David Thompson, National Board of Review, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere, salon.com, BBC, MacLeans, Richard Roeper, Georgia Straight, IMDb, Ron Reed, Peter Norman, Jeffrey Overstreet, Peter Chattaway
1 Far From Heaven 213.0
2 Y Tu Mama Tambien 185.0
3 Talk To Her 169.5
4 Adaptation 165.0
5 About Schmidt 152.0
6 Punch-Drunk Love 125.0
7 Spirited Away 115.5
8 Lord Of The Rings: Two Towers 115.0
9 Gangs of New York 92.0
10 Pianist, The 82.0
11 Bowling For Columbine 68.5
12 Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) 66.0
13 Hours, The 61.0
14 Minority Report 51.0
15 Chicago 50.0
16 About A Boy 48.5
17 Time Out 41.5
18 Road To Perdition 33.5
19 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing 30.0
20 Quiet American, The 28.0
21 I'm Going Home 27.5
21 Spider-Man 27.5
23 Catch Me If You Can 26.5
24 Rabbit-Proof Fence 26.0
24 Son's Room 26.0
24 Russian Ark 26.0
27 Italian For Beginners 25.0
28 Morvern Callar 24.0
29 Mostly Martha 23.5
30 Auto Focus 23.0
30 Femme Fatale 23.0
32 Personal Velocity 22.0
32 Secretary, The 22.0
34 Monsoon Wedding 21.0
34 What Time Is It There? 21.0
36 Kid Stays In The Picture, The 20.5
37 Bloody Sunday 20.0
38 In Praise Of Love (Eloge de l'Amour) 19.5
39 Eight Mile 19.0
40 Twenty-fifth Hour 18.0
40 Ten (Kiarostami) 18.0
42 Believer, The 17.0
43 Songs From The Second Floor 16.0
43 The Son 16.0
45 Late Marriage 15.0
46 Rookie, The 14.5
47 Possession 14.0
47 City Of God 14.0
47 Lady & The Duke, The (Rohmer) 14.0
47 Insomnia 14.0
51 All Or Nothing 13.0
51 Devdas 13.0
53 Dog-Town & Z-Boys 12.0
53 How I Killed My Father 12.0
53 Rules Of Attraction 12.0
53 Comedian 12.0
57 Mahagonny 11.5
58 Signs 11.0
58 Lovely & Amazing 11.0
58 Safe Conduct 11.0
61 Windtalkers 10.5
62 Ring, The 10.0
62 Frailty 10.0
62 Who Knows? (Va savoir) 10.0
62 Reign of Fire 10.0
62 Bourne Identity 10.0
62 Piano Teacher 10.0
68 Warm Water Under A Red Bridge 9.5
69 Paid In Full 9.0
69 Twenty-four Hour Party People 9.0
69 Bollywood/Hollywood 9.0
69 Sunshine State 9.0
69 Undercover Brother 9.0
74 Storytelling 8.0
75 Changing Lanes 7.0
75 Real Women Have Curves 7.0
75 C.Q. 7.0
75 Standing In The Shadows Of Motown 7.0
75 Nine Queens 7.0
80 Last Kiss In Rome, The 6.0
80 Invincible 6.0
80 One Hour Photo 6.0
80 Dark Blue World 6.0
80 Minor Mishaps 6.0
80 Turning Gate 6.0
86 Frida 5.0
86 Unfaithful 5.0
86 Triumph Of Love 5.0
86 Betty Fisher & Other Stories 5.0
90 Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones 4.0
90 Baran 4.0
90 Iris 4.0
90 Waiting For Happiness 4.0
94 Heaven 3.0
94 Lilo & Stitch 3.0
94 Good Girl 3.0
94 Igby Goes Down 3.0
94 Grey Zone, The 3.0
94 All About Lily Chou-Chou 3.0
94 Jackass: The Movie 3.0
94 Investigation of a Flame 3.0
Data compiled March 13, 2003
Tuesday, December 31, 2002
Monday, December 31, 2001
Critical Consensus: The Films of 2001 (Reed)
Critic Top Ten Lists - 2001
compiled by Ron Reed
Alex Fung gathered critic lists for this year, but his compilation of the data does not appear to be available online. If I can obtain or retabulate it, I'll post it here. In the meantime, this is a tabulation I put together from the following much more limited list of sources; National Board of Review, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere and salon.com
1 Lord Of The Rings 61
2 Mulholland Drive 58
3 Moulin Rouge 46
4 In The Bedroom 44
5 Black Hawk Down 40
6 Royal Tenenbaums 39
7 Waking Life 29
8 Shrek 27
9 A.I. 23
10 Ghost World 21
11 Lantana (Australia?) 20
12 Amores Perros (Mexico) 19
12 In The Mood For Love (Hong Kong) 19
12 Monster's Ball 19
15 Amelie (France) 17
15 Sexy Beast 17
17 Tailor of Panama 16
17 Together (Sweden) 16
19 Man Who Wasn't There 15
20 Ali 13
20 Donnie Darko 13
20 Gleaners and I, The 13
23 Kandahar 12
24 Ocean's 11 11
25 Circle, The 10
25 Fat Girl 10
25 Last Orders 10
28 Beautiful Mind, A 9
28 Deep End, The 9
30 Memento 8
30 Vanilla Sky 8
32 Monsters Inc. 7
33 Charlotte Grey 4
33 Others, The 4
33 Pledge, The 4
33 Wit 4
37 Liam 3
38 Apocalypse Now Redux 2
38 Gosford Park 2
40 Bridget Jones Diary 1
40 Center of the World 1
