Our annual poll here at Awards Daily.
Phase 1 involves assembling a master list based on input from all you savvy readers. We already have 133 titles — building out from the first 90 suggested by Ferdinand and Christophe. (and a dozen or so from me)
When you guys suggest additions, it would make things easier for me if you name the director in parentheses. Thanks!
Don’t be shy about recommending movies featuring white guys with white problems directed by white Americans — anything is possible!
After a couple of days, when we run out of suggestions, I’ll turn our list into a poll for Phase 2.
Abiding Nowhere (Tsai Ming-liang)
Abigail (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett)
The Actor (Duke Johnson)
Aggro Dr1ft (Harmony Korine)
Ahlam Alasr (aka Fever Dream) (Faris Godus)
Alien: Romulus (Fede Álvarez)
The Amateur (James Hawes)
Anora (Sean Baker)
Apartment 7A (Natalie Erika James)
The Arc of Oblivion (Ian Cheney)
Back to Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson
The Beast (Bertrand Bonello)
The Beast in the Jungle (Patric Chica)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Tim Burton)
The Bikeriders (Jeff Nichols)
Bird (Andrea Arnold)
Black Tea (Abderrahamane Sissako)
Blink Twice (Zoë Kravitz)
Blitz (Steve McQueen)
Bob Marley: One Love (Reinaldo Marcus Green)
Challengers (Luca Guadagnino)
Civil War (Alex Garland)
Close Your Eyes (Victor Erice)
A Complete Unknown (James Mangold) ?
Conclave (Edward Berger)
The Critic (Anand Tucker)
The Crow (Rupert Sanders)
Cuckoo (Tilman Singer)
Dahomey (Mati Diop)
Deadpool & Wolverine (Shawn Levy)
A Different Man (Aaron Schimberg)
The Dreamt Adventurer (Valeska Grisebach)
Drive-Away Dolls (Ethan Coen)
Dry Leaf (Alexandre Koberidze)
Added: Dune 2 (Denis Villeneuve)
Eden (Ron Howard)
Emmanuelle (Audrey Diwan)
Emília Pérez (Jacqués Audiard)
The End (Joshua Oppenheimer)
Eureka (Lisandro Alonso)
Evil Does Not Exist (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
The Fall Guy (David Leitch)
Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch)
Firebrand (Karim Aïnouz)
Flint Strong (Rachel Morrison)
The Fountains of Paradise (Apitchatpong Weerasethakul)
Freaky Tales (Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (George Miller)
Gasoline Rainbow (Turner Ross, Bill Ross IV)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Gil Kenan)
Girls State (Jesse Moss & Amanda McBaine)
Gladiator 2, Ridley Scott
Grand Tour (Miguel Gomes)
Hard Truths (Mike Leigh)
Here (Robert Zemeckis)
High in the Clouds (Toby Genkel)
His Three Daughters (Azazel Jacobs)
Hit Man (Richard Linklater)
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (Kevin Costner)
How to Make Gravy (Nick Waterman)
I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schonebrun)
IF (John Krasinski)
Immaculate (Michael Mohan)
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An)
It’s Not Me (Leos Carax)
Janet Planet (Annie Baker)
Joker: Folie à Deux (Todd Phillips)
Juror No. 2 (Clint Eastwood)
Kinds of Kindness (Yorgos Lanthimos)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Wes Ball)
Kneecap (Rich Peppiatt)
Kraven the Hunter (J.C. Chandor)
L’Empire (Bruno Dumont)
Late Night With the Devil (Cameron & Colin Cairnes)
La Cocina (Alonso Ruizpalacios)
Lisa Frankenstein (Zelda Williams)
Longlegs (Osgood Perkins)
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Kenji Kamiyama)
Love Lies Bleeding (Rose Glass)
Madame Web (S.J. Clarkson)
The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (Sylvain Chomet)
Maria (Pablo Larraín)
Materialists (Celine Song)
Maxxxine (Ti West)
Me (Don Hertzfeldt)
Mean Girls (Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr.)
Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola)
Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot)
Mickey 17 (Bong Joon-ho)
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warefare (Guy Ritchie)
Moana 2 (David G. Derrick)
Monkey Man (Dev Patel)
The Most Precious of Cargoes (Michel Hazanavicius)
Mother Mary (David Lowery)
Mothers’ Instinct (Benoît Delhomme)
Mufasa (Barry Jenkins)
The Nickel Boys (RaMell Moss)
Nightbitch (Marielle Heller)
Nosferatu (Robert Eggers)
Oh, Canada (Paul Schrader)
The Order (Justin Kurzel)
Ordinary Angels (Jon Gunn)
The Piano Lesson (Malcolm Washington)
Polaris (Lynne Ramsay)
Presence (Steven Soderbergh)
Project Artemis (Greg Berlanti)
Queer (Luca Guadagnino)
A Quiet Place: Day One (Michael Simoski)
Red Island (Robin Campillo)
Relay (David Mackenzie)
Resurrection (Bi Gan)
The Return (Uberto Pasolini)
The Room Next Door (Pedro Almodóvar)
Rumours (Guy Maddin)
Sasquatch Sunset (David Zellner, Nathan Zellner)
Saw XI (Kevin Greutert)
7 Keys (Joy Wilkinson)
The Shrouds (David Cronenberg)
Speak No Evil (James Watkins)
Suspended Time (Olivier Assayas)
Terrifier 3 (Damien Leone)
Trap (M. Night Shyamalan)
A Traveler’s Needs (Hong Sang-soo)
Twisters (Lee Isaac Chung)
Venom: The Last Dance (Kelly Marcel)
The Way of the Wind (Terrence Malick)
We Live in Time (John Crowley)
We Shall Be All (Jia Zhang-ke)
White Bird (Marc Foster)
Wicked Little Letters (Thea Sharrock)
Wicked (Jon M. Chu)
Wildwood (Travis Knight)
Wizards! (David Michod)
The Wolfman (Leigh Whannell)
Y2K (Kyle Mooney)
You Burn Me (Matias Piñeiro, Lois Patiño)
Ryan help us!
2. ( sorry using mobile phone half rime i can’t scroll down if something round you distracts you from finishing a post on mobile phone ‘dicksus’ as I call it does not allow you to scroll doen whrn u resume a post )
I mean continuing with point no 1 : too many prequels both flop at box office that are horror genre and for that matter sequels are overkill.. and bomb too.. but there STRONG critical praise with many saying this ‘1st omen’ prequel to 1976 classic ( I ashamed to say I NOT seen) but don’t firget this is embarrassing u talking someone age 9 had nightmares bout NEVER ENDING SToRY DOG!! and exaggerated scene in ‘Last Crusade’ in that amazing climax scene where Indy witnessed his enemy drink wrong cup of holy grail …at age 12 I was petrified of Jack Nicholson’s Joker in Batman !! So don’t be surprised I steered clear of horror genre till I reached my mid 20’s…
I missed the Exorcist ( still yet to see) – saw it rip off in scary movie franchise that was fun and gross though- missed The Omen, didn’t see ‘Nightmare on Elm St or Friday the 13th at all. Until my early 30’s sooatill surprised I not seen exorcist or Omen?
So to show there life in amongst most underappreciated film genre around least as much as science fiction this Omen Prequel has been highly praised despute controversial real terrifying momenta.. but it appears from initial critics reaction , it least hugely admired in backdrop of too many misfired orwuels overall lately ‘The First Omen’ is a winner. As far being condodered as oscar contender as for me ? Well since pandemic it Horror genre had biggest boon growth by far for me… compared to other genres – it went from 2 – 70 a WHOPPING I think 300% increase !! ( includes entire collection Friday rhe 13th , BOTH versions of ‘ my bloody valentine ‘, entire Chucky series , older classics, some modern contemporary underrated gems and more !
