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This was so much fun. Linklater is the King of Hangout films and he’s delivered another banger here. Immaculate vibes throughout, a superb soundtrack and even a fun mid-credits scene.

Felt like Mann had forgotten to add 15 minutes at the start with how quickly we were just dropped into things. Colin Farrell looks cool as hell, but the film in general wasn’t as slick as I was expecting. The first hour is solid, but the second hour is where it really kicks on. Some of the shots were really reminiscent of HEAT but it never came close to touching that quality-wise. I enjoyed it (especially the final shootout) but I can’t see me rewatching. 

Numb/Encore still bangs. I’ll be playing that all day tomorrow.

Gator's bitches better be using jimmies!

More fun than 1&2 but not as stylish as 3&4. Much better than I expected it to be. Keep expanding the JW universe, keep casting Ana De Armas and I’ll buy a ticket every time.

2025 Ranked

Cailee Spaeny is a star. Looking forward to whatever is next

Genuinely some of Jake Gyllenhaal’s best work. Eiza Gonzalez and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II were great too.

Fast paced and full of explosions with 50 drone shots for good measure. Bay is cooking

Without a doubt one of the best films of the year so far. Ryan Coogler bounces back from what I thought was a disappointing return in Black Panther 2 to produce what I think is genuinely a masterpiece. He’s written and directed 2 completely original works now in Fruitvale Station and Sinners; Creed and Black Panther are great, but I need however many fresh ideas he can put to screen as possible. I was sat watching the first hour of this, almost forgetting that we were in for a vampire-flick, such was the world he’d already built. The soundtrack (and just the sound in general) is incredible – this blend of blues and Irish folk mesh beautifully. Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo are responsible for that and I had the soundtrack on that night as soon as I got home. I don’t think anyone was prepared for how much chat there is about going down on women, so brace yourself for that. And brace yourself before your world is rocked by Hailee Steinfeld, she is talking like a Sailor. In recent times I’ve largely hated when an actor is playing twins, it often feels unnecessary (never more so than in this year’s Alto Knights where De Niro is playing 2 characters that aren’t even twins) but here they nail it. We understand both characters immediately, we understand their bond immediately and the dynamic carries the film through. The ing cast that I’ve not mentioned all do their thing and when this film really ignites, I don’t think there’s anyone out there that wasn’t smiling. By the time this finishes, I was genuinely just in awe.

This is exactly my kind of horror. It’s fun, it’s sleazy, it’s suspenseful, it makes you squirm and cringe and curse. It’s got a slow build, some early slasher aesthetics (there's a shot of the lake near the start that sticks in my mind) and then the bonus of modern prosthetics to just take the latter stages to life. Mia Goth could absolutely be a star, i've not seen her in much but I like that she seeks out films like this (I doubt anyone expected this franchise to grow as it did). Jenna Ortega was vying to be THE scream Queen at the time and honestly it was refreshing to see her in a good film for once. By all standard horror tropes, you know the fate of the majority of these people. If you sleep with your partner in a slasher film, then your fate has been decided, if you’re an adult star then you’re DEFINITELY cooked. But it’s interesting, the conversations they have are surprisingly adult and considered and I’m sure there’s a deeper meaning to what Ti West was going for, but you have just as much fun taking it at face value – seeing Mia Goth, Brittany Snow, Jenna Ortega (and Kid Cudi) strip off and then get picked off one by one.

Wonderfully shot and tonally perfect. My favourite version of Batman to date, set in my favourite version of Gotham to date. My favourite Batman film, much like my favourite Catwoman is likely to just be the one I’ve seen more recently.

Pink hair Zoë Kravitz, you have my heart.

I went into both John Wick 3 and John Wick 4 asking myself ‘just how good can a John Wick film be?’ and both times I was blown away. Perfectly choreographed violence is the three word selling point of the franchise but this one in particular is so much more than that.

This level of violence being paired with this level of cinematography is almost unfair for anyone else trying to compete in the genre. We start with that wide shot of him riding through the yellow sands of the desert and then confronting the elder, you’ve got the deep blue skies and then burgundy flags and rugs just blowing in the wind. Not long after that we have the sequence at the Osaka Continental which might be the most beautifully scene in any action film. You’ve got the cherry blossoms there, the red lighting from the building itself and the katanas/samurai armour on display. Then they shoot in the Louvre, and they lit 2km of the underground canal in Paris for the Bowery King and there’s an overhead shot in an apartment building capturing one of the many fight scenes that I being in awe of at the cinema. The sun coming up during the final scene is incredible. And that’s just how it looks.

