Of course, based on the demographics of this series, the producers are evidently much closer to doing an all-white series instead
January 2, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Of course, based on the demographics of this series, the producers are evidently much closer to doing an all-white series instead
In 2023, I watched 125 films, but Letterboxd year in review still told me that my most watched actor was Anthony Daniels
So that can happen to the best of us :P
So that can happen to the best of us :P
January 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
In 2023, I watched 125 films, but Letterboxd year in review still told me that my most watched actor was Anthony Daniels
So that can happen to the best of us :P
So that can happen to the best of us :P
By way of clarification, Lola refers to Jacques Demy's 1961 film, and Black Christmas refers to Bob Clark's 1974 film.
January 1, 2026 at 1:26 AM
By way of clarification, Lola refers to Jacques Demy's 1961 film, and Black Christmas refers to Bob Clark's 1974 film.
Thank you very much, and have a lovely 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Thank you very much, and have a lovely 2026!
And so ends the thread for 2025!
Some special mentions:
Phenomena
The Company of Wolves
The Rules of the Game
Black Christmas
Bianca
The 400 Blows
The Stepford Wives
Lola
Delicatessen
The Lost Boys
Ginger Snaps
Spirit of the Beehive
A League of their Own
All bangers in their own right
Some special mentions:
Phenomena
The Company of Wolves
The Rules of the Game
Black Christmas
Bianca
The 400 Blows
The Stepford Wives
Lola
Delicatessen
The Lost Boys
Ginger Snaps
Spirit of the Beehive
A League of their Own
All bangers in their own right
January 1, 2026 at 1:10 AM
And so ends the thread for 2025!
Some special mentions:
Phenomena
The Company of Wolves
The Rules of the Game
Black Christmas
Bianca
The 400 Blows
The Stepford Wives
Lola
Delicatessen
The Lost Boys
Ginger Snaps
Spirit of the Beehive
A League of their Own
All bangers in their own right
Some special mentions:
Phenomena
The Company of Wolves
The Rules of the Game
Black Christmas
Bianca
The 400 Blows
The Stepford Wives
Lola
Delicatessen
The Lost Boys
Ginger Snaps
Spirit of the Beehive
A League of their Own
All bangers in their own right
1. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
The most epic adaptation of Shakespeare ever filmed. A sprawlingly epic samurai film, as a warlord confronts his children carving up his empire.
Blood! Flags! Swords! Water and fire and hills! Vivid, glorious reds, yellows, greens, blues! Nothing else hits like this.
The most epic adaptation of Shakespeare ever filmed. A sprawlingly epic samurai film, as a warlord confronts his children carving up his empire.
Blood! Flags! Swords! Water and fire and hills! Vivid, glorious reds, yellows, greens, blues! Nothing else hits like this.
January 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
1. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
The most epic adaptation of Shakespeare ever filmed. A sprawlingly epic samurai film, as a warlord confronts his children carving up his empire.
Blood! Flags! Swords! Water and fire and hills! Vivid, glorious reds, yellows, greens, blues! Nothing else hits like this.
The most epic adaptation of Shakespeare ever filmed. A sprawlingly epic samurai film, as a warlord confronts his children carving up his empire.
Blood! Flags! Swords! Water and fire and hills! Vivid, glorious reds, yellows, greens, blues! Nothing else hits like this.
2. Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974)
Every Wim Wenders film unfolds like the most magical dream, in the truest sense of film as dream. It conjures a sense of place and experience like nothing else.
A man finds himself with a little girl, as they hunt through Europe for a remembered house.
Every Wim Wenders film unfolds like the most magical dream, in the truest sense of film as dream. It conjures a sense of place and experience like nothing else.
A man finds himself with a little girl, as they hunt through Europe for a remembered house.
January 1, 2026 at 1:03 AM
2. Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders, 1974)
Every Wim Wenders film unfolds like the most magical dream, in the truest sense of film as dream. It conjures a sense of place and experience like nothing else.
A man finds himself with a little girl, as they hunt through Europe for a remembered house.
Every Wim Wenders film unfolds like the most magical dream, in the truest sense of film as dream. It conjures a sense of place and experience like nothing else.
A man finds himself with a little girl, as they hunt through Europe for a remembered house.
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1969)
Absolutely monumental filmmaking. Totemic. Watching this is like witnessing the entire grandiosity of human history placed before your very eyes.
A masterwork of precision, every shot constructed like in nothing else. Astonishing.
