iCM Favorite Movies Challenge (2020–2021)

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Goal:
Watch as many movies as you can from the iCM Forum's Favorite Movies List (2020 Edition).

Rules:
- Any single item on the list counts as an entry. This means that The Decalogue and Hedgehog in the Fog will each count as one point.
- Rewatches not allowed, though they are good for the soul.

Challenge runs until the next update in April 2021.

List:
iCM Link

Participants:

Obgeoff - 92
Teproc - 53
connordenney - 47
Fergenaprido - 30
Lonewolf2003 - 16
Mochard - 13
jal90 – 13
zuma - 2
Lakigigar - 1
VincentPrice

[VincentPrice]

Sure

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I'm at 542 after the update.

Highest unseen: #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

[zuma]

I have seven left. I will try to focus on them some time this year.

[Teproc]

1. Vozvrashchenie (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003) - 8/10
2. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966) - 9/10
3. Kaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964) - 8/10

3/437

1. Vozvrashchenie (Andrey Zvyagintsev 2003)
2. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
3. Kaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)

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01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

Seen: 543/1001
Highest unseen: #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)

[Obgeoff]

Update brought me from 801 to 822 with highest unseen #142 Jagten. Unlikely that I will match my numbers of last year (I would have to get to platinum) but this is a list that I will check when coming up with my watchlists for challenges.

1. Fires on the Plain (1959, Ichikawa) 7

[zuma]

Seven left:

1/7 - Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve, 2013) Absolute illogical garbage. Some good acting and cinematography though. It tried to make you forget all the stupid things in the plot.

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02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)

Seen: 544/1001
Highest unseen: #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)

[Lonewolf2003]

1. #630 India Song (1975, Marguerite Duras): 7.0 - I didn't hate it, nor loved it (Which seem to be the two main reactions to this.) It's tedious at times but it does succeed in capturing the boredom and purposelessness that the characters feel in a foreign country, which is enhanced by the sublime score (the best thing of this movie) and the deliberate framing (lots of mirrors) is superb.
2. #726 Edvard Munch (1974, Peter Watkins): 8.0 - This unconventional biographical movie about the painter Edvard Munch is a high point of Watkins filmed documentary style in which he reconstructs events on film using non-professional actors. What is even more memorable is the editing; the movie constantly intercuts between timelines, with the same shots coming back frequently at different moments in the film. This continuously intercutting accentuates how a few key experiences formed Munch as a person and an artist. Regarding the later the movie highlights the influence of Munch personal emotions on his art (instead of artistic influences as is common in art history), which is excellently conveyed through the constant intercutting to those formative key events while painting. What might be even more remarkable is how the movie successfully balances these two contrasting uses of time; the chronological retelling of events and the constant shifting between timelines. Through this balance it succeeds in showing both the social political climate in late 19th century North-West Europe as well as the personal emotional live of Munch.

925/1001

1. #630 India Song (1975, Marguerite Duras): 7.0
2. #726 Edvard Munch (1974, Peter Watkins): 8.0

Titles in bold are added to my list
Highest unseen: #129 Sátántangó (1994)

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03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)

Seen: 545/1001
Highest unseen: #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)

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04. #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

Seen: 546/1001
Highest unseen: #050 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
04. #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

[Mochard]

I'm in - I'm planning on watching a lot of these films anyway.

I have seen 880 leaving 121 to see.

Highest unseen - 197: Marketa Lazarová (1967)

[Mochard]

635. Roma (2018) - 8/10

A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.



I thought the visuals in this were stunning. Been putting this off for a while now, not sure why.

Seen 1 of 121

1. Roma (2018) - 8/10

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05. #129 Satantango (Béla Tarr, 1994)

Seen: 547/1001
Highest unseen: #050 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
04. #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
05. #129 Satantango (Béla Tarr, 1994)

[Mochard]

406. Gisaengchung (2019) - 8/10

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.



I really enjoyed this.

