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Watched on Friday June 13, 2025.

Kind of similar to like Patterson or something in that it's about a character who's completely content in their life and very optimistic about the world and the people in it, but just told with a more upbeat and lighthearted veneer than those movies. Not to say the movie is all sunshine and rainbows. There's some more intense moments, especially at the end, but Poppy's perspective on the world never changes and she continues to remain steadfast in her positivity. It seems like it might be annoying, and I'm sure to some it is, but honestly I find it pretty refreshing. The movie also says a lot about how her positive outlook effects the people around her in both good and bad ways. I find it particularly interesting in how certain characters are actively threatened by her demeanor and feel like she is somehow attacking them. Positivity can both rub off on people in a good way, but it can also cause you to look inward at yourself and reflect on why you are so miserable, which is understably off-putting for some people. The movie also deconstructs the ways that men often view women as something that exists for them instead of an individual with their own life. To one particular character Poppy's optimism is viewed her leading him on, when in reality she's just chill like that. It leads to a pretty heavy moment in an otherwise mostly lighthearted film, but a very important one that really showcases both how society expects women to behave and the fucked up lense certain men view women through. Really loved this overall. Secrets and Lies is probably still my favorite Mike Leigh but this is a close second. Sally Hawkins is great in this too but that goes without saying I think.

Watched on Thursday June 12, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday June 10, 2025.

Watched on Monday June 9, 2025.

Watched on Sunday June 8, 2025.

This review may contain spoilers.

There's a lot in here I still need to digest. Not as immediately impactful for me as Asteroid City was, but there's still a lot of really interesting stuff in here thematically about coming to with your life and your legacy. Loved the family story at the center of the movie. Felt sort of reminiscent of Royal Tenenbaums in that way. Wasn't as captivated by the overarching adventure narrative as I have been in some of his previous movies that have a similar set up, but still found there was plenty to enjoy throughout. The performances were great as always. Michael Cera definitely lived up to my expectations. He kind of had a double personality thing going on that was really fun. A huge standout I wasn't expecting was actually Mia Threapleton. I'd never seen her in anything before so I didn't know what to expect, but she had a really fun deadpan thing going on that matched the Andersonian vibes and aesthetic really well. The aesthetics here are just as exaggerated and stylized as we've come to expect from Anderson. If that's a problem for you then you probably won't mess with this one, but personally it works really well for me here. Not anything crazy or new for Anderson, but still an all around fun time that leaves you with plenty to think about.

Watched on Saturday June 7, 2025.

Watched on Friday June 6, 2025.

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Watched on Tuesday June 3, 2025.

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Watched on Monday June 2, 2025.

If I was a baby I would much rather have the two goofy bisexual polyamorous dads instead of the boring hetro dad who wears the most terrifying piercing blue s I've ever seen.

Watched on Sunday June 1, 2025.

This movie is so much fun. It doesn't waste a single second, it just immediately throws you into this impeccably crafted world. Each and every element really adds to the campy and over-the-top nature in such a wonderful way. I was worried this movie was going to feel too try hard with just how purposefully silly and goofy it is, but the inherently ridiculous nature of it never gets in the way of the story it's telling. The relationship between the two romantic leads is super compelling and they really do have fantastic chemistry. It does very much go through the motions and fall into the tropes of this "forbidden love" type of premise, but the movie handles it in such an obviously satirical way that you really are able to look past how by the books it can be at times. This main group of girls has fantastic chemistry with each other and each one feels like their own really well rounded and interesting character. In a lesser film some of these characters would probably feel more like cardboard cutouts than actual well developed people, but here that simply isn't so. It also allows a lot of the story beats hit a lot harder than they would otherwise. When the friend group goes through their whole "dramatic breakup" thing, it of course feels less grating than usual because of the unserious tone, but you also do still care a lot about these characters which allows story beats like this to be somewhat impactful. This movie also has a lot about it that does really hit home for me and feel very relatable, despite this inherent silliness of it. It really is at it's core a story about trying to find who you really are and what it is you want when it seems like the whole world already has its mind made up about what you are supposed to be. Again, it isn't the most unique idea ever, but it is explored in a really fun way here that still manages to be really hard hitting by the end. Was not expecting to love this as much as I did, but it really is a great time.

