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Ok this completely warrants everyone putting this in their letterboxd top 4 😂 It’s got such a fun and unique vibe to it and lead by a brilliantly charismatic Greta Gerwig… I’m fairly sure we watched Noah fall in love with her during filming this. A wonderful and hilarious script. It didn’t need colour to be colourful. Some perfect needle drops as well. Tells so much in its tight runtime. Very surprised with how much I loved this.

Mann is directing the absolute shit out of this. What a director. Yes it has pacing issues but this feels like a real epic sports biopic. Arguably Will Smith’s best ever role and accompanied by a stellar cast. The cinematography is stunning and the soundtrack is powerful. The boxing scenes all felt so genuine as well. Had low expectations but was genuinely impressed by the scale of this.

I didn’t find this that funny but definitely some great gags in there. Absolutely loved the journey and watching the two actors give two brilliant performances. Soundtrack was wicked as well.

A warm hug type of movie. Nonna’s is a really solid family comedy that will make you feel all fuzzy inside throughout. Always love a cast stacked with ex Soprano actors, especially when one of them is Bracco. The food looked gorgeous and being half Italian myself meant a lot of the little things resonated with me. I felt the ending was really rushed and would have liked to have seen more of the Nonna’s cooking together when the restaurant was successful etc but overall this is too sweet not to enjoy.

A great movie about the inevitability and inescapability of living in the hood. It’s got a great cast and some stunning camerawork, which I really didn’t expect to find. Powerful ending.

A huge concept done in such a meticulous and quiet manner. One of the best screenplays I’ve ever seen. The reveals throughout are insane. Proof you don’t need multi million pound budgets to make brilliant Sci-Fi films. Seek it out.

This is a decent Incredible Hulk sequel (15 years too late) but it’s not a great Captain America sequel. Especially the first one with a new person at the helm. Harrison Ford and Red Hulk were the best things about this. I like the character of Joaquin Torres as well.

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So much better from Marvel. Felt like they went back to basics and it really works. We got characters that we wanted to learn more about instead of the usual suspects. The Void was really cool and one of the best MCU Villains we have had for awhile. It had a fresh grounded look as well which really helped. Florence Pugh is a great lead. I’m a big fan of Bucky so more of him is always appreciated, him turning up on the bike is one of the coolest MCU scenes ever. I can’t lie I got all giddy at them being named the New Avengers and the F4 post credit scene. It hasn’t fully healed my fatigue but it’s definitely helped towards it.

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Rogue One, May the fourth be with you 🫡

I bet Ayer and Statham are fuming The ant is already taken

I think this was too big of a swing for Black Mirror. Concept was interesting but in the wrong environment if that makes sense

Me when Spotify inevitably put ads in the middle of songs

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Come on in you motherfuckers! 

This is a beautiful film about how music transcends through time disguised as a really fucking cool Vampire flick. It’s genius from Coogler. Career best’s handed out like sweets for B. Jordan, Steinfeld, O’Connell and even Delroy Linda. Also an absolutely incredible debut from Miles Canton, he’s a future star and I’m so glad Coogler has him under his wing. The score/soundtrack is incredible and one of the best I’ve heard in a long time.. Ludwig is becoming one of the greats. The switching between aspect ratios was really scratching the film nerd side of my brain and, along with some stunning cinematography, made such an impact in certain scenes. THE scene that everyone is talking about that starts with the music transcending montage and ends with the vampires turning up at the bar for the first time was just pure cinema. Full of action, lust and gore. For me this is the baton being ed over as the next cult vampire film from The Lost Boys.

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It’s not the Raid but it certainly delivers on the Raid-style action. If anything there was little too much gunfire and would have preferred some more hand on hand combat. Loved how the film looked and sounded. Hardy doing another funny accent and a random cameo from the Karate Hottie 😂 decent stuff.

What I would expect a Wes Anderson Western to be like. Not sure the quirkiness works that well in the genre. Fassbender is great and the final shootout is exciting though

A fun time with a fresh take on the genre. Runs thin a little by the end and has some seriously cringey moments but the action definitely makes up for that. Jack Quaid is brilliantly charismatic.

