Challenges Index + Basic Rules

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There are two types of challenges:

Official Challenges

• There are two official challenges each month which are set by admins in advance (using a list of suggestions and a list randomizer).
• They all generally use the same set of rules, but it's up to the host if they want to change something.
• The host updates the OP regularly with the current scores and a winner is announced at the end.
• They last for the month.

Unofficial Challenges

• Any member who wants to make up a challenge can do so.
• The host of the challenge is in charge of making his/her own rules for the challenge.
• Not all unofficial challenges keep a scoreboard, it's up to the host to decide.
• They start and end when the host decides and may last more than a month.
• Some challenges may be ongoing.

To make it easier for the challenge host and other members, the best format for your posts would be to keep the films numbered, and a list of everything you've seen in a spoiler tag. You can have ratings or comments in your posts to make them more interesting, but you don't have to.

Example post:

3. The Godfather (1972)

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1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Casablanca (1942)
3. The Godfather (1972)

An index of all our challenges and the winners.

Current Challenges

2019 Challenges

Month	Challenge	Host	Winner
January	Russa/USSR	funkybusiness
	Sci-Fi + Fantasy	maxwelldeux
	Rosenbaum Essentials	sol
February	China, Hong Kong & Taiwan
	1930s
	Academy Award Nominees
March	France
	War
	Directed by Women
April	Australia, New Zealand, Oceania
	1940s
	Doubling the Canon nominees
May	Iran
	Western
	In Competition at Cannes
June	Eastern Europe
	1950s
	Banned Films/Video Nasty
July	Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
	Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
	Low IMDb Rating
August	UK/Ireland
	Romance
	<400 Checks
September	Japan
	21st Century
	Silent Era
October	Latin America & Caribbean
	Horror
	TSPDT + TSPDT 21st Century
November	Korean Peninsula
	Film Noir
	Unofficial
December	Italy
	Documentary
	Conquer the World

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Future Challenges

Ongoing Challenges

Ongoing Challenges

Challenge	Host	Current Leader
Film From Each iCM List Challenge	Mochard	albajos - 134
Top 250 Directors Challenge	brokenface
Titles on 3 or more official lists	wowwee123

Past Challenges
2018

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2018 Challenges

Month	Challenge	Host	Winner
January	Australia, NZ + Other Oceania	maxwelldeux	Simba63 – 91
	Sci-Fi + Fantasy	klaus78	flavo5000 - 166
	Low IMDb Rating	sol	flavo5000 - 142
February	Latin America	clemmetarey	jeroeno - 47
	1960s	72allinncallme	Ivan0716 – 160
	African American Cinema	maxwelldeux	psychotronicbeatnik - 62
March	Russia	funkybusiness	jeroeno – 60
	Animation	Nathan Treadway	flavo5000 – 183
	Directed by Women	allisoncm	psychotronicbeatnik – 119
April	France	maxwelldeux	psychotronicbeatnik – 100
	1970s	72allinncallme	sol – 87
	They Shoot Pictures	funkybusiness	Ivan0716 – 81
May	Italy	sol	72allinncallme – 95
	Western	Nathan Treadway	RogerTheMovieManiac88 – 85
	Grindhouse/Cult	maxwelldeux	flavo5000 – 140
June	Africa	maxwelldeux	Simba63 – 61
	1980s	72allinncallme	India Istanbul – 156
	Unofficial	sol	jeroeno – 94
July	China, Hong Kong & Taiwan	maxwelldeux	wasabi – 105
	Action!	zzzorf	flavo5000 – 118
	Doubling the Canon	funkybusiness	Blueboybob – 139
August	Middle East	sol	RogerTheMovieManiac88 – 51
	1990s + 21st Century	72allinncallme	albajos – 160
	<400 Checks	maxwelldeux	albajos – 140
September	Germany	klaus78	72allinncallme – 67
	Comedy	albajos	flavo5000 – 139
	Silent Era	Knaldskalle	psychotronicbeatnik – 112
October	Iberian Countries	maxwelldeux	72allinncallme – 66
	Horror	funkybusiness	jeroeno – 163
	LGTBIQ	albajos	albajos & jdidaco -111
November	Nordic Nations	albajos	albajos – 160
	Film Noir	maxwelldeux	Simba63 – 122
	Criterion + Masters of Cinema	sol	Zuma – 83
December	Canada	Fergenaprido
	Documentary	tourdesb
	Forum Lists	72allinncallme

