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1. a foreign language film. Dheepan
2. an animated film. The Emoji Movie
3. a film in the IMDb Top 250. The Battle of Algiers
4. a film in the IMDb Bottom 100. Glitter
5. an indie film. Tarnation
6. a black and white film. The Soft Skin
7. a film released before 1960. Rio Grande
8. a silent film. Decasia
9. a film that topped the weekly box office within 2017. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
10. a film with more than 400,000 votes on IMDb The Great Gatsby (2013)
11. a Studio Ghibli film. Ocean Waves
12. a DC film.
13. a Marvel film. Black Panther
14. a film whose main genre is Horror. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
15. a film whose main genre is Comedy. Hercules Returns
16. a film whose main genre is Action. Sudden Death
17. a film whose main genre is Science Fiction. Class of 1999
18. a film whose main genre is Fantasy. Alice
19. a film whose main genre is Romance. Certified Copy
20. a film whose main genre is Western. Wild Bill
21. a blaxploitation film. Undercover Brother
22. a post-apocalyptic/apocalyptic/dystopian film. Threads
23. a film in the MoFo Fall of Fame The Best Years of our Lives
24. a Palme d'Or winner The Ballad of Narayama
25. a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Terms of Endearment
26. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Talk to Her
27. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Score The Right Stuff
28. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography Reds
29. a film included in the National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films list. Frankenstein
30. a film that is part of the Criterion Collection Alphaville
31. a martial arts film. The Flying Guillotine
32. a Disney or Pixar film. Incredibles 2
33. a film that is a novel or play adaptation. Nightbreed
34. a musical film. The Lure
35. a film directed by a woman Night Moves
36. a film more than 160 minutes long. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
37. a film that has been adapted to or from a TV series. Twilight Zone: The Movie
38. a (neo) noir film. Thief
39. a film in which the main character dies. I'm obviously not going to spoil it
40. a film in which aliens (or other terrestrial species) tries to eliminate mankind. Slither
41. a film that doesn't take place on Earth or takes place in an alternate world. Mission to Mars
42. a film that won any type of Academy Award for 2017. Icarus
43. a box office flop (made less money that it cost). Krull
44. a box office wonder (made at least 3 times as much as it cost). A Quiet Place
45. a film with a budget lower than 1 million. The Color Wheel
46. a film that is part of a franchise with more than 5 sequels/remakes/reboots. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
47. a Lars von Trier/Andrei Tarkovsky/Bernardo Bertolucci/Pedro Almodóvar film. Breaking the Waves
48. a Stanley Kubrick /Francis Ford Coppola/Alfred Hitchcock/Sidney Lumet film. Fear and Desire
49. a Greta Garbo/Audrey Hepburn/Barbra Streisand/Vivien Leigh/Elizabeth Taylor film. Breakfast at Tiffany's
50. a Humphrey Bogart/James Stewart/Clark Gable/Orson Welles/Gregory Peck film. The Gunfighter
51. a film released in 2018. Tomb Raider
52. a film in theaters. Paddington 2

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1. watch 10 foreign language films
1. Teorema
2. No Home Movie
3. Histoire(s) du cinema
4. A Fantastic Woman
5. Twilight (1990)
6. Eat Drink Man Woman
7. BPM
8. The Chaser
9. Black Rain
10. The Last Metro

2. watch every film nominated in 2017 for the Academy Award for Best Picture (Lady Bird, Dunkirk, Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, Phantom Thread, The Post, Get Out, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri)
3. watch 10 films released before 1960
1. Los olvidados
2. I Live in Fear
3. Pickpocket
4. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
5. Killer's Kiss
6. Children of Paradise
7. The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice
8. Sabotage (1936)
9. Winchester '73
10. Venom and Eternity