“Get on your rocket ship and fuck off back to Lego Land you cunt” 🍻

This film suffocated me from start to finish. Might be the most visceral depiction of the Iraq war I’ve ever seen on film. A wonderful cast who do a brilliant job of showing the fear and pain on their faces. Joseph Quinn was the standout for me. The sound design is insanely good and used in such a creative way. It didn’t have any bells and whistles that usually come with a war film because it said its point by being genuine and showing the memories of real soldiers who were there. If this isn’t anti-war then I don’t know what is. War sucks. Garland continues to make great thought provoking movies. Water is wet.

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If Mann didn’t do Heat then I think this would have been his masterpiece. He’s one of the best at making Action Thrillers with brilliant male character studies. Crusie and Fox are powerhouses. Exciting from start to finish. The cinematography is absolutely stunning. The final scene is perfection.

Nothing felt or looked real in this film. Can’t believe it was directed by the same person who did Apocalypto. Also why was the voice of Hassan and the Hassan we see on screen different actors? 😂

Mann is the coolest director in the industry

Watched on Saturday April 5, 2025.

You’re telling me I could have played as Bruce Willis with a gun on his back??!!

Maybe my expectations were too high but this was a little disappointing. Yes it’s slick and smooth but I think it ends up being too cool for its own good. Wanted a little bit more emotion from the characters. Quite predictable as well. The two scenes around the dinner table were the best scenes and Tom Burke was the stand out of the whole thing. There are little sprinkles of genius in here but not enough. I was hoping this would be Soderbergh back to his best but felt a little off still to me

I’m your huckleberry, that’s just my game 

RIP Val ❤️🕊️

We need to get some authorities up in those hills of Ireland

Coogler was ahead of the curve when it came to films of this subject matter. The inevitable ending came to the front of my mind during so many positive scenes that it made them so bittersweet. Coogler brings the best out of Michael B Jordan and I am so glad in a few weeks we finally get another piece of original material from the two of them.

You could say this is the ultimate revenge thriller. It has revenge on top of revenge on top of more revenge which leads to a dark twisted and brutal story. The desperation from all the characters is a heartbreaking watch. Wonderfully acted and shot. Definitely has a pacing problem compared to Chan Wook’s other films though. Probably my least favourite of the trilogy but probably the one that will have the longest affect on me.

I’m always going to be a fan of a mobster flick no matter how by the book it is. This is a Goodfellas/The Irishman wannabe but who doesn’t want to make a mobster movie like Marty 🤷🏻‍♂️ De Niro is doing unbelievable stuff for an 81 year old. He was unrecognisable as Vito. Always enjoy seeing Cosmo Jarvis as well. My kind of movie so enjoyed myself

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If you can look past the fact it’s just a bunch of mates playing dress up in a forest on the budget of a packet of crisps then you can have some fun with this. Airplane-esque gags, Monty Phyton horse riding and actually some decent action. Wrights forgotten about debut is an interesting watch for sure 😂

A stellar performance from Fernanda Torres. So happy this won best international over Emilia Perez

Barantini is an absolute genius, Stephen Graham is a national treasure and this is some of the most thought provoking important work we have had on our TVs in years. I was very worried the novelty of the one shot and how they did it would overshadow the real meaning here but each episode is very different and episode 3 especially is just super grounded with two amazing performances. I can’t believe Owen Cooper was plucked out of nowhere. If you don’t get this then maybe you’re part of the problem. It’s not a whodunnit it’s a why he did it.

Really bad. Glad Ke got a role like this but he deserved a much better movie. Also Ariana DeBose needs a new agent.. her run since her Oscar win is diabolical.

Bobby, you’re breaking my heart here 🥹

It is strange we now have two films based on this story but neither focus on the victims side. Regardless of that, this is still a solid tense thriller with great performances. It throws up the question of the morality of journalism which I always find interesting. Skarsgard got some award nominations for this performance but I think John Magaro is the best performance in here. Would be a great double bill with Munich

t Security Area meets Annihilation.. but obviously nowhere near as good as either of them. There’s a lot of good stuff in here. The action is really fun and it looks good. The concept is interesting albeit feels like it’s been done before in multiple other films. The leads are both good but let down by an awful script. The dialogue and a lot of Anya’s character’s mannerisms were really cringey. It’s worth it for the action though.