Watched 2 of 121

1. Roma (2018) - 8/10
2. Gisaengchung (2019) - 8/10

[Mochard]

870. Opening Night (1977) - 7.5/10

IMDb's 1970s Top 50 - Opening Night (1977) - 7.5/10

An actress suffers an emotional uproar in her personal life after a fan dies trying to see her.



This took me a little while to get into it but then I started to enjoy it as I got more invested in the characters.

Watched 3 of 121

1. Roma (2018) - 8/10
2. Gisaengchung (2019) - 8/10
3. Opening Night (1977) - 7.5/10

[zuma]

2/7 - Sleuth (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1972) Surprised it is so loved. Was not a bad watch though.

The final 7

1/7 - Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve, 2013) Absolute illogical garbage. Some good acting and cinematography though. It tried to make you forget all the stupid things in the plot.

2/7 - Sleuth (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1972) Surprised it is so loved. Was not a bad watch though.

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06. #050 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)

Seen: 548/1001
Highest unseen: #053 Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
04. #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
05. #129 Satantango (Béla Tarr, 1994)
06. #050 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)

[Lonewolf2003]

3. #429 Scener ur ett äktenskap [Scenes from a Marriage] (1973, Ingmar Bergman): 8.8 - This is the first time I've seen the tv mini-series version and the added length makes this is honest and unflinching portrayal of marriage in all it ups and downs even better. It is at it best when it cuts out all secondary characters and focuses entirely on its two protagonists locked almost episode long scenes discussions.. Like Bergman himself said about these characters: “They have grown rather contradictory, sometimes anxiously childish, sometimes pretty grown-up. They talk quite a lot of rubbish, now and then saying something sensible. They are nervous, happy, selfish, stupid, kind, wise, self-sacrificing, affectionate, angry, gentle, sentimental, insufferable and lovable”, or simply said purely flawed humans, and therefor immensely recognizable. Of course all this stands or falls with the acting, luckily Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson give what surely rank among their career best performances.

926/1001

1. #630 India Song (1975, Marguerite Duras): 7.0
2. #726 Edvard Munch (1974, Peter Watkins): 8.0

Titles in bold are added to my list
Highest unseen: #129 Sátántangó (1994)

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07. #658 The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)

Seen: 549/1001
Highest unseen: #053 Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
04. #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
05. #129 Satantango (Béla Tarr, 1994)
06. #050 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
07. #658 The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)

[Teproc]

4. Ningen no jôken (II) (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959) - 7/10
5. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996) - 7/10
6. Soy Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964) - 8/10

6/437

1. Vozvrashchenie (Andrey Zvyagintsev 2003)
2. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
3. Kaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)
4. Ningen no jôken (II) (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
5. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
6. Soy Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964)
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[Obgeoff]

2. A Page of Madness (1926, Kinugusa) 8
3. The Thin Man (1934, Van Dyke) 8
4. Three Colours: White (1994, Kieslowski) 8
5. Delicatessen (1991, Caro/Jeunet) 6
6. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933, LeRoy) 10
7. The Cameraman's Revenge (1912, Starewicz) 8
8. The Wrong Trousers (1993, Park) 7
9. Man Bites Dog (1992, Belvaux/Bonzel/Poelvoorde) 8
10. Coco (2017, Unkrich/Molina) 7

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08. #053 Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)

Seen: 550/1001
Highest unseen: #076 The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
04. #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
05. #129 Satantango (Béla Tarr, 1994)
06. #050 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
07. #658 The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
08. #053 Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)

[Teproc]

7. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (Abel Gance, 1927) - 7/10

7/437

1. Vozvrashchenie (Andrey Zvyagintsev 2003)
2. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
3. Kaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)
4. Ningen no jôken (II) (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
5. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
6. Soy Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964)
7. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (Abel Gance, 1927)

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09. #482 Kanał (Andrzej Wajda, 1957)
10. #076 The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)

Seen: 552/1001
Highest unseen: #079 Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
04. #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
05. #129 Satantango (Béla Tarr, 1994)
06. #050 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
07. #658 The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
08. #053 Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)
09. #482 Kanał (Andrzej Wajda, 1957)
10. #076 The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)