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 30, 2025.

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Watched on Thursday May 29, 2025.

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Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.

This is so peak I don't care what anyone says. That scene where they are practicing falconry at night in the woods while quoting MacBeth at each other while being lit in silhouette is pure cinema. It's such a a powerful and intense exploration of teen angst and turmoil bubbling to the surface in the most explosive way possible. It truly explores how much of a hell adolescence can be when you feel like you don't belong. It's not the most creative concept by any means but the ideas it gets into and the lengths it goes at exploring it's ideas really sell it for me. Unrequited longing and childhood abandonment/neglect are some of the main themes that are explored in such intriguing and interesting ways. I love the way the movie uses Shakespeare as reflection of Paulie's mental state and how she uses falconry as an escape from her everyday life. The best use of falconry in a movie I've seen since Kes tbh. Piper Perabo goes crazy in this role too. She commits so damn hard. The rest of the cast is great as well. A big part of why this hits so hard is because of how good her relationship with Jessica Pare's character is. They really have such great chemistry together, which definitely the rest of the movie that much more impactful. I was expecting this to not be very good and I can see why this movie would strike someone as just a run of the mill cheesy early 2000s teen drama, but there's something about this that really hits so much harder for me than I was anticipating. This is just my kind of movie idk what else to say.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 25, 2025.

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Watched on Friday May 23, 2025.

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Watched on Tuesday May 20, 2025.

They've done it again. Definitely a one-up one Talk to Me in of gore and overall disturbing moments. That movie had it's fare share of messed up sequences, but this movie really does not hold back, even when it probably should. I'm usually not at all squeamish and even I had to avert my gaze a couple times during this. The effects looked absolutely incredible (of what I saw of them). As with Talk to Me, this film does a great job at really developing it's characters and their dynamics and relationships with each other. The film crafts really interesting backstories for all of it's characters and really wants you to feel for and understand every person in the film, even the "villain" of the movie. For a character who is so evil, manipulating, and sinister throughout the whole film, you still do get a lot of insight into why she is the way she is and by the end there is a real moment of humanity with her character where she finally comes to with the horrific things she has done. In another film it might feel forced, but I really do think her character is done complete justice by the film. What she does by the end doesn't feel completely out of character given what we already know about her personality and relationship with certain people. I'm being vague here, because I really don't want to spoil anything about this. I went in completely blind and had an amazing time. I wouldn't call it a "fun" time, unlike Talk to Me this film is incredibly dower and depressing from start to finish, but it still is an incredibly well crafted movie. Everything about this is just so good. From the effects, to the writing, to the cinematography, and especially the acting. Sally Hawkins gives such an unbelievable performance. I've never seen her in a horror movie before, but oh my god does she commit. Even the child actors are great, both the ones who are playing more "traditional" roles and the one who exists basically just to be the movie's punching bag for fucked up shit to happen to. That kid commits so much to that performance and you really have to respect it. I wouldn't recommend this to people who aren't fans of horror, because it is pretty extreme. However, I do think even people who aren't that into horror movies will find that there is some really substance to this movie and a lot of moments that manage to be strangely moving. That final shot especially was really emotionally charged despite how messed up it is. Really fantastic film and definitely my favorite movie of the year so far. After a year that has been mostly underwhelming for me I'm happy something finally came out that I'm absolutely head over heels about.

Watched on Monday May 19, 2025.

