iCM Forum's Favorite Films of the 2020s (so far); Results

[Lonewolf2003]

iCM Forum's Favorite Films of 2020s (so far)
Results


The 2020s: the decade that we all will remember as the one that started with the COVID pandemic. Also the decade of Barbenheimer: two defining movies of the decade or a hype? That is one of the issues we will find out in this poll. Among with of course which movies our favorite movies of the current decade so far are.

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Participants (66)

pitchorneirda (unranked10)
TraverseTown
Silga
Carmel1379
Mysterious Dude
russa03
Onderhond
mightysparks
Gordon_Gekko
matthewscott8
peeptoad
joachimt (unranked3)
Mifune
Lakigigar
Gorro
Pretentious Hipster (unranked)
St. Gloede
gunnar (unranked30)
Nopros
hurluberlu
Good_Will_Harding (unranked40)
blocho (unranked)
Caracortada
Wonderful Rainbow
MartinTeller
Rufus-T
PopperTheKungFu-Dragon
Lonewolf2003 (unranked40)
beasterne
toromash
Hunziker
Coryn
pitn
tommy_leazaq
msainy
Lammetje
filmbantha
Lilarcor (unranked)
insomnius
sol
3eyes (unranked)
klaus78
jeff_v
AB537 (unranked50)
Leopardi
Tngy
murnaunosferatu
gromit82
Y U M E (unranked70)
beavis
Smoover
Captain_Zimmermann
musikurt (unranked7)
Fergenaprido
zzzorf
Cinepolis
George Eastman
whizwilly
Melvelet (unranked30)
RogerTheMovieManiac88
Obgeoff
vortexsurfer
paul281f
magnusbernhardsen (unranked)
Torgo
Jimi Antiloop

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[Lonewolf2003]

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[Lonewolf2003]

Coming up first the #1s that didn't make the top 250

[Torgo]

THANK YOU WOLF

[Lonewolf2003]

First some It Ain't Nobody's Blues but My Own Number 1s

Y U M E:
#493 Letzter Abend (Lukas Nathrath, 2023) 100 points
12 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

Y U M E (#1) (100.00 pts)

peeptoad:
#492 Hotel Poseidon (Stefan Lernous, 2021) 100 points
8 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

peeptoad (#1) (100.00 pts)

Onderhond:
#491 Animalia (Sofia Alaoui, 2023) 100 points
21 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

Onderhond (#1) (100.00 pts)

musikurt:
#490 Come from Away (Christopher Ashley, 2021) 100 points
70 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

musikurt (#1) (100.00 pts)

klaus78:
#489 Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (, 2022) 100 points
35 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

klaus78 (#1) (100.00 pts)

Jimi Antiloop:
#488 The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Ian Samuels, 2021) 100 points
358 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

Jimi Antiloop (#1) (100.00 pts)

insomnius:
#487 Darkness, Darkness, Burning Bright - Prelude (Gaëlle Rouard, 2022) 100 points
2 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

insomnius (#1) (100.00 pts)

George Eastman:
#486 Ticket to Paradise (Ol Parker, 2022) 100 points
548 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

George Eastman (#1) (100.00 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

And the other #1's that didn't make the cut:

RogerTheMovieManiac88:
#464 Umbilical Cord to Heaven (Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, 2020) 107.91 points
3 checks, official lists: 0

2 voters

RogerTheMovieManiac88 (#1) (100.00 pts)
insomnius (#184) (7.91 pts)

Cinepolis:
#319 Hikari wo oikakete [Follow the Light] (Yoichi Narita, 2021) 181.23 points
4 checks, official lists: 0

2 voters

Cinepolis (#1) (100.00 pts)
Onderhond (#16) (81.23 pts)

Fergenaprido:
#310 Bros (Nicholas Stoller, 2022) 186.99 points
395 checks, official lists: 0

3 voters

Fergenaprido (#1) (100.00 pts)
blocho (unranked) (72.64 pts)
TraverseTown (#141) (14.36 pts)

matthewscott8:
#299 Êxtase [Ecstasy] (Moara Passoni, 2020) 193.46 points
10 checks, official lists: 0

3 voters

matthewscott8 (#1) (100.00 pts)
St. Gloede (#23) (73.71 pts)
hurluberlu (#118) (19.75 pts)

pitchorneirda:
#295 Faya Dayi (Jessica Beshir, 2021) 195.93 points
121 checks, official lists: 2

