Cinema Scope was an English-language film magazine published in Toronto, Canada.
History and profile The first issue of Cinema Scope was published in 1999. Up until 2022, the magazine compiled a list of the top ten films of each year.
Mark Peranson, the magazine's editor, was awarded the Clyde Gilmour Award by the Toronto Film Critics Association in 2009.Chris Knight, "Toronto critics really like those Basterds". National Post, December 16, 2009.
In 2023, Peranson suggested that the ninety-sixth issue of the magazine would likely be the penultimate issue in its current format.
Annual Top 10 Lists
2005#Film DirectorCountry1. L'Enfant Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium2. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Cristi Puiu Romania3. Caché Michael Haneke France4. Land of the Dead George A. Romero USA5. Regular Lovers Philippe Garrel France6. The Sun Alexander Sokurov Russia7. A History of Violence David Cronenberg USA8. Three Times Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan9. The New World Terrence Malick USA10. Homecoming Joe Dante USA
2006#Film DirectorCountry1. Syndromes and a Century Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand2. Black Book Paul Verhoeven Netherlands3. Colossal Youth Pedro Costa Portugal4. A Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater USA5. Borat Larry Charles USA6. Opera Jawa Garin Nugroho Indonesia7. Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón USA8. The Host Bong Joon-ho South Korea9. Inland Empire David Lynch USA10. Old Joy Kelly Reichardt USA
2007#Film DirectorCountry1. There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson USA2. Zodiac David Fincher USA3. Secret Sunshine Lee Chang-dong South Korea4. Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia José Luis Guerín Spain5. Paranoid Park Gus Van Sant USA6. Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind John Gianvito USA7. My Winnipeg Guy Maddin Canada8. Go Go Tales Abel Ferrara ItalyUSA9. La France Serge Bozon France10. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Cristian Mungiu Romania
2008#Film DirectorCountry1. Liverpool Lisandro Alonso Argentina2. Birdsong Albert Serra Spain3. Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt USA4. 24 City Jia Zhangke China5. RR James Benning USA6. Our Beloved Month of August Miguel Gomes Portugal7. Ballast Lance Hammer USA8. Itinéraire de Jean Bricard Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet France9. Still Walking Hirokazu Kore-eda Japan10. The Headless Woman Lucrecia Martel Argentina
2009#Film DirectorCountry1. Police, Adjective Corneliu Porumboiu Romania2. Everyone Else Maren Ade Germany3. To Die Like a Man João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal4. Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino USA5. Sweetgrass Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Ilisa Barbash USA6. Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson USA7. Trash Humpers Harmony Korine USA8. Alamar Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio Mexico9. Vincere Marco Bellocchio France10. Mother Bong Joon-ho South Korea
2010#Film DirectorCountry1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand2. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu Andrei Ujică Romania3. Mysteries of Lisbon Raúl Ruiz Portugal4. Film Socialisme Jean-Luc Godard France5. Winter Vacation Li Hongqi China6. The Strange Case of Angelica Manoel de Oliveira Portugal7. I Wish I Knew Jia Zhangke China8. Meek's Cutoff Kelly Reichardt USA9. Attenberg Athina Rachel Tsangari Greece10. The Ghost Writer Roman Polanski UK
2011#Film DirectorCountry1. This Is Not a Film Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Iran2. The Turin Horse Béla Tarr Hungary3. House of Tolerance Bertrand Bonello France4. Dreileben Christian Petzold, Dominik Graf, Christoph Hochhäusler Germany5. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey6. The Tree of Life Terrence Malick USA7. Kill List Ben Wheatley UK8. It's the Earth Not the Moon Gonçalo Tocha Portugal9. Sleeping Sickness Ulrich Köhler Germany10. The Kid with a Bike Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium
2012#Film DirectorCountry1. Leviathan Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel USA2. Tabu Miguel Gomes Portugal3. Holy Motors Leos Carax France4. The Master Paul Thomas Anderson USA5. Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino USA6. Viola Matías Piñeiro Argentina7. The Last Time I Saw Macao João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata Portugal8. autrement, la Molussie Nicolas Rey France9. Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil10. Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson USA
