The Final Entry THE TOP TEN films of 2018!

Here we are! I won't pontificate as I usually do before an entry like this since the suspense is killing you. So here they are.

10) "Ms. Hyde" - Serge Bozon

Wow, the study of the duality of the human mind can be so...Damn, I'm actually making myself yawn. Most of the additions into the whole Jeckle and Hyde concept are insipid and obvious, aren't they? Tripe. But "Ms. Hyde" bursts out of the model and shoves its revolutionary ideas on the story right down your throat. The rare film of this series of stories that has just a bit of profundity.

9) "Disobedience" - Sebastian Lelio

Sebastian Lelio's follow-up to 2017's Oscar-winning "A Fantastic Woman" is every inch as good as its predecessor, maybe even better. When her father dies, Ronit (Rachel Weisz) is called back to her Orthodox Jewish home. She gets there only to be confronted by Esti (Rachel McAdams,) the love of her youth. With their affair reignited, they are once again faced with the question of how to respond to their conservative community. The real drama is between the two women and Esti's husband Dovid (Alessandro Nivola.) What pulls your heartstrings most in this film is the contrast between Esti and Ronit's joyous homecoming and watching this good man's heartbreak in real time as he slowly realizes what's going on.

8) "Beautiful Boy" - Felix van Groeningen

"Beautiful Boy" follows David (Steve Carell,) a father desperately trying to save his son Jasper (Timothée Chamalet) who is struggling with an addiction to crystal-meth. We follow the duo in the present and back to when Jasper was young, juxtaposing the effed-up junkie with the adorable, loving son David raised. In the end, "Beautiful Boy" is a film about the intimate and heart-rending between father and son. When a boy suffers, the father feels the pain. He matches his son's pain, blow for blow and hurt for hurt. Groningen, director of 2012's "The Broken Circle Breakdown," a film about a man struggling with finding a way to break through the grief of losing his daughter, is no rookie when it comes to telling stories of heartbreak and fatherhood. So just a warning, if you are a father this film will make you cry.

7) "The Favourite" - Yorgos Lanthimos

"The Favourite" demonstrates plainly that sexual politics are the most efficient to manipulate. They're also the most malicious. I don't know what I enjoyed watching more, the two vindictive-to-the-point-of-sadistic women vying for power and the queen's affections or just how delighted Queen Anne (Olivia Coleman) seems to watch it all play out in front of her. It's a very dark comedy that gleefully celebrates what it really means to be cruel.

6) "Hereditary" - Ari Aster

Oh my God, did this movie throw the template for horror films into a bonfire! "Hereditary" has no rules. Every character is vulnerable and the evil has no restraints and that's what makes it so horrifying. The film is so terrifying that you want to turn away but feels forced to face it just to see where the hell it goes.

5) "Hotel Artemis" - Drew Pearce

Bizarre for the sake of itself can be entertaining, but in the end, it's not a solid foundation for a film. Lucky "Hotel Artemis" earns the right, through strong stories and well-written characters, to be bizarre as it wants to be. A healer known as "the Nurse" (Jodie Foster) runs an underground makeshift hospital at a former hotel. The characters who come to her are desperate, naturally. But there are strict rules for anybody needing to be stitched-up. Writer/director Drew Pearce takes us on a ridiculously fun ride through a single night at the Armetis when the rules are for shit.

4) "Cold War" Pawel Pawlikowski

If you disagree with me that "Cold War" is one of the best films of the year, you have to concede that it's certainly the most beautiful. Director Pawel Pawlikowski and Cinematographer Lukasz Zal were nominated for Oscars for their work on this film. But good looks can only get you so far if you don't have a good story with solid characters. "Cold War" has both. We follow Zula (Joanna Kulig) and Wiktor (Tomasz Kot) chasing each other through the fifties both behind the Iron Curtain and on this one. They're first separated in a self-sabotaged escape from occupied Poland. After that, they come across each other every once in a while, longing to be reunited. "Cold War" is more than a celebration of impossible love though. There's the simple joy of life in every frame.

3) "Border" - Ali Abbasi

Most years, "Border" would easily take the top spot as the best film of the year. The fact that it's only number three is just a testament to how brilliant Boots Riley's and Anne Ramsay's offerings were. Tina (Eva Melander) is a Swedish customs officer with an aptitude for sniffing out all sorts of smugglers and criminals. She also has a physical deformity that makes her feel less than human. Then Vore ( Eero Milonof,) someone with the same deformity but incomparably high confidence comes along, questioning everything Tina had come to assume over her life. The film is really about monsters and how they are defined. We learn along with Tina that a deformity does not define a devil.

