Our Top 10 Lists of 2005 - "Time to throw down!" (1 Viewer)

[Jack _Webster]

1. Munich


2. Crash


3. Pride and Prejudice


4. The New World



5. King Kong


6. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith


7. Serenity


8. Batman Begins


9. Cinderella Man


10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire



Just Missing the List: Brokeback Mountain, The Chronicles of Narnia, Good Night and Good Luck, Walk the Line

 

[Elijah Sullivan]

The New World
The Squid and the Whale
A History of Violence
Kingdom of Heaven
Junebug
2046
Good Night, and Good Luck
Me & You and Everyone We Know
King Kong

...at I haven't seen most of the films I want to before calling the list complete. Still... there are at least three masterpieces so far this year. Great year!

 

[Nate Anderson]

Here's my list...keep in mind I have not seen Munich, Syriana or The New World yet, so the list may change...

1. Brokeback Mountain - Hands down the best movie I saw all year. I loved it so much, the incredible performances, the beautiful story...it's so much more than just "that gay cowboy movie."

2. Chronicles of Narnia - This film blew me away. Just blew me away. I loved every minute of it. Epic filmmaking at it's best, ranks up there with Lord of the Rings for me.

3. Jarhead - Seriously impressed by this film, My brother served during the second Gulf War as a Marine, and according to him, they got it exactly right.

4. Wedding Crashers - I don't think I saw a funnier film all year. I loved every minute of it, and Vince Vaughn completely stole the show.

5. Rent - Having never seen the show, I went into the theatre not knowing what to expect. I wound up loving it, picking up the soundtrack on my way home.

6. Elizabethtown - I'm a huge Cameron Crowe fan, so I'm probably a little biased here, but I really, truely loved this film.

7. Crash - Such a powerful, moving and impressive film about race in this country was a big surprise for me.

8. King Kong - Great filmmaking. Entertainment at it's purest, with incredible performances. I felt it was a little long in places, but it's still quite impressive. A remake that may finally be better than the original...maybe.

9. Kingdom of Heaven - This film had way more depth than I expected. Can't wait to see the director's cut, which is supposed to be even better!

10. War of the Worlds - This movie scared the ever loving crap out of me. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time, even when I knew how it would turn out.

Honorable mention:

The Family Stone - Really, really dug this film. Advertised like a Meet the Parents re-tread, but had much more depth than that. I really found myself touched by the film, maybe because Diane Keaton's character reminded me so much of my own mom.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Another top notch entry in the series. Works great, even though much of the book was dropped.

Millions - Such a charming and woderful film, showing the softer, gentler side of Danny Boyle.

Batman Begins - By god, I think they finally got it right!

Sin City - Visually stunning, original piece of work, it's as if the graphic novel just sprang to life.

 

[Marc Colella]

My "placeholder" now contains my Top 10 (Post #9).

Still need to see The New World which could very well wind up in my Top 10 as I love the works of Terrance Malick.

 

[ToddP]

Curious if The Matador doesn't count as a 2005 release, or if no one liked it much?

 

[Arman]

If I could drop a copy of one '04/'05 film in DVD in the mailbox of every citizen of the world, that would be Nobody Knows.

Here's my new (but temporary) Top 10:
1. Nobody Knows
1. The New World
3. Saraband
3. 2046
3. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
3. Brokeback Mountain
7. Downfall
8. Grizzly Man
9. Look at Me
10. 5x2

Honorable Mention:
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Edukators
Batman Begins
Pride & Prejudice
Millions
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Capote
Crash
Saint Ralph
King Kong

 

[Seth Paxton]

Here is my "update", which is my first top 10 list. I'll keep my list in the original placeholder though which is back on page 1.

Need to See - Match Point, Constant Gardner, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Jarhead, In Her Shoes, The New World, Pride and Predjudice, North Country, Breakfast on Pluto, Junebug, and Oldboy

57 seen, 28 theatrically

1. Capote
2. Cinderella Man
3. Batman Begins
4. The Squid and the Whale
5. Brokeback Mountain

6. Crash
7. Munich
8. Grizzly Man
9. Walk the Line
10. Good Night, and Good Luck


11-15
Syriana, Sin City, Hustle and Flow, War of the Worlds, Harry Potter

16-20
Inside Deep Throat, Wallace and Gromit, Murderball, March of the Penguins, A History of Violence

 

[ZacharyTait]

It is a 2005 release. I suspect it's not appearing on anyone's list since it just opened. According to BOM, it opened on December 30th in 4 theaters and expanded this weekend to 885 theaters. Maybe as time goes by or if it expands more, some people here will put it on their Top 10.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

Alright, I've been circling this thread a while. I still would like to seeSyriana, Good Night and Good Luck, and Capote (and the list goes on), but I have a big enough sampling to make my picks. I can always modify it a little later. But I think the top few are pretty safe.

