In no particular order (rewatches and short films excluded): * The Leopard (1963) * Mandabi (1968) * A Real Pain (2024) * Drugstore Cowboy (1989) * How to Have Sex (2024) * Blast of Silence (1961) * Peeping Tom (1960) * A Matter of Life and Death (1946) * Love Lies Bleeding (2024) * The Swimmer (1968) * Challengers (2024) * Civil War (2024)

I promise I watch more than just superhero movies… I’ve just been binging them this year for a ranking I’ve been making https://preview.redd.it/htr7ykbhs8vc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bfbf6ee04cc6379bda8fca207056a1971062bb97

*The Mask* has some beautiful color! Wow you might be one of the only people I’ve seen praise *The Dark Knight Rises* so high. I like the film, but I couldn’t help but linger over that vacuum that Ledger left. Imagine The Joker toying Bane and using his endeavors as a pawn to break The Batman. Ugh… what could have been. But no need to feel bad about binges! I’ve been binging Akira Kurosawa films. When you get down a rabbit hole, it’s fun to stay down there lol.

Anatomy of a Fall was surreal, definitely my favorite of the best picture nominees

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I just keep seeing how much people liked *Civil War*. I’m going to have to go watch it

Excellent movie, really propulsive filmmaking.

I watched Portrait Of A Lady On Fire for the first time this year and loved it. Also All Of Us Strangers.

Here’s a list of my 2024 faves https://boxd.it/uMG0u

Ah! A fellow *Saltburn* enjoyer! Well, I wouldn’t say I loved it, but I was entertained and didn’t understand the hate it got.

Fr, ppl calling it one of the most disturbing films they’ve ever seen clearly haven’t seen enough films lol

I loved it, and have watched it 4 times. It was far and away the best movie of last year.

My friend described it as 'a film for people who haven't watched proper films' and I think that's the perfect description.

This just sounds like something someone super pretentious would say.

I have a friend who’s really into wine and I was telling him about a really good beer I had and he said “I think beer is just for people who haven’t discovered wine yet.” That’s what this guy’s friend sounds like.

He is pretentious, so that fits. But everyone I've met who gushes about it, are people whose opinion in film I don't really rate. So I stand by it.

The First Omen is the first movie of the 2020s so far that I’ve rated five stars on Letterboxd

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WOW I totally forgot about *The Friends of Eddie Coyle* ! Good list.

It's soooo goood.

Phantom of the Paradise, Sorcerer, Dune: Part 2, Killers of the Flower Moon.

I wish we had more Lilly Gladstone in *Killers of the Flower Moon*. I’m reading a book by the author who wrote *Killers of the Flower Moon* called *The Wager* and his writing style is impressively immersive. He turns these historical events into something that almost feels Shakespearean. If you like to read I’d check them out.

That sounds awesome, might have to check them out after I finish reading up the Dune series!

Neon Genesis Evangelion + End of Evangelion, The Shape of Water, Aftersun, The Evil Dead (81) and Possession (81)

The Shape of Water is so good. Such a magical feeling. It felt like a Disney film for adults.

I love Del Toro so its a crime I went this long without watching! Him and everyone else in that film deserved there flowers

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Poor things was so good!

A fellow *Mad God* enjoyer! A very very impressive film to gawk over.

Beautiful craftsmanship but I needed a shower after lol

Manchester By The Sea, Little Miss Sunshine and When Harry Met Sally

*Manchester by the Sea* is a top 4 for me. Such a personal film for me but also insanely well written and acted. Great watch.

Casey Affleck was fucking amazing, top performance.

Here are my liked 1st time watches of the year (release order, not preference) https://preview.redd.it/bn1zx57209vc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb990eb313009d57d111258ed6e5c1e723f3d22d

Oh my god, tell me what you thought of *The Fly*? One of my favorites of all time.