[Obgeoff]

11. It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012, Hertzfeldt) 9
12. Happy End (1967, Lipsky) 7
13. Brand Upon the Brain! A Remembrance in 12 Chapters (2006, Maddin) 7
14. The Doll (1919, Lubitsch) 8

[Obgeoff]

15. The Iron Giant (1999, Bird) 8
16. What We Do in the Shadows (2014, Clement/Waititi) 9
17. After Hours (1985, Scorsese) 8
18. Wise Blood (1979, Huston) 7

[Mochard]

898. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 6/10

Viago, Deacon and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane - like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs and overcoming flatmate conflicts.



I thought that this was pretty stupid when I started watching it but then I got sucked in and actually I quite liked it!

937. Darbareye Elly (2009) - 6/10

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.



This gives me back the IMDB Mystery Platinum

988. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - 6.5/10

A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.



992. Room (2015) - 8/10

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.



It sucked me in right from the start. Pretty decent thriller.

Watched 7 of 121

406. Gisaengchung (2019) - 8/10
635. Roma (2018) - 8/10
870. Opening Night (1977) - 7.5/10
898. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 6/10
937. Darbareye Elly (2009) - 6/10
988. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - 6.5/10
992. Room (2015) - 8/10

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19. Lonesome (1928, Fejos) 9
20. Pauline at the Beach (1983, Rohmer) 8
21. Baron Prásil (1962, Zeman) 7
22. Show Me Love (1998, Moodysson) 8
23. House (1977, Obayashi) 8

[Mochard]

548. Happy End (1967) - 4/10

A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth.

Watched 8 of 121

406. Gisaengchung (2019) - 8/10
548. Happy End (1967) - 4/10
635. Roma (2018) - 8/10
870. Opening Night (1977) - 7.5/10
898. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 6/10
937. Darbareye Elly (2009) - 6/10
988. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - 6.5/10
992. Room (2015) - 8/10

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11. #650 The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)

Seen: 553/1001
Highest unseen: #079 Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
04. #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
05. #129 Satantango (Béla Tarr, 1994)
06. #050 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
07. #658 The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
08. #053 Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)
09. #482 Kanał (Andrzej Wajda, 1957)
10. #076 The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)
11. #650 The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)

[Mochard]

987. Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978) - 7/10

Anna, a detached and diffident director, arrives in Germany to show her latest film.

Watched 9 of 121

406. Gisaengchung (2019) - 8/10
548. Happy End (1967) - 4/10
635. Roma (2018) - 8/10
870. Opening Night (1977) - 7.5/10
898. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 6/10
937. Darbareye Elly (2009) - 6/10
987. Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978) - 7/10
988. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - 6.5/10
992. Room (2015) - 8/10

[Teproc]

8. Darbareye Elly (Asghar Farhadi, 2009) - 8/10
9. Il gattopardo (Luchino Visconti, 1963) - 7/10
10. Plein soleil (René Clément, 1960) - 8/10
11 - Deux jours, une nuit (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2014) - 6/10

11/437

1. Vozvrashchenie (Andrey Zvyagintsev 2003)
2. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
3. Kaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)
4. Ningen no jôken (II) (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
5. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
6. Soy Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964)
7. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (Abel Gance, 1927)
8. Darbareye Elly (Asghar Farhadi, 2009)
9. Il gattopardo (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
10. Plein soleil (René Clément, 1960)
11. Deux jours, une nuit (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2014)

[Mochard]

310. La notte (1961) - 7/10

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.

