Cahiers du Cinéma All Year-End Top 10s Movies, a list by dinkysniff

6.7

/4278/

63

/204/

64

/149/

3.6

/38207/

94

/111/

65

/17/

83

/25/

Jérémie returns to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss, the village baker. He decides to stay for a few days with Martine, the man's widow. A mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbor and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie's short stay in the village take an unexpected turn.

79

7.1

/13320/

70

/459/

68

/210/

3.9

/98425/

100

/158/

71

/62/

93

/35/

3.5

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. A trip to a beach town allows them to find a space for their desires to manifest.

61

36

5.4

/336/

51

/27/

55

/18/

3.0

/2901/

85

/13/

Barbie, once an attractive, devoted mother and partner, faces newfound challenges as she turns 55, descending into darkness, violence, and absurdity while grappling with her identity, relationships, and life's complexities.

69

59

6.3

/2024/

59

/141/

63

/63/

3.4

/17376/

91

/33/

71

/6/

After 15 years together, Ale and Alex choose an unconventional way to part ways: by hosting a party to celebrate their separation. Their unexpected decision leaves friends and family confused, forcing everyone to confront their own views on love, relationships, and new beginnings in this bittersweet, heartfelt story.

58

5.8

/158164/

61

/11226/

62

/2607/

2.6

/964009/

56

/250/

64

/1175/

52

/46/

2.5

age 14+

A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.

81

7.3

/161989/

69

/6234/

70

/2425/

3.9

/905023/

93

/357/

79

/114/

92

/59/

4.0

age 13+

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.

78

7.0

/12837/

68

/592/

67

/277/

3.8

/107837/

91

/165/

83

/8/

83

/40/

3.5

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.

59

38

5.6

/420/

54

/14/

41

/14/

3.1

/2342/

70

/10/

71

/4/

The journey of a young man as he begins an apprenticeship in the French countryside to train as a gardener. There he encounters a trio of men who will prove decisive in both his nascent career as a horticulturist and in unleashing his sexuality.

69

6.7

/4732/

64

/171/

64

/91/

3.5

/25112/

86

/73/

60

/9/

85

/20/

2.5

Morán works as a clerk in a bank in Buenos Aires. He is as good as invisible to his colleagues. Over dinner with his colleague Román, Morán tells him that he stole exactly $650,000, which is exactly double what he would have made until his retirement. He plans to turn himself in, but not before offering Román to split the money if agrees to hide it for the duration of his incarceration.

80

7.3

/5957/

69

/200/

70

/107/

4.0

/33725/

96

/82/

70

/11/

95

/23/

3.5

On behalf of a multinational company, a production assistant drives around the Romanian city of Bucharest, interviewing various citizens who have been injured due to work accidents to cast one of them in a “safety at work” video.

79

7.3

/35626/

70

/1150/

71

/689/

3.8

/202115/

97

/169/

62

/69/

86

/30/

4.0

In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.

68

6.4

/4325/

61

/228/

60

/238/

3.4

/28469/

87

/82/

60

/8/

75

/21/

3.0

One summer, a French teenager who has been living with his mother in the city moves in with his estranged father’s family in the countryside, where he clashes with his stepmother.

83

7.6

/204509/

75

/8128/

75

/3091/

4.1

/1393909/

96

/287/

91

/63/

86

/44/

3.5

age 14+

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

81

7.2

/4745/

67

/222/

70

/112/

4.0

/23087/

93

/74/

85

/22/

4.0

Years after his mysterious disappearance, Julio Arenas, a famous Spanish actor, is back in the news thanks to a television program.

80

55

7.3

/1621/

68

/67/

71

/48/

4.0

/11558/

96

/28/

81

/1/

94

/7/

With the strange disappearance of Laura, two colleagues, her older boyfriend, Rafael, and Ezequiel, learn of their recent discoveries, which may help them locate her. However, the story is bigger and stranger than they could imagine.

69

43

6.4

/577/

57

/33/

65

/22/

3.5

/2099/

90

/21/

A director, a cinematographer, and an actress spend the days leading up to a movie shoot together on-location, waiting for the director to come up with an idea for what the film will be about.

