THE 25 BEST NEW-TO-ME VIEWINGS OF 2020 — JULY THROUGH DECEMBER

LOST — 16

16. “S.O.S.” (Season 2, Episode 19)

15. “Happily Ever After” (Season 6, Episode 10)

14. “Across the Sea” (Season 6, Episode 14)

13. “Numbers” (Season 1, Episode 18)

12. “Orientation” (Season 2, Episode 3)

11. “The Whole Truth” (Season 2, Episode 16)

10. “Jughead” (Season 5, Episode 3)

9. “Flashes Before Your Eyes” (Season 3, Episode 8)

8. “This Place Is Death” (Season 5, Episode 5)

7. “The Man Behind the Curtain” (Season 3, Episode 20)

6. “All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues” (Season 1, Episode 11)

5. “Exposé” (Season 3, Episode 14)

4. “Confirmed Dead” (Season 4, Episode 2)

3. “Walkabout” (Season 1, Episode 4)

2. “One of Us” (Season 3, Episode 16)

1. “The Constant” (Season 4, Episode 5)

The 20 Best TV Shows I Watched In The First Half of 2020

THE AFFAIR  (Showtime, Season 4)

 

AMERICAN DAD!  (FOX, Seasons 2-3)

 

BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA  (CBS)

 

COLUMBO  (NBC, Seasons 1-4)

 

DARE ME  (USA)

 

EUPHORIA  (HBO)

 

EVIL  (CBS)

 

HOWARDS END  (Starz)

 

THE LAST DANCE  (ESPN)

 

LORENA  (Amazon Prime)

 

MY BRILLIANT FRIEND  (HBO, Season 1)

 

NORMAL PEOPLE  (hulu)

 

THE OUTSIDER  (HBO)

 

PERPETUAL GRACE, LTD  (EPIX)

 

THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA  (HBO)

 

THE SINNER  (USA, Season 1)

 

STUMPTOWN  (ABC)

 

SUCCESSION  (HBO, Seasons 1-2)

 

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE  (ABC)

 

ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST  (NBC)

THE 25 BEST NEW-TO-ME VIEWINGS OF 2020 — JANUARY THROUGH JUNE

Favorite Films of the 2010s

The Runners-Up

THE FLORIDA PROJECT  (2017, Baker)

KAILI BLUES  (2015, Bi)

TOMORROWLAND  (2015, Bird)

MUPPETS MOST WANTED  (2014, Bobin)

SNOWPIERCER  (2014, Bong)

STEVE JOBS  (2015, Boyle)

THE SHALLOWS  (2016, Collet-Serra)

HENRY GAMBLE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY  (2015, Cone)

THE AMERICAN  (2010, Corbijn)

HEREAFTER  (2010, Eastwood)

GONE GIRL  (2014, Fincher)

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI  (2017, Johnson)

MIMOSAS  (2016, Laxe)

EDGE OF TOMORROW  (2014, Liman)

BEFORE MIDNIGHT  (2013, Linklater)

BOYHOOD  (2014, Linklater)

THE LONELIEST PLANET  (2011, Loktev)

21 JUMP STREET  (2012, Lord & Miller)

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — ROGUE NATION  (2015, McQuarrie)

GOD HELP THE GIRL  (2014, Murdoch)

THE SQUARE  (2017, Östlund)

STOKER  (2013, Park)

I AM THE PRETTY THING THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSE  (2016, Perkins)

FIRST REFORMED  (2017, Schrader)

ALIEN: COVENANT  (2017, Scott)

AFTER EARTH  (2013, Shyamalan)

JOHN WICK  (2014, Stahelski & Leitch)

THE LONE RANGER  (2013, Verbinski)

A CURE FOR WELLNESS  (2017, Verbinski)

KONG: SKULL ISLAND  (2017, Vogt-Roberts)

THEY CAME TOGETHER  (2014, Wain)

BOY  (2010, Waititi)

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD  (2010, Wright)

HANNA  (2011, Wright)

THE HUMAN SURGE  (2016, Williams)

