For me, the movie "A Family". A Japanese movie which released in 2021 about a Yakuza member from 1999 up to 2019 and his struggles of life. A visually stunning experience, and a very touching emotional story. It's not your run of the mill action/crime movie, quite the contrary actually. It just feels "real". Although on Netflix with a rating around 7/8, I feel like not many people have seen it. And let me tell you, it's definitely worth the watch.
1. La Flor (2018) - I watched this fourteen hour behemoth just so I could complain about it (I do so like complaining). I wasn't expecting the most fun movie "about movies" ever made. It reminds me of nothing so much as Cowboy Bebop in the way it plays with narrative conventions for the sake of seeing what fresh things can be done with them. (The way the songs in the musical segment change meaning based on which character is telling the story is especially reminiscent of how Bebop will redo small concepts, whole episodes or even the backstories of characters from a fresh vantage point.) I have to make special mention of the 5 1/2 hour spy movie taking up the middle third of this monstrosity. Taken by itself, episode 3 may be... um... my favorite... movie... ever... :uhoh: The other sections are terrific as well, but the highwire of a tone traversed by episode 3 (a cross between James Bond, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Get Smart - with far more of the latter than I could have possibly expected) is my kind of heaven. 2. Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring (1986) - I do love classical tragedy, and here we have one of the very best. This is almost Miltonian in the way it shows the degradation of a single character casting away any part of himself that isn't evil. 3. Red Post on Escher Street (2020) - This makes for a great companion piece to La Flor, as they are both tributes to "cinema" that focus on the simple fun of make believe. There's an ecstatic enthusiasm at play here, like Sono has thrown away his caution and is running wild with his actors, having the time of his life. 4. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) - One of the finest coming-of-age movies I've seen, showing a character who knows what she wants to be, but doesn't have a clue who she really is. As Adele tries to mold Emma into her image of what life should be, Emma is doing the same to Adele, crushing their love in their inability to truly see how much they are hurting each other. I love the ending, which reminds me of the children's novel Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins. Like in Criss Cross, there is no judgment here. They're growing up, and screwing up is part of that. 5. The Illusionist (2010) - A mixture of City Lights and Limelight, but funnier and more heartbreaking than either. Sylvain Chomet doesn't just resurrect Tati, but every one of the supporting characters has their own carefully choreographed body language that makes the entire movie come alive as a magical dream. 6. Samurai Rebellion (1967) - I've jokingly called Masaki Kobayashi "the angriest man in Japan," but there is a romantic streak to him too. Both sides are on full display in this romantic tragedy that is characteristically pissed off. Much like Takashi Miike would do with the remake of Harakiri, Kobayashi focuses on a doomed romance between good people being destroyed by an evil system of corrupt men. Unlike Takashi Miike, he is able to get Toshiro Mifune at the top of his game. 7. Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974) - Pure zaniness. This has some of the weirdest and funniest visual gags I've ever seen. That joke about the censors cutting the sex scene has got to be one of the most surreal gags ever put on film. 8. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) - Every time that I thought I had a handle on how batshit this movie was, it found ways of surprising me. There's no better way to keep a grin glued to my face. 9. The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) - Down with stuffy literary adaptations! I'm sure that this doesn't do justice to most of the plot in the Dickens novel, but much like half of the other movies on my list this year, this film is having fun in every second. It comes off as a guy telling you all of his favorite parts and skipping about from scene to scene rapidly because he had a blast and he can't wait to tell you everything about it. The enthusiasm is contagious. 10. Sorry We Missed You (2019) - Loach doing Loach. Which is fine by me. What sets him apart from so many other misery porn directors is that he is so obviously invested in showing his characters as people. Not as jobs, not as downtrodden workers, but as people who laugh and cry and eat together and love each other and get angry with each other. And then he builds on that foundation, showing how the economic system destroys families because it turns them into numbers and supplies and doesn't give a damn if the people they live for suffer because of it.
My Top 10 movies I watched for the first time in 2021: 10. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Frank Capra 9. Das Boot (1981) - Wolfgang Petersen 8. It Happened One Night (1934) - Frank Capra 7. Le Trou (1960) - Jacques Becker 6. Rocco and His Brothers (1960) - Luchino Visconti 5. Brief Encounter (1945) - David Lean 4. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) - Sergio Leone 3. Doctor Zhivago (1965) - David Lean 2. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - William Wyler 1. Barry Lyndon (1975) - Stanley Kubrick ---------------------------------------------------------------- Honorable Mentions: Laura (1944) - Otto Preminger Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - John M. Stahl A Matter of Life and Death (1946) - Michael Powell Touch of Evil (1958) - Orson Welles The Fire Within (1963) - Louis Malle Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Stanley Kubrick
Menace II Society is somehow very under seen still. It looks gorgeous for 3 million dollar movie. I know the hughes brothers were really influenced by mean streets and goodfellas, wanting to their version. Its very fatalistic but funny as well. Also love the blood squibs at the end
Some of my best first time watches for the year were: - Stepford Wives - Harakiri - Top Secret - Horse Feathers - A Shot in the Dark - Tokyo Story - Shadow of a Doubt - Balloon - Baraka - Waves
My top 10 movies I watched in 2021 (for the first time): 1. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman) 2. Amarcord (Federico Fellini) 3. Nymphomaniac (Lars von Trier) 4. The tree of wooden clogs (Ermanno Olmi) 5. A brighter summer day (Edvard Yang) 6. Chris and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman) 7. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti) 8. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini) ;) 9. in the Realm of the Sense (Nagisa Ōshima) 10. Dancer in the dark (Lars von Trier)
My 10 favorite first time watches in 2021: 1. Silence (Martin Scorsese) 2. Dragged Across Concrete (S. Craig Zahler) 3. Adaptation (Spike Jonze) 4. Let The Right One In (Thomas Alfredson) 5. Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuaron) 6. Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith) 7. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson) 8. Another Round (Thomas Vinterberg) 9. American Psycho (Mary Harron) 10. Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi)
Thanks for the recommendations. I really and am intrigued by The Crowd. For me, 2021 was mainly about rediscovering movies I had not seen in years. When I watch Chinatown for the first time in over a decade, it blew my mind. I also really like Double Indemnity. I also watched some pretty recent films that are personally instant classics: Jo Jo Rabbit, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, and Bladerunner 2049. I missed the when they first came out, but had awesome viewing experiences with all of them
1.Duck You Sucker/A Fistful of Dynamite 2.Rolling Thunder 3.Thunderbolt & Lightfoot 4.Thriller: A Cruel Picture 5.Silence of the Lambs 6.Come & See 7.Another Round 8.The Celebration 9.High Plains Drifter 10. La Haine
I LOVE The Long Good Friday. I just have one piece of advice for anyone going into it for the first time: Start paying attention to everything from the moment it begins. The movie assumes you only need to be shown/told once (unlike more modern films that, at the least, use the rule of threes). Not even a bad idea to rewind when Hoskins shows up for the first time, to make certain you remember what just happened. First time through, I failed to understand what was going on in the first couple of minutes, and because of that, I went the whole rest of the movie waiting for an explanation, and when I finally got one, it didn't click. I had to rewatch the film to get it. Fortunately, the movie was so good anyway, I didn't mind the immediate rewatch. For me, my favorite first-time watches: 1. Bad Times at the El Royale (already a contender for one of my favorite movies ever) 2. That Man From Rio (as a fan of classic Bond films, it was fun seeing Belmondo literally run around the same world, but in a stripped down yet very physical way) 3. Hell or High Water (a timely take on a classic Western formula. Sadly, I have no doubt it will age like wine) 4. And I saw both Nightmare Alleys back-to-back. I saw Del Toro's first, and I'm just such a sucker for his visual design and atmosphere. The original was very impressive, and it aged very well for a film of its limited production values (and the Hays Code), but I have no problem saying that the new version built on the best elements of the old and took it to a level Power and Goulding could have only dreamed of.
I avoided Bad Times At The El Royale when it first came out because it looked like yet another tired Tarantino knockoff, but I finally got around to watching it last year and fuck me, what an amazing movie...
Films I liked to watch: Arthur (USA,1981) - Best from Dudley American Dreamer (USA, 2018) - Savage movie Late Spring (Japan, 1949) - Slow, rewarding Rear Window (USA, 1954) - Masterpiece The Apartment(USA, 1960) - Masterpiece Educating Rita (UK, 1983) - Great acting by Judy Dench Once Around (USA, 1981) - Weird forgotten movie Comrades: Almost a Love Story (Hong Kong, 1996) - Accented Cinema recommendation Diego Maradona (2019) - Great documentary Betrayal (UK, 1983) - Great dialogue M (Germany, 1931) - Masterpiece
Great list! Will definitely check out those I haven’t seen. Some gems I finally got around to watching for the first time this year: Il Posto (1961) Shadows in Paradise (1986) Suspiria (1977) A Bullet for the General (1966) The Breaking Point (1950) Le Trou (1960) The Wild Bunch (1969) Seconds (1966) High and Low (1963) Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
Last year I watch lost of hong kong action movies likes hard boiled, time and tide, once upon a time in china, the marin of chinese sea... so much great movies
My Top 10 Best first-time watches of 2021: 10: Shallow Grave (Dir. Danny Boyle) 9: Educating Rita (Dir. Lewis Gilbert) 8: Little Fish (Dir. Chad Hartigan) 7: The Apartment (Dir. Billy Wilder) 6: Thunder Road (Dir. Jim Cummings) 5: The Children’s Hour (Dir. William Wyler) 4: Weathering with You (Dir. Makoto Shinkai) 3: American Graffiti (Dir. George Lucas) 2: The Hunt (Dir. Thomas Vinterburg) 1: Local Hero (Dir. Bill Forsyth)
1. Come and See 2. The Lighthouse 3. The Maltese Falcon 4. Dune 5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 6. Naked Lunch 7. Nomadland 8. Ran 9. Judas and the Black Messiah 10. The Wailing Can't really say this is an official ranking so much as a list since which movie I like more will heavily sway depending on my mood. Def have to say though, Come and See was one of the most haunting films ive ever experienced. If you want a movie that will stick with you long after it's over that's a must watch.
Top content, mate! My best 10 i can highlight (not in any order): asphalt jungle (1950) higher learning (1995) the flowers of war (2011) the trial (1962) rosewood (1997) solaris (1972) PK (2014) amarcord (1973) wait until dark (1967) man on the train (2002)
Okay, so if you liked "Menace 2 Society" and you're ready to weep with the despair at how black community has been decimated the war on drugs, you should watch "Sugar Hill" (1993). It has one of the most heartbreaking opening scenes I've ever seen.
The best one I watched for the first time this year is The Hunt (2012) from Thomas Vinterberg. Amazing movie that will keep you stressed from start to finish. If you can handle it, give it a try, definitively more stressfull than Uncut Gems
My top 10 first watches of 2021: 1. Cecil B. Demented (2000, dir. John Waters) 2. Babette's Feast (1987, dir. Gabriel Axel) 3. Nitrate Kisses (1992, dir. Barbara Hammer) 4. This Transient Life (1970, dir. Akio Jissôji) 5. Funny Games (2007, dir. Michael Haneke) 6. Vive L'Amour (1994, dir. Tsai Ming-liang) 7. Bombay, Our City (1985, dir. Anand Patwardhan) 8. Run Lola Run (1998, dir. Tom Tykwer) 9. Wailings in the Forest (2016, dir. Bagane Fiola) 10. Clean, Shaven (1993, dir. Lodge Kerrigan)
My List: 1. Je, tu, il, elle (1974) dir. Chantal Akerman 2. Rocco and His Brothers (1960) dir. Luchino Visconti 3. Poetry (2010) dir. Lee Chang-dong 4. Fallen Angels (1995) dir. Wong Kar-wai 5. Godzilla (1954) dir. Ishiro Honda 6. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder 7. Modern Romance (1981) dir. Albert Brooks 8. Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) dir. Doris Wishman 9. The Crowd (1928) dir. King Vidor 10. Talk Radio (1988) dir. Oliver Stone
I know I'm a month late, but here are my top 10 favorite movies I watched in 2021: 1. Aliens 2. Scarface 3. 12 Angry Men 4. First Blood 5. Fight Club 6. Blade Runner 7. Yojimbo 8. The Apartment 9. Whiplash 10. Home Alone I know this is a very contemporary and American list, but this year, I am scheduling myself to watch more foreign movies and just more diverse kind of movies.
