History of Changes
12/30 23
1918: THE TENTH SYMPHONY added to ten-best.
1923: SECOND FIDDLE added to ten-best.
1925: OH, DOCTOR! added to runners-up.
1927: BLONDE OR BRUNETTE added to runners up.
1935: THE AWAKENING OF JIM BURKE added to runners-up.
1942: THE PALM BEACH STORY added to runners-up.
1972: EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS added to runners-up.
1973: THE EXORCIST dropped from runners-up.
1974: ALICE IN THE CITIES added to ten-best; THE GREAT ECSTASY OF WOODCARVER STEINER added to runners-up.
1975: THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER and JAWS added to runners-up.
1976: KINGS OF THE ROAD added to ten-best; HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK. . . added to runners-up.
1977: HEART OF GLASS and MARTIN added to ten-best; STROSZEK added to runners-up.
1979: NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE added to ten-best.
1982: BURDEN OF DREAMS added to runners-up.
1983: SEEDING OF A GHOST added to ten-best.
1984: STRANGER THAN PARADISE added to ten-best.
1985: PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURES moved up runners-up.
1986: FROM BEYOND added to runners-up.
1987: CASTLE IN THE SKY added to runners-up.
1988: MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO moved up ten-best, changes color from orange to red; GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES moved up ten-best, changes color from orange to red; WINGS OF DESIRE moved down ten-best, changes color from red to orange.
1989: KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE added to runners-up.
1990: THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH added to ten-best; THE EXORCIST III and LENINGRAD COWBOYS GO AMERICA added to runners-up.
1991: UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD moved up on ten-best; ONLY YESTERDAY moved up ten-best, changes color from purple to green; TRUST added to runners-up.
1992: SURVIVING DESIRE added to runners-up.
1993: FARAWAY, SO CLOSE! added to runners-up.
1995: SEVEN moved from runners-up to ten best, changes color from blue to green; POM POKO added to ten-best; LISBON STORY added to runners-up.
1996: FREEWAY added to runners-up.
1999: PRINCESS MONONOKE moved up ten-best, changes color from orange to red.
2003: DEAD END added to runners-up.
2005: HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE added to runners-up.
2006: THE GOOD SHEPHERD dropped from runners up.
2009: PONYO added to runners-up.
2013: BEYOND THE HILLS changes color from orange to red; FROM UP ON POPPY HILL dropped from runners-up.
2022: VIKING added to runners-up.
2023: New list created.
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1/22/23
1926: THE FIRE BRIGADE added to runners-up.
1931: SEED and DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE added to runners up.
1932: A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT dropped from list.
1933: MOONLIGHT AND PRETZELS added to runners-up.
1934: GLAMOUR added to runners-up.
1935: PETER IBBETSON added to runners-up.
1941: IT STARTED WITH EVE added to top ten.
1944: ADDRESS UNKNOWN added to top ten.
1947: DRIFTWOOD added to runners-up.
1957: THE YELLOW CROWD added to runners-up; THE QUIET GUN dropped from list.
1964: THE FLESH EATERS added to runners-up.
1965: LADY MORGAN’S VENGEANCE and BLOODY PIT OF HORROR added to runners-up.
1966: SAMURAI WOLF added to runners-up.
1968: THE SNAKE GIRL AND THE SILVER-HAIRED WITCH added to ten best list.
1969: ALABAMA (2000 LIGHT YEARS) added to runners-up.
1971: THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY AT THE PENALTY KICK added to runners-up.
1973: BEACH OF THE WAR GODS added to runners-up.
1974: FEMALE TROUBLE and FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN added to runners-up.
1976: BLACK MAGIC 2 added to runners-up.
1977: THE GRATEFUL DEAD MOVIE added to ten-best.
1978: I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND added to ten-best.
1980: USED CARS added to runners-up.
1982: SMASH PALACE added to runners-up.
1984: GHOSTBUSTERS dropped from list; CRIME WAVE moved up runners-up, changes color from purple to blue.
1985: HORROR HOUSE ON HIGHWAY FIVE added to runners-up.
1987: SHALLOW GRAVE added to runners-up.
1994: TORMENT added to runners-up.
1995: THE KINGDOM I added to ten-best list.
1996: PRIMAL FEAR dropped from runners-up.
1998: THE KINGDOM II added to ten-best list.
2000: THE WHOLE NINE YARDS dropped from list.