Watched on Friday March 14, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday March 12, 2025.

Even though it’s interesting, the real success of this is not them pulling off the play and actually how well it captures real people’s problems in that weird time of our lives. Felt like I was watching a long YouTube video but it works. Gave me good memories of playing this game with my mates during lockdown but also horrible memories of being away from my now wife for months. Kind of genius.

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A little disappointed in this. Definitely not Bong’s best work but his worst work is still good. I prefer his more grounded modern day stuff like Parasite and Memories of Murder to his Sci-fi over the top anti capitalist stuff like Okja and Snowpiercer. This is very much the latter. From the trailer I thought this would have more zip to it and be more fun but it actually became quite a slog by the end. Pattinson is on a generational run and he’s definitely the best thing about this. I went in and out of really enjoying this and being bored but the highs are really entertaining. Mickey 18 sacrifice scene being one of the highlights

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Very Black Mirror coded but with a lot more (welcomed) violence. Thatcher and Quaid are both great.  Sometimes it was very illogical but a really solid genre blurring debut from Hancock 🍷

Had no right to be that good. You think the Rock DJ sequence is good, then the Angels sequence comes and then the Knebworth scene happens. All absolutely brilliant. Might be the most egotistical and narcissistic biopic ever but Robbie is nothing but honest about that.

I hope they rot in prison

Some absolutely stunning and epic imagery on show here. As much as I’d love to see Timmy win the Oscar I can’t deny Brody gives the best performance of the year. The acting from everyone is impeccable. Felicity Jones deserves a lot more praise as well. I do think the second half isn’t as good as the first half and the epilogue feels weird when it happens but overall I do think this flows very nicely. Beautiful cinematography and I absolutely loved the score. Wouldn’t be mad if this won best picture but not my personal favourite of the year.

Emilia Perez got a cinematography nomination over this?! One of the most unique looking films of the last few years. However, something about the POV view meant I had a lack of emotional response to what is a very poignant and powerful story.

Didn’t think I’d love this as much as I did. Yes it’s very self indulgent at times but I think Pharrell is honest about that in parts. Didn’t actually realise how many big hits he was involved in producing. Just a fun yet random way of telling his story. I enjoyed myself

Albeit not as good, this did remind me of Martin Scorsese’s Bringing out the Dead. Especially the editing. Penn and Sheridan both give top performances but I found a lot of the violence was just in there for the sake of it. Also a lot of stereotyping that sometimes felt a little odd as well.

Watched on Monday February 24, 2025.

Ar-go fuck yourself. I really enjoyed this. It’s a nail biting gripping drama that is acted well and directed wonderfully by Affleck. Found the true story super interesting so was just engaged from start to finish.

• Black Hawk Down

  Blu-ray Limited Edition Steelbook

• Blade Runner

  4K UHD Steelbook - The Film Vault Edition

• Children of Men

  10th Anniversary Edition - Blu-ray Steelbook

• Coraline

  4K Ultra HD Steelbook 

• Dirty Harry

  4K Steelbook 

• District 9

  Blu-ray Steelbook - Project Pop Art Limited Edition

• Django Unchained

  Blu-ray Limited Edition Steelbook

• Drive

  Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Steelbook (French Import) 

• Duel

  Limited edition 4K Ultra HD Steelbook

• Dune

  4K Ultra HD Steelbook 

...plus 105 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Darjeeling Limited
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Isle of Dogs
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. The Royal Tenenbaums
6. Rushmore
7. Moonrise Kingdom
8. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
9. Bottle Rocket
10. Asteroid City

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
2. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
3. Mission: Impossible
4. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
5. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
6. Mission: Impossible III
7. Mission: Impossible II

1. Raging Bull
2. Rocky
3. Rocky IV
4. Creed
5. Rocky II
6. Rocky III
7. A Prayer Before Dawn
8. Creed III
9. Ali
10. Bloodsport

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Father
2. Mogul Mowgli
3. Tenet
4. Another Round
5. Sound of Metal
6. Calm with Horses
7. Nomadland
8. Soul
9. Lovers Rock
10. Bacurau

...plus 46 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Shaun of the Dead
2. 28 Days Later
3. Train to Busan
4. Dawn of the Dead
5. Zombieland
6. ParaNorman
7. Overlord
8. I Am Legend
9. Planet Terror
10. Zombieland: Double Tap

