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. 4 new

    Sincerity I

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  2. 5 new

    Pause!

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 21 new

    Unerreichbar Heimatlos - Sonate auf Film

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 23 new

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 24 new

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall VII

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 25 new

    Valse Triste

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  7. 29 new

    Foregrounds

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 30 new

    Incontinence: A Diarrhetic Flow of Mismatches

    1978, in 1 top list Check
  9. 32 new

    Eureka

    1998, in 1 top list Check
  10. 35 new

    She Had Her Gun All Ready

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 36 new

    By Night with Torch and Spear

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 37 new

    Declarative Mode

    1977, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 40 new

    Spying

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 48 new

    Lucifer Rising

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 54 new

    Murder Psalm

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  16. 65 new

    So Is This

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  17. 66 new

    Untitled, Part One

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 82 new

    Huie's Predigt

    1981 — a.k.a. Huie's Sermon, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 94 new

    Standard Gauge

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 96 new

    The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 106 new

    100% no onna no ko

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 126 new

    Beauty #2

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 170 new

    Side/Walk/Shuttle

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 210 new

    The Georgetown Loop

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 231 new

    Outer and Inner Space

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 265 new

    The Heart of the World

    2000, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 372 new

    Seeking the Monkey King

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 453 new

    Lu tempu di li pisci spata

    1955 — a.k.a. The Age of Swordfish, in 0 top lists Check
  29. 454 new

    Isole di fuoco

    1955 — a.k.a. Islands of Fire, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 455 new

    Pasqua in Sicilia

    1955 — a.k.a. Easter in Sicily, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 457 new

    Contadini del mare

    1955 — a.k.a. Sea Countrymen, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 458 new

    Parabola d'oro

    1955 — a.k.a. Golden Parable, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 459 new

    Un giorno in Barbagia

    1958 — a.k.a. A Day in Barbagia, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 460 new

    Pescherecci

    1958 — a.k.a. Fishing Boats, in 0 top lists Check
  35. 462 new

    I dimenticati

    1959 — a.k.a. The Forgotten, in 0 top lists Check
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