Real Life was full of many things in 2018. Fortunately, many of them were good movies My viewing for the year began about halfway through 1963 and ended by finishing off 1965. I logged 455 films on Letterboxd. I took a lengthy break to watch Pre-Code films and another one focused on documentaries. Some of the best new films I saw this year were documentaries and I am creating a separate list for those.
I saw too many great films to count. Since I’ve been seeking out classic movies for a long time, many of the best were re-watches. Still there were many gems that were new to me. Fiction films that I rated 9/10 and did not make the top ten are: Nothing But a Man (1964); Whoopie! (1929); Le Bonheur (1965); I Knew Her Well (1965); The Other Side of Hope (2017); The Collector (1965); and The Moment of Truth (1965).
Here’s 10 favorite films I saw for the first time in 2018. They are not ranked but in chronological order.
Red Dust (1932) – Directed by Sam Wood
An Actor’s Revenge (1963) – Directed by Kon Ichikawa
The Servant (1963) – Directed by Joseph Losey
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) – Directed by Jacques Demy
The Naked Prey (1965) – Directed by Cornel Wilde
YoYo (1965) – Directed by Pierre Etaix
Repulsion (1965) – Directed by Roman Polanski
Darling (1965) – Directed by John Schlesinger
The Shop on Main Street (1965) – Directed by Jan Kadar and Elmar Klos
A Short Film About Love (1988) – Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
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A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to one and all!
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