December 2020 50 Movie Challenge

[Tenny80]

December Theme: Make-Your-Own-Challenge (40 movies)
For December, just chill and organize your movies into categories of your choosing (be creative). The goal is 8 categories of 5 movies each but you can divide up your 40 movies however you want. Make one of your categories holiday themed (Christmas/Hannukuh/Kwanzaa/Festivus/New Year).

December Recommendations Category (optional): Movies that take place during winter or lesser known films (5 Movies)
As an example, the lesser known films can be straight to video or films that have found a second life on streaming services. In your initial tracking post, everyone list 5-10 winter or lesser known films that you think others may not have seen and may enjoy. Then for the ones you watch for this category, mention who recommended the film in your post.

December Featured Category (optional): Reverse Secret Santa (5 movies)
Watch 5 movies from other user's collections. In your initial tracking post, state if your collection on this site is current or post a link to your collection on another site. Then for the ones you watch for this category, mention who's collection it belongs in.
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The Usual Fine Print:

• 50 movies is the goal, but based on your own time and situation you can shoot for more or less, so we have different levels from Coal to Platinum:
  60 Movies - Platinum
  50 Movies - Gold
  40 Movies - Silver
  30 Movies - Bronze
  20 Movies - Copper
  10 Movies - Coal
  <10 Movies - Why are you on this site?
• If you're going to re-post your entire list every time, please hide it under spoiler tags.
• If you're going to post pictures for the films (poster art or Blu-ray covers, for example) please try not to use GIANT pictures, and if there are tons of them, again - please hide under spoilers.

[Tenny80]

My Recommendations:


**Started Challenge Nov.27**
Christmas - Funny
1. Office Christmas Party 6 / 10
2. Four Christmases 5 / 10 (First Watch)
3. Bad Santa 2 6 / 10
4. Elf 8 / 10
5. Christmas Vacation 10 / 10

Christmas - Kids
1. The Polar Express 6 / 10
2. The Grinch (2018) 4 / 10 (First Watch)
3. Nightmare Before Christmas 7 / 10
4. A Christmas Carol 8 / 10
5. Home Alone 2 8 / 10

Christmas - Classics
1. It's a Wonderful Life 9 / 10 (First Watch)
2. Miracle on the 34th street 6 / 10 (First Watch)
3. Holiday Inn 4 / 10(First Watch)
4. Home Alone 8 / 10
5. A Christmas Story 8 / 10

Christmas - Romance
1. The Knight before Christmas 2 / 10 (First Watch)
2. Christmas with a view 5 / 10 (First Watch)
3. Christmas Catch 4 / 10 (First Watch)
4. A California Christmas 5 / 10 (First Watch)
5. Holidate 6 / 10 (First Watch)


Christmas - Death and ghosts!
1. Silent Night Deadly Night 5 / 10
2. Silent Night Deadly Night 2 / 10 (First Watch)
3. Die Hard 9 / 10
4. The man who invented Christmas 5 / 10 (First Watch)
5. Fat Man 8 / 10(First Watch)

Rocky
1. Rocky 10 / 10
2. Rocky 2 8 / 10
3. Rocky 3 7/ 10
4. Rocky 4 7 / 10
5. Rocky 5 5 / 10
6. Rocky Balboa 8 / 10 (First Watch)

X-Men
1. First Class 6.5 / 10
2. Days of Future Past 7 / 10
3. Origins: Wolverine 6 / 10
4. Apocalypse 6 / 10
5. Dark Phoenix 5 / 10
6. X-Men 7 / 10
7. X-Men X2 7/10
8. X-Men Last Stand 6.5 / 10
Monster Movies
1. Godzilla (2014) 7 / 10
2. Kong: Skull Island 6 / 10
3. Godzilla: King of the Monsters 5 / 10 (First Watch)
4. King Kong 6 / 10 (First Watch)
5. The Meg 6 / 10

Horror
1. The Shinning 9 / 10
2. Hereditary 9 / 10 (First Watch)
3. Last House on the left 7 / 10 (First Watch)
4. Incarnate 5 / 10(First Watch)
5. 11/11/11 3 / 10(First Watch)

Anything Goes
1. Descendants 4 / 10 (First Watch)
2. Unbreakable 7 / 10 (First Watch)
3. The Croods: A New Age 6 / 10 (First Watch)
4. Oblivion 4 / 10 (First Watch)
5. The Grand Tour - The great hunt 7 / 10