2. The lead Actress and no less than awesome Bill Nighy been main talking points of ‘The First Omen ‘ both in demanding roles ESP given intertwined themes of how trauma and sexual abuse revelations in the church have shocking colossal toll on ambitious aspiring young woman who wishes to join Central biggest church in Rome only be dragged into conspiracy, shocking revelations and impact of secual abuse feeding the dawn of the antichrist’ ..critics even saying ‘ Omen central momenta and scene sequence realky sticks with you. In both inspired but fearsome way..
3. Cinematography and artistic aspect been hugely praised for not harming the originsl Omen film but ENHANCING it legend while prequel itself add new dynamic to it..
4. I always said there distinction esp with horror genre that there big distinction between deliberate shock tactics for same of it and as first Omen seems to me what I heard ro do integrate it build up to it as part of considered events before and AFTER what I think may just be one most defining shocking cleverly filmed told horror cinematic moments Least in modern day horror.. it story twist it cinematography and mood and acting not just how gruesome graphic it is …
5. I will see theExorcist original then extended cut but other point is filmmaker could be first time oscar contender for First Omen. Whrn horror genre works at it best it unforgettable arguably it most dramatic eirh highest most unpredictable compelling hard- to see -but necessary to see cinematic moments.
I actually predicting The First Omen subject to respectable box-office will be major Oscar contender who knows? Way it might look may he first time ever I. Oacar history most contenders are sequels ( Dune 2, Joker 2, Furiousa mad Max franchise , First Omen, Gladiator 2 )
For record I predict
– a Complete unknown
– Blitz
– the Piano Lesson
– Megalopolis
– Juror no.2
To round out 10 best pic contenders my VERY early prediction who else feels ‘ First Omen’ be added to list ? It DEFINUTRLY BY FAR more significant to iscar rhsn Terrifier 3 or SAW XI be oscar contender ey?
Hey everyone I’m sure number people wondering why the closest film to horror genre which just scratching surface to win best picture or major awards at Oscars in directing, Screenplay picture namely 2 out of those 3 go with major acting award, but closest academy ever gotten desoute enduring and cinematic dramatic legacy of the raw horror genre is ‘ silence if the lambs’ but as great as ‘ silence of the lambs ‘ is it not pure horror ..it PART of it but more serial killer chiller thriller than actual pure horror..
That in mind how bout putting this film in your list ” The First Omen” noteworthy for few reasons:
1. Biggest reason arguably – unlike majority if not all horror genres, it prequel critics lobe
I know, I know!
I’ve been bit busy trying to scramble to pay my bills.
Plus, I let myself get way too distracted by battles that sprung up here about Gaza and Israel — and the Least Woke Civil War Since the Desert Storm War Crimes.
The initial poll will be 4 adjacent polls, each with 50 titles — and then we will consolidate the movies with the most votes into a Best of the Most Anticipated
At that point, our good buddy Christophe will be providing a reference sheet for 50 of the titles, to help us get to know more about the Top 50 most eagerly awaited.
So I’m the one chugging along with the final preparations this morning. I’m the one to blame for the delay. But there’s a 98.5% chance it will be posted this morning.
Ryan, the people need our poll! I’m so lost on what to look forward to this year.
Cleanness is more literary. What Belongs to You is devastating. The flashbacks from his “other” just crushed me.
Another entry in our continuing series of Books We Have in Common…
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Wow, that looks unreal!
I found it most interesting because it took me to a culture I don’t know. There in author I enjoy, Garth Greenwell, who places his books in Bulgaria, and his descriptions of Sofia and the country as a whole fascinate me. So I jumped at the chance to see this movie when I saw it took place in Bulgaria.
The last half hour is excellent.
well, there’s an obvious interesting p.o.v. on telling how this monster started to grow. It certainly can be truly interesting as the exploration of the generation that launched economical neoliberalism into the stratosphere…