Filmnut

I've seen 1,867 films in my life, including 2 watched this year. My one-hundred most favorite comprise my Film Cannon, which is listed below. (I built a previous cannon way back in 2009.)

By design, my Film Cannon is deeply personal and self-indulgent. These aren't the films that I claim to be the best ever made; these are the movies that have meant the most to me personally. Some could argue there are some real stinkers on this list -- I am OK with that.

I also keep a list of Honorable Mentions, films that I adore but fall short of being cannon-worthy. Lastly, here's every other film I've ever seen.

Film Cannon: My Top 100 Most Films

	My 1st Favorite Film directed by Michael Mann released in 1999 watched by me on March 16, 2009 The absolute paragon of my personal cinematic aesthetic -- the film with my favorite cinematography, music, subject matter, dialogue, performances, and overall aura. This may not be an objectively perfect film, but it's perfection for me.
	My 2nd Favorite Film directed by Larry Clark released in 1995 watched by me on September 04, 2008 Painfully raw and authentic yet still perfectly narrative and accessible -- I've never seen a film marry those two extremes. As a friend once told me: this is a film that everyone should see once and perhaps no one should see twice.
	My 3rd Favorite Film directed by Jonathan Demme released in 1991 watched by me on September 04, 2008 My mom snuck me into this movie in a Singaporean theatre when I was 10. I was surely too young, but the film left an unerasable and haunting yet wonderful footprint on my brain that I still cherish.
	My 4th Favorite Film directed by Sofia Coppola released in 2003 watched by me on September 04, 2008 A love-letter of a film about that golden moment when you're floating between what you have been and what you'll soon become. This film has the second best ending in cinema history.
	My 5th Favorite Film directed by Terry Zwigoff released in 1994 watched by me on September 04, 2008 A cinematic vehicle into the ID of a brilliant artist madman. At times terrifying, offensive, devastating -- never short of captivating. The best documentary I've ever seen.
	My 6th Favorite Film directed by Jonathan Glazer released in 2000 watched by me on September 04, 2008 There was a two-week-ish period in college where I watched this film every. Single. Night. The dialogue rivals Shakespeare, Winstone and Kingsley are revelations, and Glazer's directing oozes cool.
	My 7th Favorite Film directed by R.J. Cutler released in 2009 watched by me on September 27, 2009 This might be the film I've seen more times than any other. I have a natural affinity for stories set in the world of high fashion, but this documentary is special beyond its setting. It beautifully captures a moment in time from the point of view of exceptionally interesting and successful people, in an intensely personal way. The scene with Grace at Versailles is one of my favorite moments in film.
	My 8th Favorite Film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson released in 1999 watched by me on September 04, 2008 My God, the hutzpah on this film! It should have fallen on its face as a self-indulgent, meandering dumpster fire -- and under any other hands than PT Anderson's, it would have. Instead, it's a cinematic masterpiece that captures from so many interesting angles what it means to hurt and be human.
	My 9th Favorite Film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson released in 2007 watched by me on September 04, 2008 This is obviously a masterwork, across every dimension. Every decision made is objectively the perfect choice. Much like “2001,” this is a faultless film. It would probably be higher on my list if it wasn’t so universally beloved — this film doesn’t need me to love it.
	My 10th Favorite Film directed by Tom Ford released in 2009 watched by me on February 16, 2010 I saw this film at a time when I was probably the saddest I've ever been. It was like medicine to see someone else hurting from loss as much as I was. Also, Ford's direction and shot selection are beyond gorgeous. One of my favorite all-time film lines: "Just get through the godamned day."
	My 11th Favorite Film directed by Nicole Holofcener released in 2001 watched by me on September 04, 2008 Such a wonderfully small and honest film about complicated women living normal, interesting lives. I love how uneventful, unsentimental, and character-driven this film is allowed to be. My favorite moment: When the mother’s suddenly dire illness just…isn’t that bad, and everything turns out fine. Such an honest conclusion.
	My 12th Favorite Film directed by Amy Heckerling released in 1995 watched by me on September 04, 2008 High school films are in my top three favorite genres, and this is my pick for the all-time best in that class. A film that is not only non-stop fun but so perfectly captures 90’s culture that it becomes important. Silverstone is also flawless.
	My 13th Favorite Film directed by Stanley Kubrick released in 1968 watched by me on May 03, 2016 This isn’t a film that I can watch endlessly, which is why it’s not at the top of my list. Nonetheless, it is the single best overall film I’ve ever seen; the apex of humankind’s cinematic achievement. Yeah.
