Foreign countdown's done: what's next?

Definitely. I'd go for War, but I also like the idea of 'unseen gems'. Films that have been rated on IMDB fewer than 1,000 times etc. Don't think we've done that before.

That's a good idea too. I like it as it exposes people to seldom seen movies 'hidden gems'.

Someone had the idea to have a countdown of movies that weren't on previous countdowns, seems like that idea might have been @Siddon ?
It's an interesting idea too.

Movies rated less than 6.0 on IMDb

My two cents is if you get too specific too few people join for it to be a good countdown. Even with certain genres it gets too watered down.

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I'll second what sean said: there's lots of stuff I'd personally enjoy a lot, except that very few people would be involved and I'd enjoy it less. Participation level needs to be, if not the first consideration, probably a close second.

That's true. Though we did pull of both Directed By Women and Silent Era countdowns and there were people who said we couldn't do it. Pre 1900s? I'm sure Raul was joking but that's one that wouldn't work IMO (though I like the idea.)

would be down for a pre 20's countdown at least if the 1800s countdown can't happen

I liked the idea of a Comedy countdown with the idea that there's no limit on the type of movies people can include on their voting list, they can call anything a comedy if they want. That would make for some fun results! And be easier on the host as any movie goes if it gets enough points to make the countdown. That was @gbgoodies idea actually.

I would LOVE a comedy countdown!

For war films, I'm generally pretty loose when it comes to defining what meets the definition. Saving Private Ryan is a war film, Casablanca is a non-combat war film, and Shoah is a documentary about war. They all count in my books, but I'll see what the rest of you decide.

A musical list might be a bit hard for me to assemble, but I'm sure I could do it.

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So, would a film with a couple of songs (Mel Brooks for example) be classified as a musical?

Asking for a friend...

seconding this. also something like All That Jazz wouldn't count right?

You could do it! Join a Musical HoF or two, I've hosted one before and it was a blast and I'd be up to host another. Also challenge yourself to watch a bunch of musicals and you'd be set.

Is your friend named Mel

Seems like it sure should. But up to the host and what criteria they use

I understand that we want participation, but I gotta admit, I do get frustrated that we can't do more esoteric lists because of it.

Top 100 Most Esoteric Film Countdown.

Maybe we should try to do a Top 100 List Suggestions list next?
We could then just work our way down it in order to decide what lists we were doing

Top 100 Giallo!
Top 100 Submarine films!
Top 100 heist films!
Top 100 Kaiju films!
Top 100 samurai films!

*maniacal laughter*

Musical
Martial Arts
Romance
Crime
War
Action
Elizabeth Taylor
Submarine
Snow
Mall Cops
80s

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I'm down for either of these

Top 100 Movies That Start Well But Are All Downhill From There
Top 100 Movies You've Never Seen