November 2023 50 Movie Challenge

[kingdoxie]

November Theme: 30 Years of Film (30 movies)
The goal is to watch 30 films from 30 consecutive years. For an extra challenge, curate your list from a single genre (comedy, drama, romance, crime, Sci-Fi, etc).

Recommendations: The Best of 2023 (5 movies)
5 movies that you haven't seen before from the titles recommended by other members. In your initial tracking post, everyone list 5-10 great movies that you saw for the first time in 2023 (not necessarily released in 2023). Avoid past recommendations.

Featured Category (optional): Thanksgiving (5 movies)
Select 5 movies that take place during Thanksgiving.

Remaining Categories: Create your own (10 movies)
Watch whatever you want and create your own categories or you can add 10 years to the main challenge.
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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 or .gifs for the films (poster art or Blu-ray covers, for example) please try not to use GIANT pictures or .gifs, and if there are tons of them, again - please hide under spoilers.

[kingdoxie]

Recent:

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Total: 70

30+ Years of Film
1938: Room Service ⭐⭐⭐
1939: Susannah of the Mounties ⭐⭐⭐
1940: Three Faces West ⭐⭐⭐½
1941: The Maltese Falcon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
1942: The Glass Key ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1943: Shadow of a Doubt ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1944: Phantom Lady ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1945: Detour ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
1946: The Blue Dahlia ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1947: A Double Life ⭐⭐⭐½
1948: Force of Evil ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1949: Border Incident ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1950: Try and Get Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1951: I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1952: Hoodlum Empire ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1953: I, The Jury ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1954: Private Hell 36 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1955: The Big Combo ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1956: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1957: Plunder Road ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1958: From the Earth to the Moon ⭐⭐⭐
1959: The Trap ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1960: The Crowded Sky ⭐⭐⭐
1961: The Children’s Hour ⭐⭐⭐½
1962: The Awful Dr. Orlof ⭐⭐
1963: The Victors ⭐⭐⭐
1964: Mail Order Bride ⭐⭐⭐½
1965: The Ipcress File ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1966: Rage ⭐⭐⭐½
1967: It! ⭐⭐⭐
1968: Faerwell, Friend ⭐⭐⭐
1969: The Undefeated ⭐⭐⭐½
1970: Kelly’s Heroes ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1971: Murphy’s War ⭐⭐⭐⭐
1972: Asylum ⭐⭐⭐

Film Noir
1. They Won’t Believe Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Killer’s Kiss ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. The Long Wait ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Human Desire ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Clash by Night ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Hell’s Half Acre ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. I Walk Alone ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. Woman in Hiding ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. The Asphalt Jungle ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. Sunset Boulevard ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. City That Never Sleeps ⭐⭐⭐½
12. The Breaking Point ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
13. The Set-Up ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Outer Limits
1. The Outer Limits; S1 E11-12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. The Outer Limits; S1 E13-14 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. The Outer Limits; S1 E15-16 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. The Outer Limits; S1 E17-18 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Military/War
1. The Long Gray Line ⭐⭐⭐½
2. British Intelligence ⭐⭐⭐
3. Passport to Destiny ⭐⭐⭐
4. Thunder Birds ⭐⭐⭐
5. A Soldier’s Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Nazi Agent ⭐⭐⭐
7. Hitler’s Madman ⭐⭐⭐
8. The Teahouse of the August Moon ⭐⭐⭐
9. The Covenant ⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. Desperate Journey ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Box set of the month
1. Speaking of Murder ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
2. Back to the Wall ⭐⭐⭐⭐½
3. Witness in the City ⭐⭐⭐⭐½

The Red Scare
1. Big Jim McLain ⭐⭐⭐
2. The Steel Fist ⭐⭐⭐
3. Arctic Flight ⭐⭐⭐
4. The Red Danube ⭐⭐⭐½
5. Escape from East Berlin ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Recommendations: Best of 2023

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[cinemaphile]

For now I will just use this Letterboxd list screenshot until I have time to type up a post:

2023 First-Time Watch Recommendations:


Apologies that many will be repeat recs. I tend to recommend movies I like right away after I watch them
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Most Recent Watches:


Thanksgiving/Holidays:
1. * It's a Wonderful Knife
2. * Journey to Bethlehem
3. * Thanksgiving
4. * Carol for Another Christmas
5. Christmas with the Kranks
6. Let It Snow

30 Years of Film:
Possible Watches:

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1983: * Lords of Discipline
1986: * River's Edge
1987: * Man on Fire, * Rampage
1989: * The Experts

1992: Singles
1995: Home For the Holidays
2003: * Tokyo Godfathers
2004: Polar Express

[Show spoiler]2005: * Cry_Wolf
2006: * The Nativity Story
2011: * Ronal the Barbarian
2013: Free Birds

2017: What Happened to Monday
2019: Captain Marvel
2021: Raya and the Last Dragon
2022: Spirited
2023: * The Exorcist: Believer

Theatrical Viewings:
1. * The Marvels
2. * Hungers Games: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
3. * The Holdovers
4. * Dream Scenario
5. * Godzilla Minus One
6. * American Fiction

Streaming/VOD Premieres:
1. * The Killer
2. * Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
3. * Please Don't Destroy: Legend of Foggy Mountain
4. * Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

Categories TBD:
Cyrano
* Willy's Wonderland
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
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* denotes first-time viewings

Red - seen in theater
Sienna - 4K disc
Blue - Blu-ray, duh
Green - DVD
Purple - Vudu
Black - Other streaming (Netflix, Amazon, D+, HBO Max, Peacock, hoopla, tubitv, etc)

[filmbuffTX]

Recently Watched


60 Years of Film

1960: Peeping Tom* 3.5/5
1961: The Children's Hour* 3.5/5
1962: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm* 4/5
1963: Lord of the Flies* 4/5
1964: A Hard's Days Night* 4/5
1965: Who Killed Teddy Bear* 3.5/5
1966: Court Martial: The House Where He Lived*
1966: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
1966: Charlie Brown's All Stars!
1967: LSD: Insight or Insanity*
1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey 5/5
1969: The Cut-Throats* 2/5

1971: Play It Again, Charlie Brown
1972: Evil Come, Evil Go* 1/5
1973: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
1974: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 4/5
1977: Terraces* 3/5
1978: Vampire Hookers 3/5
1979: Meatballs 4/5

1980: The Blue Lagoon* 3.5/5
1981: It's Magic, Charlie Brown
1982: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 5/5
1984: Stop Making Sense* 5/5
1985: Garfield's Halloween Adventure
1987: Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5/5
1988: The Mayflower Voyagers
1989: Garfield's Thanksgiving

1990: Ski School* 3/5
1991: Dutch 3.5/5
1993: Sleepless in Seattle 4/5
1994: Serial Mom 4/5
1995: Home for the Holidays 4/5
1996: Bio-Dome 3.5/5
1997: Fools Rush In* 3/5
1997: The Ice Storm 4.5/5
1998: Meet Joe Black 5/5
1999: American Beauty 5/5

2000: American Psycho 5/5
2001: Sweet November 4/5
2003: Pieces of April 3.5/5
2004: The Stepford Wives* 2/5
2005: Bewitched* 2/5
2006: Black Christmas 3/5
2008: Twilight 4/5
2009: New Moon 3/5

2010: Eclipse 3.5/5
2011: Weekend 4/5
2012: The Hunger Games 4/5
2013: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 4/5
2014: The Theory of Everything 4/5
2015: Brooklyn 5/5
2016: Manchester by the Sea 4.5/5
2017: Dunkirk 4.5/5
2018: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 3/5
2019: Captain Marvel 3/5

Seen in Theaters
1. The Creator* 4/5
2. It's a Wonderful Knife* 3/5


Recommendations

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[Al_The_Strange]

Recents



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30 Year Stretch
11/07: The Maltese Falcon (1941 | UHD | Noirvember Entry) 8/10
11/05: Casablanca (1942 | UHD) 8/10
11/22: Shadow of a Doubt (1943 | UHD | Noirvember Entry) 8/10
11/13: Murder, My Sweet (1944 | BD | Noirvember Entry) 7/10
11/17: Notorious (1946 | BD | Noirvember Entry) 7/10
11/12: Nightmare Alley (1947 | BD | Noirvember Entry) 7/10
11/03: The Amazing Mr. X (1948 | BD | Noirvember Entry) 6/10
11/02: The Third Man (1949 | BD | Noirvember Entry) 9/10
11/18: Ace in the Hole (1951 | BD | Noirvember Entry) 8/10
11/18: On The Waterfront (1954 | BD | Noirvember Entry) 8/10
11/09: I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955 | BD) 7/10
11/21: Something Wild (1961 | BD | Noirvember Entry) 7/10
11/22: The Trial (1962 | UHD | Noirvember Entry) 8/10

