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    A Top 10 Challenge

    Here are the rules. You must create a list of your ten favorite films. However, none of the following films are eligible:

    1) You may not use any films that were nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.

    2) You may not use any films that were nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.

    3) You may not use any Palme d'Or nominees. (Nominees and winners in other categories are OK.)

    4) You may not use any movie in the IMDb top 250.

    5) You may not use any movie that has appeared on any of the following AFI lists:
    100 Years ... 100 Movies
    100 Years ... 100 Laughs
    100 Years ... 100 Thrills
    100 Years ... 100 Passions
    Greatest Movie Musicals
    100 Years ... 100 Cheers
    100 Years ... 100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition
    (Mentions on other lists ok.)

    What's left?

    I have a theory that what is left over will be revealing. We'll see if that turns out to be the case.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    You evil bastard!

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    Frozen
    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
    Independence Day
    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
    Spider-Man 3
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    (500) Days of Summer
    I Am Legend
    The Neon Demon
    Sucker Punch

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    I think my list meets requirements.

    Akira
    The Ninth Configuration
    Conan The Barbarian
    Primer
    The Ninth Gate
    Bad Lieutenant
    Akira Kurasawa's Dreams
    Pi
    Pistol Opera
    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring

    Bonus:
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    Great idea. Very evil. I've been thinking about my list for 10 minutes. Skitch's list inspired me and I think I have a way out of Spinal's trap!

    One suggestion: Add BAFTA, Toronto, Venice, and Berlin to the restrictions otherwise the challenge will be a cakewalk for guys like baby_doll

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    I ended up with:

    The Vanishing
    A Zed and Two Noughts
    The Holy Mountain
    The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
    Eraserhead
    Winter Light
    Brazil
    Muriel's Wedding
    Hedwig and the Angry Inch
    Ikiru

    Not sure how some of these slipped by. Might have to refine the parameters. I like Irish's suggestions.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    If you really want to be mean, you could exclude anything on the Library of Congress' National Film Registry:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Film_Registry

    Although, that might make it too hard.

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    This is impossible.
    Twitch / Youtube / Film Diary

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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?

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    1.The Killing 1956
    2. Rope 1948
    3. Akira 1988
    4.The Devil’s Backbone 2001
    5.Sabotage 1936
    6.The Cabin in the Woods 2012
    7.The Game 1997
    8. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
    9.The ’Burbs 1989
    10.Upstream Color
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    Quote Quoting D_Davis (view post)
    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
    Quote Quoting TGM (view post)
    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?

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    This feels like homework.

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    3) You may not use any Palme d'Or nominees. (Nominees and winners in other categories are OK.)
    I'm going to assume you mean Palme d'Or winners as there are no nominees; any film in competition is eligible for the top prize.

    My picks:

    • Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915)
    • The Docks of New York (Josef von Sternberg, 1928)
    • Sisters of the Gion (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1936)
    • Late Spring (Ozu Yasujiro, 1949)
    • Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)
    • Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
    • Red Psalm (Miklós Jancsó, 1972)
    • City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989)
    • The Apple (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1998)
    • Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembène, 2004)


    It took me about two minutes to make this list.
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
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    There is no way for me to do this without going through all those lists, and that ain't happening. So here is a random Top 10 list of stuff that probably isn't on them, but who knows?

    1. La Haine
    2. A Midnight Clear
    3. Les Miserables (1995)
    4. Battle Royale
    5. Oldboy
    6. Smoke
    7. 49th Parallel
    8. The Emperor's New Groove
    9. Lost Highway
    10. Memento Mori
    Last 10 Movies Seen
    (90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)

    Run
    (2020) 64
    The Whistlers
    (2019
    ) 55
    Pawn (2020) 62
    Matilda (1996) 37
    The Town that Dreaded Sundown
    (1976) 61
    Moby Dick (2011) 50

    Soul
    (2020) 64

    Heroic Duo
    (2003) 55
    A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
    As Tears Go By (1988) 65

    Stuff at Letterboxd
    Listening Habits at LastFM

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    Take it up with IMDb. They refer to the films in competition as nominees.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    Just American films:

    • Broken Blossoms (D.W. Griffith, 1919)
    • Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim, 1922)
    • Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932)
    • Letter From an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948)
    • Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
    • One, Two, Three! (Billy Wilder, 1961)
    • Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977)
    • Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984)
    • Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
    • Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    Quote Quoting baby doll (view post)
    Just American films:

