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My opinion might be a little distorted for this one because I was trying extremely hard to focus on the movie and tune out any distractions while surrounded by a bunch of excited children (and adults). If I rewatch this at home, I’m liable to change my mind.
But here are my thoughts at the moment…

I think the ability to enjoy these Disney live-action remakes hinges on the following:
1. Your sentimental attachment to the original.
2. How often you watched the original growing up.
3. How recently you rewatched the original before seeing the remake.
4. Your ability to avoid getting hung up on how the remake differs from the original.
For example, I grew up with The Lion King (1994). I watched it countless times as a child. I rewatched it before seeing The Lion King (2019). And I found the live-action remake to be a lifeless drag.
I don’t have any sentimental attachment to Lilo & Stitch (2002), because even though I was a kid when it was released, I was at an age where I thought I was too cool for “kid movies.” It wasn’t until years later that I realized how magnificent it is. I started to rewatch it before going to see the remake, but I stopped myself after the first act because I realized rewatching it meant I’d probably fixate on all the ways the remake pales in comparison.
So, I attempted to go into Lilo & Stitch (2025) with the mentality of someone who’s never seen the original. And if this was my first time experiencing this story, you know what? I probably would have loved it.
Obviously, the animated film is vastly superior (that goes without saying). And the humor in the live-action version falls pretty flat. But one benefit of live action is getting to see the emotions conveyed on the actors’ faces, and Maia Kealoha and Sydney Agudong did a great job selling me on those emotions. And of course, Stitch was adorable.
Did this need to exist? No. Would I recommend this to someone instead of the 2002 film? Absolutely not. But it’s still solid. And if this ends up being the way some kids become acquainted with these characters for the first time, I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Personally, when I find out a movie I love is a remake, I always try to watch the original. So, I don’t think the 2002 film is going to fade into obscurity or be overshadowed by this one. Hopefully, the live-action version encourages a new generation to seek out the animated film.
I have a tendency to complain about remakes, but I recognize that audiences are drawn to things they’re already familiar with. Every time I hear about another remake or sequel, I find myself wondering, “Who asked for this? Does anyone even want this?” But as I looked around tonight at an auditorium full of people in Stitch onesies, dressed in hula outfits, or carrying giant Stitch stuffed animals, I realized, evidently, these remakes are a source of excitement for a lot of people. No matter how much I complain about the constant flood of remakes, they’re never going to stop. And who am I to judge? One Hundred and One Dalmatians was my favorite movie as a kid, and I saw the live-action remake, 101 Dalmatians, in theaters in my Dalmatian onesie. But I will say, if Disney continues to focus on too many live-action remakes, eventually they’re going to run out of original animated films to remake in the first place.

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I didn't watch the trailer and had no idea this was a horror comedy, so that was a fun surprise. Although, I probably should have been able to figure that out from the poster, but I didn't really look at that before watching it either. It's cute and silly, but I wish it made me laugh more.

I searched for this film everywhere and couldn’t find it. So, I tried reaching out to Augustine Frizzell. I 100% did not expect it to work. But she responded! She was incredibly nice and made the Vimeo link public for me. And I think that’s cool as hell! She’s such a gem. I will her work forever. Minor Setback is great, but I think the story works better as a feature-length film. Never Goin’ Back gives us more time to get better acquainted with the characters and become more invested in their journey.

Malicious, delightfully dark, and awkwardly funny. It’s a shame it’s not available to watch anywhere on the Internet.

“This road’s only 20 miles long, but so much has happened along it. Just think what’s possible in this big wide world…”

I love how Danny and Michael Philippou recorded an intro for the AMC Scream Unseen where they sounded so enthusiastic and cheerful as if what we were about to watch wasn’t going to be extremely fucking BLEAK.

“The trouble with us Americans is we always want a tragedy with a happy ending.”

I wish they all jumped in the pit.

The Code is so unique and bizarre in both the best and worst possible ways. I’ve never seen anything like it, so I can’t help but respect it.

“When a child first catches adults out—when it first walks into his grave little head that adults do not have divine intelligence, that their judgments are not always wise, their thinking true, their sentences just—his world falls into panic desolation. The gods are fallen and all safety gone. And there is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter or sink deeply into green muck. It is a tedious job to build them up again; they never quite shine. And the child’s world is never quite whole again. It is an aching kind of growing.”
— John Steinbeck, East of Eden

Elia Kazan’s adaptation of East of Eden is great, particularly the cinematography and James Dean’s performance. I understand the decision to focus on the latter portion of the novel, as the story is far too long to be effectively told in a single film. However, I believe Cathy Ames is one of the most fascinating characters in American literature, and the truncated version of the story doesn’t do her justice. I love that Kazan’s granddaughter, Zoe Kazan wrote the limited series. I can’t wait to see Florence Pugh tackle that role.

It has everything I want in a Final Destination movie—and more! It’s silly in all the right ways, funny, nostalgic while still feeling fresh, and has plenty of creative, over-the-top kills. Plus, it has an adorable turtle, a loving sendoff to the legendary Tony Todd, and a killer marketing campaign to boot! I should probably buy some wind chimes.