Best movies I can remember off the top of my head: 1. Ikiru 2. Tokyo Godfathers 3. Love and Mercy 4. Drunken Angel 5. Liz and The Bluebird 6. Perfect Blue 7. Tetsuo The Iron Man 8. Cowboy Bebop The Movie 9. Ugetsu (don’t have words for it but it was really cool) 10. Shoplifters (also very good but nothing more I can say about it) Best movies I watched were definitely at the end of the year. I tried my first taste at Satoshi Kon with Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers. Both were amazing, I like Tokyo Godfathers the most. The editing and direction is so magnetic and clever. Greatest Christmas movie ever. I also watch two Kurosawa movies that I had put off for far too long. Drunken Angel and Ikiru. Both were fantastic and Ikiru may be my favourite Kurosawa up with Red Beard. The Kafka style existential pain was so palpable and emotional. The story was told in such a striking and contemporary structure too. A film for all the ages. Drunken Angel was an amazing insight to prove just how much range Toshiro Mifune has a tough guy actor. Not that he’s limited to playing tough guys, but he has such a variety of tough men wether honest and rational or headstrong and tragic. I saw Love and Mercy for the first time and I have found a new favourite film ever. The insight into the musical experience is so accurate and it’s a beautiful tale that fuses the contemporary commercial demands of musical biopics, with actual story and themes that help to inform our lives. Not only do we see what it was like for Brian Wilson to make Pet Sounds, we also see why he made pet sounds and what affected him by doing so. The way that each timeline informs on itself is so strategical and tragic. Amazing film. So glad I watched it. My other big favourite (I guess here’s a top 5 films hah), Liz and The Bluebird. An amazing work from Naoko Yamada that was well worth the wait of me sitting through all of Hibike Euphonium. No film has ever made me cry for as long as that film. I cried at the beginning, middle, and end. A film that is able to connect so deeply to my experience was amazing. Through its toe curling and intimate cinematography and editing, to the soaring and beautifully performed musical numbers that communicate the characters emotions in unimaginably powerful sounds. It blew my mind. And I love every bit of it. May be my second favourite Naoko Yamada film. Also special mention to Cowboy Bebop the movie it was really fun and beautiful, great end to the series. And then Tetsuo The Iron Man. Which was positively weird and shockingly polished in the most gritty and grotty manner. Loved that one a lot
I watched 150 movies I'd never seen before in 2021 and these were my top 10 >Streets of Fire (1984) >Bonnie & Clyde (1967) >Parasite (2019) >Death By Hanging (1968) >Seven Samurai (1954) >Ace In The Hole (1951) >Shadow of a Doubt (1943) >Rebecca (1940) >The Graduate (1967) >Amelie (2001)
OMG, isn't "Amelie" just so great. No movie has ever made me want to visit Paris like this one. It's so adorable and yet quietly profound. Although it is a movie that is firmly for introverts.
@@seungminmakesmestay I loved how upbeat it was. I like how the cinematography borrowed a lot from Wong Kar Wai but it thematically was like the exact opposite of one of his movies lol
@@artirony410 Ikr! The part where Bredoteau finds his box of treasures in the phone booth always makes me tear up a little and you're like "Yeah, Amelie! You can make a difference. Even if it's something as small as a tiny push to help some guy spend more time with his family."
I didn't watch that many movies this year (only around 23), but if I made a list in the same vein as yours, I think it would go: Trainspotting Sexy Beast Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt (yeah, I know it's a show, but I wanna mention it because it's awesome) Get Shorty Good Night and Good Luck Graet video as always! Would not mind to see this concept return in the years to come, and I've added several of the films mentioned here to my watchlist.
So glad Menace II Society got the Criterion treatment. In the 90s, we considered it was part of a wave of so called "hood movies" that brought the inner city to the art house--good that people these days are seeing it as a substantial piece of cinema
My List: 1) Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets 2) The Return 3) Loveless 4) The Truman Show 5) The Banishment 6) The Red Shoes 7) Blue Spring 8) Pastoral to Die in the Country 9) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 10) Angelus Yes, I watched a lot of Zvyagintsev for the first time.
My best first watches for the year were: -After Hours -Tampopo -Cecil B. Demented -The Young Girls of Rochefort -Three Colors: Blue -All That Jazz -A Woman Under the Influence - Romy and Michele's High School Reunion -Minding the Gap (probably the best documentary I've ever watched)
Juice, Hoop Dreams, and A Colt is my Passport are probably my favorite first times of the year. Juice especially blew me away by playing out more like a slasher thriller than the 90’s gangster movie I assumed it would be. Tupac was genuinely terrifying in it
REALLY loved A Ghost Story. I watched it stoned out of my mind on a summer afternoon and had to stop halfway through to just go outside and stare at the trees. I heard it described once by someone using a scene near the middle of the movie as an example. "A guy, sat there rambling on about some kind of nonsense... and then it all starts to actually click."
my top movies that I watched for the first time last year: - The Shining (1980) - Soul (2020) - The Empty Man (2020) - Fargo (1996) - The Kid Detective (2020) - Color Out of Space (2019) - Pig (2021) - Robocop (1987) - Last Night in Soho (2021) - Spider-man: No Way Home (2021) I feel like most of these movies are not crazy recommendations because they are either a.) classics or b.) movies that came out last year, and because of that, I want to put emphasis on recommending The Empty Man and The Kid Detective, because both of those movies probably flew under a ton of radars, and they are really just incredible movies.
Out of 376 films I saw for the first time in 2021, my top 10: 1: Perfect Blue ( Kon.) 2: Stray Dog ( Kurosawa.) 3: Peeping Tom ( Powell.) 4: Dressed To Kill ( De Palma.) 5: The Nightingale ( Kent.) 6: Olivia ( Audry.) 7: Rashmon ( Kurosawa. ) 8: A Cure For Wellness ( Verbinski.) 9: Poison ( Guitry.) 10: Arrival ( Villeneuve.)
10. Razorback (1984) 9. Paper Mask (1990) 8. The Butcher Boy (1997) 7. The Hidden (1987) 6. The Heartbreak Kid (1972) 5. Escape From Alcatraz (1979) 4. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973) 3. Harvey (1950) 2. Last Night (1998) 1. Fingers (1978)
Oooooh, you watched The Long Good Friday! I think I mentioned this film in your replies a couple of times 😄 EDIT: OOOOOH, Beyond the Hills! The first time I’m seeing a film from my country on your channel. Glad you’re delving into Romanian cinema 😄
Some of the best include: -The Hourglass Sanatorium 1973 -All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 -The Mummy 1999 -Contagion 2011 -Nashville 1975 -The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959 -The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018 -Searching 2017 -Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997 -The Long Goodbye 1973 -Dune 2021 -Donkey Skin 1970 -The Great Silence 1968 -The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961 -True Romance 1993
My 10 favourite first time watches of 2021 -Closer -The talented mr Ripley -Vicky Christina Barcelona -U turn -The assassination of Richard Nixon -Amores Perros -21 grams -Babel -The trial of the Chicago 7 -cassino royale *these are in no particular order. But if i was to choose a favourite it would be "the death trilogy" (amores perros, 21 grams, and Babel) by Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu. I loved all 3 equally. Amazing films.
The Talented Mr Ripley is actually a lot more decent than it gets credit for (it has some lovely cinematography in it, and the performances are mostly excellent), though it does a terrible job of adapting the novel, and in particular the character of Ripley. I would recommend the far less well-known Ripley's Game if you haven't seen it already, which does a much better job of adapting the tone, humour and characters of the Patricia Highsmith novels. John Malkovich's Tom Ripley is far closer to the urbane, charming, superficial, glib and borderline psychotic Ripley presented in the books than Matt Damon's version, which is an excellently portrayed but ultimately rather boring character who seems to fall rather unwittingly into the murderous scenarios he finds himself in rather than deliberately engineering them.
I watched many East Asian films this year, so those dominate my list. These titles are in order of how fast they pop in my head when I think about "favorites": Hana-Bi (dir. Takeshi Kitano) The Tale of Princess Kaguya (dir. Isao Takahata) A Brighter Summer Day (dir. Edward Yang) Only Yesterday (dir. Isao Takahata) It's Such a Beautiful Day (dir. Don Hertzfeld) Late Spring (dir. Yatsujiro Ozu) Taste of Cherry (dir.Abbas Kiarostami) The 'Kosher' trilogy of films by Abbas Kiarostami So Long, My Son (dir. WANG Xiaoshuai) The Holy Girl (dir. Lucrecia Martel) Raise the Red Lantern (dir. ZHANG Yimou) I haven't seen around half of the movies on your list. Millennium Actress was my absolute favorite movie I watched in 2020 so I am pleased to see you loved it as well. Thank you for the recommendations. Hopefully, some of them will make it to my 2022 list ;)
I think Jeanne Dielman might be my best first watch of 2021. There were probably other ones which I enjoyed more and would sooner watch again, but none that have lingered in my mind more.
Great video Dan! Definitely will take some of these recs in consideration. Probably my Top 10 favorite first time watches in 2021 (excluding new releases) would be: 1) Ordinary People (1980) Dir. Robert Redford- Probably the movie that most speaks to me the most with its respectful approach to mental health. The fact people still complain about Raging Bull losing BP to “Oscar Bait” just makes me laugh. 2) In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Dir. John Carpenter- Carpenter’s best movie. Feels like he made this just to piss off Stephen King. 3) I am Cuba (1964) Dir. Mikhail Kalatozov- So heartbreaking and skilled at its craft 4) Shame (2011) Dir. Steve McQueen- Michael Fassbender!! 5) Millennium Actress (2001) Dir. Satoshi Kon- Your thoughts perfectly describes it. 6) A Woman Under the Influence (1974) Dir. John Cassavetes- such a raw movie 7) Sorcerer (1977) Dir. William Friedkin- The bridge scene alone. 8) Feels Good Man (2020) Dir. Arthur Jones- probably the best film about meme culture and its impact 9) The Watermelon Woman (1996) Dir. Cheryl Dunye- better people have talked about this movie better than I can 10) Man on Fire (2004) Dir. Tony Scott- I miss Tony Scott :’( Honorable Mentions: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) Dir. David Lynch Femme Fatale (2002) Dir. Brian De Palma
Millenium Actress also made my top films I watched in 2021, although in my case I was revisiting the film. I rewatch movies a lot because I very much feel that the person we are when we see something informs how we feel about them. The me who saw Millennium Actress ten years ago is very different from the me now who much more closely relates to the documentarian.
Well from the ones I remember watching in the past year I’d have to say One Cut of the Dead, Leadbelly, Good Times, Dunkirk, The Twilight Samurai, Double Indemnity, The Apartment
Ten that come to mind: Solaris (1972) Silence Five Easy Pieces Burning Barry Lyndon Days of Heaven The Handmaiden Mulholland Drive The Wicker man First Reformed
Great list Dan! I haven’t seen any of the ones you mentioned, so thanks for the watchlist 🤣 a few of my favorites were From Here to Eternity, All the President’s Men, and The Father.
2021 was the year I fell in love with westerns, but I watched a lot of good movies too, so here's my list: 1. For a Few Dollars More 2. Once Upon a Time in the West 3. Heat 4. Duck you sucker! 5. Yojimbo 6. Rashomon 7. Sunset Boulevard 8. Grave of the fireflies 9. Django Unchained 10. Mission Impossible: Fallout
I got to watch Millenium Actress at a special screening back in 2019, and it was one of those special moments where both my girlfriend and I cried at the end. Great movie from a great mind!