2 voters

pitchorneirda (#1) (100.00 pts)
MartinTeller (#4) (95.93 pts)

MartinTeller:
#271 The Underground Railroad (, 2021) 217.17 points
76 checks, official lists: 0

3 voters

MartinTeller (#1) (100.00 pts)
jeff_v (#18) (79.00 pts)
AB537 (unranked>50) (38.16 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

#250 The Beatles: Get Back (Peter Jackson, 2021) 248.32 points
573 checks, official lists: 1

3 voters

gunnar (#2) (98.62 pts)
jeff_v (#5) (94.61 pts)
insomnius (#44) (55.10 pts)

[Coryn]

Thanks Lonewolf !

Nice to see The Beatles, I didn’t include them since I don’t rate series.

[Lonewolf2003]

#249 I onde dager [The Trip] (Tommy Wirkola, 2021) 252.04 points
433 checks, official lists: 0

4 voters

Hunziker (#9) (89.50 pts)
Nopros (#28) (68.78 pts)
Tngy (#43) (55.86 pts)
Onderhond (#71) (37.89 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

#248 Nobody (Ilya Naishuller, 2021) 253.47 points
2946 checks, official lists: 2

4 voters

George Eastman (#9) (89.50 pts)
Coryn (#13) (84.67 pts)
AB537 (#46) (53.59 pts)
Gorro (#99) (25.70 pts)

[hurluberlu]

peeptoad:
#492 Hotel Poseidon (Stefan Lernous, 2021) 100 points
8 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

peeptoad (#1) (100.00 pts)

Onderhond:
#491 Animalia (Sofia Alaoui, 2023) 100 points
21 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

Onderhond (#1) (100.00 pts)

You mixed up titles on these two I think.

[Lonewolf2003]

#247 Small Axe: Alex Wheatle (Steve McQueen, 2020) 254.08 points
263 checks, official lists: 1

4 voters

MartinTeller (#15) (82.36 pts)
Leopardi (#33) (64.17 pts)
Obgeoff (#40) (58.24 pts)
Mysterious Dude (#52) (49.31 pts)

[hurluberlu]

Looks like we are gonna get the five episodes of Small Axe !

[Lonewolf2003]

#246 Rent-a-Pal [Rent-A-Pal] (Jon Stevenson, 2020) 255.03 points
112 checks, official lists: 0

5 voters

filmbantha (#5) (94.61 pts)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (#34) (63.29 pts)
Melvelet (unranked>30) (59.58 pts)
St. Gloede (#78) (34.39 pts)
zzzorf (#250) (3.17 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

#245 Fresh (Mimi Cave, 2022) 255.36 points
787 checks, official lists: 0

4 voters

Pretentious Hipster (unranked) (77.78 pts)
filmbantha (#22) (74.74 pts)
mightysparks (#31) (65.98 pts)
PopperTheKungFu-Dragon (#73) (36.86 pts)

[Onderhond]

Cinepolis:
#319 Hikari wo oikakete [Follow the Light] (Yoichi Narita, 2021) 181.23 points
4 checks, official lists: 0

2 voters

Cinepolis (#1) (100.00 pts)
Onderhond (#16) (81.23 pts)

Hopefully we can push this one a bit next year.

Also, something went wrong with the Ain't Nobody's Blues list I think, films and voters don't seem to line up.

[Lonewolf2003]

#244 Okul tirasi [Brother's Keeper] (Ferit Karahan, 2021) 255.79 points
67 checks, official lists: 0

3 voters

Fergenaprido (#7) (92.02 pts)
St. Gloede (#12) (85.86 pts)
Mysterious Dude (#19) (77.92 pts)

[St. Gloede]

Thought Sol had not voted when I didn't see his name on Rent-a-Pal, maybe if he did a top 100.

Exvited to get this on the way.

Does anyone want to do a writeup on our magazine when the results are done?