2001: RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS dropped from list.
2008: SON OF RAMBOW dropped from list.
2015: THE HATEFUL EIGHT changes color from red to orange; THE HALLOW dropped from list.
2018: SORRY TO BOTHER YOU dropped from runners-up.
2021: A GHOST WAITS and WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? added to runners up.
2022: New list created.
2023: New list created.
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12/28/21
1928: THE RIVER PIRATE added to runners up.
1930: HER MAN added to top 10.
1932: SHE WANTED A MILLIONAIRE added to runners up.
1937: TOPPER added to top 10.
1939: SON OF FRANKENSTEIN changes colors from red to orange, stays in same place.
1946: DUEL IN THE SUN added to runners up.
1962: TALES OF TERROR dropped from runners-up.
1963: THE HAUNTED PALACE moves from runners-up to top 10, changes color from blue to green.
1964: THE CASTLE OF THE LIVING DEAD added to runners up; TOMB OF LIGEIA dropped from runners-up.
1966: THE APPALOOSA added to runners up.
1968: LOVE AFFAIR, OR THE CASE OF THE MISSING SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR, SPOOK WARFARE, and WITCHFINDER GENERAL added to runners up.
1971: THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW, EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL, and LAND OF SILENCE AND DARKNESS added to runners up.
1972: ONE-ARMED BOXER added to top 10; THE NIGHT STALKER added to runners up.
1973:THE NIGHT STRANGLER added to runners up.
1974: BIG BAD MAMA and BILLY TWO HATS added to runners up.
1975: CRAZY MAMA added to runners up.
1978: DAWN OF THE DEAD moves down top ten, changes color from green to blue.
1980: CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD added to top 10.
1981: DARK NIGHT OF THE SCARECROW moves down runners-up, changed color from green to blue; THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MISS. OSBOURNE added to runners up.
1985: MR VAMPIRE added to runners up.
1989: BEYOND DREAM’S DOOR added to runners up.
1991: BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR dropped from runners up.
1992: TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME added to top 10.
1995: LEAVING LAS VEGAS added to top 10.
1996: GRAY’S ANATOMY added to top 10.
1997: LA VIE DE JESUS added to runners up.
2000: DEAD OR ALIVE 2: BIRDS added to runners up.
2001: AMORES PERROS moved down to runners up, changes color from orange to green; HEIST and PULSE added to runners up.
2002: DARK BLUE added to runners up.
2004: SPIDER-MAN 2 moves from runners-up to top 10, changes color from green to orange.
2005: PALINDROMES moves from runners-up to top 10, changes colors from green to orange.
2006: PAN’S LABYRINTH moves from top 10 to runners up, changes color from orange to blue.
2010: THE SUICIDE TAPES added to runners up.
2021: New list
2022: New list
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1/5/2021
1922: THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE added to ten-best.
1931: THE ERL KING added to runners-up.
1932: MERRILY WE GO TO HELL added to runners-up.
1950: RIO GRANDE added to runners-up.
1954: UGETSU added to ten-best.
1959: THE TINGLER added to runners-up.
1960: JIGOKU added to ten-best.
1962: DAVID & LISA added to runners-up.
1965: THE SKULL added to runner-up.
1967: VIY added to runners-up; THE GRADUATE removed from list.
1970: THE VAMPIRE LOVERS added to runners-up.
1971: DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS added to ten-best; THE VELVET VAMPIRE added to runners-up.
1972: SEASON OF THE WITCH (JACK'S WIFE) added to ten-best; WHOEVER SLEW AUNTIE ROO? moved to runners-up, changes color from green to blue.
1973: MALATESTA'S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD added to runners-up.
1976: DEEP RED added to ten-best.
1978: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS and THE SILENT PARTNER added to ten-best.
1980: ZOMBIE added to ten-best.
1981: THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY added to runners-up.
1984: SCREAM FOR HELP added to runners-up.
1988: ALICE added to runners-up.
2001: OCEAN'S 11 moved up runners-up, changes color from blue to green
2006: THE DEPARTED dropped from runners-up
2014: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL moved up runners-up, changes color from blue to green
2020: List Updated; MARTIN EDEN dropped from runners-up; THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS moves to 2021.
2021: New List
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10/1/2020
1900: AVENUE DE L'OPERA, AUTOMATED HAT-MAKER AND SAUSAGE-GRINDER, AT THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S, and TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY SURGERY added to best-of list.
