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Main Challenge
A. Get lost in the movement:
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. Soviet Montage October: Ten Days That Shook the World
2. Hong Kong New Wave The Imp
3. British New Wave Kes
4. Poetic Realism Boudu Saved From Drowning
5. Cinema Novo Black God, White Devil
B. It's a big world out there:
[Watch a film from the following regions]
1. Scandinavia The Magic Flute (1975)
2. Sub-Saharan Africa Chocolat
3. Middle East Where Is My Friend's House?
4. Balkans Quo vadis, Aida?
5. Indian Subcontinent A River Called Titas
6. Oceania The Quiet Earth
C. Lets break this down, shall we?
[Pick one of the following genres and watch one film from each of its subgenres or themes listed]
1. [Science Fiction: Post-Apocalyptic] A Quiet Place Part II
2. [Science Fiction: Artificial Life] Sing a Bit of Harmony
3. [Science Fiction: Space Opera] John Carter
4. [Science Fiction: Superhero] The Batman
D. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival The Sacrifice
2. Academy Award They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
3. Sundance Film Festival Never Rarely Sometimes Always
4. Venice International Film Festival Parallel Mothers
5. Independent Spirit Red Rocket
E. Never judge a book by its movie:
[Watch one film adapted from a novel belonging to each of the following literary eras]
1. a Victorian novel adaptation The Portrait of a Lady
2. a Romanticism novel adaptation Pride and Prejudice (2005)
3. a Modernist novel adaptation Wise Blood
4. a Postmodernist novel adaptation The French Lieutenant's Woman
F. I see dead people:
[Watch one film from each group of deceased directors and actors]
1. Robert Altman/Sam Peckinpah/John Cassavetes/Cecil B. De Mille The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
2. Luchino Visconti/Rainer Werner Fassbinder/Andrzej Wajda/Masaki Kobayashi Ossessione
3. Anna Karina/Bette Davis/Anna Magnani/Kinuyo Tanaka Le Petit Soldat
4. Spencer Tracy/Jean-Paul Belmondo/Vittorio De Sica/Kunie Tanaka The Bad Sleep Well
G. Background to the forefront:
[Watch one film featuring each of the following types of settings]
1. a film predominantly set in a single location A Raisin in the Sun
2. a film taking place in a military setting during war Joint Security Area
3. a film set in a small town or village Swan Song (2021)
4. a film set in a chaotic metropolis Manila in the Claws of Light
5. a film set in the wilderness Happy Feet Two
6. a film set in an extraterrestrial world Red Planet
H. We've met before, haven't we?
[Pick one of the following country groups and watch 5 films from its members, without repetitions]
1. Silk Road (China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, South Korea, Turkey)
Japan: All About Lily Chou-Chou
Egypt: Cairo Station
Iran: The Wind Will Carry Us
South Korea: The Novelist's Film
China: Song at Midnight
I. Crime doesn't pay off kids...does it?:
[Watch one film adhering to each of the crime-related themes listed below]
1. Gangster film Crazy Six
2. Heist film The Pope of Greenwich Village
3. Police procedural The Watcher
4. Courtroom drama My Cousin Vinny
5. Prison film Fortress
J. With a song in your heart!
[watch a film nominated for each of the following Academy awards]
1. Best Original Score The Lion in Winter
2. Best Original Song Flashdance
3. Best Sound Belfast
4. Best Sound Editing (discontinued) Clear and Present Danger
K. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film more than 160 minutes long Love Exposure
2. a film with a budget lower than 1 million Boxcar Bertha
3. a 2022 release Scream
4. a film suggested by another participant of this challenge The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. Soviet Montage October: Ten Days That Shook the World
2. Hong Kong New Wave The Imp
3. British New Wave Kes
4. Poetic Realism Boudu Saved From Drowning
5. Cinema Novo Black God, White Devil
B. It's a big world out there:
[Watch a film from the following regions]
