I didn’t get anywhere near finishing, so this will be an ongoing challenge instead of a yearly challenge. 

I'm getting more into weird, surreal, experimental film, but I don't know how to find new stuff, so I'm excited about this challenge. Please comment all of your recs!

Films that may count, but seem too straightforward for a "challenge":
Possesssion (1981)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Hellbender (2021)
Jeanne Dielman (1975)
I'm only counting Blue Velvet, since Lynch is specifically mentioned.

I'm also doing the (Criterion Challenge), so I am probably going to try for some overlap with that. They've been featuring some cool animation on the Criterion Channel, too.

The Challenge:

If you cannot participate in one of the prompts (either because you’ve seen everything from the list/director or can’t watch due to a certain trigger), just fill it in with any of the films included in the lists, The American Avant Garde Bible or How To Get Into Experimental, Underground And Avant Garde Films

Lastly, just wanted to say that short films are allowed and that the films must be able to possibly be considered experimental, avant-garde or surrealist (that’s right; no Straight Story for Lynch).

1. Watch a film from the list, How To Get Into Experimental, Underground And Avant Garde Films
Persona (1966)

2. Watch a film by Stan Brakhage
Mothlight (1963)

3. Watch a film by Hollis Frampton

4. Watch a film by Kenneth Anger

5. Watch a film by Jonas Mekas

6. Watch a flicker film or strobe film. Here’s a few lists that could help:
- Warning! Stroboscope Effects - Flashes or Flickering Lights
- Stroboscopic Cinema
- Flash! Flicker Films and Strobe Light or: The Beauty of Seeing Things That Aren’t There
Lux Aeterna (2019)

7. Watch a documentary
My Winnipeg (2007)

8. Watch a film by Suzan Pitt

9. Watch a short film
Time Piece (1965)

10 Watch a feature length film

11. Watch a Japanese film

12. Watch an Iranian film

13. Watch a film about trains

14. Watch a film by Peter Tscherkassky
Outer Space (1999)

15. Watch a horror
Mad God (2021)

16. Watch a film by Doris Wishman

17. Watch a film by Derek Jarman

18. Use a random number generator to watch a random film from the list, The American Avant Garde Bible
502 The Last Clean Shirt (1964)

19. Watch a film by Wang Bing

20. Watch one of Nicole Brenez’s avant garde recommendations

21. Watch a film from the list, The Letterboxd Experimental Film Family’s Essentials List

22. Watch an experimental film that under 100 Letterboxd members have watched

23. Watch a Russian film

24. Watch a film from the list, The Ultimate Guide to Surreal Cinema

25. Watch a film by Fernando Arrabal

26. Watch a film by Bertrand Mandico

27. Watch a film by Hiroshi Teshigahara

28. Watch a film by a black filmmaker

29. Watch a film by Gaspar Noé
Irreversible (2002)

30. Watch a black and white film
The Bones (2021)
Outer Space (1999)
Last and First Men (2020)
Dead Man (1995)
Persona (1966)

31. Watch a film in colour
Irreversible (2002)

32. Watch a film by David Lynch
Blue Velvet (1986)

33. Watch a violent film
Irreversible (2002)

34. Watch a film from the 50s

35. 60s
Mothlight (1963)
Persona (1966)
Time Piece (1965)

36. 70s

37. 80s
Blue Velvet (1986)

38. 90s
Outer Space (1999)
Tetsuo:II (1992)
Dead Man (1995)

39. 2000s

40. 2010s

41. Watch a film by UMMMI.

42. Watch a film with an average rating lower than 3.0

43. Watch a film with an average rating higher than 4.0
Persona (1966)

44. Watch an animated film
The Bones (2021)
Mad God (2021)

45. Watch a film with a cast

46. Watch a film without any people, animals or general living creatures in the movie (no animated characters either!)

47. Watch a film that is politically charged
The Bones

48. Watch a film by Owen Land

49. Randomly generate one letter. Watch a film that starts with that letter (E)

50. Watch a film that is in the “Music” Letterboxd genre
The Burden (2017)

51. Watch an LGBTQ+ film

52. Watch any experimental, avant-garde or surrealist film you want!