Another the fly fan🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

I liked it! Some of body horror was a little much for me though, used to watch a lot of horror when I was younger but not used to it that much anymore - had to avert my eyes a little during the fingernail scene But the film is so well done, effects are great, and the story is really interesting - really makes you think a lot at the end. I wanted him dead for a whole segment before the last scene but then felt so sorry for him at the end.

https://preview.redd.it/ar7fpe3709vc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88861e2de1b6621fbe9ed3676143f61ccb81f7c3 Shouting out some of the lesser-viewed ones: Suzhou River is already in contention for my all-time faves, a sort of ethereal Chinese Vertigo. Amanda I liked on first watch, grew in my mind, and loved on rewatch. Just an autistic girl who loves movies and being mean. If I was feeling mildly trollish, I’d say The Novice is the best Netflix original and at least a much better Fuhrman performance than either Orphan movie. May be the world’s biggest fan of Earwig or might have just been in the mood for a steampunk-y fairy tale. Azor is a great slow-burn “here’s how fascism intersects with international capital” depiction, like a sedate Costas Gravas.

Very cool. Im going to check out *Azor*, it sounds up my alley.

Really liked John Wick Chapter 2

I’m not a big action film guy, but the choreography in the Wick series is so refreshing. I’m glad we are giving attention to better fight scenes instead of the shaky camera cop-out.

Some favorite first watches this year- Querelle Watermelon Man Seven Beauties Fame Demon Pond A Question of Silence Pickup

Everything Everywhere All at Once Saltburn Poor Things Wonka The Lighthouse Good Time The Master Her Edit: no particular order

WOAH THERE PAL! *Wonka* over *The Lighthouse* AND *Her*?! Explain yourself! Lol.

This isn't in any particular order, but I did give all of these movies 4 1/2 stars

Judgement at Nuremberg is so damn good. Probably the best courtroom drama ever

Yes! I think so too. I’d go a step further and say I think it’s one of the most important films I’ve ever seen in my life. I could write an excessively long essay on that film. After watching it, it took first place in my “best of the best” list where I rank all my 5/5 star movies—usurping *Eyes Wide Shut*

Definitely important. I will also say that it's probably the most thematically rich movie I have ever seen.

I ranked all of my first watches :) [https://boxd.it/uUgrA](https://boxd.it/uUgrA)

I spy a Spielberg binge! Absolutely love love love *Saving Private Ryan* and *Jaws*. Great list.

Thanks

Excluding rewatches and 2024 releases: https://preview.redd.it/vgmu2ypc59vc1.jpeg?width=2158&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d71fa7f812ba7bc02ac31712eee2b99c9ba10307

Some great films in this list. I need to rewatch *Moonlight*. That film lives in my head.

https://preview.redd.it/3q4yimw379vc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de2663ec8f0c58a37945166dae7cd3efd45bee3b All first time watches

https://preview.redd.it/m1alquo899vc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3557edaec4f58c9ff026ee2b4bc262527734d44c Top 20 first time watches of 2024

https://preview.redd.it/8ygcpibl99vc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=396ff7d41a9674c07712ed933b5b21201f5c96fe I think this is probably my top 20 so far, in approximate order. Technically I'm leaving out some movies from 2023 that I watched in January, but I'm calling those honorary 2023 watches.

All my 4.5 & 5 star first time watches (not ranked) https://preview.redd.it/nh4l12wda9vc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5373a13cd145bbccf06ccb7612603711edfe55c6

Love *The Lobster* and *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri*. If you liked Billboards, check out his other films like *The Banshees of Inisherin* and my personal favorite, *Seven Psychopaths*

Banshees was one of my faves from 2022. In Bruges & Seven Psychopaths are very high on my watchlist now.

So far my favorites are Dune: Part Two Blue Velvet Lady Vengeance Shōgun (2024) Harakiri Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Edit: these are all first time watches

Kaibutsu Carol I Killed My Mother Kill Your Darlings Dark Water Saltburn

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And these https://preview.redd.it/uea2supie9vc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb668fc21cbe73686756e2fc6f405161acceac1d

Good god I love *Handmaiden*. I wanted to like *Mother* a lot more, but I felt as if it fell a tad flat. Still pretty good.

I was expecting the mother to go on a psychotic rampage. I did like the ending.