This is what Trey Edward Shults can do at his best. His style is still on full force here, but it's in service of this fantastic and moving story about this family in turmoil. Does a really great job at developing all it's characters and getting you to really feel for and care for all of them even things go sour. These actors are so fantastic too and all have excellent chemistry with each other. That chemistry felt from the very opening scene with these two siblings who become our main characters throughout the film. The film's structure is divided into two distinct parts one focusing on each sibling, and while movies split in two like this don't always work for me, here it does because it all feels in service of the greater goal of telling the story of this family. The movie manages to balance all of its tones incredibly well, which is a real feat given just how much variation there is tonally throughout the film. The cinematography here is really beautiful and there are so many really interesting and impressive sequences throughout. However, it never feels like the movie is more focused on showing off technically than on telling this story. Each time the camera does a 360 or the aspect ratio changes it really feels like it serves a purpose. The movie's use of music feels really purposeful and powerful as well. There are so many really hard hitting and powerful tracks used here from Kendrick Lamar to Dinah Washington to Radiohead, but each one is really used in such an intense and meaningful way.

This review may contain spoilers.

This just made me wish I was watching a movie directed by Trey Edward Shluts that wasn't a completely empty vanity project for The Weeknd. I actually really was enjoying this for like the first twenty minutes. The cinematography and direction is really amazing and inspired and the editing has a really fantastic energy and pacing to it. Then the movie keeps going on and nothing really happens. It's like an hour in and you are still waiting for the story to start, then it kind of does but not really. It seems more like The Weeknd just wanted to star in a movie but only had vague ideas about what that movie would be about. That definitely translates into the final product. No matter how fantastic the style is, the truth of the matter is that there is virtually no substance at all. The little substance there is is so slopply executed and blatantly stroking The Weeknd's ego that it's impossible to take it seriously. There's this scene that is meant to be a really tense and climatic moment in the film, but it basically just boils down to Jenna Ortega giving a 20 minute long monologue about how awesome The Weeknd's music is. The wrap up of the film is so lazy too. The Weeknd sings so good that he manages to save himself, or something. That sounds like I'm joking but that's literally how the movie ends. It's taking itself so seriously but it's honestly so ridiculous. Despite how much everyone tries to commit to their characters, it just does not land. It's not their fault so much as it is the fault of the movie for giving them so little to work with. Even character in this movie feels so empty and one dimensional from a writing standpoint, even The Weeknd himself somehow. There is a lot of talent behind this movie, but it all comes together to make something that feels so lifeless. I don't even know what The Weeknd was trying to do here. It's really such a nothing burger of a movie. I really only watched this because of who directed it. Probably his best directed movie to date even if practically everything else about it was a hot mess.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

Definitely my favorite of the series. A lot of these movies just whittle down to a series of very violent and elaborate deaths connected by a super loose narrative thread, and while that can be fun to watch sometimes it often isn't all that interesting. Even when the kills are really cool and elaborate and the acting and writing isn't horrendous, it very often just ends up retreading the same tired narrative beats over and over again. This film however actually innovates on the formula while still staying true to the previous films and working within the boundaries they set it up. It also answers a lot of questions purposed by previous entries that were left ambiguous up until now. The kills themselves, while not the most interesting of the series, still live up to series standards. The film isn't as packed with them as other instalments, instead choosing spend more time on building up these characters and fleshing out the internal logic of the universe, but when they do happen they really do deliver. Speaking of the characters, they are actually likeable! That is something that you can't say about most of the final destination films. Most of the movies have at least one character who is a pervert, an asshole, a racist, or all three. Here every single character you actually root for and understand their motivations and actions throughout the film. It makes the death scenes all that more impactful, because you genuinely do not want any of these characters to eat shit and die. They also have far more agency than most of the casts in previous films and frequently try different things to defeat death that actually make sense within universe. The ending of Final Destination 2 is actually referenced here quite often and the characters on multiple occasions try to use the same tactics to defeat death. Bludworth serves as the device within the world of the film to drop the information about how to defeat death, which both works as a great way to bring Bludworth back and finally answer a lot of questions about his character and give our main cast more direction in what they actually need to do. It definitely serves as a better use for his character than what they did in Final Destination 5, where he just kind of showed up to be spooky for no reason. Given the ending of the film, it also serves as an in-universe answer for why he can never appear again. I don't know if that was intentional or just a happy coincidence, but it is cool nonetheless. The movie also pulls a Final Destination 2 in how it gets all the characters together early on and has them all convinced of what is happening pretty immediately. It makes for a far more interesting movie in my opinion than what most of these movies do by having most of the characters never find out or remain unconvinced about what is happening until they die. Overall, this is a fantastic entry in this long running series that both acknowledges all that came before and actively innovates on the series formula. So many of these "legacy sequels" end up either completely forgetting about the majority of continuity or just do a beat for beat copy of the original film while adding virtually nothing new or interesting to the table. I'm glad that this movie doesn't fall into a lot of those typical pitfalls and in facts manages to be a standout in the series it is apart of.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 16, 2025.

