Spotlight 2015

2016 Academy Award Nominees

These are great movies that most people haven't heard of.

My list of all-time classics, genre-definers, and can't-miss films & TV series. Whenever anybody asks me, "What should I watch next?" this list is my response.

While not everything here rates a 10/10 (though nothing falls below a 7/10 by my reckoning), each entry is at least an important cultural touchstone or an ambitious artistic achievement that is worthy of your valuable time.

Source:
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Video

Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed

Years after 2018 come from NYT website.

work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.

Tearjerkers
I made this list to remind me before watching or rewatching so I can prepare myself. Some provoke happy tears but I still want to know ahead of time. I hate crying. It causes headaches and stuffy noses.

List of movies that won the Academy Award for Best Picture (1962 to present), Best Motion Picture (1944 to 1961), Outstanding Motion Picture (1941 to 1943), Outstanding Production (1929/30 to 1940) or Outstanding Picture (1927/28 to 1928/29) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

last uptade: jan 2024

This is a list of all movies that have been in the IMDB Top 250 since 1996.

Recent Changes:
- 2024/03/01 - Dune: Part Two (2024)
- 2024/01/14 - Poor Things (2023)
- 2024/01/02 - 12th Fail (2023)
- 2023/12/25 - Godzilla Minus One (2023)
- 2023/07/21 - Oppenheimer (2023)
- 2023/06/03 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
- 2023/05/05 - Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (2023)
- 2023/03/25 - John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Source: http://250.took.nl/titles

The best that cinema has had to offer since 2000 as picked by 177 film critics from around the world.

Source: The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films
(http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films)

basing on a rating from BBC Culture: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films

IMDb's Top Biography Movies.

Minimum of 25,000 votes, minimum rating of 6.0, maximum of 250 movies.

Last Updated: June 22, 2024

Movies from 2010-2019 with 6.5+ IMDB, 6.5+ TMDB, 65%+ RottenTomatoes, at least 10K votes. Sorted by popularity.

Updated with 2024 winners.

Notes:
- 1948 best original screenplay was consildated together with best adapted screenplay into one category. The winner was "The Treasure of Sierra Madre", adopted from the novel of the same name.

taken from: http://www.thewrap.com/51-fall-movies-on-our-radar-from-black-mass-to-the-revenant-photos/

and recreated here to allow watching and rating

This isn't intended to be a comprehensive list. I'm just going to be periodically updating this list with titles from the following IMDB search parameters:

https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=christmas&ref_=fn_al_kw_1

UPDATED: 5/10/24

NOTE: These are all movies/shows tagged with 'christmas' on IMDB, they aren't necessarily traditional Christmas movies/shows.