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Update! 9/2
Main Challenge
A. Get lost in the movement:
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. French Impressionism
2. Polish Film School
3. Dogme 95
4. New Hollywood (1968-1980)
Fat City
5. Mumblecore
B. Times are a-changing
[Watch one film from each of these iconic decade-genre combinations]
1. 1930s Musical
The Goldwyn Follies
2. 1940s War film
In Which We Serve
3. 1970s Apocalyptic film
4. 1980s Coming-of-age film
Sixteen Candles
5. 1990s Courtroom Drama
The Firm
C. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards in any category]
1. Cannes Film Festival
The Go Between
2. Academy Award
Dodsworth
3. BAFTA
Mademoiselle
4. Independent Spirit Awards
The Big Sick
5. Sundance Film Festival
The Brothers McMullen
6. Venice International Film Festival
3-Iron
7. Locarno Film Festival
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
(1962)
D. Lets break this down, shall we?
[Pick one of the following genres and watch one film from each of its subgenres list below]
1. [Crime: Courtroom Drama]*
The Third Murder
2.[Crime: Gangster]
Dillinger
3.[Crime: Heist]*
The Getaway (1972)
4. [Crime: Buddy Cop]
48 Hrs
E. It's a big world out there:
[Watch a film from the following regions]
1. North America
Star Man
2. South America
The Secrets in their Eyes
3. Europe
Pocket Money (Small Change)
4. Asia
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
5. Africa
Dark Waters
6. Oceania
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith
F. I see dead people:
[Watch one film from each group of deceased directors, actors & cinematographers]
1. Stanley Kubrick
Fear and Desire
2. Fritz Lang
You Only Live Once
3. Bruce Lee
Fist of Fury
4. Romy Schneider
Death Watch
5. Gordon Willis
Bad Company (1972)
G. I have always depended on the lists of strangers:
[Watch one film featured in each of the following prominent lists]
1. Roger Ebert's Great Films
In a Lonely Place
2. Sight & Sound's top 100 (any category)
La Dolce Vita
3. AFI's top 100 (any category)
Bringing up Baby
4. IMDb's top 250 (2020 finalized edition)
Downfall
5. Steven Jay Schneider's 1001 movies
Guys and Dolls
6. Criterion Collection
Cul De Sac
H. We've met before, haven't we?
[Watch a film that migrated to cinematic form from another medium]
1. a franchise with 5 or more sequels/remakes/reboots
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
2. a novel adaptation
Better Days
3. a film adapted to or from a TV series
Teen Wolf
4. a theatrical play adaptation
Oedipus Rex
I. War, what is it good for?
[Watch one film centered around each of the war themes below]
1. World War I
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
2. World War II
3. Cold War
The Courier
4. Vietnam War
In the Year of the Pig
J. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film more than 160 minutes long
Mother India
2. a film with a budget lower than 1 million
The Wasp Woman (1959)
3. a silent film
Cobra (1925)
4. a film directed by a woman
Promising Young Woman
5. a 2021 release
Godzilla vs Kong
6. a film suggested by another participant of this challenge *ride the pink horse*
[Watch one film belonging to each of the following cinematic movements]
1. French Impressionism
2. Polish Film School
3. Dogme 95
4. New Hollywood (1968-1980)
Fat City
5. Mumblecore
B. Times are a-changing
[Watch one film from each of these iconic decade-genre combinations]
1. 1930s Musical
The Goldwyn Follies
2. 1940s War film
In Which We Serve
3. 1970s Apocalyptic film
4. 1980s Coming-of-age film
Sixteen Candles
5. 1990s Courtroom Drama
The Firm
C. I coulda been a contender:
[Watch a film that has won the following awards in any category]
1. Cannes Film Festival
The Go Between
2. Academy Award
Dodsworth
3. BAFTA
Mademoiselle
4. Independent Spirit Awards
The Big Sick
5. Sundance Film Festival
The Brothers McMullen
6. Venice International Film Festival
3-Iron
7. Locarno Film Festival
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
(1962)
