From December 2024 to October 2025
In bold: films and plays I think are good
1/ Až přijde kocour (When the Cat Comes/ The Cassandra Cat - Czechoslovakia - 1963)
2/ Lekce Faust (Faust - Czech Republic, France, UK, US, Germany - 1994)
3/ Cléo de 5 à 7 (Cléo from 5 to 7 - France, Italy - 1962)
4/ To Be or Not to Be (1942)
5/ Kedi (Turkey - 2016)
6/ A Midsummer Night's Dream (2024, Royal Shakespeare Company, dir. Eleanor Rhode, starring Mathew Baynton as Bottom) - onstage
7/ I Slept with 100 Men in One Day (2024)
8/ The Wizard of Oz (1939)
9/ Burning Sun: Exposing the Secret K-pop Chat Groups (2024)
10/ The Ladykillers (1955)
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11/ Cien Años de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude - Colombia - 2024) - Series 1, 8 episodes
12/ Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror - Germany - 1922)
13/ Daughters of Darkness (Belgium, France, West Germany - 1971)
14/ In Bruges (2008)
15/ PinkNews: Behind Closed Doors (2024)
16/ The Man in the White Suit (1951)
17/ Nosferatu (2024)
18/ Dispatches: Beneath the Veil (2001)
19/ The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
20/ A Real Pain (2024)
21/ Wonka (2023)
22/ It Happened One Night (1934)
23/ The Palm Beach Story (1942)
24/ Midnight (1939)
25/ Cleopatra (1934)
26/ A Star Is Born (2018)
27/ The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
28/ Coriolanus (2024, National Theatre, dir. Lyndsey Turner, with David Oyelowo as Coriolanus)
29/ King Lear (2018, National Theatre, dir. Jonathan Munby, with Ian McKellen as Lear)
30/ The Brutalist (2024)
31/ Othello (2013, National Theatre, dir. Nicholas Hytner, with Adrian Lester as Othello)
32/ Julius Caesar (2018, National Theatre. dir. Nicholas Hytner, with Ben Whishaw as Brutus)
33/ Mahanagar, aka The Big City (India - 1963)
34/ Anora (2024)
35/ L'Amour l'après-midi (Love in the Afternoon - France - 1972)
36/ Hunting the Catfish Crime Gang (2023)
37/ Panorama - My Online Stalker (2025)
38/ Eye Investigations: Liked, Lured, Livestreamed (2025)
39/ Moonstruck (1987)
40/ Le ballon rouge (The Red Balloon - France - 1956)
41/ Heathers (1988)
42/ Tom Jones (1963)
43/ The Big Clock (1948)
44/ Groomed: A National Scandal (2025)
45/ Eye Investigations: Make Me Perfect: Manufacturing Beauty in China (2025)
46/ 晩菊 (Late Chrysanthemums - Japan - 1954)
47/ Macbeth (1971)
48/ 龍門客棧 (Dragon Inn - Taiwan - 1967)
49/ Cyrano de Bergerac (France, Hungary - 1990)
50/ Hamlet (2009, RSC, ft. David Tennant)
51/ Paper Moon (1973)
52/ タンポポ (Tampopo - Japan - 1985)
53/ Diddy in Plain Sight: UNTOLD (2025)
54/ Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
55/ Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
56/ Stacey Dooley: Meet the Shoplifters (2025)
57/ Anna Karenina (1977) - 10 episodes
58/ Mansfield Park (1983) - 6 episodes
59/ Pride and Prejudice (2005) - again
60/ North and South (2004) - 4 episodes
61/ Братья Карамазовы (The Brothers Karamazov - Soviet Union - 1969)
62/ Straume (Flow - Latvia, France, Belgium - 2024)
62/ The Apartment (1960) - again
63/ The Servant (1963)
64/ Some Like It Hot (1959) - again
65/ Ball of Fire (1941)
66/ The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
67/ Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
68/ Citizen Kane (1941) - again
69/ Sound of Metal (2019)
70/ My Man Godfrey (1936)
71/ The Naked Gun (2025)
72/ Odd Man Out (1947)
78/ 12 Angry Men (1957) - again
79/ Ninotchka (1939)
80/ Frankenstein (1931)
81/ Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
82/ 千と千尋の神隠し (Spirited Away - Japan - 2001)
83/ Casablanca (1942) - again
84/ The Plot Against Harry (1971)
85/ The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
86/ Poor Things (2023)
87/ Young Frankenstein (1974)
88/ High Anxiety (1977)
89/ Dark Waters (2019)
90/ Dracula (1931, English-language version)
91/ Son of Frankenstein (1939)
92/ Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
93/ The Invisible Man (1933)
94/ The Black Cat (1934)
95/ The Return (2024)
96/ The Public Enemy (1931)
97/ Steve Jobs (2015)
98/ パーフェクトブルー (Perfect Blue - Japan - 1997)
99/ ハウルの動く城 (Howl's Moving Castle - Japan - 2004)
100/ となりのトトロ (My Neighbour Totoro - Japan - 1988)
'Anora' is getting so many divisive opinions, what makes it good for you.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a funny film, with well-written dialogue and good acting.
DeleteDo I think it's one of the greatest films of all time? No. Do I think it's as good as some of the Oscar winners in the 50s-70s? Also no. But it's a good, enjoyable, rewatchable film.
From that year, I think The Brutalist is a deeper, more thought-provoking film, though I'm not sure it's a film I want to watch many times.
#40 FTW. 🎈
ReplyDeleteI noticed you liked the Ealing studio films. Have you seen Kind Hearts and Coronets? It's the best.
ReplyDeleteYes, I watched that one last year. Loved it.
DeleteA lot of classic screwball there - always a good choice! I'm not a fan of The Big Clock, because its semi-jokey tone is so different from Kenneth Fearing's doom-laden novel.
ReplyDeleteWhat didn't you like about Odd Man Out?
I enjoyed The Big Clock though No Way Out is a better film.
DeleteNothing against Odd Man Out, I just thought it's all right and forgettable.