Absolutely monumental filmmaking. Totemic. Watching this is like witnessing the entire grandiosity of human history placed before your very eyes.
A masterwork of precision, every shot constructed like in nothing else. Astonishing.
January 1, 2026 at 12:58 AM
3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1969)
Absolutely monumental filmmaking. Totemic. Watching this is like witnessing the entire grandiosity of human history placed before your very eyes.
A masterwork of precision, every shot constructed like in nothing else. Astonishing.
Absolutely monumental filmmaking. Totemic. Watching this is like witnessing the entire grandiosity of human history placed before your very eyes.
A masterwork of precision, every shot constructed like in nothing else. Astonishing.
4. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)
A 5 hour runtime washes away as this delightfully compelling tale of a family in 1900s Sweden unfurls into an epic of intimate proportions.
Profound joy, tragic loss and the terror of power dynamics are brought to life with visual beauty.
A 5 hour runtime washes away as this delightfully compelling tale of a family in 1900s Sweden unfurls into an epic of intimate proportions.
Profound joy, tragic loss and the terror of power dynamics are brought to life with visual beauty.
January 1, 2026 at 12:55 AM
4. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)
A 5 hour runtime washes away as this delightfully compelling tale of a family in 1900s Sweden unfurls into an epic of intimate proportions.
Profound joy, tragic loss and the terror of power dynamics are brought to life with visual beauty.
A 5 hour runtime washes away as this delightfully compelling tale of a family in 1900s Sweden unfurls into an epic of intimate proportions.
Profound joy, tragic loss and the terror of power dynamics are brought to life with visual beauty.
5. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
There is rhythm and groove in every pore of this kinetic realisation of violent crime in 1970s Rio. Impossible to look away from, constantly changing gear and exploding with life even as the streets explode into blood and death.
There is rhythm and groove in every pore of this kinetic realisation of violent crime in 1970s Rio. Impossible to look away from, constantly changing gear and exploding with life even as the streets explode into blood and death.
January 1, 2026 at 12:49 AM
5. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
There is rhythm and groove in every pore of this kinetic realisation of violent crime in 1970s Rio. Impossible to look away from, constantly changing gear and exploding with life even as the streets explode into blood and death.
There is rhythm and groove in every pore of this kinetic realisation of violent crime in 1970s Rio. Impossible to look away from, constantly changing gear and exploding with life even as the streets explode into blood and death.
6. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
A man is in prison, but he doesn't know why, until one day he mysteriously emerges out into the world in a suitcase.
What's going on?
Whatever it is, it's a perfectly executed, dynamic thriller with some shocking twists and direction to die for from Park.
A man is in prison, but he doesn't know why, until one day he mysteriously emerges out into the world in a suitcase.
What's going on?
Whatever it is, it's a perfectly executed, dynamic thriller with some shocking twists and direction to die for from Park.
January 1, 2026 at 12:44 AM
6. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
A man is in prison, but he doesn't know why, until one day he mysteriously emerges out into the world in a suitcase.
What's going on?
Whatever it is, it's a perfectly executed, dynamic thriller with some shocking twists and direction to die for from Park.
A man is in prison, but he doesn't know why, until one day he mysteriously emerges out into the world in a suitcase.
What's going on?
Whatever it is, it's a perfectly executed, dynamic thriller with some shocking twists and direction to die for from Park.
7. Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997)
A terrifying whirlwind of nightmarish terror and confusion, as a pop idol finds her world and sense of reality crashing around her amidst the madness of celebrity obsession and the darkness of fandom.
Another masterclass in animation from Satoshi Kon.
A terrifying whirlwind of nightmarish terror and confusion, as a pop idol finds her world and sense of reality crashing around her amidst the madness of celebrity obsession and the darkness of fandom.
Another masterclass in animation from Satoshi Kon.
January 1, 2026 at 12:41 AM
7. Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997)
A terrifying whirlwind of nightmarish terror and confusion, as a pop idol finds her world and sense of reality crashing around her amidst the madness of celebrity obsession and the darkness of fandom.
Another masterclass in animation from Satoshi Kon.
A terrifying whirlwind of nightmarish terror and confusion, as a pop idol finds her world and sense of reality crashing around her amidst the madness of celebrity obsession and the darkness of fandom.
Another masterclass in animation from Satoshi Kon.
8. Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953)
A couple travel from their rural town to the big city to visit their adult children, but find themselves more of a burden than a blessing.
An intimate, moving, tragic portrait of life. It will make you call your parents and wallow in regret and fear.