NDA

the cinematic equivalent of watching The Weeknd cry and jerk off to his own reflection

They should have cast Brendan Fraser instead of John Krasinski and thrown in a mummy or two.

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I hope this ends up being the final film in the series. It would be such a perfect note to end on. And it even has the word FINAL in the title!

“Because we don't do what we want to do, do we? We do what we have to do, and pretend it's what we want to do.”

Shirley Valentine is the cinematic equivalent of wandering around aimlessly on a cold, rainy day, and then having someone who loves you invite you inside to sit by a fire, where they dry you off, wrap you in a warm blanket, and bring you a hot cup of tea and kiss you on the forehead and tell you everything is going to be alright.
Shoutout to the person who mentioned this movie when they commented on one of my videos. I needed this. But I also really need a trip to Greece.

The other day I was thinking it'd be funny to consecutively log a bunch of movies where the title is "____ Fish" because it'd be like that Dr. Seuss book. That's how I stumbled upon Red Fish. I only decided to watch it today because it was the shortest of the "fish" films, and I don't have enough time to watch a feature-length movie today. I knew nothing about it and didn't look up the premise or the cast. But I was watching it and enjoying the vibe and then all of a sudden David Lynch shows up??? I feel like I'm hallucinating.

“How can you be 
a nymphomaniac 
and never had sex?"
“I’m choosy.”

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“Do you really think life is beautiful?“

I’m surprised by how many people on here complained about the protagonist being unlikable. I thought that was the whole point. We’re not meant to feel sorry for him. We’re not meant to forgive him. We’re gradually discovering how and why he became such a reprehensible person. And the trauma he experienced doesn’t justify the person he turned out to be. He allowed his past to define him and consume him instead of reflecting on what happened and trying to move forward. I saw this film as a cautionary tale. All too often, people wonder, “Why is this happening to me?” instead of looking back and trying to understand how they turned into a person they no longer recognize, a person they now despise. The reverse chronology is why the film works. Because the most devastating aspect of the story is in the final segment, when we see how innocent and hopeful this man once was. It reminded me of this quote from It’s Such a Beautiful Day: “Scattered throughout the box were forgotten photos of himself as a young boy. He'd read once how each cell in the body replaces itself and dies as the years ; how everyone is slowly reconstructed out of continuously changing pieces. It depressed him how foreign the pictures seemed to him now, how his ridiculous ingrown cells had long ago stolen this happy dead kid's identity and with his own life made a complete mess of it.” The tragedy isn’t that this man commits suicide. The tragedy lies in recognizing what could have been. And the sociopolitical contexts adds a much deeper layer of meaning.

I love women

I Know Catherine, The Log Lady is worth watching just to learn more about Catherine Coulson’s story, and it’s especially meaningful for Twin Peaks fans. But I have to be honest—the documentary’s structure undermines the emotional weight of her story. It jumps between time periods and different people's perspectives in such a disted way, and the editing gave me a headache.

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I was honestly way more interested in the gay romance than I was in the clown or the cornfield.

La Ciénaga means the swamp. 
La Ciénaga was released in 2001. 
You know what else was released in 2001? Shrek.
And where does Shrek live? In a swamp.
Coincidence? I think not!

Female Perversions was pretty groundbreaking for 1996. It’s a fascinating exploration of psychological trauma, gender, sexuality, and insecurities. I’m surprised I don’t hear people talk about it more often.

Abby wears a House shirt and has an Evil Dead poster on her bedroom wall. She’s one of us!

“There’s a new Marvel out that’s supposed to be nuts. We should go see that.”

“Seems like the government's got more interest in a dead man than a live one.”

“Did you know worms are the only animals that 69?”
“What the fuck am I supposed to do with that?”

I’m shocked by how much this movie won me over! I was expecting a generic raunchy comedy, the kind I could just mindlessly watch without giving it my undivided attention. And don’t get me wrong, it’s still a cheesy, cringe-inducing comedy that hits a lot of familiar story beats and has a cartoonish antagonist. But it has a level of self-awareness that makes it easy to overlook its flaws. It’s also surprisingly wholesome and heartwarming. I didn’t think this movie would actually make me laugh, especially because I watched it at home by myself. But I found myself bursting out laughing numerous times. And when I wasn’t laughing out loud, I had a big, stupid grin on my face. I don’t know if other people will enjoy it as much as I did, but I thought it was silly, fun, sweet, charming, adorable, and oddly comforting. But maybe I’m just a sucker for stories about loners forming unlikely friendships and gaining confidence. I’m also a sucker for Peaches and MUNA needle drops. I love how Jillian Bell managed to make a movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously but also has plenty of heart. I can’t wait to see what she does next!

"Oh, sweetie, you were never nice. You were just afraid to be mean."

I genuinely don’t know how I feel about this movie. It’s about a group of depressed, lonely losers (which are my favorite types of characters!), so it should have been one of my favorite superhero movies. And it explores a lot of my favorite themes, so I can’t hate it. But for some reason, I didn’t love it. Maybe I’m just jaded?

If I rated movies, I'd give this one a whole extra star just for that ending.

“If somebody wanted me so much that he was ready to make a fool of himself, it was easy to see that he’d be good to me.”

