My backlog is a ever growing mound of movies. It always has somewhere between 225 and 270 movies on it across many streaming platforms and downloads. Inspired by the 2021 Criterion Challenge I decided to make my own challenge in 2022 to help me get my movie queues under control and it worked well and other people also did the challenge so I made this trequel because there's always more movies to watch! Join in if you want!
The Rules Are Simple:
-You can tackle the list in any order you want.
-The films must be from your movie queues, Watchlist or you can see them in theatres.
-They must be new to you.
-They must be feature films, no…
My backlog is a ever growing mound of movies. It always has somewhere between 225 and 270 movies on it across many streaming platforms and downloads. Inspired by the 2021 Criterion Challenge I decided to make my own challenge in 2022 to help me get my movie queues under control and it worked well and other people also did the challenge so I made this trequel because there's always more movies to watch! Join in if you want!
The Rules Are Simple:
-You can tackle the list in any order you want.
-The films must be from your movie queues, Watchlist or you can see them in theatres.
-They must be new to you.
-They must be feature films, no short films here. 40 minutes or longer folks!
I suggest doing the list in order since the weeks line up with certain calendar dates.
Categories are designed to be wide enough that one of your backlog films will be in them. We're looking to get backlogs under control, not add to them.
It's never too late to start!
The Categories:
1) Out with the Old, watch one of the movies that has been sitting in your queue for the longest.
2) In with the New! Watch a new addition to the queue.
3) Watch a movie that starts with one of the first letters of the alphabet.
4) Dead of Winter: Watch a film set during winter or has snow in it.
5) Watch a highly rated movie from 2023 you may have missed.
6) Black History Month: Watch a movie from an African American director.
7) Black History Month: Watch a movie with an African American lead.
8) Shortest Month of the Year: Watch one of the shortest movies in your queue (+40 minutes).
9) As John Waters says," Get More Out of Life, Watch a Fucked Up Movie." Watch a movie from the Weirdo Watchlist.
10) You're Going to Die Someday, Better start making a dent on this list, 1001 Movies to See Before You Die.
11) Watch an Oscar Winner. 2024 Oscars are on March 10th.
12) Watch a movie from the Criterion Collection.
13) Period Piece.
14) April Fool's, Watch a Comedy.
15) Watch one of the lowest rated movies in your queue.
16) Canadian Film Week, Watch a Canadian Film.
17) Watch a film with a number in the title.
18) Watch a black and white movie.
19) Directed by a woman.
20) Watch a film that played at the Cannes Film Festival . Cannes 2024 starts May 14th.
21) Watch a movie that's also in one of your mutuals Watchlist.
22) Watch an Animated movie.
23) Pride Month: 1,001 Movies to Criterion Before You Pride..
24) Pride Month: Watch a queer documentary from Pride: A Chronological History of Queer Interest & LGBTQ+ Cinema .
25) Watch a movie that was filmed in the Southern Hemisphere.
26) Free Space: Watch Whatever You Want.
27) Blockbuster Summer: Watch a sequel, prequel or remake of a series you've already seen one entry of.
28) Blockbuster Summer: Watch a movie in your queue you missed in theatres.
29) Watch a movie in your queue with the coolest title.
30) Watch a film that seems to radiate Summer Vibes.
31) Watch one of the oldest movies in your queue.
32) Watch a Family movie.
33) Watch a movie in your queue with the most generic title.
34) Watch one of the least popular movies on your queue.
35) Watch one of the highest rated movies from your queue that's NOT in the Letterboxd Top 250 List.
36) Watch a War or Western film.
37) Watch a film that played at the Toronto International Film Festival. TIFF 2024 starts September 9th.
38) Watch one of the most popular movies in your queue.
39) Watch a Documentary.
40) Watch a movie from before you were born.
41) Spooky Time: Creature Feature, watch a movie with a monster in it.
42) Spooky Time: Watch one of the Highest Rated Horror Movies of All Time.
43) Watch a film from Guillermo del Toro's Twitter Recommendations.
44) Watch a Random Movie.
45) Watch a Movie that has someone who worked on the movie #45, cast or crew. Example: Sterling K. Brown was in both Waves and American Fiction.
46) Noirvember: Watch a classic Noir film.
47) Noirvember: Watch a Neo Noir film.
48) Watch a movie you wouldn't want to watch with your parents..
49) Not Your Choice, allow someone else choose the movie from your queue.
50) Watch a movie that starts with one of the last letters of the alphabet.
51) Watch a movie from the Neverending Christmas list.
52) End on the Right Foot: Watch a movie from the Letterboxd Top 250 List.
My Progress:
52/52 - Complete!
People Doing the Challenge:
exorcismemily
Ian MacLeod
Ian's Japanese Backlog Challenge Spin Off
klaudia
Toptext
thecinzentu
thecinzentu's short film challenge
tlgcaldeira
dxnatelli
Meaghan
débora
lovelymoons
Goodnekovibes
Isaac
Franzi
JLoRabbit
Totally Not Mikey
ChuckNice74
Nuno Ribeiro
Sam Moore
shi qin
P Town
meyi☆
rosi_x
João
Iain Sharp
Emi
Archie
Alex Simeon
Mercy Barrial
abgreen22
Henry Portable
gimp
Sarah
zilla
Nick Atkins
JaredLB, who translated the challenge into Espanol!
4EverFinalGirl
Nikki
𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆☆
cinemaexplorer
ed3ntws
spector
raquel
Zoey Rose
Kush Pap
Atticus
margo
linjitah
ik
João Vitor Dantas
nonphenomenal
Kasatka
Andrew
han (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)
Lyndsay🤎🐻📺🎞
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Let me know if you're doing the challenge by leaving a link to it in the comments. I'll add a link to your list here! Never too late to start.
Good luck!