December Recommendations Category
1. graf1k - The Edge 7 / 10 (First Watch)
2. graf1k - The Grey 7 / 10 (First Watch)
3. BreakfastClub211 - X-Men X2 7 / 10
4. Will!3D - Love Actually 7 / 10
5. Will!3D - Bad Santa 7 / 10

Reverse Secret Santa:
1. Al The Strange - Who Framed Roger Rabbit 5 / 10
2. FilmBuffTX - Interstellar 9 / 10 (First Watch)
3. Will!3D - Dolittle 4 / 10 (First Watch)
4. Travis - Young Guns 6 / 10
5. starryeyes - Lord of the rings - two towers 5 / 10 (first watch)

[Al_The_Strange]

Collection is mostly up-to-date.

Recents

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Christmas
12/06: It's A Wonderful Life (BD) 10/10
12/07: Home Alone (UHD) 8/10
12/07: Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (BD) 8/10
12/12: The Santa Clause (BD) 6/10
12/19: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (UHD) 7/10
12/21: The Christmas Chronicles Part Two (Netflix) 6/10
12/22: A Christmas Wish (2011) (DVD) 5/10
12/22: Scrooged (BD) 8/10
12/24: A Christmas Story (BD) 9/10
12/25: The Polar Express (BD) 9/10

Brutal Christmas
12/04: Deadly Games (UHD) 8/10
12/13: Gremlins (UHD) 8/10
12/23: Hardcore (BD) 9/10
12/24: Lady in the Lake (TV) 6/10
12/25: Krampus (BD) 8/10

Musicals...Why Not?
12/01: Popeye (BD) 7/10
12/08: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (BD) 7/10
12/13: Dancer in the Dark (BD) 10/10
12/17: The Sound of Music (BD) 8/10
12/20: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (BD) 7/10

Hindsight 2020
12/13: Mulan (2020) (Disney+) 5/10
12/15: Possessor (UHD) 8/10
12/21: Wolfwalkers (Apple TV+) 8/10
12/21: Tenet (UHD) 7/10
12/26: Wonder Woman 1984 (HBO Max) 6/10
12/31: Soul (Disney+) 8/10

Stuff I've Been Meaning To See
12/05: Tucker: The Man and His Dream (Netflix DVD) 7/10
12/14: Yakuza Apocalypse (Netflix DVD) 6/10
12/20: America as Seen By a Frenchman (BD) 8/10

Totally Random Picks
12/20: Just Visiting (BD) 6/10
12/26: Crash (1996) (UHD) 7/10

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12/03: Submarine (Netflix BD) 6/10 (filmbuffTX)
12/26: Cool Runnings (BD) 6/10 (DanTheMan)

Recommendations
12/15: Into the Wild (Netflix BD) 8/10 (recommended by Tenny80)
12/17: Better Watch Out (Amazon Prime) 7/10 (recommended by Will!3D)

Total: 35 Films

Planned Viewings

[Show spoiler]Recommendations
The Ballad of Narayama (recommended by kingdoxie)
The Ice Storm (recommended by graf1k)

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Al's Recommendations That Came In From The Cold

[Show spoiler]Fargo (1996)--set in winter, you betcha
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Män Som Hatar Kvinnor) (2009)--set in winter
The Great Silence (Ill Grande Silenzio) (1968)--set in winter, possibly lesser-known
Hardcore (1979)--set in winter, possibly lesser-known
Hologram Man (1995)--lesser-known (so-bad-it's-good pick)
Just Add Water (2008)--lesser-known
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)--lesser-known
Odd Man Out (1947)--set in winter
Scrooge (1970)--set in winter
Upstream Color (2013)--lesser-known

[DanTheMan]

Drama
Moonlight
Titanic
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lost in Translation
The French Connection
Do the Right Thing
Saving Private Ryan
Mulholland Drive
Blue Velvet


Happy Holidays.....Happy Holidays!
The Holiday
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Just Friends
Reindeer Games
Nothing Like the Holidays
Jack Frost (1998)
This Christmas
Office Christmas Party*
Arthur Christmas*
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Mickey's Christmas Carol*
Jingle All the Way
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
The Preacher's Wife*
Black Christmas (2006)
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas*
Home Alone 2
Home Alone 3
Love Actually
Anna and the Apocalypse*
Almost Christmas*
Four Christmases*
Let It Snow*
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas


The Wizarding World
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2


A Visual Wonder
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Toy Story 3
Blade Runner
Soul*
Ready Player One
La La Land
Kill Bill: Vol. 1