4. watch 20 films released in the same decade
(1970s)
1. Two English Girls
2. A Gorgeous Bird Like Me
3. The Illumination
4. Camouflage
5. The Amityville Horror
6. O Lucky Man!
7. Tenderness of the Wolves
8. Un flic
9. Satan's Brew
10. In the Realm of the Senses
11. Empire of Passion
12. Baal
13. The Third Generation
14. In a Year with 13 Moons
15. Despair (1978)
16. The Marriage of Maria Braun
17. The Night Porter
18. Play It Again, Sam
19. Bananas
20. The Tin Drum

5. watch 20 films of the same genre (choose between Western, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Comedy)
(Science-Fiction)
1. Ready Player One
2. The Cloverfield Paradox
3. Annihilation
4. Dead Man's Letters
5. Upgrade
6. The City of Lost Children
7. Howard the Duck
8. Mute
9. Ant-Man and the Wasp
10. Body Melt
11. Solo: A Star Wars Story
12. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
13. Rampage
14. The Incredible Shrinking Man
15. Jason X
16. The Untamed
17. The Omega Man
18. Paycheck
19. Innerspace
20. Pacific Rim: Uprising

6. watch 10 films released before 2000 that have won an Academy Award at any category
1. La dolce vita
2. Bird
3. Reversal of Fortune
4. Children of a Lesser God
5. As Good As It Gets
6. Wall Street
7. Tom Jones
8. Limelight
9. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town
10. Chariots of Fire

7. watch 10 films in the IMDb Top 250
1. Avengers: Infinity War
2. Wild Tales
3. Deadpool 2
4. The Handmaiden
5. Rang De Basanti
6. Intouchables
7. Come and See
8. Mission: Impossible - Fallout

9. Wild Strawberries
10. The Passion of Joan of Arc

8. watch 10 animated films
1. When the Wind Blows
2. Isle of Dogs
3. Resident Evil: Vendetta
4. Wolf Children
5. The Triplets of Belleville
6. The Breadwinner
7. The Boss Baby
8. Mirai
9. Pom Poko
10. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

9. watch 10 films from the same director
(Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
1. Pioneers of Ingolstadt
2. I Only Want You To Love Me
3. Fear of Fear
4. Effi Briest
5. Fox and his Friends
6. Mother Küsters Goes To Heaven
7. Chinese Roulette
8. Lili Marleen
9. Veronika Voss
10. Lola

10. watch 10 films released in 2018
1. Super Troopers 2
2. Hereditary
3. Distant Sky
4. Sweet Country
5. You Were Never Really Here
6. Red Sparrow
7. Mary Magdalene
8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
9. The 15:17 to Paris
10. Unsane



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Hmmm.... let me try this:

1. a foreign language film. - Pulgasari.
2. an animated film.
3. a film in the IMDb Top 250.- Blade Runner 2049.
4. a film in the IMDb Bottom 100.
5. an indie film. - Nudist Colony of the Dead.
6. a black and white film.
7. a film released before 1960.
8. a silent film.
9. a film that topped the weekly box office within 2017.
10. a film with more than 400,000 votes on IMDb
11. a Studio Ghibli film.
12. a DC film.
13. a Marvel film. - Black Panther.
14. a film whose main genre is Horror. - Nudist Colony of the Dead.
15. a film whose main genre is Comedy. - Game Night.
16. a film whose main genre is Action.
17. a film whose main genre is Science Fiction. - Highlander 2: The Quickening.
18. a film whose main genre is Fantasy. - Highlander.
19. a film whose main genre is Romance.
20. a film whose main genre is Western.
21. a blaxploitation film.
22. a post-apocalyptic/apocalyptic/dystopian film. - Threads.
23. a film in the MoFo Fall of Fame
24. a Palme d'Or winner
25. a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
26. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
27. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Score
28. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography - Blade Runner 2049.
29. a film included in the National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films list.
30. a film that is part of the Criterion Collection
31. a martial arts film.
32. a Disney or Pixar film.
33. a film that is a novel or play adaptation.
34. a musical film.
35. a film directed by a woman
36. a film more than 160 minutes long. - Blade Runner 2049.
37. a film that has been adapted to or from a TV series. - Highlander
38. a (neo) noir film. - Blade Runner 2049.
39. a film in which the main character dies. - Blade Runner 2049.
40. a film in which aliens (or other terrestrial species) tries to eliminate mankind. - A Quiet Place.
41. a film that doesn't take place on Earth or takes place in an alternate world.
42. a film that won any type of Academy Award for 2017. - Blade Runner 2049.
43. a box office flop (made less money that it cost). - Blade Runner 2049.
44. a box office wonder (made at least 3 times as much as it cost). - Black Panther.
45. a film with a budget lower than 1 million. - Mad Cow.
46. a film that is part of a franchise with more than 5 sequels/remakes/reboots. - Highlander.
47. a Lars von Trier/Andrei Tarkovsky/Bernardo Bertolucci/Pedro Almodóvar film.
48. a Stanley Kubrick /Francis Ford Coppola/Alfred Hitchcock/Sidney Lumet film.
49. a Greta Garbo/Audrey Hepburn/Barbra Streisand/Vivien Leigh/Elizabeth Taylor film.
50. a Humphrey Bogart/James Stewart/Clark Gable/Orson Welles/Gregory Peck film.
51. a film released in 2018. - A Quiet Place.
52. a film in theaters. - Truth or Dare.