40 Claim, The (Iran) 1
40 Dish, The (Australia) 1
40 Final Fantasy 1
40 Heist 1
40 Score, The 1
40 Spy Kids 1
40 Yi Yi 1
49 Life As A House 0
49 Shipping News 0
compiled by Ron Reed
Alex Fung gathered critic lists for this year, but his compilation of the data does not appear to be available online. If I can obtain or retabulate it, I'll post it here. In the meantime, this is a tabulation I put together from the following much more limited list of sources; National Board of Review, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere and salon.com
1 Lord Of The Rings 61
2 Mulholland Drive 58
3 Moulin Rouge 46
4 In The Bedroom 44
5 Black Hawk Down 40
6 Royal Tenenbaums 39
7 Waking Life 29
8 Shrek 27
9 A.I. 23
10 Ghost World 21
11 Lantana (Australia?) 20
12 Amores Perros (Mexico) 19
12 In The Mood For Love (Hong Kong) 19
12 Monster's Ball 19
15 Amelie (France) 17
15 Sexy Beast 17
17 Tailor of Panama 16
17 Together (Sweden) 16
19 Man Who Wasn't There 15
20 Ali 13
20 Donnie Darko 13
20 Gleaners and I, The 13
23 Kandahar 12
24 Ocean's 11 11
25 Circle, The 10
25 Fat Girl 10
25 Last Orders 10
28 Beautiful Mind, A 9
28 Deep End, The 9
30 Memento 8
30 Vanilla Sky 8
32 Monsters Inc. 7
33 Charlotte Grey 4
33 Others, The 4
33 Pledge, The 4
33 Wit 4
37 Liam 3
38 Apocalypse Now Redux 2
38 Gosford Park 2
40 Bridget Jones Diary 1
40 Center of the World 1
40 Claim, The (Iran) 1
40 Dish, The (Australia) 1
40 Final Fantasy 1
40 Heist 1
40 Score, The 1
40 Spy Kids 1
40 Yi Yi 1
49 Life As A House 0
49 Shipping News 0
Sunday, December 31, 2000
Critical Consensus: The Films Of 2000 (Fung)
Critic Top Ten Lists - 2000
compiled by Alex Fung
[1] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [40½] Ang Lee 1835.677
[2] You Can Count On Me [11] Kenneth Lonergan 1215.741
[3] Traffic [15] Steven Soderbergh 1042.018
[4] Almost Famous [10½] Cameron Crowe 1001.371
[5] Wonder Boys [4] Curtis Hanson 767.712
[6] Dancer In The Dark [7] Lars von Trier 763.134
[7] Yi Yi (A One And A Two...) [14] Edward Yang 675.883
[8] Erin Brockovich [1] Steven Soderbergh 657.856
[9] Requiem For A Dream [3] Darren Aronofsky 627.036
[10] Chicken Run [2] Peter Lord and Nick Park 563.763
[11] Gladiator [2] Ridley Scott 550.400
[12] Beau Travail [11] Claire Denis 523.942
[13] Croupier [4] Mike Hodges 494.800
[14] High Fidelity [0] Stephen Frears 483.053
[15] O Brother, Where Art Thou? [3½] Joel Coen 451.600
[16] The House Of Mirth [3] Terence Davies 446.700
[17] Billy Elliot [1] Stephen Daldry 375.912
[18] Nurse Betty [1] Neil LaBute 367.709
[19] Before Night Falls [3] Julian Schnabel 353.509
[20] The Wind Will Carry Us [4] Abbas Kiarostami 352.100
[21] The Virgin Suicides [0] Sofia Coppola 320.909
[22] Quills [1] Philip Kaufman 313.766
[23] Cast Away [1] Robert Zemeckis 306.500
[24] The Color Of Paradise [3] Majid Majidi 268.944
[25] L'Humanité [1] Bruno Dumont 260.100
[26] Best In Show [0] Christopher Guest 256.323
[27] Ghost Dog [0] Jim Jarmusch 245.478
[28] George Washington [2] David Gordon Green 243.342
[29] In The Mood For Love [1] Wong Kar-wai 242.300
[30] Jesus' Son [0] Alison Maclean 233.851
[31] Hamlet [4] Michael Almereyda 215.600
[32] Chuck & Buck [1] Miguel Arteta 214.704
[33] Ratcatcher [1] Lynne Ramsay 202.200
[34] A Time For Drunken Horses [1] Bahman Ghobadi 171.709
[35] Not One Less [0] Zhang Yimou 170.615
[36] Shadow Of The Vampire [1] E. Elias Merhige 166.700
[37] State And Main [1] David Mamet 162.900
[38] Girlfight [1] Karyn Kusama 161.695
[39] Girl On The Bridge [1] Patrice Leconte 159.044
[40] Thirteen Days [0] Roger Donaldson 156.800
[41] Unbreakable [1] M. Night Shyamalan 154.767
[42] The Filth And The Fury [0] Julien Temple 153.750
[43] Time Regained [1] Raoul Ruiz 148.320
[44] Bamboozled [0] Spike Lee 141.251
[45] Time Code [1] Mike Figgis 125.900
[46] Wonderland [1] Michael Winterbottom 122.500
[47] Human Resources [0] Laurent Cantet 122.342
[48] Pola X [1] Leos Carax 119.400
[49] Sunshine [0]István Szabó 117.800
[50] After Life [1] Hirokazu Kore-eda 114.953
Number of first place votes indicated in bracket following title.
