Top first viewings of 2018

[Mothravka]

The end of the year is approaching, so let's look back a bit. In other words, what were your favorite films watched for the first time during 2018?

Feel free to post your list of any length. I watched and discovered a lot of good stuff and limited my list to 100 entries. Anyway, here it is:

1. Berlin Alexanderplatz (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1980)
2. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984, Edgar Reitz)
3. The Eye Above the Well (Johan van der Keuken, 1988)
4. Mother Dao, the Turtlelike (Vincent Monnikendam, 1995)
5. Heaven and Earth (Michael Pilz, 1983)
6. Diary (David Perlov, 1983)
7. Route One USA (Robert Kramer, 1989)
8. RR (James Benning, 2007)
9. The Living Dead Man (Marcel L'Herbier, 1926)
10. Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang, 2013)
11. Gan (Shirô Toyoda, 1953)
12. The 19th Century Georgian Chronicle (Aleksandre Rekhviashvili, 1979)
13. Dead Souls (Wang Bing, 2018)
14. Life, Autumn (Sergey Loznitsa & Marat Magambetov, 1999)
15. Khayal Gatha (Kumar Shahani, 1989)
16. Doomed Love (Manoel de Oliveira, 1978)
17. Mirror of Illusion (Kumar Shahani, 1972)
18. The Woman Who Left (Lav Diaz, 2016)
19. On the Bowery (Lionel Rogosin, 1956)
20. Babylon XX (Ivan Mykolaichuk, 1979)
21. Future So Bright (Matt McCormick, 2010)
22. Geschichte der Nacht (Clemens Klopfenstein, 1979)
23. Dhrupad (Mani Kaul, 1983)
24. Budapest Portrait (Memories of a City) (Peter B. Hutton, 1986)
25. The Plea (Tengiz Abuladze, 1967)
26. Alone (Stephen Dwoskin, 1964)
27. Ta'ang (Wang Bing, 2016)
28. One Day Before the Rainy Season (Mani Kaul, 1971)
29. The Way South (Johan van Der Keuken, 1981)
30. Save and Protect (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1989)
31. Zwei Museen (Heinz Emigholz, 2013)
32. Rapt (Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1934)
33. The Diary of a Worker (Risto Jarva, 1967)
34. The Wheel (Victor Asliuk, 2003)
35. Imburnal (Sherad Anthony Sanchez, 2008)
36. Jeu (Georges Schwizgebel, 2006)
37. Legend of the Mountain (King Hu, 1979)
38. Ejercicios de memoria (Paz Encina, 2016)
39. The Parallel Street (Ferdinand Khittl, 1962)
40. Fire at Sea (Gianfranco Rosi, 2016)
41. Claire's Camera (Hong Sang-soo, 2017)
42. Night Noon (Shambhavi Kaul, 2014)
43. Nocturne 29 (Pere Portabella, 1968)
44. Pirosmani (Giorgi Shengelaia, 1969)
45. Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (Frederick Wiseman, 2017)
46. Harvest: 3,000 Years (Haile Gerima, 1976)
47. Another Sky (Gavin Lambert, 1954)
48. Lodz Symphony (Peter B. Hutton, 1993)
49. Johan (Mauritz Stiller, 1921)
50. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (Andrei Ujica, 2010)
51. Sullivans Banken (Heinz Emigholz, 2000)
52. Bandini (Bimal Roy, 1963)
53. Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)
54. Everyday Life in a Syrian Village (Omar Amiralay, 1976)
55. The Fear (Kostas Manoussakis, 1966)
56. Soleil Ô (Med Hondo, 1970)
57. Verano (2011, José Luis Torres Leiva)
58. L'allégement (Marcel Schüpbach, 1983)
59. Bangkok Nites (Katsuya Tomita, 2016)
60. Diaries Notes and Sketches (Jonas Mekas, 1969)
61. Surname Viet Given Name Nam (Trinh T. Minh-ha, 1989)
62. Veredas (João César Monteiro, 1978)
63. Orinoko, New World (Diego Rísquez, 1984)
64. Matters of the Heart (Christina Lammer, 2016)
65. Amsterdam Global Village (Johan van der Keuken, 1996)
66. The Absence of Apricots (Daniel Asadi Faezi, 2018)
67. The Exquisite Corpus (Peter Tscherkassky, 2015)
68. Djamilia (Aminatou Echard, 2018)
69. Jaime (António Reis, 1974)
70. Honor de cavalleria (Albert Serra, 2006)
71. Artel (Sergey Loznitsa, 2006)
72. Tiempo de morir (Arturo Ripstein, 1966)
73. Shamans of the Blind Country (Michael Oppitz, 1981)
74. On Top of the Whale (Raúl Ruiz, 1982)
75. Our Lady of the Turks (Carmelo Bene, 1968)
76. Topos (Antouanetta Angelidi, 1985)
77. I Walk Alone (Byron Haskin, 1948)
78. Lost, Lost, Lost (Jonas Mekas, 1976)
79. Man Is Not a Bird (Dušan Makavejev, 1965)
80. Spring on Zarechnaya Street (Marlen Khutsiev, 1956)
81. A.K.A. Serial Killer (Masao Adachi, 1969)
82. Kairat (Darezhan Omirbayev, 1992)
83. Obreras saliendo de la fábrica (José Luis Torres Leiva, 2005)
84. Gambling, Gods and LSD (Peter Mettler, 2002)
85. Die letzte Brücke (Helmut Käutner, 1954)
86. A Opção (Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias, 1981)
87. Nárcisz és Psyché (Gábor Bódy, 1980)
88. Acto da Primavera (Manoel de Oliveira, 1963)
89. Black on White (Jörn Donner, 1968)
90. Gabbla (Tariq Teguia, 2008)
91. Büntetöexpedíció (Dezsö Magyar, 1970)
92. Our Beloved Month of August (Miguel Gomes, 2008)
93. Innocent Sorcerers (Andrzej Wajda, 1960)
94. El Sicario, Room 164 (Gianfranco Rosi, 2010)
95. Temenos (Nina Damino, 1998)
96. Une femme a passé (René Jayet, 1928)
97. One Way or Another (Sara Gómez, 1977)
98. Krisana (Fred Kelemen, 2005)
99. All the Sins of Sodom (Joseph W. Sarno, 1968)
100. Hat Wolff von Amerongen Konkursdelikte begangen? (Gerhard Benedikt Friedl, 2004)