A couple travel from their rural town to the big city to visit their adult children, but find themselves more of a burden than a blessing.
An intimate, moving, tragic portrait of life. It will make you call your parents and wallow in regret and fear.
January 1, 2026 at 12:38 AM
8. Tokyo Story (Yasujirō Ozu, 1953)
A couple travel from their rural town to the big city to visit their adult children, but find themselves more of a burden than a blessing.
An intimate, moving, tragic portrait of life. It will make you call your parents and wallow in regret and fear.
A couple travel from their rural town to the big city to visit their adult children, but find themselves more of a burden than a blessing.
An intimate, moving, tragic portrait of life. It will make you call your parents and wallow in regret and fear.
9. Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, 1973)
A travelling conman finds himself in debt to a forthright young girl in the Depression-era American south.
It is a timeless film, and a perfect road trip film and a portrait of a lovely relationship with all the thrill of a crime movie.
A travelling conman finds himself in debt to a forthright young girl in the Depression-era American south.
It is a timeless film, and a perfect road trip film and a portrait of a lovely relationship with all the thrill of a crime movie.
January 1, 2026 at 12:33 AM
9. Paper Moon (Peter Bogdanovich, 1973)
A travelling conman finds himself in debt to a forthright young girl in the Depression-era American south.
It is a timeless film, and a perfect road trip film and a portrait of a lovely relationship with all the thrill of a crime movie.
A travelling conman finds himself in debt to a forthright young girl in the Depression-era American south.
It is a timeless film, and a perfect road trip film and a portrait of a lovely relationship with all the thrill of a crime movie.
10. I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun, 2024)
What if you got too into a TV show?
Or maybe... maybe you're not into it enough
What can that kind of obsession help you learn about yourself? When that path opens, you can embrace your identity, or suppress it.
This is a unique exploration of that.
What if you got too into a TV show?
Or maybe... maybe you're not into it enough
What can that kind of obsession help you learn about yourself? When that path opens, you can embrace your identity, or suppress it.
This is a unique exploration of that.
January 1, 2026 at 12:29 AM
10. I Saw the TV Glow (Jane Schoenbrun, 2024)
What if you got too into a TV show?
Or maybe... maybe you're not into it enough
What can that kind of obsession help you learn about yourself? When that path opens, you can embrace your identity, or suppress it.
This is a unique exploration of that.
What if you got too into a TV show?
Or maybe... maybe you're not into it enough
What can that kind of obsession help you learn about yourself? When that path opens, you can embrace your identity, or suppress it.
This is a unique exploration of that.
Apologies for that clerical error. The thread jumped a time track.
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Apologies for that clerical error. The thread jumped a time track.
11. The Best Years of our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
Three men return from the Second World War, and try to re-enter their old lives. But it is no longer so simple. Relationships have changed and the men themselves have been irrevocably changed by events.
Pitch perfect comedy drama.
Three men return from the Second World War, and try to re-enter their old lives. But it is no longer so simple. Relationships have changed and the men themselves have been irrevocably changed by events.
Pitch perfect comedy drama.
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
11. The Best Years of our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
Three men return from the Second World War, and try to re-enter their old lives. But it is no longer so simple. Relationships have changed and the men themselves have been irrevocably changed by events.
Pitch perfect comedy drama.
Three men return from the Second World War, and try to re-enter their old lives. But it is no longer so simple. Relationships have changed and the men themselves have been irrevocably changed by events.
Pitch perfect comedy drama.
11. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
Two people meet for the very first time.
Or do they?
How long have they known each other?
Which version of themselves and their lives is real, and which is pretend?
What is a relationship? What is a lifetime? What is it to love, and to know another?
Two people meet for the very first time.
Or do they?
How long have they known each other?
Which version of themselves and their lives is real, and which is pretend?
What is a relationship? What is a lifetime? What is it to love, and to know another?
January 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
11. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
Two people meet for the very first time.
Or do they?
How long have they known each other?
Which version of themselves and their lives is real, and which is pretend?
What is a relationship? What is a lifetime? What is it to love, and to know another?
Two people meet for the very first time.
Or do they?
How long have they known each other?
Which version of themselves and their lives is real, and which is pretend?
What is a relationship? What is a lifetime? What is it to love, and to know another?
11. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)
Absolutely insane autobiopic from Fosse. Unhinged, really, to make a film like this about oneself - to call it "warts and all" is an understatement. Fosse presents himself as a demented figure, and the crescendo is perhaps his most maximalist number ever.
