(originally only) 101 films

Last Update to List: [#13] 86. Watch a film on 70mm film - Sinners (2025)

Watchlist sorted by:

1. Watch the highest-rated film on my watchlist - Come and See (1985)

2. Watch the lowest-rated film on my watchlist - Movie 43 (2013)

3. Watch the longest film on my watchlist - The Ten Commandments (1956)

4. Watch the shortest film on my watchlist - Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)

Recommendations:

5. Watch a film recommended by Rachel Sennott - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

6. Watch a film recommended by Ethel Cain - Thelma & Louise (1991)

7. Watch a film recommended by Yorgos Lanthimos - Naked (1993)

8. Watch a film recommended by Noah Baumbach - The King of Comedy (1982)

9. Watch a film recommended by Gus Van Sant - Kids (1995)

10. Watch a film recommended by Paul Thomas Anderson - Something Wild (1986)

Decades - Journey Through Time:

11. Watch a film released pre-1930's - The Birth of a Nation (1915)

12. Watch a film from the 1930s - The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

13. Watch a film from the 1940s - Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

14. Watch a film from the 1950s - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

15. Watch a film from the 1960s - The Millionairess (1960)

16. Watch a film from the 1970s - A Very Natural Thing (1974)

17. Watch a film from the 1980s - Everybody’s All-American (1988)

18. Watch a film from the 1990s - The Cure (1995)

[#5] 19. Watch a film from the 2000s - Billy Elliot (2000)

20. Watch a film from the 2010s - Tomboy (2011)

21. Watch a film from the 2020s - Great Freedom (2021)

22. Watch a film released in 2025 - The Parenting (2025)

Genres and Themes:

23. Watch a rom-com - Get Real (1998)

24. Watch a war film - Firebird (2021)

25. Watch a music film - The Velvet Underground (2021)

[#10] 26. Watch an anime film - The Stranger by the Shore (2020)

27. Watch a stop motion film - ParaNorman (2012)

28. Watch a horror film - Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)

29. Watch a sci-fi film - Little Fish (2020)

30. Watch a comedy - The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (2021)

31. Watch a documentary - A Bigger Splash (1973)

Directors:

32. Watch a film directed by Todd Haynes - Angels in America (2003)

33. Watch a film directed by Bruce LaBruce - Hustler White (1996)

34. Watch a film directed by Mike Nichols - Closer (2004)

35. Watch a film directed by James Whale - Frankenstein (1931)

36. Watch a film directed by Anthony Asquith - Pygmalion (1938)

37. Watch a film directed by Vera Drew - The People’s Joker (2022)

38. Watch a film directed by Gregg Araki - The Living End (1992)

39. Watch a film directed by Cheryl Dunye - The Watermelon Woman (1996)

Trailblazers:

40. Watch a film directed by Lois Weber, the first woman to direct a feature-length film - Shoes (1916)

41. Watch the film directed by Yuliya Solntseva, the first woman to win Best Director at Cannes - Chronicle of Flaming Years (1961)

42. Watch a film directed by Sofia Coppola, the only other woman to win Best Director at Cannes - The Beguiled (2017)

43. Watch a film directed by Lina Wertmüller, the first woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars - Seven Beauties (1976)

44. Watch a film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win Best Director at the Oscars - The Hurt Locker (2009)

45. Watch a film directed by Chloé Zhao, the first woman of color to win Best Director at the Oscars - Nomadland (2020)

46. Watch a film directed by Jane Campion, the first woman to win the Palme d’Or - The Piano (1993)

47. Watch a film directed by Julie DuCourneau, the first woman to win the Palme d’Or solo - Titane (2021)

48. Watch a film starring Paul Winfield, the first openly gay actor nominated for Best Actor - Sounder (1972)

49. Watch a film starring John Gielgud, the first gay actor to be nominated for an Oscar - Becket (1964)

50. Watch another film starring John Gielgud, the first openly gay actor to win an Oscar - Arthur (1981)

51. Watch a film directed by Jerome Robbins, the first openly gay person to win Best Director at the Oscars - West Side Story (1961)

52. Watch a film directed by Rob Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, the openly gay filmmakers to win an academy award with the first gay-themed film at the Oscars - The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

53. Watch a film arranged and orchestrated by Angela Morley, the first openly transgender person to be nominated for an Academy Award - The Little Prince (1974)

54. Watch a film directed by Yance Ford, the first openly transgender man to be nominated for an Academy Award - Strong Island (2017)

55. Watch a film with a song by Melissa Etheridge, the first openly lesbian winner for Original Song at the Oscars - An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

Studios, Distributors, & Production Companies:

[#12] 56. Watch an A24 film - Past Lives (2023)