The 2020 Experience
The Croods: A New Age*
Valley Girl*
Freaky*
Mank*
Mulan*
Dreamland*
Sound of Metal*
Black is King*
Hamilton*
Wonder Woman 1984*

[Travis]

Recommendations

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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
Over the Edge (1979)
Streets of Gold (1986)
Gladiator (1992)
SubUrbia (1996)
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
Another Year (2010)
The Machine (2013)

Recent
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New Discs
1. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) 4K (2020)
2. Knives Out 4K (2019)
3. Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)
4. The Peanut Butter Falcon (2018)
5. The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (1990) 1/2

Christmas Specials
1. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
3. Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

Christmas Movies
1. Home Alone (1990) 1/2
2. Scrooged (1988) 1/2
3. Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
4. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
5. Bad Santa (2003) 1/2

Christmas Movies II
1. Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
2. Miracle on 34th Street (1994) 1/2
3. A Christmas Story (1983 )
4. The Christmas Chronicles (2018) 1/2
5. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) 1/2

X-Men
1. X-Men: First Class (2011)
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past (The Rogue Cut) (2014) 1/2
3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
4. X-Men: Apocalypse 4K (2016)
5. X-Men: Dark Phoenix 4K (2019) 1/2

The Before Time
1. The Sugarland Express (1974)
2. THX 1138 (1971) 1/2
3. Duel (1971)

Westerns
1. El Dorado (1966)
2. Hostiles (2017) 1/2
3. The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Extra
1. Silent Running (1972)
2. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
3. Die Hard (1988) 1/2
4. Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
5. Nighthawks (1981)

*collection is up to date.

[filmbuffTX]

Recently Watched


Recommendations
1. Happiest Season* 3.5/5 (odguitar)
2. The Thing from Another World* 3.5/5 (kingdoxie)

Musicals
1. Gigi* 2/5
2. Shrek the Musical* 3/5
3. Meet Me in St. Louis 5/5
4. White Christmas 5/5
5. Eight Crazy Nights 4/5

John Hughes' Holiday Films
1. Home Alone 5/5
2. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 4/5
3. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 5/5
4. Miracle on 34th Street 4/5

Ensemble Casts
1. The Best Man 3.5/5
2. The Best Man Holiday 3/5
3. This Christmas 3.5/5
4. Almost Christmas 3.5/5
5. New Year's Eve 3/5

Seen in Theaters
1. The Croods: A New Age - IMAX* 3.5/5
2. Freaky* 3.5/5
3. Greenland* 3/5
4. Fatale* 3/5
5. Promising Young Woman* 3.5/5

Made For TV
1. One Christmas 3/5
2. The Christmas Setup* 3/5
3. Dashing in December* 3/5
4. Pete's Christmas 3/5
5. Soul* 4/5

A Christmas Carol Adaptations
1. Scrooge 4/5
2. The Muppet Christmas Carol 4/5
3. Scrooged 4/5
4. Disney's A Christmas Carol 3D 4/5

Coming of Age
1. December Boys 3.5/5
2. I'll Be Home for Christmas 3/5

Holiday Horror/Thrillers
1. Better Watch Out 4/5
2. Jack Frost 3.5/5
3. Gremlins 5/5
4. Black Christmas 4.5/5
5. New Year's Evil 3.5/5

Holiday Classics
1. Prancer 4/5
2. Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas 4/5
3. Jingle All the Way 4.5/5
4. A Christmas Story 5/5
5. The Polar Express 3D 5/5

B&W Cinematography
1. 1985 4/5
2. Holiday Inn 4/5
3. Star in the Night* 3/5
4. Miracle on 34th Street 4.5/5
5. It's a Wonderful Life 5/5

Romance
1. Carol 5/5
2. Christmas in Connecticut 4/5
3. The Family Man 4/5

* indicates first viewing

Recommendations

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[starryeyes]

Recommended Movies

Noel (2004)
The Nativity Story ((2006)
Last Holiday (2006)
The Family Man (2000)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Balto (1995)
Everest (2015)
The Snow Walker (2003)
Little Women (2019)
A Simple Plan (1998)

Collection pretty well up to date err somewhat.