Why did I decide to watch this? Why did that woman put tampons in her children’s ears? Why did anyone ever think it was a good idea to have objects blatantly fly at the screen for 3D movies? Did they not consider how silly it would look when people watch the movie in any format other than 3D? Was that pool death inspired by the story “Guts” from Chuck Palahniuk’s book Haunted or was it inspired by one of the true stories where someone legitimately died that way? Why are some actors credited as things like “Racist’s Wife” or “MILF’s Husband”? Why is one of the characters listed as “Racist” if he wasn’t the only racist character in the movie? Is the audience expected to care about what happens to these characters if the writer didn’t even care enough to give some of them names? Why did I waste my time watching this movie? Why did I waste my time typing out every question I had while watching this movie? Why didn’t I shut the movie off? Why do I do these things to myself?

The order I watched these movies in is absolutely diabolical. I am so sorry.

“You have this exalted view of me and I hate it. If you think I'm that great, there must be something wrong with you.”

Everyone should be required to watch this movie before they ever attempt to date someone.

They should have titled this one Mission: Impossible III (The One With Philip Seymour Hoffman) because that's how I'm always going to refer to it.

Part of me was expecting this to be some sort of meta experimental film where I'd go to hiyouarecurrentlybeingrecorded.com and see a video of someone recording me without my knowledge. But, hey, that level of paranoia is very fitting for a film like this!

I added this movie to my watchlist as soon as I saw someone compare it to Paolo Pasolini’s Theorem. But I probably should have read the Letterboxd description first, because I wasn’t prepared for any of that…

“This is bliss.”

NDA

I should have loved this. I LOVE movies that combine bleak, existential themes with dark, deadpan humor. But I didn’t like Songs From the Second Floor, and I genuinely cannot comprehend why…

Currently resisting the urge to buy a blue velvet robe and a 6-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Jim’s parents had the right idea. And John Murphy’s “In the House - In a Heartbeat” still goes hard as fuck.

I know for a fact I saw The ant in theaters when it was released in 2016. But I had almost no recollection of the movie itself. I actually had to check Letterboxd to confirm I really saw it—that’s how forgettable it was. So, my expectations for the sequel were as low as they could possibly get. All I wanted was to be mildly entertained. But, I ended up pleasantly surprised by The ant 2. I found myself laughing and smiling more than I anticipated. It was fun! But will I this one in another 8 and a half years? I guess we’ll find out eventually 🤷‍♀️

I only watched this because the title is my name. But I feel like I could record some footage of a cat and slap a few filters on it and get something pretty similar.

The practical effects were really cool. I’d love to see a 4K restoration of this. And I’d love to see the Kurosawa cut. But I don’t think either of those will happen.

I can’t wait for A24 to start selling a life-size Ochi for $200 so I can say, “Aww I want it!” and then never buy one.

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Knowing Tim Roth and his father were sexually abused by his grandfather and then seeing “For my Father” at the end of this film… 💔 
Also, I appreciated hearing his commentary about the final scene and the dedication to his father.

I just really loved the vibes.

This is my favorite Cinderella movie now.

This is every movie ever mentioned in one of my videos, whether it was a recommendation, in someone's four favorites, mentioned in one of my explanations, or part of a joke. Please don't add everything on this list to your watchlist. There's no way anyone would like every single movie on this list.

Also, please let me know if I missed any because I didn't think to make this list until after I already made over 150 videos, so I'm sure I probably missed a few.

If you click the "read notes" button, I added the URLs for every video that each movie was mentioned in. If a movie was mentioned in multiple videos, the first URL on the list is the most recent video where it was mentioned and the last URL on the list is the first video where it was mentioned.

1. 10 Cloverfield Lane

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2. 10 Things I Hate About You

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3. 12 Angry Men

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4. 13 Going on 30

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5. 1408

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6. 1917

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7. 2001: A Space Odyssey

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8. 20th Century Women

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9. 21 Grams

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10. 21 Jump Street

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...plus 2223 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This is purely hypothetical. I know some of these can't be in the collection due to distribution rights and other factors. Also, some of these are movies that are already in the collection but are out of print that I want to come back! www.instagram.com/p/DDK9F_XpeSr/

UPDATE
Here are the movies that were on this list that are now a part of the collection:
Sorcerer (1977)
Saving Face (2004)

• The Apartment
• Network
• Funeral Parade of Roses
• Tetsuo: The Iron Man
• The Swimmer
• Phantom of the Paradise
• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
• Amadeus
• Rope
• Metropolis

...plus 131 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Soul
• Poor Things
• Barbie
• Wings of Desire
• A Matter of Life and Death
• Shirley Valentine

And by "alone" I mean without a love interest.

• Chasing Amy
• Now, Voyager
• Waitress
• Hearts Beat Loud
• The Heiress
• Heathers
• Revenge
• Closer
• Swallow
• The Invisible Man

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Paper Moon
• The Young Girls of Rochefort
• Funny Face
• Bringing Up Baby
• Duck Soup
• Airplane!
• The Jerk
• Josie and the Pussycats
• Legally Blonde
• Dick

...plus 76 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Audition
• Possession
• Fresh
• In a Lonely Place
• Leave Her to Heaven
• Gone Girl
• Basic Instinct
• Midsommar
• Dream Lover
• Revenge

...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Le Bonheur
• Chilly Scenes of Winter

I made a Spotify playlist of songs based on the following criteria:
- Songs about movies (but not written for the soundtrack).
- Songs where the title is a movie reference even if the rest of the song has no connection to the movie.
- Songs with lyrics that include a line from a movie.