	My 14th Favorite Film directed by David Fincher released in 1999 watched by me on September 04, 2008 The clarity and fidelity of this film’s point of view is intoxicating. This film knows exactly what it wants to say and how best to say it so that you’ll give a shit. Best of all, its message is both smart and novel. Remember: “You’re not your fucking khakis.”
	My 15th Favorite Film directed by Sam Mendes released in 1999 watched by me on September 04, 2008 A film that so perfectly captures the sickness that often accompanies the suburban American experience. I care about everyone in this story, and that feels wonderful. Best scene: When Lester’s life is flashing in front of him, and he focuses above all on his daughter’s face: “…and Jane, and Jane, and Jane…” I imagine my life’s flashback will look the same with my kids.
	My 16th Favorite Film directed by Lena Dunham released in 2010 watched by me on August 13, 2012 Lena Dunham’s point of view is fascinating, and this film provides the opportunity to swim around her head for two hours. The choices Dunham makes directing this film are utterly unique and at times brave. This is my all-time favorite directorial debut.
	My 17th Favorite Film directed by Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky released in 2012 watched by me on June 22, 2012 I love watching passionate and eccentric people navigate interesting sub-cultures. This documentary perfectly captures what it means to sacrifice almost everything you have to create something amazing, and how doing can be so worth it. This film is towards the top of my “times watched” list, as I consumed it basically everyday for a couple of months in 2012.
	My 18th Favorite Film directed by Terry Zwigoff released in 2001 watched by me on September 04, 2008 Real magic exists in the summer between high school and college, and this is the film that captures that moment. Birch and Johansson deliver quiet and honest performances, and Buscemi is brilliantly Buscemi. It’s impossible to capture the mood of an alternative comic book, but somehow not for Zwigoff.
	My 19th Favorite Film directed by Larry Clark released in 2001 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 20th Favorite Film directed by Ondi Timoner released in 2004 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 21st Favorite Film directed by Jake Clennell released in 2006 watched by me on November 26, 2009 A deeply engrossing documentary about a Japanese subculture you'd never believe actually existed. This film is a perfect example of not only how weird and complex human problems are, but also how even weirder are the solutions that we construct.
	My 22nd Favorite Film directed by David O. Russell released in 2004 watched by me on September 04, 2008 An entirely unique -- at times esoteric -- amalgamation of Zen Buddhism ideals with the struggles of every day modern life. One of the funnier films I've ever seen. Best quote: "How am I not myself?"
	My 23rd Favorite Film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci released in 2003 watched by me on September 04, 2008 A story of youth, family, passion, and defiance set in Paris amid turbulent political times. I distinctly remember how I felt after finishing this film: disturbed, buzzing, and wholly alive -- only great movies can make you feel like this.
	My 24th Favorite Film directed by Richard Linklater released in 1993 watched by me on April 23, 2009 Perhaps the most immersive film experience I've ever had -- I loved loved loved living in this world. Most certainly the best 24-hour storyline I've ever seen; undoubtedly the best hang-out movie of all-time.
	My 25th Favorite Film directed by Sydney Pollack released in 1995 watched by me on September 04, 2008 Oh, how I adore this movie. Considered by most a flop, I fell in love with it: the story, Julia Ormond, and above all the lifestyle of its characters. My favorite quote: “Sabrina fair, listen where thou art sitting under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, in twisted braids of lilies knitting the loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.”
	My 26th Favorite Film directed by George P. Cosmatos released in 1993 watched by me on September 04, 2008 This is one of those films that played repeatedly on HBO in the 90s, resulting in me having seen it countless time. A deeply entertaining movie with truly memorable performances. And how can I pick my favorite “Tombstone” quote — there’s just so many to choose from. I guess I’ll go with the most obvious: “I’m your huckleberry.”
	My 27th Favorite Film directed by John Dahl released in 1998 watched by me on September 04, 2008 This film presents such a wonderfully insulated and fully realized world. Everyone in the story is tragically interesting, the result of having over-developed a highly specific skill to the exclusion of others. I left this film fantasizing about one day becoming Mike McDermott, making a modest living under dim lights and surrounded by cigarette smoke in casinos and backrooms.
	My 28th Favorite Film directed by George Miller released in 1992 watched by me on September 04, 2008 This is one of those films that has just always been a part of my life — I can't remember the first time I saw it, but I was very young. For some reason, I unintentionally rewatch this film every decade or so — it just somehow happens. As such, this film is just a part of my consciousness. It's a beautifully crafted, deeply heartfelt story that I will always adore.