My top 15: 1. Day For Night (1973 dir. François Truffaut) 2. Le Samourai (1967 dir. Jean-Pierre Melville) 3. Chungking Express (1994 dir. Wong Kar-wai 4. Dr. Mabuse, the gambler (1925 dir. Fritz Lang 5. Mon Oncle (1958 dir. Jacques Tati 6. Le Bonheur (1965 dir. Agnés Varda) 7. Marius (1931)/Fanny(1932) 8. The Sacrifice (1986 dir. Andrei Tarkovsky) 9. Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960 dir. Luchino Visconti 10. Army of Shadows (1969 dir. Jean-Pierre Melville) 11. L'avventura (1960 dir. Michelangelo Antonioni 12. The Leopard (1963 dir. Luchino Visconti) 13. There Will Be Blood (2007 dir. Paul Thomas Anderson 14. The Seventh Seal (1957 dir. Ingmar Bergman) 15. Close-up (1990 dir. Abbas Kiarostami) It was a hard list to make since many films from the ones i saw went to my all time favorite films. Amazing year for me.
1. Life Is Beautiful 2. Threads 3. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? 4. Barry Lyndon 5. Fight Club 6. Eyes Wide Shut 7. Rocky 8. Dr. Strangelove 9. Prisoners 10. Million Dollar Baby
Great video, have been a fan of your channel for a while now. Some of the films that stood out to me this year: 1. East of Eden 2. Imitation of Life 3. The Misfits 4. How Green Was My Valley 5. Au Hazard Baltazar 6. Only Angels Have Wings 7. Certain Women 8. Robin and Marian 9. The Heiress 10. Knight Of Cups 11. Waterloo Bridge
Well since 2021 was really the first full year I was an all out cinephile in I saw a lot of classics for the first time. Here are my favourite movies I saw in 2021: • North by Northwest • The Graduate • Heat • Minority Report • A.I. artificial intelligence • the Conversation • Eyes Wide Shut • The Parallax View • the Untouchables • Mission: Impossible - Fallout
I saw a lot of masterpieces in 2021 (to make up for the severe lack of new releases reaching that standard throughout the year), but just off top I've got: -Nobody Knows -Our Little Sister -Like Father, Like Son -Still Walking (Kore-eda doesn't miss) -Son of the White Mare -Taste of Cherry -Raise the Red Lantern -Lust, Caution -Yi Yi -The Thin Red Line -The Player -Love Exposure -Werckmeister Harmonies -Close-Up -It's Such a Beautiful Day, and -Happy Together.
All of these movies look amazing! Especially Joint Security Area hope I can get a few friends to watch that one. And my list is Dark City (very upset it took me so long) Come True (scify horror of where dreams come from) Psycho Gorman (dark scifi comedy in the vein of ET) Beyond the Black Rainbow (perfection same director as Mandy also perfection) Green Knight (we need more fantasy in our lives) Terrified 2017 (Original title Aterrados Argentine supernatural horror film) I'm sure there's more but if anyone checks these out hope you like em!
I love A Ghost Story. It's a true gem and one of my favorite movies. The cinematography is so beautiful and the score by Daniel Hart, even though used sparingly, is my all-time favorite movie score. Also the themes hit on a very deep level which is why this movie is so personal to me.
@@JebeckyGranjola I really like him. I think he's an actor who can only play one mood. But he does that to perfection. The sadness in his eyes is so unique. And he feels like an introvert who thinks a lot but doesn't say much and I can totally relate to that
Menace II Society is a horror film and I’ll stand by it!! The way the Hughes depicted how senseless and destructive the violence is in the streets. My dad would always say “Its the most accurate depiction of living in the hood” and I can never agree more! I probably watched this a little too early but it was still an amazing yet traumatic film that still holds up today
LA Confidential (1997) Manhunter (1986) Frankenstein (1931) Scarface (1932) Phantom of the Opera (1929) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Psycho 2 (1983) The Suicide Squad (2021) No Time To Die (2021) Akira (1988)
I only started watching classic movies during quarantine, and as a result, these films may seem quite obvious(not in order of favorites): Apocalypse Now Night of the Hunter The Lady Eve The Killing McCabe & Mrs. Miller After Dark My Sweet Drugstore Cowboy Malcolm X The Magnificent Ambersons Say Anything
My top 5 (can't be arsed to think of 10) watched for the first time in 2021 would probably be: 1. Don't Look Now. Yes, I know, it's inexcusable that I haven't watched it before, but it's one of those must-see movies that I just never got around to watching until now- which is strange, considering it served as the principal stylistic inspiration for one of my absolute favourite movies (In Bruges). But when I did, I have to say that it impressed me almost as much as the movie it was first shown together with in 1973 (which coincidentally is also my all-time favourite horror movie), The Wicker Man. There's something so compelling about the cinematography, the half-beautiful half-creepy presentation of Venice as almost another character of the movie. 2. Mandy. Had a friend who is a massive Nic Cage fan rave about this one to me when it came out, and again it was on my list for a long time before I finally got around to seeing it. I heard one reviewer describe it as "David Lynch meets Rob Zombie meets Hellraiser" which is honestly the most accurate review I have ever seen, and while it sounds like the movie could go either way from that description it is honestly really worth a watch. Pure Cage-esque insanity but in the best way possible, and some absolutely out-of-this-world psychedelic cinematography. 3. The Revenant. Again, I should have watched this one before now (especially as I'm actually quite a big Iñárritu fan generally), but I'm not a huge fan of survival movies and I kind of let this one slide until I found it on Netflix a few months ago. And man, what a goddamn masterpiece. Apart from being one of the most gorgeously shot mainstream movies I have ever seen with stellar performances all round, the story really resonated with me- which is kind of unusual for me since I normally rate a movie more on its technical aspects than the story. I've watched it again twice since then. 4. Once Upon A Time In The West. The only excuse I can give for not having watched this before is that as a rule, I don't really like Westerns (some exceptions, of course- Dollars trilogy, The Searchers, Django Unchained, Hateful Eight, No Country For Old Men, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, etc). But since I first caught it on Netflix, I have rewatched this one 3 or 4 times, and honestly I'm now convinced it's a better Leone Western than The Good The Bad And The Ugly. An undisputed masterpiece. 5. Dog Day Afternoon. Again, a movie I'd been meaning to watch for ages, and I'm glad I finally did- not only because it's a fine example of one of my favourite eras of cinema, the American New Wave, but also because of the performances. I'd argue that this is probably Pacino's finest (or at the very least most underrated) performance ever, and John Cazale is, as ever, the master of the understated but vital supporting role. Bonus: Gangster No. 1. Not an amazing movie per se, but it was so much better than I was expecting from the title and description that it really stayed with me. It really deserves to be more widely acknowledged than it is. It's a simple tale, but a profound one with some truly phenomenal performances and a shooting style that is perhaps a tiny bit cliched by today's standards but that works quite well within the tone of the film. It actually reminded me a lot of Sexy Beast, so I wasn't surprised to learn that it was based on a play by the writers of the latter (they actually wrote Sexy Beast when they left the production of Gangster No. 1 due to creative differences). Definitely worth a watch for fans of the Get Carter-esque gritty British crime drama like myself. I'll have to check out all the ones mentioned here- I haven't seen any of them except The Long Good Friday (which is obviously a masterpiece) and A Simple Plan. I really enjoyed the latter, though it did fill a bit like a slightly inferior and less humorous Coen brothers derivative (as a matter of fact, given the collaboration of Raimi and the Coens in their younger days I always wondered if they were somehow involved in the creation of the movie).
@@EyebrowCinema thanks! Given the disappointing lack of good movies in 2021 (mainstream movies, at least- there were a lot of good smaller budget indie projects, of course), I took it upon myself to focus on my list of classic movies that I have yet to watch. It really paid off tbh...
My favorites I've seen this year include: -Schindler's List - no idea why it took me this long to get to it but doesn't disappoint -Memories of Murder - possibly the best crime drama out there -Once Upon a Time in the West - I exepcted another Good, Bad and the Ugly which I love but this is a much darker movie and maybe even better -City of Life and Death - absolutely brutal Chinese movie about the Nanking Massacre -Million Dollar Baby - tore my heart out :( -Gone Baby Gone - I didn't love everything about it but the moral quandry of the movie is really fascinating -The Lighthouse - what a movie -Beasts of No Nation - another hard to watch war movie -The Wicker Man - weird as fuck but also extremely memorable and atmospheric
Nice to see some TH-camr love for Long Good Friday. A favorite around my parts. So many quotable lines too. One that always comes to my mind when I think of it being; "Shut it you streak of paralyzed piss!"
A Separation, Tokyo Fist, The Last Duel, JSA, Hausu, Gamera 3, Braindead, Mishima A Life I'm Your Chapters, and Why Don't You Play in Hell I watched so many great movies the first time this year especially genre movies. 2021 was a pretty miserable year for me, but movies kept me great company. Thank you for sharing, I vastly prefer this to just favorite new releases
My top 10: Inherit the wind (1960) Night on Earth Rio Bravo Touch of Evil In the Name of the Father Munich Judgment at Nuremberg Arsenic and Old Lace Harvey (1950) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
My favorite first time watches of 2021 in the order I watched them were: Grave of the Fireflies 1988 Ford v Ferrari 2019 Magnolia 1999 Princess Mononoke 1997 The Tale of Princess Kaguya 2013 The Exorcist 1973 Scarface 1983 The Brood 1979 Solaris 1972 Whiplash 2014 Planet of the Apes 1968 Pig 2021 Nightcrawler 2014 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 The Wolf House 2018 Life is Beautiful 1997 City of God 2002 The Graduate 1967 Phantom of the Paradise 1974 Happy-Go-Lucky 2008 Carrie 1976 Audition 1999 The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales 1960 Black Christmas 1974 Possession 1981 To Be or Not to Be 1942 Perfect Blue 1997 Paper Moon 1973 Seconds 1966 The Fly 1986 Deliverance 1972 C'mon C'mon 2021 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Ace in the Hole 1951
My top five first time watches this year gotta be Paris, Texas Kids Return Hana-Bi Night of the Hunter In the Heat of the Night Slaps on top of slaps, I'll never grow tired of the comfortable yet somber vibes that Kitano and Wenders create in their films.
best movies i saw for the first time in 2021 in no particular order Rear Window (1954) Bound (1996) Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) Vanilla Sky (2001) ik that one gonna be controversial lol Paths of Glory (1957) Band of Outsiders (1964) Barry Lyndon (1975) Departures (2008) A Man Escaped (1956) The Apartment (1960) American Graffiti (1973) Before Sunset (2004) It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) Dune (2021) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Note - Im still jn high school, so I just got into watching more mature films Films I watched for the first time in 2021 1) Apocalypse Now 2) The Shining 3) It’s a Wonderful Life 4) Inside Llewyn Davis 5) Goodfellas 6) Chinatown 7) Tale of Princess Kaguya 8) The Lighthouse 9) Bram Stroker Dracula 10) Freaks of Nature (2015) - Seriously underrated
1 the treasure of the sierra madre 2 harakiri 3 the plague dogs 4 the burmanese harp 5 seven 6 watership down 7 Merrils Marauders 8 the thing 9 los olvidados 10 Scarface
2021 was such a hectic year that I can't remember everything I watched but a few I can think of are in no particular order of favorite besides the top three Ghostbusters: Afterlife Lupin the Third: Castle of Caglistro Lupin the Third: The First Winchester '78 Nobody Waterloo Shane By Dawn's Early Light Midway
I mean, no one asked, but I this is my list of best movies watched in 2021 that weren't released in 2021 1. inside llewyn davis 2. 8½ 3. perfect blue 4. ida 5. mulholland drive 6. altered states 7. high and low 8. true stories 9. only lovers left alive 10. chunking express thank you for your recommendations. added all to my watchlist. really wish for a great 2022 with more good videos and movies
My top ten: 10. Moonlight (2016) 9. Jeanne Dielman (1975) 8. Yi Yi (2000) 7. Late Spring (1949) 6. Drive My Car (2021) 5. Vertigo (1958) 4. Possession (1981) 3. A Man Escaped (1956) 2. Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) 1. A Moment of Innocence (1996)
This is something I've been hoping people would do for a long time. I would much rather know what great films you watched from any year throughout the year than just from the year in question. Here are some of my favorites: - Mikey and Nicky (1976) - River's Edge (1986) - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989) - Naked (1993) - Investigation of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) - Prizzi's Honor (1985) - The Stunt Man (1980) - Get Shorty (1995) - The Ruling Class (1972) - Mafioso (1962) - I Vitelloni (1953) - High and Low (1963) - Listen Up, Philip (2014) - The Last Seduction (1994) - Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Baby Doll (1956) - Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down (1989) - The House of Yes (1997) - Heavy Traffic (1973) - The Opposite of Sex (1998) - Little Murders (1971) - The Long Good Friday (1980) - Cutter's Way (1981) - The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) - The Swimmer (1968)
@@EyebrowCinema Totally agree. It's also a much better and darker film than Heathers in my opinion, most people's go-to 80s teen dark comedy. Also, I'm happy to see that LGF also made your list! I seriously can't help wondering if Tony Soprano was at least partly inspired by Bob Hoskins' character in that film.