2017

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2017 Challenges

Month	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2017	Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge	Daviddoes	flavo5000 - 112
	Degrees of Separation Challenge	sortile9io	allisoncm - 96
February 2017	Academy Awards Challenge	treadwaynathan	albajos - 68
	Criterion Challenge	PeacefulAnarchy	tourdesb - 41
March 2017	Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challenge	Daviddoes	psychotronicbeatnik - 79
	Films Directed By Women Challenge	allisoncm	albajos - 70
April 2017	Animation Challenge	Samar	albajos - 120
	French Challenge	allisoncm	jdidaco - 42
May 2017	Western Challenge	sol	PUNQ - 189
	They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Challenge	Revo	albajos - 100
June 2017	War Challenge	sol	72allinncallme - 143
	Eastern Europe Challenge	albajos	jdidaco - 85
July 2017	Canadian Challenge	72allinncallme	sol - 82
	Doubling the Canon Challenge	klaus78	tourdesb - 69
August 2017	Indian Challenge	sol	72allinncallme - 51
	Musical Challenge	72allinncallme	jdidaco - 96
September 2017	Silent Challenge	Nathan_Treadway	72allinncallme - 89
	Japanese Challenge	sol	psychotronic beatnik - 68
October 2017	Horror Challenge	cinephage	albajos - 206
	Asian Challenge - excluding India, Japan, Russia/Soviet Union	maxwelldeux	Mate-cosido - 87
November 2017	Noir Challenge	maxwelldeux	WalterNeff - 160
	Critics List Challenge	tourdesb	jeroeno - 140
December 2017	Documentary Challenge	maxwelldeux	jeroeno - 168
	Conquering the World Challenge	sortile9io	Mario Gaborović - 113

2016

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2016 Challenges

Month	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2016	Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge (Official)	klaus78	flavo5000 - 143
	African Challenge (Official)	funkybusiness	knaldskalle - 19
February 2016	Academy Awards Challenge (Official)	klaus78	flavo5000 - 71
	Silent Challenge (Official)	clemmetarey	sushantv10 - 40
March 2016	Eastern Europe Challenge (Official)	clemmetarey	tarr - 42
	Films Directed By Women Challenge (Official)	allisoncm	beavis - 32
April 2016	Documentary Challenge (Official)	tourdesb	tourdesb - 133
	French Challenge (Official)	clemmetarey	allisoncm - 30
May 2016	Western Challenge (Official)	Kasparius	PUNQ - 113
	Latin American Challenge (Official)	Hunziker	sortile9io - 96
June 2016	Animation Challenge (Official)	klaus78	flavo5000 - 145
	Middle East Challenge (Official)	3eyes	3eyes & Ataraxic - 20
July 2016	Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challenge (Official)	Daviddoes	te18 - 104
	Criterion Challenge (Official)	klaus78	klaus78 - 73
August 2016	Benelux/Nordic Challenge (Official)	3eyes	PeacefulAnarchy - 36
	Comedy Challenge (Official)	cinephage	PeacefulAnarchy - 123
September 2016	Japanese Challenge (Official)	themagician	45MinuteZoom - 39
	Action Challenge (Official)	ChrisReynolds	flavo5000 - 101
October 2016	Horror Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	kierkegaardian - 172
	UK/Ireland Challenge (Official)	HVM	Cippenham - 42
November 2016	Noir Challenge (Official)	PeacefulAnarchy	flavo5000 - 96
	Asian Challenge (except big countries) (Official)	3eyes	PUNQ - 32
December 2016	They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Challenge (Official)	sortile9io	tourdesb - 58
	Samurai Challenge (Official)	themagician	burneyfan - 15

