J. Hoberman's Annual Best Films Lists

J. Hoberman's Annual Best Films Lists's icon

Created by BaalMan.

Favorited 3 times, disliked 0 times, added to 0 watchlists.

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

Remove ads
  1. 32 new

    Eureka

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  2. 39 new

    Tally Brown, New York

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 61 new

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 70 new

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 79 new

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 82 new

    Huie's Predigt

    1981 — a.k.a. Huie's Sermon, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 87 new

    The Story of Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews of Lodz

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 93 new

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  9. 96 new

    The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 100 new

    Il bacio di Tosca

    1984 — a.k.a. Tosca's Kiss, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 101 new

    Chambre 666

    1982 — a.k.a. Room 666, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 104 new

    France/tour/detour/deux/enfants

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  13. 109 new

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 116 new

    Filming 'Othello'

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  15. 122 new

    Dal Polo all'Equatore

    1987 — a.k.a. From the Pole to the Equator, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 129 new

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 137 new

    Cannibal Tours

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 144 new

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 145 new

    Let's Get Lost

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 155 new

    Siddeshwari

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 162 new

    Undergångens arkitektur

    1989 — a.k.a. The Architecture of Doom, in 1 top list Check
  22. 167 new

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 181 new

    Rock Hudson's Home Movies

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 193 new

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 200 new

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 205 new

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 227 new

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Chantal Akerman par...

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 249 new

    Shivrei T'munot Yerushalayim

    1998 — a.k.a. Fragments: Jerusalem, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 264 new

    Sobibór, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures

    2001 — a.k.a. Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m., in 3 top lists Check
  30. 281 new

    Decasia

    2002, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 282 new

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 302 new

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 316 new

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 326 new

    13 Lakes

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 327 new

    Ten Skies

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  36. 332 new

    L'avocat de la terreur

    2007 — a.k.a. Terror's Advocate, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 339 new

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 351 new

    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 362 new

    L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot

    2009 — a.k.a. Inferno, in 1 top list Check
  40. 363 new

    Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu

    2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 367 new

    The Clock

    2010, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 383 new

    Leviathan

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 392 new

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  44. 393 new

    People's Park

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 394 new

    Manakamana

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  46. 408 new

    No Home Movie

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 422 new

    O.J.: Made in America

    2016, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 427 new

    Austerlitz

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 433 new

    The Vietnam War

    2017, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 453 new

    Lu tempu di li pisci spata

    1955 — a.k.a. The Age of Swordfish, in 0 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 473 movies

Last updated on Jan 7, 2022; source