Goal:
Watch as many films that fit this challenge's theme as you can.
It's the first time we're having this challenge and in comparison with other challenges it allows for a high degree of freedom. The theme should feature in the film as a central element. This includes faith, religion & clerics (like The Passion of Joan of Arc or Winter Light), sects (like Stations of the Cross), cults (like The Master), (accusations of) witchcraft & sorcery (like Witchhammer or Yeelen) and Folk Horror movies (like The Wicker Man). Participants are asked to critically question whether an entry actually fits the spirit of the challenge - a monk character or a scene in a church by itself is not sufficient.
Rules
- Each feature film (over 40 minutes) counts as one entry.
- A total of 80 minutes of short films or miniseries/TV episodes count as one entry.
- Rewatches are allowed and good for the soul.
- English Title (year, Country) or English title/Original Title (year, Country) is the preferred format.
- Do not edit your posts to add new watches, just create a new one.
- Try to give an indication of how much you liked/disliked your watchings (reviews, comments, ratings,...)
- Providing IMDb links would be great as I intend to create Stats for the challenge (and also we will come up with a neat reference list for the next time)
Challenge runs from May 1st, 2022 - May 31st, 2022 in your local time zone
Lists (gladly taking more suggestions):
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/wood ... flavo5000/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/folk ... /dan+bull/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/cree ... ults/sol-/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/crit ... yormovies/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/witc ... rberry697/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/reli ... ertdeboer/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/film ... /gershwin/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/reli ... armoreska/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/cath ... lms/ower6/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/insp ... /joachimt/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/myfa ... ms/nopros/
https://letterboxd.com/calvincoolidge/l ... -buddhism/
https://letterboxd.com/sheepsteep/list/ ... -religion/
https://letterboxd.com/calvincoolidge/l ... etellings/
https://letterboxd.com/lobo_lopez/list/cine-biblico/
https://letterboxd.com/valuska/list/saints/
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/luci ... ing/rveno/
Some movies on these lists might not fit the challenge.
Rank | Participant | Count | Minutes |
1 | jdidaco | 42 | 4392 (avg: 104.57) |
2 | sortile9io | 24 | 2520 (avg: 105.0) |
3 | AssonFire | 14 | 1085 (avg: 77.5) |
4 | peeptoad | 10 | 1128 (avg: 112.8) |
5 | sol | 9 | 933 (avg: 103.67) |
6 | Minkin | 8 | 768 (avg: 96.0) |
7 | Opio | 7 | 578 (avg: 82.57) |
8 | blocho | 5 | 538 (avg: 107.6) |
9 | flavo5000 | 4 | 460 (avg: 115.0) |
9 | hurluberlu | 4 | 424 (avg: 106.0) |
9 | twodeadmagpies | 4 | 284 (avg: 71.0) |
12 | 3eyes | 3 | 270 (avg: 90.0) |
12 | 45MinuteZoom | 3 | 341 (avg: 113.67) |
12 | Melvelet | 3 | 309 (avg: 103.0) |
15 | vortexsurfer | 2 | 202 (avg: 101.0) |
16 | AB537 | 1 | 168 (avg: 168.0) |
16 | Onderhond | 1 | 108 (avg: 108.0) |
16 | zzzorf | 1 | 131 (avg: 131.0) |
- | overall | 145 | 14639 (avg: 100.96) |
Decade breakdown:
Decade | Count |
1900s | 2 |
1910s | 2 |
1920s | 3 |
1930s | 1 |
1940s | 5 |
1950s | 17 |
1960s | 27 |
1970s | 32 |
1980s | 13 |
1990s | 12 |
2000s | 9 |
2010s | 23 |
2020s | 11 |
Country breakdown
Country | Count |
United States | 42 |
United Kingdom | 22 |
Italy | 20 |
France | 15 |
USA | 5 |
Japan | 4 |
Spain | 4 |
Canada | 3 |
Germany | 3 |
Iceland | 3 |
West Germany | 3 |
India | 2 |
Romania | 2 |
UK | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
Brazil | 1 |
China | 1 |
Denmark | 1 |
Hong Kong | 1 |
Latvia | 1 |
Mexico | 1 |
Morocco | 1 |
Pakistan | 1 |
Poland | 1 |
Russia | 1 |
Senegal | 1 |
Soviet Union | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
Taiwan | 1 |
Tunisia | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 1 |
Director breakdown (n >= 2)
Director | Count |
Lesley Chilcott | 6 |
Klay Hall | 3 |
Adam Kuhlman | 2 |
Antonia Bird | 2 |
Cristian Mungiu | 2 |
Dimitri Buchowetzki | 2 |
Masahiro Shinoda | 2 |
Nietzchka Keene | 2 |
Paul Wendkos | 2 |
Ralph Nelson | 2 |
Sam Raimi | 2 |
Wesley Archer | 2 |
William Wyler | 2 |
Genre breakdown
Genre | Count |
Drama | 100 |
Horror | 34 |
Biography | 29 |
History | 22 |
Comedy | 19 |
Fantasy | 16 |
Crime | 15 |
Documentary | 15 |
Mystery | 12 |
Thriller | 12 |
Adventure | 11 |
Romance | 11 |
Short | 9 |
Animation | 8 |
Action | 6 |
Family | 5 |
Western | 2 |
News | 1 |
Sci-Fi | 1 |
War | 1 |