Absolutely insane autobiopic from Fosse. Unhinged, really, to make a film like this about oneself - to call it "warts and all" is an understatement. Fosse presents himself as a demented figure, and the crescendo is perhaps his most maximalist number ever.
December 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
11. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)
Absolutely insane autobiopic from Fosse. Unhinged, really, to make a film like this about oneself - to call it "warts and all" is an understatement. Fosse presents himself as a demented figure, and the crescendo is perhaps his most maximalist number ever.
Absolutely insane autobiopic from Fosse. Unhinged, really, to make a film like this about oneself - to call it "warts and all" is an understatement. Fosse presents himself as a demented figure, and the crescendo is perhaps his most maximalist number ever.
I've accidentally done too many films on this list and I only just realised. But I'm gonna keep going anyway. We'll say the next few are all #11
Hope everyone is enjoying the dying embers of 2025
Hope everyone is enjoying the dying embers of 2025
December 31, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I've accidentally done too many films on this list and I only just realised. But I'm gonna keep going anyway. We'll say the next few are all #11
Hope everyone is enjoying the dying embers of 2025
Hope everyone is enjoying the dying embers of 2025
12. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
Robin Williams is stunning in this impeccably crafted drama about a troubled genius and his grieving therapist. It's such a lovely human story, that starts as being about unappreciated talent but becomes something all the more special.
Robin Williams is stunning in this impeccably crafted drama about a troubled genius and his grieving therapist. It's such a lovely human story, that starts as being about unappreciated talent but becomes something all the more special.
December 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
12. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
Robin Williams is stunning in this impeccably crafted drama about a troubled genius and his grieving therapist. It's such a lovely human story, that starts as being about unappreciated talent but becomes something all the more special.
Robin Williams is stunning in this impeccably crafted drama about a troubled genius and his grieving therapist. It's such a lovely human story, that starts as being about unappreciated talent but becomes something all the more special.
13. Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959)
James Stewart is stunning in the role of a lawyer defending a violent killer. We want to root for him because he's James Stewart, but his goal here is so troubling - and the result is a masterclass in tension and play with audience expectations.
James Stewart is stunning in the role of a lawyer defending a violent killer. We want to root for him because he's James Stewart, but his goal here is so troubling - and the result is a masterclass in tension and play with audience expectations.
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
13. Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959)
James Stewart is stunning in the role of a lawyer defending a violent killer. We want to root for him because he's James Stewart, but his goal here is so troubling - and the result is a masterclass in tension and play with audience expectations.
James Stewart is stunning in the role of a lawyer defending a violent killer. We want to root for him because he's James Stewart, but his goal here is so troubling - and the result is a masterclass in tension and play with audience expectations.
14. Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)
A kaleidoscope of colourful horror about a killer with a movie camera by the master of technicolour cinema, painted in vivid hues and dynamic movement. A masterclass in horror and visual spectacle - screencaps simply do not do ot justice.
A kaleidoscope of colourful horror about a killer with a movie camera by the master of technicolour cinema, painted in vivid hues and dynamic movement. A masterclass in horror and visual spectacle - screencaps simply do not do ot justice.
December 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
14. Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)
A kaleidoscope of colourful horror about a killer with a movie camera by the master of technicolour cinema, painted in vivid hues and dynamic movement. A masterclass in horror and visual spectacle - screencaps simply do not do ot justice.
A kaleidoscope of colourful horror about a killer with a movie camera by the master of technicolour cinema, painted in vivid hues and dynamic movement. A masterclass in horror and visual spectacle - screencaps simply do not do ot justice.
15. Swing Girls (Shinobu Yaguchi, 2004)
Absolute riotous fun as a group of schoolgirls (and a boy) start a swing band, and get into a whole range of wild antics over a wild and joyful few weeks. Rhythmic, energised, an absolute ton of fun
Absolute riotous fun as a group of schoolgirls (and a boy) start a swing band, and get into a whole range of wild antics over a wild and joyful few weeks. Rhythmic, energised, an absolute ton of fun
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
15. Swing Girls (Shinobu Yaguchi, 2004)
Absolute riotous fun as a group of schoolgirls (and a boy) start a swing band, and get into a whole range of wild antics over a wild and joyful few weeks. Rhythmic, energised, an absolute ton of fun
Absolute riotous fun as a group of schoolgirls (and a boy) start a swing band, and get into a whole range of wild antics over a wild and joyful few weeks. Rhythmic, energised, an absolute ton of fun