	My 29th Favorite Film directed by Nicholas Hytner released in 1998 watched by me on September 04, 2008 This a horribly underappreciated, almost entirely forgotten gem — in fact, I've never met another person that has heard of this film. And that's a shame, as it's such an effortlessly fun and honest movie with wonderful performances from Rudd and Aniston. Best quote (from Alan Alda when his character isn't feeling well): "Fan me with The New Yorker."
	My 30th Favorite Film directed by Steve McQueen released in 2011 watched by me on December 18, 2011 Brutally honest and profoundly powerful. A genuine depiction of how addiction can grab hold of you and drag you deep into hell on Earth. Fassbender should have won the Oscar for this performance. Difficult to stomach in parts but never short of fascinating, this is one of the most viscerally memorable films I’ve ever seen.
	My 31st Favorite Film directed by Francois Truffaut released in 1959 watched by me on September 04, 2008 I found this film by reading the late and great Roger Ebert's book "The Great Movies." I was heart-broken by the movie — small, simple, slow, and above all singularly obsessed with being truthful to its protagonist. The fact that it was released in 1959 is staggering.
	My 32nd Favorite Film directed by Penelope Spheeris released in 1992 watched by me on September 04, 2008 In 1993, my dad’s job moved us to Yemen for six months. Knowing that Yemen didn’t really have television or movie theatres, we stocked up on VHS tapes before we left the US – we probably bought over 100! When we arrived in Yemen, their Customs Department individually reviewed each VHS, and decided that all but about 5 were “inappropriate” to bring into the country. One of the five, thank God, was “Wayne’s World.” As a result, my brother and I quite literally watched this film every day, sometimes twice in a day. This movie will always hold a special place in my heart -- I can quote almost every scene, word-for-word.
	My 33rd Favorite Film directed by Hayao Miyazaki released in 2001 watched by me on September 04, 2008 No other film has transported me so completely out of the real world into its world as deeply as this one. I’ll never forget the scene when our heroes are riding the subway – it felt like I was right there with them. This is why I watch movies – to temporarily leave my world and experience another reality. Miyazaki is a master.
	My 34th Favorite Film directed by Cameron Crowe released in 2000 watched by me on September 04, 2008 I loved getting to experience this journey with Patrick Fugit’s character – it was so fun to be along for the ride as he went from high school student to on tour with a famous band writing for Rolling Stone. This film feels made for me, as that’s a journey that is so much one that I wish I could have had. The performances and music are also wonderful. Best scene: When they are on the bus and singing “Tiny Dancer.”
	My 35th Favorite Film directed by Gus Van Sant released in 1997 watched by me on September 04, 2008 The first time I saw this film I spent the whole time arguing with my girlfriend in the theatre (about something I’ve long forgotten). Despite my deeply split attention, even then I knew that this was a great film (which has since been confirmed during my subsequent dozen or so viewings). I love the simplicity of the story, the seemingly effortless yet wonderful performances, and how much Sant allows the city of Boston to become a major character. “My boy’s wicked smaaart.”
	My 36th Favorite Film directed by John Cameron Mitchell released in 2001 watched by me on December 24, 2008 Genius shines through, no matter how obscure, strange, or narrow the offering. Hedwig's story and songs are like nothing I've ever seen before -- I knew immediately Mitchell's film was special. For some reason, the quote I remember most is: "You don't put a bra in a dryer! It warps!"
	My 37th Favorite Film directed by Richard Kelly released in 2001 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 38th Favorite Film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson released in 2002 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 39th Favorite Film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson released in 1997 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 40th Favorite Film directed by Andrew Jarecki released in 2003 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 41st Favorite Film directed by Noah Baumbach released in 2005 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 42nd Favorite Film directed by Steven Spielberg released in 2001 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 43rd Favorite Film directed by Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim released in 2001 watched by me on September 04, 2008 An excellent pure direct cinema documentary — these filmmakers were at the perfect place at the perfect time and they were smart and humble enough to shut up and just record. The film tells a fascinating story about life right before the dot com bust from the point of view of a hot startup run by smart but naive protagonists.
