Well it’s the end of the year, which means it’s time for me to share with movie nerds webwide what I thought was the best this year had to offer in cinema. This is not our Top 15 movies of the year list. That list will come mid-January, and be a collaborative effort amongst all us Filmbalayans. This post is just my opinion (which is obviously the absolute best opinion) on what I thought was the best, and worst, that movies had to offer this year. You know what they say, “Opinions are like assholes, everybody’s got one, and everybody thinks everyone elses stinks.”
Follow the jump to see my stinking opinions on what I thought were the Best Performance, Best Villain,Best Documentary, Best Horror, Worst Movie and many other categories.
Best Performance
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Runner Ups: 1. Denis Lavant (Holy Motors) 2. Daniel Henshall (The Snowtown Murders) 3. Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) 4. Ann Dowd (Compliance) 5. Shayesteh Irani (Facing Mirrors)
Best Villain
Benecio Del Toro (Savages)
Runner Ups: 1. Matthew McConaughey (Killer Joe) 2. John Cusack (The Paperboy) 3. Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) 4. Yayan Ruhian (The Raid)
Best Documentary
Under African Skies
Runner Ups: 1. The Imposter 2. The World Before Her 3. Tokyo Waka 4. The Final Member 5. The Queen of Versailles
Best Horror Movie
Twixt
Runner Ups: 1. The Cabin in the Woods 2. Sinister 3. Resolution 4.Kill List
Best Science Fiction Movie
Cosmopolis
Runner Ups: 1. Robot & Frank 2. Target 3. Safety Not Guaranteed 4. Prometheus
Best Comedy Movie
Reality
Runner Ups: 1. Moonrise Kingdom 2. Seven Psychopaths 3. Sleepwalk with Me 4. Bernie 5. The Do-Deca-Pentathalon
Worst Movie
God Bless America
Runner Ups: 1. Old Dog 2. Palaces of Pity 3. Jayne Mansfield’s Car 4. Mirror Mirror 5. Die Wand 6. Lessons of a Dream 7. Savages 8. Ted 9. Cloud Atlas 10. The Bourne Legacy
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