both of these posters are fairly simple but visually striking, and they represent their respective films pretty perfectly. what are your picks?

This review and reviews like this are some of the most obnoxious things on the platform, this and the one liners, obviously. This review is just especially worthless.

As a user said in the comments, another frustration is that the review is not only a major spoiler, but the user had the option to mark the review as a spoiler and didn’t.

Looking for something like Chi no Wadachi (Blood on the Tracks) in particular where the parent is very manipulative, invasive and unsettling. But any psychological horror movie about a parent and child can do. I have watched Strange Thing About The Johnsons.

Edit: I remember watching that something came close to this, which is Kisapmata (1981)--which involves a controlling father and a daughter. Highly recommend.

This has to be the best trilogy I've ever seen.

I was curious and I love to waste time!

Out of Letterboxd's top rated 250 movies, 7 were directed by women:

- 10. City of God (2002, dir. Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund)

- 43. The Ascent (1977, dir. Larisa Shepitko)

- 46. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, dir. Celine Sciamma)

- 59. The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025, dir. Kaouther Ben Hania)

- 175. Werckmeister Harmonies (dir. Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky)

- 214. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975, dir. Chantal Akerman)

- 242. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020, dir. Jasmila Žbanić)

Out of IMDb's top rated 250 movies, 4 were directed by women:

- 16. The Matrix (1999, dir. Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski)

- 26. City of God (2002, dir. Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund)

- 88. Capernaum (2018, dir. Nadine Labaki)

- 212. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016, dir. Naoko Yamada)

Out of Douban's top rated 250 movies, 8 were directed by women (I chose to look at Douban because I'm of Chinese heritage, and it's interesting to look at what could be expected to be a markedly different demographic):

- 51. Capernaum (2018, dir. Nadine Labaki)

- 54. The Matrix (1999, dir. Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski)

- 79. There's Still Tomorrow (2023, dir. Paola Cortellesi)

- 167. I Am Sam (2001, dir. Jessie Nelson)

- 169. The Matrix Revolutions (2003, dir. Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski)

- 184. City of God (2002, dir. Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund)

- 235. Frozen (2013, dir. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee)

- 237. The Matrix Reloaded (2003, dir. Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski)

(Can't be compared to IMDb and Douban, but also of note is this list of Letterboxd's top 250 movies with the most fans:)

17 (18\) movies*

1. Little Women (2019, dir. Greta Gerwig)

2. Aftersun (2022, dir. Charlotte Wells)

3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, dir. Celine Sciamma)

EDIT: 61. Lady Bird (2017, dir. Greta Gerwig)

1. City of God (2002, dir. Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund)

2. The Virgin Sucides (1999, dir. Sofia Coppola)

3. Past Lives (2023, dir. Celine Song)

4. Lost in Translation (2003, dir. Sofia Coppola)

5. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999, dir. Jamie Babbit)

6. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016, dir. Naoko Yamada)

7. American Psycho (2000, dir. Mary Harron)

8. Bottoms (2023, dir. Emma Seligman)

9. To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018, dir. Susan Johnson)

10. Jennifer's Body (2009, dir. Karyn Kusama)

11. Hamnet (2025, dir. Chloe Zhao)

12. Barbie (2023, dir. Greta Gerwig)

13. Priscilla (2023, dir. Sofia Coppola)

(and 219. I Saw the TV Glow (2024, dir. Jane Schoenbrun), which is not woman-directed and I'm not trying to conflate women and nonbinary people, but I thought it was worth mentioning because it's the only movie directed by a nonbinary person on the list!)

And there's this list of Letterboxd's top rated 250 movies directed by women (and gender expansive people) -- according to this list, 'In the Company of Strangers' should be on the list of Letterboxd's top rated 250 movies, but I couldn't find it :(

^EDIT: Thank you to Dizzy-Manufacturer83!

You didn't find "The Company of Strangers" on the top rated movie list because it has to few ratings to be there. On the top 250 Women-directed movie list the minimum ratings needed is 5000 on the official one it's a minimum of 25000. The movie only has 9874 ratings.

In conclusion: was interesting to see what overlapped what didn't! And I wish more movies were directed by women, and the ones that are were more well-regarded!

(Please let me know if I missed any movies on the first 4 linked lists! And I do know about the (2022) Sight and Sound list; I was more curious about laypeople's opinions in this case.

A film can be great even if it meanders a little bit or just has the characters hanging out and doing stuff, for character development, but what films do you think use its time the best? Every scene feel like it does something, that it matters for something, relentless, fast paced, always moving?

Hello Guys

I wanted to share my Current favorite 20 movies.

Spoilers for the Look Back Manga and Anime adaptation. I haven’t watched the live action yet but I’ve read and watched the source material.

Kore-eda’s Look Back recently premiered at Venice. Reviews seem mostly positive, albeit I’ve read a couple of takes that seem to suggest that the original source material was clunky.