	My 44th Favorite Film directed by Burr Steers released in 2002 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 45th Favorite Film directed by Jonathan Demme released in 2008 watched by me on December 13, 2008
	My 46th Favorite Film directed by Alexandra Cassavetes released in 2004 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 47th Favorite Film directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen released in 2009 watched by me on October 17, 2009
	My 48th Favorite Film directed by Greg Mottola released in 2009 watched by me on April 05, 2009
	My 49th Favorite Film directed by Michael Rapaport released in 2011 watched by me on July 09, 2011
	My 50th Favorite Film directed by Richard Press released in 2010 watched by me on June 23, 2012
	My 51st Favorite Film directed by David Gelb released in 2011 watched by me on August 05, 2012
	My 52nd Favorite Film directed by Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky released in 1996 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 53rd Favorite Film directed by Greg Mottola released in 2007 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 54th Favorite Film directed by D.A. Pennebaker released in 1967 watched by me on November 18, 2009
	My 55th Favorite Film directed by Martin Scorsese released in 1995 watched by me on September 04, 2008
	My 56th Favorite Film directed by Alex Gibney released in 1999 watched by me on September 04, 2008

The Honorable Mentions

Since my Film Cannon is strictly limited to one-hundred titles, a lot of movies I love love love can't make the cut. To honor these films, I maintain a list of Honorable Mentions. Each of these is a film that I've seen many times and has brought me significant joy. Listed in alphabetical order.

Film	Director(s)	Release Year	Date Watched
Mallrats	Kevin Smith	1995	Sep 04, 2008
24 Hour Party People	Michael Winterbottom	2002	May 03, 2016
Father of the Bride	Charles Shyer	1991	Sep 04, 2008
Manhattan	Woody Allen	1979	Sep 04, 2008
Fear	James Foley	1996	Sep 04, 2008
To Kill a Mockingbird	Robert Mulligan	1962	Sep 04, 2008
Top Gun	Tony Scott	1986	Sep 04, 2008
Bye Bye, Love	Sam Weisman	1995	Sep 04, 2008
Traffic	Steven Soderbergh	2000	Sep 04, 2008
Exit Through the Gift Shop	Banksy	2010	May 08, 2010
Triplets of Belleville	Sylvain Chomet	2003	Sep 04, 2008
True Lies	James Cameron	1994	Sep 04, 2008
Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick	1975	Sep 04, 2008
Friday	F. Gary Gray	1995	Sep 04, 2008
Welcome to the Dollhouse	Todd Solondz	1995	Sep 04, 2008
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	Robert Zemeckis	1988	Sep 04, 2008
Wonder Boys	Curtis Hanson	2000	Sep 04, 2008
Moulin Rouge!	Baz Luhrmann	2001	Sep 04, 2008
My Father the Hero	Steve Miner	1994	Sep 04, 2008
Call Me by Your Name	Luca Guadagnino	2017	May 21, 2018
Full Frontal	Steven Soderbergh	2002	Sep 04, 2008
Being John Malkovich	Spike Jonze	1999	Sep 04, 2008
Comedian	Christian Charles	2002	Sep 04, 2008
Natural Born Killers	Oliver Stone	1994	Sep 04, 2008
Bend it Like Beckham	Gurinder Chadha	2002	Sep 04, 2008
Gosford Park	Robert Altman	2001	Sep 04, 2008
Cruel Intentions	Roger Kumble	1999	Sep 04, 2008
Once Upon a Time in America	Sergio Leone	1984	Sep 04, 2008
Roma	Alfonso Cuaron	2018	Dec 21, 2018
One Fine Day	Michael Hoffman	1996	Sep 04, 2008
One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman	1961	Sep 04, 2008
Point Break	Kathryn Bigelow	1991	Sep 04, 2008
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul	Rainer Werner Fassbinder	1974	Feb 12, 2009
Pulp Fiction	Quentin Tarantino	1994	Sep 04, 2008
Annie Hall	Woody Allen	1977	Sep 04, 2008
Rebel Without a Cause	Nicholas Ray	1955	Sep 04, 2008
All This Panic	Jenny Gage	2017	Jun 21, 2017
He Got Game	Spike Lee	1998	Sep 04, 2008
Romeo + Juliet	Baz Luhrmann	1996	Sep 04, 2008