2013#Film DirectorCountry1. L'Inconnu du lac Alain Guiraudie France2. Norte, the End of History Lav Diaz Philippines3. A Touch of Sin Jia Zhangke China4. What Now? Remind Me Joaquim Pinto Portugal5. Germany6. Stray Dogs Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan7. Inside Llewyn Davis Coen brothers USA8. Story of My Death Albert Serra Spain9. The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese USA10. Computer Chess Andrew Bujalski USA
2014#Film DirectorCountry1. Horse Money Pedro Costa Portugal2. Adieu au Langage Jean-Luc Godard FranceSwitzerland3. P'tit Quinquin Bruno Dumont France4. Jauja Lisandro Alonso ArgentinaDenmark5. Phoenix Christian Petzold Germany6. Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson USA7. The Kindergarten Teacher Nadav Lapid Israel8. Maidan Sergei Loznitsa Ukraine9. Journey to the West Tsai Ming-liang TaiwanFrance10. From What Is Before Lav Diaz Philippines
2015#Film DirectorCountry1. Cemetery of Splendour Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand2. Arabian Nights Miguel Gomes Portugal3. The Assassin Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan4. The Forbidden Room Guy MaddinEvan Johnson Canada5. Right Now, Wrong Then Hong Sang-soo South Korea6. Visit or Memories and Confessions Manoel de Oliveira Portugal7. Lost and Beautiful Pietro Marcello Italy8. No Home Movie Chantal Akerman BelgiumFrance9. The Treasure Corneliu Porumboiu Romania10. Kaili Blues Bi Gan China
2016#Film DirectorCountry1. Toni Erdmann Maren Ade Germany2. Sieranevada Cristi Puiu Romania3. Nocturama Bertrand Bonello France4. Elle Paul Verhoeven France5. The Death of Louis XIV Albert Serra SpainFrance6. Certain Women Kelly Reichardt USA7. The Dreamed Path Angela Schanelec Germany8. The Human Surge Eduardo Williams Argentina9. Aquarius Kleber Mendonça Filho Brazil10. Silence Martin Scorsese USA
2017#Film DirectorCountry1. Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch USA2. Western Valeska Grisebach Germany3. Zama Lucrecia Martel Argentina4. On the Beach at Night Alone Hong Sang-soo South Korea5. Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson USA6. Good Time Safdie brothers USA7. Streetscapes [Dialogue] Heinz Emigholz Germany8. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc Bruno Dumont France9. First Reformed Paul Schrader USA10. Prototype William Blake Canada
2018#Film DirectorCountry1. An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo China2. Le Livre d'image Jean-Luc Godard SwitzerlandFrance3. La Flor Mariano Llinás Argentina4. Transit Christian Petzold Germany5. What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? Roberto Minervini ItalyUSA6. Long Day's Journey into Night Bi Gan China7. Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher Italy8. Burning Lee Chang-dong South Korea9. The Other Side of the Wind Orson Welles USA10. High Life Claire Denis France
2019#Film DirectorCountry1. I Was at Home, But Angela Schanelec Germany2. Vitalina Varela Pedro Costa Portugal3. Martin Eden Pietro Marcello Italy4. Uncut Gems Safdie brothers USA5. Liberté Albert Serra SpainFrance6. Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit Thomas Heise Germany7. Parasite Bong Joon-ho South Korea8. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino USA9. Synonyms Nadav Lapid IsraelFrance10. The Irishman Martin Scorsese USA
2020#Film DirectorCountry1. Days Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan2. The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) Anders EdströmC.W. Winter USAJapan3. The Year of the Discovery Luis López Carrasco Spain4. The Last City Heinz Emigholz Germany5. Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen UK6. The Woman Who Ran Hong Sang-soo South Korea7. Malmkrog Cristi Puiu Romania8. DAU. Natasha Ilya Khrzhanovsky Russia9. City Hall Frederick Wiseman USA10. Fauna Nicolás Pereda Mexico
2021#Film DirectorCountry1. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Alexandre Koberidze GeorgiaGermany2. Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul ColombiaThailand3. Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan4. France Bruno Dumont France5. In Front of Your Face Hong Sang-soo South Korea6. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan7. Annette Leos Carax France8. Benedetta Paul Verhoeven France9. The Tsugua Diaries Maureen FazendeiroMiguel Gomes PortugalFrance10. The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg UK
2022#Film DirectorCountry1. Pacifiction Albert Serra FranceSpain2. De Humani Corporis Fabrica Lucien Castaing-TaylorVéréna Paravel FranceSwitzerland3. Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg Canada4. Unrest Cyril Schäublin Switzerland5. The Novelist's Film Hong Sang-soo South Korea6. Saint Omer Alice Diop France7. Showing Up Kelly Reichardt USA8. EO Jerzy Skolimowski Poland9. Queens of the Qing Dynasty Ashley McKenzie Canada10. The Plains David Easteal Australia
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