Christmas Movies

1. The Christmas Project (2016)
2. The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009) 1/2
3. Jack Frost (1998)
4. Santa Fake (2019) 1/2
5. Love Actually (2003)
6. Pottersville (2017) 1/2
7. Last Holiday (2006)
8. All I Want for Christmas (1991) 1/2
9. Serendipity (2001) 1/2


Christmas Classics

1. The Bishop's Wife (1947) 1/2
2. White Christmas (1954) 1/2
3. A Christmas Carol (1951)
4. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
5. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
6. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
7. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)


Christmas Comedies

01. Christmas Chronicles (2018)
02. Deck the Halls (2006) 1/2
03. Fred Claus (2007) 1/2
04.Jingle all the Way (1996)
05. Gremlins (1984)
06. Santa Who? (2000) 1/2
07. Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
08. Bad Santa (2003) 1/2
09. Christmas Vacation (1989) 1/2
10. Office Christmas Party (2016)
11. Bad Santa 2 (2016)
12. A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
13. The Family Stone (2005)


Spiritual/Biblical Related

1. Solomon and Sheba (1959)
2. The Prophecy (1995) 1/2
3. A Story of David (1960) 1/2
4. Esther (1999) 1/2
5. The Nativity Story (2006)
6. Solomon (1997) 1/2
7. The Christmas Candle (2013)



Christmas Horror

1. Mercy Christmas (2017) 1/2
2. Unholy Night (2019)
3. Black Christmas (1974) 1/2
4. Santa's Slay (2005) 1/2
5. Mother Krampus (2017) 1/2


Fantasy

1. The Age of Adaline (2015) 1/2
2. Sands of Oblivion (2007)
3. Wizard of Oz (1939)
4. Jinn (2014)
5. George and the Dragon (2004)


Political or Related

1. Wag the Dog (1997)
2. Frost/Nixon (2008) 1/2
3. The Candidate (1972)
4. All the President's Men (1976)
5. JFK: The Making of a President (2017)


Reverse Secret Santa

1. The Captive (2014)(Tenny80) 1/2
2. Mandy (2018)(Al_The_Strange)
3. The Boondock Saints (2000)(kingdoxie)
4. The Gift (2015)(graf1k) 1/2
5. The Family Man (2000)(filmbuffTX) 1/2


Recommended by Members

1. Into the Wild (2007)(Tenny80)
2. Jack Frost (1997)(filmbuffTX)
3. Transsiberian (2008)(graf1k) 1/2
4. The Climb (2017)(odguitar)
5. Better Watch Out (2016)(Will!3D) 1/2


1930's at the Movies

1. My Man Godfrey (1936)
2. Made for Each Other (1939) 1/2
3. Pygmalion (1938)
4. Love Affair (1939)
5. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) 1/2


Misc

1. Air Force One (1997)
2. The Core (2003)
3. Wonderland (2003) 1/2
4. Slaughterhouse Rules (2018)
5. David Foster: Off the Record (2019)





Total Watched = 71

[Member-244966]

Recommendations (A mix of both categories):

[Show spoiler]1. The Station Agent
2. Frozen (2010)
3. If Anything Happens I Love You
4. X-Men 2
5. The Grey
6. Deadfall

Collection is mostly up to date, only a few titles I'd say that aren't there.

Christmas:
1. Lego Star Wars Holiday Special - 2.5/5
2. Home Alone (rewatch) - 3/5
3. The Grinch (2018) - 2/5
4. Elf (rewatch) - 4/5
5. Happiest Season - 4.5/5
6. Love Actually (rewatch) - 3.5/5
7. Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (rewatch) - 4/5
8. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (rewatch) - 4/5
9. The Muppet Christmas Carol (rewatch) - 5/5
10. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (rewatch) - 3.5/5

2020 films (UK):
1. She Dies Tomorrow - 4/5
2. Mulan - 1/5
3. Gretel & Hansel - 2.5/5
4. Soul - 4.5/5
5. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (rewatch) - 5/5
6. Spontaneous - 3.5/5

Miscellaneous:
1. After - 0.5/5
2. Wonder Woman (rewatch) - 3.5/5
3. After We Collided - 2/5

Total: 19

[odguitar]

Recently Viewed

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Christmas Classics
1. Holiday Affair* 3.5/5
2. Bell, Book and Candle* 3.5/5
3. The Man Who Came to Dinner 3.5/5
4. White Christmas 4/5
5. Christmas in Connecticut 4/5
6. We're No Angels 3.5/5
7. Scrooge (1951) 4/5
8. The Bishop's Wife 4/5

Christmas Comedies
1. Scrooged 5/5
2. The Santa Clause 3.5/5
3. Home Alone 4.5/5
2. The Santa Clause 2* 3.5/5
5. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause* 2/5