1906: THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEMINISM and THE DRUNKEN MATTRESS added to best-of list.
1921: JOURNEY INTO THE NIGHT added to ten-best list; THE HAUNTED CASTLE moves down ten-best, changes color.
1922: WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER added to ten-best.
1924: BLACK OXFORDS, LIZZIES OF THE FIELD, and TEN DOLLARS OR TEN DAYS added to runners-up.
1925: LADY OF THE NIGHT and THE MERRY WIDOW added to ten-best list.
1926: THE SCARLET LETTER added to ten-best.
1927: IT added to ten best.
1928: FOUR SONS moved from runners-up to ten-best, changes color; HANGMAN'S HOUSE added to runners-up. STEAMBOAT WILLIE moved from ten-best to runners-up.
1933: BOMBSHELL moved up runners-up, changes color; DOCTOR BULL and EMPLOYEES' ENTRANCE added to runners-up
1935: THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING added to ten-best; STEAMBOAT ROUND THE BEND added to runners-up.
1937: WEE WILLIE WINKIE and YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE added to ten-best.
1938: YOU AND ME added to ten-best
1939: STAGECOACH and YOUNG MR. LINCOLN added to ten-best; DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK added to runners-up.
1940: THE LONG VOYAGE HOME and THE GRAPES OF WRATH added to ten-best.
1941: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY moved to ten-best, changes color.
1945: THEY WERE EXPENDABLE added to runners-up.
1946: MY DARLING CLEMENTINE added to ten-best list.
1948: FORT APACHE added to ten-best list.
1949: EASY LIVING added to ten-best.
1953: TO KILL A CHILD added to runners-up.
1960: SERGEANT RUTLEDGE added to ten-best.
1963: DONOVAN’S REEF added to runners-up.
1966: 7 WOMEN added to runners-up.
1970: BREWSTER MCCLOUD added to ten-best.
1972: FIST OF FURY, THE WAY OF THE DRAGON, and PRIVATE PARTS added to runners-up.
1973: ENTER THE DRAGON added to runners-up.
1974: CALIFORNIA SPLIT added to ten-best list.
1979: THE HUMAN FACTOR added to ten-best.
1980: SOLO SUNNY added to runners-up.
1981: THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION added to runners-up.
1988: DAMNATION added to ten-best.
1991: GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH added to runners-up.
2020: I'M THINKING OF ENDING THNGS and NOMADLAND added to ten-best; NIGHT OF THE KINGS added to runners-up; ENTWINED moved from pending release to runners-up.
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7/19/2020
1918: MERCY, THE MUMMY MUMBLED added to list.
1920: JUST PALS added to ten best list.
1923: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS and NORTH OF HUDSON BAY added to list.
1927: UPSTREAM added to runners up.
1928: FOUR SONS added to runners up.
1930: UP THE RIVER moved from ten best to runners up, changes color from green to blue.
1931: SMART WOMAN and ARROWSMITH added to runners up.
1932: AIR MAIL added to runners up.
1933: GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE, THE SIN OF NORA MORAN, and HOLD YOUR MAN added to runners up.
1934: A MODERN HERO added to runners up.
1935: THE WEDDING NIGHT added to ten best; IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK added to runners up.
1936: THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND moved from runners up to ten best, changes color from purple to green.
1937: THE HURRICANE added to runners up.
1938: SUBMARINE PATROL and THREE COMRADES added to ten best list.
1939: THE WIZARD OF OZ and GONE WITH THE WIND moves up ten best list, change color; 5TH AVE GIRL added to runners up.
1941: THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES added to ten best list.
1943: THE FALCON AND THE CO-EDS added to further explore section.
1949: SHOCKPROOF added to ten best list.
1951: M added to runners up.
1952: THE SNIPER added to ten best list; MACAO added to further explore section.
1953: GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES added to ten best list; WICKED WOMAN added to runners up.
1954: GODZILLA added to ten best list; HUMAN DESIRE and A STAR IS BORN added to runners up.
1955: THE COURT JESTER added to runners up.
1956: THE HARDER THEY FALL added to ten best; THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW added to runners up.
1957: THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI added to ten best list; THE RISING OF THE MOON added to runners up.
1958: MURDER BY CONTRACT added to ten best list.
1959: BEN-HUR moved from runners up to ten best list, changes color.
1961: BARABBAS added to runners up.
