Time provides perspective. Since joining The Press in 2006, I've written about my favorite movies in each year. Today, I can't stand behind every pick.

Top 10 lists are hard, especially if you're trying to pretend your list matters as much as lists in other, bigger publications. Sadly, the Coeur d'Alene Press Top 10 Movies of the Year isn't the piece of writing that's going to propel me into the national conversation. It won't even creep higher than page D1 in this paper.

Living in North Idaho means I don't have access to the films that screen in larger cities this time of year. No matter how deep into January I stall my list, there are some movies I just can't see until home video.

Add to that, the movies we love in the moment may not be the movies we love a few years or even months later. Looking back on my lists from previous years, there are things I would definitely change. In anticipation of my list for 2014 (coming January sometime 2015), I present a tinkering of irrelevant history:

1. "The Wolf of Wall Street" 2. "Her" 3. "Frances Ha" 4. "Gravity" 5. "Before Midnight" 6. "12 Years a Slave" 7. "The World's End" 8. "Captain Phillips" 9. "Mud" 10. "Inside Llewyn Davis"

This is a tough list to change, mostly because I haven't re-watched most of the entries. "Captain Phillips" and "Mud" are the two that seem least essential to me now, and I wish I disregarded my need for prestige and just included the Seth Rogen-James Franco raunch-fest "This is the End" in the Top 10. Toss it in with indie drama "Short Term 12" at eight and nine.

1. "Moonrise Kingdom" 2. "Lincoln" 3. "The Cabin in the Woods" 4. "The Master" 5. "Beasts of the Southern Wild" 6. "Skyfall" 7. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" 8. "Argo" 9. "Zero Dark Thirty" 10. "Life of Pi"

I remember grumbling about story problems in "Django Unchained," and I still think it may be Quentin Tarantino's messiest film. Still, the movie is ridiculously entertaining - enough to be my second favorite of this year behind Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom." My love for Ben Affleck helped send "Argo" into the Top 10, but it would be the movie I kick from the list today. "Zero Dark Thirty" needs to be higher, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" a little lower, and...actually this exercise is beginning to feel a little pointless. Oh well, onward!

1. "Moneyball" 2. "Super 8" 3. "The Descendants" 4. "The Tree of Life" 5. "Melancholia" 6. "Hugo" 7. "Margin Call" 8. "Beginners" 9. "Drive" 10. "Warrior"

No qualms about "Moneyball" and "Super 8" - they are films I've watched a few times since compiling this list. I can't remember much about George Clooney in "The Descendants," but I remember being fond enough of co-star Shailene Woodley to sit through this year's "Fault in our Stars" just because of her. I also feel like Tom Cruise knocked it out of the park with "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol." I won't make the mistake of excluding Mr. Cruise this year...

1. "127 Hours" 2. "Toy Story 3" 3. "The Kids Are All Right" 4. "Inception" 5. "A Prophet" 6. "Please Give" 7. "Inside Job" 8. "Restrepo" 9. "The Fighter" 10. "True Grit"

Geez, what a mess. "Toy Story 3" is the obvious No. 1 of 2010, and "Inception" belongs a slight notch below it. I still like "127 Hours," but I think I was so surprised by James Franco's acting chops that I overcompensated with the ranking. Two movies that just missed the list, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" and "The Social Network," would take high positions now. Also, I must mention that I've seen Emma Stone's "Easy A" at least a half dozen times.

1. "Up" 2. "Inglourious Basterds" 3. "The Hurt Locker" 4. "Up in the Air" 5. "(500) Days of Summer" 6. "The Cove" 7. "Away We Go" 8. "Star Trek" 9. "Fantastic Mr. Fox" 10. "In the Loop"

Not a bad list, minus the far too cutesy "(500) Days of Summer." Sam Rockwell's clever space drama "Moon" deserves to take its place. Note: This was the year of "Avatar" and "The Blind Side," and I still don't like those movies very much.

1. "The Dark Knight" 2. "WALL-E" 3. "Slumdog Millionaire" 4. "Synecdoche, New York" 5. "Milk" 6. "In Bruges" 7. "Frost/Nixon" 8. "Be Kind, Rewind" 9. "Revolutionary Road" 10. "Recount"

Oscar winner "Slumdog Millionaire" is a movie many like to slam nowadays (especially former Press staffer Tom Hasslinger). Honestly, I haven't watched it since 2008, whereas I revisit the underappreciated "Synecdoche, New York" often. Including HBO's "Recount" seems like a cheat, so let's move the Anne Hathaway, fly-on-the-wall drama "Rachel Getting Married" to the fold. It's the movie I most wish I'd seen before the list was due.

1. "Ratatouille" 2. "No Country for Old Men" 3. "There Will Be Blood" 4. "Once" 5. "Juno" 6. "Hot Fuzz" 7. "Zodiac" 8. "Michael Clayton" 9. "Lars and the Real Girl" 10. "3:10 to Yuma"

No other list better emphasizes my love of Pixar, where I ranked the talking/cooking rat movie ahead of modern classics, "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood." Still, I really, really like "Ratatouille," and 2007 was such a monster year for great movies it is hardly worth quibbling about rankings. I think I published the list before I saw "Little Children," "The Lives of Others" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." It would be tough to make changes today, minus the now-obvious decision to remove "Juno." What were we all thinking?

1. "United 93" 2. "Children of Men" 3. "The Departed" 4. "Pan's Labyrinth" 5. "Little Miss Sunshine" 6. "Borat" 7. "Letters from Iwo Jima" 8. "Cars"/"Happy Feet" 9. "The Fountain" 10. "Stranger than Fiction"

My first list for The Press, though not my first experience in published Top 10s. Still, this one has the feel of a real novice. A tie at No. 8? And "Cars," really? That's the worst Pixar movie until "Cars 2." I'll stick my neck out for the messy sci-fi in "The Fountain," and once you ignore all the overused catchphrases in "Borat," it remains sorta-brilliant. Maybe I'd find room for "The Prestige" or "Volver," or maybe I can live with the fact that, yes, I like "Cars" and dancing penguins, and I like them exactly the same.

Tyler Wilson can be reached at twilson@cdapress.com.