Sex, Lies and Videotape	Steven Soderbergh	1989	Sep 04, 2008
Auto Focus	Paul Schrader	2002	Sep 04, 2008
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Trey Parker	1999	Sep 04, 2008
Spellbound	Jeffrey Blitz	2002	Sep 04, 2008
Eagle vs Shark	Taika Cohen	2007	Sep 04, 2008
The Asphalt Jungle	John Huston	1950	Sep 04, 2008
The Basketball Diaries	Scott Kalvert	1995	Sep 04, 2008
Jackie Brown	Quentin Tarantino	1997	Sep 04, 2008
The Blair Witch Project	Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez	1999	Sep 04, 2008
Zodiac	David Fincher	2007	Sep 04, 2008
Se7en	David Fincher	1995	Sep 04, 2008
Boiler Room	Ben Younger	2000	Sep 04, 2008
Empire Records	Allan Moyle	1995	Sep 04, 2008
Eyes Wide Shut	Stanley Kubrick	1999	Sep 04, 2008
Singin' in the Rain	Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly	1952	Sep 04, 2008
Psycho	Alfred Hitchcock	1960	Apr 17, 2009
Kill Bill: Volume 1	Quentin Tarantino	2003	Sep 04, 2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona	Woody Allen	2008	Apr 26, 2009
The Cell	Tarsem Singh	2000	Sep 04, 2008
Kill Bill: Volume 2	Quentin Tarantino	2004	Sep 04, 2008
The Craft	Andrew Fleming	1996	Sep 04, 2008
American History X	Tony Kaye	1998	Sep 04, 2008
The Exorcist	William Friedkin	1973	Sep 04, 2008
The Game	David Fincher	1997	Sep 04, 2008
The Good Girl	Miguel Arteta	2002	Sep 04, 2008
The Kid Stays in the Picture	Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen	2002	Sep 04, 2008
Lolita	Stanley Kubrick	1962	Sep 04, 2008
The Original Kings of Comedy	Spike Lee	2000	Sep 04, 2008
The Royal Tenenbaums	Wes Anderson	2001	Sep 04, 2008
Inglourious Basterds	Quentin Tarantino	2009	Aug 22, 2009
The Shining	Stanley Kubrick	1980	Sep 04, 2008
Badlands	Terrence Malick	1973	Sep 04, 2008
A Clockwork Orange	Stanley Kubrick	1971	Sep 04, 2008
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory	Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky	2011	Oct 18, 2012
Liberal Arts	Josh Radnor	2012	Oct 20, 2012
Argo	Ben Affleck	2012	Oct 28, 2012
Wreck-It Ralph	Rich Moore	2012	Nov 03, 2012
Skyfall	Sam Mendes	2012	Nov 09, 2012
This is 40	Judd Apatow	2012	Jan 01, 2013
Zero Dark Thirty	Kathryn Bigelow	2012	Jan 11, 2013
Searching for Sugar Man	Malik Bendjelloul	2012	Feb 28, 2013
Room 237	Rodney Ascher	2012	Mar 01, 2013
The Secret Lives of Dentists	Alan Rudolph	2002	Mar 15, 2013
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present	Matthew Akers, Jeff Dupre	2012	May 18, 2013
Beautiful Girls	Ted Demme	1996	May 27, 2013
Frances Ha	Noah Baumbach	2013	Jun 08, 2013
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks	Alex Gibney	2013	Jun 16, 2013
The Bling Ring	Sofia Coppola	2013	Jun 29, 2013
The Way Way Back	Nat Faxon, Jim Rash	2013	Jul 21, 2013
Capitan Phillips	Paul Greengrass	2013	Nov 16, 2013
Her	Spike Jonze	2013	Jan 12, 2014
The Wolf of Wall Street	Martin Scorsese	2013	Jan 12, 2014
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief	Alex Gibney	2015	Apr 18, 2015
Locke	Steven Knight	2013	May 14, 2014
Chef	Jon Favreau	2014	May 25, 2014
The One I Love	Charlie McDowell	2014	Feb 06, 2015
Whiplash	Damien Chazelle	2014	Mar 02, 2015
Boyhood	Richard Linklater	2014	Feb 23, 2015
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve	Jim Bruce	2013	Feb 16, 2015
Ballet 422	Jody Lee Lipes	2014	Jun 21, 2015
Inside Out	Pete Docter	2015	Jul 05, 2015
The End of the Tour	James Ponsoldt	2015	Aug 14, 2015
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz	Brian Knappenberger	2014	Aug 24, 2015
What We Do in the Shadows	Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi	2015	Aug 25, 2015
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine	Alex Gibney	2015	Sep 12, 2015
The Overnight	Patrick Brice	2015	Sep 12, 2015
Amy	Asif Kapadia	2015	Nov 01, 2015
The Intern	Nancy Meyers	2015	Jan 01, 2016
