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YearRankFilmSelect QuoteSource 1Source 2 Source 3
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20171RawJulia Ducournau devours her audience with this fearless feature debut.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20172MoonlightBarry Jenkins’s Oscar winner is a miracle in a minor key.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe GuardianKermode's Films of the year
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20173The LevellingLove, loss and reconciliation in Hope Dickson Leach’s family drama.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian" - " denotes a joint place
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20174The Red TurtleSwoon and swoon again at the beauty of Michaël Dudok de Wit’s heartbreaker.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe GuardianYear determined by UK cinema or streaming release, whichever came first.
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20175The Florida ProjectSean Baker finds a modern-day Our Gang on Disney’s doorstep.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe GuardianYou are very welcome to update/edit
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20176My Life As A CourgetteStop-motion magic from director Claude Barras and screenwriter Céline Sciamma.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe GuardianCompiled by Sam
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20177Toni ErdmannSandra Hüller shines in Maren Ade’s bittersweet comedy.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardianwww.sammichaelstevens.com
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20178Blade Runner 2049Denis Villeneuve doesn’t disappoint with this belated sci-fi sequel.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe GuardianThank you to the sources - and of course Mark
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20179Get OutShades of Ira Levin in Jordan Peele’s razor-sharp chiller.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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2017-10In BetweenThree women in Tel Aviv find their own space in Maysaloun Hamoud’s feature debut.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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2017-10Paddington 2I knew Paddington was great, I thought this was going to be a let down, it just wasn't.YouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20161Under The ShadowBabak Anvari’s brilliant Farsi chiller is an astonishing feature debut.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20162Notes On BlindnessA superbly poetic account of John M Hull’s spiritual journey.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20163Embrace of the SerpentColombian director Ciro Guerra’s transcendent Amazon odyssey.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20164Son Of SaulLászló Nemes’s Oscar-winning Holocaust drama is profoundly moral.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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2016513thAva DuVernay’s incendiary doc explores slavery and imprisonment in the US.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20166RoomA deserved Oscar for Brie Larson in Lenny Abrahamson’s masterpiece.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20167JulietaAlmodóvar’s most moving and entrancing work since 2006’s Volver.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20168I, Daniel BlakeKen Loach’s second Palme d’Or winner packs a mighty punch.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20169Your NameMakoto Shinkai’s YA anime took the Japanese box office by storm.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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2016-10Things To Come
Too close to call between sweeping historical romance and Mia Hansen-Løve’s very personal drama.
YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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2016-10United Kingdom
Too close to call between sweeping historical romance and Mia Hansen-Løve’s very personal drama.
YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20151Inside OutPixar’s perfectly realised psychological animation is a joy.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20152A Girl Walks Home Alone at NightAna Lily Amirpour’s Iranian vampire western.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20153GirlhoodVibrant tale of girls in the Parisian hood from Céline Sciamma.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20154CarolTodd Haynes’s note-perfect Patricia Highsmith adaptation.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20155The FallingSwooning tale of mass fainting, written and directed by Carol Morley.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20156Song of the SeaTomm Moore’s timeless blend of musical and visual magic.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20157BrooklynJohn Crowley directs the flawless Saoirse Ronan.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20158Sunset SongRavishing Lewis Grassic Gibbon adaptation from Terence Davies.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20159The Ecstasy of Wilko JohnsonJulien Temple tackles a matter of life and death.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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201510The Tale of the Princess KaguyaSublime Studio Ghibli fable from Isao Takahata.YouTube - OfficialOfficial BlogThe Guardian
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20141The BabadookYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20142BoyhoodYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20143FrankYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20144BelleYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20145The Golden DreamYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20146PrideYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20147Maps To The StarsYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20148The PastYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20149The Grand Budapest HotelYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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2014-10Under The SkinYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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2014-10InterstellarYouTube - OfficialOfficial Blog
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20131Good Vibrations
An affectionate (and largely overlooked) account of Belfast's "Godfather of Punk" Terri Hooley.
The GuardianIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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20132The Act Of Killing
Oppenheimer and Christine Cynn (along with an anonymous co-director) do not shy away from looking into the void, with shattering results.
The GuardianIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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20133GravityA latterday space odyssey which demanded to be seen in its stereoscopic incarnation. The GuardianIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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20134Captain PhillipsIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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20135The Selfish Giant
A loose reinterpretation of Oscar Wilde's fable which blended the gritty vérité feel of Ken Loach with a strain of poetic transcendence.
The GuardianIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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20136Beyond The HillsIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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20137Saving Mr. BanksIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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20138Love Is All You NeedIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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20139NebraskaIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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201310The Kings Of SummerIMDB - OtherIMDB - Other
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2013
Shortlist
A Field In EnglandA psychedelic English civil war weirdie.The Guardian
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2013
Shortlist
Blue is the Warmest ColourA controversial Palme d'Or winner.The Guardian
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2013
Shortlist
12 Years A SlaveThe Guardian
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2013
Shortlist
Despicable Me 2
This slapstick delight proved that there are few things funnier than watching little yellow weebles making bottom and fart gags.
The Guardian
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20121Berberian Sound StudioPodcast - OtherIMDB - Other
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20122A Royal AffairPodcast - Other
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20123SkyfallThe best...Bond movie ever...It's a good film, period.Podcast - Other
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20124Amour
A pure, honest and ultimately uplifting film about love...there is no soft-centre to the film...just honest.
Podcast - Other
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20125The Dark Knight RisesPodcast - Other
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20126Even The RainPodcast - Other
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20127Life Of PiPodcast - Other
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20128Martha Marcy May MarlenePodcast - Other
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20129Beasts of the Southern WildPodcast - Other
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201210The RaidPodcast - Other
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201211Holy MotorsPodcast - Other
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201212You've Been TrumpedPodcast - Other
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20111We Need to Talk About KevinIMDB - Other
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20112Le Quattro VolteIMDB - Other
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20113Benda Bilili!IMDB - Other
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20114The ArtistIMDB - Other
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20115A SeparationIMDB - Other
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20116SennaIMDB - Other
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20117DriveNote: Replaced 'Melancholia' due to public demand! - See linkIMDB - Other
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20118Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyIMDB - Other
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20119HugoIMDB - Other
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2011-10Kill ListIMDB - Other
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2011-10TyrannosaurIMDB - Other
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20101Inception
Nolan has demonstrated to you can make a really...popular blockbuster without being stupid.
YouTube - Official
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20102Of Gods And Men
A film about the human condition (regardless of whether you are religious or athiest)...Demonstrates the power of understatment.
YouTube - Official
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20103Toy Story 3It played to a wide range of audiences and said different things to different ages.YouTube - Official
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20104Made In Dagenham
A brilliant job of balancing the importance of it's political story...with the demands of mainstream cinema...(Thought it would be) this year's Full Monty.
YouTube - Official
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20105Chico & RitaA real, proper, old-fashioned love story...reminded you just how adult an animation can be.YouTube - Official
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2010
Shortlist
The ArborYouTube - Official
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2010
Shortlist
Eyes Wide OpenYouTube - Official
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2010
Shortlist
Another YearYouTube - Official
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2010
Shortlist
Kick-AssYouTube - Official
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2010
Shortlist
RestrepoYouTube - Official
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2010
Shortlist
SkeletonsYouTube - Official
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2010
Shortlist
Oil City ConfidentialYouTube - Official
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2010
Shortlist
The Social NetworkYouTube - Official
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20091Let The Right One In
Just a wonderful reinvention of the vampire mythology...isn't about sex but about childhood...This year's Pan's Labyrinth.
YouTube - OtherIMDB - Other
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20092Slumdog Millionaire
It was something - an extraordinary thing (in relation to an almost direct to DVD film that won so many awards)
YouTube - OtherIMDB - Other
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20093Anvil: The Story of AnvilThe love story of the year.YouTube - OtherIMDB - Other
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20094The White Ribbon
Essentially pre-war village of the Damned...Exists entirely on the leve of ominous dread...Most uncomfortable experience this year...Haneke's best work.
YouTube - OtherIMDB - Other
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20095AntichristEqual parts exciting and exasperating.YouTube - OtherIMDB - Other
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20096MoonA throwback to 60s and 70s sci-fi movies...more about innerspace than out.YouTube - OtherIMDB - Other