They pay homage to the Warriors as John tries to survive the night and ‘nowhere to run’ plays over the top of it. Expanding this universe was the best thing they ever did, you introduce so many more weird and wacky characters in this one that never feel out of place. Donnie Yen and Bill Skarsgard elevate things again (especially Bill in a knife scene that might make you squirm). This was my favourite film of 2023.

One of the most overwhelming Cinema experiences of my life. It is a bombardment of colour and characters and cameos and these complex themes of identity and duty and family and heroism. It’s 140 minutes long but every single frame feels like it’s been slaved over to be it’s own individual masterpiece. The cast is stacked from Hailee Steinfeld to Daniel Kaluuya and Oscar Isaac and Andy Samberg and Jason Schwartzman and Jake Johnson and Jack Quaid, Brian Tyree Henry, Issa Rae, Shea Wigham, Kathryn Hahn, Mahershala Ali… you get the point.

It’s not just a great animated film or a great superhero film, it’s just a legitimately great film. In of animation and superhero, you’re talking about one of the best ever. They tackle the Multiverse better than anyone else ever has, it’s very rewarding for someone with even a base knowledge of Spider-Man but still fun for anyone that’s new. There’s a point when Miles and Gwen are reunited and they’re swinging through Brooklyn with Mona Lisa (by Dominic Fike) playing and I just sitting in my seat and smiling. The Spot as the villain works brilliantly, Spider-Punk sits alongside Spider-Ham as my favourite variant. The ending (scored by Metro Boomin’s soundtrack) left us with a cliffhanger and they’ve kept us there for over 2 years now. I need to see what’s next.

I don’t know why I put myself through this again

I think this is the best film of the decade so far. I leaving my screening and thinking ‘this is why I come to the cinema’, for films that both look and feel like that. I think this is the greatest fantasy franchise since Lord of the Rings, it’s got the scale, it’s got the star-power and Denis Villeneuve is just operating on another level to everyone else in this field. There’s the moment in the first 5 minutes with the sun-setting over the desert and the Harkonnen soldiers just float in a line up to cover. It looks SO cool and I realised we were in for something special. Tim Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler, Javier Bardem, Batista and Rebecca Ferguson are all SO good. It’s always nice to see Lea Seydoux and I just never felt like they took their foot off the gas for 3 hours. The first Sandworm scene is incredible, the takes on religion are all interesting, the black and white sequences with Feyd-Rautha are really cool and then that back hour after Paul has had the water of life is elite. Even at the end, I wont drop any spoilers but I thought we were building to a showdown that was going to be a perfect cliffhanger. I couldn’t believe we got it, it was the cherry on top for me. To have that level of talent, for the effects to be that impressive and for it to just look so beautiful too. We were spoilt.

One of the great animated films. Need a Spider-Ham spin-off expeditiously

I appreciate this so much more after seeing the second, to the point that I now won’t watch the second without running this first. A perfect partnership

Brutal non-stop action. Endlessly rewatchable.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Chad Stahelski four years ago. You can check the whole interview here or just enjoy him breaking down the knife fight from the opening sequence here. Indulge!

I can understand the mixed feelings towards this but I think it’s great

I’m just gonna go chill in my mansion or whateva

Still holds up just as well on my third watch. My initial review is here

The Trinity Test remains one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen on a Cinema screen. It’s pretty good at home too

I’d echo everything I said in my initial review as it all held up second time around. One of my favourites of the year and definitely a lot better than I really believed it could be

2025 Ranked

I was sat there thinking ‘please don’t sing, please don’t sing’. And then he sang.

2025 Ranked

Loved it. Probably one too many flashbacks involved, so definitely could’ve trimmed the runtime but the stunts and general vibes were enough to overcome that for me. 

Think this probably sits third in the franchise but will absolutely be one of my favourites for the year

The worst in the franchise unfortunately. Real shame as I had high hopes

This film is directly responsible for ‘honeys’ becoming a staple in my everyday vocabulary

Still my favourite film of the year so far

2025 Ranked

It’s great that the most powerful AI in the world has chosen to represent itself with the old ‘Now Playing’ graphics from Windows Media Player

I’ve really grown to appreciate this one more over the years. The visions (after the highway premonition) are very annoying but everything else is a lot of fun and there are some creative deaths along the way

Shouldn’t have watched this before flying next week

Without a doubt one of the greatest action films of the last 15 years

Far more fun than the first film but not quite as good. Starting a petition to have Jon Bernthal feature in all films moving forward

Rewatched this ahead of seeing the sequel tomorrow. Much better than I ed it being.