The Big Short	Adam McKay	2015	Mar 26, 2016
The Revenant	Alejandro GonzÃ¡lez IÃ±Ã¡rritu	2016	Apr 03, 2016
Spotlight	Tom McCarthy	2016	Apr 18, 2016
Brooklyn	John Crowley	2015	Apr 18, 2016
The First Monday in May	Andrew Rossi	2016	May 07, 2016
Weiner	Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg	2016	Nov 24, 2016
Team Foxcatcher	Jon Greenhalgh	2016	Mar 26, 2017
Foxcatcher	Bennett Miller	2015	Mar 26, 2017
The Edge of Seventeen	Kelly Fremon Craig	2016	Sep 09, 2017
The Big Sick	Michael Showalter	2017	Sep 21, 2017
Carol	Todd Haynes	2015	Oct 01, 2017
Rocco	Thierry Demaiziere, Alban Teurlai	2016	Nov 18, 2017
Mother!	Darren Aronofsky	2017	Dec 24, 2017
Norman	Joseph Cedar	2016	Jan 06, 2018
Gilbert	Neil Berkeley	2017	Dec 30, 2017
Eden	Mia Hansen-Love	2014	Feb 01, 2018
Dina	Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles	2017	Jan 11, 2018
The Wolfpack	Crystal Moselle	2015	Jan 15, 2018
Lady Bird	Greta Gerwig	2017	Mar 17, 2018
Phantom Thread	Paul Thomas Anderson	2017	Mar 20, 2018
Eighth Grade	Bo Burnham	2018	Oct 20, 2018
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan	Linda Saffire, Adam Schlesinger	2016	Nov 07, 2018
Wildlife	Paul Dano	2018	Nov 18, 2018
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Tom Shadyac	1994	Sep 04, 2008
All About Eve	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	1950	Sep 04, 2008
Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee	2005	Sep 04, 2008
The Handmaiden	Chan-wook Park	2016	Dec 25, 2018
Filmworker	Tony Zierra	2017	Dec 09, 2018
The Favourite	Yorgos Lanthimos	2018	Jan 13, 2019
Shirkers	Sandi Tan	2018	Jan 21, 2019
Fyre	Chris Smith	2019	Jan 31, 2019
Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Marielle Heller	2018	Feb 09, 2019
Leaving Neverland	Dan Reed	2019	Mar 09, 2019
Dogtooth	Yorgos Lanthimos	2009	Apr 15, 2019
I Am a Sex Addict	Caveh Zahedi	2005	Sep 04, 2008
Scarface	Brian De Palma	1983	Sep 04, 2008
Secretary	Steven Shainberg	2002	Sep 04, 2008
Son in Law	Steve Rash	1993	Sep 04, 2008
Strangers with Candy	Paul Dinello	2005	Sep 04, 2008
The Birdcage	Mike Nichols	1996	Sep 04, 2008
American Splendor	Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini	2003	Sep 04, 2008
Control	Anton Corbijn	2007	Sep 04, 2008
Billy the Kid	Jennifer Venditti	2007	Nov 10, 2008
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters	Seth Gordon	2007	Dec 10, 2008
Coraline	Henry Selick	2009	Mar 01, 2009
Kicking and Screaming	Noah Baumbach	1995	Apr 20, 2009
Tyson	James Toback	2008	May 10, 2009
The Girlfriend Experience	Steven Soderbergh	2009	May 23, 2009
The Hangover	Todd Phillips	2009	Jun 07, 2009
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	Sergio Leone	1966	Jul 06, 2009
Bruno	Larry Charles	2009	Jul 11, 2009
The Godfather Part II	Francis Ford Coppola	1974	Jul 22, 2009
(500) Days of Summer	Marc Webb	2009	Jul 25, 2009
The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow	2009	Jul 26, 2009
Funny People	Judd Apatow	2009	Aug 01, 2009
Paper Heart	Nicholas Jasenovec	2009	Aug 08, 2009
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea	Hayao Miyazaki	2009	Aug 15, 2009
Hannah and Her Sisters	Woody Allen	1986	Aug 27, 2009
Anything Else	Woody Allen	2003	Sep 07, 2009
Where the Wild Things Are	Spike Jonze	2009	Oct 16, 2009
An Education	Lone Scherfig	2009	Oct 30, 2009
Glengarry Glen Ross	James Foley	1992	Nov 13, 2009
Swingers	Doug Liman	1996	Nov 23, 2009
Rosemary's Baby	Roman Polanski	1968	Dec 23, 2009
The Young Victoria	Jean-Marc Vallee	2009	Mar 18, 2010
Greenberg	Noah Baumbach	2010	Mar 29, 2010
The Art of the Steal	Don Argott	2009	Mar 30, 2010
Julie & Julia	Nora Ephron	2009	Apr 13, 2010
Please Give	Nicole Holofcener	2010	Jun 04, 2010
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work	Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg	2010	Jul 03, 2010
Toy Story 3	Lee Unkrich	2010	Jul 03, 2010
