We just ran through 2015 and so it's time to also update 2024! Last year seems odd, I only came up with nine movies like I even liked, and to be honest they're all pretty solid. I found myself really enjoying all these but it also really does feel like we're out of gas as a civilization. There is still a good mix
#9: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The first maybe 30 minutes are such solid world-building and ideal screenwriting. It gets a bit meandering and the plot takes a bit to engage but it's still a good time.
#8: Blink Twice
The middle twist still gets me and while there are a lot of films with this sort if theme (hell, Barbie [2023] for one), this is the most artful and satisfying.
#7: The Bikeriders
We don't get a ton of these anymore. Well-acted mid-size dramas with a mix of established and rising stars. It captured my attention throughout and was a solid ride.
#6: Furiosa
It doesn't match Fury Road (2015) but gets a lot of marks for coming close and is a whole different kind if movie, more an epic saga than a prolonged hyper-specific chase.
#5: Dune II
I still think about how much I liked this more than the first Dune. It just has so much more narrative momentum. It feels like what a modern good blockbuster could be.
#4: Nosferatu
The greatest post-nut clarity of all time. Also maybe one of the best-looking films of the past ten years.
#3: Rebel Ridge
I am still blown away by this
#2: Challengers
Yes, Challengers was dethroned! Still a tight second. This is just the sexiest movie of all time.
#1: The Brutalist
Folks seemed to rag on this for its length and Adrian Brody being an absolute putz, both of which are true, but this is an epic like you'd see in the mid-2000s or 90s, a classic immigrant story except the immigrant is a huge heroin-addicted asshole! Amd not even the biggest asshole in the film!
I find myself really enjoying the Top Four here and can see myself coming back in 2034 without much change. It's a weird year, like super concentrated, be ause these goir are so rock solid to me but I could honestly take or leave everything else.
I find myself really enjoying the Top Four here and can see myself coming back in 2034 without much change. It's a weird year, like super concentrated, be ause these goir are so rock solid to me but I could honestly take or leave everything else.
I have even less movies I like in 2025, and that could very well be more me getting older and being pulled in other directions and my interests getting more niche, but I like to think movies are just getting worse.
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