D. Lets break this down, shall we?
[Pick one of the following genres and watch one film from each of its subgenres list below]
1. [Crime: Courtroom Drama]*
The Third Murder
2.[Crime: Gangster]
Dillinger
3.[Crime: Heist]*
The Getaway (1972)
4. [Crime: Buddy Cop]
48 Hrs
E. It's a big world out there:
[Watch a film from the following regions]
1. North America
Star Man
2. South America
The Secrets in their Eyes
3. Europe
Pocket Money (Small Change)
4. Asia
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
5. Africa
Dark Waters
6. Oceania
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith
F. I see dead people:
[Watch one film from each group of deceased directors, actors & cinematographers]
1. Stanley Kubrick
Fear and Desire
2. Fritz Lang
You Only Live Once
3. Bruce Lee
Fist of Fury
4. Romy Schneider
Death Watch
5. Gordon Willis
Bad Company (1972)
G. I have always depended on the lists of strangers:
[Watch one film featured in each of the following prominent lists]
1. Roger Ebert's Great Films
In a Lonely Place
2. Sight & Sound's top 100 (any category)
La Dolce Vita
3. AFI's top 100 (any category)
Bringing up Baby
4. IMDb's top 250 (2020 finalized edition)
Downfall
5. Steven Jay Schneider's 1001 movies
Guys and Dolls
6. Criterion Collection
Cul De Sac
H. We've met before, haven't we?
[Watch a film that migrated to cinematic form from another medium]
1. a franchise with 5 or more sequels/remakes/reboots
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
2. a novel adaptation
Better Days
3. a film adapted to or from a TV series
Teen Wolf
4. a theatrical play adaptation
Oedipus Rex
I. War, what is it good for?
[Watch one film centered around each of the war themes below]
1. World War I
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
2. World War II
3. Cold War
The Courier
4. Vietnam War
In the Year of the Pig
J. Are we there yet?
[Watch one film for each of the miscellaneous challenges listed below]
1. a film more than 160 minutes long
Mother India
2. a film with a budget lower than 1 million
The Wasp Woman (1959)
3. a silent film
Cobra (1925)
4. a film directed by a woman
Promising Young Woman
5. a 2021 release
Godzilla vs Kong
6. a film suggested by another participant of this challenge *ride the pink horse*
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
2. As if I am Not There
3. Dust in the Wind
4. A Chinese Ghost Story
5. Shame (1968)
6. High and Low
7. Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
8. Hawks and Sparrows
9. Harakiri (1962)
10. Witch from Nepal
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times!
watch 10 films released in the same decade*
1990’s
1. The Two Jakes
2. A Vampire in Brooklyn
3. Eat Drink Man Woman
4. The Full Monty
5. Scent of a Woman
6. Open Your Eyes
7. Crimson Tide
8. Awakenings
9. Han-bi
10. Audition
Documentary, my dear Watson
watch 10 documentaries
1. My Best Fiend
2. Pumping Iron
3. Lessons in Darkness
4. Fata Morgana
My precious...awards
pick any one list from section C of the main challenge and watch 10 films in it Academy Awards
1. Erin Brockevich
2. Places in the Heart
3. Paper Moon
4. Out of Africa
5. No Man’s Land
6. Blood on the Sun
7. Spotlight
8. My Fair Lady
9. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
10. Roma
The stuff that lists are made of
pick any one list from section G of the main challenge and watch 10 films in it Steven Jay Schneider’s 1001 must see*
1. A Woman Under The Influence
2. If.....
3. Letter From and Unknown Woman
4. The Eagle
5. The Gospel According to St Mathew
6 Stroszek*
7. Kes
8. Stella Dallas
9. Little Big Man
10. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Chekhov, Method or Meisner?
