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Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs: 25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s

28 January 2020

Life Without Principle - Johnnie To

Ben Sachs: 25 Favorite Movies of the 2010s, as published by The Chicago Reader

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. Life Without Principle
    Johnnie To
  2. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
  3. Fish & Cat
    Shahram Mokri
  4. ‘Til Madness Do Us Part
    Wang Bing
  5. Bitter Money
    Wang Bing
  6. Dead Souls
    Wang Bing
  7. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  8. In Another Country
    Hong Sang-soo
  9. Nobody’s Daughter Haewon
    Hong Sang-soo
  10. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  11. Sunset
    László Nemes
  12. Rambleras
    Daniela Speranza
  13. Aurora
    Cristi Puiu
  14. Film Socialisme
    Jean-Luc Godard
  15. Goodbye to Language
    Jean-Luc Godard
  16. The Image Book
    Jean-Luc Godard
  17. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel
  18. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
    Adam Curtis
  19. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello
  20. Computer Chess
    Andrew Bujalski
  21. Sack Barrow
    Ben Rivers
  22. The Wind Rises
    Hayao Miyazaki
  23. Goodbye First Love
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  24. At Berkeley
    Frederick Wiseman
  25. Hard to Be a God
    Aleksey German
  26. Sully
    Clint Eastwood
  27. The Mule
    Clint Eastwood
  28. Ash is Purest White
    Jia Zhang-ke
  29. The Apostate
    Federico Veiroj
  30. A Simple Life
    Ann Hui
  31. Tabu
    Miguel Gomes

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