Honorable Mention - Air
For a movie about a sneaker contract to be this entertaining and hook you so much is very, very impressive. You find yourself hanging on with all sorts of emotions to what literally amounts to the signing of a sneaker sponsorship.
10 - The Creator
I am a huge fan of sci-fi done well. When they take you to the alternate world that they have created and make you feel like it could actually be a thing then I am all in. This movie did this very well and solidified Gareth Edwards as an awesome sci-fi director.
9 - Sound Of Freedom
Take out all the politics surrounding this movie and the people that made it and just watch it and this is an awesome movie and very well done. The child actors were incredible. This movie was definitely helped by the personal story of seeing it that even further solidified it as a movie I will never forget.
8 - Wonka
I was beyond suspect about this movie because of what the original has meant to me. This movie did an excellent job of capturing the same whimsy and imagination of the first one. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
7 - Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1
It's a shame that this movie got killed box office wise by the whole Barbienhopper thing because it really was an awesome movie and another great entry in the franchise. Like if you enjoy action movies this movie was easily the best action of the year.
6 - Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 3
This was easily Marvel's best movie post Endgame so far. It was a very fitting end to the trilogy and this absurd group of characters that we have grown to love. I really hope James Gunn can carry this magic over to the DCEU and make it worthy rival to what Marvel was for the first 10 years.
5 - Killers Of The Flower Moon
I wish that this movie was not so crazy long but it was a very well done movie across the board. This should easily be an awards season frontrunner on every level.
4 - The Boys In The Boat
A very well done sports underdog movie that has you cheering throughout the movie and invested in pretty much every character.
3 - Leave The World Behind
This was a Netflix movie that was a real thinker with excellent social commentary. Lots of people were annoyed by the ending but I honestly thought that was the most brilliant part of it. Made me laugh out loud at myself.
2 - Cocaine Bear
This movie will likely go down as the best guilty pleasure movie ever. I remember seeing the trailer and being like there is no way this is a thing. I saw this movie twice in theaters and five times overall and laugh my ass off every time. Few things can be more entertaining then when a movie doesn't take itself to seriously and really embraces the ridiculousness.
1 - Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
There really was no contest of this movie as the best one for me this year. This movie built amazingly on the awesome original. The story is genius and keeps you hanging on every scene so much that you forget that you are watching an animated movie.