Christmas Romance
1. Happiest Season 5/5
2. Last Christmas 3.5/5
3. Happiest Season 5/5
4. Love Actually 4.5/5
5. The Shop Around the Corner 4/5
6. The Preacher's Wife 3.5/5
7. Happiest Season 5/5

Christmas?
1. Carol 5/5
2. Gremlins 4/5
3. Die Hard 5/5
4. Eyes Wide Shut 4.5/5
5. The Nice Guys 4/5

Christmas Favorites
1. Scrooged 5/5
2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 4.5/5
3. A Christmas Story 5/5
4. It's a Wonderful Life 5/5
5. The Polar Express 5/5

New Years
1. The Poseidon Adventure* 4/5
2. Phantom Thread 5/5
3. The Apartment 5/5
4. When Harry Met Sally 5/5

Recommended

Reverse Secret Santa

TCM Selections

[Show spoiler]1. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)* 4/5
2. Born in Flames* 4/5
3. The Snows of Kilimanjaro* 3/5
4. That Touch of Mink* 3/5
5. Torn Curtain* 3.5/5
6. The Bride Wore Red* 3.5/5
7. Harum Scrum* 2/5
8. Green Fire* 2/5
9. The Day the Earth Stood Still 4/5
10. The Swan* 3/5
11. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael* 3.5/5
12. Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity* 3.5/5
13. 3 Godfathers* 3.5/5
14. Going Attractions* 3.5/5
15. The Trouble with Harry* 3.5/5
16. Angel Face* 3.5/5
17. The Westerner* 3.5/5
18. The Holly and the Ivy* 3.5/5
19. Lady on a Train* 3.5/5
20. Susan Slept Here* 3/5
21. Mr. Soft Touch* 3/5
22. The Little Foxes* 4/5
23. A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! 4/5
24. Come to the Stable* 3/5
25. While the City Sleeps* 3.5/5
26. Running on Empty* 4.5/5
27. The Way We Were* 4/5
28. Larceny, Inc.* 3.5/5
29. Breakfast for Two* 3/5
30. Crossing Delancey* 4.5/5
31. Dusty and Sweets McGee* 3.5/5
32. Good News* 3/5
33. The Red Badge of Courage* 3.5/5
34. The Ritz* 4/5
35. Pocketful of Miracles* 3.5/5

2020 Films
1. Mank* 4/5
2. Sound of Metal* 4.5/5
3. Dick Johnson is Dead* 4/5
4. Soul* 5/5
5. The Last Blockbuster* 4/5

Political Films
1. Idiocracy* 3.5/5
2. Young Mr. Lincoln* 4/5
3. Advise and Consent* 4/5
4. Nashville 5/5
5. Taxi Driver 5/5

Birthday Marathon
1. Lady Bird 5/5
2. The Breakfast Club 5/5
3. Boyhood 5/5
4. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 5/5
5. Grease 5/5

Misc.
1. Citizen Kane 5/5
2. Little Women 5/5
3. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 5/5
4. Where'd You Go, Bernadette* 3.5/5
5. Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood* 4/5

Total: 88

Recommendations

[Show spoiler]McCabe and Mrs. Miller
All That Heaven Allows
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Apartment
The Shop Around the Corner
Happiest Season
Lucy in the Sky
The Climb (2019)
Vox Lux
Ingrid Goes West

[Will!3D]

Recently Watched:

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Recommendations:

Possible Watches:

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Asian Actors and Actresses:

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 1/2
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) 1/2
Parasite (2019)
The Karate Kid (2010)
Iron Mask (2020) 1/2
Possible Watches:

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Australian/New Zealand Actors and Actresses:

Unhinged (2020) 1/2
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
The Paperboy (2012)
Destroyer (2018)
The Dark Knight (2008) 1/2
Possible Watches:

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Based on Actual Events:

Possible Watches:

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Black Actors and Actresses:

Antebellum (2020) 1/2
Harriet (2019) 1/2
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) 1/2
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)
Antwone Fisher (2002) 1/2
Collateral (2004) 1/2
Baby Driver (2017)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 1/2
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Possible Watches:

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Canadian Actors and Actresses:

Replicas (2018) 1/2
Knock Knock (2015) 1/2
Possible Watches:

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Documentaries:

Possible Watches:

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Ensemble Casts:

Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The New Mutants (2020) 1/2
Star Trek (2009)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) 1/2
Lady Bird (2017) 1/2
Possible Watches:

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European Actors and Actresses:

John Wick (2014) 1/2
Greta (2018)
Gangs of New York (2002) 1/2
There Will Be Blood (2007) 1/2
Possible Watches:

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Musicians, Painters, Writers:

Possible Watches:

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Visually Stunning films (Best in Cinematography):

Children of Men (2006)
Possible Watches:

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Total: 30

December Recommendations:

[Zodokai]

My collection is up to date. My Owned movies start a few pages in on my collection.


