The Pretzel Jar

1. The Whale

2. Top Gun: Maverick 

3. A Man Called Otto

4. Elvis

5. The Batman 

6. The Fabelmans 

7. The Northman 

8. Avatar: The Way of Water 

9. The Black Phone 

10. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 

11. She Said 

12. The Woman King 

13. All Quiet on the Western Front 

14. Barbarian

1. West Side Story

2. Don’t Look Up 

3. Last Night in Soho 

4. The Last Duel 

5. C’mon C’mon 

6. CODA

7. Nobody

8. Free Guy 

9. No Time to Die 

10. Candyman 

11. King Richard 

12. The Boy Behind the Door 

13. Nightmare Alley 

14. Dune

My Top 15 Films of 2020

1. Nomadland

2. Tenet

3. Let Him Go

4. Sound of Metal

5. The Trial of the Chicago 7

6. Soul

7. Judas and the Black Messiah

8. The Father

9. Pieces of a Woman

10. News of the World

11. Minari

12. Possessor

13. Da 5 Bloods

14. Bad Boys for Life

1. The Revenant (2015)

2. Boyhood (2014)

3. Mud (2013)

4. Django Unchained (2012)

5. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

6. Whiplash (2014)

7. 1917 (2019)

8. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

9. Inception (2010)

10. The Social Network (2010)

11. Straight Outta Compton (2015)

12. The Hateful Eight (2015)

13. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 

14. Green Book (2018)

15. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

16. The Irishman (2019) 

17. Parasite (2019)

18. Argo (2012)

19. Steve Jobs (2015)

20. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

21. The Impossible (2012)

22. Gone Girl (2014)

23. Jojo Rabbit (2019)

24. Sully (2016)

25. American Hustle (2013)

26. Moonlight (2016)

27. Interstellar (2014)

28. Honey Boy (2019)

29. Jackie (2016)

30. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

31. Manchester by the Sea (2016)

32. Sicario (2015)

33. King Jack (2016)

34. Wind River (2017)

35. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

36. A Star is Born (2018)

37. The Town (2010)

38. It Follows (2015)

39. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

40. 12 Years a Slave (2013)

41. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

42. Gravity (2013)

43. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

44. Mid90s (2018)

45. Lincoln (2012)

46. Skyfall (2012)

47. The Conjuring (2013)

48. Fury (2014)

49. It (2017)

1. 1917

2. The Irishman

3. Parasite

4. Jojo Rabbit

5. Honey Boy

6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

7. Little Women

8. Doctor Sleep

9. Ford v Ferrari

10. The Peanut Butter Falcon

11. Richard Jewell

12. Joker

13. The Farewell

14. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

1. Green Book

2. A Star Is Born

3. Bohemian Rhapsody

4. Mid90s

5. Deadpool 2 

6. Overlord

7. American Animals 

8. Ben Is Back 

9. The Mule 

10. Ready Player One 

11. Beautiful Boy 

12. If Beale Street Could Talk 

13. BlacKkKlansman

14. Boy Erased 

1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2. Wind River

3. IT

4. The Disaster Artist

5. I, Tonya

6. The Big Sick

7. The Killing of a Sacred Deer

8. John Wick: Chapter 2

9. The Post

10. Lady Bird

11. All the Money in the World

12. Get Out

13. Baby Driver

14. Hostiles

1. Stranger Things (Netflix)

2. Better Call Saul (AMC)

3. Mr. Robot (USA)

4. Animal Kingdom (TNT)

5. Godless (Netflix)

6. Shameless (Showtime)

7. Taboo (FX)

8. The Walking Dead (AMC)

9. Game of Thrones (HBO)

10. The Leftovers (HBO)

Honorable Mentions:

The Punisher (Netflix)

Vice Principals (HBO)

Fargo (FX)

On this day last year Leonardo DiCaprio captured his first Oscar. Here are my top 10 favorite films from the actor: 

1. Titanic (1997)

2. The Revenant (2015)

3. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

4. Blood Diamond (2006)

5. The Departed (2006) 

6. Django Unchained (2012)

7. Inception (2010)

8. Gangs of New York (2002)

9. The Aviator (2004)

10. This Boy’s Life (1993) 

Honorable Mentions:

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

1. Hacksaw Ridge

2. Sully

3. Moonlight

4. Jackie

5. Manchester by the Sea

6. La La Land 

7. King Jack 

8. Deadpool

9. Évolution

10. Captain Fantastic 

11. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 

12. Patriots Day 

13. Green Room

14. Hell or High Water 

1. Stranger Things (Netflix)

2. Better Call Saul (AMC)

3. The Walking Dead (AMC)

4. Game of Thrones (HBO)

5. Mr. Robot (USA)

6. Animal Kingdom (TNT)

7. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)

8. Shameless (Showtime) 

9. House of Cards (Netflix) 

10. The Americans (FX) 

Honorable Mentions:

Westworld (HBO)

Channel Zero (Syfy)

My Top 15 Films of 2015

1. The Revenant 

2. Straight Outta Compton

3. The Hateful Eight 

4. Steve Jobs 

5. Mad Max: Fury Road 

6. Sicario 

7. It Follows 

8. Black Mass

9. Spotlight

10. Goodnight Mommy 

11. Trumbo

12. Creed

13. The Big Short 

14. In the Heart of the Sea 

My Top 10 Favorite TV Series of 2015

1. The Walking Dead (AMC)

2. Game of Thrones (HBO)

3. Better Call Saul (AMC)

4. Fargo (FX)

5. Mr. Robot (USA)

6. The Leftovers (HBO)

7. Shameless (Showtime)

8. The Americans (FX)

9. Fear the Walking Dead (AMC)

10. House of Cards (Netflix) 

Honorable Mentions:

Bates Motel (A&E)

The 100 (The CW)

Into the Badlands (AMC)

1. Conquer S5 EP16 

2. No Sanctuary S5 EP1

3. Too Far Gone S4 EP8 

4. Clear S3 EP12

5. Days Gone Bye S1 EP1

6. After S4 EP9

7. Pretty Much Dead Already S2 EP7

8. A S4 EP16

9. Coda S5 EP8

1. Why You Hate The Game Ft. Nas & Marsha Ambrosius (Doctor’s Advocate) 

2. Hate It or Love It Ft. 50 Cent (The Documentary) 

3. Lets Ride (Doctor’s Advocate) 

4. All That (Lady) Ft. Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Fabulous & Jeremih (Jesus Piece)

5. Church Ft. King Chip & Trey Songz (Jesus Piece) 

6.Like Father, Like Son Ft. Busta Rhymes (The Documentary) 

7. Angel Ft. Common (LAX)

8. House of Pain (LAX)  

9. Ricky (The Red Album)

1. Boyhood

2. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 

3. Whiplash

4. Gone Girl 

5. Interstellar 

6. The Grand Budapest Hotel 

7. Fury 

8. American Sniper

9. Wish I Was Here 

10. St. Vincent

11. Foxcatcher

12. The Imitation Game 

13. Guardians of the Galaxy 

14. The Skeleton Twins  

1. True Detective

2. Sons of Anarchy

3. Fargo

4. Boardwalk Empire 

5. Shameless

6. Game of Thrones

7. The Walking Dead 

8. Bates Motel

9. House of Cards