• Mädchen in Uniform
  • The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
  • Seduction: The Cruel Woman
  • Born in Flames
  • Je Tu Il Elle
  • 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
  • Black Hawk Down
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Platoon

Platoon

War flicks.

  • Please Baby Please
  • Zero Patience
  • S He
  • KickOff
  • A Date for Mad Mary

Underseen Queer Films

For the current LB showdown (08/06/25)

  • The Strange One
  • The Servant
  • Don't Deliver Us from Evil
  • Penda's Fen
  • The Terence Davies Trilogy
  • 8½
  • Across the Bridge
  • The Act of Killing
  • Act of the Heart
  • An Affair to

190 Memorable Endings …and counting 🔚

Happy endings, sad endings, bittersweet endings, twist endings, shock endings, confusing endings, open ended endings, edge of your seat endings,…

  • Roma
  • Parasite
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Burning

Pre-Birthday Special 2021: Films most mentioned in my showdowns

okrc (J.Arturo)
okrc (J.Arturo) 341 films

For the next special, there’s a particular list.

After a lot of showdowns (and former showdowns), I wondered which were…

  • I Dream in Another Language
  • The Heiresses
  • I Am What I Am
  • Close-Knit
  • Sauvage

The 10 Underseen Queer films

okrc (J.Arturo)
okrc (J.Arturo) 10 films

After another absence, here we are, with my selection of favorite LGBT+ films with less than 50k views.

  • 3 Idiots
  • The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
  • 8 Mile
  • 8½
  • Nine to Five

Scott C Showdowns

This list is a collection of all the movies for which the artist, Scott C has done a painting in…

  • A Silent Voice: The Movie
  • Eighth Grade
  • Tomboy
  • Whisper of the Heart
  • Kiki's Delivery Service

Former Showdowns: The 10 Coming of Age films

My selection of coming of age films, another topic that was very hard to me because there were a lot…

  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • Richard III
  • Throne of Blood
  • Hamlet
  • West Side Story

showdown - best shakespeare film adaptations

paula
paula 5 films

realising i've seen not nearly as many shakespeare adaptations as i though i would've

  • Hamlet
  • Macbeth
  • Yellow Sky
  • Othello
  • West Side Story

Showdown: Shakespeare

AllTooHuman
AllTooHuman 10 films

Chronological by release date. It is difficult to choose a favorite, but Welles' interpretations are the most intriguing. In particular,…

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Design for Living
  • The Roaring Twenties
  • Double Indemnity
  • Out of the Past

Showdown: The Nice Guys

My somewhat twisted effort (case in point: Othello) at creating a Showdown list about male friendships.