Can’t even comprehend being so locked in that you’ll walk out on Anna Kendrick. That’s why he’s the best in the business

I’ve been delaying rewatching this for as long as possible, but the 4K came through my door this weekend and I couldn’t resist any longer. I enjoyed it just as much second time around and I’m still just as fascinated by the decision to give us a biopic that actually teaches us very little about the subject.

The song choices (and placements) are excellent, all of the performances are excellent and this is without a doubt one of the best films of 2025.

The perfect level of stupid

Florence Pugh is leading the dance and everyone else is trying to keep up. Definitely the best thing that Marvel has produced in some time but also lacks the juice that was pumping through everything up to (and including) Endgame. The Red Guardian humour doesn’t work for me but the first hour in particular is pretty good. I won’t watch it again but I enjoyed myself for sure.

Wonderful to finally see this on the big screen after 20 years. The best film in the franchise

Zombies are bad, men are worse.

Maybe the genre has come on so much now that I can’t appreciate this in the way I would’ve done 20 years ago

Maybe my own excitement set the bar too high here but I sat down hoping for something close to The Raid and ended up with some really impressive moments and a fairly bland story

I got exactly what I came for. Wish they’d stuck with the first ending, but I’ve no complaints. Can’t wait for the third, hopefully they bother to put it in UK cinemas next time

The most visceral war film I can ever seeing in the cinema. Builds in nicely and then ramps up and maintains the tension for the remainder of the film. Alex Garland shooting action sequences remains a must-see.

Michael B Jordan was superb, Hailee Steinfeld was superb, Miles Caton was superb and Jack O’Connell was superb. I had sky high expectations and this more than delivered. One of the best of the year.

Make sure you stick around for the mid-credits scene.

Leo’s best performance. I can’t be convinced otherwise

Doesn’t really feel like a Black Mirror episode

Far better than I believed it would be. I wish a few scenes hadn’t been ruined by the trailer but I’ve got no complaints outside of that

Very stupid but fun enough that I didn’t care

The ending lands well where things tailed off in episode 2. Paul Giamatti nails his one man show

I thought a Black Mirror episode about The Sims would be more entertaining than this

Given the choice, I’d rather have added to the runtime of the last episode and wrapped this one up in 50 minutes

Thought it was going to be a cooler play on the Mandela Effect but still enjoyable

Great start

My (6 year old) nephew said it’s the best film he’s ever seen

Films I watched for the first time in 2025 (not including those released this year)

• Free Solo
• Everybody Wants Some!!
• Vanilla Sky
• Pumping Iron
• The Prestige
• Rocky V
• Rocky III
• Panic Room
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Draft Day

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Films I own on 4K or Blu Ray

• Heat
• The Bourne Identity
• Gladiator
• Ford v Ferrari
• The Hateful Eight
• The King's Man
• No Country for Old Men
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Training Day
• Django Unchained

...plus 83 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 1917
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Argo
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Blade Runner 2049
• Dream Scenario
• Booksmart
• Widows
• End of Watch
• This Is 40

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I've allowed for a bit of preamble. So long as film takes place entirely in one day/night AFTER the title card has shown, then it counts. Only including films i've seen

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Superbad
• Training Day
• 1917
• Good Time
• The Raid
• Before Sunrise
• Before Sunset
• Die Hard
• The Breakfast Club

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

My ordering of the John Wick franchise. My favourite at number 1 and my least favourite at 4.

• John Wick: Chapter 4
• John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
• John Wick: Chapter 2
• Ballerina
• John Wick

Ranking every film i've seen that was released in 2025. Using UK release dates, so if any additions confuse you, that'll be why. These are from my most to least favourite, not necessarily what is objectively the 'best' film

• A Real Pain
• A Complete Unknown
• Warfare
• Sinners
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• Ballerina
• Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
• September 5
• The Amateur
• One of Them Days

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every film selected in the SpitballingPod Movie Madness 2020s Draft

Luke’s Picks 1-10
TK’s Picks 11-20
AJ’s Picks 21-30

• Oppenheimer
• The Batman
• Dune: Part Two
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Nope
• Past Lives
• Ambulance
• X
• A Complete Unknown
• BlackBerry

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

10 films about male friendship letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/the-nice-guys/

• Superbad
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Swingers
• Jackass Forever
• Snack Shack
• Mallrats
• American Wedding
• Wedding Crashers
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Very tentative. Will probably come back to this at some stage

All films listed are marked under the 'war' genre on Letterboxd

• 1917
• Saving Private Ryan
• Hacksaw Ridge
• The Deer Hunter
• Civil War
• Incendies
• Warfare
• The Zone of Interest
• Full Metal Jacket
• All Quiet on the Western Front

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

Best films with location titles

Following the rules here: letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/this-must-be-the-place/

1. Asteroid City
2. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. A Bronx Tale
5. Everest
6. The King of Staten Island
7. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
8. Troy
9. Dunkirk
10. Babylon

Dark Comedy Films

Following the rules set here - letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/the-killing-joke/

1. After Hours
2. Parasite
3. Pulp Fiction
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
6. This Is the End
7. Bodies Bodies Bodies
8. Dirty Sanchez: The Movie
9. Burn After Reading
10. Crank: High Voltage

Every film selected by Luke and TK in the SpitballingPod (Movie Madness) “Rotten” Draft

Luke’s picks: 1-10
TK’s picks: 11-20

• Den of Thieves
• Taken
• Step Brothers
• Man on Fire
• Sex Drive
• The Strangers
• Jennifer's Body
• Employee of the Month
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
• Bullet Train

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every film selected in the SpitballingPod (Movie Madness) Sports Movie Draft.

Luke’s Picks: 1-10
TK’s Picks: 11-20
Troy’s Picks: 21-30

• DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
• Jerry Maguire
• Free Solo
• Air
• Any Given Sunday
• The Last Gladiators
• Ferrari
• Never Back Down
• The Iron Claw
• Warrior

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

Every film selected in the (SpitballingPod) Movie Madness 1990s Draft

Luke’s Picks: 1-10
TKs Picks: 11-20
Troy’s Picks: 21-30

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2oWORm3on7GC61HWtGF0LI?si=svMwbmgsQSa_sQ0CgihCgA

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-madness-204-1990s-draft/id1207706670?i=1000690978612

1. GoodFellas
2. Heat
3. Se7en
4. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
5. The Blair Witch Project
6. Small Soldiers
7. A Bronx Tale
8. Office Space
9. Before Sunrise
10. Swingers

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

My top 100 favourite films (right now).

I thought picking the 100 would be easy and then just ordering them would be hard. Turns out it’s really hard to just narrow things down to 100 films. Nostalgia tries taking over, then the comedies you’ve seen 50 times try to overpower the hard-hitting films that only require one viewing. It’s a tough task. The top 30 or so are pretty set in stone and then the rest could all be shifted around a little depending on my mood

Honorable Mentions
- Across the Spiderverse
- Argo
- A Quiet Place
- Black Mass
- Blue Valentine
- Carlito's Way
- Dude, Where's My Car?
- End of Watch
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Godzilla Minus One
- Nightcrawler
- Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1
- Past Lives
- Shutter Island
- Terminator 2
- The Founder
- The Irishman
- The Place Beyond the Pines

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
3. Scarface
4. GoodFellas
5. Training Day
6. Superbad
7. Uncut Gems
8. The Raid 2
9. Heat
10. The Godfather Part II

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

In conjunction with letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/monkey-business/

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• War for the Planet of the Apes
• Nope
• The Lion King
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
• The Hangover Part II
• King Kong
• Godzilla vs. Kong

Favourite nominees for Outstanding Debut by a British (or Irish!) Writer, Director or Producer.

Picked from this list: letterboxd.conexionsite.com/bafta/list/bafta-award-nominees-for-outstanding-debut/ in accordance with letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/maiden-voyage/

1. Monkey Man
2. Ex Machina
3. Boiling Point
4. Four Lions
5. Aftersun

Films I’m most looking forward to in 2025

• Ballerina
• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
• Sinners
• Mickey 17
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Marty Supreme
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Eden
• One Battle After Another
• The Smashing Machine

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

10 fav nominees for the 'Outstanding British Film BAFTA' for letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/the-favourite/

letterboxd.conexionsite.com/thathollyperson/list/bafta-outstanding-british-film-all-nominees/