2) "You Were Never Really Here" - Anne Ramsay

If "We Need to Talk About Kevin" was Ramsay's "Reservoir Dogs" then "You Were Never Really Here" is her "Pulp Fiction." Lynne Ramsay's follow up to her disturbing 2011 masterpiece "We Need to Talk About Kevin" became iconic instantly when the film was released. She attempts to study and submit the psyche of a self-loathing, violent revenge-seeker and she nails it to the wall. She understands that the source of Joe's (Joaquin Phoenix) compulsion to rescue innocents and murder wrong-doers is an underlying sense of helplessness he's had beaten into him since he was a child. "YouWere Never Really Here" is basically a celebration of righteous violence and boy, is it glorious!

And here we are – the greatest film of 2018!

1) "Sorry to Bother You" - Boots Riley

With "Sorry to Bother You," Boots Riley delivers what is most likely the greatest dark comedy so far this century. Aside from the morbidity that glues the whole thing together, we're also looking at rare, biting and important satires you'll ever see. Desperate for money and employment, Cassius Green, a.k.a Cash (LaKieth Stanfield,) takes a job as a telemarketer. He quickly learns that the key to doing the job well, to pull down those fat commission checks, is to put on his white voice. His numbers skyrocket and get the attention of corporate. After that, Cash slowly sells off his soul, piece by piece as he repeatedly compromises his sense of ethics. In the end, Cash finds himself essentially, a slave trader. Finally, the powderkeg explodes as we see the truly sadistic underside of corporate America, our citizens' lackadaisical response to true evil and just how far a grassroots revolution can go.

The First Entry Concerning the Best Films of 2018 - Worth Mentioning

Bienvenue, here's where I start talking about the best films of 2018.

There will be three lists.

First one, this list right here, is for films which are more than worth mentioning, but didn't happen to make it on the Top Ten or Runners-Up lists. Good but not damn good enough. But seriously, these are great films.

The second list will be dedicated to the runners up, the films which are worthy of the Top Ten but because ten is a finite number, some just had to go.

Then, the climax of it all – The TOP TEN films of 2018. (Pause for cheers, pause for applause.)

There seems some confusion regarding some films some films, usually those that have been on the festival circuit, regarding the official year of release. So don't be distressed when you don't find either "The Death of Stalin" or "The House that Jack Built." one any of these lists. " (See footnote.)*

Got it? Good.

So here's the first of the three lists – Films From 2018 That Were More Than Worth Mentioning.             

"Wildlife" shows us the truly devastating divorce has on children. I haven't seen a film brave enough to examine this problem in quite some time.
 

"Vice" has been called a cheap political parody comparing the performances to that of the cartoonish farce one would see in an SNL sketch and I will say it's a sneaky film. That is an unfair example to make. You'll see that "Vice" is much more than that when you watch it. It's an (dare I say?) important film, required viewing for anyone interested in politics.

"Halloween" is a more than capable return to the classic horror franchise. Michael Meyers is back, but so is Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) with a vengeance. It's wonderful to see how prepared she is now and how she matches him blow-for-blow and pain-for-pain.

The description of "The Tale" may sound like a high-financed Lifetime TV movie. It follows a woman (Laura Dern) on her journey to confront the man who sexually abused her as a teen. The plot sounds trite but "The Tale" goes deeply inside of the long-lasting psychological effects of sexual abuse blowing past any other I've seen. It's damning and dares you to look away. It's harsh and sickening, just as it should be.

 "Bohemian Rhapsody " really surprised the hell out of me. I don't normally enjoy bio-pics and I've never been much of a Queen fan, but this movie was just explosive. It made me feel connected to Freddy Mercury. 

"Mary Poppins Returns" is not as good as the original, how could it be? So let's not compare and just talk about "Mary Poppins Returns" on its own merits. Aside from the fantastic direction, choreography and score, this film essentially works because of the charm of Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

 "Soni" is more than heartbreaking, it brings to light a relatively downplayed human rights issue in a country that claims to be the "world's largest democracy." Soni (Geetika Vidya Ohyan) is a detective in India persecuted for pushing back too hard against sexual assault crime. When attacked, her superior officer tells her how reckless it is to fight off a potential rapist. The sexual politics in India desperately needs to change. Watch this movie and I assure you, you'll agree.

 

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*I should make a note about what films qualify for which year. For example, last year I had "The Death of Stalin" on my list for one of the best films of 2017. Then this year, many critics had it on their top ten lists from this year. Imagine my surprise. I saw it in 2017 and IMDb has it listed it to have it been released in 2017. (And yes, this lovely and disturbing black comedy was on last year's list.)

Confusion yes but there's an easy explanation. The official dates listed are when the films were released in the US. So, another film I have in my top ten, (not telling – spoilers) is listed as released in 2017 but actually came out in theatres in 2018. So my rule of thumb now is to go by the US. release date and not a festival showing or an international release date.