watch 10 films featuring the same actor Clint Eastwood*
1. Tightrope
I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director Youssef Chahine
1. The Blazing Sun
2. Alexandria, Why?
3. The Land
4. Return of the Prodigal Son
5. The Other
6. A Egyptian Story
7. The Emigrant*
8. Alexandria, Now and Forever
9. The Destiny
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country Australia
1. Patrick (1978)
2. Mad Dog Morgan
3. The Dressmaker
4. The Nightingale
5. Romper Stomper*
6. Wake in Fright
7. Beneath Hill 60
8. Dead Calm
Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre Japanese Kaiju
1. Godzilla vs Hedora
2. Godzilla vs the Sea Monster*
3. Godzilla vs Megalon
4. Gamera vs Viras
I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way
watch 10 animated films
1. The Breadwinner
2. The Little Prince
3. Paprika
4. Mary and the Witch’s Flower
5. Jin Roh: The Wold Brigade
How soon is now?
watch 10 films released in 2021
1. Wrath of Man
2. In the Heights
3. Cruella
4. Werewolves Within
5. Black Widow
6. The Green Knight.*
7. Reminiscence
8. CODA
watch 10 foreign language films
1. Once Upon a Time in China
2. As if I am Not There
3. Dust in the Wind
4. A Chinese Ghost Story
5. Shame (1968)
6. High and Low
7. Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
8. Hawks and Sparrows
9. Harakiri (1962)
10. Witch from Nepal
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times!
watch 10 films released in the same decade*
1990’s
1. The Two Jakes
2. A Vampire in Brooklyn
3. Eat Drink Man Woman
4. The Full Monty
5. Scent of a Woman
6. Open Your Eyes
7. Crimson Tide
8. Awakenings
9. Han-bi
10. Audition
Documentary, my dear Watson
watch 10 documentaries
1. My Best Fiend
2. Pumping Iron
3. Lessons in Darkness
4. Fata Morgana
My precious...awards
pick any one list from section C of the main challenge and watch 10 films in it Academy Awards
1. Erin Brockevich
2. Places in the Heart
3. Paper Moon
4. Out of Africa
5. No Man’s Land
6. Blood on the Sun
7. Spotlight
8. My Fair Lady
9. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
10. Roma
The stuff that lists are made of
pick any one list from section G of the main challenge and watch 10 films in it Steven Jay Schneider’s 1001 must see*
1. A Woman Under The Influence
2. If.....
3. Letter From and Unknown Woman
4. The Eagle
5. The Gospel According to St Mathew
6 Stroszek*
7. Kes
8. Stella Dallas
9. Little Big Man
10. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Chekhov, Method or Meisner?
watch 10 films featuring the same actor Clint Eastwood*
1. Tightrope
I have a vision...
watch 10 films from the same director Youssef Chahine
1. The Blazing Sun
2. Alexandria, Why?
3. The Land
4. Return of the Prodigal Son
5. The Other
6. A Egyptian Story
7. The Emigrant*
8. Alexandria, Now and Forever
9. The Destiny
I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
watch 10 films from the same country Australia
1. Patrick (1978)
2. Mad Dog Morgan
3. The Dressmaker
4. The Nightingale
5. Romper Stomper*
6. Wake in Fright
7. Beneath Hill 60
8. Dead Calm
Round up the usual suspects
watch 10 films from the same genre Japanese Kaiju
1. Godzilla vs Hedora
2. Godzilla vs the Sea Monster*
3. Godzilla vs Megalon
4. Gamera vs Viras
I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way
watch 10 animated films
1. The Breadwinner
2. The Little Prince
3. Paprika
4. Mary and the Witch’s Flower
5. Jin Roh: The Wold Brigade
How soon is now?
watch 10 films released in 2021
1. Wrath of Man
2. In the Heights
3. Cruella
4. Werewolves Within
5. Black Widow
6. The Green Knight.*
7. Reminiscence
8. CODA
Last edited by Wyldesyde19; 09-02-21 at 01:34 PM.