My Nominations

The following is the list of 50 films I submitted to the nominations webpage for the 2025 selections. I’ve replaced eight of my 2024 choices.

  1. THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH (Charles Burnett, 1999)
  2. THE APPOINTMENTS OF DENNIS JENNINGS (Dean Parisot, 1988)
  3. THE ARGYLE SECRETS (Cy Endfield, 1948)
  4. BANANAS (Woody Allen, 1971)
  5. BEAVER TRILOGY (Trent Harris, 2000)
  6. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater, 1994)
  7. BEST BOY (Ira Wohl, 1979)
  8. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT (Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez, 1999)
  9. BLUE COLLAR (Paul Shrader, 1978)
  10. BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
  11. BOOMERANG (Reginald Hudlin, 1992)
  12. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
  13. BUSHMAN (David Schickele, 1971)
  14. BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (Jamie Babbit, 1999)
  15. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (John Sayles, 1980)
  16. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (Victor Fleming, 1937)
  17. CHAMELEON STREET (Wendell B. Harris, 1990)
  18. THE COUGH (Teddy Dibble, 1981)
  19. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
  20. DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
  21. DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933)
  22. FILM (Alan Schneider, 1965)
  23. FINDING NEMO (Andre Stanton & Lee Unkrich, 2003)
  24. THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T (Roy Rowland, 1953)
  25. GLEN OR GLENDA (Ed Wood, 1953)
  26. HANGIN’ WITH THE HOMEBOYS (Joseph B. Vasquez, 1991)
  27. THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE (Walon Green, 1971)
  28. HOUSE OF GAMES (David Mamet, 1987)
  29. HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsyth, 1987)
  30. THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)
  31. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese, 1983)
  32. LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
  33. ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (Miranda July, 2005)
  34. MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May, 1976)
  35. MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks, 1981)
  36. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (David Lynch, 2001)
  37. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders, 1984)
  38. PETULIA (Richard Lester, 1968)
  39. PLEASANTVILLE (Garry Ross, 1998)
  40. PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Allan Moyle, 1990)
  41. REPO MAN (Alex Cox, 1984)
  42. SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY (George T. Nierbenberg, 1982)
  43. SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton, 1925)
  44. SPRING NIGHT SUMMER NIGHT (Joseph L. Anderson, 1967)
  45. SUNSHINE DAYDREAM (John Norris, 2013)
  46. UNSPOKEN CONVERSATION (Iman Uqdah Hameen, 1987)
  47. WINTER SOLDIER (Winterfilm Collective, 1971)
  48. WISE BLOOD (John Huston, 1979)
  49. THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER (Timothy Carey, 1962)
  50. ZORN’S LEMMA (Hollis Frampton, 1970)

The following is the list of 50 films I submitted to the nominations webpage for the 2024 selections. I’ve replaced one of my 2023 choices.

  1. THE APPOINTMENTS OF DENNIS JENNINGS (Dean Parisot, 1988)
  2. THE ARGYLE SECRETS (Cy Endfield, 1948)
  3. BANANAS (Woody Allen, 1971)
  4. BEAVER TRILOGY (Trent Harris, 2000)
  5. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater, 1994)
  6. BEST BOY (Ira Wohl, 1979)
  7. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
  8. BLUE COLLAR (Paul Shrader, 1978)
  9. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, 1986)
  10. BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
  11. BOOMERANG (Reginald Hudlin, 1992)
  12. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
  13. BREWSTER McCLOUD (Robert Altman, 1970)
  14. BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (Jamie Babbit, 1999)
  15. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (John Sayles, 1980)
  16. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (Victor Fleming, 1937)
  17. THE COUGH (Teddy Dibble, 1981)
  18. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
  19. DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
  20. DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933)
  21. FILM (Alan Schneider, 1965)
  22. THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T (Roy Rowland, 1953)
  23. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Howard Hawks, 1953)
  24. GLEN OR GLENDA (Ed Wood, 1953)
  25. HANGIN’ WITH THE HOMEBOYS (Joseph B. Vasquez, 1991)
  26. THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE (Walon Green, 1971)
  27. HOUSE OF GAMES (David Mamet, 1987)
  28. HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsyth, 1987)
  29. THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)
  30. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese, 1983)
  31. LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
  32. ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (Miranda July, 2005)
  33. MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May, 1976)
  34. MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks, 1981)
  35. PARENTHOOD (Ron Howard, 1989)
  36. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders, 1984)
  37. PETULIA (Richard Lester, 1968)
  38. PLEASANTVILLE (Garry Ross, 1998)
  39. PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Allan Moyle, 1990)
  40. REPO MAN (Alex Cox, 1984)
  41. ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1948)
  42. SAVED! (Brian Dannelly, 2004)
  43. SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY (George T. Nierbenberg, 1982)
  44. SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton, 1925)
  45. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (David O. Russell, 2012)
  46. SPRING NIGHT SUMMER NIGHT (Joseph L. Anderson, 1967)
  47. SUNSHINE DAYDREAM (John Norris, 2013)
  48. WISE BLOOD (John Huston, 1979)
  49. THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER (Timothy Carey, 1962)
  50. ZORN’S LEMMA (Hollis Frampton, 1970)

