2018 Movie Challenge

So last up are the Argentos

9. watch 10 films from the same director
Dario Argento
1. Suspiria
2. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
3. Inferno
4. Tenebre
5. Mother of Tears
6. Phantom of the Opera
7. Trauma
8. Cat O'Nine Tails
9. Deep Red
10. Opera


And that's it, all finished

1. a foreign language film. - Tokyo Drifter (1966)
2. an animated film. - Isle of Dogs (2018)
3. a film in the IMDb Top 250. - Wild Strawberries (1957)
4. a film in the IMDb Bottom 100. - Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
5. an indie film. - Skate Kitchen (2018)
6. a black and white film. - Woman of the Dunes (1964)
7. a film released before 1960. - The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
8. a silent film. - The Goddess (1934)
9. a film that topped the weekly box office within 2017. - Split (2017)
10. a film with more than 400,000 votes on IMDb.- The Truman Show (1998)
11. a Studio Ghibli film. - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
12. a DC film. - V for Vendetta (2006)
13. a Marvel film. - Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
14. a film whose main genre is Horror. - The Innocents (1961)
15. a film whose main genre is Comedy. - The Kid (1921)
16. a film whose main genre is Action. - The Villainess (2017)
17. a film whose main genre is Science Fiction. - Barbarella (1968)
18. a film whose main genre is Fantasy. - Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017)
19. a film whose main genre is Romance. - The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
20. a film whose main genre is Western. - Blazing Saddles (1974)
21. a blaxploitation film.- Black KkKlansman (2018)
22. a post-apocalyptic/apocalyptic/dystopian film. - Dead Man's Letters (1986)
23. a film in the MoFo Fall of Fame - The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
24. a Palme d'Or winner - Taste of Cherry (1997)
25. a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture. - Casablanca (1942)
26. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. - The Apartment (1960)
27. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Score - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
28. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. - The Aviator (2004)
29. a film included in the National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films list. - Breathless (1960)
30. a film that is part of the Criterion Collection - In the Mood for Love (2000)
31. a martial arts film. - The Legend (1993)
32. a Disney or Pixar film. - The BFG (2016)
33. a film that is a novel or play adaptation. - Phoenix (2014)
34. a musical film. - Donkey Skin (1970)
35. a film directed by a woman - American Honey (2016)
36. a film more than 160 minutes long. - Farewell My Concubine (1993)
37. a film that has been adapted to or from a TV series. - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
38. a (neo) noir film. - Memento (2000)
39. a film in which the main character dies. -
40. a film in which aliens (or other terrestrial species) tries to eliminate mankind. - The Fifth Element (1997)
41. a film that doesn't take place on Earth or takes place in an alternate world. - The Wild Boys (2018)
42. a film that won any type of Academy Award for 2017. - I, Tonya (2017)
43. a box office flop (made less money that it cost). - The Happytime Murders (2018)
44. a box office wonder (made at least 3 times as much as it cost). - Black Panther (2018)
45. a film with a budget lower than 1 million. - Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
46. a film that is part of a franchise with more than 5 sequels/remakes/reboots. - Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
47. a Lars von Trier/Andrei Tarkovsky/Bernardo Bertolucci/Pedro Almodóvar film. - The Conformist (1970)
48. a Stanley Kubrick /Francis Ford Coppola/Alfred Hitchcock/Sidney Lumet film. - North by Northwest (1959)
49. a Greta Garbo/Audrey Hepburn/Barbra Streisand/Vivien Leigh/Elizabeth Taylor film. - Funny Face (1957)
50. a Humphrey Bogart/James Stewart/Clark Gable/Orson Welles/Gregory Peck film. - Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
51. a film released in 2018. - Mandy (2018)
52. a film in theaters. - Annihilation (2018)

Done! Just in time.

This is what I accomplished of the Nightmare Mode, although I wasn't expressly trying to finish it, or I would have.

Most films are randomly ordered, not according to preference.

