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Completed: 07/31/23

Watch a film in 6 of the following decades:

• 1890 or - The Astronomer's Dream; or, the Man in the Moon (La lune à un mètre) (1898) (YOUTUBE)
  • 1900 - The Battle in the Clouds (The Airship Destroyer) (1909) (YOUTUBE)
• 1910 or - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) (YOUTUBE)
  • 1920 - The Mysterious Island (1929) (YOUTUBE)
• 1930 - Chandu the Magician (1932) (YOUTUBE)
• 1940 - Batman (1943) (TUBI)
• 1950 - King Dinosaur (1955) (TUBI)
• 1960 - * 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) (BD/MAX)
• 1970 - Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) (FREEVEE)
• 1980 - The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Q: The Winged Serpent (1982/2019) (SHUDDER)
• 1990 - Return to the Lost World (1992) (PLEX)
• 2000 - * Peter Pan (2003) (DVD/NETFLIX)
• 2010 - The Purge: Election Year (2016) (PEACOCK)
• 2020 - * Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) (VUDU)

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.

• First language, Norwegian - Troll (2022) (NETFLIX)
• Second language, French - Titane (2021) (HULU)

Watch a film in 6 of the following:

• MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic/Hosted version of a sci-fi/fantasy film - The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: 5.14 - Beyond the Door III (1989/2023) (SHUDDER)
• Low budget (ex. Corman or Castle movie) - The VelociPastor (2018) (PEACOCK)
• Based on a novel - * War of the Worlds (2005) (NETFLIX)
• Nominated for a Hugo - * Avatar (2009) (DISNEY+/SV)
  • or Saturn Award - Hocus Pocus (1993) (DISNEY+)
• Documentary Feature (at least 40 minutes long) - And Did They Listen? (2014) (FREEVEE)
• Criterion Collection (Doesn't have to be the Criterion Version) - Naked Lunch (1991) (CINEMAX)
• Commentary - * Big Trouble in Little China (1986) (MA)
• Film and at least two sequels -
  • Film 1 - * The Mummy (1999) (PEACOCK/SV)
  • Film 2 - * The Mummy (2001) (TUBI)
  • Film 3 - * The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) (MA)
• Animated film - Strange World (2022) (DISNEY+)
• Special effects by Ray Harryhausen - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) (TUBI)
• Takes place in the 'future' but the year has already come and gone - The Purge: Anarchy (2014) (MAX)
• Film and its remake/reboot -
  • * Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) (TUBI)
  • Attack of the Giant Leeches (2008) (TUBI)
• LGBTQ+ person/topic or about POC/other minority groups - Wendell & Wild (2022) (NETFLIX)
• 60 minutes of Sci-fi/Fantasy shorts (animated or non-animated) - DreamWorks Spooky Stories: Scared Shrekless (2010); Shrek: The Ghost of Lord Farquaad (2003); Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) (NETFLIX)

He's dead, Jim. Watch 2 out of the following, written by/inspired by/or related in some way to the late:

• David Warner - The Lost World (1992) (PRIME)
• James Caan - Santa's Slay (2005) ($)
• Nichelle Nichols - The Supernaturals (1986) (TUBI)
• Raquel Welch - Fantastic Voyage (1966) (YOUTUBE)
• Tom Sizemore - Black Wake (2018) (TUBI)

Thank the Maker. Watch 3 out of the following, written by/inspired by/or related in some way to the late:

• Gene Roddenberry - Genesis II (1973) (YOUTUBE)
• C.S. Lewis - * The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) (MA)
• J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit (1977) (MAX)
• Jules Verne - Valley of the Dragons (1961) (YOUTUBE)
• H.G. Wells - The Time Machine (1960) ($)
• Stan Lee - The New Mutants (2020) (MAX)

Watch 10 films directed/produced/written by:

