Updated:  New list inclusions added to end of this post.

Remember a few weeks ago we posted that Maps to the Stars was included in a couple of “Best of” lists.  I thought I’d do a roundup since both The Rover and Maps have been appearing in a few people’s lists.  I know some fans haven’t had the chance to see these films on the big screen because of their limited releases, but isn’t it more important that Rob’s film choices are garnering the attention of some of the people who had written him off as that “sparkly guy from Twilight” to know acknowledging that he’s actually *gasp* impressing them with his choices and acting:

Thompson on Hollywood:

Ann Thompson included Rob in her Actors who had a strong 2014 “Robert Pattinson (“The Rover” and “Maps to the Stars”)

Ryan Lattanzio included Maps in this Top Ten films:

10. “Maps to the Stars” (dir. David Cronenberg)
I love every stupid moment of this sick, twisted, nasty little movie (which had a tiny qualifying run in LA this month) that has been misinterpreted as satire—it’s not. It’s a dead-serious, pitch-black ghost story and, sure, it’s tonally a mess, but I loved writhing in the filth of writer Bruce Wagner’s Hollywood rock-bottom, a demimonde of deluded pill-swilling actresses, schizophrenic burn victims, incest families and drug-addicted child stars. In other words, home sweet home for director David Cronenberg.”

The Playlist:

“Maps to the Stars Tops John Waters’ 10 Best Films of 2014

Leading the way on the filmmakers’ 10 Best Films Of 2014 is David Cronenberg‘s Hollywood satire, “Maps To The Stars.” And his description of it, no matter where you stand on the movie, is perfect: “Hilariously funny and, dare I say it, yes, pernicious. I love this film more than I love my own mustache.” Awesome.”

20 Best Films of 2014

“20. “The Rover”
If one takes “The Rover” on its own methodical, minimalist terms — an existentialist fable that burrows deep into the moralism of its corrupted, barren landscape — it’s hard to deny that writer/director David Michod’s sophomore effort wholly accomplishes what it sets out to do. Stripping away all narrative complexity to the point of abstraction, the character study really breathes, but in such a completely different way to Michod’s triumphant last feature “Animal Kingdom,” that after just two features and a few shorts, Michod has us convinced he’s the real deal. Featuring a stunningly grizzled, grimy lead performance by Guy Pearce, easily one of our favorite working actors, and an impressive turn from Robert Pattinson who is growing as a performer with every film, it’s a movie that pulsates beneath the surface and in the long silences between dialogue and outbursts of violence. And it’s starkly beautiful to look at and to listen to, eschewing revelations and plot twists to deliver its deceptively simple story through mood, tone and atmosphere.”

Best of 2014:  The 15 Best Movie Soundtracks

“6. “The Rover”
You gotta hand it to Aussie David Michôd. After “Animal Kingdom” the world was his oyster and he spent months in Hollywood looking at scripts and potential projects. But for a second act Michôd decided to take a bold left turn with “The Rover,” a dissonant, minimalist two-hander that feels literally scorched by the sun. For his post-economic-collapse picture, Michôd decided to only employ post-apocalyptic modes through mood, atmosphere, and music. While there’s some score by Antony Partos utilized, the bulk of the movie’s simmering, sinister musical tendencies are discordant and cacophonous source music by experimental and ambient composers the director chose (all of it listed here). There’s seminal avant-garde musician William Basinski (who might be experiencing a minor renaissance since he was used in “The Comedy” in 2013), Chicago post-rockers Tortoise, and Montreal-based saxophonist and multireedist Colin Stetson—a touring member of Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre, and Bon Iver (he also wrote the underrated score for “Blue Caprice” along with Sarah Neufeld from Arcade Fire). “The Rover” is not the most inviting or forgiving movie, but that’s the point (and of course a chipper Keri Hilson song briefly breaks the mood in a moment that’s both comical and yet heartbreaking). It’s a bleak, nihilistic look at the strange and unlikely partnership between a deceptively complex simpleton (Robert Pattinson) and callous, nearly inhuman man (Guy Pearce) who will stop at nothing to retrieve all that he has lost. And Michôd’s soundtrack is equally cruel, heartless, and unrelenting—in the best way.”

Indiewire 2014 End of Year Critics Poll

Indiewire had it’s End of Year Critics Poll for Best Male Supporting Actor and out of 50 Rob is listed as no. 14.  Fabulous.  And I’ve posted the box below so you can see how the critics voted for him.

BFI / Sight & Sound:

2 people voted for Maps to the Stars as one of the top 5 films they had seen this year.  If you click on the link above it will let you see what company Maps is in on their lists.

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Four of the 11 panelists in 4:3’s Best of Lists included Maps to the Stars in their Top 10 films of 2014

Salty Popcorn:

JK has The Rover at no. 16:

“16) THE ROVER

Only saw this last week and just WOW – best Australian movie for the year. RPatz deserves an Oscar nomination for supporting actor, but alas, the academy will not even consider it.”

Andrew Brusentsev has it as no. 20.  You can read his review from the red carpet Sydney premiere by clicking on the hyperlink.”

Taste of Cinema (thanks to JK for the heads up on this one)

No. 17 out of top 23

“Few films this year have been as dark and despairing as The Rover. Taking place ten years after the collapse of all society, The Rover is a tale of survival and the violent trepidation of enduring life in a desolate and violently lawless world. Anguish, death, and the loss of human morals are forces to be reckoned with at every corner, presenting an indistinguishable line between desperation and immorality.