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1,670 Films

3,130 Hours

1,028 Directors

78 Countries

47w Longest Streak

188 2+ Film Days

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Jeffrey Overstreet's 100+ Favorite Films — 2023 Edition

Jeffrey Overstreet

This is the new 2023 edition of my all-time-favorites list.And let's…

  • Three Colours: Blue
  • Wings of Desire
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • The Muppet Movie
  • The Son
  • Babette's Feast
  • The New World
  • Raising Arizona
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Blade Runner
  • Midnight Run
  • Vertigo
  • Do the Right Thing
  • My Neighbor Totoro
  • Star Wars
  • The Secret of Kells
  • Ordet
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

Favorite Films of the Decade: 2010s

Jeffrey Overstreet

Three things:
1) This is impossible, and so this list is in…

  • Certified Copy
  • The Secret of Kells
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Paterson
  • The Tree of Life
  • The Fits
  • Phantom Thread
  • Timbuktu
  • Cameraperson
  • Amazing Grace
  • The Florida Project
  • Columbus
  • What We Do in the Shadows
  • Pina
  • World of Tomorrow
  • The Master
  • True Grit
  • A Separation
  • Eighth Grade

Favorite Films of the 1960s

Jeffrey Overstreet

I mean, I realize that "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is a short…

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Andrei Rublev
  • Au Hasard Balthazar
  • PlayTime
  • 8½
  • A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • La Jetée
  • Ivan's Childhood
  • A Man for All Seasons
  • Cléo from 5 to 7
  • Kes
  • The Swimmer
  • Persona
  • Knife in the Water
  • Army of Shadows
  • Devi
  • Vivre Sa Vie
  • Simon of the Desert
  • Through a Glass Darkly
  • The Apartment

Favorite Films of the 1950s

Jeffrey Overstreet

I'm happy with the ranking of the top 20 here — these are…

  • Vertigo
  • Ordet
  • Tokyo Story
  • Pather Panchali
  • Ikiru
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • Kiss Me Deadly
  • Seven Samurai
  • Good Morning
  • Pickpocket
  • Throne of Blood
  • Journey to Italy
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Rear Window
  • Diary of a Country Priest
  • The Searchers
  • The Seventh Seal
  • The Red Balloon
  • A Man Escaped
  • The Ladykillers

Favorite Films of 2022

Jeffrey Overstreet

For a detailed list, visit Looking Closer.
For a detailed list with…

  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • After Yang
  • What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
  • Women Talking
  • The Fabelmans
  • Moonage Daydream
  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Memoria
  • Mr. Bachmann and His Class
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Crimes of the Future
  • Aftersun
  • Petite Maman
  • Playground
  • Saint Omer
  • Neptune Frost
  • Benediction
  • TÁR
  • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  • All Quiet on the Western Front

Favorite Films of 2021

Jeffrey Overstreet

I don't know a way to effectively represent that, for the first…

  • C'mon C'mon
  • Pig
  • The Green Knight
  • The French Dispatch
  • Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  • The Lost Daughter
  • The Power of the Dog
  • Dune
  • Drive My Car
  • Azor
  • Spencer
  • Annette
  • Identifying Features
  • Mass
  • Quo Vadis, Aida?
  • Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
  • No Sudden Move
  • Licorice Pizza
  • The Father
  • Passing

Favorite Films of 2020

Jeffrey Overstreet

To read my notes on each of the top 39 films on…

  • Nomadland
  • Minari
  • Lovers Rock
  • Wolfwalkers
  • Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
  • Shirley
  • Emma.
  • First Cow
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Mangrove
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  • Miss Juneteenth
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Another Round
  • Extra Ordinary
  • Young Ahmed
  • Driveways
  • Sound of Metal
  • Dick Johnson Is Dead
  • Vitalina Varela

Favorite Films of 2018

Jeffrey Overstreet

Okay, technically, this is a list of everything I've seen from 2018,…

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Paddington 2
  • Eighth Grade
  • Won't You Be My Neighbor?
  • The Favourite
  • Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  • 24 Frames
  • Shoplifters
  • Burning
  • Isle of Dogs
  • The Rider
  • Private Life
  • First Reformed
  • You Were Never Really Here
  • Leave No Trace
  • The Death of Stalin
  • November
  • The Sisters Brothers
  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  • Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

Favorite Films of 2017

Jeffrey Overstreet

These are the new releases that I saw in 2017 for which…

  • The Florida Project
  • Phantom Thread
  • Columbus
  • Twin Peaks: The Return
  • Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
  • The Breadwinner
  • Mudbound
  • The Big Sick
  • Lady Bird
  • My Happy Family
  • A Quiet Passion
  • The Lost City of Z
  • mother!
  • Get Out
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Faces Places
  • Coco
  • My Life as a Zucchini
  • The Lego Batman Movie

