Personal Lists featuring...

Wonderstruck 2017

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Movies (and some tv series/episodes) that are so insanely packed with things and ideas and visuals they become dense in one way or another.

  • Obviously subjective but not precisely my favourite movies.
  • Ordered alphabetically.

  • Suggestions welcomed but I'll have to see them to see if they fit my criteria.

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Essential movies for lonely people out there... if you want to feel something in this big big world.…

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Excludes superhero/supervillain movies

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official selection + directors' fortnight selection

01–19 / competition
20–37 / un certain regard
38–46 / out of competition
47–62 / special screenings

63–81 / directors' fortnight

82 / semaine de la critique: opening film
83–00 / semaine de la critique: competition
00–00 / semaine de la critique: special screenings
00 / semaine de la critique: closing film
00–00 / semaine de la critique: short films
00–00 / semaine de la critique: short films. special screenings

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HollyWood Movies based on Popularity

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Contemporary Stage/Novel-to-Film

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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.

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2017 Cannes Film Festival:
- 1-19: In Competition
- 20-38: Un Certain Regard
- 39-44: Out of Competition
- 45-64: Directors' Fortnight
- 65-80 : Special Screenings.

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Critics' Choice Awards 2018 nominees.
* EXCLUDING: Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and Independent Spirits 2018 nominees.

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A list of films John Waters has referenced in his interviews, books, commentaries, and other work as influential to his career or that he is a fan of otherwise.

Includes all of the films ranked in his yearly 'Artforum: Best Of' year-end lists. (https://joeclark.org/dossiers/johnwaters.html)

This list is a work in progress, by no means a complete reference.

Cross referenced at
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls044203105/ (with JW quotes pertaining to each title)

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Practically the whole of your childhood is dead (including the Powerpuff Girls), bigotry has entered the White House, we are about to face similar problems for the same reason, and Pokémon have taken people out of reality and off of cliffs. It's no wonder I go to the cinema so many goddamn times. However, with all these disinteresting sequels and "original" concepts, I don't see that happening nearly as much as 2016.

As far as I know, there's no farting corpses, very little hot dogs, hardly any seagulls, no chance of cute 3D redheads and a bunch of gems I've already witnessed first at a festival. Until another festival can surprise me, be it Flare, Sundance, LFF or even the LIAF, the most notable experience I can think of as of yet is seeing who else will attend the My Little Pony movie.

One thing's for sure - there will be less to see than last year, and the rising interest in digital releases doesn't help (especially with the region cheats). Will there be another Carol like there was twice last year, not counting their UK releases this year? Or is 2017 just going to be the weakest year for film by far? Unless we act soon, it won't just be democracy that's dead.

Anyway, movies!

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Prime Video, also marketed as Amazon Prime Video, is an American Internet video on demand service that is developed, owned, and operated by Amazon. It offers television shows and films for rent or purchase and Prime Video, a selection of Amazon Studios original content and licensed acquisitions included in the Amazon's Prime subscription.

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All the book-to-movie and book-to-tv adaptations I can think of.

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This list will be frequently updated as movies move in-and-out of contention.

Update 10/13/17:
(Big update today. I added all of the movies that have come into contention over the summer and removed a few that have dropped out. I will continue to monitor the list monthly until award season ends.)
*Added - The Post
*Added - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
*Added – Get Out
*Added – Blade Runner 2049
*Added – The Florida Project
*Added – Last Flag Flying
*Added – Lady Bird
*Added - The 15:17 to Paris
*Added - All the Money in the World
*Added – Breathe
*Added - First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
*Added – Hostiles
*Added - The Killing of a Sacred Deer
*Added - Murder on the Orient Express
*Added - Roman J. Israel, Esq.
*Added - The Square
*Added – Stronger
*Added – Suburbicon
*Added - Thank You For Your Service
*Added - Victoria and Abdul
*Added - Wind River
*Added - Wonder Woman
*Added – Wonder
*Added – The Disaster Artist
*Added – Good Time
*Added – Brad’s Status
*Added – Goodbye Christopher Robin
*Added - The Leisure Seeker
*Added – Chappaquiddick
*Added - Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
*Added - I, Tonya
*Added - In the Fade
*Added – Kings
*Added – Disobedience
*Added - Beatriz at Dinner
*Added - The Meyerowitz Stories
*Added - Logan Lucky
*Added - The Death of Stalin
*Added – Girls Trip
*Added – The Lost City of Z (Cinematography)
*Added – War for the Planet of the Apes (Sound editing)
*Added – Coco
*Added – Transformers: The Last Knight (Sound editing)
*Added – Baby Driver (Sound editing)
*Added - Justice League (Sound editing)
*Added – Baby Driver (Sound editing)
*Added – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Sound mixing)
*Added – The Breadwinner
*Added – The Lego Batman Movie
*Added – The Boss Baby
*Added – Ferdinand
*Added – The Lego Ninjago Movie
*Added – In This Corner of the World

*Removed – The Book of Henry

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an ever evolving list of movies I have watched

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