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Classic Challenge 2026

2026 marks the 9th year for the Classic Film Challenge! This challenge was originally created by Christian Alec, then run by Aurora, and I took over in 2022.

Last year's challenge celebrated women in film, so to continue to channel my feelings about current events in positive ways, this year's challenge celebrates how immigrants built Hollywood and made it great.

Without immigrants we would not have the American film industry as we know it. Of the Big Five and Little Three Studios, only one was not founded or co-founded by an immigrant. Executives immortalized in the names of studios, classic performers whose films are loved and remembered to this day, some of the most famous directors, behind-the-scenes people such as…

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  • Drácula

    1

  • With Byrd at the South Pole

    2

  • Call Me Madam

    3

  • Woman of the Year

    4

  • The Little Foxes

    5

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    6

  • For Me and My Gal

    7

  • Kid Galahad

    8

  • Making an American Citizen

    9

  • The Iron Petticoat

    10

  • Now, Voyager

    11

  • The Immigrant

    12

  • Dark Victory

    13

  • Ship of Fools

    14

  • Zorba the Greek

    15

  • Neptune's Daughter

    16

  • The Letter

    17

  • Sumurun

    18

  • Road to Rio

    19

  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

    20

  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

    21

  • Deep in My Heart

    22

  • Iceland

    23

  • Pal Joey

    24

  • Boom Town

    25

  • Sorry, Wrong Number

    26

  • Gaslight

    27

  • The Gang's All Here

    28

  • Spellbound

    29

  • Romance on the High Seas

    30

  • The Black Swan

    31

  • Adam's Rib

    32

  • The Thief of Bagdad

    33

  • One-Eyed Jacks

    34

  • Flower Drum Song

    35