List generated with data as of 01/01/28
compiled by Alex Fung
[1] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [40½] Ang Lee 1835.677
[2] You Can Count On Me [11] Kenneth Lonergan 1215.741
[3] Traffic [15] Steven Soderbergh 1042.018
[4] Almost Famous [10½] Cameron Crowe 1001.371
[5] Wonder Boys [4] Curtis Hanson 767.712
[6] Dancer In The Dark [7] Lars von Trier 763.134
[7] Yi Yi (A One And A Two...) [14] Edward Yang 675.883
[8] Erin Brockovich [1] Steven Soderbergh 657.856
[9] Requiem For A Dream [3] Darren Aronofsky 627.036
[10] Chicken Run [2] Peter Lord and Nick Park 563.763
[11] Gladiator [2] Ridley Scott 550.400
[12] Beau Travail [11] Claire Denis 523.942
[13] Croupier [4] Mike Hodges 494.800
[14] High Fidelity [0] Stephen Frears 483.053
[15] O Brother, Where Art Thou? [3½] Joel Coen 451.600
[16] The House Of Mirth [3] Terence Davies 446.700
[17] Billy Elliot [1] Stephen Daldry 375.912
[18] Nurse Betty [1] Neil LaBute 367.709
[19] Before Night Falls [3] Julian Schnabel 353.509
[20] The Wind Will Carry Us [4] Abbas Kiarostami 352.100
[21] The Virgin Suicides [0] Sofia Coppola 320.909
[22] Quills [1] Philip Kaufman 313.766
[23] Cast Away [1] Robert Zemeckis 306.500
[24] The Color Of Paradise [3] Majid Majidi 268.944
[25] L'Humanité [1] Bruno Dumont 260.100
[26] Best In Show [0] Christopher Guest 256.323
[27] Ghost Dog [0] Jim Jarmusch 245.478
[28] George Washington [2] David Gordon Green 243.342
[29] In The Mood For Love [1] Wong Kar-wai 242.300
[30] Jesus' Son [0] Alison Maclean 233.851
[31] Hamlet [4] Michael Almereyda 215.600
[32] Chuck & Buck [1] Miguel Arteta 214.704
[33] Ratcatcher [1] Lynne Ramsay 202.200
[34] A Time For Drunken Horses [1] Bahman Ghobadi 171.709
[35] Not One Less [0] Zhang Yimou 170.615
[36] Shadow Of The Vampire [1] E. Elias Merhige 166.700
[37] State And Main [1] David Mamet 162.900
[38] Girlfight [1] Karyn Kusama 161.695
[39] Girl On The Bridge [1] Patrice Leconte 159.044
[40] Thirteen Days [0] Roger Donaldson 156.800
[41] Unbreakable [1] M. Night Shyamalan 154.767
[42] The Filth And The Fury [0] Julien Temple 153.750
[43] Time Regained [1] Raoul Ruiz 148.320
[44] Bamboozled [0] Spike Lee 141.251
[45] Time Code [1] Mike Figgis 125.900
[46] Wonderland [1] Michael Winterbottom 122.500
[47] Human Resources [0] Laurent Cantet 122.342
[48] Pola X [1] Leos Carax 119.400
[49] Sunshine [0]István Szabó 117.800
[50] After Life [1] Hirokazu Kore-eda 114.953
Number of first place votes indicated in bracket following title.
List generated with data as of 01/01/28
Friday, December 31, 1999
Critical Consensus: The Films Of 1999 (Fung)
Critic Top Ten Lists - 1999
compiled by Alex Fung
[1] American Beauty (d: Mendes) [34] 1610.205
[2] Being John Malkovich (d: Jonze) [13] 1560.367
[3] Election (d: Payne) [6] 1026.453
[4] The Straight Story (d: Lynch) [11] 985.73
[5] The Insider (d: Mann) [2] 822.036
[6] Boys Don't Cry (d: Peirce) [4] 728.334
[7] Toy Story 2 (d: Lasseter) [3] 698.375
[8] All About My Mother (d: Almodóvar) [8] 680.962
[9] Magnolia (d: Anderson) [9] 673.213
[10] Three Kings (d: Russell) [5] 662.004
[11] Topsy-Turvy (d: Leigh) [7] 656.037
[12] Eyes Wide Shut (d: Kubrick) [7] 537.514
[13] The Limey (d: Soderbergh) 518.061
[14] The Talented Mr. Ripley (d: Minghella) [1] 491.913
[15] The Matrix (d: Wachowski Brothers) [2] 489.511
[16] Run Lola Run (d: Tykwer) 483.011
[17] Fight Club (d: Fincher) [5] 476.934
[18] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (d: Parker) [4] 449.748
[19] The Blair Witch Project (d: Sanchez & Myrick) [2] 414.515
[20] The Sixth Sense (d: Shyamalan) 405.191
[21] The Dreamlife Of Angels (d: Zonca) [2] 372.405
[22] The Iron Giant (d: Bird) [2] 334.855
[23] Rosetta (d: Dardenne Brothers) [2] 296.934
[24] Go (d: Liman) [1] 296.704
[25] Autumn Tale (d: Rohmer) [2] 270.575
[26] Buena Vista Social Club (d: Wenders) 248.198
[27] Besieged (d: Bertolucci) [1] 244.782
[28] American Movie (d: Smith) [1] 243.322
[29] The End Of The Affair (d: Jordan) [1] 201.647
[30] After Life (d: Kore-eda) [2] 168.813