I rarely even watch movies in theaters (I'm not made of money, so I use the library if possible), so I always wind up doing my year-end lists this way. It makes for a more exciting mixture instead of the same few films that everyone else has already mentioned.
Top 'First Watches' in 2021 Withnail & I - insanely hilarious and morbid and absurd Naked - incredible, dark, smart writing and performance Days of Heaven - beautiful classic Picnic at hanging rock - #1 fav or the year Daisies - femenist Czech new wave that's super fun Atlantics - african blend of fantasy and social issues Sunset Boulevard - old hollywood classic The Conformist - one of my fav endings of 2021 Tampopo - if you like ramen or movies about food
I'd like to recommend one that stood out for me just because I think no one has heard of, that I randomly found: Stations of The Cross (German, 2014). About a young woman preparing for Confirmation, loosely following allegorically the title theme. It's anti-religion is pretty heavy handed, but it's mostly realistic and sympathetic. Kind of like a grounded Saint Maud.
I recently checked out two of edward yangs masterpieces yiyi and a brighter summer day. I also would recommend burnning 2018 and the rest of the directors lee chang dongs filmography . His films are very brutal and realistic portrayals of societal issues in south korean society. My personal favorite of his being secret sunshine 2007 I also recently got into kurosawa and binged a bunch of his movies if anyone wants to know were to start with his filmography id recommend yojimbo and rashmon and ikiru
First movie on the list is JSA. Oh boy, this list is gonna be good. I had to check imdb to see what first time movies I watched and enjoyed in 2021: Singin' in the Rain Night of the Demons Le Cercle Rouge Address Unknown Aparajito Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Lawrence of Arabia All About Eve New York Ripper
A very interesting list! Too bad most of them aren’t available digitally in my country or in the public library either. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Before Sunrise Before Sunset Before Midnight Kari-gurashi no Arietti All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Lady Bird Collateral
Now that you watched meance to society you know all the jokes and references in "don't be a meance to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood". I haven't watched much Last year but upgrade was very good. A rock solid 4 out of 4 sci fi action film that doesn't try to complicated itself by trying to be a 5 star film. Saw the original "the producers" for the first 1st time in years. Laughed my ass off and still very sharp. The most interesting I saw was the graduate (1st time in full, seen bits of it before) it's really an idea for a further video on as I don't know why the lead character gets such a pass from modern critics. But the craftsmanship is still there and little if any is dated (the technical side) finally I for one endorse this refreshing take on lists
That is kinda the one thing about "The Graduate". If you can't empathize with the Dustin Hoffman's character, then it's not gonna grab you. I first watched as a teenager in senior year feeling exactly like he felt in the beginning during its iconic song.
Love Joint Security Area! If you’re in the mood for a slowburn South Korean character drama, I highly recommend A Distant Place. It came out earlier this year and is phenomenal, but I haven’t seen it get much attention (probably because of the controversial subject matter).
2021 was a pretty forgettable year moviewise for me. But I did get to see Judas and the black messiah, and Children of Paradise, both of which were outstanding. Millennium Actress is a favorite of mine.
The Offence Ninth Configuration Malignant The Standoff At Sparrow Creek Laughing Policeman Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind The Butterfly Murders The Cat (1992) Nobody The Boxer's Omen
@@EyebrowCinema I would recommend The Offence if you want to see Sean Connery in a different role. The Standoff is sort of like Reservoir Dogs in one location. Dangerous Encounters is a hidden gem you need to see, find the uncut version. Butterfly Murders has crazy fight scenes but it's saved for the very end because we have a murder mystery to solve. And if you want batshit stuff: The Cat and Boxer's Omen.
I got to see Millenium Actress in the cinema in 2021 and it was easily my favorite movie experience that year with Dune :D Besides those, I also watched Santa Sangre and Vertigo for the first time and both were superb.
I do encourage you to check out all the Jodorowski movies, the original esoteric midnight moviemaker . Except for "TheRainbow Thief", which even Jodorowski wishes he hadn't been ensnared to direct.
My favorite movies I saw in 2021 were: The House that Jack Built - Last Night in Soho - Boogie Nights - Promising Young Woman - Birdman - The Other Side of the Wind - Children of Men
@El Gringo Perdido oh yeah. My problem has nothing to do with the production. I thought it was artistically great, but I had issues with the story and subtext.
I'm sorry, but I hated the Departed so much it actually kind of made me retroactively hate all of Scorsese's films. It was like a Dark Knight Rises moment for me, where I couldn't not see the things I didn't like in it in every one of Nolan's other movies. I don't like negative nit-picks, but Macabre Storytelling did a video "Why the Departed sucks" which was cathartic to me because I felt like the only person who thinks that, and I couldn't really articulate why.
Screw it, you got me thinking, so I'm just gonna say it. I don't even care that the plot is nonsense.Everything I hate is clear in the first ten minutes. In descending order: 1. The prison montage. This whole movie uses popular songs as soundtrack. It's a pet peeve, but I can't stand it. A films score is made for that film because it's supposed to express the emotion and theme. A pre recorded song, which doesn't do that, only works if It's music that establishs a scene, like music over a dance scene. If It's just random it looks like a music video. It makes me think of Zac Snyder. I should not be thinking that during a Scorsese film. And the song is the Dropkick Murphys, it's peak 2005 Hot Topic. It's like putting Limp Bizkit in a movie. It totally dates it and destroys my immersion.
2. Matt Damon says, "F*ckin Q****s. Imagine that, Firemen getting p*ssy for the first time in the history of fire or p*ssy. F*ck you, h*mo!" Really, this is the calibre of dialogue? It's not Tarantino, this is supposed to be a serious film. It won Oscars. Also what's up with insulting Firefighters? It had been a while since 9/11, but still just a weird thing to see in a Scorsese film. Worse, it's in there because of the bizarre homosexual sub plot, the most WTF part of the film, and a sympton of the biggest problem.
3. Opening montage. It shows real footage of race riots that broke out when Boston desegregated schools. This has nothing to do with the movie. Then Costello's monologue. "20 years after an Irishman couldn't get a f*ckin job, we got the Presidency...That's what the n*****s don't understand...Ya gotta earn it." So these two things are establishing that these guys are racist. But why is this in the movie? It's like a leftover line from Gangs of New York, "What an American used to get a dollar for, an Irishman will do for a quarter, and a N***** will do for a nickle." That movie which is actually about a race riot, but puts the racism in the background. I'm not saying not to put these things in the movies, that isn't what bothers me. It's that Scorsese doesn't make dumb crude films ( Maybe the Wolf of Wallstreet). He makes historical, social and psychological films, but then includes casual bigotry and doesn't at all explore how it effected those things. I don't get it and it ruined his movies for me.
It's way too difficult for me to list because I saw so many last year and my list would be far too long. So I will just name the one film that had the most profound effect on me last year which was a British classic called Brief Encounter (1945) directed by the legendary David Lean. This is just of one his few films before he did the huge epics of The Bridge On The River Kwai, Lawrence Of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. At the time he was mostly known for making solid Charles Dickens adaptations like Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist 1948). But inbetween them he made a phenomenonal Romance/Drama based off a famous play at the time written by Noel Coward. A Romance/Drama that was very unique from what Hollywood had been mostly doing at the time in that genre. Its essentially a story about forbidden love between a man named Alec played by Trevor Howard and a woman named Laura played by Celia Johnson who are both desperate to be with one another. But ultimately they are already committed to their own husband and children in Laura's case and wife in Alec's case. What I love so much about this film is the conflict and drama of this issue and theme. The idea of commitment and honouring your marriage vows even when these two characters are clearly much happier and genuinely in the eyes of the audience deserve to be together. Its a very fascinating and fresh contrast from what Hollywood was mostly doing at the time which was the polar opposite. That is something I really adore about classic British Cinema. Is that it mostly had its own very unique identity that reflected a lot on British culture and society at the time.
Here are some of my favorite first watches from this year: Matinee Goodbye Dragon Inn (on 35mm in an old theatre!!!!) Heat (Holy SMOKES WHATTA MOVIE) The Green Knight Let There Be Light Taste Of Cherry Prince Of Darkness Blood Simple The Thing (1982) The Matrix (INCREDIBLE) Cure
I’ve seen a lot of good movies this year, but the best three from favorite to least favorite are Apocalypse Now, Eternal Sunshine, and Lost in Translation.
What are the best movies you watched in 2021?
For me, the movie "A Family".
A Japanese movie which released in 2021 about a Yakuza member from 1999 up to 2019 and his struggles of life. A visually stunning experience, and a very touching emotional story. It's not your run of the mill action/crime movie, quite the contrary actually. It just feels "real". Although on Netflix with a rating around 7/8, I feel like not many people have seen it. And let me tell you, it's definitely worth the watch.
Distant voices still lives, le Bonheur and a tale of winter( most of Rohmer's catalogue tbh)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018) & Cool Dog (2011) ayup yup yes
Pather Panchali, Andrei Rublev, The Father and The Human Condition Trilogy!
1. La Flor (2018) - I watched this fourteen hour behemoth just so I could complain about it (I do so like complaining). I wasn't expecting the most fun movie "about movies" ever made. It reminds me of nothing so much as Cowboy Bebop in the way it plays with narrative conventions for the sake of seeing what fresh things can be done with them. (The way the songs in the musical segment change meaning based on which character is telling the story is especially reminiscent of how Bebop will redo small concepts, whole episodes or even the backstories of characters from a fresh vantage point.) I have to make special mention of the 5 1/2 hour spy movie taking up the middle third of this monstrosity. Taken by itself, episode 3 may be... um... my favorite... movie... ever... :uhoh: The other sections are terrific as well, but the highwire of a tone traversed by episode 3 (a cross between James Bond, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Get Smart - with far more of the latter than I could have possibly expected) is my kind of heaven.
2. Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring (1986) - I do love classical tragedy, and here we have one of the very best. This is almost Miltonian in the way it shows the degradation of a single character casting away any part of himself that isn't evil.
3. Red Post on Escher Street (2020) - This makes for a great companion piece to La Flor, as they are both tributes to "cinema" that focus on the simple fun of make believe. There's an ecstatic enthusiasm at play here, like Sono has thrown away his caution and is running wild with his actors, having the time of his life.
4. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) - One of the finest coming-of-age movies I've seen, showing a character who knows what she wants to be, but doesn't have a clue who she really is. As Adele tries to mold Emma into her image of what life should be, Emma is doing the same to Adele, crushing their love in their inability to truly see how much they are hurting each other. I love the ending, which reminds me of the children's novel Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins. Like in Criss Cross, there is no judgment here. They're growing up, and screwing up is part of that.
