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Watch a film in 9 of the following decades:

  • 1890 - The Doll: The Priest and the Models (La poupée: Le curé et les mannequins) (1899) (Y) OR
    • 1900 - The Battle in the Clouds (The Airship Destroyer) (1909) (Y)
  • 1910 - The Madness of Dr. Tube (La folie du Docteur Tube) (1915) (Y)
  • 1920 - The Wizard of Oz (1925) (Y)
  • 1930 - Deluge (1933) (Y)
  • 1940 - Revenge of the Zombies (1943) (R)
  • 1950 - King Dinosaur (1955) (R)
  • 1960 - Invasion of Astro-Monster (Kaijû daisensô) (1965) (HM)
  • 1970 - Dead of Night (1977) (T)
  • 1980 - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) (C)
  • 1990 - Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) (C)
  • 2000 - * Stardust (2007) (NWI)
  • 2010 - * Happy Death Day 2U (2019) (B-U)
  • 2020 - Breach (2020) (A)

Watch films in at least two languages other than English:

  • First language, Cantonese - * Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) (2004) (HM)
  • Second language, German - Ever After (Endzeit) (2018) (S)

Watch a film in 9 of the following:

  • MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic/Hosted version - The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Rabid (1977/2018) (C/S)
  • Made on a low budget - Alien Valley (2012) (V)
  • Based on a novel - Communion (1989) (A)
  • Nominated for a:
    • Hugo Award - * Jurassic Park (1993) (MA)
    • Saturn Award - * Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) (V)
  • Documentary Feature (at least 40 minutes long) - Love and Saucers (2017) (T)
  • Criterion Collection (Doesn't have to be the Criterion Version) - * The Princess Bride (1987) (D+)
  • Commentary - * Attack the Block (2011) (B)
  • Film and at least two sequels -
    • * The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) (MA)
    • * The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) (MA)
    • * The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) (MA)
  • Animated film - Moana (2016) (D+)
  • Special effects by Ray Harryhausen - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) (T)
  • Takes place in the "future" but the year has already come and gone - Edge of Tomorrow (2014) (AR)
  • Film and its remake/reboot
    • * Aladdin (1992) (D+)
    • Aladdin (2019) (D+)
  • Film about a LGBTQ+ person/topic or about POC/other minority groups - Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer (2018) (I)

He's dead, Jim. Watch 4 out of the following, written by/inspired by/or related in some way to the late:

  • Ned Beatty - Captain America (1990) (Y)
  • Helen McCrory - Frankenstein (2007) (A)
  • Cloris Leachman - * Young Frankenstein (1974) (D)
  • Sean Connery - Outland (1981) (AR)
  • Christopher Plummer - * Dracula 2000 (2000) (P+)
  • David Prowse - The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) (Y)

Thank the Maker. Watch 4 out of the following, written by/inspired by/or related in some way to the late:

  • Gene Roddenberry - Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007) (Y)
  • C.S. Lewis - * The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) (MA)
  • J.R.R. Tolkien - * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (B)
  • Jules Verne - * Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) (B)
  • H.G. Wells - The Time Machine (2002) (H)
  • Stan Lee - * Venom (2018) (MA)

Watch 10 films directed/produced/written by:

  • J. J. Abrams, Producer - * Cloverfield (2008) (B/V)
  • Luc Besson, Director/Producer/Writer - Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) (T)
  • Tim Burton, Director/Producer - * Batman Returns (1992) (HM)
  • Roger Corman, Producer - Death Race (2008) (C)
  • Guillermo del Toro, Director/Producer/Writer - * Pacific Rim (2013) (B/MA)
  • Richard Fleischer, Director - Soylent Green (1973) (AR)
  • Alice Guy, Director/Writer - The Cabbage Fairy (La fée aux choux) (1896) (Y)
  • Ron Howard, Director/Producer - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) (AR)
  • Peter Jackson, Producer - * District 9 (2009) (B/C)
  • Fritz Lang, Director - * Metropolis (1927) (R)
  • George Lucas, Producer/Writer - Strange Magic (2015) (D+)
  • George Méliès, Director - Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (Le dirigeable fantastique) (1906) (Y)
  • Hayao Miyazaki, Director/Writer - * Spirited Away (2001) (HM)
  • M. Night Shyamalan, Director/Producer/Writer - * Signs (2002) (A)
  • Stephen Sommers, Director/Producer/Writer - G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) (NWI)
  • Steven Spielberg, Director/Writer - * Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (D)
  • The Wachowskis, Director/Producer/Writer - Sense8: Amor Vincit Omnia (2018) (NWI)
  • Robert Zemeckis, Director/Producer/Writer - The Witches (2020) (HM)

Watch a film in 4 of these ratings:

