This past week, the guys at The Flicksation Podcast ranked their top 10 favorite movies of 2016. The type of movies they watch for the most part are different than the ones I watch, with a few exceptions. This year in an attempt to try and become a more versatile movie watcher, I want to challenge myself and all of you readers to try and watch all 30 movies that made their top 10s. If you accept the challenge, please try and track for us your progress with a hashtag of #FlicksationMovieChallege. Of the 30 movies they mentioned, 3 of them made ¾ of the lists, Moonlight, The Lobster, and The Wailing.
In alphabetical order, here are the movies (IMDB links open in new window):
20th Century Women
American Honey
Aquarius
Arrival
Certain Women
Cosmos
Demon
Elle
Embrace of the Serpent
Green Room
H.
Kubo and the Two Strings
La La Land
Land and Shade
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Mountains May Depart
Neon Bull
Swiss Army Man
Tharlo
The Handmaiden
The Lobster
The Love Witch
The Measure of a Man
The Red Turtle
The Wailing
The Witch
Tickled
Toni Erdmann
Valley of Love
I highly recommend you go and listen to their double episode Best of 2016 before you check out their top 10 lists on Letterboxd, but here are their Letterboxd accounts:
Eric Madsen
Ian Thomas (The Minister)
Robert Gassaway
Ian Nichols (The Cryptkeeper)
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Seen (18):
20th Century Women (2017 for me)
Certain Women (2017 for me)
Elle (2017 for me)
The Love Witch (2017 for me)
Arrival (2016 top 20 but not 10)
Green Room (2016 top 20 but not 10)
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016 top 20 but not 10 – Film Honors Winner Sound Design)
Manchester by the Sea (2016 top 20 but not 10)
Swiss Army Man (2016 top 20 but not 10)
The Handmaiden (2016 top 20 but not 10 – Film Honors Winner Set Design and Score Composing)
Toni Erdmann (2016 top 20 but not 10)
The Wailing (2016 top 20 but not 10)
American Honey
La La Land
The Measure of a Man
Moonlight (2016 top 10 – Film Honors Winner Actress Support Naomie Harris)
The Witch (2016 top 10 – Film Honors Winner Screenwriting Original and Acting Breakthrough Anya Taylor-Joy)
The Lobster (2015 top 10 – Film Honors Winner Screenwriting Original)
Unseen (12):
Aquarius (2017 for me)
The Red Turtle (2017 for me)
Cosmos
Demon
Embrace of the Serpent
H.
Land and Shade
Mountains May Depart
Neon Bull
Tharlo
Tickled
Valley of Love