[Lonewolf2003]

#243 Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure (Richard Linklater, 2022) 255.87 points
484 checks, official lists: 1

4 voters

tommy_leazaq (#16) (81.23 pts)
jeff_v (#28) (68.78 pts)
murnaunosferatu (#43) (55.86 pts)
hurluberlu (#51) (50.00 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

#242 Circumstantial Pleasures (Lewis Klahr, 2020) 257.4 points
30 checks, official lists: 0

5 voters

insomnius (#6) (93.30 pts)
matthewscott8 (#8) (90.75 pts)
Carmel1379 (#78) (34.39 pts)
St. Gloede (#82) (32.53 pts)
TraverseTown (#199) (6.43 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

#241 Censor (Prano Bailey-Bond, 2021) 259.19 points
559 checks, official lists: 0

4 voters

Tngy (#18) (79.00 pts)
paul281f (#36) (61.56 pts)
Melvelet (unranked>30) (59.58 pts)
vortexsurfer (#39) (59.05 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

#240 Fire of Love (Sara Dosa, 2022) 259.55 points
617 checks, official lists: 1

5 voters

Lakigigar (#14) (83.51 pts)
gunnar (#26) (70.71 pts)
jeff_v (#40) (58.24 pts)
pitn (#68) (39.50 pts)
TraverseTown (#187) (7.59 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

#239 The Velvet Underground (Todd Haynes, 2021) 261.14 points
384 checks, official lists: 1

4 voters

jeff_v (#10) (88.27 pts)
MartinTeller (#16) (81.23 pts)
peeptoad (#52) (49.31 pts)
Gorro (#63) (42.34 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

#238 Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, 2022) 261.63 points
173 checks, official lists: 1

4 voters

msainy (#12) (85.86 pts)
Leopardi (#14) (83.51 pts)
MartinTeller (#17) (80.11 pts)
TraverseTown (#153) (12.16 pts)

[pitchorneirda]

So it's gonna be all US-centric once again

[gunnar]

There are 237 more films to go...

[Lonewolf2003]

#237 David Byrne's American Utopia (Spike Lee, 2020) 261.75 points
439 checks, official lists: 3

5 voters

pitn (#18) (79.00 pts)
murnaunosferatu (#22) (74.74 pts)
MartinTeller (#30) (66.90 pts)
Y U M E (unranked>70) (27.52 pts)
TraverseTown (#145) (13.58 pts)

[Lakigigar]

Good start. It's a first edition so it's kind of a surprise what will show up. Plenty of films already that i should give a check. Will use this list as a bit of guidance of what I definitely have to see (if it shows up and it catches my interest, than I definitely need to see it).

[sol]

Thought Sol had not voted when I didn't see his name on Rent-a-Pal, maybe if he did a top 100.

Exvited to get this on the way.

I voted for both. Lonewolf is missing my ballot.

And the other #1's that didn't make the cut:

I hate to be that guy, Lonewolf - but it's time to stop the countdown and recalculate the results. For whatever reason my ballot, which was correctly linked in the OP, hasn't been included in the results.

[Lonewolf2003]

#236 All My Friends Hate Me (Andrew Gaynord, 2021) 262.16 points
160 checks, official lists: 0

5 voters

Pretentious Hipster (unranked) (77.78 pts)
blocho (unranked) (72.64 pts)
mightysparks (#43) (55.86 pts)
Onderhond (#67) (40.05 pts)
TraverseTown (#134) (15.82 pts)

[sol]

#236 All My Friends Hate Me (Andrew Gaynord, 2021) 262.16 points
160 checks, official lists: 0

That's amazing. This one might even make the top half of the list when the results are recalculated to include my ballot.

Unless, of course, there are other missing ballots too.

[Lonewolf2003]

Thought Sol had not voted when I didn't see his name on Rent-a-Pal, maybe if he did a top 100.

Exvited to get this on the way.

I voted for both. Lonewolf is missing my ballot.

And the other #1's that didn't make the cut:

I hate to be that guy, Lonewolf - but it's time to stop the countdown and recalculate the results. For whatever reason my ballot, which was correctly linked in the OP, hasn't been included in the results.

Thanks. I stopped them. Fuck Will look into what went wrong tomorrow. If others miss their list too please let me know.

[Torgo]

Aww man, sorry to hear that ..
I couldn't verify that since none of the films so far would've included my vote. (Knowing this Forum, it's probable that 40 of my 60 votes end up in the Top 100 )
The only #1 I recognize is the one by JimiAntiloop which was correct.