Watched on Thursday May 15, 2025.

Watched on Thursday May 15, 2025.

Watched on Thursday May 15, 2025.

This movie is an absolute behemoth, but by the end you really do not feel the length at all. It has a very good pace and energy to it that it maintains steadily across it's nearly 5 hour long runtime. It's very much the most epic road movie ever made as it spans over multiple countries and continents and by the end even goes into outer space. It's truly exhilarating to watch, especially in the first act where there are so many different storylines going on and you are still trying to figure everything out. It starts off very chaotic and insane with just how much it throwing at you. The world this movie builds is really what makes it so interesting. It's this really strange and bizarre vision of a technologically advanced version of the 1990s. A lot of the technology is similar to things we have today, but it's all presented in such a unique and interesting way. It's a very captivating and rich environment this film crafts and captures. Wim Wenders really completely showcases every environment that these characters travel to in such beautiful and breathtaking ways. Later on the movie slows down a bit and becomes less chaotic and more focused on one specific plot line. At first I found the change very jarring and didn't care for it as much as the first part of the film, but the longer it went on the more interesting it became. Ultimately I really love how they explored the concepts presented here and found a lot of the imagery and ideas in this portion really beautiful and haunting. It's really impressive in how this movie goes from this fun mad cap journey around the world to this really powerful and moving experience. It's a sprawling and strange film, but one that really leaves you with a lot to think about and meditate on by the end, while still being an incredibly fun and wild ride.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

I am trying to watch more movies directed by women so here is a list of every one I have seen. Mostly for personal reference. Sorted by date watched. Latest first earliest last.

• Female Perversions

  June 10th 2025

• You Can Live Forever

  June 6th 2025

• Desert Hearts

  June 3rd 2025

• D.E.B.S.

  June 1st 2025

• Lost and Delirious

  May 26th 2025

• Personal Velocity

  May 25th 2025

• Mustang

  May 23rd 2025

• One Million Yen Girl

  May 12th 2025

• The World to Come

  April 27th 2025

• Somewhere

  April 25th 2025

...plus 181 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranking movies that get a US "wide" release in 2025. Will add more as I see them.

1. Bring Her Back
2. The Phoenician Scheme
3. I'm Still Here
4. No Other Land
5. Sinners
6. Mickey 17
7. Companion
8. The Monkey
9. Black Bag
10. Final Destination Bloodlines

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My Favorite Horror Films

1. Ginger Snaps
2. I Saw the TV Glow
3. Alien
4. Death Becomes Her
5. Gremlins
6. Psycho
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. Suspiria
9. It Comes at Night
10. Candyman

...plus 38 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Self explanatory. Updated June 8th

• Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

  New Matt Johnson movie and he's returning to his guerrilla filmmaking roots and it's new Nirvanna the band the show content that ties into the elusive third season and it's a time travel movie. This very well might be my favorite movie of the year just warning y'all now.

• Mother Mary

  I really don't know exactly why I'm so excited for this. I think it's because the plot sounds really cool to me and it's made by people whose stuff I really like, but other than that I couldn't say. I just have a feeling this is going to be peak. I just feel it in my bones.

