2018 Movie Challenge

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Nightmare Mode:

1. watch 10 foreign language films (A Visitor To A Museum, My Friend Ivan Lapshin, Planet of Storms, Martyrs, Jules and Jim, Winter Light, Leviathan, Our Little Sister, Like Father Like Son, I Wish)
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 Cranes Are Flying, A Face in the Crowd, The Gunfighter, Ballad of a Soldier, Europe '51, Rio Bravo, The Long Gray Line, Johnny Guitar, Night and the City, Kiss Me Deadly)
4. watch 20 films released in the same decade (1930's) (The Only Son, Baby Face, The Black Cat, Imitation of Life, Footlight Parade, Duck Soup, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Captains Corageous, You Only Live Once, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Jezebel, Fury, Mr Deeds Goes To Town, La Chienne, Boudu Saved From Drowning, Ruggles of Red Gap, You Can't Take It With You, Scarface, Osaka Elegy, The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum)
5. watch 20 films of the same genre (Comedy) (The Disaster Artist, Europa Europa, The Last Supper, Fist Fight, Jackass The Movie, Jackass Number Two, The Heartbreak Kid, Waiting For Guffman, A New Leaf, Punch-Drunk Love, Braindead, Trouble in Paradise, Wild Tales, Frances Ha, This is the End, Bowfinger, Walk Hard, Tommy Boy, Paddington, The Burbs)
6. watch 10 films released before 2000 that have won an Academy Award at any category (10/10) 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) Sunrise (Unique and Artistic Picture), Black Swan (Best Actress), Day For Night (Best Foreign), Cabaret (Best Actress).
7. watch 10 films in the IMDb Top 250 (Interstellar, Avengers: Infinity War, M, Requiem For A Dream, Come and See, Wild Tales, Stalker, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Amores Perros, Barry Lyndon, The Handmaiden)
8. watch 10 animated films (The Breadwinner, Whisper of the Heart, Sleeping Beauty, Coco, Wolf Children, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Winnie The Pooh. My Life As A Zucchini, Early Man, Isle of Dogs)
9. watch 10 films from the same director (10/10 - Sion Sono) (Love Exposure, Suicide Club, Noriko's Dinner Table, Why Don't You Play In Hell?, Strange Circus, Tokyo Tribe, Cold Fish, Guilty of Romance, Antiporno, The Virgin Psychics)
10. watch 10 films released in 2018 (10/10) (Won't You Be My Neighbour?, Gotti, Mute, Summer of 84, Hereditary, Deadpool 2, Tully, 14 Cameras, Red Sparrow, Tomb Raider)
Went ahead and watched The Virgin Psychics so that's me finished Nightmare Mode.

Will be watching The Lavender Hill Mob some time in the next week then i'm finished the regular one.



Also answers to Jabba
@Camo you are practically done. Good job man!

@Miss Vicky sorry to hear you dropped this.Maybe next year

How are the rest of the people that were doing this? Did you forget about or just haven't updated your list in a while?
@HashtagBrownies @Iroquois @Theophile @nat666195 @Ultraviolence @Rey Skywalker @Bihotza ; @ScarletLion @Sedai @Jay Redrum



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Two more to go - need to watch a DC movie and also one more from the IMDb Top 250.
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Blimey, forgot all about this. Will update ASAP.
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@Camo you are practically done. Good job man!

@Miss Vicky sorry to hear you dropped this.Maybe next year

How are the rest of the people that were doing this? Did you forget about or just haven't updated your list in a while?
@HashtagBrownies @Iroquois @Theophile @nat666195 @Ultraviolence @Rey Skywalker @Bihotza ; @ScarletLion @Sedai @Jay Redrum
Updating it now

Where can I see mofo hall of fame and how many votes does a movie have on imdb?



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Well, I finally finished it. Final results here:

I'll use this to keep track of my progress.

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. Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
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. M
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



Alright lets see what I've done so far...