[Leslie Dame]

01 A Quiet Place (2018) 5/5
02 Train to Busan (2016) 4.5/5
03 Hereditary (2018) 4.5/5
04 Kong: Skull Island (2017) 4/5
05 Mother! (2017) 3.5/5
06 The Enchanted (1984) 3.5/5
07 Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974) 3.5/5
08 Annabelle: Creation (2017) 3.5/5
09 Night Drive (1977) 3.5/5
10 Unsane (2018) 3.5/5
11 Incident in a Ghostland (2018) 3.5/5
12 Revenge (2017) 3.5/5
13 Years of the Beast (1981) 3.5/5
14 It Comes at Night (2017) 3.5/5
15 Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968) 3.5/5
16 Insidious: The Last Key (2018) 3/5
17 The Objective (2008) 2.5/5
18 Deadline (1984) 2.5/5
19 The Veil (2016) 2/5
20 Rings (2017) 1.5/5

Honorable mention:

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) (Terribly Enjoyable: Perfect)
Christmas Inheritance (2017) (Terribly Enjoyable: Good)
I'll Be Home for Christmas (2016) (Terribly Enjoyable: Good)

[akebono]

Phantom Thread 5/5
A quiet Place 5/5
First Man 5/5
2001 5/5
House of Myrth 5/5
Age of Innocence 5/5
Unsane 4/5
Hereditary 4/5

