Spitball Army

Confession: I watch more films than I should.

Snotty Opinion: The vast quantity of movies that I have seen over the last half-century makes me uniquely qualified to judge their merits in relation to all other films.

Result: I have compiled a list, below, of films I watched over the last twelve months that I have subjectively rated a 9.0 or above on a ten-point scale.

Have at it.

9.0
Of Mice and Men (1939)+
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)+
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Talk to Her (2002)+
We Were Here (2011)*

9.1
The Hunt (2013)
The Impossible (2012)
Shane (1953)*+

9.2
Breaking the Waves (1996)+
Searching for Sugar Man (2012)*

9.3
Fearless (1993)*
Gravity (2013)
The Quiet Man (1952)*+

9.4
Notting Hill (1999)*
Skyfall (2012)*
To Be or Not to Be (1942)*+

9.5
Stories We Tell (2013)

9.6
There Will Be Blood (2007)*

9.8
Babette’s Feast (1987)*+
A Room with a View (1986)*+

* I have seen this film before, in some other year.
+ I have been using the New York Times list of “The 1000 Best Films Ever Made” to guide many of my viewing choices and this film is on that list.