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All of Us Strangers 2023

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81st Golden Globe Awards - Golden Globes 2024 motion picture nominees and winners:
- Best Motion Picture - Drama: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12. | 07 - Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos).
- Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language: 02, 03, 05, 13, 14, 15. | 02 - Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet).
- Best Director: 01, 03, 04, 06, 07, 12. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best Actor - Drama: 01, 04, 06, 16, 17, 18. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy).
- Best Actress - Drama: 02, 03, 04, 06, 19, 20. | 04 - Killers of the Flower Moon (Lily Gladstone).
- Best Actor - Musical or Comedy: 08, 09, 10, 21, 22, 23. | 08 - The Holdovers (Paul Giamatti).
- Best Actress - Musical or Comedy: 07, 11, 12, 15, 24, 25. | 07 - Poor Things (Emma Stone).
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role: 01, 04, 07, 07, 11, 12. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Robert Downey Jr.).
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: 01, 08, 11, 16, 19, 25. | 08 - The Holdovers (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).
- Best Screenplay: 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 12. | 02 - Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, Arthur Harari).
- Best Original Score: 01, 04, 05, 07, 31, 33. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson).
- Best Original Song: 12, 12, 12, 17, 26, 36. | 12 - Barbie ("What Was I Made for?").
- Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: 01, 12, 27, 28, 29, 30. | 12 - Barbie (Greta Gerwig).
- Best Motion Picture - Animated: 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. | 26 - The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki).
- Best Stand-Up Comedy Special: 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 | 12 - Ricky Gervais: Armageddon.

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Gay movies and shows

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77th British Academy Film Awards - 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards nominees and winners:
- Best Film: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best British Film of the Year: 02, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. | 06 - The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer).
- Best Film not in the English Language: 05, 06, 15, 16, 17. | 06 - The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer).
- Best Director: 01, 03, 05, 06, 14, 18. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best Leading Actor: 01, 03, 07, 15, 18, 19. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy).
- Best Leading Actress: 02, 05, 09, 18, 20, 21. | 02 - Poor Things (Emma Stone).
- Best Supporting Actor: 01, 02, 04, 07, 14, 20. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Robert Downey Jr.).
- Best Supporting Actress: 01, 03, 06, 07, 14, 21. | 03 - The Holdovers (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).
- Best Original Screenplay: 03, 05, 15, 18, 20. | 05 - Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet, Arthur Harari).
- Best Adapted Screenplay: 01, 02, 06, 14, 22. | 22 - American Fiction (Cord Jefferson).
- Best Cinematography: 01, 02, 04, 06, 18. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Hoyte Van Hoytema).
- Best Editing: 01, 02, 04, 05, 06. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame).
- Best Production Design: 01, 02, 04, 06, 20. | 02 - Poor Things.
- Best Costume Design: 01, 02, 04, 12, 20. | 02 - Poor Things.
- Best Make Up/Hair: 01, 02, 04, 12, 18. | 02 - Poor Things.
- Best Original Score: 01, 02, 04, 07, 38. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson).
- Best Sound: 01, 06, 18, 23, 24. | 06 - The Zone of Interest.
- Best Special Visual Effects: 02, 12, 24, 25, 26. | 02 - Poor Things.
- Best Documentary: 17, 30, 31, 32, 33. | 17 - 20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson).
- Best Animated Film: 37, 38, 39, 40. | 37 - The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki).
- Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: 13, 27, 34, 35, 36. | 27 - Earth Mama (Savanah Leaf).
- EE Rising Star Award: 07, 13, 28, 29, 41. | 13 - How to Have Sex (Mia McKenna-Bruce).
- Best Casting: 03, 04, 05, 13, 14. | 03 - The Holdovers.
- Best British Short Film: 42, 43, 44, 45, 46. | 42 - Jellyfish and Lobster.
- Best British Short Animation: 47, 48, 49. | 47 - Crab Day.

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LGBTQIA+ related films and series that I have seen.

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Pulled from Rotten Tomatoes Top Movies section:
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-movies-of-2023/

UPDATED: 1/2/2024

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Latest releases with IMDB score 6.7+ and minimum votes 10000+

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This list will be updated frequently throughout the year as contenders rise and fall.

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39th Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees and winners:
- Best Feature: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06. | 01 - Past Lives (Celine Song).
- Best First Feature: 07, 08, 09, 10, 11. | 07 - A Thousand and One (A. V. Rockwell).
- Best International Film: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. | 12 - Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet).
- Best Director: 01, 03, 05, 06, 17. | 01 - Past Lives (Celine Song).
- Best Lead Performance: 01, 01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 07, 18, 19, 20. | 02 - American Fiction (Jeffrey Wright).
- Best Supporting Performance: 02, 02, 03, 06, 17, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24. | 21 - The Holdovers (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).
- Best Screenplay: 01, 02, 19, 21, 25. | 02 - American Fiction (Cord Jefferson).
- Best First Screenplay: 03, 09, 10, 23, 26. | 03 - May December (Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik).
- Best Cinematography: 13, 14, 15, 16, 21. | 21 - The Holdovers (Eigil Bryld).
- Best Editing: 04, 09, 23, 24, 27. | 27 - How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Daniel Garber).
- Best Documentary: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40. | 36 - Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania).
- Robert Altman Award (ensemble cast, dir. and casting dir.): 28. | 28 - Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, Gayle Keller).
- John Cassavetes Award (best feature under $1,000,000): 24, 29, 30, 31, 32. | 29 - Fremont (Babak Jalali).
- Someone to Watch Award: 19, 33, 34. | 34 - Mountains (Monica Sorelle).
- Truer Than Fiction Award: 35, 41, 42. | 35 - Unseen (Set Hernandez).