1. 1917
2. Casino Royale
3. Aftersun
4. Conclave
5. Skyfall
6. The Zone of Interest
7. Ex Machina
8. The Bourne Ultimatum
9. This Is England
10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

If it's not listed, i've not seen it. All ordered with my favourite first and my least favourite last

1. GoodFellas
2. The Departed
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Casino
5. The Irishman
6. Shutter Island
7. After Hours
8. Taxi Driver
9. Killers of the Flower Moon
10. Raging Bull

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I've not seen Insomnia

1. Oppenheimer
2. Interstellar
3. The Dark Knight Rises
4. Inception
5. The Dark Knight
6. Memento
7. Tenet
8. Dunkirk
9. The Prestige
10. Batman Begins

Essentially my own version of this list boxd.it/1qX2M

• A Bronx Tale
• The Departed
• Before Sunrise
• Before Sunset
• Before Midnight
• The Breakfast Club
• Office Space
• School of Rock
• Click
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off

...plus 50 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Had a great time hanging out with these characters and watching them grow

• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• A Real Pain
• The Breakfast Club
• Swingers
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Before Sunrise
• Air
• The Holdovers
• Licorice Pizza

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

All the Rocky films ranked

1. Rocky II
2. Rocky
3. Rocky IV
4. Rocky V
5. Rocky III
6. Rocky Balboa

Ranking every film i've seen that was released in 2024. Using UK release dates, so if any additions confuse you, that'll be why. These are from my most to least favourite, not necessarily what is objectively the 'best' film

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Anora
3. Civil War
4. The Iron Claw
5. Alien: Romulus
6. The Zone of Interest
7. Robot Dreams
8. Kill
9. Snack Shack
10. Red Rooms

...plus 65 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Heist movies I like more than Ocean’s Eleven

• The Town
• Heat
• Hell or High Water
• Den of Thieves
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Inception
• The Usual Suspects
• Drive
• Mission: Impossible – Fallout
• Ronin

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

Films I’ve watched for the first time in 2024 (does not include films released this year)

1. Mallrats
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. After Hours
4. Argo
5. Ambulance
6. Aliens
7. Ford v Ferrari
8. Incendies
9. Jerry Maguire
10. X

...plus 61 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Best long films

letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/the-neverending-story/

• Oppenheimer
• The Irishman
• The Godfather
• The Godfather Part II
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Babylon
• Avengers: Infinity War
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• Casino

...plus 31 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every film selected in 'Movie Madness #202: 2000s Draft'.

Luke's picks: 1-10
TK's picks: 11-20
Sean's picks: 21-30

Episode available by searching 'SpitballingPod' on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and almost everywhere else that you'd listen.

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. American Pie 2
3. Spider-Man 2
4. Training Day
5. Zodiac
6. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
7. Cloverfield
8. Before Sunset
9. Paranormal Activity
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

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

films with first-name titles

• Anora
• Pearl
• Barbie
• Priscilla
• Reality
• Logan
• Aladdin
• MaXXXine
• Ted
• Hercules

Not seen 91-100

1. Before Sunset
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
5. No Country for Old Men
6. The Departed
7. Gladiator
8. Zodiac
9. Casino Royale
10. Training Day

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

Damien Chazelle ranked.

• Whiplash
• Babylon
• La La Land
• First Man

All the movies selected or recommended during the 2010s draft

Luke's Picks & Recommendations: 1-12
TKs Pick & Recommendation: 13-21
AJs Pick & Recommendation: 22-30

Listen here:

Spotify

Apple Podcasts

Project X Interview with Jonathan Daniel Brown (JB)

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2. Get Out
3. Sicario
4. Project X
5. Moneyball
6. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7. La La Land
8. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
9. Blue Valentine
10. Chef

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

Very few directors have a filmography that comes close

1. Prisoners
2. Sicario
3. Dune: Part Two
4. Incendies
5. Blade Runner 2049
6. Dune
7. Arrival
8. Enemy

Used UK release dates. Brutal list to make.