68

6.3

/7247/

59

/349/

58

/121/

3.5

/54394/

89

/167/

47

/53/

86

/38/

3.0

age 15+

In the days leading up to a possibly career-changing exhibition, a sculptor navigates her relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

84

7.5

/132909/

74

/5450/

75

/2640/

4.0

/568692/

92

/399/

83

/727/

85

/65/

4.0

age 13+

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

65

6.6

/1375/

65

/59/

65

/46/

3.5

/7595/

87

/23/

60

/4/

75

/9/

1.5

In 1877, in a watch factory in a valley in north-western Switzerland, Josephine produces balance spindles, tiny parts that ensure the agitation movement (“unrueh") of the mechanical watches. She soon grows uneasy with the organisation of work and possession in the village and its factory and joins the anarchist worker movement of the local watchmakers. There she meets Piotr Kropotkin, a moony Russian traveller. The two of them meet at a time when new technologies such as time measurement, photography, and the telegraph are transforming the social order, and anarchist discourse is addressing emerging nationalism. During a walk in the woods, Josephine and Piotr ask themselves whether time, money, and the government are not all but fictions.

62

34

5.9

/642/

54

/45/

56

/43/

3.3

/3024/

67

/9/

71

/1/

In a family-owned bowling alley, tension arises between two brothers following their father's death. Meanwhile one of them, a cop, is investigating a series of disturbing murders. Both brothers soon find themselves trapped in a looming darkness.

78

6.7

/72003/

66

/2/

3.6

/614612/

91

/332/

65

/365/

4.0

age 15+

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

61

28

6.3

/304/

53

/28/

59

/20/

3.6

/2168/

A retired military man lives in the Temple Woods housing project. Just as he’s burying his mother, his neighbour Bébé, who belongs to a gang of robbers from the area, is preparing to rob the convoy of a wealthy Arab prince.

73

6.7

/16841/

63

/689/

65

/402/

3.6

/89803/

96

/160/

64

/60/

85

/30/

3.0

The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.

66

6.3

/4053/

60

/180/

62

/149/

3.6

/21869/

88

/69/

64

/4/

75

/18/

2.0

Island of Tahiti. French government official De Roller is a calculating man with impeccable manners, capable of dealing with both high society and the locals he frequents in shady joints.

74

6.8

/311227/

68

/16307/

68

/4661/

3.7

/1961075/

83

/479/

69

/3550/

77

/64/

3.5

age 16+

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

76

7.2

/13246/

69

/743/

70

/306/

3.6

/54032/

91

/144/

82

/33/

79

/39/

3.0

age 10+

A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.

59

49

6.2

/1037/

58

/46/

58

/54/

3.4

/3871/

65

/17/

50

/9/

Clermont-Ferrand, central France. Médéric meets and falls in love with middle-aged sex worker Isadora, who is married. When the city center is the scene of a terrorist attack, Selim, a young, homeless guy, provokes a wave of paranoia by taking refuge in Médéric's building. Sympathizing with Selim, crazy about Isadora, Mederic's life suddenly turns into a mess.

78

7.1

/157380/

69

/5843/

69

/2544/

3.5

/752074/

90

/326/

65

/548/

90

/55/

4.0

age 15+

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

76

7.1

/164928/

70

/5830/

70

/2874/

3.7

/933176/

75

/320/

76

/313/

75

/57/

4.0

age 15+

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

73

6.4

/12613/

60

/437/

60

/262/

3.8

/64881/

90

/139/

43

/37/

92

/34/

4.0

age 13+

After hearing a loud ‘bang’ at daybreak, a Scottish woman begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.

74

37

6.9

/431/

68

/13/

73

/12/

3.9

/1602/

83

/6/

Quién lo impide is a call to change our perception of adolescents and youths; our idea of those born in the early 21st century who have recently reached adulthood; those who now seem guilty of everything as they themselves see their hopes dashed. Somewhere between documentary, fiction and pure testimonial record, the young adolescents show themselves the way they really are, the way we rarely see them, or the way they let us see them: taking advantage of the film camera to show off the best of themselves and renew our trust in the future; from fragility and emotion, with humour, intelligence, beliefs and ideas. Because the young people who speak to us about love, friendship, politics or education refer not only to their own situation, but to the things that always matter to us, at any age. Quién lo impide is a film about ourselves: about what we were, what we are and what we will continue to be.

69

6.2

/46797/

60

/2802/

61

/1049/

3.3

/128954/

88

/228/

42

/124/

78

/48/

4.0

age 15+

William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past.

55

5.9

/5550/

56

/292/

52

/221/

3.2

/22825/

67

/70/

36

/7/

57

/21/

2.0

A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.

84

7.5

/75368/

75

/2766/

74

/1430/

4.2

/362210/

97

/216/

78

/269/

91

/42/

4.0

age 15+

Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.