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From Kermode and Mayo's Take. Includes supersub stand-ins when Kermode is away on the cruise.

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2024 Critics Choice Awards nominees and winners:
- Best Picture: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best Foreign Language Film: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. | 11 - Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet).
- Best Director: 01, 02, 04, 05, 08, 09. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan).
- Best Actor: 01, 04, 05, 06, 08, 17. | 04 - The Holdovers (Paul Giamatti).
- Best Actress: 02, 03, 05, 08, 09, 11. | 02 - Poor Things (Emma Stone).
- Best Supporting Actor: 01, 02, 05, 06, 09, 18. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Robert Downey Jr.).
- Best Supporting Actress: 01, 04, 09, 10, 18, 19. | 04 - The Holdovers (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).
- Best Original Screenplay: 02, 03, 08, 09, 18, 20. | 09 - Barbie (Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach).
- Best Adapted Screenplay: 01, 02, 05, 06, 21, 22. | 06 - American Fiction (Cord Jefferson).
- Best Cinematography: 01, 02, 05, 07, 08, 09. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Hoyte Van Hoytema).
- Best Editing: 01, 02, 05, 08, 09, 20. | 01 - Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame).
- Best Comedy: 02, 03, 06, 09, 23, 24. | 09 - Barbie (Greta Gerwig).
- Best Production Design: 01, 02, 05, 07, 09, 25. | 09 - Barbie *.
- Best Costume Design: 02, 05, 09, 10, 26, 27. | *
09** - Barbie *.
- Best Hair & Makeup: 01, 02, 08, 09, 10, 28. | *
09** - Barbie *.
- Best Score: 01, 02, 05, 09, 13, 34. | *
01** - Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson).
- Best Song: 09, 09, 09, 17, 36, 38. | 09 - Barbie ("I'm Just Ken").
- Best Visual Effects: 01, 02, 29, 30, 31, 34. | 01 - Oppenheimer.
- Best Young Actor/Actress: 04, 09, 11, 21, 26, 31. | 04 - The Holdovers (Dominic Sessa).
- Best Acting Ensemble: 01, 04, 05, 09, 10, 20. | 01 - Oppenheimer.
- Best Animated Feature: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. | 32 - The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki).
- Best Comedy Special: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44. | 39 - John Mulaney: Baby J.

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Whats currently playing in the UK throughout VUE, Odeon and Cineworld

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List compiled from (article and podcast): https://www.filmspotting.net/top-5-lists-archive/949-best-films-of-2023

Four Top 10 lists - from Adam, Josh, Michael Phillips and Marya E. Gates

Ranked by number of consensus Top 10 selections (most Top 10 selections first), then average place from all the lists
1: Past Lives - Michael (#1), Marya (#3)
2: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt - Josh (#5), Marya (#1)
3: Killers of the Flower Moon - Adam (#3), Michael (#3)
4: All of Us Strangers - Adam (#1), Josh (#6)
5: Asteroid City - Adam (#4), Josh (#3)
6: Anatomy of a Fall - Adam (#7), Josh (#2)
7: Oppenheimer - Adam (#2), Michael (#9)
8: Barbie - Josh (#10), Michael (#4)
9: The Zone of Interest - Adam (#10), Michael (#6)
10: May December - Adam (#8), Michael (#10)

Besides the 10 consensus movies, there are some outliers that only made it to one Top 10 list
11: The Holdovers - Adam (#5)
12: The Taste of Things - Adam (#6)
13: The Teachers’ Lounge - Adam (#9)
14: The Boy and the Heron - Josh (#1)
15: You Hurt My Feelings - Josh (#4)
16: Skinamarink - Josh (#7)
17: Priscilla - Josh (#8)
18: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Josh (#9)
19: The Boy - Michael (#2)
20: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. - Michael (#5)
21: Return to Seoul - Michael (#7)
22: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar - Michael (#8)
23: Plan 75 - Marya (#2)
24: Amanda - Marya (#4)
25: Fremont - Marya (#4)
26: The Blue Caftan - Marya (#5)
27: Godland - Marya (#6)
28: La Chimera - Marya (#7)
29: Kokomo City - Marya (#8)
30: Lakota Nation vs. United States - Marya (#9)
31: BlackBerry - Marya (#10)

Finally, below are the movies that made it to the 11-20 of at least one critic
32: Showing Up - Adam, Michael
33: Poor Things - Adam, Michael
34: Suzume - Adam, Josh
35: Four Daughters - Josh, Michael
36: The Iron Claw - Adam
37: The Killer - Adam
38: Menus-Plaisirs: Les Les Troisgros - Adam
39: Godzilla Minus One - Josh
40: Rodeo - Josh
41: Fair Play - Michael
42: I’m a Virgo - Michael
43: In the Rearview - Michael
44: The Royal Hotel - Michael
45: A Thousand and One - Michael
46: The Unknown Country - Michael
47: Blue Jean - Marya
48: Passages - Marya
49: Origin - Marya
50: Hannah Ha Ha - Marya
51: Brother - Marya
52: King Coal - Marya
53: Bottoms - Marya

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Drama movies I recommend you watch.

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