List Post / Discussion

Watch a film in 6 of the following decades:

• 1890 - The Astronomer's Dream; or, the Man in the Moon, The (La lune à un mètre) (1898)
  • 1900 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (20000 lieues sous les mers) (1907)
• 1910 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)
  • 1920 - The Monster (1925)
• 1930 - Sky Racket (1937)
• 1940 - It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
• 1950 - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
• 1960 - The Day of the Triffids (1963)
• 1970 - The Medusa Touch (1978)
• 1980 - V: The Final Battle (1984)
• 1990 - The Faculty (1998)
• 2000 - The Crow: Salvation (2000)
• 2010 - Zoombies (2016)
• 2020 - Day Shift (2022)

Watch films in at least two languages other than English.

• First language, Japanese - Godzilla Minus One (Gojira -1.0) (2023)
• Second language, Finnish - Hatching (Pahanhautoja)

Watch a film in 6 of the following:

• MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic/Hosted version of a sci-fi/fantasy film - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966/2017)
• Low budget (ex. Corman or Castle movie) - Coherence (2013)
• Based on a novel - Bird Box (2018)
• Nominated for a Hugo Award - Palm Springs (2020)
  • Saturn Award - Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
• Won an Academy Award (Oscar) or stars an actor who won one for their performance in that film - Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
• Documentary Feature (at least 40 minutes long) - The Great UFO Conspiracy (2015)
• Criterion Collection (Doesn't have to be the Criterion Version) - Varan (Daikaijû Baran) (1958)
• Commentary - Wicked (Wicked: Part I) (2024)
• Film and at least two sequels - Predator (1987); Predator 2 (1990); Predators (2010)
• Animated film - Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
• Special effects by Ray Harryhausen - Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
• Takes place in the 'future' but the year has already come and gone - Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
• Film and its remake/reboot - Godzilla (Gojira) (1954); Shin Godzilla (Shin Gojira) (2016)
• About a LGBTQ+ person/topic or about POC/other minority groups - Sinners (2025)
• 60 minutes of Sci-fi/Fantasy shorts (animated or non-animated) - N. (2008); Decades Apart: The Noir Cut (2021); TBD

He's dead, Jim. Watch 5 out of the following written by/inspired by/or related in some way to the late:

• Joan Plowright - George and the Dragon (2004)
  • Mara Corday - The Black Scorpion (1957)
  • Earl Holliman - The Power (1968)
• Peter Jason - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
• Tony Todd - Tales from the Hood 3 (2020)
• Val Kimer - Real Genius (1985)
• James Earl Jones - Click (2006)
• Maggie Smith - Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
• Ed Gale - Lifepod (1993)
• Angus MacInnes - Hellboy (2004)
• Teri Garr - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Shannen Doherty - Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014)
• Richard Norton - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
• Kris Kristofferson - Planet of the Apes (2001)
• Bill Cobbs - Demolition Man (1993)
• Jonathan Haze - Not of This Earth (1957)
• David Graham - Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)

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

• Gene Roddenberry - Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
  • Stan Lee - Venom (2018)
  • Jules Verne - Nautilus: S1E01-02 (2024)
• C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
  • JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
  • HG Wells - War of the Worlds: The Attack (2023)
• Philip K. Dick - Paycheck (2003)
• Michael Crichton - Jurassic World (2015)
• Robert Heinlein - The Puppet Masters (1994)
• HP Lovecraft - The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

Watch 10 films directed/produced/written by:

• Samuel Z. Arkoff - Meteor (1979)
• Roy Ward Baker - Moon Zero Two (1969)
• Charles Band - Trancers II (1991)
• Mario Bava - The Day the Sky Exploded (La morte viene dallo spazio) (1958)
• Luc Besson - The Fifth Element (1997)
• Tim Burton - Beetlejuice (1988)
• Richard Fleischer - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
• Terry Gilliam - The Brothers Grimm (2005)
• James Gunn - Scooby-Doo (2002)
• George Lucas - Labyrinth (1986)
• Georges Méliès - A Trip to the Moon (Le voyage dans la lune) (1902)
• Joseph M. Newman - This Island Earth (1955)
• George Pal - The War of the Worlds (1953)
• Sam Raimi - Darkman (1990)
• M. Night Shyamalan - Signs (2002)
• Curt Siodmak - The Magnetic Monster (1953)
• Steven Spielberg - Transformers One (2024)
• David Twohy - Pitch Black (2000)
• Jerry Warren - The Wild World of Batwoman (1966)
• Robert Wise - Audrey Rose (1977)

Watch 4 films composed by:

