The Best Films of 2024

That time of the year again, if you're interested. 

7. 

Film: The Substance

Writer: Coralie Fargeat

Director: Coralie Fargeat

Runtime: 2hr 21m

Language: English

6.

Film: Love Lies Bleeding

Writer: Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska

Director: Rose Glass

Runtime: 1hr 44m

Language:

5.

Film: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Writer: George Miller and Nick Lathouris

Director: George Miller

Runtime: 2hr 28m

Language: English

4.

Film: The Brutalist

Writer: Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold

Director: Brady Corbet

Runtime: 3hr 36m

Language: English, Hungarian, Italian, Hebrew and Yiddish

3.

Film: Civil War

Writer: Alex Garland

Director: Alex Garland

Runtime: 1hr 49m

Language: English

2.

Film: Anora

Writer: Sean Baker

Director: Sean Baker

Runtime: 2hr 19m

Language: English, Russian and Armenian

1.

Film: About Dry Grasses

Writer: Akin Aksu, Ebru Ceylan and Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Runtime: 3hr 17m

Language: Turkish

The Best Films of 2023

A brief list of the best films of 2023... according to me anyway.

7. 

Film: How to Have Sex

Writer: Molly Manning Walker

Director: Molly Manning Walker

Runtime: 1hr 31m

Language: English

6.

Film: Society of the Snow

Writer: Jaime Marques, Nicolas Casariego and Pablo Vierci

Director: J.A. Bayona

Runtime: 2hr 25m

Language: Spanish

5.

Film: Godzilla Minus One

Writer: Ishiro Honda, Takeo Murata and Takashi Yamazaki

Director: Takashi Yamazaki

Runtime: 2hr 4m

Language: Japanese

4.

Film: Master Gardener

Writer: Paul Schrader

Director: Paul Schrader

Runtime: 1hr 51m

Language: English

3.

Film: Killers of the Flower Moon

Writer: Martin Scorsese and Eric Roth (screenplay), David Grann (book)

Director: Martin Scorsese

Runtime: 3hr 26m

Language: English and Osage

2.

Film: Oppenheimer

Writer: Christopher Nolan (screenplay), Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin (book)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Runtime: 3hr

Language: English

1.

Film: Anatomy of a Fall

Writer: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

Director: Justine Triet

Runtime: 2hr 31m

Language: English and French.

Knight and Sound List 2022

Late to the party as usual, but wanted to get it out there anyway.

Memento (2000)
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Director: Christopher Nolan 
Run Time: 1hr 53m

Heat (1995)
Writer: Michael Mann
Director: Michael Mann
Run Time: 2hr 50m

Sorcerer (1977)
Writer: Walon Green and Georges Arnold
Director: William Friedkin
Run Time: 2hr 1m

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (2011)
Writer: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Ercan Kesal
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Run Time: 2hr 37m

Stalker (1979)
Writer: Arkadır Strugatskiy, Boris Strugatskiy and Andrei Tarkovsky
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Run Time: 2hr 42m

Apocalypse Now (1979)
Writer: John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Herr
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Run Time: 2hr 27m

Pariah (2011)
Writer: Dee Rees
Director: Dee Rees
Run Time: 1hr 26m

Do The Right Thing (1989)
Writer: Spike Lee
Director: Spike Lee
Run Time: 2hr

Pather Panchali (1955)
Writer: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay & Satyajit Ray
Director: Satyajit Ray
Run Time: 2hr 5m

Dunkirk (2017)
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Director: Christopher Nolan
Run Time: 1hr 46m

The Best Films of 2022

 The 2022 Stuie Awards.

The best end of year list that doesn't show up until April. 

7. The Stranger
Writer: Thomas M. Wright and Kate Kyriacou
Director: Thomas M. Wright
Run Time: 1hr 57m
Language: English

6. Nope

Writer: Jordan Peele

Director: Jordan Peele

Run Time: 2hr 10m

Language: English

5. Decision to Leave

Writer: Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyung

Director: Park Chan-wook

Run Time: 2hr 19m

Language: Korean, Chinese and English.

4. The Worst Person in the World

Writer: Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt

Director: Joachim Trier

Run Time: 2hr 8m

Language: Norwegian

3. RRR

Writer: Vijayendra Prasad, S.S. Rajamouli and Sai Madhav Burra.