1. a foreign language film. Humanity and the Paper Balloons
2. an animated film. Isle of Dogs (2018)
3. a film in the IMDb Top 250. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. a film in the IMDb Bottom 100. The Open House (2018)
5. an indie film. Thoroughbreds (2018)
6. a black and white film. Frances Ha
7. a film released before 1960. Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
8. a silent film. The Goddess
9. a film that topped the weekly box office within 2017. Jigsaw
10. a film with more than 400,000 votes on IMDb Amelie
11. a Studio Ghibli film.
12. a DC film. Batman:Gotham by Gaslight(2018)
13. a Marvel film. Antman and the Wasp (2018)
14. a film whose main genre is Horror. Hellfest(2018)
15. a film whose main genre is Comedy. Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
16. a film whose main genre is Action. MI:Ghost Protocol (2018)
17. a film whose main genre is Science Fiction.Rampage(2018)
18. a film whose main genre is Fantasy.
19. a film whose main genre is Romance.Waterloo Bridge
20. a film whose main genre is Western.The Good the Bad and the Ugly
21. a blaxploitation film. The Beast Must Die
22. a post-apocalyptic/apocalyptic/dystopian film. The Endless(2017)
23. a film in the MoFo Fall of Fame
24. a Palme d'Or winner The Square
25. a film that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture.It Happened One Night
26. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. On the Waterfront
27. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Original Score The Shape of Water
28. a film that won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Aviator
29. a film included in the National Society of Film Critics' 100 Essential Films list 2001 A Space Odssey.
30. a film that is part of the Criterion Collection Westfront 1918
31. a martial arts film. Big Trouble in Little China
32. a Disney or Pixar film. Incredible's 2(2018)
33. a film that is a novel or play adaptation. The Little Stranger(2018)
34. a musical film. A Star is Born(2018)
35. a film directed by a woman Revenge(2017)
36. a film more than 160 minutes long.The Leopard
37. a film that has been adapted to or from a TV series.
38. a (neo) noir film. Blade Runner 2046
39. a film in which the main character dies. Whitney(2018)
40. a film in which aliens (or other terrestrial species) tries to eliminate mankind. A Quiet Place (2018)
41. a film that doesn't take place on Earth or takes place in an alternate world. The Dragon Lives Again
42. a film that won any type of Academy Award for 2017. Phantom Thread (2017)
43. a box office flop (made less money that it cost). Alpha(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. The Editor
46. a film that is part of a franchise with more than 5 sequels/remakes/reboots.Halloween (2018)
47. a Lars von Trier/Andrei Tarkovsky/Bernardo Bertolucci/Pedro Almodóvar film.
48. a Stanley Kubrick /Francis Ford Coppola/Alfred Hitchcock/Sidney Lumet film. The Godfather
49. a Greta Garbo/Audrey Hepburn/Barbra Streisand/Vivien Leigh/Elizabeth Taylor film. Wait Until Dark
50. a Humphrey Bogart/James Stewart/Clark Gable/Orson Welles/Gregory Peck film. Mutiny on the Bounty
51. a film released in 2018. Bad Times at the El Royale(2018)
52. a film in theaters. First Man(2018)

So I've got five films to go

11. a Studio Ghibli film.

18. a film whose main genre is Fantasy.
23. a film in the MoFo Hall of Fame
37. a film that has been adapted to or from a TV series.
47. a Lars von Trier/Andrei Tarkovsky/Bernardo Bertolucci/Pedro Almodóvar film.



So I've got one category to go

11. a Studio Ghibli film. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
18. a film whose main genre is Fantasy. Beastmaster
23. a film in the MoFo Hall of Fame Nosferatu (Horror Hall of Fame)
37. a film that has been adapted to or from a TV series. Teen Wolf
47. a Lars von Trier/Andrei Tarkovsky/Bernardo Bertolucci/Pedro Almodóvar film.



