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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Céline et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies...
1974 — a.k.a. Celine and Julie Go Boating, in 11 top lists Check -
48 new
Lucifer Rising
1972, in 3 top lists Check -
51 new
India Song
1975, in 8 top lists Check -
71 new
Forbidden Zone
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
127 new
Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check -
133 new
Mémoire des apparences
1986 — a.k.a. Life Is a Dream, in 1 top list Check -
135 new
Hol volt, hol nem volt
1987 — a.k.a. A Hungarian Fairy Tale, in 1 top list Check -
186 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
206 new
Riget
1994 — a.k.a. The Kingdom, in 7 top lists Check -
211 new
Dead Man
1995, in 12 top lists Check -
247 new
Dong
1998 — a.k.a. The Hole, in 5 top lists Check -
248 new
Being John Malkovich
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
268 new
Otesánek
2000 — a.k.a. Greedy Guts, in 3 top lists Check -
270 new
Atanarjuat
2001 — a.k.a. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, in 6 top lists Check -
271 new
Russkiy kovcheg
2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check -
284 new
Angels in America
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
305 new
2046
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
308 new
Sud pralad
2004 — a.k.a. Tropical Malady, in 10 top lists Check -
313 new
La science des rêves
2006 — a.k.a. The Science of Sleep, in 2 top lists Check -
321 new
El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
349 new
Coraline
2009, in 3 top lists Check -
374 new
Loong Boonmee raleuk chat
2010 — a.k.a. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, in 13 top lists Check -
386 new
Beasts of the Southern Wild
2012, in 4 top lists Check -
391 new
Le pont du Nord
1981 — a.k.a. Le Pont du Nord, in 4 top lists Check -
417 new
Rak ti Khon Kaen
2015 — a.k.a. Cemetery of Splendor, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 7, 2022; source