Films by Year

Explaining the color system:

RED means a masterpiece or very near (9.5-10)
GREEN ranges from very, very good to great (8.0-9.0)
BLUE ranges from OK to pretty good (6.5-7.5)
BLACK ranges from poor to mediocre to disappointing (5.0-6.0)
PURPLE means a film I outright didn't like (< 5.0)

2011 
2010 
2009 
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pre-1920

2011

1. DRIVE (Nicolas Winding Refn)
2. DESCENDANTS, THE (Alexander Payne)
3. TREE OF LIFE, THE (Terrence Malick)
4. MILDRED PIERCE [miniseries] (Todd Haynes)
5. BRIDESMAIDS (Paul Feig)
6. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (David Yates)
7. RANGO (Gore Verbinski)
8. SUPER 8 (J.J. Abrams)
9. CONTAGION (Steven Soderbergh)
10. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL (Brad Bird)
11. HUGO (Martin Scorsese)
12. HANNA (Joe Wright)
13. THREE MUSKETEERS, THE (Paul W.S. Anderson)
14. ATTACK THE BLOCK (Joe Cornish)
15. JANE EYRE (Cary Fukunaga)
16. WARRIOR (Gavin O'Connor)
17. CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (Glen Ficarra, John Requa)
18. THOR (Kenneth Branagh)
19. SOURCE CODE (Duncan Jones)
20. ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, THE (George Nolfi)
21. HOT COFFEE (Susan Saladoff)
22. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (Joe Johnston)
23. MELANCHOLIA (Lars Von Trier)
24. I AM NUMBER FOUR (DJ Caruso)
25. HANGOVER PART II, THE (Todd Phillips)
26. GREEN LANTERN (Martin Campbell)
27. HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN (Jason Eisener)
28. TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (Michael Bay)
29. ONE DAY (Lone Scherfig)

2010

1. LET ME IN (Matt Reeves)
2. MEEK'S CUTOFF (Kelly Reichardt)
3. CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami)
4. DAY & NIGHT (Teddy Newton)
5. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Edgar Wright)
6. GHOST WRITER, THE (Roman Polanski)
7. BLUE VALENTINE (Derek Cianfrance)
8. TRUE GRIT (Coen Brothers)
9. TOY STORY 3 (Lee Unkrich)
10. EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (Banksy)
11. RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (Paul W.S. Anderson)
12. KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THE (Lisa Cholodenko)
13. SOCIAL NETWORK, THE (David Fincher)
14. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART I (David Yates)
15. AMERICAN, THE (Anton Corbijn)
16. TANGLED (Nathan Greno, Byron Howard)
17. TOWN, THE (Ben Affleck)
18. CRAZIES, THE (Breck Eisner)
19. EASY A (Will Gluck)
20. NIGHT CATCHES US (Tanya Hamilton)
21. NEVER LET ME GO (Mark Romanek)
22. BLACK SWAN (Darren Aronofsky)
23. MORNING GLORY (Roger Michell)
24. SHUTTER ISLAND (Martin Scorsese)
25. INCEPTION (Christopher Nolan)
26. SUPER (James Gunn)
27. GREENBERG (Noah Baumbach)
28. BURIED (Rodrigo Cortes)
29. WINTER'S BONE (Debra Granik)
30. HOW DO YOU KNOW (James L. Brooks)
31. MONSTERS (Gareth Edwards)
32. DUE DATE (Todd Phillips)
33. INCENDIES (Denis Villeneuve)
34. GREEN ZONE (Paul Greengrass)
35. ANIMAL KINGDOM (David Michod)
36. BROOKLYN'S FINEST (Antoine Fuqua)
37. LETTERS TO JULIET (Gary Winick)
38. IRON MAN 2 (Jon Favreau)
39. BOOK OF ELI, THE (Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes) 
40. HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE (Josh Radnor)
41. KARATE KID, THE (Harald Zwart) 