1. Scandinavia The Magic Flute (1975)
2. Sub-Saharan Africa Chocolat
3. Middle East Where Is My Friend's House?
4. Balkans Quo vadis, Aida?
5. Indian Subcontinent A River Called Titas
6. Oceania The Quiet Earth
C. Lets break this down, shall we?
[Pick one of the following genres and watch one film from each of its subgenres or themes listed]
1. [Science Fiction: Post-Apocalyptic] A Quiet Place Part II
2. [Science Fiction: Artificial Life] Sing a Bit of Harmony
3. [Science Fiction: Space Opera] John Carter
4. [Science Fiction: Superhero] The Batman
D. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival The Sacrifice
2. Academy Award They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
3. Sundance Film Festival Never Rarely Sometimes Always
4. Venice International Film Festival Parallel Mothers
5. Independent Spirit Red Rocket
E. Never judge a book by its movie:
[Watch one film adapted from a novel belonging to each of the following literary eras]
1. a Victorian novel adaptation The Portrait of a Lady
2. a Romanticism novel adaptation Pride and Prejudice (2005)
3. a Modernist novel adaptation Wise Blood
4. a Postmodernist novel adaptation The French Lieutenant's Woman
F. I see dead people:
[Watch one film from each group of deceased directors and actors]
1. Robert Altman/Sam Peckinpah/John Cassavetes/Cecil B. De Mille The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
2. Luchino Visconti/Rainer Werner Fassbinder/Andrzej Wajda/Masaki Kobayashi Ossessione
3. Anna Karina/Bette Davis/Anna Magnani/Kinuyo Tanaka Le Petit Soldat
4. Spencer Tracy/Jean-Paul Belmondo/Vittorio De Sica/Kunie Tanaka The Bad Sleep Well
G. Background to the forefront:
[Watch one film featuring each of the following types of settings]
1. a film predominantly set in a single location A Raisin in the Sun
2. a film taking place in a military setting during war Joint Security Area
3. a film set in a small town or village Swan Song (2021)
4. a film set in a chaotic metropolis Manila in the Claws of Light
5. a film set in the wilderness Happy Feet Two
6. a film set in an extraterrestrial world Red Planet
H. We've met before, haven't we?
[Pick one of the following country groups and watch 5 films from its members, without repetitions]
1. Silk Road (China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, South Korea, Turkey)
Japan: All About Lily Chou-Chou
Egypt: Cairo Station
Iran: The Wind Will Carry Us
South Korea: The Novelist's Film
China: Song at Midnight
I. Crime doesn't pay off kids...does it?:
[Watch one film adhering to each of the crime-related themes listed below]
1. Gangster film Crazy Six
2. Heist film The Pope of Greenwich Village
3. Police procedural The Watcher
4. Courtroom drama My Cousin Vinny
5. Prison film Fortress
J. With a song in your heart!
[watch a film nominated for each of the following Academy awards]
1. Best Original Score The Lion in Winter
2. Best Original Song Flashdance
3. Best Sound Belfast
4. Best Sound Editing (discontinued) Clear and Present Danger
K. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film more than 160 minutes long Love Exposure
2. a film with a budget lower than 1 million Boxcar Bertha
3. a 2022 release Scream
4. a film suggested by another participant of this challenge The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Nightmare Mode
You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in Paris?
watch 10 foreign language films
1. Medea (1969)
2. OSS 117: Lost in Rio
3. King Lear (1970)
4. Belle (2021)
5. The Happiness of the Katakuris
6. The Hidden Fortress
7. The Creatures
8. Head-On
9. Benedetta
10. Diary of a Country Priest
One film, two films, red fil...it was the worst of times!
watch 10 films released in consecutive years of the same decade
(2010s)
2010: Stone
2011: The Muppets
2012: Chinese Zodiac
2013: Oculus
2014: Dying of the Light
2015: Tag
2016: Lady Macbeth
2017: The Devil and Father Amorth
2018: Support the Girls
2019: The Truth
Is my TV broken?
watch 10 predominantly black and white films released after 2000
1. The Tragedy of Macbeth
2. The Halt
3. The Turin Horse
4. Werckmeister Harmonies
5. C'Mon C'Mon
6. The Whispering Star
7. Paris, 13th District
8. Electric Dragon 80,000V
9. The Day After (2017)
10. 24 Frames
Documentary, my dear Watson
watch 10 documentaries
1. Directed By Andrei Tarkovsky
2. Jackass Forever
3. Marwencol
4. Flee
5. The Filth and the Fury
6. Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds
7. Beastie Boys Story
8. The Velvet Underground
9. Boys State
10. Dogtown and Z-Boys
My precious...awards
pick any one list from section D of the main challenge and watch 10 films in it
(Cannes Film Festival)
1. Red Psalm
2. Odd Obsession
3. Foxcatcher
4. Behind the Candelabra
5. Mephisto
6. Mona Lisa
7. Broker
8. Z
9. The Man Without A Past
10, Tokyo Sonata
Chekhov, Method or Meisner?
watch 10 films featuring the same actor
(Willem Dafoe)
1. Triumph of the Spirit
2. Mr. Bean's Holiday
3. Adam Resurrected
4. Nightmare Alley (2021)
5. The Northman
6. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
7. Odd Thomas
8. Animal Factory
9. The Hunter
10. Siberia
I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director
(Albert Pyun)
1. The Sword and the Sorcerer
2. Down Twisted
3. Blast
4. Nemesis 3: Time Lapse
5. Dollman
6. Arcade
7. Bloodmatch
8. Heatseeker
9. Mean Guns
10. Radioactive Dreams
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country
(Australia)
1. Muriel's Wedding
2. The Last Days of Chez Nous
3. Triangle
4. Babyteeth
5. Sweetie
6. Happy Feet
7. 2040
8. Two Friends
9. Elvis (2022)
10. Dead Calm
Mrs Cinematographer, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?