• J. J. Abrams (D/P/W) - * Super 8 (2011) (iTUNES)
• Luc Besson - District B13 (Banlieue 13) (2004) (HULU)
• Michael Bay - The Forever Purge (2021) (MAX)
• Tim Burton - * The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (DISNEY+/SV)
• John Carpenter (D) - * Big Trouble in Little China (1986) (MA)
• Roger Corman - The Terror Within (1989) (TUBI)
• Richard Fleischer (D) - Conan the Destroyer (1984) (NETFLIX)
• Ron Howard (P) - * Cowboys & Aliens (2011) (MA)
• Peter Jackson (D/P/W) - The Lovely Bones (2009) (SHOWTIME)
• Terry Jones (D/W) - Absolutely Anything (2015) (STARZ)
• Stephen King - Cell (2016) (FREEVEE)
• Fritz Lang - Liliom (1934) (YOUTUBE)
• George Lucas - Strange Magic (2015) (DISNEY+)
• Georges Méliès - The Kingdom of the Fairies (Le royaume des fées) (1903) (YOUTUBE)
• Hayao Miyazaki (W) - Earwig and the Witch (Âya to majo) (2020) (MAX)
• Sam Raimi (D) - The Gift (2000) (PV)
• M. Night Shyamalan (D/P/W) - After Earth (2013) (NETFLIX/SV)
• Stephen Sommers - (D/P/W) * Van Helsing (2004) (DVD/SV)
• Steven Spielberg - Ready Player One (2018) (MAX)
• Guillermo del Toro - * Pacific Rim (2013) (MA)
• The Wachowskis (D/P/W) - Jupiter Ascending (2015) (MAX)
• Robert Zemeckis - Pinocchio (2022) (DISNEY+)

Watch a film in 3 of these ratings:

• Unrated (pre-MPAA) - Island of Terror (1966) (TUBI)
  • Approved - * The War of the Worlds (1953) (PRIME)
• G - Pinocchio 3000 (2003) (PLEX)
• PG - Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) (DISNEY+)
  • GP - Hauser's Memory (1970) (YOUTUBE)
  • M - Scream and Scream Again (1970) (TUBI)
• PG-13 - * Happy Death Day (2017) (MA)
• R - S. Darko (2009) ($)
• NC-17 - Jason X (2001) (MA)
  • X (not porn!) - Flesh Gordon (1974) (ARCHIVE)
  • Unrated - * AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)

Watch a film in 5 of the following sub-genres:

• Action/Adventure - * The Legend of Tarzan (2016) (MA)
• Animation - Lightyear (2022) (DISNEY+)
• Comedy - Renfield (2023) (PEACOCK)
• Crime/Film Noir/Mystery/Thriller - They Cloned Tyrone (2023) (NETFLIX 7/21)
• Drama - The Northman (2022) (AMAZON)
• Family - The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010) (NETFLIX)
• History/War/Western - * The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) (iTUNES)
• Horror - * Nope (2022) (MA)
• Music/Musical - Peter Pan & Wendy (2023) (DISNEY+)
• Romance - Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) (PRIME)

Watch a film in 10 sub-genres:

• Alien invasion - * Independence Day (1996) (STARZ)
• Alternate History - The First Purge (2018) ($)
• Based on fairy tale - Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti - Tale of Tales) (2015) (TUBI)
• Christmas in July - Violent Night (2022) (PRIME)
• Comic Book - Morbius (2022) (NETFLIX)
• Disaster - * 2012 (2009) (BD/SV)
• Dystopian Society - * The Hunger Games (2012) (iTUNES)
• High Fantasy - Eragon (2006) (STARZ)
• Immortality - Eternals (2021) (DISNEY+)
• Kaiju - * Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) (MA)
• Laser (death by or contains one) - * Star Trek (2009) (iTUNES)
• Mad Scientist - * Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) (MAX)
• Mythology (Can be anybody's mythology) - * The Mummy (2017) (MA)
• Paranormal - Nightwish (1989) (FREEVEE)
• Post-Apocalyptic - The Terror Within II (1991) (TUBI)
• Prehistoric - 65 (2023) (NETFLIX 7/08)
• Robot/Android - M3GAN (2022) (PRIME)
• Space Themed - Moonfall (2022) (MAX)
• Superhero Themed - Doctor Mordrid (1992) (FREEVEE)
• Sword and Sorcery - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) (PARAMOUNT+)
• Time travel - * Happy Death Day 2U (2019) (MA)

