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Main Challenge
A. Get lost in the movement
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. New German Cinema
The Bitter Tears of Petra Van Kant
2. Japanese New Wave
3. Cinema du look
4. Australian New Wave
The Cars That Ate Paris
5. Documentary Film Movement
6. Iranian New Wave
B. Behind the Iron Curtain
[Watch a film from each of the following countries while they were under communist rule]
1. Soviet Union (1922-1991)
2. Poland (1947-1989)
3. Yugoslavia (1945-1992)
4. Czechoslovakia (1948-1989)
5. China (1949-present)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
C. Lets break this down, shall we?
[Pick one of the following genres and watch one film from each of its subgenres or themes listed]
1. [Thriller: Legal]
Argentina, 1985
2. [Thriller: Political]
The Man Standing Next
3. [Thriller: Supernatural]
4. [Thriller: Mystery]
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
D. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival
Z
2. Academy Award
3. National Society of Film Critics Award
Da 5 Bloods
4. Berlin International Film Festival
Alphaville
5. Locarno Film Festival
E. I have always depended on the lists of strangers:
[Watch one film featured in each of the following prominent lists]
1. Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films Poll
2. Cahiers du Cinéma’s Annual Top 10
3. 100 Italian Movies Restored
The Battles of Algiers
4. Steven Jay Schneider's 1001 movies
5. Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project
F. I see dead people:
[Watch one film from each group of deceased directors, actors and cinematographers]
1. John Huston, PETER BOGDANOVICH, Billy Wilder, D.W. Griffith
2. Alain Resnais, Wolfgang Petersen, Sergei Eisenstein, Manoel de Oliveira
3. DELPHINE SEYRIG, Monica Vitti, Brigitte Horney, Katharine Hepburn
4. MONTGOMERY CLIFT, Oskar Werner, Francisco Rabal, Ugo Tognazzi
Indiscretion of An American Wife
(64 minute US release version)
5. MICHAEL BALHAUS, Conrad L. Hall, Vilmos Zsigmond, Stanley Cortez
G. The circle of life
[Watch a film with each of the following age-related themes]
1. a film with a child protagonist
Hope and Glory
2. a coming-of-age film
All the Freckles in the World
3. a mid-life crisis film
4. a film tackling old age
H. Country roads take me home
[Pick one of the following country groups and watch 5 films from its members, without repetitions]
4. WWI Allies (Belgium, Brazil, Japan, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, United Kingdom)
Belgium: Le Enfant
Brazil:
Japan: Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Romania: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
United Kingdom: Zulu
I. Three monkeys off your back
[Watch a film fitting each of the following categories of addiction]
1. a film with an alcoholic main character
2. a film about drug addiction
3. a film in which gambling is a central theme
J. I feel pretty!
[Watch a film that was nominated for each of the visual awards mentioned below]
1. Academy Award for Best Cinematography
2. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Death Becomes Her
3. Academy Award for Best Production Design
4. Academy Award for Best Costume Design
5. Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
K. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film in theaters
Infinity Pool
2. a film that is an anthology or collection of stories
3. a film with less than 3,000 votes on IMDb
4. a film released in 2023
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
5. a film suggested by another participant of this challenge
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. New German Cinema
The Bitter Tears of Petra Van Kant
2. Japanese New Wave
3. Cinema du look
4. Australian New Wave
The Cars That Ate Paris
5. Documentary Film Movement
6. Iranian New Wave
B. Behind the Iron Curtain
[Watch a film from each of the following countries while they were under communist rule]
1. Soviet Union (1922-1991)
2. Poland (1947-1989)
3. Yugoslavia (1945-1992)
4. Czechoslovakia (1948-1989)
5. China (1949-present)
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
C. Lets break this down, shall we?
[Pick one of the following genres and watch one film from each of its subgenres or themes listed]
1. [Thriller: Legal]
Argentina, 1985
2. [Thriller: Political]
The Man Standing Next
3. [Thriller: Supernatural]
4. [Thriller: Mystery]
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
D. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival
Z
2. Academy Award
3. National Society of Film Critics Award
Da 5 Bloods
4. Berlin International Film Festival
Alphaville
5. Locarno Film Festival
E. I have always depended on the lists of strangers:
[Watch one film featured in each of the following prominent lists]
1. Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films Poll
2. Cahiers du Cinéma’s Annual Top 10
3. 100 Italian Movies Restored
The Battles of Algiers
4. Steven Jay Schneider's 1001 movies
5. Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project
F. I see dead people:
[Watch one film from each group of deceased directors, actors and cinematographers]
1. John Huston, PETER BOGDANOVICH, Billy Wilder, D.W. Griffith
2. Alain Resnais, Wolfgang Petersen, Sergei Eisenstein, Manoel de Oliveira
3. DELPHINE SEYRIG, Monica Vitti, Brigitte Horney, Katharine Hepburn
4. MONTGOMERY CLIFT, Oskar Werner, Francisco Rabal, Ugo Tognazzi
Indiscretion of An American Wife
(64 minute US release version)
5. MICHAEL BALHAUS, Conrad L. Hall, Vilmos Zsigmond, Stanley Cortez
G. The circle of life
[Watch a film with each of the following age-related themes]
1. a film with a child protagonist
Hope and Glory
2. a coming-of-age film
All the Freckles in the World
3. a mid-life crisis film
4. a film tackling old age
H. Country roads take me home
[Pick one of the following country groups and watch 5 films from its members, without repetitions]
4. WWI Allies (Belgium, Brazil, Japan, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, United Kingdom)
Belgium: Le Enfant
Brazil:
Japan: Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Romania: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
United Kingdom: Zulu
I. Three monkeys off your back
[Watch a film fitting each of the following categories of addiction]
