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John Farr's List of the World's Best Movies for the 2020s
Here’s the list of John Farr’s recommended movies for the 2020s in a more readable form. Documentaries are in italics. Movies I’ve seen are in bold or struck through. 157 total movies listed as of… 12/6/2024 (last update)
Alphabetical listing, sort of:
7 Prisoners (Portuguese) 2021
32 Sounds 2022
20 Days in Mariupol 2023
A Chiara (Italian) 2022
A Hero (Persian) 2021
A House Made of Splinters (Ukrainian) 2022
A Still Small Voice 2023
A Thousand and One 2023
About Dry Grasses 2023
Acasa, My Home (Romanian) 2020
Afire 2023
After Love 2020
Aftersun 2022
All Quiet On The Western Front (German) 2022
All of Us Strangers 2023
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022
American Symphony 2023
American Utopia 2020
Ammonite 2020
Anais in Love (French) 2021
Anatomy of a Fall (French) 2023
Anselm 2023
Ascension (Mandarin Chinese) 2021
Azor (Spanish) 2021
Bad Faith 2024
Beba 2022
Blue Jean 2022
Bring Your Own Brigade 2021
Chile ‘76 (Spanish) 2022
City So Real 2020
Civil War (2024)
Compartment Number 6 (Russian) 2021
Corsage (German) 2022
Da 5 Bloods 2020
Decision to Leave (Korean) 2022
Derek Del Gaudio's In and Of Itself 2020
Dick Johnson Is Dead 2020
Didi 2024
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World 2023
Drive My Car (Japanese) 2021
EO (Polish) 2022
Earth Mama 2023
Ennio 2021
Everything Everywhere All At Once 2022
Fallen Leaves 2023
Fire of Love (French) 2022
Four Hours at the Capitol 2021
George Carlin's American Dream 2022
Great Freedom (German) 2021
Green Border 2023
Gunda 2020
Happening (French) 2021
Hit Man (2024)
Hit the Road (Persian) 2021
Housekeeping for Beginners (2024) (Macedonian)
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 (2022)
In the Same Breath 2021
Incredible But True (French) 2022
Inshallah a Boy 2023
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Vietnamese) (2023)
Io Capitano 2023
It Ain't Over 2022
Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024)
Judas and the Black Messiah 2021
Julia 2021
Kajillionaire 2020
Kimi 2022
Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (French) 2021
Linoleum 2023
Little Girl (French) 2020
Living 2022
Lost Illusions (French) 2022
Louis Armstrong's Black and Blues 2022
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power 2022
Maestro 2023
Mars One (Portuguese) 2022
Marx Can Wait (Italian) 2021
May December 2023
Minari 2020
Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad 2020
MLK/FBI 2020
Monster (Japanese) (2023)
Mr. Bachmann and His Class (German) 2021
Musica (2024)
My Little Sister (German) 2020
My Octopus Teacher 2020
Navalny (Russian) 2022
Never Rarely Sometimes Always 2020
Nitram 2021
No Bears (Persian) 2022
Nocturna: Side A — The Great Old Man's Night (Spanish) 2021
Nomadland 2020
Occupied City (2023)
On the Record 2020
One Fine Morning (French) 2022
Oppenheimer 2023
Parallel Mothers (Spanish) 2021
Paris, 13th District (French) 2021
Past Lives 2023
Perfect Days (Japanese) (2023)
Petite Maman 2021
Playground (French) 2021
Pleasure 2021
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Hungarian) 2021
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnian) 2020
R.M.N. (Romanian) 2022
Reality 2023
Return to Seoul (Korean) 2022
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain 2021
Robot Dreams 2023
Rosa's Wedding (Spanish) 2020
Rye Lane (2023)
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me 2022
She Said 2022
Silver Dollar Road 2023
Smile 2022
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie 2023
Summer of Soul 2021
Tár 2022
The Automat 2021
The Beasts (Spanish / French) 2023
The Beatles: Get Back 2021
The Card Counter 2021
The Cathedral 2022
The Dig 2021
The Eternal Memory (Spanish) 2023
The Father 2020
The Hand of God (Italian) 2021
The Holdovers 2023
The Innocents (Norwegian) 2021
The Janes 2022
The Lady Bird Diaries 2023
The Mole Agent (Spanish) 2020
The Novice 2021
The Pigeon Tunnel 2023
The Power of the Dog 2021
The Princess 2022
The Quiet Girl (Irish Gaelic) 2022
The Rescue 2021