• I Want Your Sex

  this might be 2026 honestly im just too excited for a new gregg araki to leave it off. also charli is in it.

• Sound of Falling

  Premise sounds awesome, stills look beautiful, title goes hard, idk what else to say

• Bugonia

  yorgos + emma is a goated duo and the sci-fi plot sounds super cool

• Alpha

  Julia is about to do it again I can already tell idc what the reviews say it's fake news (I'm totally not coping rn)

• Sentimental Value

  Worst Person in the World reunion plus Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning and it's about a father daughter dynamic thing. Sounds kinda peak

• Left-Handed Girl

  bro how did i just find out the co-director of Take Out has a new movie coming out after 20 years and it's co-writen, produced, and edited by Sean Baker himself. the hype is so real

• If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

  don't know much about this but Mary Bronstein's first movie is really good and really hard to find so im hoping this will get her some more recognition and make Yeast more accessible. Also, it's been 17 years since her last movie and I always love a good comeback movie.

  EDIT: Now that reviews have come out I heard someone call it "uncut gems for moms". Sounds like peak to me.

• Omaha

  got good reviews and sundance plus the whole parent-child dynamic seems right up my alley plus it's a roadtrip movie. What more could I ask for?

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Wes Anderson ranked based on personal opinion.

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
3. Asteroid City
4. Isle of Dogs
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
7. The Royal Tenenbaums
8. The Phoenician Scheme
9. Poison
10. Bottle Rocket

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every movie I've seen that got a "wide" release in the US in 2023 ranked.

1. Asteroid City
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. May December
4. Poor Things
5. Anatomy of a Fall
6. The Zone of Interest
7. BlackBerry
8. The Holdovers
9. Saltburn
10. Killers of the Flower Moon

...plus 60 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every film that got a US wide release in 2022 I've seen ranked.

1. We're All Going to the World's Fair
2. Everything Everywhere All at Once
3. Aftersun
4. Decision to Leave
5. TÁR
6. The Worst Person in the World
7. After Yang
8. Babylon
9. Pleasure
10. BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

...plus 67 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Here are some of the best movies about it. Movies range from bitter-sweet in tone to down right depressing. Happiest at the top and saddest/most disturbing at the bottom. Feel free to give suggestions. Movies can be of any genre and don't have to be solely about growing up, but that theme still has to be a major part of the story.

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Good Morning
• Whip It
• D.E.B.S.
• The Goonies
• Juno
• But I'm a Cheerleader
• We Are the Best!
• Bottoms

...plus 154 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Nowhere
• Mysterious Skin
• The Doom Generation
• Splendor
• The Living End
• Totally F***ed Up
• Smiley Face
• Kaboom

My favorite films of all time. Can and will change at literally any time.

1. Magnolia
2. Paris, Texas
3. Paper Moon
4. Nowhere
5. We're All Going to the World's Fair
6. Yi Yi
7. Me and You and Everyone We Know
8. Ginger Snaps
9. The Florida Project
10. Being John Malkovich

...plus 62 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Handmaiden
2. 20th Century Women
3. Operation Avalanche
4. Paterson
5. Moonlight
6. Nocturnal Animals
7. Certain Women
8. I, Daniel Blake
9. La La Land
10. David Lynch: The Art Life

1. Solaris
2. Mirror
3. Stalker
4. The Sacrifice
5. Andrei Rublev
6. Ivan's Childhood

sorted by how much they made me cry. only including movies within recent memory. when i was a kid doesn't count.

• As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

  i didn't know it was possible to cry this hard

• Come and See

  Most visceral emotional reaction I have ever had to a film. Full sobing at the end.

• The Florida Project

  Big cry at the last scene between Mooney and Jancey

• Nickel Boys

  Big cry at the ending montage sequence thing

• 20th Century Women

  Big cry at the end

• Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

  Big cry after the reveal happened

• Lilya 4-ever

  Big cry at the end

• Mysterious Skin

  Big cry at the ending monologue

• Aftersun

  Big cry at the Under Pressure sequence

• Dancer in the Dark

  Big cry at the end

...plus 44 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The A24 films I've seen ranked based on personal opinion.

