#1014: Top 5 Actors of the Century Draft

Adam

1. Philip Seymour Hoffman

2. Tilda Swinton

3. Daniel Day-Lewis

4. Denzel Washington

5. Leonardo DiCaprio

Josh

1. Cate Blanchett

2. Joaquin Phoenix

3. Scarlett Johansson

4. Tony Leung

5. Will Ferrell

#1013: Top 25 Films of the Century

Adam

1. Mulholland Drive

2. Before Sunset

3. Inside Llewyn Davis

4. The Royal Tenenbaums

5. Never Let Me Go

6. No Country for Old Men

7. Little Women

8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

9. Interstellar

10. There WIll Be Blood

11. The Tree of Life

12. In the Mood for Love

13. Inside Man

14. The Departed

15. Memento

16. Petite Maman

17. A History of Violence

18. Take Shelter

19. Meek’s Cutoff

20. Ex Machina

21. Aftersun

22. The Act of Killing

23. Atonement

24. Shoplifters

25. Mad Max: Fury Road

Josh

1. In the Mood for Love

2. The Tree of Life

3. Mad Max: Fury Road

4. The Royal Tenenbaums

5. Us

6. True Grit

7. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

8. Finding Nemo

9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

10. Lost in Translation

11. Inception

12. Bamboozled

13. Volver

14. Children of Men

15. Phantom Thread

16. Meek’s Cutoff

17. Borat

18. Ex Machina

19. Cemetary of Splendor

20. The Florida Project

21. Dick Johnson is Dead

22. The Boy and the Heron

23. Aftersun

24. Lovers Rock

25. The Witch

#995: Top 10 Films of 2024

Adam

1. All We Imagine as Light

2. The Brutalist

3. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

4. The People’s Joker

5. Anora

6. Megalopolis

7. Challengers

8. Love Lies Bleeding

9. National Anthem

10. Red Rooms

Josh

1. Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

2. The People’s Joker

3. All We Imagine as Light

4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

5. Anora

6. Challengers

7. I Saw the TV Glow

8. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

9. Close Your Eyes

10. Good One

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Michael Phillips

• All We Imagine as Light

• Anora

• The Brutalist

• Challengers

• Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

• Green Border

• Janet Planet

• My Old Ass

• Nickel Boys

• A Real Pain

marya E. gates

1. No Other Land

2. Flow

3. The Monk and the Gun

4. Nickel Boys

5. Slow

6. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

7. Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

8. Sometimes I Think About Dying

9. Green Border

10. Hundreds of Beavers

Breakdown

4. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
3. All We Imagine As Light, Anora, Challengers
2. The Brutalist, Green Border, The People’s Joker, Nickel Boys
1. Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, Close Your Eyes, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Good One, Hundreds of Beavers, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, I Saw The TV Glow, Janet Planet, Love Lies Bleeding, Megalopolis, The Monk and The Gun, My Old Ass, National Anthem, No Other Land, A Real Pain, Red Rooms, Slow, Sometimes I Think About Dying

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Guest ‘Film of the Year’ Picks

Amy Nicholson, DUNE: PART TWO
Chris Klimek, NICKEL BOYS
Ryan McQuade, THE BRUTALIST
David Chen, THE BRUTALIST
Mekado Murphy, THE SUBSTANCE
Billy Ray Brewton, CHALLENGERS
Veronica Phillips, LOVE LIES BLEEDING
Mitchell Beaupre, CHALLENGERS
Alison Willmore, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
Aisha Harris, A REAL PAIN
Isaac Feldberg, I SAW THE TV GLOW
Melissa Tamminga, GOOD ONE
Sam Van Hallgren, THE BIKERIDERS

#994: Best Performances of 2024

Adam

Supporting Actor

5. Denzel Washington, GLADIATOR II

4. Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN

3. Yura Borisov, ANORA

2. Josh O’ Connor, CHALLENGERS

1. Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Josh

Supporting Actor

5. Mike Faist, CHALLENGERS

4. Arinzé Kene, TUESDAY

3. Chris Hemsworth, FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

2. Josh O’Connor, CHALLENGERS

1. Clarence Maclin, SING SING

Supporting Actress

5. Rachel Sennott, SATURDAY NIGHT

4. Michele Austin, HARD TRUTHS

3. Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST

2. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, NICKEL BOYS

1. Katy O’Brian, LOVE LIES BLEEDING

Supporting Actress

5. Merve Dizdar, ABOUT DRY GRASSES

4. Divya Prabha, ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT

3. Danielle Deadwyler, THE PIANO LESSON

2. Felicity Jones, THE BRUTALIST

1. Ariana Grande, WICKED

Lead Actor

5. Aaron Pierre, REBEL RIDGE

4. Glen Powell, HITMAN

3. Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

2. Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST

1. Colman Domingo, SING SING

Lead Actress

5. Vera Drew, THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

4. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, TUESDAY

3. Kristen Stewart, LOVE LIES BLEEDING

2. Mikey Madison, ANORA

1. Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD

Lead Actor

5. Justice Smith, I SAW THE TV GLOW

4. Jesse Plemons, KINDS OF KINDNESS

3. Aaron Pierre, REBEL RIDGE

2. Le Phong Vu, INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL

1. Ralph Fiennes, CONCLAVE

Lead Actress

5. Zendaya, CHALLENGERS

4. Mikey Madison, ANORA

3. Kirsten Dunst, CIVIL WAR

2. Cynthia Erivio, WICKED

1. Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD