So just a quick thing I forgot to mention, all these films I'm sharing are films that I watched for the first time this summer. So while I watched great movies like The Dark Knight, Baby Driver, Room, and Arrival, I had seen them before and they won't show up on this list. Now let's move to the next part of the list.
12: The Village I feel like this movie gets a lot of unnecessary hate. Whether or not you like the twist at the end of the film, the way that M. Knight reveals things is masterful! I was on the edge of my seat the while time trying to put the pieces of the mystery together, and personally I found the final twist very satisfying and right in line with how the whole film was constructed and acted. It also includes a star making performance from Bryce Dallas Howard and beautiful cinematography from Roger Deakins. Maybe give this film another shot, I think it's M. Knight's best film to date! 11. Lost in Translation This film is subtle yet powerful, overcast yet sunny, and full of melancholy but also full of joy. Sofia Coppola creates such a sense of loneliness and isolation that you feel lost in Japan just like these characters. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson have great chemistry and both give real career defining performances. I like to call this film the overcast love story. So if it's cloudy where you're at, this is the perfect film for that mood. 10. Good Time Tight, dark, cramped, heart pounding, Good Time is a film that just bleeds style and doesn't let go of you until the credits end. Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame transforms into a dark underground criminal who is on a mission to save his brother from prison after a botched bank robbery. From start to finish this film does not let up, it's tense and insane and Pattinson gives one of the greatest performances I've ever seen. Directors Josh and Benny Safdie are on their way to the top. Look out for these two, they are the future of American cinema. 9. Sicario My second Denis Villeneuve film of this list and one that is just as engaging and thrilling as all his previous films. The way this film depicts violence, not in a stylistic way, but one that shows it how it truly is, dark and grisly and not glamorous. Emily Blunt is amazing as always and her final scene with Benicio del Toro is intense! One of the best scenes that I've ever seen in a film. Once again Roger Deakins shows his skills from behind the camera, and the way her uses darkness in the third act gives me goosebumps every time. A wonderfully haunting score that matches a wonderfully haunting film. Villeneuve is one of the greatest film makers working today, but also in my opinion, of all time.
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