#maboroshi

You can all likely guess what took the top spot, but did you know other good films also came out last year?

How did we choose our recs?

Participating staff members can nominate up to three titles and can also co-sign other nominated films. Rather than categorizing titles as “feminist-friendly” or “problematic,” they are simply listed in alphabetical order with relevant content warnings; doing otherwise ran the risk of folks seeing these staff recommendations as rubber stamps of unilateral “Feminist Approval,” which is something we try our hardest to avoid here.

The titles below are organized alphabetically. Because licensing and distribution processes often takes longer for films than television series, we’ve demarcated a film’s “year” by the date of its English-language release–in other words, the year that we would’ve had access to it. Likewise, because films are harder to access reliably than TV series, note that a title’s lack of inclusion here might not mean we hated it, but that no one on staff was able to view it prior to publishing. We’ll work on ironing out any issues going forward and possibly looking back at films of previous years, so now more than ever we welcome your feedback.

Here’s what the team thought—let us know your picks in the comments!

you ever love something so much that it physically hurts?

TERROR IN RESONANCE

IS

A

FUCKING MASTERPIECE

if you like bungou stray dogs, go watch terror in resonance if you haven't already. literally so amazing. I cannot recommend it enough.

fair warning tho, it is tragic.

AND OKAY TIME FOR ANIME NUMBER TWO THAT I WILL BE RECOMMENDING!!

the movie on Netflix.

MABOROSHI!!!!

literally life changing for me