Noirvember--The Extra Caseload
11/26: Laura (1944 | Criterion Channel) 7/10

This Is The New Sh*t
11/11: Elemental (2023 | Disney+) 6/10
11/11: The Little Mermaid (2023 | Disney+) 6/10
11/13: The Killer (2023 | Netflix | Noirvember Entry) 8/10
11/17: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (2023 | UHD) 8/10
11/25: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023 | Vudu UHD) 6/10

Exotic Fantasies
11/12: Arabian Nights (2000 | Library DVD) 6/10

This Year's Greatest Views (According To You)
11/14: Babylon (2022 | Library DVD) 7/10 (recommended by filmbuffTX)
11/28: The Hunt (2012 | Library DVD) 8/10 (recommended by graf1k)

Total: 22 Films

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My Favorite Highlights




All The Highlights

[graf1k]

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Best First Time Watches This Year

Your Besties
Holy Spider (odguitar) - ½
Babylon (filmbuffTX) - ½


30 Years of Film
2023: The Killer -
2022:
2021:
2020: Soul - ½
2019:
2018:
2017:
2016: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping -
2015:
2014: Big Hero 6 -
2013:
2012:
2011:
2010: Easy A - ½
2009:
2008:
2007: No Country For Old Men -
2006: The Longest Yard -
2005: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -
2004: Howl's Moving Castle -
2003:
2002:
2001:
2000:
1999:
1998:

[starryeyes]

Recommended First Watches 2023

Renfield (2023)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Another Man's Poison (1951)
Red Notice (2021)
Experiment in Terror (1962)
Plane (2023)
French Exit (2020)
River's Edge (1986)
The Little Things (2021)
Billy Liar (1963)

30 Years of Film

1990: Total Recall
1991: Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country
1992: Nemesis:
1993: Jurassic Park
1994: Stargate
1995: Johnny Mnemonic 1/2
1996: Independence Day
1997: The Fifth Element
1998: Armegeddon
1999: Galaxy Quest 1/2
2000: Supernova 1/2
2001: Jurassic Park III 1/2
2002: Minority Report 1/2
2003: Dreamcatcher
2004: Day After Tomorrow
2005: War of the Worlds
2006: Slither
2007: The Mist 1/2
2008: Mutant Chronicles 1/2
2009: Pandorum
2010: Daybreakers
2011: The Darkest Hour
2012: Dredd
2013: Oblivion
2014: Interstellar
2015: Jurassic World 1/2
2016: 10 Cloverfield Lane
2017: The Space Between Us 1/2
2018: How it Ends
2019: Io 1/2


War/War Related

1. Air America (1990)
2. Castle Keep (1969) 1/2
3. Flying Leathernecks (1951) 1/2
4. Midway (2019) 1/2
5. Fury (2014)


Music/Musicals

1. Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine (2021) 1/2
2. Respect (2021) 1/2
3. Phantom of the Opera (1962)
4. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
5. Deep Purple Perfect Strangers Live 1/2
6. Counterpoint (1967) 1/2
7. Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (2019)


Fantasy

1. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
2. Van Helsing (2004)
3. R.I.P.D. 2
4. Hellboy (2004)
5. The Age of Adaline (2015)


Crime

1. They Made Me A Fugitive (1947)
2. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
3. Midnight Lace (1960)
4. Johnny Allegro (1949) 1/2
5. Detour (1945)
6. Too Late for Tears (1949)
7. The Big Heat (1953) 1/2


Comedy

1. Undercover Grandpa (2017)
2. Michael's Navy (1964) 1/2
3. Miss Congeniality (2000) 1/2
4. Bedtime Story (1941) 1/2


Action/Adventure

1. The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) 1/2
2. Rope of Sand (1949) 1/2
3. Day of the Badman (1958) 1/2
4. The Long Ships (1964) 1/2
5. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)


Recommendations by Others

1. Blonde Ice (1948)(kingdoxie) 1/2
2. The Northman (2022)(kingdoxie)
3. Honour Society (2022)(cinemaphile)
4. Secret Admirer (1985)(cinemaphile) 1/2
5. Plane (2023)(filmbuffTX)





Total Films = 68

[Travis]

Recent

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Recommendations
1. The Fabelmans (2022) Al_The_Strange 1/2
2. Babylon (2022) filmbuffTX 1/2
3. The Northman (2022) kingdoxie 1/2