1962: KING KONG VS. GODZILLA and WHAT'S A NICE GIRL LIKE YOU DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? added to runners up.
1964: IT'S NOT JUST YOU, MURRAY!, GHIDORAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER and MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA added to runners up
1965: THE SOUND OF MUSIC added to ten best list; INVASION OF ASTRO-MONSTER added to runners up.
1969: THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN added to runners up; ALL MONSTERS ATTACK added to further explore list.
1970: THE GRANDMOTHER added to ten best list.
1972: WHAT'S UP, DOC? added to ten best list; RED SUN and HICKEY & BOGGS added to runners up.
1975: DEATH RACE 2000 added to runners up.
1976: NICKELODEON added to ten best list.
1982: 48 HRS. and SMITHEREENS added to runners up.
1986: BLUE VELVET moves up ten best, changes color; RUNNING SCARED added to runners up.
1989: TANGO & CASH added to runners up.
1991: CURLY SUE added to runners up.
1992: DEEP COVER, MALCOLM X, and LIGHT SLEEPER added to ten best list; GAS FOOD LODGING added to runners up.
1993: DEMOLITION MAN added to ten best list; CARLITO'S WAY added to runners up.
1998: OUT OF SIGHT added to runners up.
1999: THE LIMEY added to runners up.
2002: THE PIANIST, AUTO FOCUS, and HART'S WAR added to runners up.
2003: THE FOREST FOR THE TREES added to runners up.
2013: THE WORLD'S END moved down list, changes color
2015: THE WONDERS added to runners up.
2020: THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS, FOURTEEN, and THE VAST OF NIGHT added to ten best list; ANNE AT 13,000 FT and THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD added to runners up.
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3/26/2020
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1920: DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE added to ten best
1921: THE FOUR HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE lowered on ten best list, changes color from green to purple; THE CONQUERING POWER added to ten best list.
1924: THE SIGNAL TOWER, ISN’T LIFE WONDERFUL added to ten best list.
1925: CHESS FEVER, ARSENAL, BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST added to ten best list; THE NIGHTINGALE’S VOICE added to runners up.
1926: GOING CROOKED added to ten best
1927: THE KING OF KINGS, DUCK SOUP added to runners up
1928: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER added to ten best list; THE LAST WARNING added to runners up
1929: SPITE MARRIAGE moved to runners up, changes colors from orange to purple; ARSENAL, HELL’S HEROES, and WHY BE GOOD? added to ten best list
1930: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. THE DOORWAY TO HELL added to ten best list; LADIES OF LEISURE, MADAME SATAN added to runners up; THE UNHOLY THREE moved to runners up, changes color from green to purple
1931: MEN IN HER LIFE, FIVE STAR FINAL, WATERLOO BRIDGE, THE SECRET SIX, CAUGHT, RICH MAN’S FOLLY, THE SIN OF MADELON CLAUDET, PARLOR, BEDROOM AND BATH, THE PHANTOM OF PARIS, THE MILLIONAIRE, and SMART MONEY added to runners up; DRACULA changes colors from red to orange; ILLICIT moves down runners up, changes color from blue to purple
1932: A FAREWELL TO ARMS, THE STRANGE CASE OF CLARA DEANE, SO BIG!, FRISCO JENNY, THREE ON A MATCH, FORBIDDEN, THE PURCHASE PRICE, THE BEAST OF THE CITY, EMMA, RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS, JEWEL ROBBERY, ONE WAY PASSAGE added to runners up.
1933: WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD and FOOTLIGHT PARADE added to ten best list; THE CURSE OF A BROKEN HEART, GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, MAN’S CASTLE, LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT, HARD TO HANDLE, and SHE DONE HIM WRONG added to runners up; BABY FACE moved up runners up, changes color from blue to green; HELLO, SISTER! Removed from favorites list
1934: DAMES, OUR DAILY BREAD, IMITATION OF LIFE, and THE GAY DIVORCEE added to ten best list; ZOU ZOU added to runners up; JOURNAL OF A CRIME and LA BELLE DE NUIT added to runners up
1935: GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 and TOP HAT added to ten best list; MARY BURNS, FUGITIVE added to runners up
1936: TROUBLE FOR TWO added to ten best list; THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES added to runners up
1937: LOST HORIZON, INTERNES CAN’T TAKE MONEY, STAGE DOOR, and THE GREAT GARRICK added to ten best list
1939: OF MICE AND MEN, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX added to runners up
1940: REMEMBER THE NIGHT, WATERLOO BRIDGE, and ESCAPE added to ten best list; PRIMROSE PATH added to runners up.