Hmmm... I have some work to do. I need to stop watching Doctor Who and watch more movies.



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@Theophile feel free to do this any way you like, but ideally you should be using one film per challenge, otherwise it's a bit too easy.

I mean you've used Blade Runner 2049 7 times already



@Theophile feel free to do this any way you like, but ideally you should be using one film per challenge, otherwise it's a bit too easy.

I mean you've used Blade Runner 2049 7 times already
Hey, it was a good movie.



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Also, what exactly is meant by "a film from the MoFo Hall of Fame"?
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Edit 1: 01/08/2018

1. a foreign language film. - Osaka Elegy ★★★★
2. an animated film. - A Silent Voice ★★★★
3. a film in the IMDb Top 250. - The Shawshank Redemption ★★★

4. a film in the IMDb Bottom 100.
5. an indie film. - Generation Um… ★★★
6. a black and white film. - Andrei Rublev ★★★★★
7. a film released before 1960. - Stagecoach (1939) ★★★

8. a silent film. - One Week (Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline)

9. a film that topped the weekly box office within 2017.
10. a film with more than 400,000 votes on IMDb - Kill Bill: Volume 2 (574.774) ★★★★
11. a Studio Ghibli film.
12. a DC film. - Wonder Woman
13. a Marvel film.
14. a film whose main genre is Horror. - Who Can Kill a Child? ★★★
15. a film whose main genre is Comedy. - Oscar (1991) ★★★★
16. a film whose main genre is Action. - RoboCop ★★★
17. a film whose main genre is Science Fiction. - Stalker ★★★★★
18. a film whose main genre is Fantasy. - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
19. a film whose main genre is Romance. - The Piano
20. a film whose main genre is Western. - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ★★★★

21. a blaxploitation film.
22. a post-apocalyptic/apocalyptic/dystopian film. - A Quiet Place ★★★
23. a film in the MoFo Hall of Fame
24. a Palme d'Or winner - The Tree of Life ★★★★★
25. a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture. - The Shape of Water ★★
26. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Spotlight ★★★
27. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Score - The Bridge on the River Kwai ★★★★
28. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography - Days of Heaven ★★★
29. a film included in the National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films list. - Pulp Fiction ★★★★★
30. a film that is part of the Criterion Collection - Harakiri ★★★★★
31. a martial arts film. - SPL: Killzone ★★★★

32. a Disney or Pixar film.
33. a film that is a novel or play adaptation. - Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) ★★★★★
34. a musical film. - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ★★★★
35. a film directed by a woman - By the Sea (Angelina Jolie) ★★★
36. a film more than 160 minutes long. - Andrei Rublev (3hr 25min/205 min) ★★★★★

37. a film that has been adapted to or from a TV series. - Lethal Weapon ★★★★
38. a (neo) noir film. - A Most Violent Year ★★★
39. a film in which the main character dies.
WARNING: "SPOILER..." spoilers below
Old Stone ★★★★★

