[52/52] One year. 52 movies. None of them in the Criterion Collection. Let's do this. (Original challenge here.)
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1. 1984 - watch a film released the year of Criterion's inception that is not in the Criterion Collection.- Streets of Fire (Walter Hill, 1984)
2. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku- Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
3. Directed by Claire Denis- Chocolat (Claire Denis, 1988)
4. B Movie- The Legend of Frenchie King (Christian-Jaque, 1971)
5. Released as a Streaming Service Exclusive- Enola Holmes (Harry Bradbeer, 2020)
6. Made in Argentina by an Argentinian Director- Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)
7. A movie from Guillermo del Toro’s twitter film recommendations- The Silence of Others (Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, 2018)
8. Screwball Comedy- What’s…
[52/52] One year. 52 movies. None of them in the Criterion Collection. Let's do this. (Original challenge here.)
Categories
1. 1984 - watch a film released the year of Criterion's inception that is not in the Criterion Collection.- Streets of Fire (Walter Hill, 1984)
2. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku- Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
3. Directed by Claire Denis- Chocolat (Claire Denis, 1988)
4. B Movie- The Legend of Frenchie King (Christian-Jaque, 1971)
5. Released as a Streaming Service Exclusive- Enola Holmes (Harry Bradbeer, 2020)
6. Made in Argentina by an Argentinian Director- Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)
7. A movie from Guillermo del Toro’s twitter film recommendations- The Silence of Others (Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, 2018)
8. Screwball Comedy- What’s Up Doc? (Peter Bogdonovich, 1972)
9. Made before 1920- A Man There Was (Victor Sjöström, 1917)
10. 1920s- The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926)
11. 1930s- King Kong (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)
12. 1940s- Mrs. Miniver (William Wyler, 1942)
13. 1950s- Angels in the Outfield (Clarence Brown, 1951)
14. 1960s- The Italian Job (Peter Collinson, 1965)
15. 1970s- Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock, 1976)
16. 1980s- One From the Heart (Francis Ford Coppola, 1982)
17. 1990s- Abre los ojos (Alejandro Amenábar, 1997)
18. 2000s- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Justin Lin, 2006)
19. 2010s- Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019)
20. Directed by a nonbinary or trans person who didn’t also direct The Matrix- Lingua Franca (Isabel Sandoval, 2019)
21. Black director- Moonlight (Berry Jenkins, 2016)
22. Mockumentary- Real Life (Albert Brooks, 1979)
23. Slapstick Comedy- Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
24. Any film on the iMDB or Letterboxd Top 250- Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2000)
25. A film from Edgar Wright’s 1000 Favorite Films- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, 1962)
26. Written or Directed by The Wachowskis but not part of the MCU (Matrix Cinematic Universe)- Speed Racer (The Wachowski Sisters, 2008)
27. Directed by Lina Wertmüller- Love and Anarchy (Lina Wertmüller, 1973)
28. A film produced by American Zoetrope, but not directed by F.F. Copola- American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973)
29. A film that was snubbed at the Oscars- Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
30. Filmed on CinemaScope- The Fly (Kurt Neuman, 1958)
31. Directed by Dorothy Arzner- Christopher Strong (Dorothy Arzner, 1931)
32. Any kaiju movie not in the collection- Shin Godzilla (Hideaki Anno, 2016)
33. A film made by an Indigenous North American Director- Falls Around Her (Darlene Naponse, 2018)
34. Made in Egypt by an Egyptian Director- Cairo Station (Youssef Chahime, 1958)
35. Made in Russia when it was not the Soviet Union- T-34 (Aleksey Sidorov, 2018)
36. Made in India by and Indian Director- Arjun: The Warrior Prince (Arnab Chaudhuri, 2012)
37. A film that references an astronomical phenomenon in the title- The Night of the Shooting Star (Taviani Brothers, 1982)
38. Directed by Kelly Reichardt- Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)
39. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood- The Old Guard (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2020)
40. A pre-Code Hollywood Comedy- Murder at the Vanities (Mitchell Leisen, 1934)
41. A spy movie that is not in English or French- Señorita (Isabel Sandoval, 2011)
42. Anime- Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
43. A movie with a queer protagonist from before 1980- The Children’s Hour (William Wyler, 1961)
44. A Korean Film from between 1955 and 1979- Aimless Bullet (Yu Hyun-mok, 1961)
45. Directed by a person of any marginalized gender whose films you haven’t used for any other categories on the list- A New Leaf (Elaine May, 1971)
46. Directed by another unique to this list person of any marginalized gender- Kajillionaore (Miranda July, 2020)
47. Based on a graphic novel that does not feature super powered characters- Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi, 2007)
48. A film in a language that is not English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or Russian- Hour of the Star (Suzana Amaral, 1985)
49. A director's first film- Songs My Brother Taught Me (Chloé Zhao, 2015)
50. The same director's last film- Eternals (Chloé Zhao, 2021)
51. A Hong Kong Jackie Chan film- Dragon Lord (Jackie Chan, 1982)
52. Any film on your watchlist!- The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)