1942: THE TALK OF THE TOWN added to ten best list; RANDOM HARVEST added to runners up.
1943: THE MORE THE MERRIER and CABIN IN THE SKY added to ten best list; THIS LAND IS MINE added to runners-up.
1944: GOING MY WAY and LIFEBOAT added to ten best list; THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS added to runners up.
1945: LADY ON A TRAIN added to runners up.
1946: HOUSE OF HORRORS added to ten best list; DECEPTION added to runners up.
1947: THE LONG NIGHT added to ten best list; THE FUGITIVE, REPEAT PERFORMANCE, LURED, THE WOMAN ON THE BEACH, THE BISHOP’S WIFE, IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE, and THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR added to runners up.
1948: ROPE and 3 GODFATHERS added to ten best list; THE SEARCH added to runners-up.
1949: REIGN OF TERROR, INTUDER IN THE DUST, and IMPACT added to ten best list.
1950: SHADOW ON THE WALL added to ten best list; LA RONDE added to runners-up.
1951: PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, and THE TALL TARGET; THE STRANGE DOOR, THE BIG NIGHT, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB and THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT added to runners up.
1952: THE WHITE SHEIK added to ten best list; THE BIG SKY and TALK ABOUT A STRANGER added to runners up.
1954: WHITE CHRISTMAS added to ten best list
1957: TOKYO TWILIGHT, WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION, and FUNNY FACE added to ten best list.
1958: CORRIDORS OF BLOOD, STAKEOUT ON DOPE STREET, and THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL added to runners up
1959: THE INDIAN TOMB and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK added to runners up.
1961: WE WERE YOUNG added to ten-best list.
1963: HUD added to ten-best.
1964: INTENTIONS OF MURDER added to ten best list; THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, SIGNPOST TO MURDER added to runners up
1965: A PATCH OF BLUE added to runners up
1966: RASPUTIN, THE MAD MONK added to ten best list; THE SAND PEBBLES added to runners-up.
1968: THE LIVING SKELETON and THE SPLIT added to runners up.
1969: HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN added to runners up.
1970: THE MOONSHINE WAR added to runners up.
1971: BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY’S TOMB added to runners up.
1972: DELIVERANCE, YOUR VICE IS A DARK ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY, THE WRATH OF GOD, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN, and SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT added to runners up; DUCK, YOU SUCKER removed from ten best to runners up, changes color from green to purple.
1973: THEATER OF BLOOD, THE AMUSEMENT PARK, and SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS added to runners up.
1974: LOVE & ANARCHY added to ten best list; ZANDY’S BRIDE and WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS? Added to runners up.
1976: SEVEN BEAUTIES added to ten-best list; LOGAN’S RUN added to runners-up
1977: ERASERHEAD and IO ISLAND added to ten best list; KILLER FORCE added to runners up.
1980: CONFIDENCE added to ten-best list.
1981: THE BLACK CAT and MEPHISTO added to runners up
1985: THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, and COME AND SEE added to ten best list; CRIME WAVE added to runners up.
1987: PREDATOR added to ten best list
1989: DEADLY GAMES (DIAL CODE SANTA CLAUS) added to runners up
1991: RICOCHET added to runners-up; JFK dropped from runners-up
1993: BODY BAGS added to runners up
1994: SATANTANGO added to ten best list
1997: CURE added to ten best list.
1998: CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST added to runners up
1999: RAINBOW TROUT added to runners up
2000: SEXY BEAST, BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE added to ten best list; MEET THE PARENTS added to runners up
2001: MULHOLLAND DRIVE added to ten best list
2002: MAN ON THE TRAIN, ORANGE COUNTY, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, and RESURRECTION OF THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL added to runners up
2003: NIKI AND FLO added to runners up
2005: THE WEATHER MAN, THE FAN AND THE FLOWER added to runners up
2008: GRUBER’S JOURNEY, BOYGO added to runners up
2012: DOMESTIC added to runners up
2014: THE GUEST added to runners up
2018: THE MULE added to runners up
2020: New list created
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7/1-Added to Lists
1920: While New York Sleeps (Charles Brabin, USA) added to top 10.
