In an effort to widen my movie tastes (and clean my watchlist) I've decided to face aliyah's challenge!
the original list with rules!
progress: 1/65
1. a non-english language coming of age film released this century
2. directed by a woman
3. directed by a person of colour
4. about a group of women
5. about a person of colour
6. is from the country you're from
7. about an lgbt protagonist that isn’t love simon or call me by your name
8. a book adaptation (examples here)
9. released in the year that you were born
10. about female sexuality (some examples here)
11. an animated coming of age film
12. a film you think will make you cry…
In an effort to widen my movie tastes (and clean my watchlist) I've decided to face aliyah's challenge!
the original list with rules!
progress: 1/65
1. a non-english language coming of age film released this century
2. directed by a woman
3. directed by a person of colour
4. about a group of women
5. about a person of colour
6. is from the country you're from
7. about an lgbt protagonist that isn’t love simon or call me by your name
8. a book adaptation (examples here)
9. released in the year that you were born
10. about female sexuality (some examples here)
11. an animated coming of age film
12. a film you think will make you cry
13. released before the 80s
14. a film with a male protagonist
15. about bullying
16. a film that discusses mental health
17. a film that doesn’t feature a romance
18. a film that discusses drug abuse
19. a film that doesn’t have a happy ending
20. a classic coming of age you feel slightly guilty you haven't seen yet
21. academy award nominated coming of age film in any of the big categories
22. a period piece
23. watch a coming of age film with a crime subgenre
24. about male friendship
25. a film with a horror subgenre
26. a film that revolves around a parent/child relationship
27. about sibling relationships
28. a film that deals with sickness
29. a film that fits into the romcom category
30. a superhero/superpower coming of age film
31. a film features a positive lesbian relationship
32. a film where the protagonist is over 21 years old
33. a film with absent parent tropes
34. about teen pregnancy
35. about politics/with political undertones
36. a film that’s your guilty pleasure/will end up being your guilty pleasure
37. a coming of age film you’ve avoided watching
38. a dystopian coming of age film
39. a film about a teenage band
40. a film where the main has a close bond with a pet
41. a film where sports/dance plays a big part
42. a film about famous/up and coming teen stars
43. watch moonlight or die (alternatively, an lgbt film with a main character who is a person of colour)
44. a gay coded coming of age
45. a film where the average rating is under 3 stars
46. a film where the average rating is over 4 stars
47. a film with under 5k views
48. a foreign language romance
49. a film with religious connections
50. a coming of age film based on real events
51. a film you think will warm your heart
52. a film about graduating or moving to college
53. a film about summer vacations or the holiday in general
54. a film with a transgender protagonist
55. a french film about women
56. a film that discusses domestic violence (or, alternatively, family drama)
57. a film starring one of aliyah’s favourite actors: heath ledger, natalie portman, joseph gordon-levitt and brad pitt
58. a film starring one of jenna’s favourite actors: river pheonix, robert pattinson, emma stone, timothée chalamet, and winona ryder
59. a film that focuses on more than one story
60. a coming of age that focuses on a kid, aka a protagonist who is 12 or younger
61. a stoner film that revolves around teenagers
62. a film that discusses racism
63. a film that discusses homophobia/conversion therapy
64. a movie musical
65. a film about male/female best friendship