Honourable Mentions (in no particular order):
- Logan
- Irishman
- Inception
- Drive
- Argo
- Skyfall
- Interstellar
- Spotlight
- Rogue One
- La La Land
- Den of Thieves
- Game Night
- Infinity War
- Hot Tub Time Machine
- Shutter Island
- A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
- Bridesmaids
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Lawless
- Dredd
- End of Watch
- Chef
- Bad Neighbors
- Everest
- The Nice Guys
- The Founder
- Across the Spiderverse
- The Night Before

1. The Raid 2
2. The Raid
3. Whiplash
4. Prisoners
5. Good Time
6. Sicario
7. Gone Girl
8. The Town
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
10. Project X

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Best chamber-piece films

letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/panic-room/

• Glengarry Glen Ross
• The Breakfast Club
• The Raid
• Bodies Bodies Bodies
• Green Room
• Alien: Romulus
• Saw
• Ex Machina
• Reservoir Dogs
• Sanctuary

Top 75 of the 90s (in no particular order)

• The Mask
• GoodFellas
• Before Sunrise
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• Space Jam
• A Bronx Tale
• Die Hard With a Vengeance
• Glengarry Glen Ross
• Swingers
• Pulp Fiction

...plus 65 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

No particular order here. I tried - it was too difficult.

Honourable Mentions:
- Memories of Murder
- John Q

• Before Sunset
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• No Country for Old Men
• The Departed
• Gladiator
• Zodiac
• Casino Royale
• Training Day
• Superbad

...plus 65 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Best films about siblings

letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/fighting-with-my-family/

• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
• Good Time
• Step Brothers
• Hell or High Water
• Ambulance
• The Iron Claw
• Lawless
• American History X
• Warrior
• The Godfather Part II

Using UK release dates.

Honourable Mentions:
- Jackass Forever
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Bullet Train
- May December
- Ambulance
- X
- No Time to Die
- Dune

1. Uncut Gems
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Oppenheimer
4. The Batman
5. Air
6. John Wick: Chapter 4
7. Past Lives
8. Godzilla Minus One
9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
10. Babylon

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My ranking of all the Denzel films I’ve seen. Ranked by film, not performance

• Training Day
• Man on Fire
• American Gangster
• The Equalizer
• Crimson Tide
• John Q
• Inside Man
• Fences
• the Titans
• Flight

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every film referenced on the SpitballingPod/Movie Madness 'Ultimate Villains Draft' in order.

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3GqrKKamL0O9vBlz1tPhqN

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/movie-madness-201-the-ultimate-villains-draft/id1207706670?i=1000668947008

1. Training Day
2. First Blood
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Heat
5. Con Air
6. The Departed
7. The Godfather Part II
8. The Shining
9. Whiplash
10. Gladiator

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

Using UK theatrical release dates. This is my best of 2014

Honourable Mentions:
- Edge of Tomorrow
- The Equalizer
- 22 Jump Street

1. The Raid 2
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Gone Girl
4. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
5. Interstellar
6. Neighbors
7. Nightcrawler
8. X-Men: Days of Future Past
9. American Hustle
10. Chef

Sweatiest films: letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/dog-day-afternoon/

• Dog Day Afternoon
• Crimson Tide
• Love Lies Bleeding
• The Iron Claw
• Monkey Man
• Apocalypse Now
• First Blood
• Die Hard
• Pain & Gain
• The Raid

Thrillers under 105 minutes

• Good Time
• The Raid
• Cloverfield
• Taken
• The Purge: Anarchy
• How to Blow Up a Pipeline
• Get Out
• After Hours
• Green Room
• Dirty Harry

Adding each film as I watch it. Still got a few to go

• Mallrats
• Clerks
• Chasing Amy
• Dogma
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Clerks II

Best dystopian worlds in film

letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/crimes-of-the-future/

• War for the Planet of the Apes
• A Quiet Place
• Logan
• The Purge: Anarchy
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Interstellar
• Dune: Part Two
• Parasite
• Dredd
• Blade Runner 2049

My 10 favourite Palme d’Or Nominees for letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/the-french-dispatch/

• Good Time
• Zodiac
• No Country for Old Men
• Pulp Fiction
• Sicario
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
• Drive
• Inglourious Basterds
• After Hours
• Taxi Driver

If it's not on the list then I haven't seen it. Ranking by best Gosling, rather than best film

1. The Nice Guys
2. The Place Beyond the Pines
3. Barbie
4. The Big Short
5. La La Land
6. The Fall Guy
7. Drive
8. First Man
9. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
10. Blade Runner 2049

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Best films about film making

For the Babylon showdown letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/babylon/

1. Babylon
2. Project X
3. Argo
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
5. Boogie Nights
6. Tropic Thunder
7. May December
8. Cloverfield
9. Nope
10. The Blair Witch Project