[31] The Green Mile (d: Darabont) [1] 164.4
[32] Man On The Moon (d: Forman) [1] 161.6
[33] Dogma (d: Smith) 161.236
[34] The Hurricane (d: Jewison) 147.6
[35] Ride With The Devil (d: Lee) [1] 144.753
[36] eXistenZ (d: Cronenberg) 141.6
[37] Rushmore (d: Anderson) [2] 124.345
[38] The Cider House Rules (d: Hallström) [1] 115.452
[39] Flowers Of Shanghai (d: Hou Hsiao-hsien) [6] 114
[40] Mr. Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (d: Morris) 112.783
[41] October Sky (d: Johnston) [1] 110.743
[42] Princess Mononoke (d: Miyazaki) 109.573
[43] The War Zone (d: Roth) [2] 100.519
[44] Leila (d: Mehrjui) 87.9
[45] Romance (d: Breillat) [1] 86.622
[46] Sleepy Hollow (d: Burton) 85.151
[47] Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (d: Chen) 84.34
[48] Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (d: Ritchie) 83.943
[49] Beau Travail (d: Denis) 82.046
[50] Cookie's Fortune (d: Altman) 81.864
List generated with data as of 00/01/26
compiled by Alex Fung
[1] American Beauty (d: Mendes) [34] 1610.205
[2] Being John Malkovich (d: Jonze) [13] 1560.367
[3] Election (d: Payne) [6] 1026.453
[4] The Straight Story (d: Lynch) [11] 985.73
[5] The Insider (d: Mann) [2] 822.036
[6] Boys Don't Cry (d: Peirce) [4] 728.334
[7] Toy Story 2 (d: Lasseter) [3] 698.375
[8] All About My Mother (d: Almodóvar) [8] 680.962
[9] Magnolia (d: Anderson) [9] 673.213
[10] Three Kings (d: Russell) [5] 662.004
[11] Topsy-Turvy (d: Leigh) [7] 656.037
[12] Eyes Wide Shut (d: Kubrick) [7] 537.514
[13] The Limey (d: Soderbergh) 518.061
[14] The Talented Mr. Ripley (d: Minghella) [1] 491.913
[15] The Matrix (d: Wachowski Brothers) [2] 489.511
[16] Run Lola Run (d: Tykwer) 483.011
[17] Fight Club (d: Fincher) [5] 476.934
[18] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (d: Parker) [4] 449.748
[19] The Blair Witch Project (d: Sanchez & Myrick) [2] 414.515
[20] The Sixth Sense (d: Shyamalan) 405.191
[21] The Dreamlife Of Angels (d: Zonca) [2] 372.405
[22] The Iron Giant (d: Bird) [2] 334.855
[23] Rosetta (d: Dardenne Brothers) [2] 296.934
[24] Go (d: Liman) [1] 296.704
[25] Autumn Tale (d: Rohmer) [2] 270.575
[26] Buena Vista Social Club (d: Wenders) 248.198
[27] Besieged (d: Bertolucci) [1] 244.782
[28] American Movie (d: Smith) [1] 243.322
[29] The End Of The Affair (d: Jordan) [1] 201.647
[30] After Life (d: Kore-eda) [2] 168.813
[31] The Green Mile (d: Darabont) [1] 164.4
[32] Man On The Moon (d: Forman) [1] 161.6
[33] Dogma (d: Smith) 161.236
[34] The Hurricane (d: Jewison) 147.6
[35] Ride With The Devil (d: Lee) [1] 144.753
[36] eXistenZ (d: Cronenberg) 141.6
[37] Rushmore (d: Anderson) [2] 124.345
[38] The Cider House Rules (d: Hallström) [1] 115.452
[39] Flowers Of Shanghai (d: Hou Hsiao-hsien) [6] 114
[40] Mr. Death: The Rise And Fall Of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (d: Morris) 112.783
[41] October Sky (d: Johnston) [1] 110.743
[42] Princess Mononoke (d: Miyazaki) 109.573
[43] The War Zone (d: Roth) [2] 100.519
[44] Leila (d: Mehrjui) 87.9
[45] Romance (d: Breillat) [1] 86.622
[46] Sleepy Hollow (d: Burton) 85.151
[47] Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (d: Chen) 84.34
[48] Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (d: Ritchie) 83.943
[49] Beau Travail (d: Denis) 82.046
[50] Cookie's Fortune (d: Altman) 81.864
List generated with data as of 00/01/26
Thursday, December 31, 1998
Critical Consensus: The Films Of 1998 (Fung)
Critic Top Ten Lists - 1998
compiled by Alex Fung
[1] Saving Private Ryan (d: Spielberg) 1320.644
[2] The Truman Show (d: Weir) 942.133
[3] Shakespeare In Love (d: Madden) 857.983
[4] Happiness (d: Solondz) 730.217
[5] The Butcher Boy (d: Jordan) 631.673
[6] Out Of Sight (d: Soderbergh) 536.756
[7] Life Is Beautiful (d: Benigni) 529.85
[8] Gods And Monsters (d: Condon) 513.967
[9] A Simple Plan (d: Raimi) 431.089
[10] Rushmore (d: Anderson) 427.283
[11] The Thin Red Line (d: Malick) 417.783
[12] Fireworks (Hana-Bi) (d: Kitano) 365.994
[13] The Celebration (d: Vinterberg) 351.817