watch 10 films that have won a cinematography award from the competitions in section D
1. A River Runs Through It
2. The Longest Day
3. A Man For All Seasons
4. The Diary of Anne Frank
5. The Last Emperor
6. Legends of the Fall
7. Passing
8. Tabu
9. Wuthering Heights (1939)
10. Matewan
Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre
(War)
1. The King's Man
2. Hot Shots! Part Deux
3. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
4. Che: Part One (The Argentine)
5. Che: Part Two (Guerrilla)
6. Les Carabiniers
7. Zeros and Ones
8. Eastern Condors
9. Underground
10. The Duellists
You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
(MoFo Top 100 Films Directed By Women)
1. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2. Big
3. What Women Want
4. Julie and Julia
5. Harlan County, U.S.A.
6. The Adventures of Prince Achmed
7. The Ascent
8. Across the Universe
9. Bridget Jones' Diary
10. Private Parts
watch 10 foreign language films
1. Medea (1969)
2. OSS 117: Lost in Rio
3. King Lear (1970)
4. Belle (2021)
5. The Happiness of the Katakuris
6. The Hidden Fortress
7. The Creatures
8. Head-On
9. Benedetta
10. Diary of a Country Priest
One film, two films, red fil...it was the worst of times!
watch 10 films released in consecutive years of the same decade
(2010s)
2010: Stone
2011: The Muppets
2012: Chinese Zodiac
2013: Oculus
2014: Dying of the Light
2015: Tag
2016: Lady Macbeth
2017: The Devil and Father Amorth
2018: Support the Girls
2019: The Truth
Is my TV broken?
watch 10 predominantly black and white films released after 2000
1. The Tragedy of Macbeth
2. The Halt
3. The Turin Horse
4. Werckmeister Harmonies
5. C'Mon C'Mon
6. The Whispering Star
7. Paris, 13th District
8. Electric Dragon 80,000V
9. The Day After (2017)
10. 24 Frames
Documentary, my dear Watson
watch 10 documentaries
1. Directed By Andrei Tarkovsky
2. Jackass Forever
3. Marwencol
4. Flee
5. The Filth and the Fury
6. Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds
7. Beastie Boys Story
8. The Velvet Underground
9. Boys State
10. Dogtown and Z-Boys
My precious...awards
pick any one list from section D of the main challenge and watch 10 films in it
(Cannes Film Festival)
1. Red Psalm
2. Odd Obsession
3. Foxcatcher
4. Behind the Candelabra
5. Mephisto
6. Mona Lisa
7. Broker
8. Z
9. The Man Without A Past
10, Tokyo Sonata
Chekhov, Method or Meisner?
watch 10 films featuring the same actor
(Willem Dafoe)
1. Triumph of the Spirit
2. Mr. Bean's Holiday
3. Adam Resurrected
4. Nightmare Alley (2021)
5. The Northman
6. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
7. Odd Thomas
8. Animal Factory
9. The Hunter
10. Siberia
I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director
(Albert Pyun)
1. The Sword and the Sorcerer
2. Down Twisted
3. Blast
4. Nemesis 3: Time Lapse
5. Dollman
6. Arcade
7. Bloodmatch
8. Heatseeker
9. Mean Guns
10. Radioactive Dreams
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country
(Australia)
1. Muriel's Wedding
2. The Last Days of Chez Nous
3. Triangle
4. Babyteeth
5. Sweetie
6. Happy Feet
7. 2040
8. Two Friends
9. Elvis (2022)
10. Dead Calm
Mrs Cinematographer, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?
watch 10 films that have won a cinematography award from the competitions in section D
1. A River Runs Through It
2. The Longest Day
3. A Man For All Seasons
4. The Diary of Anne Frank
5. The Last Emperor
6. Legends of the Fall
7. Passing
8. Tabu
9. Wuthering Heights (1939)
10. Matewan
Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre
(War)
1. The King's Man
2. Hot Shots! Part Deux
3. Captain Corelli's Mandolin
4. Che: Part One (The Argentine)
5. Che: Part Two (Guerrilla)
6. Les Carabiniers
7. Zeros and Ones
8. Eastern Condors
9. Underground
10. The Duellists
You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
(MoFo Top 100 Films Directed By Women)
1. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2. Big
3. What Women Want
4. Julie and Julia
5. Harlan County, U.S.A.
6. The Adventures of Prince Achmed
7. The Ascent
8. Across the Universe
9. Bridget Jones' Diary
10. Private Parts
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Iro's Top 100 Movies v3.0
I really just want you all angry and confused the whole time.
Last edited by Iroquois; 12-31-22 at 02:22 AM.