Full list:
Frances Ha 395 15Gravity 370 16Inside Llewyn Davis 340 14The Act of Killing 311 10Spring Breakers 302 11Before Midnight 257 11Enough Said 230 9The Wolf of Wall Street 219 812 Years a Slave 211 9Leviathan 211 8Blue is the Warmest Color 203 9Upstream color 203 10Room 237 194 6A Field in England 177 6Computer Chess 171 8Beyond the Hills 169 7Post Tenebras Lux 163 6Her 152 7Museum Hours 150 6All is Lost 149 7Bastards 143 7Mud 140 7To the Wonder 127 5American Hustle 122 7Nebraska 120 5Captain Phillips 112 5A Touch of Sin 109 4This is Martin Bonner 109 5Behind the Candelabra 108 6Gimme the Loot 107 3Like Someone in Love 105 4Something in the Air 104 4Pacific Rim 95 4Stoker 95 4An Oversimplification of Her Beauty 93 4Lore 88 4Berberian Sound Studio 86 5The Great Beauty 86 4Blancanieves 81 3Hors Satan 80 2Only God Forgives 79 4The Past 77 4Camille Claudel 1915 72 2Side Effects 71 5In the House 70 4The Selfish Giant 66 3The Missing Picture 65 3The Hunt 63 3The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 62 3Faust 57 3The Heat 56 2Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa 54 4The Place Beyond the Pines 53 3After Tiller 51 2The Last Time I Saw Macao 51 2At Berkeley 49 256 Up 48 2Our Nixon 48 2Le Week-End 47 2Prince Avalanche 46 2Frozen 45 2Iron Man 3 44 2What Maisie Knew 43 3The Grandmaster 42 2Concussion 41 2Closed Curtain 40 1Drug War 40 2Pavilion 40 1The Unspeakable Act 40 1Sunshine on Leith 39 2The Lone Ranger 39 3The Square 39 2I Am Divine 38 2Nothing Can Hurt Me 36 1Stranger by the Lake 36 1The Gardener 36 1Til Madness Do Us Part 36 120 Feet from Stardom 35 2Sightseers 35 2The World's End 34 2Cutie and the Boxer 33 2Django Unchained 33 1Harmony Lessons 33 1In a World 33 2Philomena 33 2Prisoners 33 1Stories We Tell 33 1This is the End 33 1Fruitvale Station 32 2Laurence Anyways 31 2Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin 30 1Philip Roth: Umasked 30 1The Patience Stone 30 1Good Vibrations 29 2Lincoln 28 1Seduced and Abandoned 28 1The Bling Ring 28 2The Counselor 28 1From Up on Poppy Hill 26 2Gloria 26 1Let the Fire Burn 26 1Much Ado About Nothing 26 1The Canyons 26 1Is The Man Who is Tall Happy? 25 1Night 25 1No 25 1The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 25 1Two Guns 25 1What Richard Did 25 1I Wish 24 1It's a Disaster 24 8Magic Magic 24 1Simon Killer 24 1The Spectacular Now 24 1The Stuart Hall Project 24 1Thor: The Dark World 24 1Good Ol' Freda 23 1Pain and Gain 23 1Portrait of Jason 22 1The Paperboy 22 1About Time 21 1At Any Price 21 1Everybody Street 21 1Fill the Void 21 1Jeune & Jolie 21 1Manakamana 21 1Passion 21 1Cousin Jules 20 1Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia 20 1Lone Survivor 20 1Best Kept Secret 19 1Blue Jasmine 18 1Dallas Buyer's Club 18 1Ginger and Rosa 18 2Man of Tai Chi 18 1Mister John 18 1All the Light in the Sky 17 1The Kings of Summer 17 1Viola 17 1Hannah Arendt 16 1Short Term 12 16 1Strange Little Cat 16 1The Trials of Muhammad Ali 16 1Byzantium 15 2Continental 15 1Rush 15 1You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 15 1You're Next 15 1Bad Grandpa 14 1Greenwich Village 14 1I Used to be Darker 14 1Zero Dark Thirty 14 1Night Across the sTreet 13 1The Great Gatsby 13 1The Wolverine 13 1Happy People 12 1Wadjda 12 1C.O.G. 11 1Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's 11 1Kid Thing 10 1The Lords of Salem 10 1The Wind Rises 10 1A Band Called Death 9 1Anita 9 1History of the Eagles 8 1Top Gun 3D 8 1Fast & Furious 6 7 1I'm So Excited 7 1Olympus Has Fallen 7 1Resolution 7 1The Look of Love 7 1The Way, Way Back 7 1White House Down 7 1
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Monday, 3 March 2014 23:48 (ten years ago) link
Shit. Sent that before I could format it (or, put spaces between things). First number is pts, Second is no. of votes.