73

6.7

/29276/

66

/1656/

66

/1118/

3.4

/110430/

84

/199/

90

/6/

75

/38/

3.0

age 17+

A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.

76

55

7.0

/2796/

71

/124/

68

/94/

3.8

/12477/

100

/8/

68

/2/

An unlikely oddball trio bond during an impromptu trip to the French countryside on a foolhardy romantic mission.

72

6.3

/24158/

63

/1044/

67

/737/

3.4

/120278/

72

/272/

77

/20/

67

/51/

4.0

age 15+

In present-day Los Angeles, controversial stand-up comedian Henry McHenry and internationally renowned opera singer Ann Defrasnoux form the façade of a happy couple in the spotlight. Ann gives birth to a baby girl named Annette, who possesses an exceptional gift that will change all of their lives forever.

68

51

6.2

/1299/

57

/42/

63

/29/

3.4

/7501/

81

/31/

77

/12/

Youngho is summoned by his father, who is a doctor. Finding him busy with his patients, one of whom is a famous actor, Youngho has to wait. When his girlfriend Juwon moves to Berlin for her studies, Youngho shows up in the city to surprise her. Through her mother, Juwon has found accommodation at the home of an artist whose beauty intimidates her. Some time later, Youngho goes to lunch with his mother who wants to introduce him to a colleague – it is the same man Youngho met at his father’s clinic. Youngho asks his friend Jeongsoo to accompany him, and after lunch they go to the beach. Youngho falls asleep, and dreams of Juwon. When he wakes up, he braves the considerable cold and goes swimming, while Jeongsoo watches.

68

6.0

/1892/

61

/59/

59

/39/

3.3

/5893/

93

/30/

50

/4/

83

/11/

3.0

Lisa is moving. Upheaval all around: Her mother flirts with a handyman. An eccentric woman seems to be preparing for a glamorous event, a family next door returns from vacation, and a girl documents the adventurous day. As boxes are transported, walls painted white, and furniture is assembled, underlying problems in need of fixing are revealed, a to-do list expands, and desires and needs flair up.

81

7.5

/11137/

74

/428/

71

/344/

4.1

/55278/

99

/115/

81

/18/

86

/19/

3.5

An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

87

7.4

/790/

71

/45/

64

/14/

3.9

/3421/

98

/64/

67

/2/

88

/17/

4.0

An epic look at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more.

60

44

6.1

/985/

55

/31/

54

/39/

3.3

/2827/

64

/22/

62

/11/

Luc travels to Paris for the first time to sit the entrance exam for a carpentry school. There he meets Djemila, a young worker with whom he enjoys a short romance, before returning to his home town and beginning a relationship with Geneviève, whom he has known since childhood. Caught between two passions, Luc runs, resolving to fulfil his father's dreams by devoting himself to his future... until finally, he experiences true love.

72

59

6.7

/3975/

64

/161/

66

/105/

3.7

/23057/

98

/45/

56

/3/

81

/13/

While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends. She visits the first two at their homes, and the third she encounters by chance at a theater. While they make friendly conversation, as always, several currents flow independently above and below the surface of the sea.

76

54

6.9

/3419/

66

/134/

63

/203/

3.5

/9837/

100

/10/

85

/5/

Vacations in the French countryside. Daphne, three months pregnant, finds herself alone to welcome Maxime, her boyfriend François’ cousin. François had to leave in a hurry for Paris to cover for a sick colleague. For four days, while waiting for his return, Daphne and Maxime get to know each other and share very intimate stories that bring them closer...

49

34

5.8

/1804/

55

/164/

50

/234/

2.9

/7710/

33

/2/

It takes him suddenly at 40 years: Frédéric wants a baby, Claire never wanted one and they agreed on that. He commits the unforgivable and makes a child behind her back. Claire turns into a whale and Frédéric becomes a doting father.

59

42

6.6

/1472/

56

/31/

68

/38/

3.6

/3346/

63

/24/

44

/1/

52

/10/

Among the guests who come to the mansion of aristocratic landowner Nikolai over Christmas are a politician, a young countess, and a general with his wife. They dine and discuss topics such as progress and morality. As the debate becomes more heated, cultural differences become increasingly apparent.

80

7.1

/24054/

70

/1210/

70

/511/

3.9

/100268/

96

/224/

65

/160/

90

/44/

4.0

age 13+

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow – the first, and only, in the territory.

78

58

7.2

/1236/

71

/67/

73

/62/

3.8

/3427/