DVR Catch-Up:

1. The Way I See It* ½
2. Ben-Hur*



2020 Action/Adventure:

1. Spenser Confidential* ½
2. Enola Holmes* ½
3. Project Power* ½
4. The Old Guard*
5. Wonder Woman 1984* ½



2020 Comedy:

1. Coffee & Kareem* ½
2. The Lovebirds*
3. Hubie Halloween*



2020 Drama:

1. Hillbilly Elegy* ½
2. Emma.*
3. Rebecca* ½
4. I’m Thinking of Ending Things*



Screeners:

1. Wander Darkly* ½



Disney+ 2020:

1. Hamilton* ½
2. Mulan* ½




TBD:

1. The Empire Strikes Back ½
2. The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift* ½
3. The Social Dilemma* x2 ½
4. Get Out
5. Wonder Woman x2 ½
6. The Lion King 2019
7. Joker
8. Black Orpheus
9. Midnight Cowboy* ½
10. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels* ½
11. Murder!*
12. The Dark Knight Rises
13. Galaxy Quest
14. Mary*
15. To Sir, With Love*
16. The Bridge*
17. 21 Bridges* ½
18. No Highway in the Sky* ½
19. Field of Dreams ½
20. Jumanji
21. Bad Times at the El Royale
22. Venom
23. Tommy Boy
24. Lucy ½
25. Dragonfly
26. Grease ½
27. Fail Safe* ½




Christmas:

1. It’s A Wonderful Life x2
2. Anna and the Apocalypse* ½
3. Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town ½
4. The Year Without A Santa Claus x2 ½
5. The Man Who Invented Christmas ½



Reverse Secret Santa:




Recommended:

1. Night Train to Munich* ½ (Recommended by kingdoxie)



Total Movies: 54



A * indicates a first-time viewing


Recommendations:

[cinemaphile]

so far down the page!

[kingdoxie]

Recent:

Passion1.jpgLastBlood1.jpgMadMax1.jpgManiac1.jpgRoadHouse1.jpg

Total: 65

Recent Christmas Films
1. Dr. Seuss' the Grinch ½
2. Noelle
3. The Christmas Chronicles ½
4. The Knight Before Christmas
5. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey ½

Christmas Comedy
1. Daddy’s Home 2
2. Home Alone ½
3. The Santa Clause ½
4. The Santa Clause 2
5. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause ½
6. Christmas Vacation
7. A Christmas Story

Christmas Classics
1. Rudolf/Grinch/Peanuts
2. It's a Wonderful Life
3. Holiday Inn
4. Holiday Affair
5. White Christmas ½
6. Christmas in Connecticut

Bah Humbug
1. A Christmas Carol (1938)
2. A Christmas Carol (1984) ½
3. A Christmas Carol (2009)
4. A Christmas Carol (1951)
5. Scrooged

Film Noir
1. Five Steps to Danger ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. The Killers (1964) ⭐⭐⭐½
3. The Girl in Black Stockings ⭐⭐⭐½
4. Guns Girls and Gangsters ⭐⭐⭐
5. Vice Raid ⭐⭐⭐½
6. Raw Deal ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. T-Men ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. He Walked by Night ⭐⭐⭐½
9. The Killer is on the Loose ⭐⭐⭐½
10. The Postman Always Rings Twice ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
11. Road House (1948) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Crime
1. San Quentin ⭐⭐⭐
2. Racket Busters ⭐⭐⭐
3. The Snorkel ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. King of the Underworld ⭐⭐⭐
5. Unholy Partners ⭐⭐⭐
6. Maniac ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. Crime of Passion ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Drama
1. The Caine Mutiny ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
2. Lisbon ⭐⭐⭐½
3. The Ballad of Narayama ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Unwatched Stuff
1. She ⭐⭐⭐½
2. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon ⭐⭐⭐
3. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre ⭐⭐⭐
4. The Secret of Convict Lake ⭐⭐⭐
5. Playing with Fire ⭐⭐⭐
6. Toy Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. The Rocky Horror Picture Show ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. Queen of Blood ⭐⭐⭐½
9. The Egg and I ⭐⭐⭐½
10. Chicken Run ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. Men of the Fighting Lady ⭐⭐⭐½
12. Africa Screams ⭐⭐⭐½
13. Kill a Dragon ⭐⭐⭐½