In some cases, the songs were clearly inspired by the book the movie was based on and not necessarily the movie itself. But I included those anyway.

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For this accompanying Letterboxd list, I also included album titles that are movie references even if there wasn’t one specific song I could add to the Spotify playlist.

I didn’t spend a lot of time on this, so I know I’m missing a ton of songs (and probably some of the most obvious ones). And some of these might be inaccurate. So, if anyone has any they want to add, let me know!

• 10 Things I Hate About You

  "10 Things I Hate About You" by Leah Kate

• 2001: A Space Odyssey

  “Space Oddity” by David Bowie

• 2012

  "Living Room Song" by The Wonder Years

• 28 Days Later

  “So Cold” by Breaking Benjamin

• The 400 Blows

  "That Power" by Childish Gambino

• Adaptation.

  "Save Rock and Roll" by Fall Out Boy

• The Addams Family

  “Wilson (Expensive Mistakes)” by Fall Out Boy

• After Hours

  "After Hours" by The Weeknd (also the name of the album)

• Agent Cody Banks

  "STAR" by BROCKHAMPTON

• Alabama (2000 Light Years)

  "Alabama" by Current Joys

...plus 266 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Gummo
• The Ugly Stepsister

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• 2001: A Space Odyssey

  The cover for their sophomore album Deja Entendu has an astronaut on it.
  There are a lot of references to space in their songs whether it’s “space cadet” in the song "Welcome to Bangkok" or "cosmonaut" in "Luca".
  In 2001, HAL sings Daisy Bell and Brand New has an album and song titled Daisy.
  Before Science Fiction was released, there was a CD that was shipped out to some people who had pre-ordered the album and the booklet that came with it included quote from the chess match scene from 2001.
  Mike Sapone always posts pictures about album anniversaries with the caption “Happy birthday Frank’ which is also a reference to 2001.
  At one point there was a flyer about the leaked demos cassette that included a picture of Douglas Rain, who was the voice of HAL in 2001.

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  The CD that some people received when they pre-ordered Brand New’s fifth album, contained one 61-minute long track and the title of the track was actually coordinates to Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. And coordinates leading to Devils Tower are an important part of the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. And in the booklet for Science Fiction there’s this image, which is a reference to the five tones from Close Encounters.

• The Holy Mountain

  The flyer about the leaked demos cassette includes a signature that looks like it says The Holy Mountain. There’s a lot of symbolism in The Holy Mountain that makes me think it could have been an inspiration for some Brand New lyrics especially the line “got my messiah impression I think I got him nailed down” in the song "Can’t Get it Out" because in The Holy Mountain one of the characters resembles Jesus so some of the locals cast an impression of his body and sell the resulting crucifixes.

• The Devil and Daniel Johnston

  The title The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me came from a conversation about musician Daniel Johnston.

• Winter Light

  A lot of Brand New’s songs feel evocative of someone struggling with or questioning their faith or religion. Winter Light feels like the film equivalent of Brand New's music because it touches on so many of the same themes and has a similar sense of melancholy.

• Solaris

  A lot of the themes in Brand New’s lyrics especially from their later albums remind me of Tarkovsky.
  I’d pair the film Solaris with Deja Entendu because this film takes place in space and there’s the astronaut imagery from Deja’s artwork. But water is a crucial part of Solaris and water is a recurring motif throughout Deja Entendu.

• Mirror

  I’d pair the film Mirror with The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me because death was a pretty big influence on the album and the protagonist in Mirror is dying. And a few songs on this album mention mothers and the protagonist in Mirror is reflecting on his relationship with his mother. And both the album and this film seem to be the artists’ reflecting on their past mistakes.

• The Sacrifice

  I’d pair The Sacrifice with Daisy. The way water is a motif throughout Deja, fire seems to be a motif throughout Daisy. And fire is a pretty big part of The Sacrifice. And just the tone of this film feels comparable to Daisy’s vibe.

• Stalker

  I’d pair the film Stalker with Science Fiction. Not just because this film is a work of science fiction. But a lot of people consider Stalker Tarkovsky’s magnum opus and a lot of people feel similarly about Brand New’s Science Fiction. And Stalker is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi film about human wants and desires, hope, the way people want something to believe in, and I feel like a lot of those themes are represented in Brand New’s lyrics as well. The Writer in Stalker expresses concern about losing his inspiration, which reminds me of “Can’t Get it Out” and I know the song “451” is a reference to Fahrenheit 451 but there are a few lines in that song that remind me of Stalker.

• Psycho

  "The Shower Scene"

...plus 60 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

When A24 sends their birthday emails to AAA24 , they include movie recommendations based on their zodiac signs. Here's a list of what they've recommended so far.