2015

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2015 Challenges

Month	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2015	African Challenge (Official)	3eyes	kingink - 16
	Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge (Official)	joachimt	flavo5000 - 96
February 2015	Silent Challenge (Official)	Lilarcor	burneyfan - 54
	Academy Awards Challenge (Official)	Lammetje	Armoreska - 84
March 2015	Polish Challenge (Official)	clemmetarey	allisoncm - 22
	Films Directed By Women Challenge (Official)	allisoncm	Perception de Ambiguity - 44
April 2015	Documentary Challenge (Official)	funkybusiness	Armoreska - 71
	Italian Challenge (Official)	HVM	Cocoa - 26
May 2015	Western Challenge (Official)	Kasparius	Chemosh6969 - 57
	French Challenge (Official)	funkybusiness	allisoncm - 74
June 2015	Animation Challenge (Official)	te18	flavo5000 - 123
	Queer Challenge (Official)	Fergenaprido	Fergenaprido - 27
July 2015	Degrees of Separation (Official)	funkybusiness	burneyfan - 72
	Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challenge (Official)	te18	flavo5000 - 77
August 2015	Rewatch Challenge (Official)	themagician	Perception de Ambiguity - 47
	Czech and Slovak Challenge (Official)	themagician	mjf314 - 35
September 2015	Japanese Challenge (Official)	themagician	themagician - 120
	Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Films Challenge (Official)	Gershwin	lillyjabry - 55
October 2015	Horror Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	kierkegaardian - 200
	Chinese Challenge (Official)	Melvelet	Ataraxic - 39
November 2015	Noir Challenge (Official)	PeacefulAnarchy	PeacefulAnarchy - 111
	German Challenge (Official)	HVM	klaus78 - 49
December 2015	They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Challenge (Official)	clemmetarey	sortile9io - 66
	Russian Challenge (Official)	funkybusiness	sushantv10 - 41

2014

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2014 Challenges

Month	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2014	Latin American Challenge (Official)	allisoncm	daviddoes & mjf314 - 23
	Doubling the Canon Challenge (Official)	HVM	frbrown - 28
	1001 Movies Before You Die Challenge	Knaldskalle	esiersdale - 42
February 2014	Asian Challenge - excluding China/Hong Kong/Taiwan, India, Japan, Russia/Soviet Union, South Korea (Official)	mjf314	mjf314 - 35
	Academy Awards Challenge (Official)	Mulholland	Prat - 71
March 2014	Japanese Challenge (Official)	clemmetarey	zuma - 76
	Animation Challenge (Official)	funkybusiness	kingink - 59
	Films Directed by Women Challenge	allisoncm	HVM - 24
	The Unofficial 1930s Challenge	ArthurYanthar
April 2014	French Challenge (Official)	allisoncm	ArthurYanthar - 61
	2010s Challenge (Official)	tomelce	cinephage - 58
	TV Challenge	funkybusiness	Eva_L - 462
May 2014	Western Challenge (Official)	Kasparius	Kasparius - 46
	Southern/Mediterranean Challenge - excluding Italy and Spain (Official)	3eyes	globetrotter - 21
	German Challenge	HVM	ArthurYanthar - 35
June 2014	Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challenge (Official)	Daviddoes	ChrisReynolds - 65
	Canadian Challenge (Official)	HVM	ryebass - 35
July 2014	Scandinavia/Benelux Challenge (Official)	Buksemannen	Buksemannen - 30
	Documentary Challenge (Official)	funkybusiness	ataraxic - 100
	Roger Ebert's Great Movies challenge	Gershwin	ryebass - 15
August 2014	Spanish Challenge (Official)	sortile9io	sortile9io - 21
	Sci-fi/fantasy Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	Daviddoes - 54
	Lonely Director Challenge	Mochard	Fergenaprido - 12
September 2014	Eastern Europe Challenge - excluding Russia (Official)	funkybusiness	HVM - 50
	War Challenge (Official)	Cippenham	3eyes - 27
October 2014	Horror Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	daviddoes - 163
	South Korean Challenge (Official)	Knaldskalle	Ataraxic - 13
November 2014	Noir Challenge (Official)	joachimt	frbrown - 84
	Harvard List Challenge (Official)	funkybusiness	ignatzkat - 41
	Queer Cinema Challenge	Fergenaprido	jvv - 10
December 2014	Russian Challenge (Official)	Nopros	3eyes & Armoreska - 15
	Critics List Challenge (Official)	Gershwin	klaus78 - 48