5. The Illusionist (2010) - A mixture of City Lights and Limelight, but funnier and more heartbreaking than either. Sylvain Chomet doesn't just resurrect Tati, but every one of the supporting characters has their own carefully choreographed body language that makes the entire movie come alive as a magical dream.
6. Samurai Rebellion (1967) - I've jokingly called Masaki Kobayashi "the angriest man in Japan," but there is a romantic streak to him too. Both sides are on full display in this romantic tragedy that is characteristically pissed off. Much like Takashi Miike would do with the remake of Harakiri, Kobayashi focuses on a doomed romance between good people being destroyed by an evil system of corrupt men. Unlike Takashi Miike, he is able to get Toshiro Mifune at the top of his game.
7. Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974) - Pure zaniness. This has some of the weirdest and funniest visual gags I've ever seen. That joke about the censors cutting the sex scene has got to be one of the most surreal gags ever put on film.
8. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) - Every time that I thought I had a handle on how batshit this movie was, it found ways of surprising me. There's no better way to keep a grin glued to my face.
9. The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) - Down with stuffy literary adaptations! I'm sure that this doesn't do justice to most of the plot in the Dickens novel, but much like half of the other movies on my list this year, this film is having fun in every second. It comes off as a guy telling you all of his favorite parts and skipping about from scene to scene rapidly because he had a blast and he can't wait to tell you everything about it. The enthusiasm is contagious.
10. Sorry We Missed You (2019) - Loach doing Loach. Which is fine by me. What sets him apart from so many other misery porn directors is that he is so obviously invested in showing his characters as people. Not as jobs, not as downtrodden workers, but as people who laugh and cry and eat together and love each other and get angry with each other. And then he builds on that foundation, showing how the economic system destroys families because it turns them into numbers and supplies and doesn't give a damn if the people they live for suffer because of it.
My Top 10 movies I watched for the first time in 2021:
10. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - Frank Capra
9. Das Boot (1981) - Wolfgang Petersen
8. It Happened One Night (1934) - Frank Capra
7. Le Trou (1960) - Jacques Becker
6. Rocco and His Brothers (1960) - Luchino Visconti
5. Brief Encounter (1945) - David Lean
4. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) - Sergio Leone
3. Doctor Zhivago (1965) - David Lean
2. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - William Wyler
1. Barry Lyndon (1975) - Stanley Kubrick
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Honorable Mentions:
Laura (1944) - Otto Preminger
Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - John M. Stahl
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) - Michael Powell
Touch of Evil (1958) - Orson Welles
The Fire Within (1963) - Louis Malle
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Stanley Kubrick
Menace II Society is somehow very under seen still. It looks gorgeous for 3 million dollar movie. I know the hughes brothers were really influenced by mean streets and goodfellas, wanting to their version. Its very fatalistic but funny as well. Also love the blood squibs at the end
Some of my best first time watches for the year were:
- Stepford Wives
- Harakiri
- Top Secret
- Horse Feathers
- A Shot in the Dark
- Tokyo Story
- Shadow of a Doubt
- Balloon
- Baraka
- Waves
Shadow of a Doubt and A Shot in the Dark
Omg Harakiri is so so so good.
My top 10 movies I watched in 2021 (for the first time):
1. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
2. Amarcord (Federico Fellini)
3. Nymphomaniac (Lars von Trier)
4. The tree of wooden clogs (Ermanno Olmi)
5. A brighter summer day (Edvard Yang)
6. Chris and Whispers (Ingmar Bergman)
7. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti)
8. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini) ;)
9. in the Realm of the Sense (Nagisa Ōshima)
10. Dancer in the dark (Lars von Trier)
Excellent list with some major titles I still haven't seen.
@@EyebrowCinema I would particularly recommend "the tree of wooden clogs". The film is quite unknown despite its brilliance
I’ve seen 1, 6, 8 and 9. A friend of mine was watching In The Realm Of The Senses in cinemas and a lot of couples were there too.
My 10 favorite first time watches in 2021:
1. Silence (Martin Scorsese)
2. Dragged Across Concrete (S. Craig Zahler)
3. Adaptation (Spike Jonze)
4. Let The Right One In (Thomas Alfredson)
5. Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)
6. Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith)
7. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson)
8. Another Round (Thomas Vinterberg)
9. American Psycho (Mary Harron)
10. Hunt For The Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi)
Thanks for the recommendations. I really and am intrigued by The Crowd.
For me, 2021 was mainly about rediscovering movies I had not seen in years. When I watch Chinatown for the first time in over a decade, it blew my mind. I also really like Double Indemnity.
I also watched some pretty recent films that are personally instant classics: Jo Jo Rabbit, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, and Bladerunner 2049. I missed the when they first came out, but had awesome viewing experiences with all of them
1.Duck You Sucker/A Fistful of Dynamite
2.Rolling Thunder
3.Thunderbolt & Lightfoot
4.Thriller: A Cruel Picture
5.Silence of the Lambs
6.Come & See
7.Another Round
8.The Celebration
9.High Plains Drifter
10. La Haine
I LOVE The Long Good Friday. I just have one piece of advice for anyone going into it for the first time:
Start paying attention to everything from the moment it begins. The movie assumes you only need to be shown/told once (unlike more modern films that, at the least, use the rule of threes). Not even a bad idea to rewind when Hoskins shows up for the first time, to make certain you remember what just happened. First time through, I failed to understand what was going on in the first couple of minutes, and because of that, I went the whole rest of the movie waiting for an explanation, and when I finally got one, it didn't click. I had to rewatch the film to get it. Fortunately, the movie was so good anyway, I didn't mind the immediate rewatch.
For me, my favorite first-time watches:
1. Bad Times at the El Royale (already a contender for one of my favorite movies ever)
2. That Man From Rio (as a fan of classic Bond films, it was fun seeing Belmondo literally run around the same world, but in a stripped down yet very physical way)
3. Hell or High Water (a timely take on a classic Western formula. Sadly, I have no doubt it will age like wine)
4. And I saw both Nightmare Alleys back-to-back. I saw Del Toro's first, and I'm just such a sucker for his visual design and atmosphere. The original was very impressive, and it aged very well for a film of its limited production values (and the Hays Code), but I have no problem saying that the new version built on the best elements of the old and took it to a level Power and Goulding could have only dreamed of.
I avoided Bad Times At The El Royale when it first came out because it looked like yet another tired Tarantino knockoff, but I finally got around to watching it last year and fuck me, what an amazing movie...
Films I liked to watch:
Arthur (USA,1981) - Best from Dudley
American Dreamer (USA, 2018) - Savage movie
Late Spring (Japan, 1949) - Slow, rewarding
Rear Window (USA, 1954) - Masterpiece
The Apartment(USA, 1960) - Masterpiece
Educating Rita (UK, 1983) - Great acting by Judy Dench
Once Around (USA, 1981) - Weird forgotten movie
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (Hong Kong, 1996) - Accented Cinema recommendation
Diego Maradona (2019) - Great documentary
Betrayal (UK, 1983) - Great dialogue
M (Germany, 1931) - Masterpiece
Great list! Will definitely check out those I haven’t seen.
Some gems I finally got around to watching for the first time this year:
Il Posto (1961)
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Suspiria (1977)
A Bullet for the General (1966)
The Breaking Point (1950)
Le Trou (1960)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Seconds (1966)
High and Low (1963)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
Le Trou is edge of the seat tense. Have you seen any of the other incredible works directed by Becker?
Suspiria 2018 is also somehow a masterpiece in its own right I highly recommend it!
Last year I watch lost of hong kong action movies likes hard boiled, time and tide, once upon a time in china, the marin of chinese sea...
so much great movies
My Top 10 Best first-time watches of 2021:
10: Shallow Grave (Dir. Danny Boyle)
9: Educating Rita (Dir. Lewis Gilbert)
8: Little Fish (Dir. Chad Hartigan)
7: The Apartment (Dir. Billy Wilder)
6: Thunder Road (Dir. Jim Cummings)
5: The Children’s Hour (Dir. William Wyler)
4: Weathering with You (Dir. Makoto Shinkai)
3: American Graffiti (Dir. George Lucas)
2: The Hunt (Dir. Thomas Vinterburg)
1: Local Hero (Dir. Bill Forsyth)
Nice. The Apartment in particular is an all-timer for me.
1. Come and See
2. The Lighthouse
3. The Maltese Falcon
4. Dune
5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
6. Naked Lunch
7. Nomadland
8. Ran
9. Judas and the Black Messiah
10. The Wailing
Can't really say this is an official ranking so much as a list since which movie I like more will heavily sway depending on my mood. Def have to say though, Come and See was one of the most haunting films ive ever experienced. If you want a movie that will stick with you long after it's over that's a must watch.
fantastic list ... need to see Come and See, The Lighthouse is absolute insane insights into men ... Nomadland & Ran also personal faves !
Top content, mate!
My best 10 i can highlight (not in any order):
asphalt jungle (1950)
higher learning (1995)
the flowers of war (2011)
the trial (1962)
rosewood (1997)
solaris (1972)
PK (2014)
amarcord (1973)
wait until dark (1967)
man on the train (2002)
Okay, so if you liked "Menace 2 Society" and you're ready to weep with the despair at how black community has been decimated the war on drugs, you should watch "Sugar Hill" (1993). It has one of the most heartbreaking opening scenes I've ever seen.
The best one I watched for the first time this year is The Hunt (2012) from Thomas Vinterberg. Amazing movie that will keep you stressed from start to finish. If you can handle it, give it a try, definitively more stressfull than Uncut Gems
The Hunt is very good. Astounding work from Mads.
The Hunt and especially Uncut Gems are great. Have you seen Another Round?
Another Round is great too
Yes! Possibly the same choice for me too. Great film.
If you want another another stresser/suspense. Try “Rope” directed by Hitchcock
My top 10 first watches of 2021:
1. Cecil B. Demented (2000, dir. John Waters)
2. Babette's Feast (1987, dir. Gabriel Axel)
3. Nitrate Kisses (1992, dir. Barbara Hammer)
4. This Transient Life (1970, dir. Akio Jissôji)
5. Funny Games (2007, dir. Michael Haneke)
6. Vive L'Amour (1994, dir. Tsai Ming-liang)
7. Bombay, Our City (1985, dir. Anand Patwardhan)
8. Run Lola Run (1998, dir. Tom Tykwer)
9. Wailings in the Forest (2016, dir. Bagane Fiola)
10. Clean, Shaven (1993, dir. Lodge Kerrigan)
My List:
1. Je, tu, il, elle (1974) dir. Chantal Akerman
2. Rocco and His Brothers (1960) dir. Luchino Visconti
3. Poetry (2010) dir. Lee Chang-dong
4. Fallen Angels (1995) dir. Wong Kar-wai
5. Godzilla (1954) dir. Ishiro Honda
6. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
7. Modern Romance (1981) dir. Albert Brooks
8. Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) dir. Doris Wishman
9. The Crowd (1928) dir. King Vidor
10. Talk Radio (1988) dir. Oliver Stone
I know I'm a month late, but here are my top 10 favorite movies I watched in 2021:
1. Aliens
2. Scarface
3. 12 Angry Men
4. First Blood
5. Fight Club
6. Blade Runner
7. Yojimbo
8. The Apartment
9. Whiplash
10. Home Alone
I know this is a very contemporary and American list, but this year, I am scheduling myself to watch more foreign movies and just more diverse kind of movies.
Best movies I can remember off the top of my head:
1. Ikiru
2. Tokyo Godfathers
3. Love and Mercy
4. Drunken Angel
5. Liz and The Bluebird
6. Perfect Blue
7. Tetsuo The Iron Man
8. Cowboy Bebop The Movie
9. Ugetsu (don’t have words for it but it was really cool)
10. Shoplifters (also very good but nothing more I can say about it)
Best movies I watched were definitely at the end of the year.
I tried my first taste at Satoshi Kon with Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers. Both were amazing, I like Tokyo Godfathers the most. The editing and direction is so magnetic and clever. Greatest Christmas movie ever.