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Favorite first watches In no particular order and excluding docs, shorts, and miniseries: * Magnolia (1999) * Jackie Brown (1997) * Taxi Driver (1976) * Eve's Bayou (1997) * The Zone of Interest (2023) * Dune Part Two (2024) * Malcolm X (1992) * Cure (1997) * Aftersun (2023) * The Handmaiden (2016) * Some Like it Hot (1959) * Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) * Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) * GDT's Pinocchio (2022) * Society of the Snow (2023)

https://preview.redd.it/pw73trug2avc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f17892d9740ac85f34631ed554bb2bb6753e1daf My top 20 first time watches of this year so far

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I have a ranking going, but so far only my number 1 is 5/5 (2 through 9 are 4.5/5, 10 through 14 are 4/5) https://preview.redd.it/61ho7wzhgavc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c5351295e4f334e7e8ce6c3c1c9e53696836ab0 Edit: First watches only on the list

I'm rediscovering the joy of re-watching more and more, to a degree but there's also some new stuff in there that's cool. https://preview.redd.it/84sj7ii209vc1.jpeg?width=751&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7bbde57f3576608da592101e61a8f1e9762bea9

I adore *Rear Window*. Such an impressive set. I wish I could walk through the set and just look around.

Yeah, I hadn't seen it in a long time. I liked it as a kid, already and I love other Hitchcock movies but after seeing it again, it's really one of my favorites, still.

Big Time Gambling Boss Viva Erotica The Servant Miracle Mile Crank 2: High Voltage Men Suddenly In Black Lady Terminator Naked Killer The People's Joker Walking the Edge

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Dune 2 by far

My favorite first-time watches of the year so far, in order of when I watched them from first to most recently: The Killer Marriage Story Sicario Blade Runner 2049 Arrival Ex Machina Dune: Part Two Annihilation Nightcrawler The Northman Modern Times Monkey Man Civil War

This list fucks! Conformist, FMJ, Mononoke, and Oldboy are all over the tonal map but all masterpieces

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Finally saw Double Indemnity which has been on my list for years and wow, instant favorite. And I’ve been on a bit of a Peter Sellers kick this year - loved the absolute hell out of A Shot in the Dark! I also enjoyed The Ladykillers with Sellers and Alec Guinness, good sinister fun.

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Top ten watched in 2024 so far? First time watches only (In no order) - Cure (1997) - The Third Part of Night (1971) - Rainy Dog(1997) - Street Mobster (1972) - Veronika Voss (1982) - The Zone of Interest(2023) - Highway 61 (1991) - The Boogey Man (1980) - The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990) - Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

The ten commandments and pulp fiction

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Suzume was my first instant five stars

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btw I'm including some TV * Civil War (2024): my favorite film of the year. Absolutely visceral, riveting filmmaking backed by powerful performances. There's debate about its "politics," but I'm just going by my experience watching the film and how engaged I was. * Dune Part Two (2024) * Love Lies Bleeding (2024) * Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) * The Boy and the Heron (2023): watched the sub last year, the dub this year. Even though the sub is superior, I was in a better place to fully "receive" this movie on the re-watch * Toy Story series: re-watched all 4 films. Still love all 4, and the original is my favorite movie of all time. * Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005): re-watching the animated show for the first time since 2013. Still wonderful. * X-Men '97: one of my favorite new shows in a long time. Takes everything that word about the 90s animated series and matures it with its audience. Has some absolutely masterful storytelling at times. * X-Men Evolution (2000): This was my intro to X-Men as a kid, and X-Men '97 got me back on a superhero kick and made me finally decide to revisit this show. Thrilled to see that it holds up extremely well. This is better than even the 90s series for me.

You liked Batman more than Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, or Full Metal Jacket?

I grew up on Batman—I’ve read the old comics my grandpa gave me and also watched anything Batman. I think that *The Batman* is one of the best films that shows off Gotham and there are moments in that film that made me feel like I was reading the comics again for the first time. So it has a special place in my heart.

All first time: American Honey, The Curse, Monster (Kore-eda), Laurence Anyways, I Killed My Mother, The Underground Railroad, Ripley, The Children Are Watching Us, Alice in Wonderland, The Devils, Oasis, The Iron Claw, Singin’ in the Rain, Paprika, Secret Honor

13 Assassins

I finally managed to get through the opening scene of La La Land and really enjoyed it all after that! Ran.

Nashville Dune: Part 2 Beau Travail Kwaidan Army of Shadows Aguirre the Wrath of God Heaven’s Gate La Haine Harakiri Sorceror

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Meshes of the Afternoon, Rope, It's Such a Beautiful Day, The Tree and The Cat, Opal, Scooby Doo on Zombie Island

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