Duck Season	Fernando Eimbcke	2004	Jul 05, 2010
Cyrus	Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass	2010	Jul 10, 2010
The Kids are All Right	Lisa Cholodenko	2010	Jul 17, 2010
Kisses	Lance Daly	2010	Jul 31, 2010
Before Sunrise	Richard Linklater	1995	Aug 02, 2010
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky	Jan Kounen	2010	Aug 02, 2010
Little Children	Todd Field	2006	Aug 11, 2010
The American	Anton Corbijn	2010	Sep 04, 2010
The Social Network	David Fincher	2010	Oct 02, 2010
Black Swan	Darren Aronofsky	2010	Jan 02, 2011
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer	Alex Gibney	2010	Feb 25, 2011
The Puffy Chair	Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass	2005	Apr 04, 2011
Man in the Moon	Robert Mulligan	1991	Jul 04, 2011
Crazy, Stupid, Love	Glenn Ficarra, John Requa	2011	Jul 30, 2011
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop	Roman Flender	2011	Aug 16, 2011
Moneyball	Bennett Miller	2011	Oct 01, 2011
Young Adult	Jason Reitman	2011	Dec 17, 2011
Like Crazy	Drake Doremus	2011	Jan 22, 2012
Senna	Asif Kapadia	2010	Mar 12, 2012
Melancholia	Lars von Trier	2011	Mar 29, 2012
Drive	Nicolas Winding Refn	2011	May 12, 2012
Martha Marcy May Marlene	Sean Durkin	2011	Jun 04, 2012
Margin Call	J.C. Chandor	2011	Jun 05, 2012
Celeste and Jesse Forever	Lee Toland Krieger	2012	Aug 25, 2012
Side by Side	Christopher Kenneally	2012	Aug 30, 2012
Puppet	David Soll	2010	Sep 03, 2012
Ruby Sparks	Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris	2012	Sep 14, 2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky	2012	Sep 23, 2012
Arbitrage	Nicholas Jarecki	2012	Sep 26, 2012
Blackfish	Gabriela Cowperthwaite	2013	Nov 12, 2013
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story	Dave LaMattina, Chad N. Walker	2014	May 31, 2015
Steve Jobs	Danny Boyle	2015	Oct 31, 2015
Mistress America	Noah Baumbach	2015	Nov 29, 2015
The Blackcoat's Daughter	Oz Perkins	2017	Jun 25, 2017
Hell or High Water	David Mackenzie	2016	Jun 25, 2017
A Most Violent Year	J.C. Chandor	2014	Jan 20, 2018
Mid90s	Jonah Hill	2018	Jan 01, 2019
Free Solo	Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi	2018	Mar 05, 2019
The Irishman	Martin Scorsese	2019	Oct 24, 2020
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story	Ron Cicero, Kimo Easterwood	2020	Sep 19, 2020
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood	Quentin Tarantino	2019	Jun 23, 2020
American Factory	Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert	2019	Aug 15, 2020
Welcome to Leith	Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K. Walker	2015	Aug 18, 2020
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film	Ric Burns	2006	Aug 22, 2020
Finding Vivian Maier	Charlie Siskel, John Maloof	2014	Aug 22, 2020
Beastie Boys Story	Spike Jonze	2020	Aug 30, 2020
Uncut Gems	Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie	2019	Oct 24, 2020
Palm Springs	Max Barbakow	2020	Oct 28, 2020
Midsommar	Ari Aster	2019	Dec 06, 2020
The Vast of Night	Andrew Patterson	2020	Dec 28, 2020
Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Céline Sciamma	2019	Jan 03, 2021
The Lost Leonardo	Andreas Koefoed	2021	Jul 13, 2022
The Power of the Dog	Jane Campion	2021	Aug 13, 2022
Dune	Denis Villeneuve	2021	Aug 21, 2022
Shiva Baby	Emma Seligman	2021	Aug 26, 2022
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	Dean Fleischer-Camp	2022	Sep 06, 2022
The Hateful Eight	Quentin Tarantino	2015	Sep 16, 2022
Bros	Nicholas Stoller	2022	Nov 01, 2022
Aladdin	Ron Clements, John Musker	1992	Sep 04, 2008
Ali	Michael Mann	2001	Sep 04, 2008
Alien	Ridley Scott	1979	Sep 04, 2008
Amadeus	Milos Forman	1984	Sep 04, 2008
American Movie: The Making of Northwestern	Chris Smith	1999	Sep 04, 2008
American Graffiti	George Lucas	1973	Sep 04, 2008