[14] There's Something About Mary (d: Peter & Bobby Farrelly) 290.794
[15] Bulworth (d: Beatty) 290.067
[16] Buffalo 66 (d: Gallo) 288.309
[17] Pleasantville (d: Ross) 251.983
[18] Elizabeth (d: Kapur) 249.25
[19] The Opposite Of Sex (d: Roos) 225.523
[20] The Taste Of Cherry (d: Kiarostami) 215.909
[21] Affliction (d: Schrader) 211.5
[22] The General (d: Boorman) 199.7
[23] Beloved (d: Demme) 195.567
[24] Babe: Pig In The City (d: Miller) 176.923
[25] Love And Death On Long Island (d: Kwietnioski) 174.89
[26] A Bug's Life (d: Lasseter) 171.8
[27] The Big Lebowski (d: Coen) 166.6
[28] Henry Fool (d: Hartley) 148.426
[29] The Spanish Prisoner (d: Mamet) 145.6
[30] Velvet Goldmine (d: Haynes) 135.423
[31] Central Station (d: Salles) 130.7
[32] Smoke Signals (d: Eyre) 129.7
[33] Mulan (d: Cook & Bancroft) 120.1
[34] Fallen Angels (d: Wong Kar-wai) 110.9
[35] The Eel (d: Imamura) 104.667
[36] Dark City (d: Proyas) 101.6
[37] Your Friends & Neighbours (d: LaBute) 101.217
[38] Touch Of Evil (d: Welles) 100.209
[39] A Civil Action (d: Zaillian) 95.6
[40] The Apostle (d: Duvall) 95.3
[41] A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (d: Ivory) 94.7
[42] High Art (d: Cholodenko) 89.39
[43] Sonatine (d: Kitano) 88.944
[44] The Horse Whisperer (d: Redford) 87.7
[45] Living Out Loud (d: LaGravenese) 87
[46] Primary Colors (d: Nichols) 86.25
[47] Men With Guns (d: Sayles) 83.309
[48] Hands On A Hardbody (d: Bindler) 77.9
[49] The Mask Of Zorro (d: Campbell) 72.7
[50] Flowers Of Shanghai (d: Hou Hsiao-hsien) 71.444
List generated with data as of 99/01/15
compiled by Alex Fung
[1] Saving Private Ryan (d: Spielberg) 1320.644
[2] The Truman Show (d: Weir) 942.133
[3] Shakespeare In Love (d: Madden) 857.983
[4] Happiness (d: Solondz) 730.217
[5] The Butcher Boy (d: Jordan) 631.673
[6] Out Of Sight (d: Soderbergh) 536.756
[7] Life Is Beautiful (d: Benigni) 529.85
[8] Gods And Monsters (d: Condon) 513.967
[9] A Simple Plan (d: Raimi) 431.089
[10] Rushmore (d: Anderson) 427.283
[11] The Thin Red Line (d: Malick) 417.783
[12] Fireworks (Hana-Bi) (d: Kitano) 365.994
[13] The Celebration (d: Vinterberg) 351.817
[14] There's Something About Mary (d: Peter & Bobby Farrelly) 290.794
[15] Bulworth (d: Beatty) 290.067
[16] Buffalo 66 (d: Gallo) 288.309
[17] Pleasantville (d: Ross) 251.983
[18] Elizabeth (d: Kapur) 249.25
[19] The Opposite Of Sex (d: Roos) 225.523
[20] The Taste Of Cherry (d: Kiarostami) 215.909
[21] Affliction (d: Schrader) 211.5
[22] The General (d: Boorman) 199.7
[23] Beloved (d: Demme) 195.567
[24] Babe: Pig In The City (d: Miller) 176.923
[25] Love And Death On Long Island (d: Kwietnioski) 174.89
[26] A Bug's Life (d: Lasseter) 171.8
[27] The Big Lebowski (d: Coen) 166.6
[28] Henry Fool (d: Hartley) 148.426
[29] The Spanish Prisoner (d: Mamet) 145.6
[30] Velvet Goldmine (d: Haynes) 135.423
[31] Central Station (d: Salles) 130.7
[32] Smoke Signals (d: Eyre) 129.7
[33] Mulan (d: Cook & Bancroft) 120.1
[34] Fallen Angels (d: Wong Kar-wai) 110.9
[35] The Eel (d: Imamura) 104.667
[36] Dark City (d: Proyas) 101.6
[37] Your Friends & Neighbours (d: LaBute) 101.217
[38] Touch Of Evil (d: Welles) 100.209
[39] A Civil Action (d: Zaillian) 95.6
[40] The Apostle (d: Duvall) 95.3
[41] A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (d: Ivory) 94.7
[42] High Art (d: Cholodenko) 89.39
[43] Sonatine (d: Kitano) 88.944
[44] The Horse Whisperer (d: Redford) 87.7
[45] Living Out Loud (d: LaGravenese) 87
[46] Primary Colors (d: Nichols) 86.25
[47] Men With Guns (d: Sayles) 83.309
[48] Hands On A Hardbody (d: Bindler) 77.9
[49] The Mask Of Zorro (d: Campbell) 72.7
[50] Flowers Of Shanghai (d: Hou Hsiao-hsien) 71.444
List generated with data as of 99/01/15
Wednesday, December 31, 1997
Critical Consensus: The Films Of 1997 (Fung)
Critic Top Ten Lists - 1997
From 1995 through 2002, Alex Fung - apparently a student at Carlton University - compiled year-end Top Ten lists from a significant number of film critics. Here are his results for 1996.