I've seen 29 of the top 40. The ones I've missed are: Berberian Sound Studio, Lore, An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty, Pacific Rim, Something In The Air, Like Someone In Love, Gimme The Loot, This Is Martin Bonner, A Touch Of Sin, Post Tenebras Lux and Room 237.
Here's my ballot:
1. the act of killing2 prince avalanche3. enough said4. blancanieves 5. computer chess6. frances ha7. what richard did8. le week-end9. spring breakers10. the great beauty11. gravity12. museum hours13. mister john14. in the house15. the place beyond the pines16. blue is the warmest colour17. the selfish giant18. in a world …19. before midnight20. only god forgives21. what maisie knew22. sunshine on leith23. all is lost
― Alba, Monday, 3 March 2014 23:54 (ten years ago) link
No other fucker voted for What Richard Did?
― Alba, Monday, 3 March 2014 23:55 (ten years ago) link
what'd he do?
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 March 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link
None of this have made it to UK cinemas? But stuff I'll look to see in 2014.
1. Closed Curtain (Panahi)2. Til Madness Do Us Part (Wang Bing)3. Harmony Lessons (Baigazin)4. The Grandmaster (Wong)7. Night (Brzezicki)11. Manakamana (Spray & Velez)16. Strange Little Cat (Zürcher)17. Drug War (To)25. Faust (Sokurov)
― xyzzzz__, 4. marts 2014 00:38 (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think some of it is avaible in VOD and stuff. Also, I think Wang Bing's West of the Tracks is showing at the AVFestival somewhere in the UK these days, or so my twitter-feed told me. Would really love to see it, Til Madness Do Us Part is the only of his I've seen.
― Frederik B, Monday, 3 March 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link
1 - Gimme the Loot2 - This is Martin Bonner3 - Mud4 - Philip Roth: Unmasked5 - Seduced and Abandoned6 - Upstream Color7 - Side Effects8- Simon Killer9 - Frances Ha10 - Beyond the Hills11 - At Any Price12 - Nebraska13 - American Hustle14 - All is Lost15 - All the Light in the Sky16 - The Wolf of Wall Street17 - What Maise Knew18 - Inside Llewyn Davis19 - Behind the Candalabra
forgot - computer chess/bastards; prob half dozen or so contenders that ive not seen
― johnny crunch, Monday, 3 March 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link
Oh, wait, that wasn't my final ballot – I re-sent it with Inside Llewyn Davis at no.13 and everything else shunted down one.
Well, that'd be a bit of a spoiler. Looks like What Richard Did never got a proper release in the US. Shame - it's a remarkable film from the guy whose next film will get rather more attention, what with it starring Michael Fassbender as Frank Sidebottom.
