Let’s start trendy: the link to my list on Letterboxd, which will entitle you to yell at me about what’s there and what’s not there, but maybe not with all that much nuance.
And now practical:
1-10 / Nashville to The Master
11-20 / Rear Window to The Gold Rush
21-30 / Before Sunset to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
31-40 / Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans to Dawson City: Frozen Time
41-50 / Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt to The Godfather
51-60 / Inside Llewyn Davis to Far from Heaven
61-70 / City Lights to The Irishman
71-80 / The Wild Bunch to Fort Apache
81-90 / Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story to Mulholland Drive
91-100 / The Fly to A Hidden Life
101-150 / The Muppet Movie to Tower
151-200 / 16 Days of Glory to Monterey Pop
201-250 / Leave Her to Heaven to Shoes
Charts, Statistics, and Broad Insights
This was a lot of fun for me to work through and reflect on, and I hope that it’s also fun for you to read. Cheers!
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