And add Ford v Ferrari to the top of the list.
James Mangold's telling of how Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon) and Ken Miles (played by Christian Bale) rose to the task of building a race car that could compete -- and potentially win -- against the Ferrari racing team at the 1966 Le Mans is that good.
Mangold's story is ambitious without being pretentious. The personalities in this story are big, but the most of the actors tell the story in a minimalistic style. There's some race car action, but the real drama of Ford v Ferrari is about watching men compelled to carry out a mission.
It's who they are, and they can't escape it. Even f the consequences are dire.
Ford v Ferrari will have a long list of Academy Award nomination. Certainly, Bale and Damon will be in the hunt. But director James Mangold deserves to be on the best of list. His storytelling here is masterful.
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