Favorite Films of 2016

Jeffrey Overstreet

Consider this a "rough draft" that I'll continue to revise for months…

  • Paterson
  • The Fits
  • Cameraperson
  • Silence
  • Hell or High Water
  • Sing Street
  • The BFG
  • Arrival
  • The Witch
  • I Am Not Your Negro
  • Lemonade
  • 13th
  • Fences
  • Love & Friendship
  • The Salesman
  • The Innocents
  • 20th Century Women
  • Moana
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • Hail, Caesar!

Favorite Films of 2015

Jeffrey Overstreet

Still unseen: THE LOOK OF SILENCE, ANOMALISA, DUKE OF BURGUNDY, JAMES WHITE,…

  • Timbuktu
  • World of Tomorrow
  • What We Do in the Shadows
  • About Elly
  • Something, Anything
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Inside Out
  • Son of Saul
  • The Assassin
  • Carol
  • The Salt of the Earth
  • Brooklyn
  • Love & Mercy
  • 45 Years
  • Tangerine
  • Ex Machina
  • Horse Money
  • Paddington
  • Spotlight
  • Mistress America

Favorite Films of 2014

Jeffrey Overstreet

Visit my blog for the deluxe version of this Favorite Films list,…

  • The Strange Little Cat
  • Two Days, One Night
  • Selma
  • The Immigrant
  • The Lego Movie
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Only Lovers Left Alive
  • In Bloom
  • Virunga
  • Song of the Sea
  • Mr. Turner
  • Boyhood
  • Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
  • Calvary
  • Inherent Vice
  • Force Majeure
  • Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons
  • A Most Wanted Man
  • Life Itself
  • Foxcatcher

Favorite Films of 2013

Jeffrey Overstreet

These are the movies that inspired, impressed, and moved me most in…

  • This Is Martin Bonner
  • Museum Hours
  • Lucky Life
  • Before Midnight
  • Upstream Color
  • Leviathan
  • Frances Ha
  • The Past
  • Like Someone in Love
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Short Term 12
  • Her
  • The World's End
  • The Act of Killing
  • To the Wonder
  • Stories We Tell
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • The Kings of Summer
  • The Wind Rises

Favorite Films of 2012

Jeffrey Overstreet

Here are the 2012 releases* that have inspired me to go back…

  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Master
  • The Loneliest Planet
  • The Kid with a Bike
  • Neighboring Sounds
  • Lincoln
  • Holy Motors
  • Margaret
  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  • Amour
  • Brave
  • This Is Not a Film
  • Barbara
  • Let the Bullets Fly
  • The Queen of Versailles
  • Planet of Snail
  • Django Unchained
  • Anna Karenina
  • Haywire
  • Bernie

Favorite Films of 2007

Jeffrey Overstreet

[UPDATED November 2020]What a year at the movies this was. So…

  • Hot Fuzz
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Munyurangabo
  • Shotgun Stories
  • No Country for Old Men
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Flight of the Red Balloon
  • My Kid Could Paint That
  • Ratatouille
  • Lars and the Real Girl
  • Times and Winds
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
  • The Secret of the Grain
  • I'm Not There
  • The Devil Came on Horseback
  • The Island
  • Silent Light
  • Zodiac
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • Persepolis

Favorite Films of 1987

Jeffrey Overstreet

The richest, most rewarding year of cinema in my lifetime. Seriously — just…

  • Wings of Desire
  • Babette's Feast
  • Raising Arizona
  • Empire of the Sun
  • The Princess Bride
  • Matewan
  • Where Is the Friend's House?
  • Housekeeping
  • The Dead
  • Roxanne
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Good Morning, Vietnam
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • The Last Emperor
  • Swimming to Cambodia
  • Broadcast News
  • No Way Out
  • River's Edge
  • The Untouchables
  • Au Revoir les Enfants

Favorite Films of 1984

Jeffrey Overstreet

For the record, I still haven't seen Once Upon a Time in…

  • Top Secret!
  • Amadeus
  • Paris, Texas
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  • Blood Simple
  • Stop Making Sense
  • This Is Spinal Tap
  • The Terence Davies Trilogy
  • Stranger Than Paradise
  • Gremlins
  • The Terminator
  • The Karate Kid
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • The Company of Wolves
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy
  • Dune
  • Starman
  • Ghostbusters
  • The NeverEnding Story

Favorite Films of 1981

Jeffrey Overstreet

Films that have made the strongest impressions on me from 1981.