1. The New World Review
2. Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut Review
3. King Kong Review
4. Batman Begins Review
5. The Constant Gardener Review
6. Brokeback Mountain Review
7. Munich Review
8. A History of Violence Review
9. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Review
10. Sin City Review

Walk the Line got the boot.

3-5 were a bit of a bitch to rank (for lack of a better word). I can flip those around and around and be fairly satisfied. While I think The Constant Gardener is a better film than BB or KK, I "liked" those films more, and subsequently put them higher. Batman Begins was the biggest surprise for me, in terms of quality and emotional resonance. And BBM can occasionally creep into that mix when I think about it. My top four all surprised me, in some form or another. Each were better than I suspected they would (or could) be. Of these films, King Kong had the most flaws, but made up for it rather easily with Kong himself (and Naomi). My number #1 would have been my #1 in most years.

I overpraised some films upon initial viewing, and underpraised others. I get caught up in the excitement of films, and sometimes introspection makes them more or less than I originally thought. But this was a good year, and I like my list.

EDIT: Film I most wanted to see in theaters, but failed to do so, is Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I'll be blind buying it day of release. There is probably a great top ten list of films I *didn't* see, but I did what I could.

EDIT 2: Added KoH. My list is genre heavy...but I like genre, and I like it when genre films are well-crafted and meaningful.

None of my review links work (except KoH) :frowning: I'll fix that next week.

 

[Brook K]

My list is further rounding into shape. I could slot in Brokeback or Lila Says at #10, but since I assume my 10 spot is going to get bumped before all is said and done anyway, I'll just leave Look At Me in there.

Cache and Matchpoint are the only remaining "must see's" at the theater, though I intend to eventually see Mrs. Henderson, Breakfast on Pluto, Walk the Line, Transamerica and a few others. Still have 20+ '05 movies on my Netflix list with Tropical Malady and The White Diamond being perhaps the most likely candidates for cracking my top 10.

 

[Adam_S]

With Nothing to do at work today I started compiling the top tens into a spread sheet. number 1s got ten points, number 10s got 1 point. Ties got an average of the two rankings they should be (eg tied number 1 is 9.5 pts, four tied number three is 6.5 pts each). I used only complete top tens with the exception of Eric Peterson who is abstaining from 'awarding' a number one film.

Thirteen people still have placeholders

Anyway, Batman Begins is so far in front it's absolutely untouchable and was mentioned in 34 of 44 possible lists.

Interestingly, Batman Begins only had 3 number one votes, Munich had 7 and Star Wars had 6, King Kong has only 1, and Brokeback Mountain has 3. Harry Potter has none, New World has 4 (and the fewest total votes of the top ten), Sin City has 1, Cinderella Man has 2 and Crash has none.

The 2005 HTF top ten as of 1/30/2006:

1. Batman Begins - 224.5
2. Munich - 166
3. Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith - 131.5
4. King Kong - 122
5. Brokeback Mountain - 98
6. New World - 85.5
7. Sin City - 81
8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 76
9. Cinderella Man - 73
10. Crash - 72
    
    The Top Fifty:
11. Constant Gardener
12. Syriana
13. Serenity
14. History of Violence
15. Capote
16. Walk the Line
17. Grizzly Man
18. Chronicles of Narnia
19. Good Night, and Good Luck
20. War of the Worlds
    
    
21. Old Boy
22. Pride and Prejudice
23. 40 Year Old Virgin
24. Saraband
25. Junebug
26. Downfall
27. Broken Flowers
28. Jarhead
29. Wallace and Gromit
30. Millions
31. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
32. Nobody Knows
33. Squid and the Whale
34. Me and You and Everyone we Know
35. 2046
36. Hustle and Flow
37. Family Stone
38. Mysterious Skin
39. Cache
40. Wedding Crashers
41. Kingdom of Heaven
42. Devil's Rejects
43. Howl's Moving Castle
44. Match Point
45. North Country
46. Tropical Malady
47. Look at Me (Comme...)
48. Layer Cake
49. Murderball
50. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

91 films total were mentioned in a top ten list.

 

[teapot2001]

Nice job, Adam!