1925: Kentucky Pride (John Ford, USA) added to top 10.
1928: Street Angel (Frank Borzage, USA); The Wedding March (Erich von Stroheim, USA) added to Top 10.
1930: The Sea Wolf (Alfred Santell, USA) added to Top 10.
1931: The Miracle Woman (Frank Capra, USA) added to Top 10; The Yellow Ticket (Raoul Walsh, USA); Murder by the Clock (Edward Sloman, USA); Surrender (William K. Howard) added to list.
1932: American Madness (Frank Capra, USA) added to Top 10; Me and My Gal (Raoul Walsh, USA) added to list.
1933: Pilgrimage (John Ford, USA) added to Top 10; Hello, Sister! (Erich von Stroheim, USA) added to list.
1934: Black Moon (Roy William Neill, USA) added to Top 10.
1935: The Clairvoyant (Maurice Elvey, USA) added to list.
1945: My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, USA) added to Top 10.
​1946: The Beast with Five Fingers (Robert Florey, USA) added to list.
1954: Drive a Crooked Road (Richard Quine, USA) added to Top 10.
1957: The Cranes Are Flying (Mikhail Kalatozov, Soviet Union) added to list.
1958: The Lineup (Don Siegel, USA) added to Top 10.
1965: Long Live with Republic (Karel Kachyna, Czechoslovakia) added to list.
1966: Coach to Vienna (Karel Kachyna, Czechoslovakia) added to Top 10.
1967: Our Mother's House (Jack Clayton, UK) added to Top 10.
1968: Bullitt (Peter Yates, USA) added to list.
1970: The Ear (Karel Kachyna, Czechoslovakia) added to top 10.
1993: Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld, USA) added to list.
2006: Bubble (Steven Soderbergh, USA) added to list
2009: The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch, USA) added to list.
2010: Aniara (Pella Kagerman/Hugo Lilja, Sweden/Denmark); Glass (M. Night Shymalan, USA); Dragged Across Concrete (S. Craig Zahler, USA); In the Aisles (Thomas Stuber, Germany); Dogman (Matteo Garrone, Italy) added to Top 10; The Hole in the Ground (Lee Cronin, Ireland); The Dead Don't Die (Jim Jarmusch, USA); Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Michael Dougherty, USA) added to list.
1/17
Added to Lists
1924-Forbidden Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, USA) added to top-ten list
1929-Fragment of an Empire (Fridrikh Ermier, Soviet Union) added to top-ten list
1932-Hell's Highway (Rowland Brown, USA) added to runners-up​
Alterations
1925-The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, USA) changes colors from blue to green
1/3
Added to List
2018-The Kindergarten Teacher (Sara Colangelo, USA) added to runners-up.
12/30/18
Added to Lists
1907-New List Created; Le Pendu (Louis J. Gasnier, France); The Haunted Hotel (J. Stuart Blackton, USA); At the Music Hall (Max Linder, France)
1911-Cunegonde in Love with Her Master (Unknown, France)
1912-Max and His Dog Dick (Rene Leprince, France); She Cried (Albert W. Hale, USA)
1913-Karl Valentin's Wedding (Unknown, Germany); Patronille's Monkey (Romeo Bosetti/Georges Remond, France)
1915-Silk Hose and High Pressure (Henry Lehrman, USA) added to list.
1916-Outs and Ins (Louis Myll, USA) added to list
1917-The Rink (Charlie Chaplin, USA); Bobby Bumps Starts for School (Earl Hurd, USA) added to list.
1920-Distilled Love (Vin Moore, USA) added to list.
1921-The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (Rex Ingram, USA) added to 10 best.
1924-The Hands of Orlac (Robert Wiene, Austria/Germany) added to 10 best.
1926-The Magician (Rex Ingram, USA) added to 10 best.
1927-The Cat and the Canary (Paul Leni, USA) added to runners up.
1930-The Dawn Patrol (Howard Hawks, USA)
1931-Svengali (Archie Mayo, USA) added to 10 best.
1933-Policeman (Tomu Uchida, Japan); The Silver Cord (George Archainbaud, USA) added to 10 best; The Ghoul (T. Hayes Hunter, UK) added to 10 best
1935-The Black Room (Roy William Neill, USA) added to 10 best.
1943-Carnival of Sinners (Maurice Tourneur, France) added to 10 best.
1946-Canyon Passage (Jacques Tourneur, USA)​; Dragonwyck (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, USA) added to 10 best.