Conversely, I ought to tell you about another film, Lars von Trier's bloody and profound "The House That Jack Built." I thought about putting it on my list this year because it was released in US theatres in December. However, as you may know, the film was quickly pulled on account of the shock and offensiveness felt by normal people. So since the wide release has been moved to this June, I'm going to treat it as if it were released in 2019.

The Oscars – Who Will Win, Who Ought To Win and Those Who Were Simply Screwed – Part 2: Who Should Win

Okay, we've covered which films are the most likely to take home Oscar gold. But which movies are actually deserving? Who SHOULD win?

Best Picture – "BlacKkKlansman"

Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman" may not be a sweeping epic (have you ever wondered why film critics use the word "sweeping" so much? Meh. When in Rome) like "Roma," the frontrunner this year, but it's the only film, with bigger balls than both "Black Panther" and the dark sex comedy "The Favourite."

I would really like to see Spike Lee honored at last.

Best Director – Pawel Pawlikowski

This one is easy. My pick doesn't have a chance in hell, but he sure deserves it. The cards are stacked against him, but putting away showbusiness politics and other factors, if there were any justice in the universe, the Oscar would unquestioningly go to Pawel Pawlikowski for "Cold War," a gift from God to the world.

Best Cinematography – Lukasz Zal

If God would intervene here, this honor would go to Lukasz Zal's "Cold War. It's one of those few films in which you could disregard story and characters and just watch at beautiful images as they are shown. Every frame of this work of art is a masterpiece.

Best Supporting Actor – Adam Driver

"BlacKkKlansman" has so much going for it that it's hard to give one performance too much credit. But Driver brings something special to the table. He turns what could've been just a standard cop role into an introspective detective who is wonderful to watch as he brings just the right amount of machismo to the table.

Best Actress –  Olivia Colman

None of these actresses stand a chance against Glenn Close this year. I think pretty much everybody has accepted that.

However, if I had my druthers, Olivia Colman would win for her turn as Queen Anne in the hilarious and dark comedy, "The Favourite." The film is so damn clever and subversive. Colman shines as the object of two different women's obsession. She's lovers with them both and seems to delight in egging on their cruel rivalry. She's not above "I like it when she puts her tongue in me." 

Best Actor – Willem Dafoe

If you saw "Eternity's Gate" you may already agree with me that Willem Dafoe deserves the trophy for his wonderful portrayal of Vincent Van Gough. The Academy has honored him before with plenty of nominations, but no gold this year. He's made so much of contribution to cinema, building up a reputation for choosing films that nobody else could've made their own like "Antichrist," "eXistenZ," "Shadow of the Vampire" and of course, "The Last Temptation of Christ."

His depiction here of Van Gough is as lovely as it is dark. He reminds us of the profound beauty of an artist in the context of his life, his neurosis and his crippling (and ultimately fatal) depression. 

How a man who saw the world as oppressive and hostile and still find beauty everywhere, giving us the most gorgeous painting in world history, is unspeakably moving.

Tomorrow, we'll talk about the movies that got screwed out of any nominations whatsoever. I'll leave you will a bit of evidence as to why Adam Driver should win the prize for Best Supporting Actor.

The Ten Best Films of 2017

Now that the Oscars are behind us, we can stop focusing on what the Academy thinks and discuss a wider scope of 2017's movies. It's a relief after weeks of tunnel vision.

They've awarded who they thought were the best films, performances, etc. But what were actually the best films of 2017?

The internet is now a gluttonous strawberry-patch for anyone who posts and blogs on the subject, so without further ado:

Resident Film Snob's list of the top 10 films of 2017.

10) Rian Johnson's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

If you're familiar with this blog, you'll have noticed that for the most part, I like to talk about artsy types of movies. You generally won't find me talking much about big blockbusters or franchises. But "The Last Jedi" is one of the most impressive entries in this series I've loved all my life. I saw "Jedi" four times and am waiting until I can watch it again. And again, and again...

9) Greta Gerwig's "Lady Bird"

My God, how much do I adore Greta Gerwig? She's been expanding her storytelling kills for years and now she brings us "Lady Bird," a coming-of-age film like no other. Her greatest achievement to date had been her co-writing credit with Noah Baumbach on Baumbach's 2012 film "Frances Ha." I've said before that leading lady Saoirse Ronan is this generation's Molly Ringwald, but it's not that simple. Ringwald and Ronan have different pallets. They show us their range of emotions very distinctly.

8) Sebastián Lelio's "A Fantastic Woman"

"A Fantastic Woman" bites off a lot, but not so much that it can't chew. It argues with anti-Trans sentiment with no subtlety, but it's just not that kind of film. It stands its ground and does so impressively.

7) Armando Iannucci's "The Death of Stalin"

"The Death of Stalin" is an historical movie about death camps, summary executions, and casual assassinations. And it's the single funniest film of the year. It belongs right up at the top with the greatest dark comedies of all time ( a.k.a. Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove," Danny Boyle's "Trainspotting" or the Cohen Brothers' "Fargo").

6) Dee Rees' "Mudbound"

From the vast scope of WWII to a smaller story about a simple friendship, "Mudbound" is an epic that strongly sweeps through the story of racism in America. Two families, one black and one white, live on the same stretch of land. The way they settle their disagreements is a picture of the pre-civil-rights era in Mississippi and how far we've come. But most importantly, how far we have to go.

5) Darren Aronofsky's "mother!"

Spiritually speaking, "mother!" is one of the most important films of all time. The allegory, by turns sweet and brutal, is a start of a conversation long overdue about the nature of God. People worship Him, others discard Him, but in the end, what does our devotion matter to the universe?

4) Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water"

All of the wonderful things I have to say about "The Shape of Water," you've already heard from others. It's an adult fairy tale. More than that, it's one of the most intimate love stories to come out in a while.

3) Joachim Trier's "Thelma"

"Thelma" is not just a film about true love. It's also about first attraction, first lust. It centers around a young woman from a very conservative family. Trier handles the social discussions of the film with subtlety and treats all of his characters with respect. 

2) William Olroyd's "Lady Macbeth"

"Lady Macbeth" takes on the style of storytelling Shakespeare was famous for and nails it. We follow a woman forced to live with an abusive husband and father and how she forces a change of power. She turns toward the darkness as she liberates herself from persecution.

1) Jordan Peele's "Get Out"

I've said so damn much about "Get Out" on this blog, there's nothing really left to discuss. It's the single most terrifying film in years. It's important. It's a vigorous response to the institutionalized racism from US leaders.

Honorable Mentions:

"Atomic Blonde" brings us back to the days when sex and violence ruled in the action-movie genre. We've suffered for years under the oppression of lame, PG-13 mediocre films. This film feels like home. God effing bless Charlize Theron.

Ildikó Enyedi's "On Body on Soul" is a lovely, charming film about how love manifests itself both in reality and in our minds. It reminds us that just because something is in our minds doesn't mean it's not real.

George Clooney's "Suburbicon" will have you laughing until you burst or cry or pee. It's so dark and gruesome, but there is so much physical humor, slapstick if you like, that it doesn't leave itself down in the sludge, but soars happily through the dark sky.

Todd Haynes' "Wonderstruck" bonds two characters so close to each other, you may find yourself envying them. Though they don't cross paths because they're divided by decades, still they find each other.

Miguel Arteta's "Beatriz at Dinner" is a beautiful ode to those who oppose our current leaders. It surely isn't subtle, but it's nice to see John Lithgow hamming it up as a real estate mogul, cynical and high on the food-chain. And Selma Hayek is charming as hell, representing our disgust, our dismay, and our resistance. Not nearly enough people saw this film and that's a shame.

Coming Soon, I Promise

I know it's late in the year for telling you what the top ten films of 2017 are, but it takes time for so much wisdom to paint itself across these pages.

I do have a tentative list. My delay in posting my top 10 films of 2017 exists because there are a number of films I've not had the chance to watch yet. As soon as I see them, I'll give you my finalized list.

If you've been paying any attention at all, you'll remember I've been calling Jordan Peele's satire "Get Out" the best film of the year and that hasn't changed.

There. Consider yourselves spoiled.

30 Best Films Passed Over by Marty, The Doc & Jennifer in Back to the Future: The Runners Up

Now, just to seal up that list of the thirty best films passed over by the BTTF crew.

Here are some also-rans I'd like to mentions in random order:

Trainspotting, Audition, Mulholland Drive, Black Swan, Howl, Disney's Enchanted, Casino, The Piano, Only Lovers Left Alive, The Descent, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Glorious 39, Clouds of Sils Maria, Girl on the Bridge, Grosse Point Blank, Once, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Dead Ringers, Inside, Fish Tank, The Butcher Boy, Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The City of Lost Children, Leaving Las Vegas, Intimate Strangers, Deconstructing Harry, Dark City, Rosewood, Heavenly Creatures, Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovich, Inglourious Basterds, Rosetta, A Dangerous Method, God Help the Girl and Schindler's List.

I could go on and on, but at some point, I'd just be jerking off.

I'd include more pictures because that kind of nonsense is fun, but it just looks tacky, don't you think?

Well, how about a bit of a trailer for one of these little bastards? Which one, which one?

