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Anders Emretsson's avatar

Best movies of the last 25 years:

1. Aftersun

2. The Big Lebowski

3. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind

4. The Lives of Others

5. Drive My Car

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Anders Emretsson's avatar

Oh and TV shows:

1. Breaking Bad

2. Better Call Saul

3. Mad Men

4. The Bureau

5. Sopranos

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Vincent Grenier's avatar

My 5 favorite TV shows would probably go...

1. The Leftovers (I recommend it to everyone I know; ridiculously good show later on, though it starts slow)

2. The Wire.

3. Better Call Saul.

4. Mr. Robot. (Parts of it get weird, but it really is a lot of fun)

5. Hannibal.

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

I really liked the novel the Leftovers, but haven't seen the show...

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Vincent Grenier's avatar

Highly recommend. Tom Perrotta served as co-producer so it's honest to the book I think; I came to the TV show first, so maybe there's some nuances to be critical of. First season is a pretty 1:1 recreation but the last two seasons expand into much different directions.

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Andrew Paul Koole's avatar

best movies//best shows

1. There Will Be Blood//Mad Men

2. The Tree of Life//Severance

3. Women Talking//The Bear

4. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?//Derry Girls

5. Judas and the Black Messiah//Parks & Recreation

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J Kelso's avatar

movies:

No Country for Old Men

Drive

Arrival

Leave No Trace

Inglorious Basterds

I know I’m forgetting something...

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NickS (WA)'s avatar

I don't watch enough movies to have a credible "best" list but here are 5 documentaries that I would (and do) recommend (all very well crafted, in my opinion):

1) How To Survive A Plague (2012)

2) The Heart Of The Game (2005)

3) Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice (2019) -- not as well crafted but a wealth of great material to work with)

4) Summer Of Soul (2021)

5) Every Little Step (2008) -- I'm not sure why this resonated with me so much; I'm not a big theater person, but it worked).

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

Summer of Soul is great!

I love "Listening to Kenny G", also; it's really wortwhile if you like music docs.

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NickS (WA)'s avatar

I wanted to see that. Thanks for the reminder.

I would also add _Facing Ali_, -- I don't follow boxing, but such a wonderfully humanizing movie.

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Scott Le Magicien's avatar

Nobody wrote about the irony of the last scene of Inglorious Bastards… (I’m not sure irony is right word however.)

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

It’s a joke, but I do think it’s a masterpiece too...

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Scott Le Magicien's avatar

I’m not sure it’s a joke. I think it relates to the first scene in which Waltz’ character says something like “I am the best at catching Jews because I can think like a rat.” But he was shocked that the Americans would kill his driver and carve him up, which means he could not at all think like an American.

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

oh, well, the joke is that the last line of the film is "I think it's my masterpiece", which refers to the swastika carved into the Nazi's forehead, but also to the film itself.

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Alise Chaffins's avatar

More favs than best, but that’s all of these lists, right?

Movies:

1. Paddington 2 (Nic Cage was right about this)

2. Everything Everywhere All At Once

3. Hereditary

4. Get Out

5. Arrival

TV:

1. Breaking Bad

2. Succession (I know it’s not over, but no way they boff the landing like Ozark)

3. BoJack Horseman

4. The Good Place

5. Veep

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Arch Stanton's avatar

Derry Girls is one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time, it would make my list for sure.

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Sam Colt's avatar

Not sure if I'd say the best, but my favorite in no particular order and just off the top of my head.

Movies:

1. The Big Lebowski

2. Eyes Wide Shut

3. Grand Budapest Hotel

4. Inglorious Bastards

5. D'Jango Unchained

6. Wolf of Wall Street

7. Superbad

8. Pineapple Express

9. Lord of the Rings Trilogy

10. Snatch

11. Moonlight

12. Requiem for a Dream

13. American Beauty

14. The Pianist

15. Fight Club

16. Memento

17. The Departed

18. Green Mile

19. The Prestige

20. American History X

TV Shows:

1. The Sopranos

2. Mad Men

3. Breaking Bad

4. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

5. Rick and Morty

6. Master of None (First 2 Seasons)

7. The Wire

8. White Lotus

9. You

10. Curb Your Enthusiasm

11. Narcos

12. I Think You Should Leave

13. Chappelle's Show

14. Stranger Things

15. Veep

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Noah Berlatsky's avatar

I think choosing the whole lord of the rings trilogy is cheating!

I'd forgotten the wire; probably should have put that on mine. oh well...

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J Kelso's avatar

tv:

The Wire

Better Call Saul

Reservation Dogs

Deadwood

Justified

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