The following is the list of 50 films I submitted to the nominations webpage for the 2023 selections. I’ve replaced four of my 2022 choices.

  1. THE APPOINTMENTS OF DENNIS JENNINGS (Dean Parisot, 1988)
  2. THE ARGYLE SECRETS (Cy Endfield, 1948)
  3. BANANAS (Woody Allen, 1971)
  4. BEAVER TRILOGY (Trent Harris, 2000)
  5. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater, 1994)
  6. BEST BOY (Ira Wohl, 1979)
  7. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
  8. BLUE COLLAR (Paul Shrader, 1978)
  9. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, 1986)
  10. BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
  11. BOOMERANG (Reginald Hudlin, 1992)
  12. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
  13. BREWSTER McCLOUD (Robert Altman, 1970)
  14. BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (Jamie Babbit, 1999)
  15. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (John Sayles, 1980)
  16. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (Victor Fleming, 1937)
  17. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
  18. DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
  19. DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933)
  20. FILM (Alan Schneider, 1965)
  21. THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T (Roy Rowland, 1953)
  22. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Howard Hawks, 1953)
  23. GLEN OR GLENDA (Ed Wood, 1953)
  24. HANGIN’ WITH THE HOMEBOYS (Joseph B. Vasquez, 1991)
  25. THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE (Walon Green, 1971)
  26. HOUSE OF GAMES (David Mamet, 1987)
  27. HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsyth, 1987)
  28. THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)
  29. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese, 1983)
  30. LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
  31. ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (Miranda July, 2005)
  32. MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May, 1976)
  33. MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks, 1981)
  34. PARENTHOOD (Ron Howard, 1989)
  35. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders, 1984)
  36. PETULIA (Richard Lester, 1968)
  37. PLEASANTVILLE (Garry Ross, 1998)
  38. PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Allan Moyle, 1990)
  39. REPO MAN (Alex Cox, 1984)
  40. ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1948)
  41. SAVED! (Brian Dannelly, 2004)
  42. SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY (George T. Nierbenberg, 1982)
  43. SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton, 1925)
  44. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (David O. Russell, 2012)
  45. SPRING NIGHT SUMMER NIGHT (Joseph L. Anderson, 1967)
  46. SUNSHINE DAYDREAM (John Norris, 2013)
  47. TARGETS (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968)
  48. WISE BLOOD (John Huston, 1979)
  49. THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER (Timothy Carey, 1962)
  50. ZORN’S LEMMA (Hollis Frampton, 1970)

The following is the list of 50 films I submitted to the nominations webpage for the 2022 selections. I’ve replaced eight of my 2021 choices (including Stop Making Sense).

