Original List

A film challenge to be completed at your own pace. 24 first time watches anytime over the next 12 months, starting in September 2021 and wrapping up August 2022.

This challenge is designed to expand your horizons and make you do a little research. Share your findings in the notes!

1. VIDEO NASTY (A film that has been banned in your home country)
2. O.G. (A film that has been remade)
3. THE ACADEMY RATIO (A film shot in 4:3)
4. BOMBIN’ (A film that recouped less than 10% of it’s budget at the box-office
)5. AUTEUR THEORY (A film where the director is credited in at least two other significant roles in the production)
6. THE PATRIOT ACT (A film set in the city/state/country of your birth)
7. CAMERA OBSCURA (A film that has less than 500 Letterboxd logs)
8. 👀 (A film that is in one of your favourite follows watchlist that isn’t in yours)
9. WAYANS WORLD (A film that stars a Wayans brother)
10. CINESTHESIA (A film with a colour in the title)
11. EVERYBODY’S A CRITIC (A film with a CinemaScore of F)
12. PATRIARCHY (A film that fails the Bechdel Test)
13. DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB (A film directed by someone in the acting profession)
14. SHORT CUT (A film between 30 and 60 minutes in length)
15. ORIGIN STORY (According to Letterboxd, the most popular film from the year of your birth that also contains your initials somewhere in the title)
16. YOU GOT THIS (A film you own but haven’t watched yet)
17. NEPOTISM (A film with two or more members of the same family tree in its cast or crew)
18. CAPESHIT (A non-MCU film based on a Marvel property)
19. ADAPTATION (A film based on a book, play, TV show, videogame or other source material)
20. HISTORY LESSON (A film set more than 500 years in the past)
21. FUTURE SHOCK (A film set more than 500 years into the future)
22. BIG PUSSY (A film with The Soprano’s Vincent Pastore in the cast)
23. CANCELLED (A film that never received its planned sequel)
24. CALL IT A DAY (A film that takes place within one 24 hour period)