First time doing this challenge! This list is a companion to the Criterion Challenge.

The original list from T.H. Ponders can be found here.

Progress: 52/52

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Categories:

1. 100 Years of Greats! Use a random number generator to pick a year between 1923 and 2023, sort by most popular, and pick a film from the top 10. ✅
2. 1920s ✅
3. 1930s ✅
4. 1940s ✅
5. 1950s ✅
6. 1960s ✅
7. 1970s ✅
8. 1980s ✅
9. 1990s ✅
10. 2000s ✅
11. 2010s ✅
12. 2020s ✅
13. Creature Feature or Creature Documentary ✅
14. Period Horror or Period Horror ✅
15. Water Sports. Just Water Sports. ✅
16. Directed by Hong Sang-Soo ✅
17. Directed by Raj Kapoor ✅
18. Directed by Ida Lupino ✅
19. Directed by an Indigenous director whose work you haven’t seen before ✅
20. A documentary parodied on Documentary Now! ✅
21. 21. 🩸 𝐜𝔢𝐜𝒆 🩸’s “female rage” but make it worth watching. aka women of color rightfully angry ✅
22. ningsterrr’s 🏳️‍🌈 Love is an act of defiance. ✅
23. Nicole’s Deafness and Sign Language in Film ✅
24. michelle grondine’s dear diary, my teen angst bs now has a body count ✅
25. Katie Mitchell’s The 50 Greatest Films EVER MADE! ✅
26. Frank Ocean’s 100 Favorite Films ✅
27. Made in Colombia by a Colombian director ✅
28. Made in Pakistan by a Pakistani director ✅
29. Made in an island nation by a director from that country ✅
30. Adapted from a toy or board game ✅
31. Revisit your childhood- A film that you remember having watched as a child, but haven’t seen since and haven’t logged ✅
32. Directed by a Trans, Nonbinary, or GNC director whose work you haven’t seen before ✅
33. Feature film originally released on YouTube (either in parts or as a whole) ✅
34. TV Show Feature or Special (within the show cannon- no re-casted sequels or reboots) ✅
35. Cinematography by Yu Lik-wai ✅
36. Edited by Gloria Schoemann ✅
37. Costumes designed by Ruth E. Carter ✅
38. Production design by Jeannine Oppewall ✅
39. Adapted from the writing of Haruki Murakami ✅
40. The protagonist is a talking animal ✅
41. The antagonist is a place, thing, or idea (i.e. NOT a person) ✅
42. Pre-Code romantic comedy ✅
43. Mexican Luchador film ✅
44. Marāṭhī as the primary language ✅
45. Latin listed as a spoken language ✅
46. How low can you go? (Rated lower than a 2.5) ✅
47. Can you go down low? (Rated lower than a 2) ✅
48. All the way to the floor? (Rated lower than a 1.5) ✅
49. Cha Cha Real Smooth (A film with a style of dance in the title.) ✅
50. A film that inspired Goncharov (1973) ✅
51. A film inspired by Goncharov (1973) ✅
52. Any film from your watchlist! ✅