Been wanting to try this one for a while. Going for cum laude (bonus challenges).
Original list here!
Progress: 42/52
Jan 1 - 🕊️
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Top 5:
1. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
2. Camila (1984)
3. Swing Girls (2004)
4. Sorry, Baby (2025)
5. Like Father, Like Son (2013) / Cabaret (1972)
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Categories:
1. 5 Years of Anti-Criterioning! Pick any challenge from the past 4 years of challenges! ✅
2. 1920's ✅
3. 1930's ✅
4. 1940's ✅
5. 1950's ✅
6. 1960's ✅
7. 1970's ✅
8. 1980's ✅
9. 1990's ✅
10. 2000's ✅
11. 2010's ✅
12. 2020's ✅
13. Starring Hiam Abbass ✅
14. Starring Sandra Oh ✅
15. Starring Isaac de Bankolé ✅
16.…
Been wanting to try this one for a while. Going for cum laude (bonus challenges).
Original list here!
Progress: 42/52
Jan 1 - 🕊️
——————————————————————————
Top 5:
1. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
2. Camila (1984)
3. Swing Girls (2004)
4. Sorry, Baby (2025)
5. Like Father, Like Son (2013) / Cabaret (1972)
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Categories:
1. 5 Years of Anti-Criterioning! Pick any challenge from the past 4 years of challenges! ✅
2. 1920's ✅
3. 1930's ✅
4. 1940's ✅
5. 1950's ✅
6. 1960's ✅
7. 1970's ✅
8. 1980's ✅
9. 1990's ✅
10. 2000's ✅
11. 2010's ✅
12. 2020's ✅
13. Starring Hiam Abbass ✅
14. Starring Sandra Oh ✅
15. Starring Isaac de Bankolé ✅
16. Olivier Lemay's I'M ALWAYS A SLUT FOR UNUSUAL ASPECT RATIOS ✅
17. Adam T's Hotels as Liminal Spaces ✅
18. michelle grondine's blue eyeshadow cinematic universe ✅
19. comrade_yui's neo-expressionism: the forgotten studio style ✅
20. Horror made in Indonesia by an Indonesian director ✅
21. Romance or Drama made in South Korea by a South Korean director ✅
22. A film with practical monsters or creatures ✅
23. Golden Raspberry Winner in any category ✅
24. Film that did have a theatrical release, but not in the US ✅
25. Film from any director in any style or genre ✅
26. Another film from the same director in a different style or genre ✅
27. A narrative film or documentary about sex work * ✅
28. A narrative film or documentary about a revolution, demonstration, protest, activist, or human rights movement * ✅
29. Starring one of the Real Housewives ✅
30. Payal Kapadia's List of 50 Favorite Films
31. Condemned by the Catholic Church ✅
32. Directed by an indigenous director whose work you haven't seen before
33. Directed by a trans, nonbinary, two-spirit, or other gender non-conforming director whose work you haven't seen before ✅
34. Broken up into chapters ✅
35. Five or more words in the title * ✅
36. Made with a micro-budget (less than $400,000) * ✅
37. Armando Vanegas' Afro-Latino Representation
38. Mentioned in Shazia Iqbal’s article Muslim Life in India for Film Independent
39. Edited by Maysie Hoy
40. Edited by Marie-Hélène Dozo ✅
41. Edited by Tina Baz
42. A film whose primary spoken language is the primary language for less than 1,000 other films * ✅
43. Musical that is not in English
44. Based on mythology, folklore, or fairy tales * ✅
45. Adapted from a children’s book
46. Silent film made in Japan by a Japanese director ✅
47. Comedy made in Egypt by an Egyptian director
48. Starring a professional athlete
49. From a fandom you've never participated in ✅
50. Hallmark holiday (or equivalent vibes) ✅
51. Someone holds a cat ✅
52. Ends in a freeze frame ✅
(* indicates a bonus challenge! See the notes!)