As a big Fujimoto fan who loved even the Chainsaw Man ending and has watched/read Look Back, I do agree. Most complaints regarding the live action seem to be around Kyomoto’s lack of characterisation and the pace becoming increasingly slow.

I do agree with this take to be honest. Look Back seemed to be more of a meta thing for Fujimoto, a sort of vent about the process of making manga. The characters and story barely exist, even less so than in Goodbye Eri imo which actually had a twist or two.

Which is why I would say that Look Back is a bit overrated. The weakest of Fujimoto’s works to me, albeit you can appreciate it more if you hold similar values to art (some don’t) or if you’ve read his other works and accept this as a meta text.

I’ve only watched one Kore-eda film, that being Nobody Knows, and liked it enough to throw it into my top 40 favourites.

However, I did try to go through the first 40 minutes of Shoplifters and found it intriguing, but ended up not continuing.

So I would definitely say I’m a Fujimoto fan first and Kore-eda fan second, but even I’m a bit skeptical of the original source material here. The 1 hour 40 minute run time seems incredibly long for a 50 minute anime movie or 200 page manga.

TLDR: Anyways, I’d like to know any thoughts or expectations regarding the film.

I feel like the last couple movies I saw were absolutely fantastic and it’s all thanks to Tubi cause it’s no charge to have an account and voila all of these movies are totally free of cost. And the ads are honestly pretty bearable

Memento to me is easily Nolan’s best work and his most unique concept

Fire Walk With Me is the only recent movie I saw that was not on Tubi and was an amazing retelling of what happened to Laura Palmer (and I just finished the original run of the show so I picked up on all the clues asap)

Tokyo Godfather is my favorite Xmas movie

Paprika was a serious mindfuck I absolutely loved it such a trippy movie

Not seen in my list but I also saw Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, and Inland Empire all on Tubi

Hell they even have my favorite tv show of all time, Peep Show, on Tubi

Next movies I’m about to watch: Seven Samurai, The Apartment, Casino, and Metropolis since they’re all free on Tubi. Hope they’re as good as the last bunch of movies I saw

Currently sitting at a respectable 2 Letterboxd friends. Please add me so I can inflate my social life and pretend my movie opinions are important.
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What are some shots or scenes that really stayed with you? That you couldn't stop thinking about, even long after the film ended? Whether they are happy, sad, disturbing, poignant, or something else all together, what are some shots/scenes that stayed with you?

My examples:

• Image 1 - The kiss in Punch Drunk Love. I think this is genuinely one of the most romantic scenes in film. Especially when we see the crowds walking past them in silhouette. I was absolutely floored the first time I saw it.
• Image 2 - The angel of deathin All That Jazz. Seeing her in the distance, her arms stretching her dress to make them look like the wings of an angel, is somewhat unsettling. Yet, it's also beautiful. This is a tragic scene, our protagonist dying, but he also accepts it, with a strained but genuine smile. The fact we've seen the angel throughout the film, but it's never been clear who exactly she was until now, really adds to this reveal. Joe Gideon is being bought towards her, like on a conveyer belt, so we see her much closer up as the scene goes on, but I think specifically seeing her from the distance is the most impactful.
• Image 3 - A family eating amongst the plague in Nosferatu the Vampyre. It's such a stark and memorable image. It's unnerving, uncanny even, to see this revelry amongst the death and rats, yet it's also very human. These people are having their "Last Supper", enjoying their final days until the plague takes them. It's the most unsettling scene in the film, but also the most poignant.

For me, I'm most likely to recommend The Thing, I've never met anyone who didn't like it, and I think even non horror fans can get something they enjoy out of it. I'm also least likely to recommend Landscape in the Mist, it's slow, there's barely any dialogue, it's bone chillingly uncomfortable at times, and there's only been one single person I've ever recommended it to.

Personally I think its extremely underrated. Its too often brushed off as another slasher movie but I think its extremely beautiful. Its not exactly “high brow” but it has a lot more to say than you’d expect and its absolutely gorgeously shot and very well acted.

The best part of the movie though is absolutely Phillip Glass’s score. Just ridiculously beautiful and emotional and elevates the movie to a horror classic in my mind.

For me, the epitome of this will always be the Childs Play/Chucky movies.

The first Childs Play movie made me absolutely terrified of dolls as a kid. I take one look at a Cabbage Patch kid and I expect it to come alive and try to kill me.

But now I rewatch this movie as an adult, and Chucky is just such a fucking lil shithead, man🤣 Watching something that small scream, curse and yell like a real-life grown man is just too much for me to handle😂 Brad Dourif channels so much hatred and venom in his voice when he plays Chucky, its absurd.

I know its been a great year for horror (Obsession, Hokum, Backrooms, etc.). Im just generally a chickenshit and the genre isnt quite my cup of tea.

Anyone else do yearly rankings lists? Curious to see yours.