Haven't seen as many films as I'd have liked to this year, so no doubt there are several good ones I've missed , but of those I have seen here's my best of the year list.
Top twenty
It's Such A Beautiful Day
Upstream Colour
The Selfish Giant
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
In The Fog
Gravity
Compliance
Rebellion
No
Beyond The Hills
The Hunt
Beware Of Mr Baker
The Punk Syndrome
Philomena
Metro Manilla
Basically Johnny Moped
In The House
Nebraska
Blue Is The Warmest Colour
Call Girl
Worthy mentions:
The Spirit Of 45 Django Unchained Bullhead Pieta Lincoln Blue Jasmine Muscle Shoals Suspension Of Disbelief The Stuart Hall Project The Paperboy Gloria Zero Dark Thirty A Field In England Lovelace Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Gangs of Wasseypur Good Vibrations Liberace: Behind The Canndelabra Blancanieves Wadjda Otway: The Movie
McCullin and Chasing Ice both came out last year, but I saw them early this year and so undeservedly fell between the cracks and missed out on both lists. Both would have been near the top for either year.
A few good films from the festivals that didn't get a release
God Loves Uganda (Docfest) Halima's Path (Raindance) Alois Nebel (Czech film festival) Extraordinary Stories (Argentinian film festival) Imagine (Polish film festival) Channelling (Sci Fi London) To Kill A Beaver (Polish film festival) Aftermath (Raindance & Jewish film festivals) Lidice (Czech film festival) When Day Breaks (Raindance) Thesis On a Homicide (Raindance) The Whirlpool (Raindance) Haunter (Sci fi London) Why Don't You Play In Hell (London Film Festival)
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