57. Watch a NEON film - BRATS (2024)

58. Watch a Warner Bros. Pictures film - The Matrix (1999)

59. Watch a Paramount Pictures film - Romeo and Juliet (1968)

60. Watch a Universal Studios film - All That Heaven Allows (1955)

61. Watch a Sony Pictures film - An American Pickle (2020)

62. Watch a Walt Disney Studios film - Cruella (2021)

63. Watch a 20th Century Studios film - West Side Story (2021)

64. Watch an Aardman Studios film - Chicken Run (2000)

65. Watch a MUBI film - One Fine Morning (2022)

Streaming Services:

[#11] 66. Watch a Netflix Original film - Don’t Look Up (2021)

67. Watch an Amazon Prime Video Original film - Culpa Nuestra (2025)

[#9] 68. Watch a Disney+ Original film - Soul (2020)

69. Watch a Hulu Original film - Palm Springs (2020)

70. Watch an Apple TV+ Original film - Fountain of Youth (2025)

[#7] 71. Watch a Tubi Original film - Slay (2024)

72. Watch a film on the Criterion Channel - Lilies (1996)

[#6] 73. Watch a film on Kanopy - In & Out (1997)

Actors:

74. Watch a film starring Nicholas Galitzine - Purple Hearts (2022)

75. Watch a film starring Jennifer Lawrence - mother! (2017)

76. Watch a film starring Diane Keaton - Annie Hall (1977)

77. Watch a film starring Margot Robbie - I, Tonya (2017)

78. Watch a film starring James Duval - SLC Punk (1998)

79. Watch a film with an ensemble cast - The First Wives Club (1996)

80. Watch a film with an all-woman cast - The Woman (1939)

Global Cinema:

81. Watch a film produced in a country I've never seen - L’Enfant (2005)

82. Watch a non-English language film - Shoplifters (2018)

Special Experiences:

[#3] 83. Watch a film in theaters - Bugonia (2025)

[#4] 84. Watch a film in IMAX - Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)

[#1] 85. Watch a film on 35mm film - After the Hunt (2025)

[#13] 86. Watch a film on 70mm film - Sinners (2025)

87. Watch a film on DVD - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

88. Watch an indie film - The Worst Person in the World (2021)

89. Watch a cult classic - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

90. Watch a sequel that I’ve never seen - The Godfather Part II (1974)

Awards and Recognition:

91. Watch an Oscar Best Picture Winner - Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

92. Watch an Oscar Best Picture nominated film that didn’t win - Barry Lyndon (1975)

93. Watch a Cannes Palme d’Or Winner - Elephant (2003)

94. Watch a film with a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes - Takeout (2004)

95. Watch a film from IMDb's top 250 - Trainspotting (1996)

96. Watch a film from Letterboxd's top 250 - Chungking Express (1994)

Watch all of Cillian Murphy’s Criterion Closet Picks:

97. La Piscine (1969)
98. Rosetta (1999)

John Cassavetes: Five Films
99. Shadows (1959)
100. Faces (1968)
101. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
102. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
103. Opening Night (1977)
104. A Constant Forge (2000)
105. Code Unknown (2000)

The Wes Anderson Archive: Ten Films, Twenty-Five Years
106. Bottle Rocket (1996)
107. Rushmore (1998)
108. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
109. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
110. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
[#2] 111. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
112. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
113. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
114. Isle of Dogs (2018)
115. The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)

Watch all of Winona Ryder’s Criterion Closet Picks:

116. Au revoir les enfants (1987)
117. The Learning Tree (1969)

John Cassavetes: Five Films

<blockquote>99. Shadows (1959)</blockquote><blockquote>100. Faces (1968)</blockquote><blockquote>101. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)</blockquote><blockquote>102. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)</blockquote><blockquote>103. Opening Night (1977)</blockquote><blockquote>104. A Constant Forge (2000)</blockquote>118. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
119. Down by Law (1986)
120. Lost in America (1985)
121. Matewan (1987)
122. After Life (1998)

Watch all of Nicholas Hoult’s Criterion Closet Picks:

123. In the Mood for Love (2000)
124. Shallow Grave (1994)

Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits
125. The Big Boss (1971)
126. Fist of Fury (1972)
127. The Way of the Dragon (1972)
128. Enter the Dragon (1973)
129. Game of Death (1978)

<blockquote>[#2] 111. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)</blockquote>130. Citizen Kane (1941)
[#8] 131. No Country for Old Men (2007)
132. Being There (1979)
133. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Watch all the Best Picture Nominees for films released the year you were born:

134. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
135. Mystic River (2003)
136. Seabiscuit (2003)
137. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
138. Lost in Translation (2003)

Watch all the Directing Nominees for films released the year you were born:

<blockquote>134. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)</blockquote><blockquote>135. Mystic River (2003)</blockquote>139. City of God (2002)

<blockquote>137. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)</blockquote><blockquote>138. Lost in Translation (2003)</blockquote>
Watch the films that inspired the list (it originally only had 101 films but then I got carried away lol): 

140. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
141. 101 Dalmatians (1996)
142. 102 Dalmatians (2000)

[#] are the order in which I finished the films.

gavin

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