Twenty Personal Manny Perry Movie Club Favorites
(Since 2004, I’ve participated in a weekly movie club, about which you can read more here. Recently, on the occasion of our 1000th movie, each of the club’s members filled out a ballot ranking our twenty favorite and least favorite movies from the entire array of choices. These are my personal favorites, in order of preference. You can find the group’s consensus ballot here and the complete list of 1000 here.)
1. The Eclipse (directed by Conor McPherson, 2009)
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (directed by Michel Gondry, 2004)
3. Pain and Glory (directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 2019)
4. A History of Violence (directed by David Cronenberg, 2005)
5. Children of Men (directed by Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
6. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (directed by Julian Schnabel, 2007)
7. Our Little Sister (directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2015)
8. Petite Maman (directed by Céline Sciamma, 2021)
9. Shoplifters (directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018)
10. A Ghost Story (directed by David Lowery, 2017)
11. The Florida Project (directed by Sean Baker, 2017)
12. The Lives of Others (directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
13. Get Out (directed by Jordan Peele, 2017)
14. The Banshees of Inisherin (directed by Martin McDonagh, 2022)
15. The Quiet Girl (directed by Colm Bairéad, 2022)
16. Higher Ground (directed by Vera Farmiga, 2011)
17. Gone Baby Gone (directed by Ben Affleck, 2007)
18. Wendy and Lucy (directed by Kelly Reichardt, 2008)
19. The Woodsman (directed by Nicole Kassell, 2004)
20. Minari (directed by Lee Isaac Chung, 2020)
— October 7, 2024