In no real order of rank or file,

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Killer Joe
Straight Outta Compton
Drive
Sicario
Dallas Buyers Club
American Hustle
Social Network
Blade Runner 2049
Shame
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Dallas Buyer's Club! Another great one. Not one I'd want to watch often (if ever again) though, like 12 Years a Slave.

Matthew Mchowever you spell it is fucking awesome these days. One of my fave actors.
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I like a lot of the movies mentioned.. thought of one just because I’m a Rocky nut... Creed..
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I was skeptical when the new wave of the Rocky Franchise came out, but I've heard that they're actually really good. I'll still probably skip Balboa, but check out the Creed films
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Saw it.

It’s very good, although I think the people calling it “one of the best movies of the decade” are wildly overrating it.

It’s very solid though.
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outstanding lists folks! Thanks for participating in this thread and sharing your lists. I see a number of stuff I need to catch up on.
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Mine are all on here already, but I’ll be damned if Wolf of Wall St is not seriously considered the best movie of the 2010’s. What a hell of a fun ride that movie was.
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If you skip one - skip Creed 2. Balboa isn't as good as Rocky but it has a very similar feel. It is probably #2 or #3 in the franchise.
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Yeah, I can see it that way. What impresses me is how comprehensive it is in its genius.

It's not just a pretty movie, or a great story, or some great acting performances. Everything coalesces to a narrative that is both ambiguous and pointed simultaneously.

Nobody's all good. Nobody's all bad. No one big event sets everything in motion. It's the implacable inertia of fate dealing its hand out in our current times and letting the chips fall as they may.

And it's tone is all over the place while still remaining coherent.

It's something you can ruminate on and still not make progress, yet still feel the rumination was productive.
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Thanks. Saves me some time in just watching Creed then. I'd like to know your rankings. I just watch 3, 4, or 5 if they're on
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I can't think of 1. I don't get out much.
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My ranking would go

Rocky
Rocky Balboa & Creed
Rocky 2
Creed 2, Rocky 3 and Rocky 4
Rocky 5 (this one is quite a ways below all the rest)
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My order is...

Rocky
Rocky 3
Rocky 2
Creed
Creed 2
Rocky Balboa
Rocky 4
Rocky 5 sucks
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What about Rocky and Bullwinkle? :-)
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I'd put it at number one in a Rocky Franchise
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