I have no interesting in broadcasting these things, and am intensely suspicious of any performative impulse in myself or others.
I don't know, man, I took you for a social person - more social than me, anyway. Isn't putting out this stuff in public the first step to befriending like-minded & like-tasted individuals? Which is the first step to finding more great stuff. And if you can inspire others along the way, that's a great thing, too. It's a list of the books you read, not a list of your favorite porn, ergo you don't have to keep it secret.
You strike me as somebody who doesn't love art but only loves the thinking that comes during and after experiencing a work of art. I don't mean to be rude, but I also think that's why you're not very adventurous with your film choices. You belong to the group of intelligent film watchers, but not ones with great taste. I think such intelligent film watchers spend too much time thinking about bad films to find time to look for good ones. And they spend too much time thinking instead of experiencing great art.
The reason I'm saying this is that it's not only
watching films that takes time but
seeking them out, too. It also goes for books. I read ludicrously few books, but if I ever wanted to pick up this art, I'd already know what to read, and I know what's potentially great with a high degree of likelihood that it really is. That being said, I'm sure I'd discover much, much more along the way, but I already know many great writers, most of whom I haven't read. I know them because I know like-minded individuals from sites that are all about "broadcasting" what you like. Since I share my taste in music and film with them, chances are most of their favorite books would be my favorites, too. I tried twice and it worked, so I'm pretty sure it'd work quite well if I really decided to get into books.
Anyway, I spent years looking through the profiles of the greatest cinephiles on the internet, so doing the same for books if I really decided to get into them would be a no-brainer. Whatever I know already would last me a few years already, anyway.
This is how you really find the greatest films, from like-tasted friends. I thought it was how everybody did it. No? Jeez. You people are so different.
Bingo! That performative impulse is very real these days, and if someone's intent on broadcasting such a list, I would immediately suspect that maybe they haven't actually read even half of the books on their list, or would have no real interest to.
I mean, even on this very forum people broadcast their top movie lists all the time, so how's a book list any different? The sites that let you catalog this stuff allow for rating it so that you can create a hierarchy of your favorites as well as write a thing or two about them if need be.
At this point, I simply couldn't continue watching films if I had no way to record what I watched.