Use the menu to navigate to film lists for the 2020s, 2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, or 1920s and 1910s.
I made these lists at the request of Theo Panayides for a project of his. The authority for year of release is the Internet Movie Database, which tries to go by the film’s first public screening; I sometimes override its decisions when I have evidence of its errors, or when the first public screening comes too long after the film’s completion. Color coding is used to give an idea of how much I like each film, and allows comparison between films in different years. Unranked, uncolored films at the end of some years are a reminder to myself of areas to explore, and may or may not indicate honorable-mention status.
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Recent changes:
6 Apr 2022 to 22 May 2022:
2021 – THE APARTMENT WITH TWO WOMEN added to ten-best list; ALBUM FOR THE YOUTH added to runners-up
1995 – A SINGLE GIRL moved from runners-up to ten-best list
1964 – NOTHING BUT A MAN moved from runners-up to ten-best list; L’INSOUMIS added to ten-best list
1962 – THE OLIVE TREES OF JUSTICE moved up among runners-up
1960 – SERGEANT RUTLEDGE moved down among runners-up
1951 – ON DANGEROUS GROUND moved from ten-best list to runners-up
1950 – THE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS dropped from runners-up
1948 – LES DERNIÈRES VACANCES moved down on ten-best list
1944 – TORMENT dropped from ten-best list
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Dan Sallitt's Favorite Films 