  1. THE APPOINTMENTS OF DENNIS JENNINGS (Dean Parisot, 1988)
  2. THE ARGYLE SECRETS (Cy Endfield, 1948)
  3. ASPARAGUS (Suzan Pitt, 1979)
  4. BANANAS (Woody Allen, 1971)
  5. BEAVER TRILOGY (Trent Harris, 2000)
  6. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater, 1994)
  7. BEST BOY (Ira Wohl, 1979)
  8. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
  9. BLUE COLLAR (Paul Shrader, 1978)
  10. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, 1986)
  11. BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
  12. BOOMERANG (Reginald Hudlin, 1992)
  13. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
  14. BREWSTER McCLOUD (Robert Altman, 1970)
  15. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (John Sayles, 1980)
  16. BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (Jamie Babbit, 1999)
  17. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (Victor Fleming, 1937)
  18. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
  19. DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
  20. DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933)
  21. FILM (Alan Schneider, 1965)
  22. THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T (Roy Rowland, 1953)
  23. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Howard Hawks, 1953)
  24. GLEN OR GLENDA (Ed Wood, 1953)
  25. THE GRATEFUL DEAD MOVIE (Jerry Garcia and Leon Gast, 1977)
  26. HANGIN’ WITH THE HOMEBOYS (Joseph B. Vasquez, 1991)
  27. THE HELLSTROM CHRONICLE (Walon Green, 1971)
  28. HOUSE OF GAMES (David Mamet, 1987)
  29. HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsyth, 1987)
  30. THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)
  31. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese, 1983)
  32. LOVE AFFAIR (Leo McCarey, 1939)
  33. ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (Miranda July, 2005)
  34. MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May, 1976)
  35. MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks, 1981)
  36. PARENTHOOD (Ron Howard, 1989)
  37. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders, 1984)
  38. PETULIA (Richard Lester, 1968)
  39. PLEASANTVILLE (Garry Ross, 1998)
  40. PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Allan Moyle, 1990)
  41. REPO MAN (Alex Cox, 1984)
  42. ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1948)
  43. SAVED! (Brian Dannelly, 2004)
  44. SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton, 1925)
  45. SPRING NIGHT SUMMER NIGHT (Joseph L. Anderson, 1967)
  46. TARGETS (Peter Bogdanovich, 1968)
  47. THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 1998)
  48. WISE BLOOD (John Huston, 1979)
  49. THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER (Timothy Carey, 1962)
  50. ZORN’S LEMMA (Hollis Frampton, 1970)

The following is the list of 50 films I submitted to the nominations webpage for the 2021 selections.

  1. THE APPOINTMENTS OF DENNIS JENNINGS (Dean Parisot, 1988)
  2. THE ARGYLE SECRETS (Cy Endfield, 1948)
  3. ASPARAGUS (Suzan Pitt, 1979)
  4. BANANAS (Woody Allen, 1971)
  5. BEAVER TRILOGY (Trent Harris, 2000)
  6. BEFORE SUNRISE (Richard Linklater, 1994)
  7. BIGGER THAN LIFE (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
  8. BLUE COLLAR (Paul Shrader, 1978)
  9. BLUE VELVET (David Lynch, 1986)
  10. BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
  11. BOOMERANG (Reginald Hudlin, 1992)
  12. BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
  13. BREWSTER McCLOUD (Robert Altman, 1970)
  14. BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (Jamie Babbit, 1999)
  15. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (John Sayles, 1980)
  16. CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS (Victor Fleming, 1937)
  17. CRUMB (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
  18. DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
  19. DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933)
  20. FILM (Alan Schneider, 1965)
  21. THE 5000 FINGERS OF DR. T (Roy Rowland, 1953)
  22. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Howard Hawks, 1953)
  23. GIMME SHELTER (Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, 1970)
  24. THE GRATEFUL DEAD MOVIE (Jerry Garcia and Leon Gast, 1977)
  25. HOUSE OF GAMES (David Mamet, 1987)
  26. HOUSEKEEPING (Bill Forsyth, 1987)
  27. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (Jacques Tourneur, 1943)
  28. KEY LARGO (John Huston, 1948)
  29. THE KILLING (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)
  30. THE KING OF COMEDY (Martin Scorsese, 1983)
  31. LOVE AFFAIR (Leo McCarey, 1939)
  32. ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (Miranda July, 2005)
  33. MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May, 1976)
  34. THE MISFITS (John Huston, 1961)
  35. MODERN ROMANCE (Albert Brooks, 1981)
  36. PARENTHOOD (Ron Howard, 1989)
  37. PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders, 1984)
  38. PETULIA (Richard Lester, 1968)
  39. PLEASANTVILLE (Garry Ross, 1998)
  40. PUMP UP THE VOLUME (Allan Moyle, 1990)
  41. REPO MAN (Alex Cox, 1984)
  42. ROPE (Alfred Hitchcock, 1948)
  43. SCARLET STREET (Fritz Lang, 1945)
  44. THE SET-UP (Robert Wise, 1949)
  45. SEVEN CHANCES (Buster Keaton, 1925)
  46. THE 7TH VICTIM (Mark Robson, 1943)
  47. STOP MAKING SENSE (Jonathan Demme, 1984) (Added in 2021)
  48. WISE BLOOD (John Huston, 1979)
  49. THE WORLD’S GREATEST SINNER (Timothy Carey, 1962)
  50. ZORN’S LEMMA (Hollis Frampton, 1970)