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Sinners
2. Warfare
3. A Complete Unknown
4. Bring Them Down
5. Nosferatu
6. A Real Pain
7. I'm Still Here
8. Thunderbolts*
9. September 5
10. The Brutalist

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Lost Boys
2. Sinners
3. From Dusk Till Dawn
4. Nosferatu
5. What We Do in the Shadows
6. Blade
7. Bram Stoker's Dracula
8. Near Dark
9. Dracula
10. Nosferatu the Vampyre

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Scream
• Life Is Beautiful
• Saving Private Ryan
• Toy Story 2
• Snatch
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Shaun of the Dead
• Kingdom of Heaven

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Anora
3. Challengers
4. Perfect Days
5. The Bikeriders
6. Snack Shack
7. Kneecap
8. Alien: Romulus
9. The Iron Claw
10. Conclave

...plus 116 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Including the Special Presentations 

I have a separate list for the series.

1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Avengers: Infinity War
3. Avengers: Endgame
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
5. Thor: Ragnarok
6. Spider-Man: No Way Home
7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
8. Captain America: Civil War
9. Iron Man
10. The Avengers

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. A Complete Unknown

   January 28th - 20:00

2. Mickey 17

   March 9th - 12:50

3. The Alto Knights

   March 23rd - 15:15

4. Warfare

   April 18th - 15:00

5. Sinners

   April 26th - 16:50 (IMAX)

6. Thunderbolts*

   May 5th - 10:40

1. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. Toy Story 2
4. Coco
5. Toy Story
6. Princess Mononoke
7. Cars
8. Shrek 2
9. Kubo and the Two Strings
10. Akira

1. Toy Story 2
2. Coco
3. Toy Story
4. Cars
5. The Incredibles
6. Toy Story 3
7. Finding Nemo
8. Monsters, Inc.
9. Luca
10. Up

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. GoodFellas
2. Raging Bull
3. The Departed
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. After Hours
6. The King of Comedy
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
8. Mean Streets
9. Taxi Driver
10. Bringing Out the Dead

...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Raging Bull
2. The Godfather Part II
3. The King of Comedy
4. Taxi Driver
5. Cape Fear
6. Awakenings
7. GoodFellas
8. Killers of the Flower Moon
9. The Deer Hunter
10. The Irishman

...plus 29 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Fight Club
2. Se7en
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Snatch
6. Twelve Monkeys
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
8. Moneyball
9. Fury
10. Babylon

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Princess Mononoke
2. Akira
3. Spirited Away
4. Redline
5. Howl's Moving Castle
6. Ghost in the Shell
7. The Boy and the Heron
8. Porco Rosso
9. Look Back
10. My Neighbor Totoro

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Her
2. The Master
3. Joker: Folie à Deux
4. Joker
5. Walk the Line
6. Gladiator
7. C'mon C'mon
8. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
9. Napoleon
10. The Sisters Brothers

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Prisoners
3. Dune
4. Incendies
5. Arrival
6. Sicario
7. Blade Runner 2049
8. Enemy

1. The Wolf of Wall Street
2. The Revenant
3. Django Unchained
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
5. Shutter Island
6. Killers of the Flower Moon
7. The Aviator
8. The Departed
9. Catch Me If You Can
10. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

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1. The Godfather Part II
2. The Godfather
3. Scarface
4. Scent of a Woman
5. Dog Day Afternoon
6. Heat
7. The Insider
8. Serpico
9. Carlito's Way
10. Donnie Brasco

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1. Nope
2. Get Out
3. Us

1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. The Northman
3. The Banshees of Inisherin
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once
5. Aftersun
6. Nope
7. Glass Onion
8. All Quiet on the Western Front
9. The Batman
10. Prey

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1. Sinners
2. Creed
3. Fruitvale Station
4. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
5. Black Panther

1. Bronson
2. Legend
3. Stuart: A Life Backwards
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. The Revenant
6. Warrior
7. The Bikeriders
8. Locke
9. Inception
10. Mad Max: Fury Road

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1. Ex Machina
2. Good Time
3. Swiss Army Man
4. Uncut Gems
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once
6. Aftersun
7. Warfare
8. The Iron Claw
9. The Florida Project
10. mid90s