1947-The Red House (Delmer Daves, USA) added to 10 best.
1950-Stars in My Crown (Jacques Tourneur, USA)​ added to 10 best.
1955-Wichita (Jacques Tourneur, USA)​ added to 10 best; Stranger on Horseback (Jacques Tourneur, USA)​ added to runners-up.
1956-Nightfall (Jacques Tourneur, USA) added to 10 best​; Great Day in the Morning (Jacques Tourneur, USA)​ added to runners-up
1964-The Ape Woman (Marco Ferreri, Italy) added to runners-up.
​1965-The Tomb of Ligeia (Roger Corman, UK) added to 10 best.
1971-The Devils (Ken Russell, UK) added to 10 best; The Cat o' Nine Tails (Dario Argento, Italy/France/West Germany) added to runners up.
1972-What Have You Done To Solange? (Massimo Dallamano, Italy) added to 10 best; The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (Emilio Miraglia, Italy/West Germany/Monaco) added to runners up.
1974-Deathdream (Dead of Night) (Bob Clark, USA) added to 10 best.
1981-Dead & Buried (Gary Sherman, USA) added to 10 best.
1989-Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (John McNaughton, USA); Violent Cop (Takeshi Kitano, Japan) added to 10 best.
1994-The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen, USA); In the Mouth of Madness (John Carpenter, USA) added to 10 best.
2003-Intolerable Cruelty (Joel Coen/Ethan Coen, USA) added to runners up.
​2004-The Ladykillers (Joel Coen/Ethan Coen, USA) added up runners up.
​2017-Moonshiners (Juho Kuosmanen, Finland) added to runners up.
2018-The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/UK/USA); Private Life (Tamra Jenkins, USA); Happy as Lazzaro (Alice Rohrwacher, Italy); The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel Coen/Ethan Coen, USA) added to 10 best; Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland/UK/France); At Eternity's Gate (Julian Schnabel, Switzerland/UK/France/USA/Ireland); Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, USA); Patriot 'Season Two' (Steven Conrad, USA); The Front Runner (Jason Reitman, USA); The Sisters Brothers (Jacques Audiard, France/Spain/Romania/USA/Belgium); Vox Lux (Brady Corbet, USA) added to runners up.
2019-New List Created
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9/23/18
Added to Lists
1918-Take a Chance (Alf Goulding, USA) added to list
1931-Blonde Crazy (Roy Del Ruth, USA) added to runners-up
1936-Swing Time (George Stevens, USA) added to 10 best
1940-Three Faces West (Bernard Vorhaus, USA) added to 10 best
1942-Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock, USA) added to 10 best
1946-Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, USA) added to 10 best
1948-Moonrise (Frank Borzage, USA); Wake of the Red Witch (Edward Ludwig, USA) added to 10 best
1951-Roadblock (Harold Daniels, USA) added to runners-up
1953-Laughing Anne (Herbert Wilcox, USA) added to 10 best
1954-Hell's Half Acre (John H. Auer, USA); The Outcast (William Witney, USA) added to 10 best
1956-A Woman's Devotion (Paul Henreid, USA) added to runners-up
1962-Hatari! (Howard Hawks, USA) added to 10 best
1963-The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, USA) added to runners-up
1964-Gertrud (Carl. Th. Dreyer, Denmark) added to 10 best
1965-Return from the Ashes (J. Lee Thompson, UK/USA); Intimate Lighting (Ivan Passer, Czechoslovakia) added to 10 best
1968-Secret Ceremony (Joseph Losey, UK) added to runners-up
1971-The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper, USA) added to runners-up
​1972-Cuadecuc, vampir (Pere Portabella, Spain) added to 10 best; Straight On Till Morning (Peter Collinson, UK) added to runners-up
​1978-The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Lau Kar-Leung, Hong Kong) added to 10 best
1979-Mad Monkey Kung Fu (Lau Kar-Leung, Hong Kong) added to 10 best
1981-Model (Frederick Wiseman, USA); My Young Auntie (Lau Kar-Leung, Hong Kong) added to runners-up
1984-The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (Lau Kar-Leung, Hong Kong) added to runners-up
1990-Avalon (Barry Levinon, USA) added to runners-up
2005-Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan) added to runners-up
2014-Like Father, Like Son (Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan) added to runners-up
