The Cineverm Canon

This is our list of the best of cinema. It will be frequently updated as we watch and rate more movies. Right now, it is divided into 3 sections: the movies both Anthony and David agree are canon, and then each host’s personal canon. If we have a review or episode about the film, it is linked. In the future, better sorting and filtering features will be added, as well as clusters of movies (or “tracks”) that you can follow to see the best-of-the-best in each genre. – Last Updated: 6/12/22

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) · Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) · Drive (2011) · Inception (2010) · The Social Network (2010) · District 9 (2009) · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · Spirited Away (2001) · Fight Club (1999) · Pulp Fiction · (1994) Schindler’s List (1993) · Mishima (1985) · Eraserhead (1977) · Taxi Driver (1976)

Anthony's Favorites

  • Parasite (2019)
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
  • Roma (2018)
  • The House That Jack Built (2018)
  • First Reformed (2017)
  • Night is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)
  • La La Land (2016)
  • My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
  • Nightcrawler (2014)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
  • Interstellar (2014)
  • Her (2013)
  • The World’s End (2013)
  • Drive (2011)
  • Inception (2010)
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
  • The Social Network (2010)
  • District 9 (2009)
  • (500) Days of Summer (2009)
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  • Children of Men (2006)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  • Spirited Away (2001)
  • Fight Club (1999)
  • The Thin Red Line (1998)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Schindler’s List (1993)
  • Mishima (1985)
  • Eraserhead (1977)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)

David's Favorites

  • Hereditary (2018)
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
  • Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
  • Call Me by Your Name (2017)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
  • Whiplash (2014)
  • Drive (2011)
  • Inception (2010)
  • District 9 (2009)
  • Iron Man (2008)
  • There Will Be Blood (2007)
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
  • Casino Royale (2006)
  • Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Oldboy (2003)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  • Mulholland Dr. (2001)
  • Amelie (2001)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  • Shrek (2001)
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
  • Yi Yi: A One and a Two… (2000)
  • Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
  • Fight Club (1999)
  • The Blair Witch Project (1999)
  • Audition (1999)
  • The Sixth Sense (1999)
  • The Matrix (1999)
  • The Big Lebowski (1998)
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  • Funny Games (1997)
  • Starship Troopers (1997)
  • Fargo (1996)
  • Mission: Impossible (1996)
  • Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
  • Toy Story (1995)
  • Se7en (Seven) (1995)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Schindler’s List (1993)
  • Jurassic Park (1993)
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • Slacker (1990)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  • Aliens (1986)
  • The Breakfast Club (1985)
  • Come and See (1985)
  • Back to the Future (1985)
  • Brazil (1985)
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Videodrome (1983)
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • The Thing (1982)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Possession (1981)
  • The Shining (1980)
  • Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • Airplane! (1980)
  • Alien (1979)
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • Halloween (1978)
  • Dawn of the Dead (1978)
  • House (1977)
  • Star Wars (1977)
  • Eraserhead (1977)
  • Network (1976)
  • All the President’s Men (1976)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)
  • Carrie (1976)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Jaws (1975)
  • Chinatown (1974)
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
  • The Exorcist (1973)
  • The Holy Mountain (1973)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  • Five Easy Pieces (1970)
  • The Conformist (1970)
  • Easy Rider (1969)
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  • Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  • The Graduate (1967)
  • Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  • Persona (1966)
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
  • Goldfinger (1964)
  • I Am Cuba (1964)
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
  • 8 1/2 (1963)
  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • Psycho (1960)
  • The World of Apu (1960)
  • Vertigo (1958)
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
  • Aparajito (1956)
  • Pather Panchali (1955)
  • The Wages of Fear (1953)
  • Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  • The Big Sleep (1946)
  • It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • Double Indemnity (1944)
  • Casablanca (1942)
  • The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • Gone with the Wind (1939)
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
  • La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928)
  • Metropolis (1927)
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)