Top 10 (preliminary thougths)

Since it's only mid-December, there are still some wonderful films to open in the next couple of weeks. But I am beginning to think about what my Top 10 list will look like. Keep in mind that this list is very tentative, but will give you some idea of how it's shaping up. I'm not terribly pleased with the selections for this year. I think I'm going to use 2004 as my definition of a C grade movie year. There are a few standouts, but overall, this year hasn't really amounted to much, and I doubt that even the very promising films opening soon will be enough to raise the grade.

TENTATIVE ranking
1. Dogville
2. Sideways
3. Hero
4. Baadasssss!
5. Control Room
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind

Movies good enough to make a top 10 list (still in running):

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, ...and Spring
Coffee and Cigarettes
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du coran
Intimate Strangers
Mean Creek
Finding Neverland
Vera Drake
Kinsey
The Incredibles

Maybe (after further consideration) I'll move these up:
Collateral
Taegukgi
The Motorcycle Diaries

Movies I still have to see with potential:
The Sea Inside
Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Bad Education