So it's gonna be all US-centric once again

Don't be like this, it makes you look like a cutie-pie

[Lakigigar]

So it's gonna be all US-centric once again

well it's an english-speaking forum, and they just are more easily films that are being watched by everyone who participated, as they get more coverage and advertising than other films. And watching film in a foreign language can be an issue, i mean for me i also have to use subs in an english speaking film. Where countries such as mine have maybe 2-3 films every year that are worth checking, thats probably a hundred times more for the USA at least. There is just an enormous gap in output between US and basically everywhere else (and Canada/UK are often grouped with USA too, given they're english language films). It's just the way it is. I'm quite sure though we will see quite a few non-english speaking films show up. This is just the start and the beginning.

[Lonewolf2003]

I made a mistake with sol's list cause I have to manual download the ICM lists. Just to be sure I downloaded all lists again. So anyone who made any updates since the nominations were closed are lucky and those will be included.

[Lonewolf2003]

The number ones that didn't make it:



#500 Darkness, Darkness, Burning Bright - Prelude (Gaëlle Rouard, 2022) 100 points
2 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

insomnius (#1) (100.00 pts)

#499 Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (, 2022) 100 points
35 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

klaus78 (#1) (100.00 pts)

#498 Come from Away (Christopher Ashley, 2021) 100 points
70 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

musikurt (#1) (100.00 pts)

#497 The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (Ian Samuels, 2021) 100 points
359 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

Jimi Antiloop (#1) (100.00 pts)

#496 Animalia (Sofia Alaoui, 2023) 100 points
8 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

peeptoad (#1) (100.00 pts)

#495 Letzter Abend (Lukas Nathrath, 2023) 100 points
12 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

Y U M E (#1) (100.00 pts)

#494 Ticket to Paradise (Ol Parker, 2022) 100 points
549 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

George Eastman (#1) (100.00 pts)

#472 Umbilical Cord to Heaven (Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, 2020) 107.91 points
3 checks, official lists: 0

2 voters

RogerTheMovieManiac88 (#1) (100.00 pts)
insomnius (#184) (7.91 pts)

#343 Hotel Poseidon (Stefan Lernous, 2021) 171.7 points
21 checks, official lists: 0

2 voters

Onderhond (#1) (100.00 pts)
sol (#25) (71.70 pts)

#329 Hikari wo oikakete [Follow the Light] (Yoichi Narita, 2021) 181.23 points
4 checks, official lists: 0

2 voters

Cinepolis (#1) (100.00 pts)
Onderhond (#16) (81.23 pts)

#317 Bros (Nicholas Stoller, 2022) 186.99 points
395 checks, official lists: 0

3 voters

Fergenaprido (#1) (100.00 pts)
blocho (unranked) (72.64 pts)
TraverseTown (#141) (14.36 pts)

#304 Faya Dayi (Jessica Beshir, 2021) 195.93 points
121 checks, official lists: 2

2 voters

pitchorneirda (#1) (100.00 pts)
MartinTeller (#4) (95.93 pts)

#278 The Underground Railroad (, 2021) 217.17 points
76 checks, official lists: 0

3 voters

MartinTeller (#1) (100.00 pts)
jeff_v (#18) (79.00 pts)
AB537 (unranked>50) (38.16 pts)

#260 Êxtase [Ecstasy] (Moara Passoni, 2020) 237.68 points
10 checks, official lists: 0

4 voters

matthewscott8 (#1) (100.00 pts)
St. Gloede (#23) (73.71 pts)
sol (#59) (44.75 pts)
hurluberlu (#120) (19.21 pts)

#259 Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2021) 240.39 points
106 checks, official lists: 0

5 voters

sol (#1) (100.00 pts)
vortexsurfer (#27) (69.74 pts)
Gordon_Gekko (#67) (40.05 pts)
zzzorf (#115) (20.59 pts)
filmbantha (#167) (10.01 pts)

[Lonewolf2003]

From those already revealed, Small Axe: Alex Wheatle, Nobody and The Beatles: Get Back have fallen of the top 250 now.

[Lonewolf2003]

So let's try this again. This time hopefully without any mistakes.

[Lonewolf2003]

#250 Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure [Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood] (Richard Linklater, 2022) 254.5 points
486 checks, official lists: 1

4 voters

tommy_leazaq (#16) (81.23 pts)
jeff_v (#28) (68.78 pts)
murnaunosferatu (#43) (55.86 pts)
hurluberlu (#53) (48.63 pts)

[Y U M E]

So anyone who made any updates since the nominations were closed are lucky and those will be included.

Kelly Reichardt also will be thankful...