Your Five Friday Lists for December 20–24

Let’s rank stuff!

In our never-ending search for a Friday rubric we can stick with, we’re going to rank five things, every Friday. We will attempt to stick to rankings of things that have some sort of connection to the news of that week, but we can’t guarantee anything. Want us to rank something? Put it in the responses, or email us at williamfleitch@yahoo.com.

Aaron Sorkin-penned movies

1. The Social Network (2010)
2. The American President (1995)
3. A Few Good Men (1992)
4. Moneyball (2011)
5. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
6. Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
7. Malice (1993)
8. Steve Jobs (2015)
9. Molly’s Game (2017)
10. Being the Ricardos (2021)

As a general rule, the stronger the director — and the more cutthroat the director is about culling Sorkin’s worst instincts and focussing on what he does uniquely well — the better the movie.

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