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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  1. 9 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  2. 13 new

    Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...

    1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 40 new

    Spying

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 47 new

    Mon oncle d'Amérique

    1980 — a.k.a. My American Uncle, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 49 new

    Mababangong Bangungot

    1977 — a.k.a. Perfumed Nightmare, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 71 new

    Forbidden Zone

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 78 new

    Golden Eighties

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  8. 81 new

    The King of Comedy

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  9. 85 new

    Stranger Than Paradise

    1984, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 98 new

    After Hours

    1985, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 102 new

    Lost in America

    1985, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 113 new

    Something Wild

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 121 new

    Bástyasétány hetvennégy

    1974, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 124 new

    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 136 new

    Do ma daan

    1986 — a.k.a. Peking Opera Blues, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 142 new

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 143 new

    Mystery Train

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 153 new

    Pump Up the Volume

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  19. 157 new

    Without You I'm Nothing

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 159 new

    Drowning by Numbers

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 160 new

    Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  22. 168 new

    Skrivánci na niti

    1969 — a.k.a. Larks on a String, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 172 new

    Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö

    1990 — a.k.a. The Match Factory Girl, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 182 new

    Balanta

    1992 — a.k.a. The Oak, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 186 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 189 new

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  27. 190 new

    Faust

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  28. 192 new

    Hélas pour moi

    1993 — a.k.a. Oh, Woe Is Me, in 1 top list Check
  29. 198 new

    Trois couleurs: Blanc

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: White, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 203 new

    3-4 x jûgatsu

    1990 — a.k.a. Boiling Point, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 205 new

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 206 new

    Riget

    1994 — a.k.a. The Kingdom, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 209 new

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 217 new

    Mother

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  35. 218 new

    The Cable Guy

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 219 new

    Spiklenci slasti

    1996 — a.k.a. Conspirators of Pleasure, in 1 top list Check
  37. 221 new

    Irma Vep

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 228 new

    Underground

    1995, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 235 new

    There's Something About Mary

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 237 new

    Buffalo '66

    1998, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 238 new

    Bulworth

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 240 new

    Khrustalyov, mashinu!

    1998 — a.k.a. Khrustalyov, My Car!, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 241 new

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 245 new

    Holy Smoke

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 248 new

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 257 new

    Kikujirô no natsu

    1999 — a.k.a. Kikujiro, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 268 new

    Otesánek

    2000 — a.k.a. Greedy Guts, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 277 new

    Adaptation.

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 278 new

    Hatuna Meuheret

    2001 — a.k.a. Late Marriage, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 280 new

    Ren xiao yao

    2002 — a.k.a. Unknown Pleasures, in 2 top lists Check
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