Watch a film starring 10 of these classic actors and actors who have not been in our lists before:

• Classic:
  • Abbott & Costello - Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) (PRIME)
  • Evelyn Ankers - * Son of Dracula (1943) (TUBI)
  • Lionel Atwill - * The Vampire Bat (1933) (PRIME)
  • Lloyd Bridges - Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) (DISNEY+)
  • Boris Karloff - Black Friday (1940) (YOUTUBE)
  • Bela Lugosi - The Return of Chandu (1934) (TUBI)
  • Vincent Price - * The Fly (1958) (DVD/MAX)
  • Max von Sydow - * Minority Report (2002) (PARAMOUNT+)
• New:
  • Emily Blunt - * The Wolfman (2010) (MA)
  • Ernest Borgnine - The Black Hole (1979) (DISNEY+)
  • David Bradley - Await Further Instructions (2018) (PRIME)
  • Johnny Depp - * Into the Woods (2014) (MA)
  • Kirsten Dunst - Upside Down (2012) (PEACOCK)
  • Bryce Dallas Howard - Pete's Dragon (2016) (DISNEY+)
  • Eddie Murphy - The Haunted Mansion (2003) (DISNEY+)
  • Deep Roy - * Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) (iTUNES)
  • Wallace Shawn - The Speed of Thought (2011) (PRIME)
  • Dame Maggie Smith - Hook (1991) (NETFLIX/SV)
  • Karl Urban - * Star Trek Beyond (2016) (iTUNES)
  • Taika Waititi - * Green Lantern (2011) (MA)
  • Elijah Wood - Cooties (2014) (MAX)

Watch a film starring 10 these actors/actresses:

• Drew Barrymore - * Donnie Darko (2001) (DVD/MAX)
• Cate Blanchett - The School for Good and Evil (2022) (NETFLIX)
• Gerard Butler - * Timeline (2003) (CINEMAX)
• Rutger Hauer - Omega Doom (1996) (PRIME)
• Lena Headey - The Purge (2013) (PEACOCK)
• Josh Hutcherson - * The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) (iTUNES)
• Hugh Jackman - Reminiscence (2021) (MAX)
• Ross Martin - The Colossus of New York (1958) ($)
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw - * The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) (NETFLIX)
• Dick Miller - * Gremlins (1984) (MAX)
• Rick Moranis - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) (DISNEY+)
• Michelle Pfeiffer - * Batman Returns (1992) (MAX)
• Dennis Quaid - The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (Hulu/SV)
• Callum Keith Rennie - Wait Till Helen Comes (2016) (FREEVEE)
• John Saxon - Death House (1988) (TUBI)
• Donald Sutherland - * The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) (iTUNES)
• Emma Thompson - Matilda the Musical (2022) (NETFLIX)
• Gina Torres - * Serenity (2005) (BD/SV)
• Bruce Willis - Cosmic Sin (2021) (PRIME)
• Benedict Wong - * Annihilation (2018) (VUDU)

Personal Checklist:

• Academy Award Nominee - * Enchanted (2007) (DISNEY+)
• Anime - Belle (Ryû to sobakasu no hime) (2021) (MAX)
• Found Footage - The Encounter (2015) (TUBI)
• TV Movie - Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (1997) (DISNEY+)
• TV Season - American Born Chinese: S1E01-08 (2023) (DISNEY+) (8/8)
• TV Mini-Series - Secret Invasion: Eps 1-6 (2023) (DISNEY+) (6/6)