The Taste of Things (French) (2023)
The Teachers’ Lounge (German) (2023)
The Truffle Hunters (Italian) 2020
The Truth vs. Alex Jones (2024)
The Velvet Underground 2021
The Worst Person in the World (Norwegian) 2021
Three Minutes: A Lengthening 2022
Time 2020
TINA 2021
To Kill a Tiger (2022)
Tori and Lokita (French) 2022
Totem 2023
True Things 2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation 2020
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb 2022
West Side Story 2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Japanese) 2021
X 2022
2020:
After Love
American Utopia
Ammonite
Da 5 Bloods
Kajillionaire
Minari
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
The Father
My Little Sister (German)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnian)
Rosa's Wedding (Spanish)
City So Real
Derek Del Gaudio's In and Of Itself
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Gunda
MLK/FBI
Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad
My Octopus Teacher
On the Record
Time
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Acasa, My Home (Romanian)
Little Girl (French)
The Mole Agent (Spanish)
The Truffle Hunters (Italian)
2021:
Judas and the Black Messiah
Nitram
Pleasure
The Card Counter
The Dig
The Novice
The Power of the Dog
True Things
West Side Story
7 Prisoners (Portuguese)
A Hero (Persian)
Anais in Love (French)
Azor (Spanish)
Compartment Number 6 (Russian)
Drive My Car (Japanese)
Great Freedom (German)
Happening (French)
Hit the Road (Persian)
Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (French)
Nocturna: Side A — The Great Old Man's Night (Spanish)
Parallel Mothers (Spanish)
Paris, 13th District (French)
Playground (French)
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Hungarian)
The Hand of God (Italian)
The Innocents (Norwegian)
The Worst Person in the World (Norwegian)
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Japanese)
Bring Your Own Brigade
Four Hours at the Capitol
In the Same Breath
Julia
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
Summer of Soul
TINA
The Automat
The Beatles: Get Back
The Rescue
The Velvet Underground
Ascension (Mandarin Chinese)
Marx Can Wait (Italian)
Mr. Bachmann and His Class (German)
2022:
Aftersun
Blue Jean
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Kimi
Living
She Said
Smile
Tár
The Cathedral
X
A Chiara (Italian)
All Quiet On The Western Front (German)
Chile ‘76 (Spanish)
Corsage (German)
Decision to Leave (Korean)
EO (Polish)
Incredible But True (French)
Lost Illusions (French)
Mars One (Portuguese)
No Bears (Persian)
One Fine Morning (French)
Perfect Days (Japanese) (2023)
R.M.N. (Romanian)
Return to Seoul (Korean)
The Quiet Girl (Irish Gaelic)
Tori and Lokita (French)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Beba
George Carlin's American Dream
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 (2022)
It Ain't Over
Louis Armstrong's Black and Blues
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
The Janes
The Princess
Three Minutes: A Lengthening
To Kill a Tiger (2022)
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
A House Made of Splinters (Ukrainian)
Fire of Love (French)
Navalny (Russian)
2023:
A Thousand and One
All of Us Strangers (2023)
Earth Mama
Linoleum
Maestro
May December
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Reality
Rye Lane
The Holdovers
Afire (German)
Anatomy of a Fall (French)
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Vietnamese) (2023)
Monster (Japanese) (2023)
The Beasts (Spanish / French)
The Taste of Things (French) (2023)
The Teachers’ Lounge (German) (2023)
20 Days in Mariupol
Occupied City
Silver Dollar Road
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
The Lady Bird Diaries
The Pigeon Tunnel
The Eternal Memory (Spanish)
2024:
Bad Faith (2024)
Civil War (2024)
Hit Man (2024)
Housekeeping for Beginners (2024) (Macedonian)
Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024)
Musica (2024)
The Truth vs. Alex Jones (2024)
Stock du Jour -- THTX (special issue)
If you are not in the Discord room, please email me (maoxian at gmail) for an invite.
