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Are These The Best Films of the 21st Century?

August 29, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

Lists are arbitrary. Here’s mine.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: BBC, Best of, Children of Men, Film, Foreign Film, Top 100

Ranking the best films of the past 25 years

February 8, 2025 by thestakemag 2 Comments

Choosing the best film from each year, for the past 25 years, then ranking them. Lists are arbitrary.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Anna Josephson and Jeff Michler, Best of, Lists, movies

The 10 Best Films of 2015 *UPDATED

December 18, 2024 by Christopher ZF 3 Comments

A great year for adults at the movies. No superheroes anywhere.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Best of, Disney, Ex Machina, Experimenter, Inside Out, Mad Max, Pixar, The Martian, Top 10

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