1. The Florida Project
2. I Saw the TV Glow
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
4. Red Rocket
5. Aftersun
6. It Comes at Night
7. 20th Century Women
8. Midsommar
9. Waves
10. The Lighthouse

...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ingmar Bergman's filmography ranked! List will be updated as I watch more.

1. Fanny and Alexander
2. Persona
3. The Virgin Spring
4. The ion of Anna
5. Scenes from a Marriage
6. Through a Glass Darkly
7. Cries and Whispers

Realized I have an A24 list, but not one for NEON. So here is the one for NEON.

1. Parasite
2. Titane
3. Anatomy of a Fall
4. Anora
5. The Worst Person in the World
6. Possessor
7. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
8. Perfect Days
9. Pleasure
10. The Seed of the Sacred Fig

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Favorites from 2019.

1. Parasite
2. Midsommar
3. Waves
4. An Elephant Sitting Still
5. The Lighthouse
6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
7. I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
8. Jojo Rabbit
9. Marriage Story
10. The Death of Dick Long

• It Comes at Night
• Waves
• Krisha
• Hurry Up Tomorrow

The title says it all. Work in progress.

1. Fallen Angels
2. Chungking Express
3. In the Mood for Love
4. Happy Together
5. 2046
6. Days of Being Wild

Perhaps a tad controversial.

1. Final Destination Bloodlines
2. Final Destination 2
3. Final Destination 3
4. Final Destination 5
5. Final Destination
6. The Final Destination

ranking the sight and sound movies baby

1. Yi Yi
2. Mulholland Drive
3. A Matter of Life and Death
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Rashomon
6. Do the Right Thing
7. Parasite
8. Apocalypse Now
9. Psycho
10. The ion of Joan of Arc

...plus 90 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

List of Longest Movies that I've seen ranked by length. Everything over 3 hours is included. I'm using my own discretion for what counts as a movie vs a miniseries.

1. Shoah

   9 hours and 26 minutes

2. Satantango

   7 hours and 12 minutes

3. War and Peace

   7 hours and 2 minutes

4. Fanny and Alexander

   5 hours 13 minutes (extended cut)

5. As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

   4 hours 48 minutes

6. Until the End of the World

   4 hours and 47 minutes (extended cut)

7. Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps

   4 hours 35 minutes

8. A Brighter Summer Day

   3 hours 57 minutes

9. Love Exposure

   3 hours 57 minutes

10. An Elephant Sitting Still

    3 hours 54 minutes

...plus 27 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Work in progress

1. Desperate Living
2. Female Trouble
3. Pink Flamingos
4. Serial Mom
5. Pecker
6. Cry-Baby

1. sex, lies, and videotape
2. The Informant!
3. Contagion
4. Schizopolis
5. Traffic
6. Erin Brockovich
7. Ocean's Eleven
8. Side Effects
9. The Girlfriend Experience
10. Out of Sight

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

What the title says

• Somewhere
• Lost in Translation
• Priscilla
• Marie Antoinette
• The Virgin Suicides

• Ratcatcher
• You Were Never Really Here
• We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Morvern Callar

• The Florida Project
• It Comes at Night
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• You Were Never Really Here
• First Reformed
• mother!
• A Ghost Story
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Good Time
• Phantom Thread

• Close-Up
• Life, and Nothing More…
• Through the Olive Trees
• Where Is the Friend's House?
• Taste of Cherry

I know there are significantly more disturbing movies than this, but I'm not trying to seek those out. These are just the ones that disturbed me the most out of what I have seen. Some of these might not even be disturbing for you. What we find disturbing is largely subjective.

