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Lisa Marie Picks The 26 Worst Films Of The Past 3 Years

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I just posted my picks for the 50 best films of the past 3 years.

Now, here comes the fun part.

Here are my picks for the 26 worst films of the past 3 years:

  1. Anonymous (directed by Roland Emmerich)
  2. Straw Dogs (directed by Rod Lurie)
  3. Branded (directed by Jamie Bradshaw and Aleksansdr Dulerayn)
  4. The Wicker Tree (directed by Robin Hardy)
  5. The Devil Inside (directed by William Brent Bell)
  6. Love and Other Drugs (directed by Ed Zwick)
  7. Project X (directed by Nima Nourizadeh)
  8. Rock of Ages (directed by Adam Shankman)
  9. This Means War (directed by McG)
  10. Dead Season (directed by some guy)
  11. The American (directed by Anton Corbijn)
  12. The Conspirator (directed by Robert Redford)
  13. Chloe (directed by Atom Egoyan)
  14. Clash of the Titans (directed by Louis Leterrier)
  15. Hereafter (directed by Clint Eastwood)
  16. Haywire (directed by Stephen Soderbergh)
  17. 96 Minutes (directed by Aimee Lagos)
  18. The Rum Diary (directed by Bruce Robinson)
  19. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (directed by Kevin Munroe)
  20. Priest (directed by Scott Stewart)
  21. The Beaver (directed by Jodie Foster)
  22. A Thousand Words (directed by Brian Robbins)
  23. Contagion (directed by Stephen Soderbergh)
  24. Dream House (directed by Jim Sheridan)
  25. Another Earth (directed by Mike Cahill)
  26. Savages (directed by Oliver Stone)

Lisa Marie Picks The 50 Best Films of The Past 3 Years

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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As of this month, I have been reviewing films here at the Shattered Lens for 3 years.  In honor of that anniversary, I thought I’d post my picks for the 50 best films that have been released in the U.S. since 2010.

Without further ado, here’s the list!

  1. Black Swan (directed by Darren Aronofsky)
  2. Exit Through The Gift Shop (directed by Banksy)
  3. Hanna (directed by Joe Wright)
  4. Fish Tank (directed by Andrea Arnold)
  5. Higher Ground (directed by Vera Farmiga)
  6. Shame (directed by Steve McQueen)
  7. Anna Karenina (directed by Joe Wright)
  8. The Cabin In The Woods (directed by Drew Goddard)
  9. 127 Hours (directed by Danny Boyle)
  10. Somewhere (directed by Sofia Coppola)
  11. Life of Pi (directed by Ang Lee)
  12. Hugo (directed by Martin Scorsese)
  13. Inception (directed by Christopher Nolan)
  14. Animal Kingdom (directed by David Michod)
  15. Winter’s Bone (directed by Debra Granik)
  16. The Artist (directed by Michel Hazanavicius)
  17. The Guard (directed by John Michael McDonagh)
  18. Bernie (directed by Richard Linklater)
  19. The King’s Speech (directed by Tom Hooper)
  20. Bridesmaids (directed by Paul Feig)
  21. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (directed by Thomas Alfredson)
  22. Django Unchained (directed by Quentin Tarantino)
  23. Never Let Me Go (directed by Mark Romanek)
  24. Toy Story 3 (directed by Lee Unkrich)
  25. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (directed by Niels Arden Oplev)
  26. Young Adult (directed by Jason Reitman)
  27. Sucker Punch (directed by Zack Snyder)
  28. The Master (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)
  29. Incendies (directed by Denis Villeneuve)
  30. Melancholia (directed by Lars Von Trier)
  31. Super (directed by James Gunn)
  32. Silver Linings Playbook (directed by David O. Russell)
  33. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (directed by Edgar Wright)
  34. The Last Exorcism (directed by Daniel Stamm)
  35. Skyfall (directed by Sam Mendes)
  36. Easy A (directed by Will Gluck)
  37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 (directed by David Yates)
  38. The Avengers (directed by Joss Whedon)
  39. How To Train Your Dragon (directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBois)
  40. Win Win (directed by Thomas McCarthy)
  41. Les Miserables (directed by Tom Hooper)
  42. Take This Waltz (directed by Sarah Polley)
  43. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (directed by Werner Herzog)
  44. Rust and Bone (directed by Jacques Audiard)
  45. Cosmopolis (directed by David Cronenberg)
  46. Ruby Sparks (directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valarie Faris)
  47. Brave (directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman)
  48. Martha Marcy May Marlene (directed by Sean Durkin)
  49. Jane Eyre (directed by Cary Fukunaga)
  50. Damsels in Distress (directed by Whit Stillman)