Elvis has left the building
1. Kid Galahad ⭐⭐⭐½
2. Flaming Star ⭐⭐⭐
3. Follow that Dream ⭐⭐⭐½
4. Clambake ⭐⭐⭐½
5. Jailhouse Rock ⭐⭐⭐
6. Elvis: That’s the Way it Is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Reverse Secret Santa
1. Mad Max 4K ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Al_The_Strange)
2. Rambo: Last Blood ⭐⭐⭐½ (Will!3D)

Recommendations: Winter and Lesser Known Films

[Show spoiler]

[graf1k]

My Collection (Up-to-Date as of 30/11/2020)

My "Snowy" Recommendations:

[Show spoiler]01 | Ravenous (1999)
02 | TransSiberian (2008) | PrimeVideo
03 | The Ice Storm (1997)
04 | Let the Right One In (2008) | Hulu
05 | North Face (2008) | Hoopla + Kanopy
06 | In Bruges (2008)
07 | Wind River (2017)
08 | The Tiger (2015) | Hoopla
09 | The Edge (1997)
10 | The Grey (2011)
11 | Runaway Train (1985)
12 | Dead Snow (2009)

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Directors Acting in Other Director's Movies:
The Third Man (Orson Welles)
Stalag 17 (Otto Preminger)
The Other Side of the Wind (John Huston & Peter Bogdanovich)
Eyes Wide Shut (Sydney Pollack)
Nightbreed (David Cronenberg)

Chanbara:
Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

Cleaning the Slate:
The Man Who Would Be King
Sansho the Bailiff
Near Dark
Asura: The City of Madness

More Melville, Monsieur!:
Un Flic
Army of Shadow

Cornucopia of Cronenberg:
M. Butterfly
Crash
Spider

U.S.A. Underworld
Bad Times at El Royale
L.A. Confidential
Inherent Vice
JFK
Hoffa
Winter Kills

Reverse Secret Santa:
They Live By Night (VincentVendetta)
Audition (FilmKoala)
In the Heart of the Sea (starryeyes)

This Is All Your Fault:
Frozen River (Will!3D)
Into the Wild (Tenny80)
Balto (starryeyes)
Night Train to Munich (kingdoxie)
Odd Man Out (Al_the_Strange)

Watched List:
2020-12-01 | Night Train to Munich | 3.5
2020-12-01 | Crash | 3
2020-12-02 | Odd Man Out | 4
2020-12-02 | Stalag 17 | 4.5
2020-12-03 | Balto | 3.5
2020-12-03 | The Other Side of the Wind | 3
2020-12-04 | Mank | 3.5
2020-12-04 | They Live By Night | 3.5
2020-12-05 | Sansho the Bailiff | 4
2020-12-05 | Near Dark | 3
2020-12-05 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 3.5
2020-12-05 | Tenet | 3.5
2020-12-06 | Yojimbo | 5
2020-12-06 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 4
2020-12-07 | Robin Hood | 4
2020-12-08 | Beowulf | 2.5
2020-12-08 | Sanjuro | 4.5
2020-12-09 | Un Flic | 3.5
2020-12-10 | Miller's Crossing | 3.5
2020-12-11 | Into the Wild | 3.5
2020-12-13 | Sound of Metal | 4
2020-12-16 | Bad Times at El Royale | 3
2020-12-18 | Winter Kills | 3.5
2020-12-19 | A Christmas Story | 3.5
2020-12-20 | Blade | 3
2020-12-21 | L.A. Confidential | 4.5
2020-12-21 | Eyes Wide Shut | 4.5
2020-12-22 | Hoffa | 3
2020-12-22 | In Bruges | 4.5
2020-12-23 | Inherent Vice | 4
2020-12-24 | Repo Men | 3
2020-12-25 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 3.5
2020-12-28 | Flight | 3.5
2020-12-30 | The Queen's Gambit | 4.5
2020-12-31 | JFK | 5

[VincentVendetta]

Maybe.