• Come and See
• Lilya 4-ever
• Zero Day
• Threads
• A Brighter Summer Day
• Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
• Funny Games
• I Saw the Devil
• Oldboy
• mother!

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

films that got a US "wide" release 2024 ranked.

1. I Saw the TV Glow
2. Nickel Boys
3. Bird
4. The Substance
5. Anora
6. Kinds of Kindness
7. Janet Planet
8. Challengers
9. Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps
10. Problemista

...plus 54 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Gummo
• Julien Donkey-Boy
• Baby Invasion
• Trash Humpers
• Mister Lonely
• Spring Breakers

CHALLENGE COMPLETE AS OF 3/31/25

Progress: 30/30

Trying this challenge for the second time after doing it in 2023 (I skipped last year).

Rules:
- You must watch, tag and review (see below) 30 feature films (60+ min) films from 30 different countries, all in the month of March.
- no rewatches
- One film needs to be from Japan (preferably a Studio Ghibli film)

Continent breakdown is as follows (so far):
Europe: 9 (Croatia, , Lithuania, North Macedonia, Serbia, , Soviet Union, Sweden, United Kingdom)
Asia: 8 (Bhutan, Iraq, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Myanmar, North Korea, Palestine)
Africa: 5 (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zambia)
South America: 3 (Argentina, Chile, Colombia)
North America: 3 (Cuba, Mexico, Panama)
Oceania: 2 (New Zealand, Samoa)

Decade Breakdown (so far):
2020: 4 (2024, 2023, 2021, 2020)
2010: 6 (2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2010)
2000: 6 (2009, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000)
1990: 6 (1998, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1992, 1992)
1980: 4 (1989, 1988, 1985, 1983)
1970: 3 (1972, 1972, 1970)
1960: 2 (1966, 1968)

original challenge: boxd.it/DOIF0

1. Solaris

   Soviet Union

2. Donkey Skin

3. Vive L'Amour

   Taiwan

4. Grave of the Fireflies

   Japan

5. The Long Day Closes

   United Kingdom

6. No Other Land

   Palestine

7. Chance

   panama

8. Night Games

   sweden

9. La Ciénaga

   Argentina

10. I Am Not a Witch

    Zambia

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All the Criterion Collection releases I own a copy of. All the DVDs I got second hand. Everything else was new.

• Mulholland Drive

  Blu-Ray

• Moonrise Kingdom

  Blu-Ray

• Pan's Labyrinth

  Blu-Ray

• Being John Malkovich

  Blu-Ray

• Antichrist

  Blu-Ray

• House

  Blu-Ray

• Uncut Gems

  Blu-Ray

• The Tree of Life

  Blu-Ray

• Armageddon

  DVD

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  DVD

...plus 58 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Linklater Ranked! Love this guy's movies. He's got a lot of good (and bad) ones!

1. Bernie
2. Before Sunset
3. Before Midnight
4. Slacker
5. Boyhood
6. Before Sunrise
7. Tape
8. Waking Life
9. Hit Man
10. School of Rock

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Jim Jarmusch 🔛🔝

1. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2. Paterson
3. Night on Earth
4. Mystery Train
5. Stranger Than Paradise

BONG JOON-HO GOES SO HARD! HE NEVER MISSES!

1. Parasite
2. Mother
3. Memories of Murder
4. The Host
5. Mickey 17
6. Okja

I was born in 2007 so I'm ranking the movies that came out that year that I've seen. Any suggestions for movies from 2007 please comment them.

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Ratatouille
3. There Will Be Blood
4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
5. The Savages
6. Funny Games
7. Zodiac
8. Water Lilies
9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
10. Sicko

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This only goes back to 1945. Any year before then there is a chance I haven't seen any movie from it. I hope to expand my knowledge of pre-1950s cinema at some point, but as it stands now it is pretty spotty.

• I Saw the TV Glow
• Asteroid City
• We're All Going to the World's Fair
• Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
• I'm Thinking of Ending Things
• Parasite
• Suspiria
• The Florida Project
• The Handmaiden
• The Witch

...plus 69 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranking the movies of this fella now. Adding more as I watch you get the idea.

