Current topic: best films about male friendship
This is my list for all the Letterboxd showdowns with the current topic occupying the first ten spots. Not every list is complete here because you can't have the same movie twice on the same list, so some spots are empty in older showdowns.
Here is the key to this list:
#1-10: The Nice Guys (best films about male friendship)
#11-20: Grand Illusion (best classic sci-fi/fantasy films)
#21-27: This Must Be the Place (best films with location titles)
#28-36: The Killing Joke (best dark-comedy films)
#37-45: Monkey Business (best primates in film)
#46-51: The Favourite (best nominees for the Outstanding British Film BAFTA)
#52-55: The NeverEnding Story (best long films)
#56-65: Call Me…
Current topic: best films about male friendship
This is my list for all the Letterboxd showdowns with the current topic occupying the first ten spots. Not every list is complete here because you can't have the same movie twice on the same list, so some spots are empty in older showdowns.
Here is the key to this list:
#1-10: The Nice Guys (best films about male friendship)
#11-20: Grand Illusion (best classic sci-fi/fantasy films)
#21-27: This Must Be the Place (best films with location titles)
#28-36: The Killing Joke (best dark-comedy films)
#37-45: Monkey Business (best primates in film)
#46-51: The Favourite (best nominees for the Outstanding British Film BAFTA)
#52-55: The NeverEnding Story (best long films)
#56-65: Call Me by Your Name (best films with first-name titles)
#66-74: Panic Room (best chamber-piece films)
#75-84: Stay Tuned (best films about television)
#85-94: The Others (favourite ing horror performances)
#95-99: Fighting with My Family (best films about siblings)
#100-109: Band of Misfits (best underseen family films)
#110-118: Good Time (best taut thrillers)
#119-124: Short Cuts (best anthology films)
#125-132: Chopping Mall (best 1980s horror movies)
#133-139: Stage Door (best stage-to-screen film adaptations)
#140-145: Crimes of the Future (best dystopian worlds in film)
#146-149: The French Dispatch (best Palme d'Or-nominated films)
#150-157: Babylon (best films about filmmaking)
#158-162: A Quiet Place (best films with limited dialogue)
#163-169: A New Leaf (best films about fresh starts)
#170-172: Calling the Shots (best Oscar-nominated film directing)
#173-180: The Breadwinner (best Oscar-nominated animated films)
#181-184: No Reservations (best meal scenes in film)
#185-190: Girls, Interrupted (weirdest women in film)
#191-196: Nightcrawler (best nocturnal films)
#197-204: Look Who's Talking (best animal-human communication in film)
#205-206: It's Complicated (best love triangles in film)
Here are the empty space in older showdowns:
This Must Be the Place: The Shawshank Redemption should be #4, The Grand Budapest Hotel should be #8, Metropolis should be #10
The Killing Joke: Shaun of the Dead should be #2
Monkey Business: 2001: A Space Odyssey should be #2
The Favourite: Shaun of the Dead should be #3, Dr. Strangelove should be #5, The Favourite should be #6, The Banshees of Inisherin should be #8
The NeverEnding Story: Pulp Fiction should be #1, Stalker should be #2, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King should be #3, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring should be #4, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers should be #5, Magnolia should be #10
Panic Room: Ex Machina should be #2
Fighting with My Family: Autumn Sonata should be #1, The Godfather should be #2, The Godfather Part II should be #3, Parasite should be #7, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre should be #10
Good Time: Reservoir Dogs should be #1
Short Cuts: Pulp Fiction should be #1, Chungking Express should be #2, 2001: A Space Odyssey should be #3, Fantasia should be #4
Chopping Mall: Santa Sangre should be #3, Videodrome should be #9
Stage Door: Amadeus should be #1, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant should be #3, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? should be #7
Crimes of the Future: Metropolis (1927) should be #2, A Clockwork Orange should be #4, Metropolis (2001) should be #7, WALL-E should be #8
The French Dispatch: Pulp Fiction should be #1, Mulholland Drive should be #2, The Celebration should be #3, The Zone of Interest should be #4, Parasite should be #6, Brief Encounter should be #8
Babylon: Persona should be #1, Mulholland Drive should be #2
A Quiet Place: The Zone of Interest should be #1, The Spirit of the Beehive should be #3, Metropolis (1927) should be #5, The ion of Joan of Arc should be #7, Fantasia should be #10
A New Leaf: Mulholland Drive should be #1, Bonnie and Clyde should be #2, A Streetcar Named Desire should be #9, Wanda should be #10
Calling the Shots: Pulp Fiction should be #2, Mulholland Drive should be #4, Psycho should be #5, The Godfather should be #6, The Godfather Part II should be #7, 2001: A Space Odyssey should be #8, Rocky should be #10
The Breadwinner: WALL-E should be #2, Kung Fu Panda 2 should be #9
No Reservations: Psycho should be #1, Pulp Fiction should be #2, Triangle of Sadness should be #4, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre should be #7, Reservoir Dogs should be #8, Magnolia should be #9
Girls, Interrupted: Ex Machina should be #1, Persona should be #2, Chungking Express should be #3, The Favourite should be #7
Nightcrawler: The World's End should be #1, Blade Runner should be #2, Blue Velvet should be #4, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? should be #8
Look Who's Talking: Paddington 2 should be #1, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish should be #4
It's Complicated: The Favourite should be #1, In the Mood for Love should be #2, Brief Encounter should be #4, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp should be #5, Mulholland Drive should be #6, Blue Velvet should be #7, Citizen Kane should be #9, Triangle of Sadness should be #10