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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    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 61 new

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 93 new

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    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 105 new

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    1985 — a.k.a. Angry Harvest, in 1 top list Check
  5. 108 new

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    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  6. 134 new

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    1967 — a.k.a. The Commissar, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 146 new

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    1989, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 161 new

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    1990 — a.k.a. Europa Europe, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 178 new

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    1993 — a.k.a. The Puppetmaster, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 199 new

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    1994 — a.k.a. An Unforgettable Summer, in 1 top list Check
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    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 228 new

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    1995, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 233 new

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    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 250 new

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    1999 — a.k.a. Marcel Proust's Time Regained, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 264 new

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    2001 — a.k.a. Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m., in 3 top lists Check
  16. 269 new

    La commune (Paris, 1871)

    2000 — a.k.a. La Commune (Paris, 1871), in 5 top lists Check
  17. 274 new

    L'Anglaise et le duc

    2001 — a.k.a. The Lady and the Duke, in 1 top list Check
  18. 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
  19. 320 new

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    2005 — a.k.a. Fateless, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 321 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  21. 322 new

    Letters from Iwo Jima

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 345 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
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    2009, in 18 top lists Check
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    Lebanon

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
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