[TajSamKojiJesam]

Stone (1992) by Aleksandr Sokurov
The Margin (1967) by Ozualdo Ribeiro Candeias
A Place in the World (2001) by Artur Aristakisyan
Landscape Suicide (1987) by James Benning
The Order (1973) by Jean-Daniel Pollet
Hovering Over the Water (1986) by João César Monteiro
Cousin Jules (1972) by Dominique Benicheti
Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year Old Prostitute (1971) by Masao Adachi
Headless (1969) by Patrick Deval
The 47 Ronin (1941) by Kenji Mizoguchi
Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) by Lav Diaz
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2002) by Bing Wang
Miss Oyu (1951) by Kenji Mizoguchi
Lessons of Darkness (1992) by Werner Herzog
Goodbye CP (1972) by Kazuo Hara
Apart from Life (1970) by Kei Kumai
The Woman in the Rumor (1954) by Kenji Mizoguchi
Wild Geese (1953) by Shirô Toyoda
Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983) by Raul Ruiz
Punishment Park (1971) by Peter Watkins
The Plea (1968) by Tengiz Abuladze
Sabrina (1954) by Billy Wilder
'Til Madness Do Us Part (2013) by Bing Wang
Mother (1952) by Mikio Naruse
The Lonely Voice of Man (1987) by Alexander Sokurov
The Happiness of Us Alone (1961) by Zenzō Matsuyama
The Night of Counting the Years (1969) by Shadi Abdel Salam
The Fear (1966) by Kostas Manoussakis
Homo Sapiens (2016) by Nikolaus Geyrhalter
The Munekata Sisters (1950) by Yasujirō Ozu
The Last Laugh (1924) by F. W. Murnau
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) by Wojciech Has
Utamaro and His Five Women (1941) by Kenji Mizoguchi
Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002) by Peter Mettler
Sleeping Man (1996) by Kōhei Oguri
A Scoundrel (1965) by Kaneto Shindô
Red Persimmons (2001) by Shinsuke Ogawa and Xiaolian Peng
The Wolves (1955) by Kaneto Shindô
Mandala (1981) by Kwon-taek Im
The Great Killing (1964) by Eiichi Kudô
Destiny's Son (1962) by Kenji Misumi
Hatsu Yume (1981) by Bill Viola
Letter from a Filmmaker to His Daughter (2000) by Eric Pauwels
The Bite (1966) by Kan Mukai
A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) by Mikio Naruse
Gostanza da Libbiano (2000) by Paolo Benvenuti
Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) by Noboru Nakamura
Train of Shadows (1997) by José Luis Guerín
Wind (1996) by Marcell Iványi
Cafe Noir (2009) by Sung-il Jung
Tsugaru Folksong (1973) by Kōichi Saitō
The Third Shadow Warrior (1963) by Umetsugu Inoue
La sapienza (2014) by Eugène Green

There are a lot more, but I'm too lazy to list them :P

[Skrazem]

Here's my rankings of first time viewings excluding 2018 releases. If I combine them I'll update this post.

1 Amadeus
2 King of Comedy
3 Arrival
4 Bone Tomahawk
5 I, Tonya
6 Big Trouble in Little China
7 A Simple Plan
8 Logan Lucky
9 Get Out
10 Some Like it Hot
11 Bonnie and Clyde
12 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
13 Hot Rod
14 The Purge: Election Day
15 The Post
16 Fury
17 Get Smart
18 Fanboys
19 Warcraft
20 Mission Impossible: Ghost Proticol
21 Molly's Game
22 Man on Fire
23 Caddyshack
24 Bourne Identity
25 Last Flag Flying
26 The Purge: Anarchy
27 The Purge
28 Get Hard
29 Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping
30 Cloud Atlas
31 Downsizing
32 Tarzan
33 CBGB
34 Equalizer
35 Three Billboards
36 Tangled
37 Battle of the Sexes
38 Devil Wears Prada
39 American Reunion
40 Hunger Games Mockingjay pt 2
41 Predators
42 Hunger Games Mockingjay pt 1
43 Independence Day Resurgence


Except for the bottom 4 I'd say I enjoyed all of them in some way.