#1 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, directed by Curtis Hanson
#2 THE SWEET HEREAFTER, directed by Atom Egoyan
#3 TITANIC, directed by James Cameron
#4 BOOGIE NIGHTS, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
#5 THE ICE STORM, directed by Ang Lee
#6 THE WINGS OF THE DOVE, directed by Iain Softley
#7 ULEE'S GOLD, directed by Victor Nunez
#8 THE FULL MONTY, directed Peter Cattaneo
#9 IN THE COMPANY OF MEN, directed by Neil LaBute
#10 FACE/OFF, directed by John Woo
#11 CHASING AMY, directed by Kevin Smith
#12 AS GOOD AS IT GETS, directed by James L. Brooks
#13 AMISTAD, directed by Steven Spielberg
#14 DONNIE BRASCO, directed by Mike Newell
#15 THE APOSTLE, directed by Robert Duvall
#16 PONETTE, directed by Jacques Doillon
#17 EVE'S BAYOU, directed by Kasi Lemmons
#18 FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL, directed by Errol Morris
#19 WAG THE DOG, directed by Barry Levinson
#20 SHALL WE DANCE?, directed by Masayuki Suo
#21 LA PROMESSE, directed by Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne
#22 MEN IN BLACK, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
#23 WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, directed by Christopher Guest
#24 GOOD WILL HUNTING, directed by Gus Van Sant
#25 DECONSTRUCTING HARRY, directed by Woody Allen
#26 WHEN WE WERE KINGS, directed by Leon Gast
#27 HAPPY TOGETHER, directed by Wong Kar-wai
#28 JACKIE BROWN, directed by Quentin Tarantino
#29 CONTACT, directed by Robert Zemeckis
#30 MRS BROWN, directed by John Madden
#31 GROSSE POINTE BLANK, directed by George Armitage
#32 IRMA VEP, directed by Olivier Assayas
#33 KUNDUN, directed by Martin Scorsese
#34 CRASH, directed by David Cronenberg
#35 MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, directed by P.J. Hogan
#36 FAIRYTALE: A TRUE STORY, directed by Charles Sturridge
#37 LOST HIGHWAY, directed by David Lynch
#38 WELCOME TO SARAJEVO, directed by Michael Winterbottom
#39 HARD EIGHT, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
#40 THE DAYTRIPPERS, directed by Greg Mottola
#41 UN HEROS TRES DISCRET (A SELF-MADE HERO), directed by Jacques Audiard
#42 CAREER GIRLS, directed by Mike Leigh
#43 SLING BLADE, directed by Billy Bob Thornton
#44 DRIFTING CLOUDS, directed by Aki Kaurismaki
#45 COP LAND, directed by James Mangold
#46 4 LITTLE GIRLS, directed by Spike Lee
#47 GABBEH, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
#48 STARSHIP TROOPERS, directed by Paul Verhoeven
#49 WASHINGTON SQUARE, directed by Agnieszka Holland
#50 AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY, directed by Jay Roach
Fung: "Due to the wonders of platform releases, two films on this year’s list also made last year’s list; When We Were Kings and Crash (well, it was the Turner factor for the latter). Curiously, Sling Blade failed to make the list last year, it’s #43 this year."
From 1995 through 2002, Alex Fung - apparently a student at Carlton University - compiled year-end Top Ten lists from a significant number of film critics. Here are his results for 1996.
#1 L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, directed by Curtis Hanson
#2 THE SWEET HEREAFTER, directed by Atom Egoyan
#3 TITANIC, directed by James Cameron
#4 BOOGIE NIGHTS, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
#5 THE ICE STORM, directed by Ang Lee
#6 THE WINGS OF THE DOVE, directed by Iain Softley
#7 ULEE'S GOLD, directed by Victor Nunez
#8 THE FULL MONTY, directed Peter Cattaneo
#9 IN THE COMPANY OF MEN, directed by Neil LaBute
#10 FACE/OFF, directed by John Woo
#11 CHASING AMY, directed by Kevin Smith
#12 AS GOOD AS IT GETS, directed by James L. Brooks
#13 AMISTAD, directed by Steven Spielberg
#14 DONNIE BRASCO, directed by Mike Newell
#15 THE APOSTLE, directed by Robert Duvall
#16 PONETTE, directed by Jacques Doillon
#17 EVE'S BAYOU, directed by Kasi Lemmons
#18 FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL, directed by Errol Morris
#19 WAG THE DOG, directed by Barry Levinson
#20 SHALL WE DANCE?, directed by Masayuki Suo
#21 LA PROMESSE, directed by Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne
#22 MEN IN BLACK, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
#23 WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, directed by Christopher Guest
#24 GOOD WILL HUNTING, directed by Gus Van Sant
#25 DECONSTRUCTING HARRY, directed by Woody Allen
#26 WHEN WE WERE KINGS, directed by Leon Gast
#27 HAPPY TOGETHER, directed by Wong Kar-wai
#28 JACKIE BROWN, directed by Quentin Tarantino
#29 CONTACT, directed by Robert Zemeckis
#30 MRS BROWN, directed by John Madden
#31 GROSSE POINTE BLANK, directed by George Armitage
#32 IRMA VEP, directed by Olivier Assayas
#33 KUNDUN, directed by Martin Scorsese
#34 CRASH, directed by David Cronenberg
#35 MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING, directed by P.J. Hogan
#36 FAIRYTALE: A TRUE STORY, directed by Charles Sturridge
#37 LOST HIGHWAY, directed by David Lynch
#38 WELCOME TO SARAJEVO, directed by Michael Winterbottom
#39 HARD EIGHT, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
#40 THE DAYTRIPPERS, directed by Greg Mottola
#41 UN HEROS TRES DISCRET (A SELF-MADE HERO), directed by Jacques Audiard
#42 CAREER GIRLS, directed by Mike Leigh
#43 SLING BLADE, directed by Billy Bob Thornton
#44 DRIFTING CLOUDS, directed by Aki Kaurismaki
#45 COP LAND, directed by James Mangold
#46 4 LITTLE GIRLS, directed by Spike Lee
#47 GABBEH, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
#48 STARSHIP TROOPERS, directed by Paul Verhoeven
#49 WASHINGTON SQUARE, directed by Agnieszka Holland
#50 AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY, directed by Jay Roach
Fung: "Due to the wonders of platform releases, two films on this year’s list also made last year’s list; When We Were Kings and Crash (well, it was the Turner factor for the latter). Curiously, Sling Blade failed to make the list last year, it’s #43 this year."