• Danny Elfman - Meet the Robinsons (2007)
• Jerry Goldsmith - The Haunting (1999)
• Joe Hisaishi - The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka) (2023)
• Akira Ifukube - Latitude Zero (Ido zero daisakusen) (1969)
• Howard Shore - The Brood (1979)
• Alan Silvestri - Practical Magic (1998)
• John Williams - War of the Worlds (2005)
• Hans Zimmer - Interstellar (2014)

Watch a film in 3 of these ratings:

• Unrated (pre-MPAA)/Approved - Unrated: Space Probe Taurus (1965); Approved: Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
• G - King Kong Escapes (Kingu Kongu no gyakushû) (1967)
• PG - Wonka (2023)
  • GP - The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
  • M - Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
• PG-13 - The Gorge (2025)
• R - Companion (2025)
• NC-17/X (not porn!)/Unrated - NC-17: Hard to Die (1990); X: Future-Kill (1985); Unrated: Paul (2011)

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

• Action/Adventure - Kraven the Hunter (2024)
• Animation - Babylon 5: The Road Home (2023)
• Comedy - Death of a Unicorn (2025)
• Crime/Film Noir/Mystery/Thriller - The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
• Drama - Unbreakable (2000)
• Family - Slumberland (2022)
• History/War/Western - Zone Troopers (1985)
• Horror - The Substance (2024)
• Music/Musical - Wicked (Wicked: Part I) (2024)
• Romance - Love Me (2024)

Watch a film in 10 sub-genres:

• Alien invasion - Quatermass 2 (1957)
• Alternate History - Watchmen: Chapter I (2024)
• Based on fairy tale - Snow White (2025)
• Christmas in July - Snowmageddon (2011)
• Comic Book - The Crow (2024)
• Disaster - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
• Dystopian Society - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
• High Fantasy - Ella Enchanted (2004)
• Immortality - The Old Guard (2020)
• Kaiju - Godzilla (2014)
• Laser (death by or contains one)- The Predator (2018)
• Mad Scientist - Morbius (2022)
• Mythology (Can be anybody's mythology) - Moana 2 (2024)
• Paranormal - We Have a Ghost (2023)
• Post-Apocalyptic - Bird Box: Barcelona (2023)
• Prehistoric - Kong: Skull Island (2017)
• Robot/Android - I, Robot (2004)
• Space Themed - Mickey 17 (2025)
• Superhero Themed - The Crow (1994)
• Sword and Sorcery - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
• Time travel - Tenet (2020)

Watch a film starring 9 of these classic actors and new actors who have not been in our lists before:

Classic:

• Abbott & Costello - The Time of Their Lives (1946)
• Evelyn Ankers - Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
• Lionel Atwill - Doctor X (1932)
• Lloyd Bridges - In the Nick of Time (1991)
• Boris Karloff - The Man Who Lived Again (The Man Who Changed His Mind) (1936)
• Christopher Lee - Starship Invasions (1977)
• Bela Lugosi - The Devil Bat (1940)
• Alan Napier - Sinbad, the Sailor (1947)
• Vincent Price - Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
• Max von Sydow - Dreamscape (1984)

New:

• Sean Bean - Mirror Mirror (2012)
• Donald Glover - The Martian (2015)
• Seth Green - Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
• Carol Kane - The Dead Don't Die (2019)
• Catherine O’Hara - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
• John Ritter - Stay Tuned (1992)
• William Morgan Sheppard - The Prestige (2006)
• Brent Spiner - Independence Day (1996)

Watch a film starring 10 of these actors/actresses:

• Amy Adams - Arrival (2016)
• Peter Dinklage - I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
• William Fichtner - Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
• Lena Headey - The Cave (2005)
• Charlton Heston - Solar Crisis (1990)
• Samuel L. Jackson - Glass (2019)
• Scarlett Johansson - Asteroid City (2023)
• Christopher Lambert - Southland Tales (2006)
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Fast Color (2018)
• Ray Milland - Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
• Rick Moranis - Spaceballs (1987)
• Chris Pine - Wish (2023)
• Natalie Portman - Fountain of Youth (2025)
• Callum Keith Rennie - Warcraft (2016)
• Alan Rickman - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• Kurt Russell - Sky High (2005)
• Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
• Tim Thomerson - Trancers (1984)
• Mark Wahlberg - Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
• Joey Wang - Kung Fu vs. Acrobatic (Mo deng ru lai shen zhang) (1990)

Personal Checklist:

• Anime - Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (Gojira: Kaijû Wakusei) (2017)
• Found Footage - Hangar 10 (2014)
• TV Miniseries - V (1983) (0/2)
• TV Movie - SnakeHead Swamp (2014)
• TV Season - Murderbot: Season 1 (2025) (0/10)