2013

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2013 Challenges

Month	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2013	Indian Challenge (Official)	sushantv10	sushantv10 - 35
	1960s Challenge (Official)	Kasparius	tourdesb - 54
February 2013	Academy Awards Challenge (Official)	WalterNeff	daviddoes - 56
	Musical Challenge(Official)	Timec	sushantv10 - 39
March 2013	Japanese Challenge (Official)	Crinderman	Crinderman - 96
	Animation Challenge (Official)	frbrown	mjf314 - 53
	Films Directed by Women Challenge	allisoncm	allisoncm - 39
	A-Z Challenge	Mochard	burneyfan - 26
April 2013	French Challenge (Official)	allisoncm	wuzzawuzz - 66
	Unofficial checks Challenge (Official)	funkybusiness	allisoncm - 56
	TV Challenge	Knaldskalle	SeanMX - 266 points
May 2013	Australian/New Zealand Challenge (Official)	HVM	esiersdale - 14
	Western Challenge (Official)	Cippenham	sushantv10 - 30
June 2013	Chinese Challenge (Official)	cinephage	mjf314 - 54
	Cult/Drive-in Challenge (Official)	Nuclearplanet	ChrisReynolds - 60
	"Unchecked" Challenge	Prequel	Prequel - 17
July 2013	German Challenge (Official)	HVM	HVM - 50
	Experimental/Avant-garde Challenge	funkybusiness	Dolwphin - 106
	Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Films Challenge	funkybusiness	joachimt - 47
August 2013	Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge (Official)	daviddoes	ChrisReynolds & jvv - 47
	Italian Challenge (Official)	themagician	Cocoa - 48
	Degrees of Separation Challenge	funkybusiness	Cocoa - 141
	Early Thirties Challenge	Cippenham	Dolwphin - 36
August 2013-September 2013	Czech and Slovak Challenge	HVM	Muellwind - 32
September 2013	UK/Ireland Challenge (Official)	HVM	brokenface - 34
	Criterion Challenge (Official)	clemmetarey	Jerome St-Jacques - 91
October 2013	Horror Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	mightysparks - 182
	Documentary Challenge (Official)	funkybusiness	EssexMutant - 51
November 2013	Noir Challenge (Official)	SeanMX12	WalterNeff - 109
	UNESCO Challenge (Official)	joachimt	joachimt - 65
December 2013	Russian Challenge (Official)	Gershwin	Armoreska - 65
	Silent Challenge (Official)	jgwr	ArthurYanthar - 62