    • Broken Blossoms (D.W. Griffith, 1919)
    • Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim, 1922)
    • Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932)
    • Letter From an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948)
    • Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
    • One, Two, Three! (Billy Wilder, 1961)
    • Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977)
    • Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984)
    • Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch, 1995)
    • Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)
    Mulholland Dr. was in competition at Cannes.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    Take it up with IMDb. They refer to the films in competition as nominees.
    My original list, with Cannes competition films removed:

    • Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915)
    • The Docks of New York (Josef von Sternberg, 1928)
    • Sisters of the Gion (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1936)
    • Late Spring (Ozu Yasujiro, 1949)
    • Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)
    • Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
    • Zorns Lemma (Hollis Frampton, 1970)
    • City of Sadness (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1989)
    • The Apple (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1998)
    • Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembène, 2004)


    I've retained the Makhmalbaf and Sembène films as they were in Un Certain Regard rather than the main competition, and therefore not eligible for the Palme d'Or.
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    Quote Quoting Spinal (view post)
    Mulholland Dr. was in competition at Cannes.
    Revised:

    • Broken Blossoms (D.W. Griffith, 1919)
    • Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim, 1922)
    • Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932)
    • Letter From an Unknown Woman (Max Ophüls, 1948)
    • Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
    • One, Two, Three! (Billy Wilder, 1961)
    • Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett, 1977)
    • Love Streams (John Cassavetes, 1984)
    • Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992)
    • I'm Not There. (Todd Haynes, 2007)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    Since 2010:

    • Mysteries of Lisbon (Raùl Ruiz, 2010)
    • Hors Satan (Bruno Dumont, 2011)
    • Modest Reception (Mani Haghighi, 2012)
    • Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)
    • Our Sunhi (Hong Sangsoo, 2013)
    • Force Majeure (Ruben Östlund, 2014)
    • The Forbidden Room (Evan Johnson/Guy Maddin, 2015)
    • Hermia & Helena (MatÃ*as Piñeiro, 2016)
    • The Woman Who Left (Lav Diaz, 2016)
    • Western (Valeska Griesbach, 2017)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    1. My Darling Clementine
    2. Two Lane Blacktop
    3. Hard Boiled
    4. The Naked Spur
    5. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
    6. Ghost in the Shell ('95)
    7. The Big Clock
    8. The Housemaid ('60)
    9. Repo Man
    10. The Last Unicorn

    I had "Alphaville" on there but TIL it won Berlin. Anyway, thanks to Spinal. This was fun!

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    East Asian films:

    • A Page of Madness (Kinugasa Teinosuke, 1926)
    • Wife! Be Like a Rose! (Naruse Mikio, 1935)
    • Osaka Elegy (Mizoguchi Kenji, 1936)
    • Spring in a Small Town (Fu Mei, 1948)
    • Early Summer (Ozu Yasujiro, 1951)
    • Death by Hanging (Oshima Nagisa, 1968)
    • Taipei Story (Edward Yang, 1985)
    • Ruan Lingyu (Stanley Kwan, 1992)
    • Platform (Jia Zhangke, 2000)
    • Here, Then (Mao Mao, 2012)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    New challenge (for baby doll only)

    Make a top 10 list from films that meet at least one of the following criteria:

    • Made over $100 million at the domestic box office
    • Won a People's Choice or MTV Movie Award (any category)
    • Appeared on Richard Roeper's top 10 list of the year's best films
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    LOL.

    The Roeper thing is just cruel. :thumbsup:

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    1. Breathless (1960)
    2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
    3. Napoleon (1927)
    4. Badlands (1973)
    5. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
    6. Germany Year Zero (1948)
    7. Testament (1983)
    8. Children of Men (2006)
    9. Satyricon (1969)
    10. Broken Blossoms (1919)

    I'm shocked that Breathless wasn't at Cannes. And that Children of Men isn't on the IMDB top 100.

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    New challenge (for baby doll only)

    Make a top 10 list from films that meet at least one of the following criteria:

    • Appeared on Richard Roeper's top 10 list of the year's best films
    • Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
    • Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson, 2000)
    • You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan, 2000)
    • In the Bedroom (Todd Field, 2001)
    • Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)
    • Shallow Hal (Bobby and Peter Farrelly, 2001)
    • Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001)
    • 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
    • Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
    • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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    I could cheat and list my top 10 Thai films without Joe films, but that’s no fun. Here are what I whittle down from my top 100:

    1. Be With You (2004)
    2. The Breakfast Club (1985)
    3. Cloud Atlas (2012)
    4. It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
    5. Contact (1997)
    6. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
    7. King Kong (2005)
    8. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
    9. Fan Chan (2003)
    10. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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