Not nearly enough people have seen this one:

30 Best Films Passed Over by Marty, The Doc & Jennifer in Back to the Future: Volume 3

Here are the thirty films Mart, Doc and Jennifer... You remember the premise. Here are numbers ten all the way up to number one.

And again, a warning to any squares and/or prudes out there. Some of the quotes from these films are in bad taste, to say the least. Read at your own risk.

10) The Princess Bride by Rob Reiner – 1987
How could this movie possibly not be in the top 10? That would just be inconceivable. Perfect now as when I was 13.

"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

"Are there rocks ahead?"
"If there are, we'll all be dead."
"No more rhymes now, I mean it!"
"Anybody want a peanut?"

"Humperdink ! Humperdink !Humperdink !Humperdink !Humperdink !"

"Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist."

"You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles."

"There's a shortage of perfect breasts in the world. It would be a pity to damage yours."

"I do not envy the headache you will have when you awaken. But for now, rest well and dream of large women."

"You can die, cut into a thousand pieces."

"As you wish."

9) Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro - 2006
This movie just left me a complete wreck. I couldn't move until the usher came in to clean out the theatre. I was stunned over the loss I had just suffered. Yet, the ending is so full of joy and hopefulness. Think Lucy in C.S. Lewis' "The Last Battle."

"Tell my son the time that his father died...Tell him
"No. He won't even know your name."

"Arise, my daughter. Come. You have spilled your own blood rather than the blood of an innocent. That was the final task and the most important."

"I'll make you a deal. If you can count to three without st-t-uttering, you can go."

8) Blue by Krzysztof Kieslowski – 1993 
It's such a terrible thing to lose someone. But what's worse are the following months and years when you slowly realize, not only did you lose them, but you have to live without them.

"Now I have only one thing left to do: nothing. I don't want any belongings, any memories. No friends, no love. Those are all traps."

"Why are you crying?"
"Because you're not."

7) Lost Highway by David Lynch - 1997
David Lynch's greatest film (yes, even better than "Eraserhead,") starts with a first act of a bizarre love story and then just in the middle of 'what-the-hell' Lynch turns on us. He does not explain himself because he does not have to. What matters is whether he is Fred Madison or Pete Dayton, somebody is hunting him down. We have no idea what is driving the Mystery Man other to say that he seems to be malevolence personified. He is either a symbol of God or of Satan. And I am still not sure which.

"We've met before, haven't we?"

"You like porno? Give you a boner?"

"I like to remember things my own way."
"What do you mean by that?"
"How I remembered. Not necessarily the way they happened."

"In the East, the far east, when a person is sentenced to death, they're sent too a place where they can't escape, never knowing when an executioner may step up behind them and fire a bullet into the back of their head."

"Dick Laurent is dead."

"You and me, mister, we can really out-ugly them sons of bitches. Can't we?"

6) Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier - 1996
Generally considered von Trier's greatest work, he made this film amidst the Dogme 95 movement. The premise is simple and heartbreaking. A woman prostitutes herself out to help her injured husband. This can never lead to anything happy, especially considering the fact that her home is dominated by the Scottish Calvinist Church who rules all. Even in defeat, what we take away from this is that love is love.

"Look for Christ's sake, he's forcing you to get screwed by every Tom, Dick and Harry. It's just not you."

"I don't make love with them. I make love with Jan, and I save him from dying."

"Not one of you has the right to consign Bess to hell!"

"You know we do not favor matrimony with outsiders."

5) Safe by Todd Haynes – 1995
How paralyzed with fear are you about the world? Scared of all of it. I've heard of "Safe" described as a "horror movie for the soul." This film follows Carol White who is allergic to the 20th century. Or at least she thinks she is. That is one of the wonderful things about this film. At the end, you don't know if she's sick or insane. It's been twenty-two years and I still haven't made up my mind. 

"We are one with the power that created us. We're safe and all is well in our world."

"I love you. I love you. I really love you. I love you."

4) eXistenZ by David Cronenberg – 1999
Quite simply the greatest mind-fuck of the past thirty years. Aside from "Videodrome," this is Cronenberg's finest achievement. For what it's worth, I believe they're still in the game. 

"eXistenZ. Written like this. One word. Small 'E,' capital 'X, capital 'Z.' eXistenZ."

"What's wrong? Aren't you dying to see what's so special about the special?"

"Death to the demoness Allegra Geller!"

"It disappeared into my back? It's in my spine? It's working its way around my spinal cord?"

"I actually think there is an element of psychosis involved here."

"I made the bio-port sacrifice to get close to you."

"I suppose a smaller caliber pistol would have to fire baby teeth."

"Did you say Trout Farm?"

