#531: Top 5 Films of 1985
Josh
1. Back to the Future
2. Ran
3. Brazil
4. Blood Simple
5. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
Adam
1. Ran
2. Back to the Future
3. The Breakfast Club
4. The Purple Rose of Cairo
5. Witness
#528: Top 5 Blind Spots
Final Top 5
1. THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE - Discussed (briefly) on #575
2. THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS - Discussed on #621
3. KILLER OF SHEEP
4. LATE SPRING
5. VIDEODROME - Discussed on #666
BONUS: IKIRU + STALKER or THE SEVEN SAMURAI
Adam's Top 10
(Alphabetical)
1. The Battle of Algiers - Watched Feb. 5, 2015
2. *The Best Years of Our Lives
3. Doctor Zhivago - Watched Aug. 1, 2015
4. *Grand Illusion
5. Late Spring
6. *Patton
7. *Seven Samurai
8. *Stalker
9. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Watched Feb. 18, 2016
10. Videodrome
* Josh has seen
Josh's Top 10
(Alphabetical)
1. *The Conversation
2. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Watched Feb. 18, 2016
3. Faces
4. *Ikiru - Watched Aug. 19, 2015
5. *Jules and Jim - Watched May 16, 2015
6. Killer Sheep
7. *The Lady Eve
8. *The Magnificent Ambersons - Watched April 15, 2015
9. *MASH
10. *Tokyo Story
* Adam has seen
#518-519: Top 10 Films of 2014
Adam
1. Boyhood
2. Gone Girl
3. Under the Skin
4. Locke
5. Inherent Vice
6. Interstellar
7. Love is Strange
8. Whiplash
9. Calvary
10. Nightcrawler
Josh
1. The Lego Movie
2. Memphis
3. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
4. The Rover
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
6. Ida
7. Only Lovers Left Alive
8. Maleficent
9. The Babadook
10. Under the Skin
Michael Phillips
1. Boyhood
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Winter Sleep
4. Whiplash
5. The Lego Movie
6. Listen Up Philip
7. Force Majeure
8. Mr. Turner
9. Dear White People
10. Heaven Knows What
Scott Tobias
1. Boyhood
2. Under the Skin
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Only Lovers Left Alive
5. Stray Dogs
6. Winter Sleep
7. The Immigrant
8. Listen Up Philip
9. Force Majeure
10. The Missing Picture
Guest #1 Films
Rian Johnson
Under the Skin
Katey Rich
Foxcatcher
Matt Singer
Boyhood
Dana Stevens
Ida
Alison Willmore
Under the Skin
Kate Erbland
Selma
Joanna Robinson
Birdman
Mallory Andrews
Fidelio: Alice's Odysssey
Tasha Robinson
Boyhood
Sam Smith
Best Posters
Under the Skin / The Grand Budapest Hotel (Tie)
Honorable Mentions:
The One I Love, Borgman, Gone Girl
Best Scores
Gone Girl, Mood Indigo, Interstellar, Under the Skin, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman
Honorable Mentions:
Inherent Vice, Visitors, The Zero Theorem, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Enemy, The Double
#506: Top 5 David Lynch Scenes
adam
5. Bobby Terrorizes Lula, WILD AT HEART
4. See It In a Man Right Away, THE STRAIGHT STORY
3. Betty’s Audition, MULHOLLAND DR.
2. Tried So Hard To Be Good, ELEPHANT MAN
1. Opening Scene of BLUE VELVET
JOSH
5. On display for the doctors, THE ELEPHANT MAN
4. Club Silencio Performance, MULHOLLAND DR.
3. The Desert Dance Party, WILD AT HEART
2. Car Ride Confrontation, BLUE VELVET
1. Chicken Dinner, ERASERHEAD
#500: Top 5 Films of the Filmspotting Era (2005-14)
Announced live at the Music Box Theatre on Saturday, July 26, 2014
Adam
1. The Master
2. The Tree of Life
3. No Country For Old Men
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Inglourious Basterds
Josh
1. The Tree of Life
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Where the Wild Things Are
4. Volver
5. Meek's Cutoff
Michael Phillips
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Climates
3. Her
4. Last Train Home
5. Ratatouille
Dana Stevens
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Grizzly Man
3. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
4. Children of Men
5. The Tree of Life
There Will Be Blood
The Master
No Country for Old Men
A Serious Man
Inglourious Basterds
The Darjeeling Limited
Under the Skin
The Tree of Life
Upstream Color
Holy Motors
Munich
The Lives of Others
Michael Clayton
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
A Serious Man
Boyhood
Synecdoche, NY
Matt Singer
Zodiac
Sam Van Hallgren
The Tree of Life
The Master
There Will Be Blood
Where the Wild Things Are
Before Midnight
Alison Willmore
You, The Living
Filmspotting Advisory Board
The Tree of Life
Certified Copy
The New World
Flight of the Red Balloon
#497: Top 5 Films of 1989
Josh
1. The Decalogue
2. The Little Mermaid
3. The Abyss
4. Batman
5. Say Anything…
Adam
1. Crimes and Misdemeanors
2. The Little Mermaid
3. The Abyss
4. Batman
5. The Killer
#491: Top 5 Movie Tattoos (That We'd Get)
Adam
Knight Plays Chess w/Death Memorial List
Man on Wire / All That Jazz - Petit on wire + Gideon: "The wire is life. The rest is waiting."
Blade Runner - "Tears in rain"
Almost Famous - The Uncool / William with mic
Le Samourai - Alain Delon and fedora
Never Let Me Go - "We all complete."
Josh
Rattle and Hum - Joshua tree from U2’s “Joshua Tree” album artwork
Au Hasard Balthazar - Balthazar the donkey
Pinocchio / A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Blue Fairy
Wes Anderson movies - Team Zissou
Umbrellas of Cherbourg / Singin' in the Rain - Umbrella
#488: Top 5 Films of 1991
Josh
1. The Fisher King
2. Delicatessen
3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
4. Beauty and the Beast
5. Boyz N the Hood
Adam
1. Barton Fink
2. My Own Private Idaho
3. The Fisher King
4. The Silence of the Lambs
5. Terminator 2: Judgment Day