• Minari

  Taurus (tenacious, cozy, hard-working)

• Uncut Gems

  Gemini (energetic, unreliable, reckless)

• C'mon C'mon

  Cancer (moody, clingy, family-oriented)

• Lady Bird

  Leo (singular, performative, slightly vain)

• Ex Machina

  Virgo (perfectionistic, organized, stubborn)

• Lamb

  Libra (covetous, affectionate, avoidant)

• The Lighthouse

  Scorpio (enchanting, secretive, dark)

• Zola

  Sagittarius (flirty, prone to chaos, no filter)

• First Cow

  Capricorn (successful, self-reliant, headstrong)

• A Ghost Story

  Aquarius (aloof, devoted, free-spirited)

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

So, my first name is Alexia and my nickname is Lexi. The first time I heard my name in a movie, that character turned out to be a cannibal. I don't want to share any Titane spoilers, but suffice to say, I have some questions for Julia Ducournau.

• Raw
• Titane
• Red Rocket
• High Tension

If you're wondering where Twin Peaks: The Return is, all of Twin Peaks is tied with Fire Walk with Me. I can't rank them separately.
And 2-4 are all basically tied in my eyes. And 5-7 are all tied, and my ranking of them constantly changes. It's too difficult to rank his movies. They're all so good, I wish they could all be tied for number one.
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1. Mulholland Drive
2. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
3. Lost Highway
4. Wild at Heart
5. Blue Velvet
6. The Elephant Man
7. Eraserhead
8. Inland Empire
9. The Straight Story
10. Dune

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• Challengers

  Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the best score of 2024 and weren't even nominated for the Oscar

• The Crow

  They covered Joy Division's "Dead Souls" for this soundtrack

• Natural Born Killers

  Trent Reznor produced the soundtrack and according to the director's commentary he watched the movie 50 times to get in the mood.
  There are several Nine Inch Nails songs on the soundtrack.
  The song "Burn" was written specifically for this movie.

• Totally F***ed Up

  Part of Gregg Araki's Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy, which I think fits the vibe

• The Doom Generation

  "Heresy" is in this

• Nowhere

  Their cover of Soft Cell's "Memorabilia" is in this

• Se7en

  "Closer (Precursor)" plays over the opening credits

• Fight Club

  Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the novel said he wrote it while listening to the album The Downward Spiral.
  I think the song “Only” was inspired by Fight Club, and David Fincher directed the music video for it.

• The Social Network

  They won the Oscar for Best Original Score

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

  Composed the score

...plus 61 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This is based on the years listed next to each movie on Letterboxd, not the actual release dates in the United States.

I only included honorable mentions for ones where it was pretty much a tie because my lists of honorable mentions were getting out of control.

I made this list in my Notes app but didn't publish it until now and a bunch of my answers changed since then, so this list will probably change over time.

Also, this was way more difficult than I thought it would be.

These years were the hardest: 1960, 1962, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994 (I wasted a solid 10 minutes trying to pick a movie for this year), 1997 (This was probably the hardest one), 1998, 1999 (Can we all just take a moment to appreciate what a spectacular year this was??), 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009

• The Champion
• The Rink
• The Immigrant
• A Dog's Life
• Broken Blossoms
• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
• The Kid
• Nosferatu
• The Smiling Madame Beudet

  Honorable Mention: Safety Last!

• Sherlock Jr.

  Honorable Mentions: The Last Laugh, Greed

...plus 101 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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1. The Substance
2. Look Back
3. Memoir of a Snail
4. A Different Man
5. Hit Man
6. Thelma
7. Anora
8. Ghostlight
9. Hundreds of Beavers
10. Dune: Part Two

Click the "Read notes" button for the links to the videos. I also included honorable mentions.

1. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

   My dog loves Evangelion:
   www.instagram.com/p/C7-UyWNJg_q/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7378284508736605486

   And the follow-up video:
   www.instagram.com/p/C92kvxiJiKd/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7395612986926304542

2. Videodrome

   Movies that made you do a 180:
   www.instagram.com/p/C-BPB3pJZp7/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7397150128844524846

3. Perfect Blue

   Blue favorites:
   www.instagram.com/p/C5lq0rxAiHy/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7356284339539299626

4. Mac and Me

   April Fools:
   www.instagram.com/p/C5OX-xhgMxv/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7352927098928991531

5. The 4th Man

   May the 4th movie recommendations:
   www.instagram.com/p/C6jY5upgpUI/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7365179280860499243

6. Freddy Got Fingered

   Adding Freddy Got Fingered to the Criterion Closet:
   www.instagram.com/p/DAym3msJqwN/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7422713718796012842

7. Dick

   Favorite Presidential movies:
   www.instagram.com/p/C3iHwyagLtO/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7337326255651491115

8. A Woman Under the Influence

   "Why anyone would take recommendations from a women":
   www.instagram.com/p/C2bIO9moAYm/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7327095205386095914

9. Please!

   Movie recs for impatient people:
   www.instagram.com/p/C7IVUCGgTrR/
   www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7370503435965222186

10. Threesome

    Twin Films: Three of Hearts vs. Threesome:
    www.instagram.com/p/C7UeJTtAJpV/
    www.tiktok.com/@movierecsbylex/video/7372252637556739371

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I'm bad at keeping track of which Criterions I already own. And I know there's a feature on their website to keep track of your collection, but whenever I buy anything from Barnes & Noble, I forget to add it to the list. So I'll probably forget to update this too.

• 12 Angry Men
• After Hours
• All That Jazz
• Before Midnight
• Before Sunrise
• Before Sunset
• Being John Malkovich
• Blow Out
• Blue Velvet
• Bringing Up Baby

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

www.instagram.com/reel/DCR7f8RJJr3/

• Gone Girl

  One of her four favorites during an interview with Letterboxd

• Lady Bird

  One of her four favorites during an interview with Letterboxd

• The Worst Person in the World

  One of her four favorites during an interview with Letterboxd

• Twilight

  One of her four favorites during an interview with Letterboxd

• The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

  "Can’t Catch Me Now”

• Heathers

  Her music embodies feelings of teen angst and she has songs about being attracted to the wrong guys, wanting revenge, and dealing with jealousy and comparing yourself to others.

• Do Revenge

  "brutal" is in this movie and a few of her songs deal with revenge. Plus, Talia Ryder is in it and she was in the "deja vu" music video.

• Never Rarely Sometimes Always

  Talia Ryder ("deja vu" music video) was in this one. And Olivia has advocated for women's rights, so it feels relevant.

• The Broken Hearts Gallery

  "driver's license" and all her other songs that deal with heartbreak

• About Time

  "so American"

...plus 90 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every time I try to make a ranked list of my favorite movies of all time, it turns into a mess. And it irks me that so many of my favorite directors are missing from this list.

1. Modern Times
2. It's Such a Beautiful Day
3. Ikiru
4. The Before... Collection
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Paris, Texas
7. Umberto D.
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Make Way for Tomorrow
10. The Matrix

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Lady Macbeth
• Phantom Thread
• The Beguiled

Why is Andrew Garfield always in a bathtub?

• Under the Silver Lake
• Boy A
• We Live in Time
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye

www.instagram.com/reel/C9krHp3pMjn/

This one was difficult because Sabrina Carpenter already has so many albums and I think her style has evolved substantially over the years. Some songs are more emotional while others are bubbly and fun. I tried to keep this closer to the vibe of her more recent singles. And there are just too many songs to tie every movie to one song. And I could connect multiple songs to the same movie, so I tried not to just associate every single movie with a particular song and tried to make my picks based on vibes.
Just to clarify, I'm not saying all of these movies are good. Some of these are silly in a way that matches the vibe of song of Sabrina Carpenter's songs. And I felt like I should include the movies she stars in even if I haven't seen them.

• Dick

  "Nonsense" demonstrates how Sabrina Carpenter is great at coming up with playful puns and double entendres, so I think she'd love Dick. And I’m not just saying that because of the double meaning, which is definitely implied in her music. But I think Dick is the epitome of her vibe. It’s cute, fun, and feminine and everyone underestimates the main characters in this movie and acts like they’re just ditzy blondes. But the movie proves that they’re smarter than those dumb blonde stereotypes. And that’s how I feel about Sabrina Carpenter’s music. Some of her songs are just silly and bubbly. But she knows exactly what she’s doing.

• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

  This just feels like Sabrina's vibe. Especially her song "Diamonds Are Forever"

• Legally Blonde

  People underestimating a woman for being stereotypically girly. It also depicts some drama between two women over a man who isn’t good enough for either of them. And the music video for "Sue Me" seems inspired by this movie.

• Clueless

  This just fits the vibe

• Fast Times at Ridgemont High

  She has a song called "Fast Times"

• Charlie's Angels

  Seems like it inspired the music video for "Fast Times"

• Kill Bill: Vol. 1

  Seems like it inspired the music video for "Fast Times" and in an interview with Vogue, the director of the music video for "Please Please Please" Bardia Zeinali mentioned Kill Bill.
  Jenna Ortega's nurse outfit in the "Taste" music video seems inspired by Elle Driver.

• Reservoir Dogs

  The director of the music video for "Please Please Please" Bardia Zeinali mentioned Reservoir Dogs as inspiration for Barry's style.

• Pulp Fiction

  The font in the "Please Please Please" music video

• True Romance

  Came to mind while watching the "Please Please Please" music video

...plus 91 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These are just movies that came to mind when I think of Chappell Roan and when I listen to her music. This was never intended to have 100 movies on it. I don't know how we got here.

• But I'm a Cheerleader

  It's fun, colorful, campy, and queer. And Chappell Roan said she wrote "HOT TO GO!" so she could live out her cheerleader fantasy.

• Bring It On

  Chappell Roan said she wrote "HOT TO GO!" so she could live out her cheerleader fantasy. She mentioned wanting to "bounce around on stage singing a song about being hot." And Bring It On literally opens with a cheer that goes "I'm sexy, I'm cute, I'm popular to boot. I'm bitchin', great hair. The boys all love to stare. I'm wanted, I'm hot. I'm everything you're not..."

• Pink Flamingos

  Chappell recreated Divine's look in this movie. But I think the movie itself doesn't really match the vibe of her music. And I think a lot of her fans would hate this movie.

• Female Trouble

  I know she dressed as Divine's character in Pink Flamingos, but I think Female Trouble feels closer to her vibe.
  The way Dawn Davenport's parents refuse to buy her cha-cha heels reminds me of the chorus to "Pink Pony Club"
  And lines like "The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life.” and “I wouldn't suck your lousy dick if I was suffocating and there was oxygen in your balls!” feel very Chappell Roan-esque to me.

• Hairspray

  It’s campy, colorful, fun, and the protagonist rapidly rises to fame. It also comes to mind because Tracy’s mom initially doesn’t approve of her daughter’s obsession with trying to be on TV, which makes me think of the chorus of “Pink Pony Club”

• Josie and the Pussycats

  Depicts women who were making music for years and their careers weren't taking off and then suddenly they were thrust into stardom practically overnight

• Party Monster

  It features dancing at clubs, dressing in drag. Chappell dressed in multiple outfits from this movie (she even mentions the Club Kids by name in the caption of one of her posts) and she said it was an inspiration for her aesthetic. "Pink Pony Club" vibes.
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmOnY4Btoks

• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

  This one came to mind because a lot of Chappell Roan's looks are inspired by drag queens. And the line "approval neither desired nor required" feels very Chappell Roan-esque because her stage persona seems unapologetically confident and doesn't require anyone else's approval.
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmOnY4Btoks

• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

  This one comes to mind because it's about drag queens. Although this movie hasn't aged well and has some problematic/racist moments. This is another movie that she said inspired her aesthetic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmOnY4Btoks (I didn't see this video until after I already made the list)

• The Birdcage

  Robin Williams' character owns a drag club and his partner played by Nathan Lane is the star attraction

...plus 90 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Soul

   Soul and Inside Out are tied.

2. Inside Out

   Soul and Inside Out are tied.

3. Toy Story 3
4. Toy Story 2
5. Toy Story
6. WALL·E
7. Inside Out 2

   I don't know where to rank this one because Anxiety is the most relatable character I've ever seen, so I want to rank it a lot higher even though I don't think it's a perfect movie.

8. Monsters, Inc.
9. Finding Nemo
10. Toy Story 4

    I'm struggling to rank this one because it's my least favorite Toy Story movie. But Forky is extremely relatable to me because I also want to be thrown in the trash.

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

1. Modern Times
2. Limelight
3. The Kid
4. City Lights
5. The Great Dictator
6. The Gold Rush
7. The Circus
8. Monsieur Verdoux
9. A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
10. A King in New York

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

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLddchoX/

• Logan's Run
• 13 Going on 30
• Working Girl
• Promising Young Woman
• The Worst Person in the World
• tick, tick... BOOM!
• Bo Burnham: Inside
• Taylor Tomlinson: Have It All

...Because I love everything Charlie Kaufman writes and I always find it challenging to rank the films of someone who (in my opinion) has never made a bad movie.

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Being John Malkovich
3. Synecdoche, New York
4. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
5. Adaptation.
6. Anomalisa
7. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
8. Orion and the Dark
9. Human Nature

• Dick
• PooP

• Citizen Kane
• The Third Man

I normally keep track of things with this list, but it was getting difficult to keep track of how many I saw this year, especially since I saw 7 short films too. This list only has the feature length films.

1. The Conformist

   January 6, 2023 at Film Forum

2. Come and See

   January 8, 2023 at Walter Reade (35mm)

3. Close-Up

   January 11, 2023 at IFC Center

4. Dreams

   January 12, 2023 at Metrograph (35mm)

5. After Life

   January 14, 2023 at Metrograph (35mm)

6. Millennium Actress

   January 16, 2023 at Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan

7. Sullivan's Travels

   January 20, 2023 at Film Forum (35mm)

8. The Lady Eve

   January 21, 2023 at Film Forum (35mm)

9. Taxi Driver

   January 24, 2023 at Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan

10. A Difficult Life

    February 3, 2023 at Film Forum

...plus 59 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Poor Things
2. Barbie
3. Past Lives
4. Monster
5. Priscilla
6. Perfect Days
7. Anatomy of a Fall
8. American Fiction
9. Oppenheimer
10. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

I swear, he made nothing but masterpieces. The top three are basically tied for me.

1. Paranoia Agent
2. Perfect Blue
3. Millennium Actress
4. Paprika
5. Tokyo Godfathers

• Talk to Me
• The Royal Hotel

There are so many movies I always want to rewatch in October or on Halloween. But I never have enough free time. So I tried to pick one movie for every night of October. I know I left out way too many good ones. But it turns out it's extremely difficult to narrow it down to 31 movies.

1. Possession
2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
3. Cure
4. Psycho
5. The Shining
6. Frankenstein
7. Bride of Frankenstein
8. American Psycho
9. Eyes Without a Face
10. Videodrome

...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

If I had a nickel for every time two masterpieces were released on the same day this year, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

  June 2, 2023

• Past Lives

  June 2, 2023

• Barbie

  July 21, 2023

• Oppenheimer

  July 21, 2023

• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

• Blonde
• BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

• EO
• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Triangle of Sadness
• Navalny
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
• The Wonder
• Pinocchio

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Bones and All
3. The Fabelmans
4. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
5. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
6. Aftersun
7. Decision to Leave
8. Triangle of Sadness
9. EO
10. Stutz

1. C'mon C'mon
2. tick, tick... BOOM!
3. The Worst Person in the World
4. Last Night in Soho
5. Nightmare Alley
6. Red Rocket
7. Benedetta
8. The Mitchells vs. the Machines
9. Little Fish
10. Mass

I’m only including movies that were actually released in the United States in 2020.

1. Promising Young Woman
2. Soul
3. Possessor
4. The Invisible Man
5. Palm Springs
6. Black Bear
7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
8. Sound of Metal
9. The King of Staten Island
10. Spontaneous

I only reed dating apps to see what movies people would name if I asked them for a recommendation.

So far the responses that weren't movies were:
- Someone ignoring my question and complimenting one of my pictures (Tinder)
"Sorry, I rarely watch movies so I don't know what movie to recommend to you." (Tinder)
- "My Place" (Bumble)

And these are the TV shows that people who didn't understand the question recommended:
- The Blacklist (Bumble)
- Pieces of Her (Tinder)
- Mindhunter (Tinder)

• The Batman

  Tinder: 1
  CMB: 1

• The Dark Knight

  Hinge: 2

• Don't Look Up

  Tinder: 1
  Bumble: 1

• CODA

  Bumble: 2

• Forrest Gump

  Tinder

• Titane

  Tinder

• The Favourite

  Tinder

• National Treasure

  Bumble

• Dune

  Bumble

• What We Do in the Shadows

  Bumble

...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Technically I saw three of these movies before the festival, but I’m including them anyway. Also, this list is from favorite to least favorite, not best to worst. I think Titane and Dune are better movies than Benedetta, but lesbian nuns are more my thing.

1. C'mon C'mon
2. The Worst Person in the World
3. Red Rocket
4. Benedetta
5. Titane
6. Dune
7. The Tragedy of Macbeth
8. Petite Maman
9. Flee
10. The French Dispatch

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

I thought it was too difficult to make a “top 10 of the decade” list, so I decided to just pick one movie for each year of the decade.

This is basically me revising all of my picks for “favorite movie of the year” from the past 10 years because I’m not going to bother updating each individual list. In retrospect, almost all of my favorites are different.

I’m still conflicted about my choice for 2018. Under the Silver Lake would have been my #1 for that year if its release date didn’t get pushed back multiple times.

1. The Social Network
2. Shame
3. It's Such a Beautiful Day
4. Her
5. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
6. Inside Out
7. American Honey
8. Call Me by Your Name
9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
10. Parasite

🤷🏻‍♀️Too many good movies came out this year. I don’t even know what this list is supposed to be.

1. Parasite
2. Under the Silver Lake
3. Honey Boy
4. Love, Antosha
5. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
7. Waves
8. Marriage Story
9. Uncut Gems
10. The Art of Self-Defense

I know this list consists of 11 films, but the last 2 are tied because I really couldn’t decide.

Also, please spare me the judgmental remarks about which films are “missing” because you think they should be on here. I intentionally use the word favorite instead of best whenever I make these lists. If you think I have bad taste, you don’t need to tell me. I never claimed to have good taste anyway. 😘💁🏻‍♀️

1. The House That Jack Built
2. Eighth Grade
3. Revenge
4. Searching
5. Annihilation
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
7. Widows
8. Blindspotting
9. If Beale Street Could Talk
10. You Were Never Really Here

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

I keep telling myself I need to stop trying to make year-end lists, because every time I go back and look at my lists from previous years, I'm constantly asking, "What was wrong with me?" or "what was I thinking?" I just change my mind way too frequently.

So, I'm just doing a top 10 instead of ranking all 100+ films that I've seen this year.

Also, if anyone thinks I shouldn't have World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts on this list because it is a short film...If I took that film off the list, then the remaining films would still be ranked in the same order, only number 10 would be Song to Song.

Oh and I don't care about whether or not Twin Peaks: The Return is considered a film (I'm just grateful that we got more Twin Peaks in 2017), but if you consider it to be a film then that's my real number 1.

1. World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts
2. Call Me by Your Name
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. The Disaster Artist
5. A Ghost Story
6. Lucky
7. Good Time
8. Get Out
9. Lady Bird
10. The Florida Project

Since it’s been almost an entire month since 2016 ended, my ability to care has completely gone out the window. The only part of this list that I’m actually 100% set on is the top 10 or top 15, the rest of the list is a loosely ranked, jumbled mess.

If there’s anything I learned in 2016 it’s that I loved a lot of films that most people hated, which leads me to believe that either I’ve lowered my standards or I’ve learned to see the good in everything. I’d like to think it’s the latter. But whatever. The words “favorite” and “best” aren’t synonymous, and if I was ranking the films that I thought were the best this would be a different list entirely.

1. La La Land
2. American Honey
3. Arrival
4. The Lobster
5. The Neon Demon
6. Manchester by the Sea
7. Everybody Wants Some!!
8. Swiss Army Man
9. A Monster Calls
10. Jackie

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