This past Christmas and approaching the new year has been difficult for personal reasons. However pictured and listed below is my final Top Ten movies I watched during 2022.
10.
See How They Run
9.
Stillwater
8.
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
7.
Where the Crawdads Sing
6.
Spider-Man No Way Home
5.
The Northman
4.
The Batman
3.
Blonde
2.
Avatar: The Way of Water
1.
Elvis
Of the movies I was disappointed by this year, there was Titane, Moonfall and My Best Friend’s Exorcism.
I’ve hesitated for a while about doing a ten favourite movies of all time, as I find my list can change. However there’s always been certain titles that will always be there. So I thought I’d finally compile a list. These are not necessarily the ‘best’ movies ever made, but movies I personally enjoy watching. In reverse order of greatness…
10
Blue Velvet
Still for me the definitive David Lynch experience. Easier to follow for his style of movie but still weird, dream-like and mesmerising.
9.
American Psycho
Although I find the book overly graphic and just not as interesting, Christian Bale’s electrifying performance makes this highly re-watchable, quotable and perversely entertaining.
8.
Goodfellas
The perfect mob movie. Energetic, fascinating, shocking, and with all-round great performances. The star of the show however is Martin Scorsese’s expert direction.
7.
Dazed & Confused
The ultimate ‘comfort movie’ for me. I love watching this and chilling out to the music, the characters and the laid-back seventies vibe. A great snapshot of a time and place that’s endlessly watchable.
6.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
The ultimate action movie. Possibly the greatest sequel of all time. James Cameron’s slick direction, amazing action, stunning effects. This has it all.
5.
The Big Lebowski
My favourite Coen Brothers movie, a great chill-out movie, massively quotable, very funny with one of the greatest double acts ever put on screen.
4.
Back to the Future
So much nostalgia for this as it formed my childhood. Doesn’t seem to age, is still as fun and re-watchable as ever. Just one of the most enjoyable movies ever made with the other great double-act of Michael J Fox & Christopher Lloyd.
3.
Leon
One of the coolest thrillers ever made. A star making debut from Natalie Portman, a badass Jean Reno and Luc Besson’s super-slick direction. This also has my favourite Gary Oldman performance.
2.
Pulp Fiction
Still Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece. An ingeniously woven crime opus, great performances all round, cool music. What’s not to love?
1.
Almost Famous
Another great ‘comfort movie’ for me. That seventies vibe, a charming, funny and feel good coming-of-age drama that is just so satisfying with great performances and so many memorable moments. Love this movie.
It’s that time of year again! What with the pandemic, I feel it’s been a weird year movie release-wise and getting to the cinema has been a struggle. However I watched a total of 79 movies this year (new and old) and coming up with my ten favourite wasn’t easy.
However, the list below are the movies I enjoyed the most. A few may also be slightly older than 2021…
10.
Free Guy
9.
The Empty Man
8.
The Mitchells Vs The Machines
7.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
6.
Cruella
5.
Dune
4.
No Time To Die
3.
Raya and the Last Dragon
2.
The Father
Drum roll…
1
Last Night in Soho
There you have it. Of the movies I was disappointed by in 2021…. There was Bill & Ted Face the Music, Nomadland and Censor.
Happy New Year folks!
Craig.
Although from this list you’ll see I have seen my fair share of disturbing movies, I still haven’t seen some of those other big names like ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ or ‘Salo’, and probably never will. Yet what disturbs is subjective and a few titles here some may think are fairly lightweight. However below I count down the ten movies that have disturbed me the most.
10.
Creep
(2004, Director: Christopher Smith)
9.
Midsommar
(2019, Director: Ari Aster)
8.
Audition
(2001, Director: Takeshi Miike)
7.
Eden Lake
(2008, Director: James Watkins)
6.
Scum
(1979, Director: Alan Clark)
5.
Funny Games
(1997, Director: Michael Haneke)
4.
The House That Jack Built
(2018, Director: Lara Avon Trier)
3.
The Snowtown Murders
(2011, Director: Justin Kurzel)
2.
Martyrs
(2008, Director: Pascal Laugier)
1.
Irreversible
(2002, Director: Gaspar Noe)
There you have it. If you have the temperament for it, there’s something to recommend about each of these movies and I think their power to disturb is in their powerful, intense tones and unflinching brutality. Often this is aided by very strong performances, or raw, convincing direction. Whatever it is they all got under my skin and have stayed there.
2020 has been a very strange year, due to a global pandemic resulting in the pushing back of big names movies, closing cinemas or forcing some movies to get released on streaming platforms for a premium price. So watching movies hasn’t been as simple or as accessible as we’ve been used to. During the year I’ve found myself watching older catalogue titles on Blu-ray or focusing more on TV, gaming or doing challenges like my A-Z challenge during the summer.
However that doesn’t mean I missed out on some quality movies, and the count down that follows, showcases for me the cream of the crop. Please note these are movies i enjoyed the most during the year … but some may have been released earlier than 2020.
10
Birds of Prey
9
Knives Out
8
Tenet
7
Dark Waters
6
Midsommar
5
Parasite
4
Onward
3
Ford V Ferrari (aka Le Mans ‘66)
2
Fighting With My Family
drum roll……
1
Jo Jo Rabbit
Honourable mentions: Greyhound, Incident in a Ghostland
Well there you have it. Here’s to hoping 2021 goes a little more smoothly. Like 2020, I think we’re in for some treats as far as movies are concerned and of course I’ll try and watch and review as many as I can. Happy New Year folks!
Craig.
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