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This list was originally published on November 1, 2017.
It has been updated to include subsequent Richard Linklater films,includingHit Man.
; the temporal experimentation of theBeforetrilogy andBoyhood; and a more general interest in conversation and human consciousness.
Even Linklaters misfires are compelling.
He can deliver a straight-up crowd-pleaser, too, like his new Netflix tall tale,Hit Man.
In truth, the film is the worst kind of remake: unnecessary.
hes never seemed this disengaged.
22.Tape(2001)
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(See also: Steven SoderberghsFull Frontal.)
As the drama plays out, theRashomoneffect takes over.
21.SubUrbia(1996)
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Though Linklater would make a spiritual sequel toDazed and Confusedover 20 years later withEverybody Wants Some!
!,SubUrbiatastes like the stale backwash swallowed by the kids who never left town after graduation.
20.Whered You Go, Bernadette(2019)
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Only when its hero visits Antarctica and starts to rediscover her inspiration does the film take off.
By then, its virtually over.
19.Fast Food Nation(2006)
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18.Me and Orson Welles(2008)
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Its the me part of the film thats less inspiring.
17.The Newton Boys(1998)
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(They wouldnt do it at all if the government didnt insure the accounts.)
16.Last Flag Flying(2017)
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15.Inning by Inning: Portrait of a Coach(2008)
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14.Its Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
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13.A Scanner Darkly(2006)
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12.Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood(2022)
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Memory and fantasy intermingle beautifully in Linklaters sweet and sneakily profound reverie about growing up in NASA country.
11.Hit Man(2023)
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10.Before Midnight(2013)
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They have shit to work out.
9.Waking Life(2001)
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8.Bernie(2011)
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7.Everybody Wants Some!!
(2016)
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Set over a weekend in 1980,Everybody Wants Some!
6.School of Rock(2003)
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5.Before Sunrise(1995)
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4.Slacker(1990)
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3.Boyhood(2014)
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Kids grow up fast, the expression goes Boyhoodliteralizes that to heartrending effect.
2.Before Sunset(2004)
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Before Sunriseended on such an exquisite will-they-or-wont-they question that answering it seemed like a terrible mistake.
1.Dazed and Confused(1993)
1.