I also watch two Kurosawa movies that I had put off for far too long. Drunken Angel and Ikiru. Both were fantastic and Ikiru may be my favourite Kurosawa up with Red Beard. The Kafka style existential pain was so palpable and emotional. The story was told in such a striking and contemporary structure too. A film for all the ages. Drunken Angel was an amazing insight to prove just how much range Toshiro Mifune has a tough guy actor. Not that he’s limited to playing tough guys, but he has such a variety of tough men wether honest and rational or headstrong and tragic.
I saw Love and Mercy for the first time and I have found a new favourite film ever. The insight into the musical experience is so accurate and it’s a beautiful tale that fuses the contemporary commercial demands of musical biopics, with actual story and themes that help to inform our lives. Not only do we see what it was like for Brian Wilson to make Pet Sounds, we also see why he made pet sounds and what affected him by doing so. The way that each timeline informs on itself is so strategical and tragic. Amazing film. So glad I watched it.
My other big favourite (I guess here’s a top 5 films hah), Liz and The Bluebird. An amazing work from Naoko Yamada that was well worth the wait of me sitting through all of Hibike Euphonium. No film has ever made me cry for as long as that film. I cried at the beginning, middle, and end. A film that is able to connect so deeply to my experience was amazing. Through its toe curling and intimate cinematography and editing, to the soaring and beautifully performed musical numbers that communicate the characters emotions in unimaginably powerful sounds. It blew my mind. And I love every bit of it. May be my second favourite Naoko Yamada film.
Also special mention to Cowboy Bebop the movie it was really fun and beautiful, great end to the series. And then Tetsuo The Iron Man. Which was positively weird and shockingly polished in the most gritty and grotty manner. Loved that one a lot
More non-Japanese people really do need to recognize "Tokyo Godfathers" as the best Christmas movie ever.
I watched 150 movies I'd never seen before in 2021 and these were my top 10
>Streets of Fire (1984)
>Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
>Parasite (2019)
>Death By Hanging (1968)
>Seven Samurai (1954)
>Ace In The Hole (1951)
>Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
>Rebecca (1940)
>The Graduate (1967)
>Amelie (2001)
OMG, isn't "Amelie" just so great. No movie has ever made me want to visit Paris like this one. It's so adorable and yet quietly profound. Although it is a movie that is firmly for introverts.
@@seungminmakesmestay I loved how upbeat it was. I like how the cinematography borrowed a lot from Wong Kar Wai but it thematically was like the exact opposite of one of his movies lol
@@artirony410 Ikr! The part where Bredoteau finds his box of treasures in the phone booth always makes me tear up a little and you're like "Yeah, Amelie! You can make a difference. Even if it's something as small as a tiny push to help some guy spend more time with his family."
I didn't watch that many movies this year (only around 23), but if I made a list in the same vein as yours, I think it would go:
Trainspotting
Sexy Beast
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt (yeah, I know it's a show, but I wanna mention it because it's awesome)
Get Shorty
Good Night and Good Luck
Graet video as always! Would not mind to see this concept return in the years to come, and I've added several of the films mentioned here to my watchlist.
So glad Menace II Society got the Criterion treatment. In the 90s, we considered it was part of a wave of so called "hood movies" that brought the inner city to the art house--good that people these days are seeing it as a substantial piece of cinema
My List:
1) Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
2) The Return
3) Loveless
4) The Truman Show
5) The Banishment
6) The Red Shoes
7) Blue Spring
8) Pastoral to Die in the Country
9) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
10) Angelus
Yes, I watched a lot of Zvyagintsev for the first time.
My best first watches for the year were:
-After Hours
-Tampopo
-Cecil B. Demented
-The Young Girls of Rochefort
-Three Colors: Blue
-All That Jazz
-A Woman Under the Influence
- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
-Minding the Gap (probably the best documentary I've ever watched)
Juice, Hoop Dreams, and A Colt is my Passport are probably my favorite first times of the year. Juice especially blew me away by playing out more like a slasher thriller than the 90’s gangster movie I assumed it would be. Tupac was genuinely terrifying in it
REALLY loved A Ghost Story. I watched it stoned out of my mind on a summer afternoon and had to stop halfway through to just go outside and stare at the trees. I heard it described once by someone using a scene near the middle of the movie as an example. "A guy, sat there rambling on about some kind of nonsense... and then it all starts to actually click."
my top movies that I watched for the first time last year:
- The Shining (1980)
- Soul (2020)
- The Empty Man (2020)
- Fargo (1996)
- The Kid Detective (2020)
- Color Out of Space (2019)
- Pig (2021)
- Robocop (1987)
- Last Night in Soho (2021)
- Spider-man: No Way Home (2021)
I feel like most of these movies are not crazy recommendations because they are either a.) classics or b.) movies that came out last year, and because of that, I want to put emphasis on recommending The Empty Man and The Kid Detective, because both of those movies probably flew under a ton of radars, and they are really just incredible movies.
great list .. The Shining is the Kubrick I watch the most ... deep & dark insights on patriarchy! peace
Out of 376 films I saw for the first time in 2021, my top 10: 1: Perfect Blue ( Kon.) 2: Stray Dog ( Kurosawa.) 3: Peeping Tom ( Powell.) 4: Dressed To Kill ( De Palma.) 5: The Nightingale ( Kent.) 6: Olivia ( Audry.) 7: Rashmon ( Kurosawa. ) 8: A Cure For Wellness ( Verbinski.) 9: Poison ( Guitry.) 10: Arrival ( Villeneuve.)
10. Razorback (1984)
9. Paper Mask (1990)
8. The Butcher Boy (1997)
7. The Hidden (1987)
6. The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
5. Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
4. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
3. Harvey (1950)
2. Last Night (1998)
1. Fingers (1978)
Oooooh, you watched The Long Good Friday! I think I mentioned this film in your replies a couple of times 😄
EDIT: OOOOOH, Beyond the Hills! The first time I’m seeing a film from my country on your channel. Glad you’re delving into Romanian cinema 😄
Bro I just wanna say thanks for sharing these films that maybe aren't accessible for the wide audience.
Some of the best include:
-The Hourglass Sanatorium 1973
-All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
-The Mummy 1999
-Contagion 2011
-Nashville 1975
-The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959
-The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018
-Searching 2017
-Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion 1997
-The Long Goodbye 1973
-Dune 2021
-Donkey Skin 1970
-The Great Silence 1968
-The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961
-True Romance 1993
My 10 favourite first time watches of 2021
-Closer
-The talented mr Ripley
-Vicky Christina Barcelona
-U turn
-The assassination of Richard Nixon
-Amores Perros
-21 grams
-Babel
-The trial of the Chicago 7
-cassino royale
*these are in no particular order. But if i was to choose a favourite it would be "the death trilogy" (amores perros, 21 grams, and Babel) by Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu. I loved all 3 equally. Amazing films.
The Talented Mr Ripley is actually a lot more decent than it gets credit for (it has some lovely cinematography in it, and the performances are mostly excellent), though it does a terrible job of adapting the novel, and in particular the character of Ripley. I would recommend the far less well-known Ripley's Game if you haven't seen it already, which does a much better job of adapting the tone, humour and characters of the Patricia Highsmith novels. John Malkovich's Tom Ripley is far closer to the urbane, charming, superficial, glib and borderline psychotic Ripley presented in the books than Matt Damon's version, which is an excellently portrayed but ultimately rather boring character who seems to fall rather unwittingly into the murderous scenarios he finds himself in rather than deliberately engineering them.
I watched many East Asian films this year, so those dominate my list. These titles are in order of how fast they pop in my head when I think about "favorites":
Hana-Bi (dir. Takeshi Kitano)
The Tale of Princess Kaguya (dir. Isao Takahata)
A Brighter Summer Day (dir. Edward Yang)
Only Yesterday (dir. Isao Takahata)
It's Such a Beautiful Day (dir. Don Hertzfeld)
Late Spring (dir. Yatsujiro Ozu)
Taste of Cherry (dir.Abbas Kiarostami)
The 'Kosher' trilogy of films by Abbas Kiarostami
So Long, My Son (dir. WANG Xiaoshuai)
The Holy Girl (dir. Lucrecia Martel)
Raise the Red Lantern (dir. ZHANG Yimou)
I haven't seen around half of the movies on your list. Millennium Actress was my absolute favorite movie I watched in 2020 so I am pleased to see you loved it as well. Thank you for the recommendations. Hopefully, some of them will make it to my 2022 list ;)
I think Jeanne Dielman might be my best first watch of 2021. There were probably other ones which I enjoyed more and would sooner watch again, but none that have lingered in my mind more.
Great video Dan! Definitely will take some of these recs in consideration.
Probably my Top 10 favorite first time watches in 2021 (excluding new releases) would be:
1) Ordinary People (1980) Dir. Robert Redford- Probably the movie that most speaks to me the most with its respectful approach to mental health. The fact people still complain about Raging Bull losing BP to “Oscar Bait” just makes me laugh.
2) In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Dir. John Carpenter- Carpenter’s best movie. Feels like he made this just to piss off Stephen King.
3) I am Cuba (1964) Dir. Mikhail Kalatozov- So heartbreaking and skilled at its craft
4) Shame (2011) Dir. Steve McQueen- Michael Fassbender!!
5) Millennium Actress (2001) Dir. Satoshi Kon- Your thoughts perfectly describes it.
6) A Woman Under the Influence (1974) Dir. John Cassavetes- such a raw movie
7) Sorcerer (1977) Dir. William Friedkin- The bridge scene alone.
8) Feels Good Man (2020) Dir. Arthur Jones- probably the best film about meme culture and its impact
9) The Watermelon Woman (1996) Dir. Cheryl Dunye- better people have talked about this movie better than I can
10) Man on Fire (2004) Dir. Tony Scott- I miss Tony Scott :’(
Honorable Mentions:
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) Dir. David Lynch
Femme Fatale (2002) Dir. Brian De Palma
In the mouth of madness is one my all time favorites! Sam Neill never disappoints!!
Millenium Actress also made my top films I watched in 2021, although in my case I was revisiting the film. I rewatch movies a lot because I very much feel that the person we are when we see something informs how we feel about them. The me who saw Millennium Actress ten years ago is very different from the me now who much more closely relates to the documentarian.
Well from the ones I remember watching in the past year I’d have to say One Cut of the Dead, Leadbelly, Good Times, Dunkirk, The Twilight Samurai, Double Indemnity, The Apartment
Great picks!
Ten that come to mind:
Solaris (1972)
Silence
Five Easy Pieces
Burning
Barry Lyndon
Days of Heaven
The Handmaiden
Mulholland Drive
The Wicker man
First Reformed
Great list Dan! I haven’t seen any of the ones you mentioned, so thanks for the watchlist 🤣 a few of my favorites were From Here to Eternity, All the President’s Men, and The Father.
I should probably watch From Here to Eternity again. I haven't seen it since high school.
2021 was the year I fell in love with westerns, but I watched a lot of good movies too, so here's my list:
1. For a Few Dollars More
2. Once Upon a Time in the West
3. Heat
4. Duck you sucker!
5. Yojimbo
6. Rashomon
7. Sunset Boulevard
8. Grave of the fireflies
9. Django Unchained
10. Mission Impossible: Fallout
Once upon a time in the West is a masterpiece! The last gasp of the spaghetti western right before its demise.
@@trashasaurus I'd say that keoma was the last great spaghetti western tbh
I got to watch Millenium Actress at a special screening back in 2019, and it was one of those special moments where both my girlfriend and I cried at the end. Great movie from a great mind!