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

The Tall T
Niagara
Castle in the Sky
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Stalker
Pather Panchali
Ugetsu
Kuroneko
The Magician
The Sugarland Express
Capote
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Rituals
Seijun Suzuki early years sets (all good films)

[JustinB13]

Besides movies that came out in 2018, I saw these movies for the first time this year and ended up loving/liking them:

La La Land
Blade Runner 2049
Psycho
Rear Window
Halloween(1978)

Movies I saw for the first time this year that I didn’t like:

Mad Max: Fury Road

[Cremildo]

1. Kuroneko
2. Francofonia
3. Hostiles
4. Crazy Heart
5. BlacKkKlansman

[ImBlu_DaBaDee]

12 Angry Men
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Those were long overdue and just as good as everyone says

[filmbuffTX]

In no particular order.

1. Fox and His Friends (1975) - Germany
2. Dune (1984)
3. Fame (1980)
4. Midnight Express (1978)
5. The Apartment (1960)

6. The Changeling (1980)
7. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) - French Canadian
8. The Seventh Seal (1957)
9. She's Gotta Have It (1986)
10. Sorcerer (1977)

11. Suspiria (1978)
12. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
13. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
14. The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)
15. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

16. The Right Stuff (1983)
17. Tstosi (2005) - South Africa
18. Whale Rider (2002) - New Zealand
19. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
20. The Miracle Worker (1962)

21. The Breadwinner (2017) - Canada/Ireland/Luxembourg
22. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) - Japan
23. Brazil (1985)
24. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
25. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

26. The Great Escape (1963)
27. Lolita (1962)
28. Dr. No (1962)
29. The Full Monty (1997)
30. Willow (1988)

31. A Single Girl (1995) - France
32. Keep It Quiet (1999) - France
33. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)
34. Empire of the Sun (1987)
35. The Prince of Egypt (1998)

36. Basket Case (1982)
37. THX 1138 (1971)
38. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
39. When Harry Met Sally (1988)
40. The Beguiled (1971)

41. Matineee (1993)
42. Dunkirk (2017)
43. Super Dark Times (2017)
44. Silence (2016)
45. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

[prkchopexpress]

listing movies from the past few years and/or big studio releases defeats the purpose of even having these lists.

[Vampire Hotel]

1. 3 Women (1977)
2. Donnie Darko (2001)
3. Leon: The Professional (1994)
4. The Great Dictator (1940)
5. Theatre of Blood (1973)
6. Black Christmas (1974)
7. Street Angel (1928)
8. Fruitvale Station (2013)
9. This Is The End (2013)
10. 7th Heaven (1927)

[principehomura]

It's been a very busy and difficult year, and that reflected on the films I've watched: they have been less than usual and mostly for distraction.

Usually I try to discover a new to me actor/director and focus on his filmography, and this year it was just Terry Gilliam and Carole Lombard (btw she became my favorite actress). Plus the Chaplin Essanay comedies!

[Mothravka]

Originally Posted by Armchair NZ

do either of you ever have trouble tracking down versions of these "foreign" movies with subtitles you can understand? (Unless of course you're both polyglots...) I'd imagine some of these movies - particularly the older ones - would be hard enough to find in their own countries on DVD or Blu-ray. Let alone having international releases, or releases with international subtitles. Or do you have access to foreign/arthouse cinemas that play them, or something?

All of the non-English films I've listed that have dialogue should be available with English subtitles one way or another.