1. watch 10 foreign language films
1. Cinema Paridiso
2. Antonia's Line
3. Westfront 1918
4. The Bohemian Life
5. Dersu Uzala
6. Benny's Video
7. The Saragosa Manuscript
8. Europa Europa
9. Nothing Bad Can Happen
10. Farewell My Concubine


2. watch every film nominated in 2017 for the Academy Award for Best Picture (Done)


3. watch 10 films released before 1960
1. The Frozen Ghost
2. Strange Confession
3. Calling Dr. Death
4. Dead Man's Eyes
5. Pillow of Death
6. Weird Woman
7. The Search
8. 30 Seconds over Tokyo
9. The Secret Land
10. Flirtation Walk


4. watch 20 films released in the same decade
(1980's)
1. Teen Wolf
2. Theif
3. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
4. Stripes
5. Absence of Malice
6. After Hours
7. Big Trouble in Little China
8. Christmas Evil
9. Lolita Vibrator Torture
10. Fletch
11. Cinema Paridiso
12. Amsterdamned
13.Witchery
14. Critters
15. The Shining
16. The Burning
17. Grease 2
18. Can't Buy Me Love
19.
20.
5. watch 20 films of the same genre (choose between Western, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Comedy)
Comedy
1. Torchy Plays With Dynamite
2. Fly Away Baby
3. Blondes at Work
4. The Adventurous Blonde
5. Torchy Blane in Chinatown
6. Torchy Gets Her Man
7. Torchy Runs for Mayor
8. Smart Blonde
9. Nancy Drew Reporter
10. Torchy Blane in Panama
11. Palm Beach Story
12. My Favorite Wife
13. An Affair to Remember
14. Lover Come Back
15. The Odd Couple
16. Pillow Talk
17. The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer
18. Fletch
19. Cockblockers
20. Game Night
6. watch 10 films released before 2000 that have won an Academy Award at any category
1. Dear Uzala (best foreign film)
2. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (best effects)
3. Antonia's Line (best foreign film)
4. For Whom the Bell Tolls (supporting actress)
5. Pillow Talk (best writing)
6. Hud (best supporting actor)
7. Cinema Paridiso (best foreign film)
8. Raiders of the Lost Ark (best effects)
9. 2001 (best effects)
10. Godfather (best picture)

7. watch 10 films in the IMDb Top 250
1. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Memento
4. Avengers Infinity War
5. The Shining
6. 2001 A Space Odyssey
7. Amelie
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
9. Incendies
10. Rush

8. watch 10 animated films
1. Isle of Dogs
2. Incredibles 2
3. Ferdinand
4. Teen Titans Go to the Movies
5. Tangled
6. Nausicca
7. Early Man
8. Gotham by Gaslight
9. Scooby Doo The Brave and the Bold
10.

9. watch 10 films from the same director
Dario Argento
1. Suspiria
2. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
3. Inferno
4. Tenebre
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

10. watch 10 films released in 2018
1. Hell Fest (2018)
2. Unsane (2018)
3. Bad Times at the El Royale(2018)
4. Halloween (2018)
5. Summer of 84' (2018)
6. Apostle (2018)
7. Slender Man (2018)
8. Wildling (2018)
9. The Quiet Place (2018)
10. The Little Stranger (2018)

So I've got 10 of these to cross off...obviously the director is going to be the hardest one. But who knows I might marathon Argento New Years Eve



Are we doing this in 2019? I want to start off the year hitting the ground running.



Also answers to Jabba
Yes a new version will be made for 2019. I found that it provides me with great incentive to watch different types of films so I will run it again.



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If the categories are going to be changed, I'd suggest dropping the "IMDb Bottom 100" one because it's one thing to challenge people to step outside their comfort zones for this challenge but another thing to require them to spend their time on films that they are almost certainly going to hate (apart from the ones that might prove unintentionally funny like Troll 2 or The Room but even then...)



Yes a new version will be made for 2019. I found that it provides me with great incentive to watch different types of films so I will run it again.

Can you start the list now so that I can start making plans please?



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Can you start the list now so that I can start making plans please?

I will try to put it up next week. As always, I will slightly change some of the challenges to keep it interesting. The bulk will remain the same though.