Ten foreign language films:
1. Chocolate (2008)
2. Dragon Inn (1967)
3. Come Drink With Me (1966)
4. Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
5. Chungking Express (1994)
6. The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
7. Mandala (1981)
8. Operation Red Sea (2018)
9. Train to Busan (2016)
10. Fallen Angels (1995)

Ten films released before 1960:
1. Ostani dzien lata – The Last Summer – 1958
2. Gojira – 1954
3. Ugetsu Monogatari – 1953
4. Summer Interlude – 1951
5. Late Spring – 1949
6. Letter from an Unknown Woman – 1948
7. The Shop Around the Corner – 1940
8. The Roaring Twenties – 1939
9. The Thin Man – 1934
10. The Last Laugh – 1924

20 films released in the same decade:
2000s (according to release date)
1. Zoolander (2001)
2. Samsara (2001)
3. Hero (2002)
4. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
5. Save the Green Planet! (2003)
6. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
7. The Taste of Tea (2004)
8. Kamikaze Girls (2004)
9. 3-Iron (2004)
10. The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
11. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
12. The Bow (2005)
13. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
14. I’m a Cyborg, but That’s OK (2006)
15. The Man from Earth (2007)
16. Let the Right One In (2008)
17. Burn After Reading (2008)
18. Be Kind Rewind (2008)
19. OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
20. Between Us (2009)

20 films of the same genre (either Western, Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Comedy):
ROMANCE:

1. The Beauty Inside – 2015
2. Love, Simon – 2018
3. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – 1964
4. Ondine - 2009
5. Ayanda and the Mechanic - 2015
6. Blush - 2015
7. The Man from the Future – 2011
8. Virtue - 1932
9. 500 Days of Summer – 2009
10. In Your Eyes - 2014
11. Hiroshima, Mon Amour – 1959
12. The Double Life of Veronique - 1991
13. Summer With Monika – 1953
14. Lola – 1961
15. Jules and Jim - 1962
16. Show Me Love – 1998
17. House of Flying Daggers – 2004
18. Crazy Rich Asians – 2018
19. Yes Man – 2008
20. A Woman is a Woman – 1961

10 films released before 2000 that have won an Academy Award in any category:
1. East of Eden – 1955 (Best Actress in a Supporting Role)
2. Dirty Dancing – 1987 (Best Music, Original Song)
3. It Happened One Night – 1934 (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Writing)
4. Bicycle Thieves – 1948 (Honorary Award for Best Foreign Language film from Italy released in the U.S. in 1949)
5. Day for Night – 1973 (Best Foreign Language Film, France)
6. The Apartment – 1960 (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing)
7. Casablanca – 1942 (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay)
8. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – 1931 (Best Actor)
9. Thelma & Louise – 1991 (Best Screenplay)
10. E.T. – 1982 (Best Sound, Visual Effects, Sound Effects Editing, Original Score)

(Two of the above were included in my other list. For some reason, I saw a lot of films that were Oscar nominated, but didn't win anything.)

Ten films in the IMDb Top 250:
1. Leon: The Professional - 1994
2. Seven Samurai – 1954
3. Amelie - 2001
4. Yojimbo - 1961
5. Die Hard - 1988
6. Incendies – 2010
7. Pan’s Labyrinth – 2006
8. The Big Lebowski - 1998
9. Rush – 2013
10. La Haine – 1995

Ten animated films:
1. Ghost in the Shell – 1995
2. The Boy and the Beast – 2016
3. The Cat Returns - 2002
4. Akira – 1988
5. 5 Centimeters Per Second – 2007
6. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – 2005
7. Loving Vincent – 2017
8. Heavy Metal – 1981
9. The Secret of Kells – 2009
10. Kiki’s Delivery Service – 1989

Ten films released in 2018:
there's still a bunch I haven't viewed.

1. Sorry to Bother You
2. On Body and Soul
3. The Hate U Give
4. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
5. Eighth Grade
6. Let the Corpses Tan
7. Death of Stalin
8. Mary and the Witch’s Flower
9. Support the Girls
10. Jonathan

Films nominated in 2017 for Best Picture:
Call Me By Your Name – seen in 2018
Dunkirk – seen in 2017
Get Out – seen in 2017
Lady Bird – seen in 2017

Have not watched:
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Ten films from the same director
Did not accomplish. Saw 6 Godard films, though.

Just out of curiosity, did you like it? It's one of my favorite martial arts films.

Loved it! One of my favorites now too.

Nice final stretch guys and girls. Hopefully more will complete the 2019 one.