This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
Even with making a Top 50, there were still a lot of movies I loved but didn’t quite make the cut. And even though I watched more movies than ever before, there were still plenty I never got around to. So here are 50 honorable mentions and 15 (or so) movies that appeared on many best-of lists that I never saw.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
50/50 (2011, Jonathan Levine)
The Big Sick (2017, Michael Showalter)
Black Panther (2018, Ryan Coogler)
Blue Like Jazz (2012, Steve Taylor)
Burning (2018, Lee Chang-dong)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012, Drew Goddard)
Calvary (2014, John Michael McDonagh)
Captain Phillips (2013, Paul Greengrass)
Christine (2016, Antonio Campos)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, Matt Reeves)
The Death of Stalin (2018, Armando Iannucci)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014, Doug Liman)
Eighth Grade (2018, Bo Burnham)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010, Banksy)
The Florida Project (2017, Sean Baker)
A Ghost Story (2017, David Lowery)
Holy Motors (2012, Leos Carax)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013, Francis Lawrence)
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010, Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck)
Jackass 3D (2010, Jeff Tremaine)
Jackie (2016, Pablo Larraín)
Killing Them Softly (2012, Andrew Dominik)
Lady Bird (2017, Greta Gerwig)
Leave No Trace (2018, Debra Granik)
The LEGO Movie (2014, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller)
Life Itself (2014, Steve James)
Logan (2017, James Mangold)
Long Day’s Journey into Night (2019, Bi Gan)
Manchester by the Sea (2016, Kenneth Lonergan)
Mandy (2018, Panos Cosmatos)
Melancholia (2011, Lars Von Trier)
Moneyball (2011, Bennett Miller)
Mudbound (2017, Dee Rees)
The Nice Guys (2016, Shane Black)
Once upon a Time in Hollywood (2019, Quentin Tarantino)
The Revenant (2015, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu)
Room (2015, Lenny Abrahamson)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012, Lorene Scafaria)
The Shape of Water (2017, Guillermo del Toro)
Short Term 12 (2013, Destin Daniel Cretton)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017, Rian Johnson)
Steve Jobs (2015, Danny Boyle)
Take Shelter (2011, Jeff Nichols)
Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013, Cullen Hoback)
A Touch of Sin (2013, Jia Zhangke)
True Grit (2010, Joel & Ethan Coen)
Under the Skin (2014, Jonathan Glazer)
Upstream Color (2013, Shane Carruth)
What We Do in the Shadows (2014, Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi)
Young Adult (2011, Jason Reitman)
Acclaimed Movies I Wanted to Watch But Never Got Around To
The Act of Killing/The Look of Silence (2012/2014, Joshua Oppenheimer)
Amour (2012, Michael Haneke)
Blue Valentine (2010, Derek Cianfrance)
Columbus (2017, Kogonada)
Creed (2015, Ryan Coogler)
The Duke of Burgundy (2014, Peter Strickland)
The Hunt (2013, Thomas Vinterberg)
The Immigrant (2013, James Gray)
Margaret (2011, Kenneth Lonergan)
Spring Breakers (2012, Harmony Korine)
Stories We Tell (2011, Sarah Polley)
Tangerine (2015, Sean Baker)
This Is Not a Film (2011, Jafar Panahi)
Toni Erdmann (2016, Maren Ade)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011, Lynne Ramsey)