  • Unrated (pre-MPAA) - Mill of the Stone Women (Il mulino delle donne di pietra) (1960) (Y) OR
    • Approved - Tarantula (1955) (V-S)
  • G - Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Gojira tai Hedora) (1971) (HM)
  • GP - Island of the Burning Damned (Night of the Big Heat) (1967) (Y) OR
    • M - The Monitors (1969) (Y) OR
    • PG - * Superman (1978) (HM)
  • PG-13 - DragonHeart: Vengeance (2020) (NWI)
  • R - Beyond Skyline (2017) (NWI)
  • NC-17 - * Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) (D) OR
    • X (not porn!) - * RoboCop (1987) (B-U) OR
    • Unrated (post-MPAA) - * Deadpool 2 (2018) (B)

Watch a film in 6 of the following genres:

  • Action/Adventure - Tenet (2020) (HM)
  • Animation - Over the Moon (2020) (NWI)
  • Comedy - Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) (AS)
  • Crime/Film Noir/Mystery/Thriller - Kiss Me Deadly (1955) (AO)
  • Drama - Coherence (2013) (H)
  • Family - Godmothered (2020) (D+)
  • History/War/Western - * Wonder Woman (2017) (MA)
  • Horror - The Being (1983) (AR)
  • Music/Musical - * Enchanted (2007) (B)
  • Romance - Teen Witch (1989) (PL)

Watch a film in 12 of the following sub-genres:

  • Alien invasion - * Independence Day (1996) (HM)
  • Alternate History - Skylines (2020) (NWI)
  • Based on fairy tale - Maleficent (2014) (AR)
  • Christmas in July - Christmas Twister (2012) (A)
  • Comic Book - * Aquaman (2018) (MA)
  • Disaster - Skyline (2010) (C)
  • Dystopian Society - Death Race 2 (2010) (C)
  • High Fantasy - Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) (D+)
  • Immortality - Zardoz (1974) (AR)
  • Kaiju - * Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) (MA)
  • Mad Scientist - Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) (HM)
  • Mythology (Can be anybody's mythology) - * Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) (MA)
  • Paranormal - The Craft (1996) (HM)
  • Post-Apocalyptic - Love and Monsters (2020) (AR)
  • Prehistoric - The Croods (2013) (T)
  • Robot/Android - * Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (D)
  • Space Themed - Stowaway (2021) (NWI)
  • Superhero Themed - * Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) (MA)
  • Sword and Sorcery - The Beastmaster (1982) (A)
  • Time travel - The Tomorrow War (2021) (A)

Watch 6 of the following IMDB.com Title Types:

  • Feature Film - Ghost Rider (2007) (HM)
  • TV Movie - Into the Dark: Blood Moon (2018) (H)
  • TV Series - Sweet Tooth: Season 1 (2021) (NWI) (8/8)
  • TV Episode - Doctor Who: S12E11: Revolution of the Daleks (2021) (C)
  • TV Special/TV Short - Alien Xmas (2020) (NWI)
  • Mini-Series - The War of the Worlds (2019) (T)
  • Documentary (any length) - John Was Trying to Contact Aliens (2020) (NWI)
  • Video Game - * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) (iPad game)
  • Short Film - The Maiden and the Princess (2011) (Y)
  • Direct to Video - Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) (NWI)

Watch a film starring 15 of the following actors:

  • Helena Bonham Carter - * Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) (B)
  • Benedict Cumberbatch - * Avengers: Endgame (2019) (MA)
  • Luke Evans - * Beauty & the Beast (2017) (MA)
  • William Fichtner - * Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) (MA)
  • Harrison Ford - * Cowboys & Aliens (2011) (MA)
  • Morgan Freeman - Chain Reaction (1996) (C)
  • John Goodman - * 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) (V)
  • Jake Gyllenhaal - * Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) (MA)
  • Chris Hemsworth - * Thor: Ragnarok (2017) (MA)
  • Michael Ironside - Patient Seven (2016) (T)
  • Samuel L. Jackson - * Captain Marvel (2019) (MA)
  • Scarlett Johansson - * Captain America: Civil War (2016) (MA)
  • Dwayne Johnson - G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) (PL)
  • Boris Karloff - * House of Frankenstein (1944) (D)
  • Gugu Mbatha-Raw - * The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) (NWI)
  • Sir Ian McKellen - * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (B)
  • Chris Pine - Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) (C)
  • Natalie Portman - Lucy in the Sky (2019) (C)
  • Chris Pratt - * Avengers: Infinity War (2018) (MA)
  • Vincent Price - The Raven (1963) (AR)
  • Ryan Reynolds - * Deadpool (2016) (MA)
  • Geoffrey Rush - Mystery Men (1999) (P)
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger - * The Terminator (1984) (AS)
  • Andy Serkis - * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (B)
  • Will Smith - * Suicide Squad (2016) (MA)
  • Evan Rachel Wood - Practical Magic (1998) (HM)

PERSONAL:

  • Academy Award - Two Distant Strangers (2020) (NWI)
  • Anime - Wicked City (1987) (T)
  • Found Footage - * Alien Abduction (2014) (D)
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