Back to the Future	Robert Zemeckis	1985	Sep 04, 2008
Best in Show	Christopher Guest	2000	Sep 04, 2008
Billy Madison	Tamra Davis	1995	Sep 04, 2008
Blue Velvet	David Lynch	1986	Sep 04, 2008
Braveheart	Mel Gibson	1995	Sep 04, 2008
Breathless	Jean-Luc Godard	1960	Sep 04, 2008
Citizen Kane	Orson Welles	1941	Sep 04, 2008
Closer	Mike Nichols	2004	Sep 04, 2008
Coming to America	John Landis	1988	Sep 04, 2008
Day for Night	Francois Truffaut	1973	Sep 04, 2008
Deep Water	Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell	2006	Sep 04, 2008
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Paris Barclay	1996	Sep 04, 2008
Eddie Murphy Raw	Robert Townsend	1987	Sep 04, 2008
Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Amy Heckerling	1982	Sep 04, 2008
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control	Errol Morris	1997	Sep 04, 2008
Ferris Bueller's Day Off	John Hughes	1986	Sep 04, 2008
For Love or Money	Barry Sonnenfeld	1993	Sep 04, 2008
Full Metal Jacket	Stanley Kubrick	1987	Sep 04, 2008
Girl with a Pearl Earring	Peter Webber	2003	Sep 04, 2008
Goodfellas	Martin Scorsese	1990	Sep 04, 2008
Grizzly Man	Werner Herzog	2005	Sep 04, 2008
Groundhog Day	Harold Ramis	1993	Sep 04, 2008
Halloween	John Carpenter	1978	Sep 04, 2008
High Fidelity	Stephen Frears	2000	Sep 04, 2008
Into the Wild	Sean Penn	2007	Sep 04, 2008
Junebug	Phil Morrison	2005	Sep 04, 2008
Juno	Jason Reitman	2007	Sep 04, 2008
Man on Fire	Tony Scott	2004	Sep 04, 2008
Knocked Up	Judd Apatow	2007	Sep 04, 2008
LoudQuietLoud: A Film About The Pixies	Steven Cantor, Matthew Galkin	2006	Sep 04, 2008
Man on the Moon	Milos Forman	1999	Sep 04, 2008
Marie Antoinette	Sofia Coppola	2006	Sep 04, 2008
Me and You and Everyone We Know	Miranda July	2005	Sep 04, 2008
Mean Girls	Mark Waters	2004	Sep 04, 2008
Midnight Cowboy	John Schlesinger	1969	Sep 04, 2008
Napoleon Dynamite	Jared Hess	2004	Sep 04, 2008
Narc	Joe Carnahan	2002	Sep 04, 2008
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	Jeremiah S. Chechik	1989	Sep 04, 2008
Not Another Teen Movie	Joel Gallen	2001	Sep 04, 2008
O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Joel Coen	2000	Sep 04, 2008
Office Space	Mike Judge	1999	Sep 04, 2008
Pollock	Ed Harris	2000	Sep 04, 2008
Quills	Philip Kaufman	2000	Sep 04, 2008
Reservoir Dogs	Quentin Tarantino	1992	Sep 04, 2008
Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg	1998	Sep 04, 2008
Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg	1993	Sep 04, 2008
Scream	Wes Craven	1996	Sep 04, 2008
Sherrybaby	Laurie Collyer	2006	Sep 04, 2008
Shrek 2	Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon	2004	Sep 04, 2008
Sin City	Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino	2005	Sep 04, 2008
Tarnation	Jonathan Caouette	2003	Sep 04, 2008
The Comedians of Comedy	Michael Blieden	2005	Sep 04, 2008
The Devil Wears Prada	David Frankel	2006	Sep 04, 2008
The King of Comedy	Martin Scorsese	1982	Sep 04, 2008
The Siege	Edward Zwick	1998	Sep 04, 2008
The Wizard of Oz	Victor Fleming	1939	Sep 04, 2008
The Woodsman	Nicole Kassell	2004	Sep 04, 2008
There's Something About Mary	Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly	1998	Sep 04, 2008
Thirteen	Catherine Hardwicke	2003	Sep 04, 2008
Toy Story	John Lasseter	1995	Sep 04, 2008
Walking and Talking	Nicole Holofcener	1996	Sep 04, 2008
WALL-E	Andrew Stanton	2008	Sep 04, 2008
Take Shelter	Jeff Nichols	2011	Sep 26, 2012
The Cabin in the Woods	Drew Goddard	2011	Sep 27, 2012
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters	Adam Cornelius	2011	Oct 09, 2012

And Every Other Film I've Ever Seen

Not every film is special; in fact, most aren't. Listed below is every film I've ever seen that falls short of being in either my Film Cannon or my Honorable Mentions list. Listed in chronological order, with most recently watched films coming first.