2024 Film Challenge

A. The Human Condition
[watch a film that prominently features the common themes listed below]
1. Blackmail
2. Infidelity
3. Theft
4. Murder

B. Good old terra firma!
[watch a film predominantly taking place in each of the landscapes listed below]
1. Desert
2. Jungle
3. Open Sea
4. Snowland - La sociedad de la nieve (2023) [Society of the Snow]

C. Sophomore’s Choice
[watch one film from each duo of subgenres listed below]
1. Slasher Horror or Screwball Comedy
2. Steampunk Sci-Fi or Medieval Fantasy
3. Film Noir or Young Adult Romance
4. Historical Drama or Hand-drawn Animation
5. Martial Arts or Spaghetti Western

D. I coulda been a contender:
[watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival
2. Academy Award
3. Sundance Film Festival
4. Toronto International Film Festival

E. I have always depended on the lists of strangers:
[watch one film featured in each of the following prominent lists]
1. Roger Ebert’s Great Films
2. IMDb Top 250 (2023 edition)
3. Criterion Collection
4. BFI Top 100 British films
5. MoFo Hall of Fame

F. I see dead people:
[watch one film from each group of deceased directors, actors and cinematographers]
1. George Cukor, Oscar Micheaux, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Charles Chaplin
2. Lino Brocka, Federico Fellini, Agnes Varda, Yoshishige Yoshida
3. Gina Lollobrigida, Angela Lansbury, Jeanne Moreau, Natalie Wood
4. Marlon Brando, Lasse Pöysti, Leslie Cheung, Anthony Quinn
5. Kazuo Miyagawa, Leon Shamroy, Piotr Sobocinski, James Wong Howe

G. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
[watch a film in which the protagonist has the following profession]
1. Journalist
2. Lawyer
3. Police Officer
4. Teacher or Professor

H. Michael Jackson in Disneyland
[watch one film for each category inspired by Michael Jackson songs]
1. Remember the Time: a time-travelling film
2. Smooth Criminal: a Gentleman Thief film
3. Black or White: a black & white film released between 1958-2009
4. Beat it: a martial arts film
5. Bad: a film with an IMDb score below 5.0

I. The Golden Age Part 1: The Dirty 30s
[watch a 1930s Hollywood film for each of the challenges relating to the decade]
1. a film that won an Academy Award
2. a Universal Horror (or other monster) film
3. a traditional Western
4. a film directed by Frank Capra, Ernst Lubitsch, Charlie Chaplin or Victor Fleming
5. a film starring James Cagney, Bela Lugosi, Jean Arthur or Ginger Rogers

J. There’s no place like home
[watch a film corresponding to each of the settings below]
1. a road film
2. a stranger-in-a-foreign-place film
3. a film taking place in a confined space
4. a film that is an homage to a city

K. I need a hero
[watch a film adhering to the conflict-inspired themes below]
1. Human vs Nature
2. Human vs Society
3. Human vs Technology

L. Are we there yet?
[watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a biographical film
2. a film from a country you’ve visited or lived in
3. a film with more than 300k votes on IMDb
4. a film in theaters

What we've got here is a failure to communicate
watch 10 films in the same foreign language
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Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre
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My precious...awards
pick any one festival from section D and watch 10 films that won an award in it

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Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up
watch 10 films featuring the same actor

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I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director

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Taking the stage
watch 10 films based on theatrical plays

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Do you know what the preservation room is for?
watch 10 films inducted in the US National Film Registry

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Year of the Dragon
watch 10 films released in each of the years of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac
(1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024)

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1964.
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1988.
2000.
2012.
2024.

Stamp of approval
watch 10 films recommended by other participants of this challenge

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We’re gonna need a longer shot
watch 10 films featuring long takes (continuous shots lasting longer than one minute)

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You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
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A. The Human Condition
[watch a film that prominently features the common themes listed below]
1. Blackmail
2. Infidelity
3. Theft
4. Murder: Double Indemnity (1944) - Billy Wilder


B. Good old terra firma!
[watch a film predominantly taking place in each of the landscapes listed below]
1. Desert
2. Jungle
3. Open Sea
4. Snowland


C. Sophomore’s Choice
[watch one film from each duo of subgenres listed below]
1. Slasher Horror or Screwball Comedy
2. Steampunk Sci-Fi or Medieval Fantasy
3. Film Noir or Young Adult Romance
4. Historical Drama or Hand-drawn Animation
5. Martial Arts or Spaghetti Western


D. I coulda been a contender:
[watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival: Sedotta e abbandonata (1964) - Pietro Germi
(Best Actor - Saro Urzì)
2. Academy Award: 7th Heaven (1927) - Frank Borzage (Best Actress in a Leading Role - Janet Gaynor; Frank Borzage - Best Director, Dramatic Picture; Benjamin Glazer - Best Writing, Adaptation)
3. Sundance Film Festival
4. Toronto International Film Festival


E. I have always depended on the lists of strangers:
[watch one film featured in each of the following prominent lists]
1. Roger Ebert’s Great Films: Au hasard Balthazar (1966) - Robert Bresson
2. IMDb Top 250 (2023 edition)
3. Criterion Collection - La règle du jeu (1939) - Jean Renoir
4. BFI Top 100 British films
5. MoFo Hall of Fame


F. I see dead people:
[watch one film from each group of deceased directors, actors and cinematographers]
1. George Cukor, Oscar Micheaux, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Charles Chaplin
2. Lino Brocka, Federico Fellini, Agnes Varda, Yoshishige Yoshida
3. Gina Lollobrigida, Angela Lansbury, Jeanne Moreau, Natalie Wood
4. Marlon Brando, Lasse Pöysti, Leslie Cheung, Anthony Quinn
5. Kazuo Miyagawa, Leon Shamroy, Piotr Sobocinski, James Wong Howe


G. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
[watch a film in which the protagonist has the following profession]
1. Journalist
2. Lawyer: Che ora è? (1989) - Ettore Scola
3. Police Officer
4. Teacher or Professor: Tous les soleils (2011) - Philippe Claudel


H. Michael Jackson in Disneyland
[watch one film for each category inspired by Michael Jackson songs]
1. Remember the Time: a time-travelling film
2. Smooth Criminal: a Gentleman Thief film
3. Black or White: a black & white film released between 1958-2009: La fille sur le pont (1999) - Patrice Leconte
4. Beat it: a martial arts film
5. Bad: a film with an IMDb score below 5.0


I. The Golden Age Part 1: The Dirty 30s
[watch a 1930s Hollywood film for each of the challenges relating to the decade]
1. a film that won an Academy Award: Wuthering Heights (1939) - William Wyler
(Best Cinematography, Black-and-White - Gregg Toland)
2. a Universal Horror (or other monster) film
3. a traditional Western
4. a film directed by Frank Capra, Ernst Lubitsch, Charlie Chaplin or Victor Fleming
5. a film starring James Cagney, Bela Lugosi, Jean Arthur or Ginger Rogers


J. There’s no place like home
[watch a film corresponding to each of the settings below]
1. a road film
2. a stranger-in-a-foreign-place film
3. a film taking place in a confined space
4. a film that is an homage to a city


K. I need a hero
[watch a film adhering to the conflict-inspired themes below]
1. Human vs Nature
2. Human vs Society: The Stepford Wives (1975) - Bryan Forbes
3. Human vs Technology


L. Are we there yet?
[watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a biographical film
2. a film from a country you’ve visited or live in: Kaos (1984) - Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
3. a film with more than 300k votes on IMDb
4. a film in theaters