Your 2016 in Film

[Susan Foreman]

I've never seen the television show, so I'm in no hurry to see the film

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

As we approach the latter part (and my favourite part!) of the year, I thought a little update was in order...

Updated Top 10 new to me films:

1. The War Game (1965)
2. Beauty and the Beast (1978)
3. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
4. Mysterious Skin (2004)
5. Heroic Purgatory (1970)
6. Hard to Be a God (2013)
7. Eros + Massacre (1969)
8. Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
9. Enemy (2013)
10. Witchhammer (1970)

Top 10 worst new to me films:

1. Monster a-Go Go (1965)
2. The Creeping Terror (1964)
3. The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
4. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
5. Night of the Dribbler (1990)
6. It's Alive! (1969)
7. The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015)
8. Waking Life (2001)
9. Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) (1969)
10. Blödaren (1983)

The 'new to me' list currently stands at 401 titles out of a total of 484 watched thus far.

The main changes to the best new to me films being The War Game taking the top spot and the inclusion of the fascinatinating and experimental Hard to Be a God.

The next two months will be very horror and Noir heavy respectively what with Horror October and Noir November and then I'll probably just watch randomness sprinkled with a few Xmas related viewings throughout December.

[Justin101]

I was thinking about my year in film so far today - specifically my cinema viewings which has been about 30 films so far! However Letterboxd doesn't let you export lists if you're not a patron/paid member.

Are there any other services I can sign up to which are free and allow you to export more easily?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I was thinking about my year in film so far today - specifically my cinema viewings which has been about 30 films so far! However Letterboxd doesn't let you export lists if you're not a patron/paid member.

Yeah, I'm a 'Pro' member on LB and have the ability to export lists.

Originally Posted by Justin101

Are there any other services I can sign up to which are free and allow you to export more easily?

I think IMDb allows you to export ratings/lists.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The War Game, straight in at number one.

Wouldn't surprise me if Culloden also nicked a top 10 place.

[Justin101]

I've really enjoyed my cinema viewings this year, pretty much everything was enjoyable, some films I went to see a second time as well. The Boss was the first 'not great' film of the year, Ab Fab and Star Trek Beyond followed and Suicide Squad has been the worst so far! List is in viewing order and not preference.

1. The Big Short
2. The Revenant
3. Room
4. Deadpool
5. Goosebumps
6. Hail, Caesar!
7. 10 Cloverfield Lane
8. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
9. Day of the Dead
10. Midnight Special
11. Eye in the Sky
12. The Jungle Book
13. Captain America: Civil War
14. Sing Street
15. X-Men: Apocalypse
16. Money Monster
17. The Nice Guys
18. The Boss
19. Independence Day: Resurgence
20. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
21. Ghostbusters
22. Star Trek Beyond
23. Suicide Squad
24. Finding Dory
25. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
26. Don't Breathe

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

My top 10 New to Me films for 2016 so far...

The Witch (2016)
The War Game (1965)
Bone Tomahawk (2016)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Dress Maker (2015)
Faust (1926)
The Avengers (2012)
Penda's Fen (1974)
The Artist (2011)
Culloden (1964)

Some big hitters still to come...

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

My top 10 New to Me films for 2016 so far...

The Witch (2016)
The War Game (1965)
Bone Tomahawk (2016)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Dress Maker (2015)
Faust (1926)
The Avengers (2012)
Penda's Fen (1974)
The Artist (2011)
Culloden (1964)

Some big hitters still to come...

The Avengers above Penda's Fen?!

I'm very much looking forward to seeing The Witch as part of my October viewing.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

The Avengers above Penda's Fen?!

I'm very much looking forward to seeing The Witch as part of my October viewing.

Yes, i really enjoyed The Avengers. I watched it twice within a couple of weeks. Penda's Fen lacks a story to complement it's fantastic imagery.

The top three aside you could throw the others in the air and i would be happy in which ever position they landed as all are terrific.

I hope you aren't disappointed with The Witch. It, together with Bone Tomahawk is the outstanding horror film of the year so far. I can't see it being beaten either.

It's number one of this decade with me and probably of the century so far.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Yes, i really enjoyed The Avengers. I watched it twice within a couple of weeks. Penda's Fen lacks a story to complement it's fantastic imagery.

The Avengers had a story?! I just thought it was a chain of interlocking sequences of CGI explosions.

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The top three aside you could throw the others in the air and i would be happy in which ever position they landed as all are terrific.

I hope you aren't disappointed with The Witch. It, together with Bone Tomahawk is the outstanding horror film of the year so far. I can't see it being beaten either.

It's number one of this decade with me and probably of the century so far.

High praise indeed!

I hope I'm not either, although my feeling is that I won't be. Bone Tomahawk is another I really want to seek out. Is it fairly horror-ry? Not that it's stopped me before, but I was unsure whether to try and factor it in to my October viewing.