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Chariots of Fire
  • The Great Muppet Caper
  • My Dinner with Andre
  • Gallipoli
  • Time Bandits
  • The Last Metro
  • Dragonslayer
  • The Fox and the Hound
  • Excalibur
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice

Favorite Films of 1980

Jeffrey Overstreet

Films that have made the strongest impressions on me from 1980. I…

  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • The Elephant Man
  • Raging Bull
  • Airplane!
  • Popeye
  • Gates of Heaven
  • The Shining
  • The Blues Brothers

Favorite Films of 1972

Jeffrey Overstreet

Short list. I need to see (or remember) more films from 1972.

  • The Godfather
  • Solaris
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  • Cries and Whispers

By year

1921 2023
1921 2023
2012 2023

Highest rated decades

1970s

Average 4.23

Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Taxi Driver
Badlands
Stalker
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
The Black Stallion
Alien
Days of Heaven
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mirror
Apocalypse Now
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Star Wars
The Muppet Movie
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
The Conversation
Killer of Sheep
King Lear
The Godfather
1960s

Average 4.06

PlayTime
Andrei Rublev
A Charlie Brown Christmas
2001: A Space Odyssey
Au Hasard Balthazar
The Swimmer
A Man for All Seasons
Kes
La Jetée
8½
Ivan's Childhood
Devi
Army of Shadows
Through a Glass Darkly
Cléo from 5 to 7
Knife in the Water
Vivre Sa Vie
Persona
Simon of the Desert
Once Upon a Time in the West
1980s

Average 4.01

Full Metal Jacket
Where Is the Friend's House?
Do the Right Thing
Paris, Texas
Down by Law
Amadeus
Empire of the Sun
Top Secret!
My Neighbor Totoro
A Room with a View
Blade Runner
Raising Arizona
Babette's Feast
The Empire Strikes Back
Wings of Desire
Midnight Run
Chariots of Fire
Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Princess Bride

Featured lists

Favorite Films of 2020

Jeffrey Overstreet

To read my notes on each of the top 39 films on…

  • Nomadland
  • Minari
  • Lovers Rock
  • Wolfwalkers
  • Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
  • Shirley
  • Emma.
  • First Cow
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Mangrove
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  • Miss Juneteenth
  • Da 5 Bloods
  • Another Round
  • Extra Ordinary
  • Young Ahmed
  • Driveways
  • Sound of Metal
  • Dick Johnson Is Dead
  • Vitalina Varela

Genres, countries & languages

Drama
1,000 films
Comedy
439 films
Adventure
278 films
Thriller
266 films
Action
248 films
Romance
239 films
Crime
203 films
Sci Fi
187 films
Fantasy
183 films
Family
141 films
USA
1,207 films
UK
341 films
France
255 films
Germany
113 films
Canada
75 films
Japan
65 films
Belgium
52 films
Italy
38 films
Ireland
36 films
Australia
35 films
English
1,357 films
French
100 films
Japanese
38 films
German
23 films
Spanish
20 films
Persian (Farsi)
16 films
Chinese
14 films
Danish
10 films
Italian
10 films
Korean
8 films
Documentary
Average 3.87
War
Average 3.84
Family
Average 3.76
Music
Average 3.75
Drama
Average 3.73
History
Average 3.70
Animation
Average 3.67
Romance
Average 3.64
Comedy
Average 3.59
TV Movie
Average 3.56
USSR
Average 4.83
Austria
Average 4.30
Turkey
Average 4.25
Iran
Average 4.25
Poland
Average 4.17
Romania
Average 4.17
Taiwan
Average 4.06
Luxembourg
Average 4.05
China
Average 3.92
Switzerland
Average 3.89
Russian
Average 4.56
Chinese
Average 4.25
Persian (Farsi)
Average 4.20
Turkish
Average 4.00
Romanian
Average 4.00
French
Average 3.97
Japanese
Average 3.96
Swedish
Average 3.90
Danish
Average 3.90
German
Average 3.87

Genres, countries and languages with at least four rated films are included.