[TajSamKojiJesam]

Originally Posted by Armchair NZ

do either of you ever have trouble tracking down versions of these "foreign" movies with subtitles you can understand? (Unless of course you're both polyglots...) I'd imagine some of these movies - particularly the older ones - would be hard enough to find in their own countries on DVD or Blu-ray. Let alone having international releases, or releases with international subtitles. Or do you have access to foreign/arthouse cinemas that play them, or something?

Sometimes it can be a pain to find subtitles, but most of the time even the most obscure older foreign VHS-ripped film will have an English subtitle file in some corner of the internet. If there are no subtitles available, I'll watch the film without them if it's in a language I can understand.

[Michael24]

These were my favorites of what I saw for the first time this year (including 2018 releases), in the order that I saw them. Found a lot of great older films and also discovered the awesomeness of silent films.

- The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
- The Founder (2016)
- And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
- Walking Tall (1973)
- Twins of Evil (1971)
- Sleepless In Seattle (1993)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
- Vampyr (1932)
- Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
- Faust (1926)
- Night Creatures (1962)
- The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
- The Last Laugh (1924)
- The Hands of Orlac (1924)
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
- The Burning Soil (1922)
- Demon House (2018)
- One Dark Night (1983)
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
- The Haunted Castle (1921)
- City Girl (1930)
- Phantom (1922)
- Tartuffe (1925)
- Berlin: Symphony of A Great City (1927)
- Justice League (2017)
- Aeon Flux (2005)
- 7th Heaven (1927)
- Street Angel (1928)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Document of the Dead (1985)
- Freaks (1932)
- Deadpool 2 (2018)
- The Man Who Laughs (1928)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
- Martin (1978)
- The Phantom Carriage (1921)
- Modern Times (1936)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- Beauty and the Beast (1946)
- Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
- Tourist Trap (1979)
- Rabid (1977)
- Re-Animator (1985)
- Pieces (1982)
- A Night to Remember (1958)
- Basket Case (1982)
- The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
- Nevada Smith (1966)
- Please Stand By (2017)
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
- An Enemy of the People (1978)
- Le Mans (1971)
- Maniac (1980)
- Zombie (1979)
- The Reivers (1969)
- Hell Is For Heroes (1962)
- Train to Busan (2016)
- The City of the Dead (1960)
- Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
- Rosemary's Baby (1968)
- Salem's Lot (1979)
- Night Train to Munich (1940)
- Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966)
- Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
- The Abominable Snowman (1957)
- The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
- The Awakening (1980)
- The Great Escape (1963)
- The Spiral Staircase (1946)
- 3 Godfathers (1948)
- The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

[Al_The_Strange]

Generally in order of the viewings I valued and appreciated the most.