Watched 10 of 121

310. La notte (1961) - 7/10
406. Gisaengchung (2019) - 8/10
548. Happy End (1967) - 4/10
635. Roma (2018) - 8/10
870. Opening Night (1977) - 7.5/10
898. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 6/10
937. Darbareye Elly (2009) - 6/10
987. Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978) - 7/10
988. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - 6.5/10
992. Room (2015) - 8/10

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12. #545 Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954)

Seen: 554/1001
Highest unseen: #079 Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)

Spoiler

01. #718 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma, 2019)
02. #801 A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
03. #731 JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
04. #037 Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
05. #129 Satantango (Béla Tarr, 1994)
06. #050 The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
07. #658 The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
08. #053 Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, 1982)
09. #482 Kanał (Andrzej Wajda, 1957)
10. #076 The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, 1962)
11. #650 The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
12. #545 Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954)

[Mochard]

734. Pociag (1959) - 8/10

Jerzy enters a train set for the Baltic coast. He seems to be on the run from something - as does the strange woman with whom he must share a sleeping compartment.




837. Fehérlófia (1981) - 4/10

A goddess in the shape of a horse gives birth to three super-powered sons who set out to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim their lost kingdom from the underworld.




372. Khane-ye doust kodjast? (1987) - 7/10

An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

Watched 13 of 121

310. La notte (1961) - 7/10
372. Khane-ye doust kodjast? (1987) - 7/10
406. Gisaengchung (2019) - 8/10
548. Happy End (1967) - 4/10
635. Roma (2018) - 8/10
734. Pociag (1959) - 8/10
837. Fehérlófia (1981) - 4/10
870. Opening Night (1977) - 7.5/10
898. What We Do in the Shadows (2014) - 6/10
937. Darbareye Elly (2009) - 6/10
987. Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978) - 7/10
988. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - 6.5/10
992. Room (2015) - 8/10

[Teproc]

12. When Harry Met Sally... (Rob Reiner, 1989) - 8/10

12/437

1. Vozvrashchenie (Andrey Zvyagintsev 2003)
2. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
3. Kaidan (Masaki Kobayashi, 1964)
4. Ningen no jôken (II) (Masaki Kobayashi, 1959)
5. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
6. Soy Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964)
7. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (Abel Gance, 1927)
8. Darbareye Elly (Asghar Farhadi, 2009)
9. Il gattopardo (Luchino Visconti, 1963)
10. Plein soleil (René Clément, 1960)
11. Deux jours, une nuit (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2014)
12. When Harry Met Sally... (Rob Reiner, 1989)

[Lonewolf2003]

4. #690 Mon oncle d'Amérique [My American Uncle] (1980, Alain Resnais): 6.2 - The use of Laborit's theories about human behaviour to comment on the three stories just didn't work for me. All his ideas about free will vs. instinct just weren't that groundbreaking or thoughprovoking to 2020 me.

927/1001

1. #630 India Song (1975, Marguerite Duras): 7.0
2. #726 Edvard Munch (1974, Peter Watkins): 8.0
3. #429 Scener ur ett äktenskap [Scenes from a Marriage] (1973, Ingmar Bergman): 8.8

Titles in bold are added to my list

Highest unseen: #129 Sátántangó (1994)

[Obgeoff]

24. Under the Bridges (1946, Kautner) 7
25. Vitalina Varela (2019, Costa) 7
26. Relatos salvajes (2014, Szifron) 7
27. Conte d'été (1996, Rohmer) 8
28. Jauja (2014, Alonso) 7
29. Il grande silenzio (1968, Corbucci) 8
30. The Killers (1946, Siodmak) 8
31. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932, LeRoy) 8
32. Ghost in the Shell (1995, Oshii) 6
33. An American Werewolf in London (1981, Landis) 5
34. Twelve Monkeys (1995, Gilliam) 8
35. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962, Aldrich) 8
36. Onibaba (1964, Shindo) 8
37. Moonlight (2016, Jenkins) 9
38. Leave Her to Heaven (1945, Stahl) 7
39. The Shop on Main Street (1965, Kadár/Klos) 8
40. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924, Lang) 8
41. Ex Machina (2014, Garland) 9
42. The Straight Story (1999, Lynch) 8
43. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989, Soderbergh) 8
44. Seconds (1966, Frankenheimer) 8
45. Shoeshine (1946, De Sica) 8
46. The Swimmer (1968, Perry/Pollack) 9
47. The Best of Youth (2003, Giordana) 8
48. Fists in the Pocket (1965, Bellocchio) 6