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List progress

Collections

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Spider-Man: Far from Home
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched

  • Batman Begins
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched

  • The Avengers
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • Avengers: Infinity War

The Avengers Collection 4 watched

  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched

  • Captain America: The First Avenger
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Captain America: Civil War

Captain America Collection 3 watched

  • Star Wars
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Return of the Jedi

Star Wars Collection 9 watched

  • Spider-Man
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man Collection 3 watched

  • Iron Man
  • Iron Man 2
  • Iron Man 3

Iron Man Collection 3 watched

  • Toy Story
  • Toy Story 2
  • Toy Story 3

Toy Story Collection 4 watched

  • Ant-Man
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Ant-Man Collection 3 watched

  • Before Sunrise
  • Before Sunset
  • Before Midnight

Before... Collection 3 watched

  • Ant-Man
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Ant-Man Collection 3 watched

  • The Avengers
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • Avengers: Infinity War

The Avengers Collection 4 watched

  • Before Sunrise
  • Before Sunset
  • Before Midnight

Before... Collection 3 watched

  • Captain America: The First Avenger
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Captain America: Civil War

Captain America Collection 3 watched

  • Batman Begins
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched

  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones Collection 5 watched

  • Iron Man
  • Iron Man 2
  • Iron Man 3

Iron Man Collection 3 watched

  • Where Is the Friend's House?
  • Life, and Nothing More...
  • Through the Olive Trees

The Koker Trilogy 3 watched

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched

  • Mission: Impossible
  • Mission: Impossible II
  • Mission: Impossible III

Mission: Impossible Collection 7 watched

  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Spider-Man: Far from Home
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched

  • Spider-Man
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man Collection 3 watched

  • Star Wars
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Return of the Jedi

Star Wars Collection 9 watched

  • Toy Story
  • Toy Story 2
  • Toy Story 3

Toy Story Collection 4 watched

  • The Trip
  • The Trip to Italy
  • The Trip to Spain

The Trip Collection 4 watched

  • Alien
  • Aliens
  • Alien³

Alien Collection 3 of 4 watched

  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  • Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Cars
  • Cars 2
  • Cars 3

Cars Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Chronicles of Narnia Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Henry Fool
  • Fay Grim
  • Ned Rifle

Henry Fool Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • The Hunger Games
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

The Hunger Games Collection 3 of 4 watched

  • Ocean's Eleven
  • Ocean's Twelve
  • Ocean's Thirteen

Ocean's Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • War for the Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • The Souvenir
  • The Souvenir: Part II
  • The Eternal Daughter

The Souvenir Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Star Trek
  • Star Trek Into Darkness
  • Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Thor
  • Thor: The Dark World
  • Thor: Ragnarok

Thor Collection 3 of 4 watched

  • Three Colours: Blue
  • Three Colours: White
  • Three Colours: Red

Three Colors Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  • The Wolverine
  • Logan

The Wolverine Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • World of Tomorrow
  • World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
  • World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime

World of Tomorrow Collection 2 of 3 watched

Most watched

Paterson

 10 times

Timbuktu

8 times

The Fits

8 times

Three Colours: Blue

7 times

Babette's Feast

7 times

The Tree of Life

6 times

Wings of Desire

6 times

This Is Martin Bonner

6 times

The Secret of Kells

6 times

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

6 times

The Muppet Movie

5 times

The BFG

5 times

Raising Arizona

5 times

C'mon C'mon

4 times

Dune

4 times

What We Do in the Shadows

4 times

World of Tomorrow

4 times

Minari

4 times

The Breadwinner

4 times

Crimes and Misdemeanors

4 times

Amazing Grace

4 times

Columbus

4 times

The New World

4 times

Vertigo

4 times

To the Wonder

4 times

The Grand Budapest Hotel

4 times

Barbie

3 times

Oppenheimer

3 times

Petite Maman

3 times

After Yang

3 times

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

3 times

Nomadland

3 times

Wolfwalkers

3 times

Everything Everywhere All at Once

3 times

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

3 times

The Green Knight

3 times

See in Diary

Rated higher than average Patron

Justice League

★★★★★ vs 1.93

The BFG

★★★★½ vs 2.70

Babe

★★★★★ vs 3.35

Chariots of Fire

★★★★★ vs 3.35

Pinocchio

★★★★★ vs 3.50

A River Runs Through It

★★★★★ vs 3.54

Babe: Pig in the City

★★★★½ vs 3.05

Séraphine

★★★★★ vs 3.62

The Fits

★★★★★ vs 3.62

The Mermaid

★★★★½ vs 3.12

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?

★★★★★ vs 3.64

The Counselor

★★★★ vs 2.66

Rated lower than average Patron

Mandy

★ vs 3.61

Only God Forgives

½ vs 3.04

The Hateful Eight

★½ vs 3.92

Oldboy

★★ vs 4.40

Nocturnal Animals

★½ vs 3.73

Compliance

★ vs 3.21

Logan

★★ vs 4.10

The Man Who Fell to Earth

★½ vs 3.48