Pop culture, year in review

Isaac O'Neill
Sep 8, 2018 · 2 min read

In the past calendar year I’ve watched more television and movies than I care to admit.

Here are some rankings of some of my favourite and least favourite content from this year.

Top 10 Shows I Watched

Ranking this top 7 is arguably more difficult than trying to rank the top 8 players in the NBA right now.

1. The Wire Season 3

2. American Vandal Season 1

3. Barry Season 1

4. Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 7

5. Better Call Saul Season 3

6. Atlanta Season 2

7. Mr. Robot Season 3

8. Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 5

9. Vice Principals Season 2

10. Big Mouth Season 1

Top 25 Movies I watched for the first time, in the order I watched them:

  1. The Wrestler
  2. A Few Good Men
  3. Born on the Fourth of July
  4. There Will Be Blood
  5. Apocalypse Now
  6. Beasts of No Nation
  7. Wind River
  8. Lady Bird
  9. Apollo 13
  10. The Florida Project
  11. Get Out
  12. Coco
  13. Dog Day Afternoon
  14. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
  15. Leon: The Professional
  16. Blade Runner 2049
  17. The Shining
  18. Swingers
  19. The Nice Guys
  20. Donnie Brasco
  21. Green Room
  22. Brokeback Mountain
  23. Heat
  24. Blockers
  25. For a Few Dollars More

Top 10 Favourite Movies I watched this year, ranked, in order:

  1. Apocalypse Now
  2. The Wrestler
  3. The Shining
  4. Leon: The Professional
  5. Green Room
  6. For a Few Dollars More
  7. The Florida Project
  8. Wind River
  9. Get Out
  10. Blockers
  • Toughest cuts: Blade Runner 2049, Beasts of No Nation, Brokeback Mountain, Heat

This is not a list of my least favourite movies, or the worst. They are movies that I had been looking forward to watching based on various reviews, legacies, or recommendations, and I simply turned out to be quite underwhelmed by them.

  1. The Untouchables

2. I, Tonya

3. Wall Street

4. Thor: Ragnarok

5. 50 First Dates

6. Hereditary

7. Fences

8. Chef

9. Hail, Caesar!

10. Darkest Hour

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