Welcome to the 11th edition of the Letterboxd Season Challenge, hosted by Wade McCormick and featuring his original list, where we celebrate 33 exciting new themes ranging across the history of cinema.

Started: 9/7/25
Watched: 33/33
Completed: 100% ✔️
Finished: 4/30/26
Ranking 📊

The Letterboxd Season Challenge is a yearly challenge running 33 weeks from September to May (with a 2 week winter break -summer break here in Argentina-). This season will run from September 1st, 2025 through May 3rd, 2026. Each week has a theme, which can be found in the notes of this list, and the goal is to watch and review at least one new-to-you film every week that fits the theme. Once you watch a movie for the Letterboxd Season Challenge, make sure you tag your log with letterboxd season challenge and/or lsc11 along with the weekly tag (e.g. lsc11 week1, lsc11 week2 etc.) so that it is easy for us all to find and read each other's reviews.

Although the challenge is organized by week, you are not bound by the weekly schedule and can watch films in any order and as quickly as you want. For many of the themes we've included lists of appropriate films, but you are always welcome to find films on your own as long as they fit the theme. If you've seen everything that fits a given theme or are just having trouble finding one you haven't seen, please comment on the original list and the hosts will help you out with alternatives. You are also not bound by your original selections. If you happen to watch a different movie that fits a weekly theme, go ahead and log it. If a movie you really wanted to see becomes available, make the swap. Or if you're indecisive or just love a theme, watch multiple films for that week. The important thing is to expand your film knowledge and have fun along the way.

The fun starts before the challenge even begins by making your lists! You may create your own or clone this list, but keep in mind that cloning this list won't copy the notes. Here is a document with all the formatting in easily copy-and-pastable form so you can add the notes to your own list.

And the discussion continues on the Discord, where you can ask questions, get and give recommendations, and talk about anything else film or challenge related.

Now, the most important…

Categories and my picks:

1. These Go to 11 Week - Moulin Rouge!
2. Lesser-Known Labels: Indicator Week - Irréversible | Irreversible
3. Erotic 80s Week - Bad Influence
4. Young Guns Week - Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
5. This Is a Disaster Week - Rollercoaster
6. The First Talkies Week - The Wild Party
7. Multiple Roles Week - Nocturnal Animals
8. Bleeding Skull Week - Psychos in Love
9. A24 Horror Week - Midsommar
10. Fringe Cinema Week - Fireworks
11. You Don't Know Jack (Cardiff) Week - The Red Shoes
12. Direct Cinema Week - Dont Look Back
13. Family Business Week - Predestination
14. We Love Docs Week - Minding the Gap
15. Underseen Excellence Week - کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن | Turtles Can Fly
16. Beach Week - Beach Party
17. Great Literature Week - Frankenstein
18. Demi, Demme, Demy Week - Indecent Proposal
19. Social Conscience Week - Zvizdan | The High Sun
20. The Sundance Kids Week - Smooth Talk
21. Regeneration: Black Cinema From 1898-1971 Week - In the Heat of the Night
22. Lessons in Chemistry Week - A Beautiful Mind
23. Bill Hader's Essential Comedies Week - Dazed and Confused
24. It's a Woman's World Week - Thelma & Louise
25. Won Once: Best International Feature Week - 기생충 | Parasite
26. Hungary for Cinema Week - Szerelmesfilm | Lovefilm
27. Lucha Libre Week - Santo contra el doctor Muerte | Santo vs. Doctor Death
28. Uncharted Lands Week - Hytti nro 6 | Compartment No. 6
29. Classic Performers: Mary Pickford Week - The Unchanging Sea
30. Everything Is Connected Week - Magnolia
31. The Roger Corman Film School Week - Boxcar Bertha
32. Nature Week - Picnic at Hanging Rock
33. Contemporary Performers: Willem Dafoe Week - The Grand Budapest Hotel