1. The Virgin Spring (1960)
2. The Human Condition Part 1: No Greater Love (1959)
3. Annihilation (2018)
4. Timescapes (2012)
5. Out of the Past (1947)
6. Letter Never Sent (1960)
7. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
8. The Florida Project (2017)
9. Brokeback Mountain (2004)
10. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
11. Gun Crazy (1950)
12. Woman in the Dunes (1964)
13. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
14. Monterey Pop (1968)
15. The Shape of Water (2017)
16. Ready Player One (2018)
17. The Incredibles 2 (2018)
18. Woodstock (1970)
19. Upgrade (2018)
20. Hereditary (2018)
21. A Taxi Driver (2017)
22. Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
23. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
24. The Walk (2015)
25. Paris, Texas (1984)
26. Down By Law (1986)
27. Stray Dog (1949)
28. Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
29. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
30. Devilman OVA (1987)
31. A Quiet Place (2018)
32. The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
33. Aquaman (2018)
34. Your Name. (2016)
35. They Came to a City (1944)
36. Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)
37. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
38. Barton Fink (1991)
39. Dead Man (1995)
40. Revenge (2018)
41. Matinee (1993)
42. Robot Carnival (1987)
43. The Incident (1967)
44. Joan of Arc (1948)
45. Mandy (2018)
46. The Creeping Garden (2014)
47. Adaptation. (2002)
48. Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
49. Tampopo (1985)
50. The Atomic Cafe (1982)
51. Amistad (1987)
52. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
53. Loving Vincent (2017)
54. Ed Wood (1994)
55. Walkabout (1971)
56. Empire of the Sun (1987)
57. Blade of the Immortal (2017)
58. Valley of the Dolls (1967)
59. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
60. The Boy Who Came Back (1958)
61. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
62. The New Centurions (1972)
63. Six String Samurai (1998)
64. Heavy Traffic (1973)
65. The Black Cauldron (1985)
66. The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
67. Chasing the Dragon (2017)
68. Spetters (1980)
69. Brute Force (1947)
70. The Sting (1972)
71. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
72. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
73. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
74. South Pacific (1958)
75. The Nun's Story (1959)
76. Idle Hands (1999)
77. Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
78. Body Bags (1993)
79. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
80. Deep Rising (1998)
81. Force 10 From Navarone (1978)
82. Lust for Life (1956)
83. Mon Oncle (1958)
84. Coco (2017)
85. A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
86. Rushmore (1998)
87. The Odd Couple (1968)
88. The Circus (1928)
89. Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
90. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
91. SLC Punk (1998)
92. The Trial (1962)
93. The Red Shoes (1948)
94. Dead Poets Society (1989)
95. The Conversation (1974)
96. After Hours (1985)
97. The Prince of Tides (1991)
98. Kids (1995)
99. Threads (1984)
100. Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)

[Grethiwha]

Nice list idea, gives a more accurate, individualized reflection of what people have been watching this year, especially for those like me who don't go to the theatre much.

For me, about half my viewing has been catchup on 2017 and recent stuff, and half, somewhat older films. So I've split my list into two to reflect that.

I haven't been watching as much really old stuff as I would have a few years ago; lately I've been more into... John Waters, and Shaw Brothers, real cult type stuff... but even most of that I watched last year. I really haven't had much time for movies this year, except a couple pockets of time in March, September, and this month. I've only watched about 100 films total this year, so my list won't be as big and diverse as some in this thread...


Recent Films:

1. Tokyo Vampire Hotel (2017 Mini-Series)
2. The Shape of Water (2017)
3. Antiporno (2017)
4. Mandy (2018)
5. The Disaster Artist (2017)
6. Memoir of a Murderer (2017)
7. The Sion Sono (2016)
8. Killing (2018)
9. Lucky (2017)
10. Oh Lucy! (2018)

Older First-Time Viewings:

1. Mind Game (2004)
2. Barefoot Gen 2 (1986)
3. Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
4. Valley Girl (1983)
5. Attack the Gas Station! (1999)
6. A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
7. Desperate Living (1977)
8. Seeding of a Ghost (1983)
9. Police Story (1985)
10. Dogville (2003)

[CelluloidPal]

One notable first viewing for me in 2018 was Dial Code Santa Claus.
This was one movie I never even heard of but caught my interest when I read what it was all about and it was such a fun and bizarre flick that will go into my holiday movie cycle when the Blu-ray drops.
The other would be They Shall Not Grow Old. One of the films that genuinely had a strong impact on me.

[Mothravka]

Originally Posted by Armchair NZ

if "one way or another" is a euphemism for "on the internet" then I think I'll pass

What I mean is that some films are available on VHS/DVD/Blu-ray, some only through theatrical screening, and some are only available through streaming to take some examples. Some films simply don't have a psychical release. Some will maybe not even get one in the nearest future or get one at all. And then you have some films that only float around as private/illegal/free/rare copies on the net etc. Then you have the whole thing with subtitles to add into the mix.

What I'm talking about above goes for films in general, or the more obscure, older and non-English ones. I already talked about the availability of the ones in my list, but if there's any specific ones that you are struggling to find on DVD or anything, feel free to message me or ask me here directly and I will try to help you as much as I can.