Can’t form a Top 10 but here’s my list:
1. The End of Evangelion
2. Shin Godzilla
3. Nightcrawler
4. Throne of Blood
5. Godzilla (1954)
My top 15:
1. Day For Night (1973 dir. François Truffaut)
2. Le Samourai (1967 dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)
3. Chungking Express (1994 dir. Wong Kar-wai
4. Dr. Mabuse, the gambler (1925 dir. Fritz Lang
5. Mon Oncle (1958 dir. Jacques Tati
6. Le Bonheur (1965 dir. Agnés Varda)
7. Marius (1931)/Fanny(1932)
8. The Sacrifice (1986 dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)
9. Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960 dir. Luchino Visconti
10. Army of Shadows (1969 dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)
11. L'avventura (1960 dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
12. The Leopard (1963 dir. Luchino Visconti)
13. There Will Be Blood (2007 dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
14. The Seventh Seal (1957 dir. Ingmar Bergman)
15. Close-up (1990 dir. Abbas Kiarostami)
It was a hard list to make since many films from the ones i saw went to my all time favorite films. Amazing year for me.
1. Life Is Beautiful
2. Threads
3. Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
4. Barry Lyndon
5. Fight Club
6. Eyes Wide Shut
7. Rocky
8. Dr. Strangelove
9. Prisoners
10. Million Dollar Baby
"Gentlemen, you can't be fighting in here. This the war room!"
Great video, have been a fan of your channel for a while now.
Some of the films that stood out to me this year:
1. East of Eden
2. Imitation of Life
3. The Misfits
4. How Green Was My Valley
5. Au Hazard Baltazar
6. Only Angels Have Wings
7. Certain Women
8. Robin and Marian
9. The Heiress
10. Knight Of Cups
11. Waterloo Bridge
Well since 2021 was really the first full year I was an all out cinephile in I saw a lot of classics for the first time. Here are my favourite movies I saw in 2021:
• North by Northwest
• The Graduate
• Heat
• Minority Report
• A.I. artificial intelligence
• the Conversation
• Eyes Wide Shut
• The Parallax View
• the Untouchables
• Mission: Impossible - Fallout
North by Northwest
I saw Rope late 2020. It's not my favourite from Hitchcock but I still think it's a Really great and engaging little thriller
I saw a lot of masterpieces in 2021 (to make up for the severe lack of new releases reaching that standard throughout the year), but just off top I've got:
-Nobody Knows
-Our Little Sister
-Like Father, Like Son
-Still Walking (Kore-eda doesn't miss)
-Son of the White Mare
-Taste of Cherry
-Raise the Red Lantern
-Lust, Caution
-Yi Yi
-The Thin Red Line
-The Player
-Love Exposure
-Werckmeister Harmonies
-Close-Up
-It's Such a Beautiful Day, and
-Happy Together.
All of these movies look amazing! Especially Joint Security Area hope I can get a few friends to watch that one. And my list is
Dark City (very upset it took me so long)
Come True (scify horror of where dreams come from)
Psycho Gorman (dark scifi comedy in the vein of ET)
Beyond the Black Rainbow (perfection same director as Mandy also perfection)
Green Knight (we need more fantasy in our lives)
Terrified 2017 (Original title Aterrados Argentine supernatural horror film)
I'm sure there's more but if anyone checks these out hope you like em!
I love A Ghost Story. It's a true gem and one of my favorite movies. The cinematography is so beautiful and the score by Daniel Hart, even though used sparingly, is my all-time favorite movie score.
Also the themes hit on a very deep level which is why this movie is so personal to me.
How do you feel about Casey Affleck?
@@JebeckyGranjola I really like him. I think he's an actor who can only play one mood. But he does that to perfection.
The sadness in his eyes is so unique. And he feels like an introvert who thinks a lot but doesn't say much and I can totally relate to that
@Jonas Music ok, thanks
@@JebeckyGranjola Well, how do you feel about Casey Affleck?
Menace II Society is a horror film and I’ll stand by it!! The way the Hughes depicted how senseless and destructive the violence is in the streets. My dad would always say “Its the most accurate depiction of living in the hood” and I can never agree more! I probably watched this a little too early but it was still an amazing yet traumatic film that still holds up today
LA Confidential (1997)
Manhunter (1986)
Frankenstein (1931)
Scarface (1932)
Phantom of the Opera (1929)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Psycho 2 (1983)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
No Time To Die (2021)
Akira (1988)
I only started watching classic movies during quarantine, and as a result, these films may seem quite obvious(not in order of favorites):
Apocalypse Now
Night of the Hunter
The Lady Eve
The Killing
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
After Dark My Sweet
Drugstore Cowboy
Malcolm X
The Magnificent Ambersons
Say Anything
Millennium Actress is so underrated
My top 5 (can't be arsed to think of 10) watched for the first time in 2021 would probably be:
1. Don't Look Now. Yes, I know, it's inexcusable that I haven't watched it before, but it's one of those must-see movies that I just never got around to watching until now- which is strange, considering it served as the principal stylistic inspiration for one of my absolute favourite movies (In Bruges). But when I did, I have to say that it impressed me almost as much as the movie it was first shown together with in 1973 (which coincidentally is also my all-time favourite horror movie), The Wicker Man. There's something so compelling about the cinematography, the half-beautiful half-creepy presentation of Venice as almost another character of the movie.
2. Mandy. Had a friend who is a massive Nic Cage fan rave about this one to me when it came out, and again it was on my list for a long time before I finally got around to seeing it. I heard one reviewer describe it as "David Lynch meets Rob Zombie meets Hellraiser" which is honestly the most accurate review I have ever seen, and while it sounds like the movie could go either way from that description it is honestly really worth a watch. Pure Cage-esque insanity but in the best way possible, and some absolutely out-of-this-world psychedelic cinematography.
3. The Revenant. Again, I should have watched this one before now (especially as I'm actually quite a big Iñárritu fan generally), but I'm not a huge fan of survival movies and I kind of let this one slide until I found it on Netflix a few months ago. And man, what a goddamn masterpiece. Apart from being one of the most gorgeously shot mainstream movies I have ever seen with stellar performances all round, the story really resonated with me- which is kind of unusual for me since I normally rate a movie more on its technical aspects than the story. I've watched it again twice since then.
4. Once Upon A Time In The West. The only excuse I can give for not having watched this before is that as a rule, I don't really like Westerns (some exceptions, of course- Dollars trilogy, The Searchers, Django Unchained, Hateful Eight, No Country For Old Men, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, etc). But since I first caught it on Netflix, I have rewatched this one 3 or 4 times, and honestly I'm now convinced it's a better Leone Western than The Good The Bad And The Ugly. An undisputed masterpiece.
5. Dog Day Afternoon. Again, a movie I'd been meaning to watch for ages, and I'm glad I finally did- not only because it's a fine example of one of my favourite eras of cinema, the American New Wave, but also because of the performances. I'd argue that this is probably Pacino's finest (or at the very least most underrated) performance ever, and John Cazale is, as ever, the master of the understated but vital supporting role.
Bonus: Gangster No. 1. Not an amazing movie per se, but it was so much better than I was expecting from the title and description that it really stayed with me. It really deserves to be more widely acknowledged than it is. It's a simple tale, but a profound one with some truly phenomenal performances and a shooting style that is perhaps a tiny bit cliched by today's standards but that works quite well within the tone of the film. It actually reminded me a lot of Sexy Beast, so I wasn't surprised to learn that it was based on a play by the writers of the latter (they actually wrote Sexy Beast when they left the production of Gangster No. 1 due to creative differences). Definitely worth a watch for fans of the Get Carter-esque gritty British crime drama like myself.
I'll have to check out all the ones mentioned here- I haven't seen any of them except The Long Good Friday (which is obviously a masterpiece) and A Simple Plan. I really enjoyed the latter, though it did fill a bit like a slightly inferior and less humorous Coen brothers derivative (as a matter of fact, given the collaboration of Raimi and the Coens in their younger days I always wondered if they were somehow involved in the creation of the movie).
This is a really cool list.
@@EyebrowCinema thanks! Given the disappointing lack of good movies in 2021 (mainstream movies, at least- there were a lot of good smaller budget indie projects, of course), I took it upon myself to focus on my list of classic movies that I have yet to watch. It really paid off tbh...
My favorites I've seen this year include:
-Schindler's List - no idea why it took me this long to get to it but doesn't disappoint
-Memories of Murder - possibly the best crime drama out there
-Once Upon a Time in the West - I exepcted another Good, Bad and the Ugly which I love but this is a much darker movie and maybe even better
-City of Life and Death - absolutely brutal Chinese movie about the Nanking Massacre
-Million Dollar Baby - tore my heart out :(
-Gone Baby Gone - I didn't love everything about it but the moral quandry of the movie is really fascinating
-The Lighthouse - what a movie
-Beasts of No Nation - another hard to watch war movie
-The Wicker Man - weird as fuck but also extremely memorable and atmospheric
Nice to see some TH-camr love for Long Good Friday. A favorite around my parts. So many quotable lines too. One that always comes to my mind when I think of it being; "Shut it you streak of paralyzed piss!"
Ooooh man. The Crowd looks right up my alley.
A Separation, Tokyo Fist, The Last Duel, JSA, Hausu, Gamera 3, Braindead, Mishima A Life I'm Your Chapters, and Why Don't You Play in Hell I watched so many great movies the first time this year especially genre movies. 2021 was a pretty miserable year for me, but movies kept me great company. Thank you for sharing, I vastly prefer this to just favorite new releases
My top 10:
Inherit the wind (1960)
Night on Earth
Rio Bravo
Touch of Evil
In the Name of the Father
Munich
Judgment at Nuremberg
Arsenic and Old Lace
Harvey (1950)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
My favorite first time watches of 2021 in the order I watched them were:
Grave of the Fireflies 1988
Ford v Ferrari 2019
Magnolia 1999
Princess Mononoke 1997
The Tale of Princess Kaguya 2013
The Exorcist 1973
Scarface 1983
The Brood 1979
Solaris 1972
Whiplash 2014
Planet of the Apes 1968
Pig 2021
Nightcrawler 2014
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
The Wolf House 2018
Life is Beautiful 1997
City of God 2002
The Graduate 1967
Phantom of the Paradise 1974
Happy-Go-Lucky 2008
Carrie 1976
Audition 1999
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales 1960
Black Christmas 1974
Possession 1981
To Be or Not to Be 1942
Perfect Blue 1997
Paper Moon 1973
Seconds 1966
The Fly 1986
Deliverance 1972
C'mon C'mon 2021
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
Ace in the Hole 1951
My top five first time watches this year gotta be
Paris, Texas
Kids Return
Hana-Bi
Night of the Hunter
In the Heat of the Night
Slaps on top of slaps, I'll never grow tired of the comfortable yet somber vibes that Kitano and Wenders create in their films.
best movies i saw for the first time in 2021 in no particular order
Rear Window (1954)
Bound (1996)
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
Vanilla Sky (2001) ik that one gonna be controversial lol
Paths of Glory (1957)
Band of Outsiders (1964)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Departures (2008)
A Man Escaped (1956)
The Apartment (1960)
American Graffiti (1973)
Before Sunset (2004)
It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Dune (2021)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Love your content. Please tell me where to watch The Crowd? Can’t find it anywhere
Note - Im still jn high school, so I just got into watching more mature films
Films I watched for the first time in 2021
1) Apocalypse Now
2) The Shining
3) It’s a Wonderful Life
4) Inside Llewyn Davis
5) Goodfellas
6) Chinatown
7) Tale of Princess Kaguya
8) The Lighthouse
9) Bram Stroker Dracula
10) Freaks of Nature (2015) - Seriously underrated
It’s a Wonderful life is fascinating love James Stewart
1 the treasure of the sierra madre
2 harakiri
3 the plague dogs
4 the burmanese harp
5 seven
6 watership down
7 Merrils Marauders
8 the thing
9 los olvidados
10 Scarface
great list, ciao
2021 was such a hectic year that I can't remember everything I watched but a few I can think of are in no particular order of favorite besides the top three
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Lupin the Third: Castle of Caglistro
Lupin the Third: The First
Winchester '78
Nobody
Waterloo
Shane
By Dawn's Early Light
Midway
I mean, no one asked, but I this is my list of best movies watched in 2021 that weren't released in 2021
1. inside llewyn davis
2. 8½
3. perfect blue
4. ida
5. mulholland drive
6. altered states
7. high and low
8. true stories
9. only lovers left alive
10. chunking express
thank you for your recommendations. added all to my watchlist.
really wish for a great 2022 with more good videos and movies
I wish for that too, Gabriel. Also, this list rules.
