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Classic Film Challenge 2025

Welcome to the 8th annual Classic Film Challenge! The challenge was originally created by Christian Alec, then run by Aurora, and I took over in 2022.

This year I'm trying to channel my disappointment in current events by creating a challenge celebrating some of the pioneering and groundbreaking women in film, both in front of and behind the camera. Otherwise, as with the previous two years, things are organized in roughly chronological order, and we have the return of paragraphs about each of the prompts in the notes if you're interested in reading them – with the obligatory warning for being wordy. :)

Participants: sailordanae (your host) | madison | UnlovelySara | Nick Atkins | Ann A.🌱 | David Diamond

Read notes
  • The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris

    1

  • The Aquarium

    2

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    3

  • The Show Girl

    4

  • The Red Girl and the Child

    5

  • Underworld

    6

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7

  • A Star Is Born

    8

  • The Red Lily

    9

  • The Seashell and the Clergyman

    10

  • King of Jazz

    11

  • The Life of Emile Zola

    12

  • Gone with the Wind

    13

  • By Candlelight

    14

  • Snow-White

    15

  • Destination Tokyo

    16

  • Port of Shadows

    17

  • Fallen Angel

    18

  • Tarantella

    19

  • Black Pit of Dr. M

    20

  • Destination Moon

    21

  • Pillow Talk

    22

  • The Big Heat

    23

  • Born Yesterday

    24

  • The Impossible Map

    25

  • La Dolce Vita

    26

  • The King and I

    27

  • The Bat

    28

  • Rachel, Rachel

    29

  • Night Tide

    30

  • Boccaccio '70

    31

  • Little Fugitive

    32

  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    33

  • The Ladykillers

    34

  • Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

    35