Tuesday, December 31, 1996
Critical Consensus: The Films Of 1996 (Fung)
Critic Top Ten Lists - 1996
From 1995 through 2002, Alex Fung - apparently a student at Carlton University - compiled year-end Top Ten lists from a significant number of film critics. Here are his results for 1996.
#1 FARGO, directed by Joel Coen
#2 SECRETS & LIES, directed by Mike Leigh
#3 BREAKING THE WAVES, directed by Lars Von Trier
#4 THE ENGLISH PATIENT, directed by Anthony Minghella
#5 LONE STAR, directed by John Sayles
#6 SHINE, directed by Scott Hicks
#7 TRAINSPOTTING, directed by Danny Boyle
#8 BIG NIGHT, directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci
#9 THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, directed by Milos Forman
#10 THE CRUCIBLE, directed by Nicholas Hytner
#11 FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, directed by David O. Russell
#12 DEAD MAN, directed by Jim Jarmusch
#13 JERRY MAGUIRE, directed by Cameron Crowe
#14 THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, directed by Jane Campion
#15 HAMLET, directed by Kenneth Branagh
#16 WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, directed by Todd Solondz
#17 PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS, directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
#18 MOTHER, directed by Albert Brooks
#19 THE WHITE BALLOON, directed by Jafar Panahi
#20 L'AMERICA, directed by Gianni Amelio
#21 CHUNGKING EXPRESS, directed by Wong Kar-Wai
#22 TREES LOUNGE, directed by Steve Buscemi
#23 THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, directed by Dan Ireland
#24 EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU, directed by Woody Allen
#25 TIN CUP, directed by Ron Shelton
#26 EMMA, directed by Douglas McGrath
#27 RIDICULE, directed by Patrice Leconte
#28 LA CEREMONIE, directed by Claude Chabrol
#29 LAND AND FREEDOM, directed by Ken Loach
#30 WHEN WE WERE KINGS, directed by Leon Gast
#31 CRASH, directed by David Cronenberg
#32 MICROCOSMOS, directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou
#33 MICHAEL COLLINS, directed by Neil Jordan
#34 LA FILLE SEULE, directed by Benoit Jacquot
#35 NELLY AND MONSIEUR ARNAUD, directed by Claude Sautet
From 1995 through 2002, Alex Fung - apparently a student at Carlton University - compiled year-end Top Ten lists from a significant number of film critics. Here are his results for 1996.
#1 FARGO, directed by Joel Coen
#2 SECRETS & LIES, directed by Mike Leigh
#3 BREAKING THE WAVES, directed by Lars Von Trier
#4 THE ENGLISH PATIENT, directed by Anthony Minghella
#5 LONE STAR, directed by John Sayles
#6 SHINE, directed by Scott Hicks
#7 TRAINSPOTTING, directed by Danny Boyle
#8 BIG NIGHT, directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci
#9 THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, directed by Milos Forman
#10 THE CRUCIBLE, directed by Nicholas Hytner
#11 FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, directed by David O. Russell
#12 DEAD MAN, directed by Jim Jarmusch
#13 JERRY MAGUIRE, directed by Cameron Crowe
#14 THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, directed by Jane Campion
#15 HAMLET, directed by Kenneth Branagh
#16 WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, directed by Todd Solondz
#17 PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS, directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
#18 MOTHER, directed by Albert Brooks
#19 THE WHITE BALLOON, directed by Jafar Panahi
#20 L'AMERICA, directed by Gianni Amelio
#21 CHUNGKING EXPRESS, directed by Wong Kar-Wai
#22 TREES LOUNGE, directed by Steve Buscemi
#23 THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, directed by Dan Ireland
#24 EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU, directed by Woody Allen
#25 TIN CUP, directed by Ron Shelton
#26 EMMA, directed by Douglas McGrath
#27 RIDICULE, directed by Patrice Leconte
#28 LA CEREMONIE, directed by Claude Chabrol
#29 LAND AND FREEDOM, directed by Ken Loach
#30 WHEN WE WERE KINGS, directed by Leon Gast
#31 CRASH, directed by David Cronenberg
#32 MICROCOSMOS, directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou
#33 MICHAEL COLLINS, directed by Neil Jordan
#34 LA FILLE SEULE, directed by Benoit Jacquot
#35 NELLY AND MONSIEUR ARNAUD, directed by Claude Sautet
Sunday, December 31, 1995
Critical Consensus: The Films of 1995 (Fung)
1995's Top Films: A Critical Consensus
Beginning with 1995, Alex Fung - apparently a student at Carlton University - compiled an annual ranking of the top films of each year. The first list tabulated "86 (or was it 68? - anyway, it was a lot) Top 10 lists from the leading film critics across the United States." Here are the results.
1 Sense And Sensibility
2 Leaving Las Vegas
3 Crumb
4 Apollo 13
5 Toy Story
6 Babe
7 Get Shorty
8 Nixon
9 Persuasion
10 The Usual Suspects
11 Dead Man Walking
12 To Die For
13 Heat
14 The Bridges Of Madison County
15 Braveheart
16 Devil In A Blue Dress
17 Smoke
18 Exotica
19 A Little Princess
20 The American President
21 Clueless
22 Il Postino (The Postman)
23 Safe
24 Burnt By The Sun
25 Shanghai Triad
26 Wild Reeds
27 Les Miserables
28 Once Were Warriors
29 Casino
30 Richard III
31 The Secret Of Roan Inish
32 Carrington
33 Clockers
34 Funny Bones
35 Unstrung Heroes
36 Through The Olive Trees
37 Lamerica
38 Mighty Aphrodite
39 12 Monkeys
40 Cry, The Beloved Country
41 Beyond Rangoon
42 Wild Bill
43 The Brothers McMullen
44 Seven
45 Unzipped
46 Before Sunrise
47 Before The Rain
48 Kids
49 Georgia
50 Theremin: An Electric Odyssey
Fung: "The difference between films #1-#4 are virtually negligible; they are practically interchangable in order (particularly between #2-#4). The film with the most mentions was "Sense And Sensibility", with 53 selections."