"Death to the demon Ted Pikul! Have I won? Have I won the game? Have I won?

3) Blue is the Warmest Color by Abdellatif Kechiche - 2013

Yes, I know a lot of people thought this was overrated and are tired about hearing about this movie, but I maintain that it is the most pure, touching romances so far this century.

"You're talking crap in front of everyone! I'm not a lesbian!"

"I went out with Louise, that was her name, Louise. We didn't kiss at the party, but I invited her to sleep over. That's when we kissed."

"I am happy. I'm happy with you, like this. It's my way of being happy."

2) Never Let Me Go by Mark Romanek - 2010
How can a single film be so beautiful and distressing at the same time? We know so much more about this world than the characters do. As we see them with hopeful looks on their faces and clear ambitions, it devastates us to watch as the worst-case scenario comes true. Andrew Garfield gives his best performance to date.

"None of you will go to America. None of you will work in supermarkets. None of you will do anything except live the life that has already been set out for you. You will become adults, but only briefly. Before you are old, before you are even middle-aged, you will start to donate your vital organs. That's what you were created to do. And sometime around your third or fourth donation, your short live will be complete."

"It's been two weeks since I lost him. I've been given my notice now. My first donation is in a month's time.

"We didn't have The Gallery in order to look into your souls. We had The Gallery to see if you had souls at all."

"You poor creatures."

And here it is. The moment you've been waiting for. The greatest film in the last 30 years is...

PULP FICTION by Quentin Tarantino - 1994

1) Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino by 1994

I don't really think I have to explain why this film is at the top of the list. "Pulp Fiction" not only revolutionized the way films were cut. It changed the way all of us look at movies.

"I'm a mushroom cloud laying motherfucker, motherfucker!"

"Mmmm. That is a good burger!"

"Yeah, well the days of me forgetting are over, and the days of me remembering have just begun."

"Any if you fucking pricks move and I'll execute every motherfucking one of you."

"I'm sorry, did I break your conversation?"

"Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you. I double dare you motherfucking, say 'what' one more goddamn time!"

"You hear me talking, hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass."

"Well, let's not start sucking each other's dicks just yet."

"Well believe it now, motherfucker! We gotta get this car off the road! You know cops tend to notice shit like you're driving a car drenched in fucking blood."

"Maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but, you know, touching his wife's feet and sticking your tongue in her Holiest of Holies ain't the same fucking ballpark. It ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fucking sport"

"Jules, if you give that fucking nimrod fifteen hundred dollars, I'm gonna shoot him on general principle."

"The day that I bring an OD-ing bitch over to your house, then I give her the shot. Give here the shot."

So that wraps that up nice and neat with a little bow. Enjoy the trailer:

30 Best Films Passed Over by Marty, The Doc & Jennifer in Back to the Future: Volume 2

Here we are again, further up the list. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 20th through the 11th greatest films Doc, Marty and Jennifer missed when they skipped from 1985 to 2015.

(I know that George McFly has nothing to do with all this, but he's the best character, so enjoy the pic.)

And again, a warning to any squares and/or prudes out there. Some of the quotes from these films are in bad taste, to say the least. Read at your own risk.

20) In the Mouth of Madness by John Carpenter - 1994

We're watching every writer's fantasy here. The writer creates a tangible world with real people. The writer controls what the characters do and say. He decides what tragedy or blessings that befall them. So yes, every writer is God.

"A reality is just what we tell each other it is."

"Did I ever tell you my favorite color is blue?"

"God's not supposed to be a hack horror writer!"

"I have to! He wrote me this way!"

"Every species can smell its own extinction. The last ones left won't have a pretty time with it."

"When does fiction become religion?"

"You're my mommy! Know what day it is? It's Mommy's Day!"

19) Beauty and the Beast by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise - 1991
Yes, it turns out cynic is really a sappy at heart. Shame on this bastard."

"You'll join me for dinner. That's not a request!"

"Enchanted? Ha-ha-ha-ha! Who said anything about the castle being enchanted? Ha- ha-ha!"

"We don't like what we don't understand, in fact, it scares us, and this monster is mysterious at least."

"So you want me to throw her father into the asylum unless she agrees to marry you? Oh, that is despicable! I love it"

Beast - "I want to do something for. But what?"
Cogsworth - "Well, there's the usual things. Flowers, chocolates, promises you don't intend to keep"

"I use antlers in all of my decorating!"

"I'm especially good at expectorating!" 

18) Her by Spike Jonze - 2013
Loneliness. And what the hell is companionship, anyway? Are we as a species past the point where we can love each other without all of our beloved masks and mirrors? Probably. Also, not for nothing, but Scarlett Johansson proves that voice-over roles should be taken seriously. No, we never actually saw her, but she did deserve some adulation around award season.

