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My Favorite Movies of the 2010s, 200-1

This seemed like a good idea at the time.

200. The Lone Ranger

199. Baby Driver

198. Hail, Caesar!

197. Looper

196. The Invitation

195. The Assassin

194. The Guard

193. Brooklyn

192. Crimson Peak

191. This Is the End

190. X-Men: First Class

189. Mr. Turner

188. First Man

187. Guardians of the Galaxy

186. Nightcrawler

185. The Grandmaster

184. Enough Said

183. Only God Forgives

182. At Berkley

181. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

180. The Witch

179. End of Watch

178. Amour

177. Deadpool

176.  Zero Dark Thirty

175. The Big Short

174. The Duke of Burgundy

173. Krisha

172. The Trip

171. Easy A

170. Black Swan

169. Eden

168. Sicario

167. Hereditary

166. Clouds of Sils Maria

165. Support the Girls

164. The Souvenir

163. Blue Is the Warmest Color

162. Silence

161. Knives Out

160. A Touch of Sin

159. Magic Mike

158. The Lighthouse

157. Margin Call

156. A Pigeon Sat on Branch Reflecting on Existence

155. Chronicle

154. Cosmopolis

153. The LEGO Movie

152. Foxcatcher

151. Jackie

150. Haywire

149. Young Adult

148. The Martian

147. The Green Inferno

146. I Am Love

145. Best of Enemies

144. Eighth Grade

143. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

142. mother!

141. Martha Marcy May Marlene

140. Private Life

139. Sausage Party

138. A Prophet

137. Big Bad Wolves

136. Meek’s Cutoff

135. Skyfall

134. Personal Shopper

133. Carlos

132. Drug War

131. Phoenix

130. Thor: Ragnarok

129. Pain & Glory

128. Exit Through the Gift Shop

127. What We Do in the Shadows

126. Dogtooth

125. Jiro Dreams of Sushi

124. Life Itself

123. Nathan For You: Finding Frances

122. Upstream Color

121. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

120. Columbus

119. Blue Valentine

118. Selma

117. The Arbor

116. The Nice Guys

115. Boyhood

114. Green Room

113. The Guest

112. Coco

111. Widows

110. Little Women

109. Zootopia

108. La La Land

107. Killing Them Softly

106. Shoplifters

105. Roma

104. Shirkers

103. 20th Century Women

102. The Favourite

101. The Cabin in the Woods

100. The Grand Budapest Hotel

99. 12 Years a Slave

98. Weekend

97. Manchester By the Sea

96. The Act of Killing

95. Annihilation

94. The Tree of Life

93. Prometheus 

92. Lincoln

91. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

90. Gravity

89. Enemy

88. The Raid

87. Unstoppable

86. Stoker

85. Creed

84. Warrior

83. The Place Beyond the Pines

82. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

81. Bridesmaids

80. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

79. Midsommar

78. It Follows

77.  Take Shelter

76. Good Time

75. Arrival

74. The Town

73. Logan

72. Waves

71. Somewhere

70. Wild Tales

69. Kill List

68. Force Majeure

67. Marriage Story

66. 22 Jump Street

65. Django Unchained

64. Everybody Wants Some

63. Hell or High Water

62. The Handmaiden

61. A Separation

60. Attack the Block

59. The Hateful Eight

58. Train to Busan

57. Minding the Gap

56. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

55. Amy

54. Black Panther

53. Ida

52. Moonrise Kingdom

51. Elle

50. Her

49. Before Midnight

48. The Irishman

47. The Lobster

46. Burning

45. Inside Out

44. Certified Copy

43. Holy Motors

42. The Counselor

41. Mission Impossible - Fallout

40. Melancholia

39. A Star Is Born

38. Drive

37. Uncut Gems

36. Mistress America

35. Spring Breakers

34. Margaret

33. The Lost City of Z

32. Toy Story 3

31. A Bigger Splash

30. Carol

29. John Wick

28. First Reformed

27. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

26. Inherent Vice

25. Parasite

24. Edge of Tomorrow

23. Dunkirk

22. Stories We Tell

21. Anomalisa

20. Under the Skin

19. Gone Girl

18. Lady Bird

17. Moonlight

16. The Wolf of Wall Street

15. Moneyball

14. Ex Machina

13. Rango 

12. Phantom Thread

11. It’s Such a Beautiful Day

10. Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse

9. OJ: Made in America

8. Mad Max: Fury Road

7. Frances Ha

6. Get Out

5. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

4. Whiplash

3. Inside Llewyn Davis

2. The Master

1. The Social Network

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A Finely Tuned Mess

He used to be confident, now she can’t see him or his shadow called pathetic. She use to be thinner, which in his mind meant she use to be better. They both were aware of how little they talked now. A consequence of never shutting up in their twenties. Happiness has been gone for quite sometime, Optimism was the latest to leave. People gravitate towards the kind and the weak for the same reasons:…

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Dollhouse

We’re playing make believe, Living in the dollhouse tucked away In the corner of your childhood bedroom. You thought I would be content there, But I need to look from a window bigger than Two inches X three and a half inches. I need more than plastic trees and door handles that don’t turn and painted on smiles.