Beginning with 1995, Alex Fung - apparently a student at Carlton University - compiled an annual ranking of the top films of each year. The first list tabulated "86 (or was it 68? - anyway, it was a lot) Top 10 lists from the leading film critics across the United States." Here are the results.
1 Sense And Sensibility
2 Leaving Las Vegas
3 Crumb
4 Apollo 13
5 Toy Story
6 Babe
7 Get Shorty
8 Nixon
9 Persuasion
10 The Usual Suspects
11 Dead Man Walking
12 To Die For
13 Heat
14 The Bridges Of Madison County
15 Braveheart
16 Devil In A Blue Dress
17 Smoke
18 Exotica
19 A Little Princess
20 The American President
21 Clueless
22 Il Postino (The Postman)
23 Safe
24 Burnt By The Sun
25 Shanghai Triad
26 Wild Reeds
27 Les Miserables
28 Once Were Warriors
29 Casino
30 Richard III
31 The Secret Of Roan Inish
32 Carrington
33 Clockers
34 Funny Bones
35 Unstrung Heroes
36 Through The Olive Trees
37 Lamerica
38 Mighty Aphrodite
39 12 Monkeys
40 Cry, The Beloved Country
41 Beyond Rangoon
42 Wild Bill
43 The Brothers McMullen
44 Seven
45 Unzipped
46 Before Sunrise
47 Before The Rain
48 Kids
49 Georgia
50 Theremin: An Electric Odyssey
Fung: "The difference between films #1-#4 are virtually negligible; they are practically interchangable in order (particularly between #2-#4). The film with the most mentions was "Sense And Sensibility", with 53 selections."
Monday, January 03, 1994
SEE/SEEN
CURRENT
LORNA'S SILENCE
JULIE & JULIA
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
MOON
FUNNY PEOPLE
DISTRICT 9
WATCHING FOR
GOOD
MUNYURANGABO
THE ROAD
SEE ON VIDEO
titles in italics: with Carole
AWAY WE GO
BALLAST
BENJAMIN BUTTON
CADILLAC RECORDS
THE CHANGELING
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
CHOKING MAN
THE CLASS
CORALINE
DAIBYONIN (The Last Dance) rec Andrew: "visually and spiritually rich film that was clearly inspired in part by IKIRU. Dir Juzo Itami best known for TAMPOPO."
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
DUPLICITY
EVERY LITTLE STEP rec Joe Morgenstern: Chorus Line doc, with Thea & Katie
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GALAXY QUEST rec Karen Cooper
GOMORRAH
THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD rec Jay Brazeau
HENRY POOLE IS HERE sf Jesus image on a garage wall
IN THE CITY OF SYLVIE
IS ANYBODY THERE? sf? Michael Caine meets little kid in seniors home
KAFKA
LAST CHANCE HARVEY
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL Jarmusch ("angel" character like Ghost Dog)
MUNYURANGABO
OF TIME AND THE CITY
THE POOL rec Paul Thiessen
SEX AND IMAGINING
SHALL WE KISS "Rohmer / Woody Allen"
SKY CAPTAIN rec Jan Keisser
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
SUMMER HOURS
SUNSHINE CLEANING
TROUBLE THE WATER sf
VALKYRIE
WAKING LIFE rec Mike H: "Holy Moments" revolutionary in his life as a film-watcher/ teacher.
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
WENDY & LUCY
7 POUNDS rec Katie
LORNA'S SILENCE
JULIE & JULIA
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
MOON
FUNNY PEOPLE
DISTRICT 9
WATCHING FOR
GOOD
MUNYURANGABO
THE ROAD
SEE ON VIDEO
titles in italics: with Carole
AWAY WE GO
BALLAST
BENJAMIN BUTTON
CADILLAC RECORDS
THE CHANGELING
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
CHOKING MAN
THE CLASS
CORALINE
DAIBYONIN (The Last Dance) rec Andrew: "visually and spiritually rich film that was clearly inspired in part by IKIRU. Dir Juzo Itami best known for TAMPOPO."
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
DUPLICITY
EVERY LITTLE STEP rec Joe Morgenstern: Chorus Line doc, with Thea & Katie
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GALAXY QUEST rec Karen Cooper
GOMORRAH
THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD rec Jay Brazeau
HENRY POOLE IS HERE sf Jesus image on a garage wall
IN THE CITY OF SYLVIE
IS ANYBODY THERE? sf? Michael Caine meets little kid in seniors home
KAFKA
LAST CHANCE HARVEY
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL Jarmusch ("angel" character like Ghost Dog)
MUNYURANGABO
OF TIME AND THE CITY
THE POOL rec Paul Thiessen
SEX AND IMAGINING
SHALL WE KISS "Rohmer / Woody Allen"
SKY CAPTAIN rec Jan Keisser
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
SUMMER HOURS
SUNSHINE CLEANING
TROUBLE THE WATER sf
VALKYRIE
WAKING LIFE rec Mike H: "Holy Moments" revolutionary in his life as a film-watcher/ teacher.
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
WENDY & LUCY
7 POUNDS rec Katie
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