2017-After the Storm (Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan) added to runners-up
2018-Burning (Chang-dong Lee, South Korea); Sunset (Laszlo Nemes, Hungary); BlackKklansman (Spike Lee, USA) added to 10 best;
Border (Ali Abbasi, Sweden/Denmark); Everybody Knows (Asghar Farhadi, Spain/France/Italy); Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, USA); Madeline's Madeline (Josephine Decker, USA); Mission: Impossible--Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie, USA); ROMA (Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico); Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham, USA); Climax (Gaspar Noe, France); Custody (Xavier Legrand, France); Tully (Jason Reitman, USA); Incredibles 2 (Brad Bird, USA); Never Look Away (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany/Italy); Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, USA); Under the Tree (Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson, Iceland/France) added to runners-up
Unknown USA Release-Angelo (Markus Schleinzer, Austria/Luxembourg); Jinpa (Pema Tsedent, China); Light As Feathers (Rosanne Pel, Netherlands) added
Alterations
1951-A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, USA) rises up ten-best list; changes colors
2012-The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA) rises up ten-best list; changes colors
2018-Hereditary (Ari Aster, USA) changes colors
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6/18/18
Added to Lists
1926-The First Year (Frank Borzage, USA); It's the Old Army Game (Edward Sutherland, USA)
1927-Paid to Love (Howard Hawks, USA); 7th Heaven (Frank Borage, USA); East Side, West Side (Allan Dwan, USA)
1930-City Girl (F.W. Murnau, USA)
1931-Bad Girl (Frank Borzage, USA)
1932-Tess of the Storm Country (Alfred Santell, USA); I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (Mervyn LeRoy, USA); Wild Girl (Raoul Walsh, USA)
1933-Murders in the Zoo (Edward Sutherland, USA); Hoop-La (Frank Lloyd, USA); I Am Suzanne! (Rowland V. Lee, USA)
1955-Dementia (John Parker, USA)
1965-Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, Japan)
1967-The One-Armed Swordsman (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong)
1968-The Devil Rides Out (Terence Fisher, UK)
1970-Sabata (Frank Kramer, Italy); The Vampire Doll (Michio Yamamoto, Japan)
1971-Lake of Dracula (Michio Yamamoto, Japan)
1972-The Last House on the Left (Wes Craven, USA)
1976-Shaolin Temple (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong)
1978-Five Deadly Venoms (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong)
1982-House of Traps (Chang Cheh, Hong Kong)
2016-Mr. Neighbor's House (Bill Benz, USA) (TV)
2018-Hereditary (Ari Aster, USA); First Reformed (Paul Schrader, USA); The Tale (Jennifer Fox, USA); Outside In (Lynn Shelton, USA); Nancy (Christina Choe, USA)
Alterations
1960-Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, USA) moved down on best-of list; changes color from "red" to "orange"
4/30/18
​​Added to Lists
1901-Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken (Edwin S. Porter/George S. Fleming, USA)
1903-What Happened in the Tunnel (Edwin S. Porter, USA)
1914-Kid Auto Races at Venice (Henry Lehrman, USA)
1919-Wagon Tracks (Lambert Hillyer, USA)
1973-Black Mama White Mama (Eddie Romeo, USA)
1984-Amadeus (Milos Forman, US/France/Czchoslovakia)
1999-Freaks and Geeks: “Pilot” (Jake Kasdan, USA) (TV)
2001-Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, USA)
2006-Lunacy (Jan Svankmajer, Czech Republic/Slovakia)
2009-Mad Men: “Shut the Door. Have a Seat.” (Matthew Weiner, USA) (TV)
2010-Breaking Bad: “Fly” (Rian Johnson, USA) (TV)/Louie: “God” (Louie C.K., USA) (TV)/Mad Men: “The Suitcase” (Jennifer Getzinger, USA) (TV)
2012-Louie: “Late Show” (Louie C.K., USA) (TV)
2013-Breaking Bad: “Ozymandias” (Rian Johnson, USA) (TV); Breaking Bad: “Felina” (Vince Gilligan, USA) (TV)
2014-Louie: “Elevator” (Louie C.K., USA) (TV)
2016-Bojack Horseman: “Fish Out of Water” (Mike Hollingsworth, USA) (TV); Westworld: “The Bicameral Mind” (Jonathan Nolan, USA) (TV)
2018-Lean on Pete (Andrew Haigh, UK); Where Is Kyra? (Andrew Dosunmu, USA)
4/9/18
Lists Created