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I thought I would give it a shot this year.
Relevant Lists
Below you will find some examples & ideas for certain categories.
I left the lists here for my convenience.
Main Challenge
A. Get lost in the movement
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. New German Cinema
2. Japanese New Wave
3. Cinema du look
4. Australian New Wave
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)
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. [Fantasy: Sword & Sorcery] [Thriller: Legal] [History: Biopic] [Animation: Puppet]
2. [Fantasy: High Fantasy] [Thriller: Political] [History: Period Film] [Animation: Claymation]
3. [Fantasy: Magical Realism] [Thriller: Supernatural] [History: Alternate History] [Animation: Live Animation]
4. [Fantasy: Dark fantasy] [Thriller: Mystery] [History: Historical Drama] [Animation: Rotoscoping]
D. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival
2. Academy Award
3. National Society of Film Critics Award
4. Berlin International Film Festival
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
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
5. Michael Ballhaus, 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
2. a coming-of-age film
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]
1. Mediterranean (Albania, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Turkey)
2. Former French Colonies (Algeria, Cambodia, Canada, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Palestine, Senegal, Tunisia, Vietnam)
3. Spanish speaking countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Spain)
4. WWI Allies (Belgium, Brazil, Japan, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, United Kingdom)
5. Antarctic Treaty Parties (Australia, China, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Uruguay)
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
3. Academy Award for Best Production Design
4. Academy Award for Best Costume Design
5. Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
K. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film in theaters
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
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
2. Japanese New Wave
3. Cinema du look
4. Australian New Wave
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)
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. [Fantasy: Sword & Sorcery] [Thriller: Legal] [History: Biopic] [Animation: Puppet]
2. [Fantasy: High Fantasy] [Thriller: Political] [History: Period Film] [Animation: Claymation]
3. [Fantasy: Magical Realism] [Thriller: Supernatural] [History: Alternate History] [Animation: Live Animation]
4. [Fantasy: Dark fantasy] [Thriller: Mystery] [History: Historical Drama] [Animation: Rotoscoping]
D. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards]
1. Cannes Film Festival
2. Academy Award
3. National Society of Film Critics Award
4. Berlin International Film Festival
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
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
5. Michael Ballhaus, 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
2. a coming-of-age film
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]
1. Mediterranean (Albania, Egypt, France, Israel, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Turkey)
2. Former French Colonies (Algeria, Cambodia, Canada, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Palestine, Senegal, Tunisia, Vietnam)
3. Spanish speaking countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Spain)
4. WWI Allies (Belgium, Brazil, Japan, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Thailand, United Kingdom)
5. Antarctic Treaty Parties (Australia, China, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Uruguay)
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
3. Academy Award for Best Production Design
4. Academy Award for Best Costume Design
5. Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
K. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film in theaters
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
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
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country
Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre
Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up
watch 10 films featuring the same actor
I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director
All the places you’ll go
watch 10 films, each from a different country that you’ve never watched a film from before
Breaking the waves
watch 10 films belonging to any of the cinematic movements covered in this challenge over the years
Hallmost Famous
watch 10 films that have been nominated in any MoFo Hall of Fame but never won
The Sound of Silence
watch 10 silent films
Free Samples
watch 1 film per decade for the last 100 hundred years
You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
watch 10 foreign language films
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country
Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre
Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up
watch 10 films featuring the same actor
I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director
All the places you’ll go
watch 10 films, each from a different country that you’ve never watched a film from before
Breaking the waves
watch 10 films belonging to any of the cinematic movements covered in this challenge over the years
Hallmost Famous
watch 10 films that have been nominated in any MoFo Hall of Fame but never won
The Sound of Silence
watch 10 silent films
Free Samples
watch 1 film per decade for the last 100 hundred years
You MoFo I almost had you
Pick one of the lists featured in MoFo and watch 10 films in it
Relevant Lists
Below you will find some examples & ideas for certain categories.
Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project
A Brighter Summer Day (1991) [Taiwan]
A River Called Titas (1973) [Bangladesh]
After the Curfew (1954) [Indonesia]
Al Momia (1969) [Egypt]
Alyam Alyam (1978) [Morocco]
Badou Boy (1970) [Senegal]
Borom Sarret (1963) [Senegal]
Chess of the Wind (1976) [Iran]
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975) [Algeria]
City of Contrasts (1968) [Senegal]
Downpour (1972) [Iran]
Dry Summer (1964) [Turkey]
Eight Deadly Shots (1972) [Finland]
El (1953) [Mexico]
Insiang (1976) [Philippines]
Kalpana (1948) [India]
Kummaty (1979) [India]
La Noire De… (1966) [Senegal]
Law of the Border {1966) [Turkey]
Limite (1931) [Brazil]
Los Olvidados (1950) [Mexico]
Lucia (1968) [Cuba]
Lumumba, Death of a Prophet (1990) [France]
Manila in the Claws of Light (1975) [Philippines]
Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) [Cuba]
Muna Moto (19750 [Cameroon]
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) [Thailand]
Oh, Sun! (1970) [Mauritania]
Pickpocket (1997) [China]
Pixote (1980) [Brazil]
Prisoners of the Land (1939) [Argentina]
Raid Into Tibet (1966) [United Kingdom]
Redes (1936) [Mexico]
Revenge (1989) [Kazakhstan]
Sambizanga (1972) [Angola]
Taipei Story (1985) [Taiwan]
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983) [Taiwan]
The Circus Tent (1978) [India]
The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) [India]
The Color of Pomegranates (1969) [Armenia]
The Eloquent Peasant (1969) [Egypt]
The Housemaid (1960) [South Korea]
The Phantom of the Convent (1934) [Mexico]
The Treasure (1973) [Sri Lanka]
The Woman with the Knife (1969) [Ivory Coast]
Touki Bouki (1973) [Senegal]
Trances (1981) [Morocco]
Two Girls on the Street (1939) [Hungary]
Two Monks (1934) [Mexico]
A River Called Titas (1973) [Bangladesh]
After the Curfew (1954) [Indonesia]
Al Momia (1969) [Egypt]
Alyam Alyam (1978) [Morocco]
Badou Boy (1970) [Senegal]
Borom Sarret (1963) [Senegal]
Chess of the Wind (1976) [Iran]
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975) [Algeria]
City of Contrasts (1968) [Senegal]
Downpour (1972) [Iran]
Dry Summer (1964) [Turkey]
Eight Deadly Shots (1972) [Finland]
El (1953) [Mexico]
Insiang (1976) [Philippines]
Kalpana (1948) [India]
Kummaty (1979) [India]
La Noire De… (1966) [Senegal]
Law of the Border {1966) [Turkey]
Limite (1931) [Brazil]
Los Olvidados (1950) [Mexico]
Lucia (1968) [Cuba]
Lumumba, Death of a Prophet (1990) [France]
Manila in the Claws of Light (1975) [Philippines]
Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) [Cuba]
Muna Moto (19750 [Cameroon]
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000) [Thailand]
Oh, Sun! (1970) [Mauritania]
Pickpocket (1997) [China]
Pixote (1980) [Brazil]
Prisoners of the Land (1939) [Argentina]
Raid Into Tibet (1966) [United Kingdom]
Redes (1936) [Mexico]
Revenge (1989) [Kazakhstan]
Sambizanga (1972) [Angola]
Taipei Story (1985) [Taiwan]
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983) [Taiwan]
The Circus Tent (1978) [India]
The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) [India]
The Color of Pomegranates (1969) [Armenia]
The Eloquent Peasant (1969) [Egypt]
The Housemaid (1960) [South Korea]
The Phantom of the Convent (1934) [Mexico]
The Treasure (1973) [Sri Lanka]
The Woman with the Knife (1969) [Ivory Coast]
Touki Bouki (1973) [Senegal]
Trances (1981) [Morocco]
Two Girls on the Street (1939) [Hungary]
Two Monks (1934) [Mexico]
Previously featured Cinematic Waves
1. French New Wave
2. Cinema of Transgression
3. Italian Neorealism
4. Indian Parallel Cinema
5. German Expressionism
6. Surrealist Cinema
7. Yugoslav Black Wave
8. French Impressionism
9. Polish Film School
10. Dogme 95
11. New Hollywood (1968-1980)
12. Mumblecore
13. New Queer
14. Hyperlink
15. LA Rebellion
16. Soviet Montage
17. Hong Kong New Wave
18. British New Wave
19. Poetic Realism
20. Cinema Novo
21. New German Cinema
22. Japanese New Wave
23. Cinema du look
24. Australian New Wave
25. Documentary Film Movement
26. Iranian New Wave
27. Blaxploitation
2. Cinema of Transgression
3. Italian Neorealism
4. Indian Parallel Cinema
5. German Expressionism
6. Surrealist Cinema
7. Yugoslav Black Wave
8. French Impressionism
9. Polish Film School
10. Dogme 95
11. New Hollywood (1968-1980)
12. Mumblecore
13. New Queer
14. Hyperlink
15. LA Rebellion
16. Soviet Montage
17. Hong Kong New Wave
18. British New Wave
19. Poetic Realism
20. Cinema Novo
21. New German Cinema
22. Japanese New Wave
23. Cinema du look
24. Australian New Wave
25. Documentary Film Movement
26. Iranian New Wave
27. Blaxploitation
I left the lists here for my convenience.