Director: S.S. Rajamouli

Run Time: 3hr 7m

Language: Telugu and English

2. Holy Spider

Writer: Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami and Jonas Wagner.

Director: Ali Abbasi.

Run Time: 1hr 58m

Language: Persian

1. Avatar: The Way of Water

Writer: James Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda SIlver.

Director: James Cameron

Run Time: 3h 12m

Language: English and Na’vi.

The Best Films of 2021

The 2021 Stuie Awards

The annual end of year list that appears halfway through the next year.

Usual rules apply, anything released in the UK up until the beginning of March is in. As an example The Worst Person in the World would be appear in next years. 

But anyway, enough with the rules, here we go.

7. Dune

Writer: Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth (screenplay). Frank Herbert (novel).

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Runtime: 155 minutes

Language: English, Mandarin and Fremen.

6. The Green Knight

Writer: David Lowery

Director: David Lowery

Runtime: 130 minutes

Languages: English

5. Red Rocket

Writer: Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch

Director: Sean Baker

Runtime:130 minutes

Languages: English

4. Licorice Pizza

Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Runtime: 133 minutes

Languages: English

3. Petite Maman

Writer: Celine Sciamma

Director: Celine Sciamma

Runtime: 72 minutes

Language: French

2. The Card Counter

Writer: Paul Schrader

Director: Paul Schrader

Runtime: 111 minutes

Languages: English

1. Another Round

Writer: Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg

Director: Thomas Vinterberg

Runtime:117 minutes

Languages: Danish and Swedish

The Best Films of 2020

It's that time of the year again and the same deal as usual, although with a changes to the normal running of things. Because this year has been a bit different.

All the films had to be released in someway either cinemas or on streaming before the end of April 2021, which unfortunately means that a lot of the big awards contenders won't appear in the Stuie's as it has been nigh on impossible to see most of them.

So, without anymore waiting around, let's get on with it.

7. Rocks

Writer: Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson

Director: Sarah Gavron

Runtime: 93 minutes

Language: English

6. Proxima

Writer: Alice Winocour and Jean-Stephane Bron

Director: Alice Winocour

Runtime: 107 minutes

Languages: French, English, German and Russian

5. Tenet

Writer: Christopher Nolan

Director: Christopher Nolan

Runtime: 150 minutes

Languages: English

4. Judas and the Black Messiah

Writer: Shaka King (screenplay and story), Will Berson (screenplay and story), Kenneth & Keith Lucas (story)

Director: Shaka King

Runtime: 126 minutes

Languages: English

3. Queen & Slim

Writer: Lena Waither (screenplay and story) and James Frey (story)

Director: Melina Matsoukas

Runtime: 132 minutes

Language: English

2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Writer: Celine Sciamma

Director: Celine Sciamma

Runtime: 122 minutes

Languages: French and Italian

1. Saint Maud

Writer: Rose Glass

Director: Rose Glass

Runtime: 84 minutes

Languages: English and Welsh

The Best Films of 2019

It’s that time of the year again. The 2019 Stuie Awards. Have a quick a look then get watching, we’ve got a bit more time on our hands at the moment.

7. Knives Out

Directed by: Rian Johnson

Written by: Rain Johnson

Run Time: 131 minutes

Language: English

6. Ash is Purest White

Directed by: Zhangke Jia

Written by: Zhangke Jia

Run Time: 136 minutes

Language: Chinese and Mandarin

5. The Farewell

Directed by: Lulu Wang

Written by: Lulu Wang

Run Time: 100 minutes

Language: Mandarin, English, Japanese and Italian.

4. The Irishman

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Written by: Steve Zaillian (screenplay) and Charles Brandt (Book)

Run Time: 209 minutes

Language: English

3. Sorry To Bother You

Directed by: Boots Riley

Written by: Boots Riley

Run Time: 112 minutes

Language: English

2. Parasite

Directed by: Bong Joon Ho

Written by: Bong Joon Ho (story and screenplay) and Jin Won Han (screenplay)

Run Time: 132 minutes

Language: Korean

1. The Candidate

Directed by: Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Written by: Isabel Pena and Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Run Time: 132 minutes

Language: Spanish (Original Title:: The Realm)