On the eve of the Actor Awards (nee SAG-AFTRA), it’s time to rank the best movies I saw this year. Often my taste differs from the voting boards Try my choices in order and perhaps you’ll agree with me, but every film on this list, in my opinion, deserves to be seen.
1. Sinners
2. 40 Acres
3. Sentimental Value
4. Phoenician Scheme
5. Companion
6. Twinless
7. Mickey 17
8. Black Bag
9. Nouvelle Vague
10. Hamnet
11. Ugly Stepsister
12. Weapons
13. Frankenstein
14. Fantastic 4
15. One Battle After Another
16. Together
17. Caught Stealing
18. Song Sung Blue
19. Good Boy
20. Relay
21. Deep Cover
22. She Rides Shotgun
23. The Friend
24. Sketch
25. The Surfer
26. Gladiator 2/Nobody 2
27. M.I.: Dead Reckoning
28. Bugonia
29. Tron: Ares
30. The Secret Agent
32. Rental Family
33. Sovereign
34. Marty Supreme
35. Toxic Avenger
36. Thunderbolts
37. Life of Chuck
38. Predator: Badlands
39. Final Destination: Bloodlines
40. Blue Moon
41. Jay Kelly
42. Train Dreams
43. Peter Hujar’s Day
44. The Materialists
Films I haven’t seen yet: Eddington. Keeper. Man Finds Tape. Splitsville. No other choice. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You. Sarat. It Was Only An Accident. The Mastermind. Testament of Ann Lee. The Long Walk.
