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  • Parasite
  • Candyman
  • Isle of Dogs
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  • Jurassic Park
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  • We Need to Talk About Kevin
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  • You Were Never Really Here
  • Night of the Living Dead
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  • The Night of the Hunter
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Black + White Movies List

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Black + white movies are superior.

  • Rumble Fish
  • The Godfather
  • The Outsiders
  • The Rainmaker
  • The 400 Blows
  • Paris, Texas
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock
  • Walkabout
  • Sid and Nancy
  • Fish Tank
  • When You Finish Saving the World
  • The Believer
  • Ghost World
  • Punch-Drunk Love

Character Studies

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Films that zero in on a particular person or persons, often are more observatory/visual than narrative, explorations of human life

  • Fish Tank
  • System Crasher
  • Mysterious Skin
  • The Piano Teacher
  • Possession

My Top Narrative Features

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Inspired by Letterboxd’s Top 250 Narrative Features list, this is my companion to the concept. All list items are currently…

  • Logan
  • The Master
  • You Were Never Really Here
  • Babygirl
  • True Romance

2025 First Watches

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First-time viewings of 2025

  • The Thing
  • Days of Heaven
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • Sherlock Jr.
  • The ion of Joan of Arc

Personal Cannon

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A collection of movies that in some form or another, exhibit qualities that I love about cinema. Some favorites, some…

  • Marty Supreme
  • One Battle After Another
  • The Bride!
  • The Legend of Ochi
  • Novocaine
  • Seven Samurai
  • Hard Boiled
  • The Seventh Seal
  • This Is Spinal Tap
  • Shock Corridor
  • Days of Heaven
  • The Tree of Life
  • Badlands
  • The Thin Red Line