2012

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2012 Challenges

Month	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2012	UK/Ireland Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	Kasparius - 74
	1990s Challenge (Official)	Nopros	Nopros - 64
	Rewatch Challenge	allisoncm	VincentPrice - 22
	David Thomson's Have You Seen?	Kasparius	Kasparius - 157
February 2012	1930s Challenge (Official)	tourdesb	moviefreak - 55
	Academy Awards Challenge(Official)	mightysparks	moviefreak - 70
	Academy Award Best Foreign Pictures Challenge	mightysparks	Allisoncm - 6
	They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?	Kasparius	bal3x - 63
March 2012	Documentary Challenge (Official)	wowwee123	tourdesb - 44
	1970s Challenge (Official)	Mochard	burneyfan - 39
	Films Directed by Women Challenge	allisoncm	sushantv10 - 23
	Asian Challenge	sushantv10	sushantv10 - 86
	1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Challenge	George Bailey	Nopros - 27
April 2012	Nordic Challenge (Official)	Lilarcor	nimimerkillinen - 36
	Critics Challenge (Official)	WalterNeff	moviefreak - 96
	Sci-fi Challenge	Mochard	Mochard - 98
May 2012	Conquering the World Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	PeacefulAnarchy - 46
	Western Challenge (Official)	Nopros	sushantv10 - 84
June 2012	2000s Challenge (Official)	SeanMX12	moviefreak - 62
	Australia/New Zealand Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	mightysparks - 48
July 2012	Spanish Challenge (Official)	frbrown	mjf314 - 16
	1950s Challenge (Official)	Kowry	sushantv10 - 76
	Harvard University: Narrative Films Challenge	themagician	themagician - 71
	Grindhouse Challenge	Nuclearplanet	kingink - 72
August 2012	Pre-1930s Challenge (Official)	jgwr	sushantv10 - 76
	Korean Challenge (Official)	Knaldskalle	aces - 41
September 2012	Non-Russian Eastern Europe Challenge (Official)	Timec	mjf314 - 29
	AFI Challenge (Official)	Jerome St-Jacques	Jerome St-Jacques - 56
	Family Film Challenge	Nuclearplanet	daviddoes - 16
	1913 - 2012 One Film Every Year Challenge	Mochard	mightysparks - 100
October 2012	Horror Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	mightysparks - 301
	1940s Challenge (Official)	allisoncm	sushantv10 - 107
November 2012	Samurai/Martial Arts Challenge (Official)	Cippenham	Pain - 94
	African Challenge (Official)	3eyes	Knaldskalle & Lilarcor - 20
	The One List Challenge	Mochard	allisoncm - 105
December 2012	Russian Challenge (Official)	Nopros	3eyes - 33
	1980s Challenge (Official)	themagician	Kasparius - 71

2011

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2011 Challenges

Month	Challenge	Host	Winner
July 2011	Japanese Challenge (Official)	Kasparius	Kasparius - 80
	Film From Each Year Challenge	Mochard	tourdesb, Mochard & allisoncm
August 2011	Chinese Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	mjf314 and SeanMX12 - 28
	Noir Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	ormazd - 115
	IMDb Challenge	Mochard	insomnia - 45
	Film From Each ICM List Challenge	Mochard	Cippenham - 75
September 2011	French Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	Crinderman - 104
	History Challenge (Official)	3eyes	beeswax - 29
	Birthday Challenge	jakncoke	jakncoke - 5
October 2011	Horror Challenge (Official)	mightysparks	Cinematamio - 203
	German Challenge (Official)	3eyes	Crinderman - 70
	Watch Your Top Unchecked Film Challenge	sebby	lampadatriste - 20
November 2011	Italian Challenge (Official)	SeanMX12	Cinematiamo - 54
	Degrees of Separation Challenge (Official)	bubar	allisoncm - 104
	Criterion Challenge	allisoncm	themagician - 82
	Polish Challenge	sebby	sebby - 14
	WWII Challenge	Kasparius	Kasparius - 34
November 2011-January 2012	The Holidays Challenge	Kasparius	beeswax & Enigma - 6
December 2011	Russian Challenge (Official)	Nopros	Nopros - 40
	Spirituality/Religion Challenge (Official)	SeanMX12	sushantv10 - 26
	Awards Challenge	Mochard
	Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Films	allisoncm	Kasparius - 159
December 2011-January 2012	Lists With More Than 1000 Films Challenge	George Bailey	sushantv10 - 142