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*Excluding Tarantino “Westerns”

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2. Tombstone
3. The Revenant
4. Unforgiven
5. 3:10 to Yuma
6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
8. The Quick and the Dead
9. True Grit
10. Rango

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Film soundtracks I have on vinyl. Only full albums (No compilations)

• Alien
• Baby Driver
• Batman
• Challengers
• Chariots of Fire
• The Commitments
• Django Unchained
• Dune: Part Two
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Ghostbusters

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*WWI onwards

Not counting the more surrealistic stuff like Inglorious Basterds or Jojo Rabbit etc

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Fury
5. Warfare
6. 1917
7. All Quiet on the Western Front
8. Black Hawk Down
9. Defiance
10. Dunkirk

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Hot Fuzz
2. Shaun of the Dead
3. Baby Driver
4. Last Night in Soho
5. The World's End
6. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
7. A Fistful of Fingers

1. Parasite
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. The Peanut Butter Falcon
4. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
5. The Gentlemen
6. Uncut Gems
7. Joker
8. Ford v Ferrari
9. Knives Out
10. 1917

...plus 40 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Including his writing credentials

• Ex Machina
• Annihilation
• 28 Days Later
• Warfare
• Dredd
• Civil War
• Sunshine
• Men

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1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
3. Planet of the Apes
4. War for the Planet of the Apes
5. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
6. Planet of the Apes
7. Beneath the Planet of the Apes

• True Romance
• Top Gun
• Beverly Hills Cop II
• Unstoppable
• Days of Thunder
• The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
• The Last Boy Scout
• Man on Fire

1. Rocky
2. Rocky IV
3. Creed
4. Rocky II
5. Rocky III
6. Creed III
7. Creed II
8. Rocky Balboa
9. Rocky V

1. John Wick
2. John Wick: Chapter 4
3. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
4. John Wick: Chapter 2

1. Reservoir Dogs
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Django Unchained
5. Jackie Brown
6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7. The Hateful Eight
8. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
9. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
10. Kill Bill: Vol. 2

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1. La Haine
2. Life Is Beautiful
3. Parasite
4. Oldboy
5. Incendies
6. Infernal Affairs
7. The Intouchables
8. Memories of Murder
9. Hard Boiled
10. t Security Area

...plus 66 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Oldboy
2. t Security Area
3. Lady Vengeance
4. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
5. The Sympathizer
6. Decision to Leave

Based on average rating. 

Avoided films we know we are getting a 4th instalment (Creed, Spiderman etc)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

  5/5

• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• The Godfather

  4.6/5

• The Godfather Part II
• The Godfather Part III
• Shaun of the Dead

  4.6/5

• Hot Fuzz
• The World's End
• Star Wars

  4.5/5

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1. Parasite
2. Memories of Murder
3. Snowpiercer
4. Okja
5. The Host
6. Mickey 17

Only the ones I’ve seen

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. The Godfather
3. The Godfather Part II
4. Rocky
5. Parasite
6. The Hurt Locker
7. The Departed
8. Gladiator
9. No Country for Old Men
10. Oppenheimer

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1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Holdovers
4. Killers of the Flower Moon
5. Scrapper
6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
7. Godzilla Minus One
8. Rye Lane
9. Anatomy of a Fall
10. Femme

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1. Challengers
2. Call Me by Your Name
3. Bones and All
4. Queer

1. Call Me by Your Name
2. Dune: Part Two
3. A Complete Unknown
4. The King
5. Beautiful Boy
6. Dune
7. Little Women
8. Bones and All
9. Wonka
10. Lady Bird

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Northman
2. The Lighthouse
3. Nosferatu
4. The Witch

• Anora
• The Florida Project
• Red Rocket
• Tangerine

1. It's a Wonderful Life
2. The Muppet Christmas Carol
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
4. The Holdovers
5. Die Hard
6. Nativity!
7. Elf
8. Gremlins
9. Love Actually
10. The Apartment

...plus 45 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Kubo and the Two Strings
2. The Wrong Tros
3. Isle of Dogs
4. Coraline
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. ParaNorman
7. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
8. Memoir of a Snail
9. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
10. A Close Shave

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