1. a film with an alcoholic main character
2. a film about drug addiction
3. a film in which gambling is a central theme
J. I feel pretty!
[Watch a film that was nominated for each of the visual awards mentioned below]
1. Academy Award for Best Cinematography
2. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Death Becomes Her
3. Academy Award for Best Production Design
4. Academy Award for Best Costume Design
5. Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Darkest Hour
K. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film in theaters
Infinity Pool
2. a film that is an anthology or collection of stories
3. a film with less than 3,000 votes on IMDb
4. a film released in 2023
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
5. a film suggested by another participant of this challenge
Nightmare Mode
You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in Paris?
watch 10 foreign language films
1. Once Upon a Time in China III
2. My Young Auntie
3. Les abysses
4. La Chinoise
5.
6. A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop
7. Midaq Alley
8. Beasts Clawing at Straws
9. Holy Spider
10.
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country. Germany 🇩🇪
(For the sake of simplicity, this will include both East and West)
1. Hagazussa
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre
Fantasy
1. The Sword and the Sorcerer
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up
watch 10 films featuring the same actor Catherine Deneuve
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director. Paul Schrader.
1. American Gigolo
2. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
3. Patty Hearst
4. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
5. The Canyons
6. The Comfort of Strangers
7.
8.
9.
10.
All the places you’ll go
watch 10 films, each from a different country that you’ve never watched a film from before
1. Hungary
Damnation
2. Colombia
Embrace of the Serpent
3. Philippines
Manila in the Claws of Light
4. Bhutan
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
5. Finland.
6. Bangladesh
A River Called Titas
7. Senegal
Touki Bouki
8. Chile
The Maid
9. Armenia
The Color of Pomegranates
10. Estonia
Tangerines
Breaking the waves
watch 10 films belonging to any of the cinematic movements covered in this challenge over the years
1. Billy Liar (British New Wave)
2. A Woman is a Woman (French New Wave)
3. To Sleep With Anger (L.A. Rebellion)
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Hallmost Famous
watch 10 films that have been nominated in any MoFo Hall of Fame but never won
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
The Sound of Silence
watch 10 silent films
1. Sunrise
2
3
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Free Samples
watch 1 film per decade for the last 100 hundred years
1920. Orphans of the Storm
1930. The Awful Trurh
1940. The Palm Beach Story
1950.
1960.
1970.
1980. The Stuntman
1990.
2000. Ballast
2010.
2020. Cyrano
You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
BFI top 100 Westerns.
1. Heavens Gate.
2. Forty Guns
3. The Tall T
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
watch 10 foreign language films
1. Once Upon a Time in China III
2. My Young Auntie
3. Les abysses
4. La Chinoise
5.
6. A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop
7. Midaq Alley
8. Beasts Clawing at Straws
9. Holy Spider
10.
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country. Germany 🇩🇪
(For the sake of simplicity, this will include both East and West)
1. Hagazussa
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre
Fantasy
1. The Sword and the Sorcerer
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up
watch 10 films featuring the same actor Catherine Deneuve
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director. Paul Schrader.
1. American Gigolo
2. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
3. Patty Hearst
4. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
5. The Canyons
6. The Comfort of Strangers
7.
8.
9.
10.
All the places you’ll go
watch 10 films, each from a different country that you’ve never watched a film from before
1. Hungary
Damnation
2. Colombia
Embrace of the Serpent
3. Philippines
Manila in the Claws of Light
4. Bhutan
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
5. Finland.
6. Bangladesh
A River Called Titas
7. Senegal
Touki Bouki
8. Chile
The Maid
9. Armenia
The Color of Pomegranates
10. Estonia
Tangerines
Breaking the waves
watch 10 films belonging to any of the cinematic movements covered in this challenge over the years
1. Billy Liar (British New Wave)
2. A Woman is a Woman (French New Wave)
3. To Sleep With Anger (L.A. Rebellion)
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Hallmost Famous
watch 10 films that have been nominated in any MoFo Hall of Fame but never won
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
The Sound of Silence
watch 10 silent films
1. Sunrise
2
3
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Free Samples
watch 1 film per decade for the last 100 hundred years
1920. Orphans of the Storm
1930. The Awful Trurh
1940. The Palm Beach Story
1950.
1960.
1970.
1980. The Stuntman
1990.
2000. Ballast
2010.
2020. Cyrano
You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
BFI top 100 Westerns.
1. Heavens Gate.
2. Forty Guns
3. The Tall T
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Last edited by Wyldesyde19; 2 weeks ago at 12:12 AM.
