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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8 new
Novyy Vavilon
1929 — a.k.a. The New Babylon, in 4 top lists Check -
15 new
American Hot Wax
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
17 new
Violette Nozière
1978 — a.k.a. Violette, in 2 top lists Check -
31 new
L'età di Cosimo de Medici
1972 — a.k.a. The Age of the Medici, in 1 top list Check -
52 new
Czlowiek z zelaza
1981 — a.k.a. Man of Iron, in 5 top lists Check -
60 new
Reds
1981, in 9 top lists Check -
61 new
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
80 new
Danton
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
93 new
Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
95 new
Allonsanfàn
1974 — a.k.a. Allonsanfan, in 0 top lists Check -
107 new
Salvador
1986, in 7 top lists Check -
112 new
Caravaggio
1986, in 5 top lists Check -
139 new
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973, in 9 top lists Check -
161 new
Europa Europa
1990 — a.k.a. Europa Europe, in 6 top lists Check -
162 new
Undergångens arkitektur
1989 — a.k.a. The Architecture of Doom, in 1 top list Check -
195 new
Quiz Show
1994, in 2 top lists Check -
254 new
Gohatto
1999 — a.k.a. Taboo, in 2 top lists Check -
264 new
Sobibór, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures
2001 — a.k.a. Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m., in 3 top lists Check -
266 new
Zhantai
2000 — a.k.a. Platform, in 10 top lists Check -
269 new
La commune (Paris, 1871)
2000 — a.k.a. La Commune (Paris, 1871), in 5 top lists Check -
271 new
Russkiy kovcheg
2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check -
274 new
L'Anglaise et le duc
2001 — a.k.a. The Lady and the Duke, in 1 top list Check -
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 -
291 new
Notre musique
2004, in 2 top lists Check -
322 new
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006, in 5 top lists Check -
332 new
L'avocat de la terreur
2007 — a.k.a. Terror's Advocate, in 0 top lists Check -
337 new
Che: Part One
2008, in 1 top list Check -
338 new
Che: Part Two
2008, in 1 top list Check -
350 new
Solntse
2005 — a.k.a. The Sun, in 3 top lists Check -
355 new
Chi bi: Jue zhan tian xia
2009 — a.k.a. Red Cliff II, in 1 top list Check -
363 new
Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu
2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check -
377 new
Jitsuroku Rengo Sekigun: Asama sanso e no michi
2007 — a.k.a. United Red Army, in 2 top lists Check
Last updated on Jan 7, 2022; source