Recommendations


Freak Out

• #19, The Unknown (Tod Browning, USA, 1927),
• #47, Porcile (Pier Paolo Pasolini, ITA, 1969),
• #07, Le Locataire (Roman Polanski, FRA, 1976),
• #13, The Elephant Man (David Lynch, USA, 1980),
• #02, Alice (Jan Svankmajer, CZE, 1988),
• #12, Johnny Handsome (Walter Hill, USA, 1989),
• #03, Hulk (Ang Lee, USA, 2003),
• #08, My Soul to Take (Wes Craven, USA, 2010),
• #38, Chained for Life (Aaron Schimberg, USA, 2019),

Non-Heteronormative

• #06, Max mon amour (Ôshima Nagisa, FRA, 1986),
• #01, The Living End (Gregg Araki, USA, 1992),
• #14, Vive l'amour (Tsai Ming-Liang, TWN, 1994),
• #15, The River (Tsai Ming-Liang, TWN, 1997),

Godard After Vertov

• #20, Prénom Carmen (Jean-Luc Godard, FRA, 1983),
• #21, Détective (Jean-Luc Godard, FRA, 1985),
• #22, Hélas pour moi (Jean-Luc Godard, FRA, 1993),

Of Mice and Men

• #35, Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton, USA, 1923),
• #16, You Only Live Once (Fritz Lang, USA, 1937),
• #30, Desperate Hours (Michael Cimino, USA, 1990),
• #10, Last Man Standing (Walter Hill, USA, 1996),
• #09, Capote (Bennett Miller, USA, 2005),
• #24, Shotgun Stories (Jeff Nichols, USA, 2007),

Sports!

• #05, Rollerball (John McTiernan, USA, 2002),
• #31, Infinite Football (Corneliu Porumboui, ROU, 2018),
• #32, Lenny Cooke (Joshua & Ben Safdie, USA, 2013),

Royals

• #18, The Smiling Lieutenant (Ernst Lubitsch, USA, 1931),
• #29, Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, FRA, 2006),

Winter Wonderland

• #36, The Dead Zone (David Cronenberg, CAN, 1983),
• #33, Alien vs. Predator (Paul W.S. Anderson, USA, 2004),

Party at the End of the World

• #43, 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, USA, 2011),
• #34, After Earth (M. Night Shyamalan, USA, 2013),
• #23, Pompeii (Paul W.S. Anderson, CAN, 2014),

Film Is Dead/Love Live Film

• #40, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino, USA, 2019),
• #39, The Projectionist (Abel Ferrara, USA, 2019),

Double Up

• #28, Duelle (Jacques Rivette, FRA, 1976),
• #37, Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, CAN, 1988),
• #27, Hana & Alice (Iwai Shunji, JPN, 2004),

Kleptomaniac

• #41, The Thomas Crown Affair (John McTiernan, USA, 1999),
• #42, The Pleasure of Being Robbed (Joshua Safdie, USA, 2008),

Old Love

• #44, Marty (Delbert Mann, USA, 1955),
• #04, Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, FRA, 1965),
• #45, Sale comme un ange (Catherine Breillat, FRA, 1991),

TBD:

• #17, Moonfleet (Fritz Lang, USA, 1955),
• #46, Flesh+Blood (Paul Verhoeven, USA, 1985),
• #11, Godzilla (Roland Emmerich, USA, 1998),
• #25, Les Loups (Sophie Deraspe, CAN, 2015),
• #26, Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Eliza Hittman, USA, 2020),

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by graf1k

Better than making your post and having it modded into oblivion

Originally Posted by kingdoxie

Yeah, I reported the idiot for thread crapping and my post got deleted as well. Sorry about that Now I have to recreate my post with recommendations

[FilmKoala]

Recently Watched:

[Show spoiler]

* = first time viewing

Christmas Movies
1. Black Christmas (2019)*
2. Black Christmas (2006) ½
3. Silent Night (2012)* ½
4. Black Christmas (1974)
5. Christmas Evil (1980)
6. Better Watch Out (2016)
7. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
8. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)

Star Wars
1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
2. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
4. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) ½
5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) ½
6. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
7. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
8. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
9. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
10. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
11. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Misc.
1. Action U.S.A. (1989)* ½
2. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)*
3. A Sign of the Cross (1932)*
4. Libeled Lady (1936)
5. Man of the World (1931)* ½




TOTAL: 24

[Travis]

[VincentVendetta]

The Living End, Gregg Araki, USA, 1992
Streaming (Criterion Channel)

[VincentVendetta]

Alice, Jan Svankmajer, CZE, 1988
Streaming (Criterion Channel)