40. a film in which aliens (or other terrestrial species) tries to eliminate mankind.
41. a film that doesn't take place on Earth or takes place in an alternate world. Solaris ★★★★★
42. a film that won any type of Academy Award for 2017. Good Time (Cannes Soundtrack Award) ★★★★

43. a box office flop (made less money that it cost). Blade Runner 2049 ★★★★

44. a box office wonder (made at least 3 times as much as it cost). Dunkirk ★★★★

45. a film with a budget lower than 1 million.
46. a film that is part of a franchise with more than 5 sequels/remakes/reboots. The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity ★★★★★
47. a Lars von Trier/Andrei Tarkovsky/Bernardo Bertolucci/Pedro Almodóvar film. - Lars:Melancholia ★★★ - Andrei: Nostalghia ★★★★★ - Almodovar: julieta ★★★
48. a Stanley Kubrick /Francis Ford Coppola/Alfred Hitchcock/Sidney Lumet film. - Kubrick: Lolita ★★★★ - Hitchcook: Shadow of a Doubt - ★★★★ Lumet: Dog Day Afternoon
★★★
49. a Greta Garbo/Audrey Hepburn/Barbra Streisand/Vivien Leigh/Elizabeth Taylor film.
50. a Humphrey Bogart/James Stewart/Clark Gable/Orson Welles/Gregory Peck film.
51. a film released in 2018. - Annihilation ★★
52. a film in theaters. - All the Money in the World ★★


Nightmare:
1. watch 10 foreign language films -
01)Tenebre

02) Ugetsu

03) Dolls

04) Aguirre: The Wrath of God

05) The Hidden Fortress

06) The Sword of Doom

07) The Age of Shadows

08) That Day, on the Beach

09) Taipei Story

10) In the Realm of the Senses


2. watch every film nominated in 2017 for the Academy Award for Best Picture
Lady Bird

Dunkirk

Call Me by Your Name

Darkest Hour

Phantom Thread

The Post

Get Out

The Shape of Water

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri


3. watch 10 films released before 1960 -
The Sword

Wild Strawberries

The 47 Ronin

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Senso

Gate of Hell

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
The Searchers ★★★★
Le Notti Bianche ★★★★
Bellissima ★★★★

4. watch 20 films released in the same decade

5. watch 20 films of the same genre (choose between Western, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Comedy)
Horror:

6. watch 10 films released before 2000 that have won an Academy Award at any category - How Green was My Valley (1941)
7. watch 10 films in the IMDb Top 250
8. watch 10 animated films -
9. watch 10 films from the same director
10. watch 10 films released in 2018
The Outsider
Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Siberia

Red Sparrow

A Prayer Before Dawn

Jailbreak

You Were Never Really Here

Faces Places

V.I.P




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@Ultraviolence here are the answers to your questions:

Box Office 2017
Mofo Hall of Fame
As for the budget of a film, Googling the name of a film and the word "budget" 99% of the time gives you the answer immediately. For more detailed info you can check the site on the first link as well.



45. a film with a budget lower than 1 million. How do I know?

Just watch Clerks. Trust me, it fits the bill.



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2. an animated film: Kung Fu Panda
12. a DC film: Justice League
13. a Marvel film: Thor: Ragnarok
25. a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture: The Shape of Water
52. a film in theaters: Tomb Raider



I shall try my best and I will do the game where I only mention a film once to keep it interesting to read lol.