30 Years
1940 The Letter
1941 The Maltese Falcon
1942 This Gun for Hire
1943 Shadow of a Doubt
1944 Laura 1/2
1945 Fallen Angel 1/2
1946 The Big Sleep 1/2
1947 Born to Kill
1948 Raw Deal
1949 D.O.A.
1950 Borderline 1/2
1951 The Mob 1/2
1952 Sudden Fear
1953 The Hitch-Hiker 1/2
1954 Human Desire 1/2
1955 The Big Combo
1956 The Wrong Man 1/2
1957 Sweet Smell of Success
1958 The Female Animal
1959 Odds Against Tomorrow
1960 The Time Machine
1961
1962
1963 The Pink Panther
1964 A Shot in the Dark 1/2
1965
1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1/2


Martin Scorsese
1. GoodFellas (1990)
2. Gangs of New York (2002)
3. After Hours (1985) 1/2
4. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) 1/2
5. The Aviator (2004)

Sci-Fi
1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) 1/2
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
3. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
4. Alien (1979)
5. Blue Beetle (2023) 1/2

Comedy
1. The Birdcage (1996)
2. Supervixens (1975) 1/2
3. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) 1/2
4. The Pink Panther (2006) 1/2
5. The Pink Panther 2 (2009)

Animated
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
2. Shrek (2001)
3. Puss in Boots (2011) 1/2
4. Shrek 2 (2004) 1/2
5. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) 1/2

Drama
1. Almost Famous (2000)
2. The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
3. Last Tango in Paris (1972)
4. Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) 1/2
5. Colors (1988) 1/2
6. Body Double (1984) 1/2
7. Lonely Hearts (2006)

Recommendations

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Recently Watched

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30 Years of Film
1936: The Great Ziegfeld* 2/5
1937:
1938:
1939:
1940:
1941: High Sierra 4/5
1942:
1943:
1944: Hail the Conquering Hero* 4/5
1945:
1946: The Best Years of Lives 5/5
1947:
1948: Whiplash* 3/5
1949:
1950:
1951: In a Lonely Place 5/5
1952: Kansas City Confidential* 4/5
1953: A Lion Is in the Streets* 3/5
1954:
1955:
1956:
1957:
1958:
1959:
1960:
1961:
1962: Requiem for a Heavyweight* 4/5
1963:
1964:
1965:

Recommendations
1. The Hunt (2012)* 5/5 (graf1k)

Thanksgiving
1. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving 5/5 (2x)
2. Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5/5
3. Home for the Holidays 4/5

Misc. Noir
1. Tequila Sunrise* 3/5
2. Double Indemnity 5/5

TCM Selections

Holiday Ramp-Up
1. Anna and the Apocalypse 3.5/5
2. Last Christmas 3.5/5

2023 Films
1. No Hard Feelings* 3.5/5
2. Tetris* 3/5
3. Fair Play* 3/5
4. Flora and Son* 4/5
5. Anatomy of a Fall* 5/5
6. Bottoms 5/5
7. Candace Parker: Unapologetic* 4/5
8. May December* 5/5
9. Priscilla* 4.5/5
10. Saltburn* 4/5
11. Joy Ride* 3.5/5

Misc.
1. The Last Waltz* 4.5/5
2. Crush 4/5
3. Shiva Baby 5/5
4. A League of Their Own 5/5
5. Back to the Future 5/5
6. The Thin Blue Line 5/5
7. Saving Private Ryan 5/5

Total: 35

* denotes first-time viewing

Recommended

[Show spoiler]Blackberry
Wait Until Dark
Shortcomings
Theater Camp
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Reality (2023)
Close (2022)
Causeway (2022)
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Holy Spider

[Zodokai]

Didn’t have a chance to stay on top of updating here, but I watched 95 films and another dozen or two shorts.

[Travis]

Trailer DOA 1950 - YouTube

D.O.A. (1949)

[starryeyes]

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Total Recall (1990)

[kingdoxie]

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The Long Gray Line ⭐⭐⭐½

[starryeyes]

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Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

I haven't seen these movies in quite a while. Maybe sometime after Christmas I'll have to revisit them.

[kingdoxie]

They Won’t Believe Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (1947)

It's Noirvember!

[starryeyes]

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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

If I had been thinking properly I would have done film noir or crime instead of Science Fiction. I do prefer the early decades and I could't make my favourite category work

[Travis]

Fallen Angel 1945 - Trailer - YouTube

Fallen Angel (1945) 1/2

[starryeyes]

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Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine (2021) 1/2

Toronto based rock band that broke up at the end of the 80's. Lasted about 20 years. Mistaken a lot for Rush.

[starryeyes]

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Nemesis (1992)

[filmbuffTX]

(First Viewing)

I love the art direction and overall style of this sci-fi action thriller.