The Top 15

15.  GAME NIGHT  (2018, dir. John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein)

14.  MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE  (2011, dir. Sean Durkin)

13.  THE BIG SICK  (2017, dir. Michael Showalter)

12.  RANGO  (2011, dir. Gore Verbinski)

11.  MAD MAX: FURY ROAD  (2015, dir. George Miller)

10.  US  (2019, dir. Jordan Peele)

9.  CLOUD ATLAS  (2012, dir. Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Lilly Wachowski)

8.  SOMEWHERE  (2010, dir. Sofia Coppola)

7.  THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED)  (2017, dir. Noah Baumbach)

6.  GOOD TIME  (2017, dir. Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie)

5.  THE LOST CITY OF Z  (2017, dir. James Gray)

4.  ANNIHILATION  (2018, dir. Alex Garland)

3.  CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA  (2015, dir. Olivier Assayas)

2.  THE SOCIAL NETWORK  (2010, dir. David Fincher)

1.  JOHN CARTER  (2012, dir. Andrew Stanton)

THE 25 BEST NEW-TO-ME VIEWINGS OF 2019 — JULY THROUGH DECEMBER

The 20 Best TV Shows I Watched in 2019

 

9-1-1  (FOX)

 

 

BARRY  (HBO)

 

 

BUSY TONIGHT  (E!)

 

 

CLOAK & DAGGER  (Freeform)

 

 

FAMILY GUY  (FOX)

 

 

FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN  (FX)

 

 

THE JIM JEFFERIES SHOW  (Comedy Central)

 

 

KILLING EVE  (BBC America)

 

 

THE MANDALORIAN  (Disney+)

 

 

MILO MURPHY’S LAW  (Disney XD)

 

 

NATIONAL TREASURE  (hulu)

 

 

PLANET EARTH II  (BBC One)

 

 

POWERLESS  (NBC)

 

 

RUSSIAN DOLL  (Netflix)

 

 

SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS  (Facebook Watch)

 

 

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY  (CBS All Access)

 

 

STRANGER THINGS  (Netflix)

 

 

SUPERIOR DONUTS  (CBS)

 

 

WATCHMEN  (HBO)

 

 

WHEN THEY SEE US  (Netflix)

The Best TV Shows of the Decade

 

25.  BATES MOTEL  (A&E, 2013–2017)

 

 

24.  AWAKE  (NBC, 2012)

 

 

23.  THE KNICK (Cinemax, 2014–2015)

 

 

22.  MANH(A)TTAN  (WGN America, 2014–2015)

 

 

21.  THE NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE  (Comedy Central, 2015–2016)

 

 

20.  RAPUNZEL’S TANGLED ADVENTURE  (Disney, 2017–Present)

 

 

19.  SHARP OBJECTS  (HBO, 2018)

 

 

18.  DOCUMENTARY NOW!  (IFC, 2015–Present)

 

 

17.  WHEN THEY SEE US  (Netflix, 2019)

 

 

16.  REVIEW  (Comedy Central, 2014–2017)

 

 

15.  WATCHMEN  (HBO, 2019–?)

 

 

14.  SHOW ME A HERO (HBO, 2015)

 

 

13.  PATRIOT  (Amazon Prime, 2015–2018)

 

 

12.  OLIVE KITTERIDGE  (HBO, 2014)

 

 

11.  AMERICAN CRIME STORY  (2016–Present)

 

 

10.  THE GET DOWN  (Netflix, 2016–2017)

 

 

9.  LODGE 49  (AMC, 2018–2019)

 

 

8.  BOARDWALK EMPIRE  (HBO, 2010–2014)

 

 

7.  PARENTHOOD  (NBC, 2010–2015)

 

 

6.  GIRLS  (HBO, 2012–2017)

 

 

5.  NATHAN FOR YOU  (Comedy Central, 2013–2017)

 

 

4.  POSE  (FX, 2018–Present)

 

 

3.  TERRIERS  (FX, 2010)

 

 

2.  QUARRY  (Cinemax, 2016)

 

 

1.  THE LEFTOVERS  (HBO, 2014–2017)

The Best Films of 2019

AD ASTRA (dir. James Gray)

 

 

GLORIA BELL (dir. Sebastián Lelio)

 

 

HER SMELL (dir. Alex Ross Perry)

 

 

I AM EASY TO FIND (dir. Mike Mills)

 

 

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 — PARABELLUM (dir. Chad Stahelski)

 

 

LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (dir. Bi Gan)

 

 

ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD (dir. Quentin Tarantino)

 

 

PARASITE (dir. Bong Joon-ho)

 

 

UNCUT GEMS (dir. Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie)

 

 

US (dir. Jordan Peele)

 

 

Where to Stream:

Gloria Bell ~ Amazon Prime Video, Kanopy
Her Smell ~ Kanopy
I Am Easy to Find ~ YouTube
Long Day’s Journey Into Night ~ Kanopy
Us ~ HBO Now, HBO Go

THE 25 BEST NEW-TO-ME VIEWINGS OF 2019 — JANUARY THROUGH JUNE