Third year in a row! This list is a companion to the Criterion Challenge.

The original list from T.H. Ponders can be found here.

Previous years: 2024 | 2023

Progress: 48/52
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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 did not have a theatrical release 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✅