October at the Movies

Okay, we’re rapidly approaching the end of the year and my anxiety is going through the roof. Doing this list on a monthly basis was meant to make the whittling process far more manageable; but I’m pretty sure it has only made things worse. Call Me by Your Name has been promoted to top spot for now. Much like Land of Mine, each time I reminisce about the film, I’m overcome by a wave of emotion. Surely this must be a measure of fine storytelling.

October has been a huge month at the cinemas, with some genuine contenders for “film of the year” honors entering the race. I strongly suggest you catch Good Time, Killing of a Sacred Deer, Blade Runner 2049 and Brigsby Bear. You won’t be disappointed.

Please go back and check out my Top 10 lists as they’ve evolved throughout the year. It’s been an emotional journey.

- Stu

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TOP 10 as of the end of October:

1. Call Me By Your Name
2. Land of Mine
3. Moonlight
4. Good Time
5. Get Out
6. Brigsby Bear
7. Killing of Sacred Deer
8. Blade Runner 2049
9. I am Not Your Negro
10. Dunkirk

Films watched this month:

Blade Runner 2049
Mountain
Heal the Living
The Girl With all the Gifts
Good Time 
Happy Death Day 
Three Summers 
The Meyerowitz Stories (Netflix) 
The Bad Batch 
Blade Runner 2049
Thor Ragnarok 
The Snowman 
Killing of a Sacred Deer 
Suburbicon 
Brigsby Bear 
Tom of Finland 
Thor Ragnarok 

Films I've watched this year:

1. Passengers 

2. Edge of Seventeen

3. Paterson 

4. Moonlight 

5. Manchester by the Sea 

6. Split

7. Jackie

8. XXX: Return of Xander Cage 

9. Moonlight 

10. Lion 

11. Live by Night 

12. Perfect Strangers 

13. Batman (1966) 

14. Rosalie Blum 

15. Patriots Day 

16. Moana 

17. Gold 

18. Silence 

19. Singing in the Rain (1952) 

20. Hidden Figures 

21. Fences 

22. The Love Witch 

23. Toni Erdman 

24. Fences 

25. The Great Wall

26. Silence 

27. David Stratton: A Cinematic Life 

28. 50 Shades Darker 

29. Miss Sloane 

30. Trainspotting 2 

31. Logan 

32. Kong: Skull Island 

33. Beauty and the Beast 

34. Get Out 

35. The Salesman 

36. The Cure For Wellness 

37. Monsieur Chocolat 

38. The Eagle Huntress 

39. Lego Batman 

40. Loving 

41. Things to Come 

42. Farewell, My Queen

43. Power Rangers 

44. Land of Mine 

45. Life 

46. Smurfs: The Lost Village 

47. Their Finest 

48. Alone in Berlin 

49. Ghost in the Shell 

50. A Man Called Ove 

51. Ghost in the Shell 

52. Colossal 

53. Zach's Ceremony 

54. Chips 

55. Lego Batman 

56. Boss Baby 

57. John Wick: chapter 2 

58. Fate of the Furious 

59. Denial 

60. Going in Style 

61. Raw

62. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 

63. The Osiris Child Sci Fi Vol 1 

64. Free Fire 

65. Get Out 

66. The Trip to Spain 

67. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 

68. Alien: Covenant

69. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 

70. Get Out 

71. John Wick: Chapter 2 

72. The Mummy 

73. Wonder Woman 

74. Baywatch 

75. 20th Century Women 

76. Hounds of Love 

77. Ana, Mon Amour 

78. The Ornithologist 

79. Waiting for Giraffes 

80. The Nile Hilton Incident 

81. Whitney: Can I be Me 

82. Taste of Cherry 

83. My Year with Helen 

84. Happy End 

85. Ingrid Goes West 

86. The Wall 

87. The Hidden Fortress 

88. Yojimbo 

89. Wonder Woman 

90. 78/52

91. Ama-San 

92. I Am Not Your Negro 

93. Mifune: The Last Samurai 

94. Graduation 

95. Barbecue 

96. Abacus: Small Enough to Jail 

97. On Body and Soul 

98. Kedi 

99. Rough Night 

100. Call Me By Your Name 

101. The Promise 

102. Porto 

103. God's Own Country

104. It's Not Dark Yet 

105. The Little Hours 

106. The Farthest 

107. The Beguiled 

108. All Eyez On Me 

109. Okja 

110. Transformers: The Last Knight

111. Baby Driver 

112. Una 

113. The House 

114. Spider-Man: Homecoming 

115. It Comes at Night 

116. Spider-Man: Homecoming 

117. Baby Driver

118. Inconvenient Truth: Sequel 

119. Dunkirk 

120. War for the Planet of the Apes 

121. Dunkirk 

122. Atomic Blonde 

123. The Big Sick 

124. Lady Macbeth 

125. Kiki, Love to Love 

126. Wind River 

127. Maudie 

128. Logan Lucky 

129. Valerian 

130. Terminator 2 3D 

131. Trip to Spain 

132. A Ghost Story 

133. The Dark Tower 

134. Logan Lucky 

135. The Hitman's Bodyguard 

136. American Made 

137.  Killing Grounds 

138. The Room 

139. Gifted 

140. The Lost City of Z 

141. IT 

142. Girl's Trip

143. American Assassin

144. Final Portrait 

145. Blue 

146. Mother! 

147. Lego: Ninjago 

148. Patti Cakes 

149. IT 

150. Ali's Wedding 

151. Kingsman: The Golden Circle 

152. Battle of the Sexes 

153. Blade Runner 

154. Beatriz at Dinner 

155. Blade Runner 2049

156. Mountain 

157. Heal the Living 

158. Girl with all the Gifts 

159. Good Time 

160. Happy Death Day 

161. Three Summers 

162. Blade Runner 2049

163. Thor: Ragnarok 

164. The Snowman 

165. Killing of a Sacred Deer 

166. Suburbicon

167. Brigsby Bear 

168. Tom of Finland 

169. Thor: Ragnarok