These are the ten films of the year in question which I liked most. Both “year” and “liked” are vague, uncertain terms: the former is based generally on when the film became available here, the latter is… more or less unknowable. Click on the film names will generally go to the appropriate review, wherever I wrote it. Clicking on the year may take you to an article about it. Or it may not. Depends entirely on whether I wrote one.
2024
- The Substance
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- The Shadow Strays
- Strange Darling
- Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
- 1978
- Hundreds of Beavers
- All You Need Is Blood
- The Last Stop in Yuma County
- Boy Kills World
2023
- Godzilla Minus One
- John Wick: Chapter 4
- Project Wolf Hunting
- Jericho Ridge
- Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
- In The Heart of the Machine
- The Burned Over District
- Infinity Pool
- Silent Night
- Bird Box Barcelona
2022
- The Sadness
- Fall
- RRR
- The Princess
- Do Not Disturb
- Arisaka
- Matando el tiempo
- Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday
- Pearl
- Emily the Criminal
2021
- One Shot
- Breaking Surface
- Nobody
- The Green Sea
- Dark Fears
- Zombie Infection – Belaban Hidup
- Xtreme
- Gunpowder Milkshake
- An Unknown Compelling Force
- Sentinelle
2020
- The Hunt
- A Good Woman is Hard to Find
- Butchers
- Bad CGI Sharks
- Woman of the Photographs
- The Plagues of Breslau
- Time to Hunt
- #Alive
- Run
- Extraction
2019
- One Cut of the Dead
- Island Zero
- She Never Died
- John Wick 3: Parabellum
- The Quake
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters
- The Purity of Vengeance
- Grand View Blvd
- Loon Lake
- Girls With Balls
2018
- Revenge
- The Night Comes for Us
- Salyut 7
- Mom and Dad
- Raazi
- Forgotten
- Prodigy
- Molly
- The Guardians
- Incident in a Ghostland
2017
- M.F.A.
- The Belko Experiment
- Catfight
- Tag
- Train to Busan
- Kilo Two Bravo
- Atomic Blonde
- She Rises
- The Void
- Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
2016
- Elle
- Hush
- Peelers
- The Battalion
- She Who Must Burn
- Neerja
- Dark Exorcism
- Model Hunger
- Mythica: The Iron Crown
- Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
2015
- The Martian
- Spooks: The Greater Good
- Spy
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Let Us Prey
- Cartel Land
- Lila & Eve
- Victoria
- Sicario
- Bone Tomahawk
2014
- Gravity
- Berkshire County
- Raze
- Mar Negro
- Maleficent
- Blood Runs Black
- Circus of the Dead
- 300: Rise of an Empire
- The Battered Bastards of Baseball
- Godzilla
2013
- Europa Report
- The Last Days
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Escape (Flukt)
- The Attacks of 26/11
- The World’s End
- Maniac (2013)
- Violet & Daisy
- GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
- Riddick
2012
- Skyfall
- ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards
- Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell
- The Raid: Redemption
- Inbred
- God Bless America
- The Holding
- Iron Sky
- The House With 100 Eyes
- The Cabin in the Woods
2011
- Four Lions
- Hobo With A Shotgun
- 36th Precinct
- Sucker Punch
- Eaters
- Darfur
- Sint
- Dossier K
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- We Are The Night
2010
- Shellter
- Bitch Slap
- You, the Living
- La Horde
- SexyKiller
- The Countess
- Mutant Girls Squad
- Inception
- Harry Brown
- The Shadow Within
2009
- Martyrs
- Princess
- District 9
- The Machine Girl
- Star Trek
- Zombieland
- The Hurt Locker
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Ghost Image
- Raging Phoenix
2008
- Sick Girl
- The Dark Knight
- The Bank Job
- WALL-E
- Machine Girl
- Diary of the Dead
- Chocolate
- Iron Man
- Dark Heart
- The Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust
2007
- No Country For Old Men
- Red Road
- Hot Fuzz
- Chasing October
- 11:59
- 300
- Cave of the Yellow Dog
- A Flock of Dodos
- Grindhouse
- The Chambermaid
2006
- Children of Men
- Borat
- The Booth
- The Descent
- Caregiver
- Archangel
- Death Becomes Them
- Nightmare Man
- Boxed
- Ultraviolet
2005
- Sin City
- Kung Fu Hustle
- King Kong
- Cypher
- Cup of my Blood
- Azumi 2: Death or Love
- Dead Men Walking
- The Kiss (Bechard)
- Never Been Thawed
- Shadow Hunters
2004
- Shaun of the Dead
- Bloody Mallory
- Aan: Men at Work
- Noon Blue Apples
- Aileen: The Life & Death of a Serial Killer
- The Incredibles
- Up for Grabs
- The Chronicles of Riddick
- Kill Bill, Volume 2
- House of Flying Daggers
2003
- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
- Finding Nemo
- The Animatrix
- The Returner
- Kill Bill, Volume One
- Guns & Talks
- The Princess Blade
- Synthetic Truth
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Infernal Affairs
2002
- Nine Queens
- The Ring
- Dead Dogs Lie
- Spirited Away
- Minority Report
- Sum of all Fears
- Blade II
- Jane White is Sick and Twisted
- Signs [the first 90%!]
- Equilbrium
2001
- Ever Since the World Ended
- Monsters Inc.
- Versus
- Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
- Boys From Madrid
- Memento
- Cradle of Fear
- Revolution #9
- 90 Miles
- Ginger Snaps
2000
- Run Lola Run
- Gladiator
- Dancer in the Dark
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Beyond the Mat
- O Brother, Where Art Thou
- Final Destination
- Charlie’s Angels
- American Psycho
- Boiler Room