"Only Lovers Left Alive" is one of the best vampire movies that I've ever seen. It really captures the ennui and nihilism of immortality.
Long Good Friday's ending scene is one of the best endings and best acting in film. Without saying a single word.
My top ten:
10. Moonlight (2016)
9. Jeanne Dielman (1975)
8. Yi Yi (2000)
7. Late Spring (1949)
6. Drive My Car (2021)
5. Vertigo (1958)
4. Possession (1981)
3. A Man Escaped (1956)
2. Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
1. A Moment of Innocence (1996)
I’m surprised that M2S was your number one pick! Very hard watch. Grew up with the film. Thanks for your top 10 list
Thanks for watching Ken!
One of the best I saw was The Fly, which I watched after seeing your video on it. So thanks for the recommendation
This is something I've been hoping people would do for a long time. I would much rather know what great films you watched from any year throughout the year than just from the year in question. Here are some of my favorites:
- Mikey and Nicky (1976)
- River's Edge (1986)
- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989)
- Naked (1993)
- Investigation of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
- Prizzi's Honor (1985)
- The Stunt Man (1980)
- Get Shorty (1995)
- The Ruling Class (1972)
- Mafioso (1962)
- I Vitelloni (1953)
- High and Low (1963)
- Listen Up, Philip (2014)
- The Last Seduction (1994)
- Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- Baby Doll (1956)
- Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down (1989)
- The House of Yes (1997)
- Heavy Traffic (1973)
- The Opposite of Sex (1998)
- Little Murders (1971)
- The Long Good Friday (1980)
- Cutter's Way (1981)
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
- The Swimmer (1968)
The Swimmer almost made my list. Also love to see River's Edge! One of the strangest (and bravest) teen movies from the 80s.
@@EyebrowCinema Totally agree. It's also a much better and darker film than Heathers in my opinion, most people's go-to 80s teen dark comedy. Also, I'm happy to see that LGF also made your list! I seriously can't help wondering if Tony Soprano was at least partly inspired by Bob Hoskins' character in that film.
I rarely even watch movies in theaters (I'm not made of money, so I use the library if possible), so I always wind up doing my year-end lists this way. It makes for a more exciting mixture instead of the same few films that everyone else has already mentioned.
And yes, menace 2 society fucking slaps
Top 'First Watches' in 2021
Withnail & I - insanely hilarious and morbid and absurd
Naked - incredible, dark, smart writing and performance
Days of Heaven - beautiful classic
Picnic at hanging rock - #1 fav or the year
Daisies - femenist Czech new wave that's super fun
Atlantics - african blend of fantasy and social issues
Sunset Boulevard - old hollywood classic
The Conformist - one of my fav endings of 2021
Tampopo - if you like ramen or movies about food
I'd like to recommend one that stood out for me just because I think no one has heard of, that I randomly found: Stations of The Cross (German, 2014). About a young woman preparing for Confirmation, loosely following allegorically the title theme. It's anti-religion is pretty heavy handed, but it's mostly realistic and sympathetic. Kind of like a grounded Saint Maud.
I recently checked out two of edward yangs masterpieces yiyi and a brighter summer day.
I also would recommend burnning 2018 and the rest of the directors lee chang dongs filmography . His films are very brutal and realistic portrayals of societal issues in south korean society.
My personal favorite of his being secret sunshine 2007
I also recently got into kurosawa and binged a bunch of his movies if anyone wants to know were to start with his filmography id recommend yojimbo and rashmon and ikiru
I haven't seen A Brighter Summer Day yet but I quite like Yi Yi.
Yes!!! Edward Yang
Check out Ran and Dreams as well
It’s good to hear a shout out to Menace II Society. That movie is phenomenal.
The Platform, It Follows, The King
First movie on the list is JSA. Oh boy, this list is gonna be good.
I had to check imdb to see what first time movies I watched and enjoyed in 2021:
Singin' in the Rain
Night of the Demons
Le Cercle Rouge
Address Unknown
Aparajito
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Lawrence of Arabia
All About Eve
New York Ripper
You should right a list off all the things you’ve see . Going off the “so good it’s memorable” might leave some great movies out of this list
A very interesting list! Too bad most of them aren’t available digitally in my country or in the public library either.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before Midnight
Kari-gurashi no Arietti
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Lady Bird
Collateral
OHMSS and All Quiet on the Western Front are legendary
Now that you watched meance to society you know all the jokes and references in "don't be a meance to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood". I haven't watched much Last year but upgrade was very good. A rock solid 4 out of 4 sci fi action film that doesn't try to complicated itself by trying to be a 5 star film. Saw the original "the producers" for the first 1st time in years. Laughed my ass off and still very sharp. The most interesting I saw was the graduate (1st time in full, seen bits of it before) it's really an idea for a further video on as I don't know why the lead character gets such a pass from modern critics. But the craftsmanship is still there and little if any is dated (the technical side) finally I for one endorse this refreshing take on lists
Nice picks, and thanks for the kind words!
That is kinda the one thing about "The Graduate". If you can't empathize with the Dustin Hoffman's character, then it's not gonna grab you. I first watched as a teenager in senior year feeling exactly like he felt in the beginning during its iconic song.
Love Joint Security Area! If you’re in the mood for a slowburn South Korean character drama, I highly recommend A Distant Place. It came out earlier this year and is phenomenal, but I haven’t seen it get much attention (probably because of the controversial subject matter).
2:55 So that's what a physical Bond gunbarrel would look like
2021 was a pretty forgettable year moviewise for me.
But I did get to see Judas and the black messiah, and Children of Paradise, both of which were outstanding.
Millennium Actress is a favorite of mine.
The Offence
Ninth Configuration
Malignant
The Standoff At Sparrow Creek
Laughing Policeman
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
The Butterfly Murders
The Cat (1992)
Nobody
The Boxer's Omen
Wow, I'm actually pretty unfamiliar with most of these.
@@EyebrowCinema I would recommend The Offence if you want to see Sean Connery in a different role. The Standoff is sort of like Reservoir Dogs in one location. Dangerous Encounters is a hidden gem you need to see, find the uncut version. Butterfly Murders has crazy fight scenes but it's saved for the very end because we have a murder mystery to solve. And if you want batshit stuff: The Cat and Boxer's Omen.
Glad I found your channel in 2021 haha, looking forward to what you put out in 2022!
I got to see Millenium Actress in the cinema in 2021 and it was easily my favorite movie experience that year with Dune :D Besides those, I also watched Santa Sangre and Vertigo for the first time and both were superb.
I do encourage you to check out all the Jodorowski movies, the original esoteric midnight moviemaker .
Except for "TheRainbow Thief", which even Jodorowski wishes he hadn't been ensnared to direct.
@@qarljohnson4971 Absolutely!
My favorite movies I saw in 2021 were: The House that Jack Built - Last Night in Soho - Boogie Nights - Promising Young Woman - Birdman - The Other Side of the Wind - Children of Men
Sounds like we have similar taste. But I hated LNiS, one of my years worst!
@@JebeckyGranjola at least I hope you could appreciate the soundtrack :)
@El Gringo Perdido oh yeah. My problem has nothing to do with the production. I thought it was artistically great, but I had issues with the story and subtext.
Awesomeness! Another fantastic list with fantastic insights. TY !
The best movie I watched for the first time this year is The Departed. It’s so good it’s in my top 10 favorite movies EVER. Highly recommend👍🏾
I'm sorry, but I hated the Departed so much it actually kind of made me retroactively hate all of Scorsese's films. It was like a Dark Knight Rises moment for me, where I couldn't not see the things I didn't like in it in every one of Nolan's other movies. I don't like negative nit-picks, but Macabre Storytelling did a video "Why the Departed sucks" which was cathartic to me because I felt like the only person who thinks that, and I couldn't really articulate why.
Screw it, you got me thinking, so I'm just gonna say it. I don't even care that the plot is nonsense.Everything I hate is clear in the first ten minutes. In descending order: 1. The prison montage. This whole movie uses popular songs as soundtrack. It's a pet peeve, but I can't stand it. A films score is made for that film because it's supposed to express the emotion and theme. A pre recorded song, which doesn't do that, only works if It's music that establishs a scene, like music over a dance scene. If It's just random it looks like a music video. It makes me think of Zac Snyder. I should not be thinking that during a Scorsese film. And the song is the Dropkick Murphys, it's peak 2005 Hot Topic. It's like putting Limp Bizkit in a movie. It totally dates it and destroys my immersion.
2. Matt Damon says, "F*ckin Q****s. Imagine that, Firemen getting p*ssy for the first time in the history of fire or p*ssy. F*ck you, h*mo!" Really, this is the calibre of dialogue? It's not Tarantino, this is supposed to be a serious film. It won Oscars. Also what's up with insulting Firefighters? It had been a while since 9/11, but still just a weird thing to see in a Scorsese film. Worse, it's in there because of the bizarre homosexual sub plot, the most WTF part of the film, and a sympton of the biggest problem.
3. Opening montage. It shows real footage of race riots that broke out when Boston desegregated schools. This has nothing to do with the movie. Then Costello's monologue. "20 years after an Irishman couldn't get a f*ckin job, we got the Presidency...That's what the n*****s don't understand...Ya gotta earn it." So these two things are establishing that these guys are racist. But why is this in the movie? It's like a leftover line from Gangs of New York, "What an American used to get a dollar for, an Irishman will do for a quarter, and a N***** will do for a nickle." That movie which is actually about a race riot, but puts the racism in the background. I'm not saying not to put these things in the movies, that isn't what bothers me. It's that Scorsese doesn't make dumb crude films ( Maybe the Wolf of Wallstreet). He makes historical, social and psychological films, but then includes casual bigotry and doesn't at all explore how it effected those things. I don't get it and it ruined his movies for me.
It's way too difficult for me to list because I saw so many last year and my list would be far too long. So I will just name the one film that had the most profound effect on me last year which was a British classic called Brief Encounter (1945) directed by the legendary David Lean.
This is just of one his few films before he did the huge epics of The Bridge On The River Kwai, Lawrence Of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. At the time he was mostly known for making solid Charles Dickens adaptations like Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist 1948). But inbetween them he made a phenomenonal Romance/Drama based off a famous play at the time written by Noel Coward. A Romance/Drama that was very unique from what Hollywood had been mostly doing at the time in that genre.
Its essentially a story about forbidden love between a man named Alec played by Trevor Howard and a woman named Laura played by Celia Johnson who are both desperate to be with one another. But ultimately they are already committed to their own husband and children in Laura's case and wife in Alec's case.
What I love so much about this film is the conflict and drama of this issue and theme. The idea of commitment and honouring your marriage vows even when these two characters are clearly much happier and genuinely in the eyes of the audience deserve to be together. Its a very fascinating and fresh contrast from what Hollywood was mostly doing at the time which was the polar opposite.
That is something I really adore about classic British Cinema. Is that it mostly had its own very unique identity that reflected a lot on British culture and society at the time.
Here are some of my favorite first watches from this year:
Matinee
Goodbye Dragon Inn (on 35mm in an old theatre!!!!)
Heat (Holy SMOKES WHATTA MOVIE)
The Green Knight
Let There Be Light
Taste Of Cherry
Prince Of Darkness
Blood Simple
The Thing (1982)
The Matrix (INCREDIBLE)
Cure
I’ve seen a lot of good movies this year, but the best three from favorite to least favorite are Apocalypse Now, Eternal Sunshine, and Lost in Translation.
Nice to see some silents. Do you like DW Griffith?
Need to check The Long Good Friday & A simple plan out.
Apocalypto. Wow, what a stunning movie, and how cool to see a section of the world/historical subject matter that isn’t typically represented.
From what I understand it was poorly represented