Okay, so usually we alternate (though it's just custom, not a rule) between some kind of genre list and some kind of time-based or decade-centric list. But we did all the decades, and we even did a 2000s refresh not too long ago, so it probably makes sense to do another genre list. Genre, mind you, remains a catch-all term that really just means "anything not time-based."
War won the last vote, but Noir and Musicals were tied at 2nd, though admittedly a far way back. There are also some odd (but interesting!) alternatives we've been discussing, and this kind of in-between phase before we think about refreshing other decade lists, might be an ideal time to try them. I'll steal from @Citizen Rules to describe them:
What's everyone think? REMINDER: please vote for all you find acceptable/would participate in, and not just you favorite!
War won the last vote, but Noir and Musicals were tied at 2nd, though admittedly a far way back. There are also some odd (but interesting!) alternatives we've been discussing, and this kind of in-between phase before we think about refreshing other decade lists, might be an ideal time to try them. I'll steal from @Citizen Rules to describe them:
Personally, I really like this last idea. It would be a truly unpredictable list and I could probably build the check for existing lists right into the ballot software so that submitting would be relatively easy.
Underseen Movies
Films not on previous list....I know that this would be tricky to work, I'd almost love to see something like "Underseen Gems" where the films nominated would have to have fewer than 5000 ratings on IMDb or something. One of the best things about the lists is getting recommendations from them, so some sort of list that breaks away from the stuff you tend to see a lot.
....the idea tickles me for a few reasons:
1) It'd be a list with TONS of films people haven't heard of, so it'd be great for discovery.
2) It'd almost feel like a game, finding films that haven't shown up before. It'd be interactive and creative in a way the other lists haven't been, to my mind.
In short, it just sounds fun to me, and it'd probably be the weirdest and least predictable list we've done, so curiosity alone makes me like the idea.
What's everyone think? REMINDER: please vote for all you find acceptable/would participate in, and not just you favorite!