Not in memory, possibly not ever, has the nation seen such overt, unapologetic and public displays of kowtowing to, and deal-making with, a U.S. president or president-elect by the nation’s rich and well-connected.

“Their litigation team has all these slogans on its website of being fighters and ‘unapologetically aggressive,’” she said.

The Netflix romance drama capped its sixth season, now streaming, with the long-anticipated wedding of Mel Monroe and Jack Sheridan, the show’s central couple whose relationship unapologetically leans into its escapist fantasy rubric.

Perhaps that’s why she is unapologetically frank when speaking on behalf of government scientists, especially about the millions of American voters who share Trumpov’s hostility to science.

Here, then, are nine of the year's best films, boasting some of the most unapologetic, delightfully power-hungry performances in recent memory.