"Well, you seem like a person, but you're just a voice in a computer."

"Whatever someone you become, and wherever you are in the world, I'm sending you love. You're my friend to the end."

"The heart is not like a box that gets filled up. It expands in size the more you love. I'm different from you. This doesn't make me love you any less. It actually makes me love you more."

Theodore - "Are you talking with someone else right now? People, OS, whatever..."
Samantha - "Yeah."
Theodore - "How many others?"
Samantha - "8,316."
Theodore - "Are you in love with anybody else?"
Samantha - "Why do you ask that?"
Theodore - "I do not know. Are you ?"
Samantha - "I've been thinking about how to talk to you about this."
Theodore - "How many others?"
Samantha - "641."

17) Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick - 1999
Some have insisted that this film is misogynistic. It is not. It is about misogyny. 
Bill (Tom Cruise) is only capable at looking at things from his selfish perspective. He feels that he has license to deviate sexually because his wife, Alice, Cruise's paramour (Nicole Kidman) confessions to having a sexual fantasy once. 
His idea of manhood is defined by a proprietary perspective. 
And in the end, Alice settles back into her role of subjugation.

"Don't you think one of the charms of marriage is that it makes deception a necessity for both parties? May I ask why a beautiful woman who could have any man in this room wants to be married?"

"When she is having her little titties squeezed, do you think she ever has any fantasies about handsome Dr. Bill's dickie might be like?"

"Tell me something. Those two girls at the party last night. Did you, by any chance, happen to fuck them?"

"Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth."

"Remove your clothes! Or would you like us to do it for you?"

"Do you mind telling me what kind of fucking charade ends up with somebody turning up dead?"

"No dream is ever just a dream."

"Millions of years of evolution, right? Right? Men have to stick it in every place they can, but for women, women it is just about security and commitment and whatever the fuck else?"

"Oh, if you men only knew!"

Alice - "I do love you and you know there is something very important we need to do as soon as possible."

Bill - "What's that?"

Alice - "Fuck."

16) Dead Man by Jim Jarmusch - 1995
I don't like film critics who use words words like 'meditation,' and ethereal.  Thank God I'm just a dick with a blog and not a proper film critic. So I'm free to say this film is an ethereal meditation on death.

 "Stupid fucking white man!"

"You were a poet and a painter, William Blake. But now, you're a killer of white men."

"It is strange that you do not remember any of your poetry, William Blake."

"Look, they're shooting buffalo, government says. It killed a million of them last year alone."


"I wouldn't trust no words written down on no piece of paper, especially from no Dickinson out in the town of Machine. You're just as likely to find your own grave."

"Of course, you can't put much stock in a man who spends the most part of a conversation talking to a bear. Talking to a goddamn bear."

"The vision of Christ that thou dost see is my vision's greatest enemy."

"By God, I'm hit! Lord have mercy. Burns like hell-fire! You son of a bitch. I'm gonna have to kill somebody now!"

15) Heaven by Tom Tykwer - 2002
This is a film about sin, guilt and punishment. It has nothing whatsoever to do with forgiveness, nor does it explore the concept of redemption.
And it's about how a young romance can evolve in a spiritual way that can give one a single purpose

"I don't want to escape punishment. I've killed four innocent people and I want to answer for that. But before I do, I want to kill him."

Secretary - "May I be of assistance?"

Filippa - "No, it's an erotic matter."

"In a real helicopter, you can't just keep flying higher."

"My father always said, at the right moment, you have to do what nobody expects."

"Throw me out with the trash. Her parents had to read that."

"It's not a good idea trying to escape custody. You put your life at stake. I doubt she'd even make it past that back exit alive."

"What you don't know is I've ceased to believe."

"I'll never forget that face. It'll haunt me for the rest of my life. Didn't look like a face anymore. Like the stuff I buy at the butcher's for the dog. Only with a suit attached."

14) Secretary by Steven Shainberg - 2002
A gorgeous film legitimizing taboos. Here, an S&M game transforms beautifully into one of the sweetest romances I've ever seen.

Mr. Grey - "I like you, Lee, but I don't think I'm going to offer you the job."

Lee - "Why?"
Mr. Grey - "It's your behavior."

Lee - "What about my behavior?"

Mr. Grey - "It's very bad."

Mr. Grey - "We can't do this 24 hours a day 7 days a week."

Lee - "Why not?"

"Is it that sometimes the pain inside has to come to the surface and when you see evidence of the pain inside, you finally know you're really here? Then, when you watch the wound heal, it's comforting."

"I'm not so scared of suffering now. I feel more than I've ever felt and I've found someone to feel with, to play with, to love, in a way that feels right for me. I hope he knows that I can see that he suffers, too. And that I want to love him."