~T

 

[Adam_S]

In the spirit of Seth's AFI stats:

Top Ten by quantity of votes:
Batman Begins - 34
Munich - 21
Star Wars - 20
King Kong - 18
Constant Gardener - 15
Sin City - 15
Brokeback Mountain - 14
Harry Potter - 14
Serenity - 13
History of Violence - 11
Walk the Line - 11
Cinderella Man - 11
Syriana - 11
Crash - 11

Top number of Number 1 votes:
Munich - 7
Star Wars - 6
New World - 4
Brokeback Mountain - 3
Batman Begins - 3
Cinderella Man - 2
Capote - 2
Grizzly Man - 2



Top Ten by Median score
Tropical Malady - 10
New World - 9.25
Nobody Knows - 9
Pride and Prejudice - 9
Munich - 9
Cache - 8.5
Cinderella Man - 8
Mrs. Henderson Presents - 8
Matador - 8
Mad Hot Ballroom - 8

Top Ten by Average score
Tropical Malady - 10
New World - 8.55
Cache - 8.5
Nobody Knows - 8.17
Mrs. Henderson Presents - 8
Matador - 8
Mad Hot Ballroom - 8
Pride and Prejudice - 8
Munich - 7.9
Old Boy - 7.3

Top Ten lowest Standard Deviations
Mr. And Mrs Smith - 0
Layer Cake - 0.71
Cache - 0.71
Upside of Anger - 1
Land of the Dead - 1.41
Devil's Rejects - 1.41
Kingdom of Heaven - 1.51
Wedding Crashers - 1.53
Junebug - 1.63
Millions - 1.71


Top Ten highest Standard Deviations
North Country - 4.36
Wallace and Gromit - 3.89
Me and You and Everyone we Know - 3.87
Downfall - 3.73
Mysterious Skin - 3.61
5x2 (Cinq...) - 3.54
Rent - 3.54
Grizzly Man - 3.5
Look at Me (Comme...) - 3.21
Cinderella Man - 3.17

 

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[Kristian]

Great work, Adam! I've added a link to your post at the beginning of the thread.

 

[Seth Paxton]

Ha
I'm not shitting ya, I was getting ready to post "hey, you should break those down into some average rank when listed and other types of stats.

Nice work sucka, there's always some chump willing to bite the bullet and do the work. Where's Dana and the scripts he had written?

 

[Dana Fillhart]

Oh, I'm still around, lurking ...

Truthfully I'm so deep into my writing that I've taken very little time to come up above the surface and breathe. Even my DVD buying has suffered (oh, the shame! ).

Actually this list has been in my mind the past few days - I should have a good amount of time this weekend, so I'll take a stab at it, see how much effort it'd take.

Gonna have to put in some overtime myself on the filmwatching - I think I've seen ZERO of the BP noms this year - inexcusable!

 

[Brook K]

Good work Adam, I can see I'm at my usual level of agreement with the forum.

How far is Grizzly Man from the top 10?

 

[Adam_S]

A top ten is far too small, especially in an excellent year like this, here is my updated top twenty-five. (seen 65 2005 films total)
List with comments


As of 2/6/2006
1 Brokeback Mountain
2 Munich
3 Mrs. Henderson Presents
4 The Family Stone (seen twice)
5 Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (seen twice)
6 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
7 In Her Shoes
8 Batman Begins (seen three times)
9 Good Night and Good Luck (seen twice)
10 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (seen twice)
11 Serenity
12 Sin City (seen twice)
13 Grizzly Man
14 The New World
15 Enron the Smartest Guys in the Room
16 Millions
17 Howl's Moving Castle (seen twice)
18 Mad Hot Ballroom (seen twice)
19 Everything is Illuminated
20 Hustle and Flow
21 Walk the Line
22 Corpse Bride
23 Capote
24 Star Wars: Revenge of the sith (seen twice)
25 Wedding Crashers


As of 2/19/2006

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Munich
3. Mrs. Henderson Presents
4. The Family Stone (seen twice)
5. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (seen twice)
6. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
7. In Her Shoes
8. Batman Begins (seen three times)
9. Good Night and Good Luck (seen twice)
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (seen twice)
11. Downfall
12. Serenity
13. Sin City (seen twice)
14. Grizzly Man
15. The New World
16. Enron the Smartest Guys in the Room
17. Millions
18. Howl's Moving Castle (seen twice)
19. Mad Hot Ballroom (seen twice)
20. Everything is Illuminated
21. Hustle and Flow
22. Walk the Line
23. Corpse Bride
24. Capote
25. Star Wars: Revenge of the sith (seen twice)

 

[John Bryant]

Updated my list on page 2. The Constant Gardener replaces Episode III as my #10 film of the year.