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Is not enough: Project Hail Mary

2026

My local theater has been under renovation for the past two years, and I don’t watch 200 movies per year anymore as a normal person should. However, recently I watched a film, then immediately went to the theater to watch it the way it should be done. I felt I owed it that. The film […]

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The whole confession 33 films

Every frame here is a film I once swore I'd never sit through.

01 Milk and honey: First Cow

Milk and honey: First Cow

2019 Kelly Reichardt · drama
02 How’s the despair? The Banshees of Inisherin

How’s the despair? The Banshees of Inisherin

2022 Martin McDonagh · tragicomedy
03 There’s really nothing here for most of us: Pig

There’s really nothing here for most of us: Pig

2021 drama
04 Not quite yet: Brief Encounter

Not quite yet: Brief Encounter

1945 David Lean · drama
05 And there wasn’t light: The Turin Horse

And there wasn’t light: The Turin Horse

2011 Béla Tarr · drama
06 The Ecstasy of Suspense: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Ecstasy of Suspense: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966 Sergio Leone · epic
07 There is probably no one alive who has seen the 1927 Metropolis

There is probably no one alive who has seen the 1927 Metropolis

1927 Fritz Lang · drama
08 $17.50 and a Reason to Live: It’s a Wonderful Life

$17.50 and a Reason to Live: It’s a Wonderful Life

1946 drama
09 “I met Death Today. We are Playing Chess”: The Seventh Seal

“I met Death Today. We are Playing Chess”: The Seventh Seal

1957 Ingmar Bergman · drama
10 What kind of man are you, don’t you even like dolphins? Zorba the Greek

What kind of man are you, don’t you even like dolphins? Zorba the Greek

1964 Michael Cacoyannis · comedy
11 Conquistador of the Useless: Fitzcarraldo

Conquistador of the Useless: Fitzcarraldo

1982 Werner Herzog · adventure
12 Abandon hope all ye who enter here: Los olvidados

Abandon hope all ye who enter here: Los olvidados

1950 Luis Buñuel · drama
13 There has been blood: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

There has been blood: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962 Robert Aldrich · horror
14 Dust to dust: Kubrick’s Paths of Glory

Dust to dust: Kubrick’s Paths of Glory

1957 Stanley Kubrick · anti-war
15 A Fistful of Yens: Yojimbo

A Fistful of Yens: Yojimbo

1961 Akira Kurosawa · drama
16 I’m Thinking of Ending Things

I’m Thinking of Ending Things

2020 Charlie Kaufman · psychological horror
17 Here’s looking at you, kid. Casablanca

Here’s looking at you, kid. Casablanca

1942 Michael Curtiz · drama
18 Where reason ends. To Kill a Mockingbird

Where reason ends. To Kill a Mockingbird

1962 Robert Mulligan · courtroom drama
19 The usual monkey-funeral sequence. Sunset Boulevard

The usual monkey-funeral sequence. Sunset Boulevard

1950 Billy Wilder · noir
20 “You live and you suffer.” Bicycle Thieves

“You live and you suffer.” Bicycle Thieves

1948 Vittorio De Sica · drama
21 I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am… a man! The Elephant Man

I am not an animal! I am a human being! I am… a man! The Elephant Man

1980 David Lynch · drama
22 2020 Social documentary from 1940: Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath

2020 Social documentary from 1940: Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath

2020 John Ford · drama
23 Take Hitler and stick him on the funny page! His Girl Friday

Take Hitler and stick him on the funny page! His Girl Friday

1940 Howard Hawks · comedy
24 Do prostitutes dream of love? Nights of Cabiria

Do prostitutes dream of love? Nights of Cabiria

1957 Federico Fellini · drama
25 Are We Wrong To Forgive A Murderer? M

Are We Wrong To Forgive A Murderer? M

1931 Fritz Lang · noir
26 Fairytale meets serial killer: The Night of the Hunter

Fairytale meets serial killer: The Night of the Hunter

1955 Charles Laughton · thriller
27 What have I been living for all these years? Ikiru

What have I been living for all these years? Ikiru

1952 Akira Kurosawa · drama
28 No one can serve his parents beyond the grave: Tokyo Story

No one can serve his parents beyond the grave: Tokyo Story

1953 Yasujirō Ozu · drama
29 50 years ahead of its time: Some Like It Hot

50 years ahead of its time: Some Like It Hot

1959 Billy Wilder · comedy
30 75% of silent movies have been lost, but we still have one found in a mental hospital

75% of silent movies have been lost, but we still have one found in a mental hospital

Carl Theodor Dreyer · drama
31 Sidney, it’s brilliant: 12 Angry Men

Sidney, it’s brilliant: 12 Angry Men

1957 Sidney Lumet · courtroom drama
32 I hated black-and-white movies: the case of Citizen Kane

I hated black-and-white movies: the case of Citizen Kane

Orson Welles · drama