"Okay, just a scoop of creamed potatoes, one slice of butter, four peas and...as much ice cream as you'd like to eat, doll."

13) The Devil’s Rejects by Rob Zombie - 2005
Damn, how many hats can one movie wear? The film is about the nature of revenge and sadism. Where is that line between good and evil and how can one even tell which side they are one? "The Devil's Rejects" is not only a social commentary, though. It's also a dark comedy, a horror film and a story of relentless pursuit.

"I am the Devil and I am here to do the Devil's work."

"There is no fucking ice cream in your fucking future!"

"Tutti fucking Frutty!"

"Don't we make ya laugh? Aren't we fucking funny? You best come up with an answer, 'cause I'm gonna come back here and check on you and your mama and if you ain't got a reason why you hate clowns, I'm gonna kill your whole fucking family." 

"Stupid cunt. There ain't no bullets in this thing. It's all fucking mind power."

"Boy, the next word that comes out of your mouth better be some brilliant fucking Mark Twain shit. 'Cause it's definitely getting chiseled on your tombstone."

"I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See, I have some top-secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you may have for this here vehicle."

"You know, I got to thank you all for helping me understand what my heritage is. You see, the Wydells, they always been vigilante justice. Now my grand-daddy, he rode with the likes of Tom Horn, killing scum like you for a living. We've always been devil slayers."

"Let's give a big round of applause, folks, for the married man!"

"What's that I smell? I smell RABBIT!"

"I took my knife and I stuck it there real good. And I kinda twisted it a little bit. Kind of like fucking her with it, you know? Let me tell you, that old whore came before I fucking took her miserable life."

12) True Romance by Tony Scott - 1993

I remember the first time I saw this film. I was 19 and at the movies by myself. Over the course of the film, I feel in love. In love with Alabama and in love with this perfectly beautiful marriage. Great action film. Greater Romance. If you haven't experienced this film I don't even know why you're reading this blog.

"I always said, if I had to fuck a guy...I mean had to, if my life depended on it...I'd fuck Elvis."

"That was one of the best times I ever had. It was. But you know, I knew something must be rotten in Denmark. There was no way you could like me that much. Man, I can't tell you relieved I was when you took off your dress and you, you didn't have a dick."

"I'm not a whore. I'm a call-girl. There's a difference, you know!"

"I'm gonna go jump in the tub and get all slippery and soapy and then hop in that waterbed and watch X-rated movies 'till you get your ass back in my loving arms."

"Okey dokey, doggie daddy."

"On that TV there, since you been in the room, is a woman with her breasteses hanging out, and you ain't even bothered to look. You just been clocking me. Now I know I'm pretty, but I ain't as pretty as a couple of titties."

"You must have thought it was white boy day! It ain't white boy day, is it?"

"I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong room. My name is Sadie. We don't have any coke, but there's a Pepsi machine down the hall."

"I can't believe you put it under the fucking bed. And I can't believe I didn't look under the fucking bed."

"I am the anti-Christ. You got me in a vendetta kind of mood. You tell the angels in heaven you never seen evil so singularly personified as you did in the face of the man who killed you."

"I know you know where they are, so tell me before I do some damage you won't walk away from"

"You know what we got here? Motherfucking  Charlie Bronson!"

"If there's one thing this last week has taught me, it's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it."

"You're so cool."

11) Girl with Dragon Tattoo Trilogy by Niels Arden Oplev and Daniel Alfredson - 2009

Right. There are three reactions from people who have been exposed to this trilogy: Those who have followed the books and the films as they came out. The true Dragon Tattoo fans. Then there are those who checked them out and didn't really click with the trilogy because they don't like having to read subtitles. And those who held out and just watched David Fincher's US remake. Fincher's remake is a pale excuse for a film when you hold it up to the original films. So don't judge these films based on what you may or may not have seen up to this point. Also, I've heard some talk about the Trilogy being overrated. Well, don't listen to those people. Balls to those guys.

The films throw us into a personal relationship with our heroine. It's not a conventional connection. We love her. We empathize with her to the point of devotion. We fallow her victories and when she's in pain, we can actually feel it.

"His father trained him to murder at age sixteen. Anyone would be sick in the head with that kind of upbringing."

"Shut up about the victimization! He almost killed you. He raped and murdered and he enjoyed it. He had the same chances as us to choose what he wanted to be. He was no victim. He was a sadistic motherfucker who hated women!

"I've lost count. I had a girl in that cage when we were dining upstairs. Those kind of women disappear all the time. No one misses them."

Next, the top ten films Marty, Doc and Jennifer missed. (Holy God, isn't the suspense killing you??)