1. The White Ribbon
2. Amour
3. Funny Games
4. The Piano Teacher
5. Funny Games
6. Caché
7. Benny's Video
8. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

My favorites of 2021. YouTube video explaining my picks here: youtu.be/gohEwr6dgz4

1. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
2. Red Rocket
3. Drive My Car
4. Titane
5. The Hand of God
6. Flee
7. Minari
8. C'mon C'mon
9. Procession
10. Judas and the Black Messiah

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Work in progress as always

• Do the Right Thing
• Malcolm X
• Da 5 Bloods
• Clockers
• Bamboozled
• Jungle Fever

• A Man Escaped
• L'Argent
• The Devil, Probably
• Au Hasard Balthazar
• Pickpocket

• Kinds of Kindness
• Poor Things
• The Favourite
• The Lobster
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Dogtooth
• Alps

More will be added as a watch more.

• A Clockwork Orange
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Barry Lyndon
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Full Metal Jacket
• The Shining
• Eyes Wide Shut
• The Killing

this guy's a fucking sicko (complimentary) and I am ranking his movies

1. Happiness
2. Palindromes
3. Welcome to the Dollhouse
4. Storytelling
5. Wiener-Dog

Sean Baker films that I've seen ranked. List will be updated as I watch more.

1. The Florida Project
2. Red Rocket
3. Anora
4. Starlet
5. Tangerine
6. Take Out
7. Prince of Broadway

What the title says. Haven't seen a couple of his films yet. Also, I think all of these films are great. Please don't get mad at me. Thanks.

• Magnolia
• Boogie Nights
• The Master
• There Will Be Blood
• Punch-Drunk Love
• Phantom Thread
• Licorice Pizza
• Inherent Vice

• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• Water Lilies
• Tomboy
• Girlhood
• Petite Maman

Every palm do'r winner ranked
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js04P9mCWKw

1. Paris, Texas
2. Parasite
3. sex, lies, and videotape
4. Apocalypse Now
5. Secrets & Lies
6. I, Daniel Blake
7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
8. Titane
9. The White Ribbon
10. Anatomy of a Fall

...plus 74 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Decided last minute to do this again. Had fun with it last year so I'm really looking forward to it. Rules are as follows:
There must be 31 horror films
6 countries
8 decades
ALL of the films from a horror franchise with at least 4 entries (if there is a hard reboot, you can choose whichever has 4+ that you prefer)
1 film by Wes Craven
1 film caused by/worsened by weather
1 film starring a Black woman
1 Donald Sutherland film
3 films from New World Pictures.
2 Indian films
4 Italian films
2 Horror comedies
2 films made primarily or entirely in Texas
1 film that exists in at least 2 available cuts (you just have to watch one. Bonus if you watch them all.)
1 Robert Wiene film
1 Michele Soavi film
1 film from 2011
1 film from 1984

And 1 Tobe Hooper Film (There must ALWAYS be a Hooper film)

I am going to start watching in October proper since I will have time to watch them all in October this year. Not watching in any order just however I feel like. Will rank movies as I watch them and will update list notes with date watched.

Original list: boxd.it/tYxXW

• Thesis

  Watched 10/16
  6 Countries (Spain)

• The People Under the Stairs

  Watched 10/19
  1 film by Wes Craven

• Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

  Watched 10/26

• Phantasm

  Watched 10/20
  ALL of the films from a horror franchise with at least 4 entries

• Cemetery Man

  Watched 10/17
  1 Michele Soavi film

• Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

  Watched 10/19
  Italian movie 4/4

• Teeth

  Watched 10/11
  Horror comedy 2/2
  Film made primarily or entirely in Texas 1/2

• Phantasm II

  Watched 10/24

• The Brood

  Watched 10/09
  New World Pictures 1/3

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  Watched 10/18
  1 Donald Sutherland film

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.