Dynamic Top Tens of 2026

[Red Screamer]

01 Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (Johnson)

[Omensetter]

01. Sound of Falling
02. Magellan
03. Resurrection
04. Mirrors No. 3
05. What Does That Nature Say to You?
06. Kontinental '25
07. La grazia
08. Father Mother Sister Brother
09. The Drama
10.

Runners-up (Tier 1):

Runners-up (Tier 2): The Moment

Not a fan: Young Mothers

Rubbish: I Love Boosters

To see: Dreams; Romería; Two Prosecutors; The Love That Remains; Blue Heron; Dry Leaf; Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma; The Samurai and the Prisoner; Bitter Christmas; La bola negra; Coward; Fatherland; Fjord; Gentle Monster; Minotaur; Paper Tiger; Club Kid; La Gradiva; The Currents; Everytime; Hope; Late Fame; The Wizard of the Kremlin; Silent Friend; Queen at Sea

2025—2024—2023—2022—2021—2020—2019—2018—2017—2016—2015—2014—2013—2012—2011

[Lowry_Sam]

"Here we go again."

1. All That’s Left Of You
2. I Swear
3. L'Étranger/The Stranger
4. My Undesirable Friends: Chapters 1-5
5. A Poet
6. The Love That Remains
7. Maspalomas
8. On The Sea
9. The Plague
10. Test

Very Good: Mr. Nobody vs Putin, 10s Across The Border, Blue Film, The Drama, Pillion, On The Road, The Last Guest Of The Holloway Hotel

Good: The Christophers, The Librarians, Kokuho, Silent Friend, Natchez

Meh: Magellan, Leviticus, Our Hero, Balthazar, Trial Of Hein

Awful: Rose Of Nevada

Restoration screenings: Nadja, Fleischer Cartoons, Ben-Hur: A Tale Of Christ (1925), Queen Kelly, The Headless Woman, Days & Nights In The Forest, Janko The Musician, The Crowd, Hitler: A Film From Germany, Toni, Lumiere d'ete, 1900, St. Michael Had A Rooster, Beau Geste, Landscape In The Mist, The Spook Who Sat By The Door, The Devil Queen, Virgina

[Swift]

My understanding from my teenager is that the 6-7 meme is beyond played out and cringy so this already feels outdated.

[big ticket]

1. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

2026 here we come!
The Secret Agent
No Other Choice

[JamesF]

Sentimental Value
It Was Just An Accident
The Testament of Ann Lee
Project Hail Mary
The Secret Agent
Sirat
The Drama
The Christophers

[DarkImbecile]

Top Ten:
1. Para Perasuk [Levitating] (Wregas Bhanuteja)
2. Night Nurse (Bernstein)
3. Everybody to Kenmure Street (Bustos Sierra)
4. American Doctor (Teng)
5. Who Killed Alex Odeh? (Osder; Youmans)
6. The Lake (Ellis)
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9.
10.

Also Seen:

[Altair]

1. The Drama
2. Wuthering Heights
...
3. The Moment
4. The Rip
5. The Devil Wears Prada 2
6. Crime 101
7. How to Make a Killing
8. Erupcja

[Persona]

1. 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
2. The Odyssey
3. Project Hail Mary

[nitin]

1. The Odyssey
2. Disclosure Day
3. The Bride!


Honourable Mentions:


Others Seen: The Drama, Send Help, Project Hail Mary, Crime 101, Backrooms

[Michael]

BLUE HERON, Sophy Romvari
CACTUS PEARS, Rohan Kanawade

[lacritfan]

Disclosure Day
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The Rip

[Aunt Peg]

01. Minotaur (Andrey Zvyvagintsev)
02. La Bola Negra (Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo)
03. Queen at Sea (Lance Hammer)
04. Mouse (Kelly O'Sullivan & Alex Thompson)
05. Coward (Lukas Dhont)
06. All of a Sudden (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
07. Ben'Imana (Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo)
08. Everytime (Sandra Wollner)
09. On the Road (David Pablos)
10. Fjord (Cristian Mungiu)

[colinr0380]

I had better take advantage of seeing a film at the cinema this year now to start my list (spoiler: there may probably still only be one film on here by the year's end!):

1. Backrooms

[beamish14]

The Spook Who Sat By The Door

Did you see Spook Who Sat by the Door in 35mm as well? That print looks incredible, and it was followed by a very interesting Q&A from the daughters of Ivan Dixon and Sam Greenlee. Talk about a film we need more than ever.

[Lowry_Sam]

I thought it was a digital projection of the 4K restoration, not a print, but it did look good and captured that 70s film look/feel very well.