― Alba, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:00 (ten years ago) link
I thought about voting for it but I saw it two years ago
― Number None, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
I think I had eight or nine where I was the only vote. The only one that surprises me is Nothing Can Hurt Me. Conversely, I'm surprised that Our Nixon and I Am Divine both got a second vote. After I sent in my ballot, I remembered slocki's The Fruit Hunters, which I thought was 2012 but is listed as Jan. 4, 2013 (American release) on IMDB. I probably would have put that somewhere in the 15-20 range.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:02 (ten years ago) link
My ballot:
1. Act of Killing2. Inside Llewyn Davis3. Before Midnight4. 12 Years a Slave 5. Leviathan6. The World's End7. Drug War8. Bastards9. Museum Hours10. Beyond the Hills11. Spring Breakers12. Like Someone in Love13. To the Wonder14. Computer Chess15. Enough Said16. Wolf of Wall Street17. The Lone Ranger18. Upstream Color19. Frances Ha20. Her21. All is Lost (I forgot I voted for it!)22. The Wind Rises23. This is Martin Bonner24. The Past25. Byzantium
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:04 (ten years ago) link
What Richard Did got a VOD release last summer. I almost watched it based on your raves, Alba. But I didn't.
This won't stop me voting for We Are The Best in next year's poll. Might as well vote outside of festival years, I think.
― Alba, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
I liked What Richard did a good deal, it was probably my number 26. But ultimately I thought About Elly covered similar ground but much better.
― danzig, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:10 (ten years ago) link
Good work. Fairly chuffed, if not surprised, at Frances Ha - and not Spring Breakers - being ilx's #1 film of 2013ish.
01. A Field in England02. Stoker03. Django Unchained04. Pacific Rim05. Lincoln06. Gravity07. Lore08. Magic Magic09. Mud10. Frances Ha11. Captain Phillips12. Bastards13. Before Midnight14. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire15. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa16. Blue is the Warmest Color17. You're Next18. Zero Dark Thirty19. The Great Gatsby20. Only God Forgives21. The Lone Ranger22. Side Effects23. Laurence Anyways24. Byzantium25. Fast & Furious 6
― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:11 (ten years ago) link
I think Closed Curtain will actually get a lot of play when it's properly released and people can see it. That's why I initially went for a stricter set of rules but letting it go free and easy worked out just fine.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:11 (ten years ago) link
Also why was I the only one to vote for Stranger By the Lake?!
― danzig, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:11 (ten years ago) link
Didn't get a US release until a few weeks ago.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:14 (ten years ago) link
It only came out in the UK a couple of weeks ago too.
I'll definitely be voting for it next year.
― Alba, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:14 (ten years ago) link
Didn't get a UK release until a few weeks ago either. I've actually been sitting on a copy since December but in my rush to catch up with 2013 films I didn't watch it. It's coming to the cinema here next week so I'm hopefully gonna catch it then.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
I think that only opened here a week or two ago.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
I mean, I'd seen it in time for the year's poll, but knew that most people wouldn't be voting for it this year, so it would have seemed a wasted vote.
― Alba, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:17 (ten years ago) link
On Closed Curtain: Has it even been picked up? And do you know where I could check stuff like that?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:18 (ten years ago) link
I don't think it does yet, but I'd be shocked if it didn't have some kind of release by years end.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:22 (ten years ago) link
New Wave Films looks like it might be giving it belated distribution. This page says "Spring 2014".
http://www.newwavefilms.co.uk/view-film-detail.html?viewListing=OTU=
― Alba, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link
Cool! But that's UK, right?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:27 (ten years ago) link
Oh yes, sorry.
