Since making my Letterboxd account, I've discovered tons of underappreciated films thanks to a wonderful community of users. Many of these films are Westerns, a genre I disliked as a kid for some reason. Others are films by and about people of color, some of which are now among my favorites. So it feels natural that cinemonster has combined the two into MannVanuary. So here's my list

1 Anthony Mann Film
Man of the West (1958)

1 Melvin or Mario Film
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)

1 Black Western
The Harder They Fall (2021)

5 films from Black directors
Lumumba (2000) - Raoul Peck
Buck and the Preacher (1972) - Sidney Poitier
Posse (1993) - Mario van Peebles
Medicine for Melancholy (2008) - Barry Jenkins
Baara (1978) - Souleymane Cissé

4 decades (western)
Hell's Heroes (1929)
The Tall T (1957)
Lola Colt (1967)
A Man Called Blade (1977)
Meek's Cutoff (2010)

3 westerns from the following: Corbucci, Daves, Martino, Peckinpah or Boetticher.
Compañeros (1970) - Sergio Corbucci
3:10 to Yuma (1957) - Delmer Daves
Major Dundee (1965) - Sam Peckinpah

4 decades (noir)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Violent Cop (1989)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

4 noir films from: Siodmark, John Dahl, Lang, Ray, Carl Franklin
The Killers (1946) - Robert Siodmak
The Last Seduction (1994) - John Dahl
Hangmen Also Die! (1943) - Fritz Lang
They Live by Night (1948) - Nicholas Ray