J. Hoberman's Annual Best Films Lists
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As the other list isn't updated since 2012. I created this updated one (some missing films from old list were added too).
Notes:
- Lists since 1977
- In 1978, two lists were released (Narrative and Non-narrative ones). Both were added
- Golden Eighties aka Window Shopping, Chantal Akerman (1986) was named twice (1983 and 1992 lists). Actually, the first reference could be the film Les années 80 (1983), but I'm not sure.
- Allemagne 90 neuf zéro, Jean-Luc Godard (1991) was named twice (1992 and 1995 lists)
- Honorable mentions from multiple years weren't added
- Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel (2012) was named twice (2012 and 2013 lists)
- The Americans TV series was named twice (2014 and 2018 lists)
- #5. Mexico at Midnight: Film Noir From Mexican Cinema’s Golden Age (series at New York’s Museum of Modern Art) source: https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/1533 (from 2015 list)
- #7. Ten documentary shorts, Vittorio De Seta: source: https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/ten-documentary-shorts-by-vittorio-de-seta/ (from 2019 list)
- No list was released in 2020
Missing in IMDB:
#10. We Imitate; We Break-Up, Ericka Beckmann (1977) (from 1978 non-narrative list)
#7. Triscuits, Amy Sillman (2010) (from 2013 list) (https://vimeo.com/166613623)
#9. Continuous Variation, Manuel De Landa (2015) (from 2015 list)
#7. Aproposessexstreetmarket, Ernie Gehr (2018) (from 2021 list)
#7. Circling Essex Crossing, Ernie Gehr (2018) (from 2021 list)
#8. Paths of Fire II, Neelon Crawford (1976) (from 2021 list)
Not properly an entry:
#05. Game Six, 1986 World Series [TV sport] (from 1986 list)
#02. The Carl Stalling Project [sound recording] (from 1990 list)
#9. Panoramas of the Moving Image, Ernie Gehr (2005) (video installation) (from 2007 list)
#1. Werner Schroeter retrospective at MOMA (from 2012 list)
#4. Il Cinema Ritrovato XVI (annual festival in Bologna) (from 2012 list)
#4. Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art, Whitney Museum exhibition (multimedia projections) (from 2012 list)
#10. Clint Eastwood on YouTube (from 2012 list)
#8. “Video” column, NYTimes, by Dave Kehr (from 2013 list)
#6. The Marx Brothers TV Collection [DVD box set] (from 2014 list)
#7. Die Farbe, Sigmar Polke (Film Installation) (from 2014 list)
#10. Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact at Museum of the Moving Image, New York (memorabilia exhibition) (from 2016 list)
#5. The Kavanaugh Hearing (from 2018 list)
#5. Jordan Belson exhibit at Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (paintings exhibition) (from 2019 list)
#4. On the Royal Road: The Burgher King, Elfriede Jelinek (book) (from 2021 list)
Souces:
1977-2005: https://www.mistdriven.com/critics/hoberman.html
2006: https://www.villagevoice.com/2006/12/26/hobermans-top-10/
2007: https://www.villagevoice.com/2007/12/25/j-hobermans-top-10-films-of-2007/
2008: https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/12/31/j-hobermans-top-10-of-2008/
2009: https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/12/22/j-hobermans-favorite-films-of-2009/
2010: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/j-hobermans-top-10-movies-of-2010/Content?oid=2492695
2011-2021: https://www.yearendlists.com/list_authors/j-hoberman-e42284d6-b54b-4332-8742-e2f1f26f4273
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
13 new
Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...
1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check -
40 new
Spying
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
47 new
Mon oncle d'Amérique
1980 — a.k.a. My American Uncle, in 8 top lists Check -
49 new
Mababangong Bangungot
1977 — a.k.a. Perfumed Nightmare, in 5 top lists Check -
71 new
Forbidden Zone
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
78 new
Golden Eighties
1986, in 1 top list Check -
81 new
The King of Comedy
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
85 new
Stranger Than Paradise
1984, in 14 top lists Check -
98 new
After Hours
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
102 new
Lost in America
1985, in 5 top lists Check -
113 new
Something Wild
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
121 new
Bástyasétány hetvennégy
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
124 new
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987, in 0 top lists Check -
136 new
Do ma daan
1986 — a.k.a. Peking Opera Blues, in 5 top lists Check -
142 new
Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
143 new
Mystery Train
1989, in 2 top lists Check -
153 new
Pump Up the Volume
1990, in 1 top list Check -
157 new
Without You I'm Nothing
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
159 new
Drowning by Numbers
1988, in 0 top lists Check -
160 new
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America
1992, in 1 top list Check -
168 new
Skrivánci na niti
1969 — a.k.a. Larks on a String, in 5 top lists Check -
172 new
Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö
1990 — a.k.a. The Match Factory Girl, in 6 top lists Check -
182 new
Balanta
1992 — a.k.a. The Oak, in 2 top lists Check -
186 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
189 new
Chung Hing sam lam
1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check -
190 new
Faust
1994, in 1 top list Check -
192 new
Hélas pour moi
1993 — a.k.a. Oh, Woe Is Me, in 1 top list Check -
198 new
Trois couleurs: Blanc
1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White, in 10 top lists Check -
203 new
3-4 x jûgatsu
1990 — a.k.a. Boiling Point, in 2 top lists Check -
205 new
Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
206 new
Riget
1994 — a.k.a. The Kingdom, in 7 top lists Check -
209 new
Sátántangó
1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check -
217 new
Mother
1996, in 1 top list Check -
218 new
The Cable Guy
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
219 new
Spiklenci slasti
1996 — a.k.a. Conspirators of Pleasure, in 1 top list Check -
221 new
Irma Vep
1996, in 7 top lists Check -
228 new
Underground
1995, in 9 top lists Check -
235 new
There's Something About Mary
1998, in 11 top lists Check -
237 new
Buffalo '66
1998, in 6 top lists Check -
238 new
Bulworth
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
240 new
Khrustalyov, mashinu!
1998 — a.k.a. Khrustalyov, My Car!, in 6 top lists Check -
241 new
Topsy-Turvy
1999, in 6 top lists Check -
245 new
Holy Smoke
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
248 new
Being John Malkovich
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
257 new
Kikujirô no natsu
1999 — a.k.a. Kikujiro, in 6 top lists Check -
268 new
Otesánek
2000 — a.k.a. Greedy Guts, in 3 top lists Check -
277 new
Adaptation.
2002, in 11 top lists Check -
278 new
Hatuna Meuheret
2001 — a.k.a. Late Marriage, in 2 top lists Check -
280 new
Ren xiao yao
2002 — a.k.a. Unknown Pleasures, in 2 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 7, 2022; source