Main Challenge
1. a foreign language film. Mrs. Hyde
2. an animated film. Howl's Moving Castle
3. a film in the IMDb Top 250. Citizen Kane
4. a film in the IMDb Bottom 100.
5. an indie film. Only Lovers Left Alive
6. a black and white film. Laura
7. a film released before 1960. Gilda
8. a silent film.
9. a film that topped the weekly box office within 2017. The Greatest Showman
10. a film with more than 400,000 votes on IMDb
11. a Studio Ghibli film.
12. a DC film.
13. a Marvel film.
14. a film whose main genre is Horror.
15. a film whose main genre is Comedy. Game Night
16. a film whose main genre is Action.
17. a film whose main genre is Science Fiction.
18. a film whose main genre is Fantasy.
19. a film whose main genre is Romance. Every Day
20. a film whose main genre is Western.
21. a blaxploitation film. what????????????
22. a post-apocalyptic/apocalyptic/dystopian film. Mad Max: Fury Road but i fell asleep halfway through so i guess it doesn't count?
23. a film in the MoFo Fall of Fame. what?
24. a Palme d'Or winner. The Square
25. a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Shape of Water
26. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
27. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. West Side Story
28. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
29. a film included in the National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films list. Breathless
30. a film that is part of the Criterion Collection. Solaris
31. a martial arts film.
32. a Disney or Pixar film. High School Musical
33. a film that is a novel or play adaptation. The Birds
34. a musical film. Mamma Mia
35. a film directed by a woman. Lady Bird
36. a film more than 160 minutes long.
37. a film that has been adapted to or from a TV series.
38. a (neo) noir film.
39. a film in which the main character dies.
40. a film in which aliens (or other terrestrial species) tries to eliminate mankind.
41. a film that doesn't take place on Earth or takes place in an alternate world.
42. a film that won any type of Academy Award for 2017.
43. a box office flop (made less money that it cost).
44. a box office wonder (made at least 3 times as much as it cost).
45. a film with a budget lower than 1 million. Pin Cushion
46. a film that is part of a franchise with more than 5 sequels/remakes/reboots.
47. a Lars von Trier/Andrei Tarkovsky/Bernardo Bertolucci/Pedro Almodóvar film.
48. a Stanley Kubrick /Francis Ford Coppola/Alfred Hitchcock/Sidney Lumet film.
49. a Greta Garbo/Audrey Hepburn/Barbra Streisand/Vivien Leigh/Elizabeth Taylor film.
50. a Humphrey Bogart/James Stewart/Clark Gable/Orson Welles/Gregory Peck film.
51. a film released in 2018.
52. a film in theaters. La Holandesa

Nightmare Mode
1. watch 10 foreign language films.
1. Team Hurrican
2. Vivre Sa Vie
3. Notti Di Cabiria
4. Le Rayon Vert

2. watch every film nominated in 2017 for the Academy Award for Best Picture [ Lady Bird, Dunkirk, Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, Phantom Thread, The Post, Get Out, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri ]
Lady Bird
Three Billboards
Dunkirk
Shape or Water
Get Out

3. watch 10 films released before 1960
4. watch 20 films released in the same decade
5. watch 20 films of the same genre (choose between Western, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Comedy)
6. watch 10 films released before 2000 that have won an Academy Award at any category
7. watch 10 films in the IMDb Top 250
8. watch 10 animated films
9. watch 10 films from the same director
10. watch 10 films released in 2018
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6/10 of the Oscars one. La Strada (Best Foreign), Nights of Cabiria (Best Foreign), Dodsworth (Best Art Direction), Mr Smith Goes to Washington (Best Original Story), The Quiet Man (Best Director), Mildred Pierce (Best Actress).
Added Mildred Pierce to this which i watched last night. Also watching Black Panther tonight probably that'll cross of Marvel Movie.



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a blaxploitation film. what????????????
"Blaxploitation is a term coined in the early 1970s to refer to black action films that were aimed at black audiences. Featuring African-American actors in lead roles and often having anti-establishment plots, the films were frequently condemned for stereotypical characterization and glorification of violence."

Examples: Blackula, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Shaft, Black Dynamite.



a blaxploitation film. what????????????
"Blaxploitation is a term coined in the early 1970s to refer to black action films that were aimed at black audiences. Featuring African-American actors in lead roles and often having anti-establishment plots, the films were frequently condemned for stereotypical characterization and glorification of violence."

Examples: Blackula, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Shaft, Black Dynamite.
I dont think ive ever watched a blaxploitation movie