― Alba, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:27 (ten years ago) link
They'll also release Norte, which might be at the top of my wish-list at the moment. Hopefully at PIX14.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:29 (ten years ago) link
1 Post Tenebras Lux2 Faust3 A Field in England4 Bastards5 Computer Chess6 Berberian Sound Studio7 Lore8 Enough Said9 Inside Llewyn Davis10 Leviathan
― Cherish, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:40 (ten years ago) link
my ballot:
1. a touch of sin2. before midnight3. inside llewyn davis4. the act of killing5. spring breakers6. 12 years a slave7. frances ha8. the past9. nebraska10. to the wonder
― one way street, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 00:55 (ten years ago) link
This is my #1 and likely to stay so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtNLjGbxiJE
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 12:58 (ten years ago) link
01. Her02. Spring Breakers03. Leviathan04. Room 23705. Gravity06. Computer Chess07. The Missing Picture08. Museum Hours09. Post Tenebras Lux10. Bastards11. Passion12. Inside Llewyn Davis13. A Touch of Sin14. Before Midnight15. Viola16. Upstream Color17. The Past18. Faust19. Frances Ha20. The Act of Killing21. The Last Time I Saw Macao22. The Lords of Salem23. An Oversimplification of Her Beauty24. The World’s End25. White House Down
― Eric H., Tuesday, 4 March 2014 13:16 (ten years ago) link
That looks amazing, but I've found no way to see it yet.
This was a fun thread, Gukbe. Thanks for sticking with it. :)
― Cherish, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 13:18 (ten years ago) link
did Missing Picture run anywhere in the US in '13? I remember seeing it in Ed G's top 10, and being p sure it didn't in NYC.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2852470/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ql_dt_2
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 13:20 (ten years ago) link
I didn't see it until 2014, but I figured it was eligible for this poll. In any case, going forward, we should just add onto previous totals if the current year's points outnumber the previous year's, a la Pazz/Jop.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 4 March 2014 13:31 (ten years ago) link
have you seen 2 Guns, Eric? I notice White House Down creeping onto your list there and I think it easily outdoes that in the absurd throwback action stakes
― Number None, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 13:38 (ten years ago) link
I did. I also saw Olympus Has Fallen (which a much snobbier friend of mine championed). What can I say? Our guilty pleasures choose us, and they all probably suck.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 4 March 2014 13:40 (ten years ago) link
there seems to a surprisingly clear divide between defenders of the two stupid White House under attack movies (I went with WHD as well)
I also voted for Lone Survivor which, despite its many dodgy aspects, does contain possibly the best shootout in American cinema since Heat
― Number None, Tuesday, 4 March 2014 13:48 (ten years ago) link
Missing Picture got some festival play plus a week-long thing in LA ( and maybe NY?) just for Oscar eligibility. I think it comes out properly (though dubbed in English) this month or the next.
xposts
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
Also, Cherish, there are ~~ways~~ to see Last Time I Saw Macao
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
no, NY was only the Festival. LA shouldn't count.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 March 2014 14:09 (ten years ago) link
so clemenza is the one non-millionaire in the Western world who liked the Bergdorf Goodman documentary? I saw the trailer and wanted to call in an Al Qaeda operation.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 03:02 (ten years ago) link
i kinda hated it tbh and i only got through the first half hour
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 03:42 (ten years ago) link
caught up on a few things
Kings of Summer - this was really great, slot it in @ 5 or so
Fruitvale Station - not bad, obv going for more weight but is a fewmagnitudes less good than 'gimme the loot'
Dallas Buyers Club - eh Oscar bait
12 yrs a slave - is good, slot in somewhere in my bottom 5
― johnny crunch, Monday, March 3, 2014 6:56 PM (8 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 20 November 2014 12:48 (nine years ago) link
Hope Gukbe does this again.
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 December 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
It's coming! End of January.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Sunday, 28 December 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
Yay! post here to remind when the nominations go up?
― MAYBE HE'S NOT THE BEST THIGH SLAPPER IN THE WORLD (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 December 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
i dont think we did noms? just ballots and you were on your own m/l to judge if it met released in the year
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 28 December 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
whatever's clever. But post here when we start plz? I don't check site new answers really.
― MAYBE HE'S NOT THE BEST THIGH SLAPPER IN THE WORLD (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 December 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I'll definitely post here. Just giving everyone at least a month to catch up before we even start.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Monday, 29 December 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link