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#1 Post by **swo17** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:00 am

01 The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli)
02 Paper Trail (Don Hertzfeldt)
03 The Napa Boys (Nick Corirossi)
04 Her Private Hell (Nicolas Winding Refn)
05 Mother Mary (David Lowery)
06 Boards of Canada: Tape 05
07 Backrooms (Kane Parsons)
08 The Christophers (Steven Soderbergh)
09 The Bride! (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
10 The Rip (Joe Carnahan)

11 Send Help (Sam Raimi)
12 Gary (Christopher Storer)
13 Hoppers (Daniel Chong)
14 Toy Story 5 (Andrew Stanton)
15 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta)
16 DTF St. Louis (Steve Conrad)
17 Hokum (Damian McCarthy)
18 Wuthering Heights (Emerald Fennell)
19 Is God Is (Aleshea Harris)
20 Disclosure Day (Steven Spielberg)
21 Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller)

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Last edited Jul 27, 2026

hearthesilence · #2 Post by **hearthesilence** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:00 am

At least we have a new mayor. Happy New Year!

Magalhães / Magellan [Lav Diaz]
EIGHT BRIDGES [James Benning]
Remake [Ross McElwee]
Nuestra Tierra / Landmarks [Lucrecia Martel]
ხმელი ფოთოლი / Dry Leaf [ალექსანდრე კობერიძე / Alexandre Koberidze]
黒牢城 / The Samurai and the Prisoner [黒沢清 / Kiyoshi Kurosawa]
Le Cri des Gardes (The Cry of the Guards / U.S. title: The Fence) [Claire Denis]
Miroirs No. 3 [Christian Petzold]

therewillbeblus · #3 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:00 am

1. The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli)
2. Gary (Christopher Storer)
3. The Seeing Eye Dog Who Saw Too Much (Eric Jackowitz)
4. Disclosure Day (Steven Spielberg)
5. Paper Trail (Don Hertzfeldt)
6. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Matt Johnson)
7. DTF St. Louis (Steven Conrad)
8. The Christophers (Steven Soderbergh)
9. Deux Pianos (Arnaud Desplechin)
10. The Odyssey (Christopher Nolan)

Past lists: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005-2000

dekadetia · #4 Post by **dekadetia** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:01 am

1. The Friend's House Is Here (Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei)
2. Levitating (Wregas Bhanuteja)
3. The Drama (Kristoffer Borgli)
4. Is God Is (Aleshea Harris)
5. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Nia DaCosta)
6. Leviticus (Adrian Chiarella)
7. Backrooms (Kane Parsons)
8. Burn (Makoto Nagahisa)
9. Mother Mary (David Lowery)
10. Toy Story 5 (Andrew Stanton)

wattsup32 · #5 Post by **wattsup32** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:05 am

1. Sirat
2. Mother Mary
3. Christophers
4. The Drama
5. The Odyssey
6. Rose of Nevada
7. Project: Hail Mary
8. Sheep Detetive
9. Obsession
10. Backrooms

The rest in order of preference: Crime 101, Send Help, Toy Story 5, Gail Daughtry/Sex Pass, Disclosure Day, Her Private Hell, Scream 7, The Furious

TheDudeAbides · #6 Post by **TheDudeAbides** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:08 am

1) Obsession (Barker)
2) 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (DaCosta)
3) Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Johnson)
4) Hokum (McCarthy)
5) We Bury the Dead (Hilditch)
6) The Whistler (Velasco) - Bad

Honourable Mentions:

Good:

Decent:

Bad:

Garbage:

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knives · #7 Post by **knives** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:25 am

I do not support it.

willoneill · #8 Post by **willoneill** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:29 am

1. 28 Years Later: the Bone Temple
2. The Rip

Murdoch · #9 Post by **Murdoch** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:33 am

I hope to watch a movie this year

Toland's Mitchell · Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:40 am

reserved

Yakushima · #11 Post by **Yakushima** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 6:14 am

Reserved.
Though something tells me we may need to shorten this to Top Three or Top Four in the upcoming years.

1. Hokum
2. Send Help
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Edited 05-03-2026

cantinflas · #12 Post by **cantinflas** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 6:15 am

1. Backrooms
2. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
3. Wuthering Heights
4. Iron Lung
5. Obsession

#13 Post by **Finch** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 6:32 am

1.
2. Hokum
3.
4.
5.