2009

1. DOGTOOTH (Yorgos Lanthimos)
2. SERIOUS MAN, A (Coen Brothers)
3. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino)
4. CORALINE (Henry Selick)
5. EVERYONE ELSE (Maren Ade)
6. ADVENTURELAND (Greg Mottola)
7. MOTHER (Bong Joon-ho)
8. DISTRICT 9 (Neil Blomkamp)
9. ROAD, THE (John Hillcoat)
10. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, THE (Ti West)
11. ALAMAR (Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio)
12. BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS (Werner Herzog)
13. AVATAR (James Cameron)
14. IN THE LOOP (Armando Iannucci)
15. PARTLY CLOUDY (Peter Sohn)
16. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (Spike Jonze)
17. ZOMBIELAND (Ruben Fleischer)
18. STAR TREK (J.J. Abrams)
19. PERFECT GETAWAY, A (David Twohy) 
20. BOX, THE (Richard Kelly)
21. MOON (Duncan Jones)
22. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER (Marc Webb)
23. LE DONK & SCOR-ZAY-ZEE (Shane Meadows)
24. I LOVE YOU, MAN (John Hamburg)
25. MESSENGER, THE (Oren Moverman)
26. DRAG ME TO HELL (Sam Raimi) 
27. HANGOVER, THE (Todd Phillips)
28. UP (Pete Docter)
29. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (David Yates)
30. WILD GRASS (Alain Resnais)
31. SHERLOCK HOLMES (Guy Ritchie)
32. WHITE RIBBON, THE (Michael Haneke)
33. ENTER THE VOID (Gaspar Noe)
34. DUPLICITY (Tony Gilroy)
35. PROPOSAL, THE (Anne Fletcher)
36. STATE OF PLAY (Kevin Macdonald)
37. CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE (Neveldine & Taylor)
38. VALHALLA RISING (Nicholas Winding Refn)
39. INVICTUS (Clint Eastwood)
40. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (Oren Peli)
41. THE INFORMANT! (Steven Soderbergh)
42. WATCHMEN (Zack Snyder)
43. 2012 (Roland Emmerich)
44. OBSERVE & REPORT (Jody Hill)
45. TERMINATOR SALVATION (McG)
46. PANDORUM (Christian Alvart)
47. ANTICHRIST (Lars Von Trier)
48. TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (Michael Bay)

2008

1. TWO LOVERS (James Gray)

2. WALL•E (Andrew Stanton)
3. STILL WALKING (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
4. MAN ON WIRE (James Marsh)
5. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Jonathan Demme)

6. TOKYO SONATA (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)

7. PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (David Gordon Green)

8. SOMERS TOWN (Shane Meadows)

9. BURN AFTER READING (Coen Brothers)

10. HURT LOCKER, THE (Kathryn Bigelow)

11. GRAN TORINO (Clint Eastwood)

12. HUNGER (Steve McQueen)

13. PRESTO (Doug Sweetland)
14. CLOVERFIELD (Matt Reeves)

15. CHE (Steven Soderbergh)

16. GOMORRAH (Matteo Garrone)

17. ELEGY (Isabel Coixet)
18. MILK (Gus Van Sant)
19. WENDY AND LUCY (Kelly Reichardt)
20. GOODBYE SOLO (Ramin Bahrani)

21. PONYO (Hayao Miyazaki)

22. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (Mike Leigh)
23. WRESTLER, THE (Darren Aronofsky)

24. DARK KNIGHT, THE (Christopher Nolan)
25. REDBELT (David Mamet)
26. TROPIC THUNDER (Ben Stiller)
27. BE KIND REWIND (Michel Gondry)
28. IRON MAN (Jon Favreau)

29. BOLT (Bryon Howard, Chris Williams)

30. GHOST TOWN (David Koepp)
31. OF TIME AND THE CITY (Terence Davies)

32. CITY OF EMBER (Gil Kenan) 
33. DEAR ZACHARY (Kurt Kuenne)
34. FROST/NIXON (Ron Howard)
35. X-FILES, THE: I WANT TO BELIEVE (Chris Carter)
36. TALE OF DESPEREAUX, THE (Fell & Stevenhagen) 

37. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Danny Boyle)

38. TRANSSIBERIAN (Brad Anderson)
39. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (Steven Spielberg) 
40. DEFINITELY, MAYBE (Adam Brooks)
41. FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (Nicholas Stoller) 

42. CLASS, THE (Laurent Cantet)

43. W. (Oliver Stone)
44. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Woody Allen)
45. DOOMSDAY (Neil Marshall)
46. DOUBT (John Patrick Shanley) 

47. QUANTUM OF SOLACE (Marc Forster)

48. BABY MAMA (Michael McCullers)
49. CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, THE (David Fincher) 

50. CHANGELING (Clint Eastwood)

51. BANK JOB, THE (Roger Donaldson)
52. IN BRUGES (Martin McDonagh) 

53. BALLAST (Lance Hammer)

54. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (Errol Morris)

55. STRANGERS, THE (Bryan Bertino)

56. TAKEN (Pierre Morel)

57. SHINE A LIGHT (Martin Scorsese)

58. WANTED (Timur Bekmambetov)
59. SPEED RACER (Wachowski Brothers)

60. QUARANTINE (John Erick Dowdle)

61. CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, THE: PRINCE CASPIAN (Andrew Adamson)

62. HANCOCK (Peter Berg)

63. APPALOOSA (Ed Harris)
64. LEATHERHEADS (George Clooney)

65. MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA (Spike Lee)
66. TWILIGHT (Catherine Hardwicke)

67. MAMMA MIA! (Phyllida Lloyd)

68. EAGLE EYE (D.J. Caruso)
69. BLINDNESS (Fernando Meirelles)

70. VANTAGE POINT (Pete Travis)

71. HAPPENING, THE (M. Night Shyamalan)