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Valerian

The alarm on my clock won’t shut off And the doors I force open Creak and cringe rudimentary warnings. Mornings are supposed to be kind. It’s warmth should matter. I don’t think it has for the past year. Mild winter, Wild sinner. Ingredients that leave my stomach raw. Sleeping pills in my desk drawer Push me past noon. I sense my definitions turning, Slipping sight into a void. Wearing a…

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A Girl I Met on Several Occasions

A Girl I Met on Several Occasions

A Girl I Met On Several Occasions Blonde hair, blurry eyes. I said my name three times before she believed it wasn’t Darren. Short grass became tall snow. Our town sprawled enough for us to stay hidden from another. I was blood and water with nowhere to go. She was a sharp mind, and soft cheek bones that framed my favorite smile. Only a handful of times did I talk to the real her. All the other…

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The Geography of Sentiment

The Geography of Sentiment

Words ruin the feelings I need to share next, But I think I have to try. I am here and you are there, Separated by miles and millions of people i’d rather not think of. My mind is still busy with you. You are my reminder of the quiet place within my soul. I go back to that place when I feel overwhelmed. I go back to you when I need a moment of rest. I pull you into my confusion for a whisper of…

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Vice Asunder

Thunder, Thunder, Voice asunder, Tell me more, Tell me what I’m looking for. I’m lost in the storm. I’ve lost all warmth, Chasing the forest With the lightning chorus. What I search is the dawn, What I search for is gone. Thunder, Thunder, Vice asunder.

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In Silence

I haven’t heard from a god this year Even though my words mirror chapter ten David. Do my prayers even reach them? Or do they settle on the moon? I can’t clearly define what a soul is, but I know mine hurts. Maybe I’m a romantic, Or maybe I’ve lost some religion.   I acknowledge Him like I acknowledge a far away lighthouse. I know it is signaling for me in the night, But I can’t set a course for…

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Champion

She is armor and wind. Hair swirls around her face as proof. Partial smiles hidden by black tangled curtains. Her skin— tested chainmail.   Underneath her guards you will find My fondness for the slight angle of her nose, The way her laugh reminds me of singing, And her desire to feel the shadows of the Great Wall.   Underneath her guards you will find Scars I trace at night. The one she has worn…

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Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair

Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair

Sand crawls across the surface in Finger length gusts. Searching. Lurching. Hoping. Lurking. Looking for oasis relief. Nothing Stands between dune and horizon. Mirage of my mirage remains Unknown.   Empty   And   Vast   The dry ocean shifts, Rolling with tides of no Consequence.

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Top five family reunion of all time (at Seattle, Washington)

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I was told Father's Day turned into Father's weekend so we hiked a mountain. (at Cowles Mountain)

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Matches

We are the things that fly between stars and hours. Fires which notice all that is large and small. Flickering lights particular and keen, Searching for lights like our own. Our curse: we spark fast, We fall slow, Forgetting in our decline Why we set a flare.  Many spirits die at smothered desks or tinderbox homes, Shifting through spaces And costumed lives.   Would you hold your composure now If…

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Osmosis

Ocean water in the sink, I am sunk, salted waves in my lungs. On the brink of throwing up, The last option is drown in the sun. Air can’t help now, sixty-six percent of me kept wishing For a return to the only place water Is allowed to be loud.

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With an Empty Bottle

With an Empty Bottle

I know how to smile properly. My body is mostly proportional. I’m not always factually smart, but I am conceptually smart. I don’t mind giving compliments, and it is impossible to tell the difference between the compliments I mean verses the ones I don’t. I’m decent at remembering what is important to my friends. I want to grow old next to an ocean, preferably the Pacific. I’m good at listening.…

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Fifteen-Fifteen

I’m seeing double But less of you. Smoke lifts to the ceiling Curtaining a shit view.   Spirits all around me Claim heaven is here. So why the fuck Are my hands still reaching?   “Help me to make it. Help me to make it.”

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Sometimes, I’m the mess. Sometimes, I’m the broom. On the hardest days, I have to be both.

Rudy Francisco (via wordsnquotes)