The Set-up
In the Discord room, there is a Thread titled “First Red Day Set-up,” where we have tried to hash out exactly what this means and how to play it. One thing everyone agrees on is that “First Red Day” is a dumb name.
The basic idea is that after a multi-day run (minimum three consecutive up days, minimum move of XXX%, generally rising volume), one should anticipate a reversal day and significant down move. This is a new set-up to me and I’ve been trying to learn how to execute it. We can all learn something new together, I like to think.
The Trigger
The “trigger” for the trade is that today’s open must be below the previous day’s close. If today’s open is below the previous close, then one can simply short the opening print. Mall Cop suggests shorting the break of the first one minute or five minute low, but it doesn’t really matter.
The Stop
The stop is the tricky part. I believe Du Xiuxian suggests placing a stop above the “value area,” or “volume block” of the previous day. One could also use the previous day’s high as one’s stop, but I hate using “obvious” spots like that. One could also use some arbitrary fixed percentage above one’s entry. Always remember the old joke that the answer to the question of where to put your stop is: How much money do you want to lose?
The Target
Expect price to return to the 10-day simple moving average in short order (yes, a pun). It could take one to three days, or even longer, to get there. Be patient. That 10-day SMA target is courtesy of Mall Cop.
Keeping an Eye on THTX
I will be watching THTX on Monday since it has “set up” and I will take the trade if it happens (gaps down at the open). Since I’m unfamiliar with these plays, I will take a $10,000 or $20,000 position as a trial and use a very wide stop. I will post the results in the Discord room and may publish a follow-up post here, assuming the trade is profitable. If it is unprofitable, I will never mention it again. Just kidding. Losing money on it will also be instructive.
Click on the chart to enlarge it
Again, if you are not in the Discord room, please email me (maoxian at gmail) for an invite.
EOD 9/11/2023 UPDATE
THTX did not gap down on the open so there was no play today. Volume dropped off considerably so I’m not sure if a gap down open tomorrow would qualify it, but I’ll certainly will keep an eye on it and report the executions I make in it, if any.
Movies Watched -- China Seas (1935)
87 minute running time … Clark Gable as ship’s captain, Jean Harlow as his lover… I liked the footage of Hong Kong … wasn’t aware of the Malay Boot or Chinese Boot torture device… it wasn’t terrible, all the stereotypes were great. I sort of enjoyed it, but don’t think I’d recommend it.
Watch it, Toots
Movies Watched -- The Dictator (2012)
83 minute running time … Sacha Baron Cohen … made 11 years after 9/11 … it’s funny but puerile humor for the most part …
Movies Watched -- Omagh (2004)
106 minute running time… bouncy camera and quick zoom in and out to give it that faux documentary feel that I hate… about a terrorist bombing in Northern Ireland in 1998 that killed 29 people … couldn’t watch it because of the bouncy cam and because I have children. One of the fathers of the victims turns out to be the world’s most articulate grease monkey, an amazing organizer and seeker of justice. Police incompetence, political corruption, the little people getting a raw deal, all the usual things. This was a John Farr reco, and of course Farr has no children.
Never Trust Déjà Vu
Bruno Pernadas with Problem Number 6 … do not inhale before listening…
Movies Watched -- All Night Long (1962)
91 minute running time … hopheads and interracial couples and jazz, man! It’s cool! No, it wasn’t so cool, it wasn’t terrible terrible, but I’d never recommend it. Dave Brubeck makes an appearance as does Charlie Mingus (who mysteriously disappears). Patrick “I am not a number! I am a free man!” McGoohan sowing relationship chaos for his own nefarious ends. Not sure how this got into my queue, Farr maybe? Nope, not Farr.
Me?! Oh, I belong to that new minority group...white American jazz musicians. They're gonna hold a mass-meeting in a phone booth.
Movies Watched -- The Aura (2006)
In Spanish. 134 minute running time so at least 30 to 40 minutes too long. This movie was promising, the story idea was OK, but it was just way way too long … I could drop it into Adobe Premiere Pro and take my cutting knife to work and make this into a really good movie. It’s amazing that film makers don’t understand how important it is to make a LEAN movie. Cut and keep cutting.
Say My Name, The One She Gave Me
Love this Canadian girl’s voice and the song … Le Ren sings Dyan: