• Simple Men
  • That Most Important Thing: Love
  • Love and Anarchy
  • The Handmaiden
  • My Life as a Zucchini
  • Surf II: The End of the Trilogy
  • Dr. Caligari
  • Twin Sitters
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
  • Ring

My Favorite Films

this will change a lot.

  • The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
  • The Conformist
  • Stalker
  • Seven Samurai
  • Once Upon a Time in America
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • Mommy
  • Persona
  • Das Boot
  • City of God
  • Big Trouble in Little China
  • Under the Silver Lake
  • City Lights
  • Dr. Caligari
  • Splatter: Naked Blood
  • Police Story
  • They Live
  • Southland Tales
  • Terror Toons
  • Before Sunset

top 50 (a work in progress)

in the middle of doing rewatches to have an official list.

  • Creep
  • Afflicted
  • The Blair Witch Project
  • Megan Is Missing
  • Hate Crime
  • Found Footage 3D
  • Ghostwatch
  • The Last Horror Movie
  • UFO Abduction
  • The Last Broadcast

Found Footage Horror: A Study

Every film mentioned in Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott’s documentary, The Found Footage Phenomenon, organized in order of appearance/mention! Films…

  • Bottle Rocket
  • Rushmore
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Isle of Dogs
  • The French Dispatch

Criterion Collection films w/ a 4K release or source

A list of all Criterion 4K UHD releases and Blu-Rays/DVDs with existing 4K source. The latter could be useful for…

  • Bottle Rocket
  • A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Paterson
  • Eighth Grade
  • Armageddon
  • The Human Voice
  • Duck Butter

Asteroid City Scavenger Hunt Results

In the lead up to Asteroid City’s US theatrical release on June 23, 2023, we ran a promotion where …

  • I, Tonya
  • Lost Highway
  • The Dirties
  • Rashomon
  • Amadeus
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin
  • American Psycho
  • The Machinist
  • The Father
  • American Animals

Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson's Favorite Films With Unreliable Narrators

Something in the Dirt is now available on demand and digital.

In the film,

When neighbors John and Levi witness…

  • The Blair Witch Project
  • Cloverfield
  • The Den
  • Host
  • Creep
  • Unfriended
  • Willow Creek
  • The Outwaters
  • File VL-624
  • Horror in the High Desert 2: Minerva

I Watch a Lot of Found Footage Horror...

A list of the FF/screen life/faux documentary horror flicks I have watched over the years. Films are listed in order…

  • Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
  • Across the River
  • Alison's Birthday
  • All That Money Can Buy
  • The Amityville Horror
  • The Amulet of Ogum
  • Anchoress
  • Angel Heart
  • Apostle
  • The Ash Tree

Mentioned in: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

The complete list of every movie and series* that is featured in the 2021 documentary film Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A…

  • The French Connection
  • L'Amour fou
  • When the Cat Comes
  • Love Letter
  • The Moon Has Risen
  • Forever a Woman
  • The Wandering Princess
  • Girls of the Night
  • Love Under the Crucifix
  • Return to Reason

How do I Criterion? (Likely Blu or 4k Releases)

These are likely future disc releases from the Criterion Collection. In order of likelihood, starting with almost certain and ending…

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • The Goonies
  • Explorers
  • Gremlins
  • The Monster Squad
  • The Lost Boys
  • The Gate
  • Phantasm
  • BMX Bandits
  • The Last Starfighter

So Ya Liked Stranger Things?

Stranger Things, or Weird Shit as I like to call it, contains many homages to '80s genre films much to…

  • Mangoshake
  • Joy Kevin
  • See You Next Tuesday
  • AP and AK
  • i hate myself :)
  • Mother of George
  • The Beast Pageant
  • KWAK or Kassandra with a K
  • Go Down Death
  • Green

Unsung Indies (Covered and Potentials)

I've started a new feature on FilmPulse.net titled Unsung Indies wherein I highlight certain films from the past 10 or…