Mixed:

Horrible:

Edited 7/17/26

The Narrator Returns · Thu Jan 01, 2026 6:41 am

1. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Johnson)
2. Blue Heron (Romvari)
3. Chronovisor (Walker & Auen)
4. The Christophers (Soderbergh)
5. Disclosure Day (Spielberg)
6. Miroirs No. 3 (Petzold)
7. Maddie’s Secret (Early)
8. Remake (McElwee)
9. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Schoenbrun)
10. The Napa Boys (Corirossi)

Also liked (ranked):
Magellan (Diaz)
Jackass: Best and Last (Tremaine)
By Design (Kramer)
The Love That Remains (Palmason)
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (Wain)
Her Private Hell (Refn)
Send Help (Raimi)
The Rib of the Greater Bay Area (Tao)
Late Fame (Jones)
Propeller One-Way Night Coach (Travolta)
Bouchra (Barki & Bennani)
Camp (Fast)
The Odyssey (Nolan)
The Serpent’s Skin (Maio Mackay)
Mother Mary (Lowery)
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (Almereyda & Stephens)
I Love Boosters (Riley)
Forbidden Fruits (Alloway)
Mile End Kicks (Levack)
The Moment (Zamiri)
Girls Like Girls (Kiyoko)
Marc by Sofia (Coppola)
The Bride! (Gyllenhaal)
Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Cameron & Eilish)

The rest:
Backrooms (Parsons), Wuthering Heights (Fennell), Remarkably Bright Creatures (Newman), Roommates (Levack), Tycoon (Zhang), I Want Your Sex (Araki), The Wizard of the Kremlin (Assayas), How to Make a Killing (Patton Ford), Never Change! (Schousboe), Outcome (Hill)

goblinfootballs · #15 Post by **goblinfootballs** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 7:03 am

1. What Does That Nature Say to You?
2. Pillion
3. Silent Friend
4. Miroirs No. 3
5. Palestine 36

John Cope · #16 Post by **John Cope** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 8:10 am

nicolas · #17 Post by **nicolas** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 8:57 am

Reserved

Dr Amicus · #18 Post by **Dr Amicus** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 12:40 pm

I really will try and watch some new stuff this year…

#19 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:17 pm

TK

ALSO SEEN, ON THE UP END:
ALSO SEEN, ON THE DOWN END: ”Wuthering Heights”

Last update: 02/21/26

Never Cursed · #20 Post by **Never Cursed** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:43 pm

1. Disclosure Day (Steven Spielberg)
2. Deux Pianos (Arnaud Desplechin)
3. La Petite Dernière (Hafsia Herzi)

ALSO SEEN: The Bride! (Maggie Gyllenhaal), The Invite (Olivia Wilde), Project Hail Mary (Phil Lord & Christopher Miller), Supergirl (Craig Gillespie), The Wizard of the Kremlin (Olivier Assayas), ”Wuthering Heights” (Emerald Fennell)

Other lists: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

#21 Post by **Mr Sausage** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:21 pm

--Edited May 6th

1. Sirat
2. The Drama
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6. Mother Mary
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10. Hokum

#22 Post by **mfunk9786** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:36 pm

01. The Odyssey (Nolan)
02. Disclosure Day (Spielberg)
03. The Drama (Borgli)
04. The Furious (Tanigaki)
05. Obsession (Barker)
06. The Napa Boys 4: The Sommelier's Amulet (Corirossi)
07. Backrooms (Parsons)
08. The Invite (Wilde)
09. Hoppers (Chong)
10. Send Help (Raimi)

LAST UPDATED: 7/18/2026

Past lists: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

LQ · #23 Post by LQ » Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:37 pm

The Drama
Backrooms
Obsession
Send Help
The Napa Boys
Hoppers

Aspect · #24 Post by **Aspect** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 4:14 pm

Big hopes for Farhadi’s Parallel Tales, and praying that Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is better than the trailer makes it look!

Also, come on Fincher and Pitt. Do Cliff Booth proud.

Black Hat · #25 Post by **Black Hat** » Thu Jan 01, 2026 5:15 pm

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