Quarantined
Newsperson sequestered in plague-ridden building
Late Night with the Devil
TV host interviews possessed girl
Hell House LLC
Opening night includes Hell’s portal
More found footage films that don’t suck
The Blair Witch Project
Student filmmakers explore haunted forest.
Paranormal Activity
Shit’s weird in San Diego.
Lake Mungo
Look closely at the stills.
Horror Anthologies
The ABCs of Death
A story for each letter
Tales from the Hood
Homies get trapped in mortuary
3:15
First French found footage* film
*also an anthology
Next: More horror anthologies
More horror anthologies
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie
Blondie Witch’s tales before dinner
Creepshow
Romero, King’s five creepy tales
The Monster Club
Features greatest movie striptease ever
Next: Zombie movies
Night of the Living Dead
One of the genre’s first
Shaun of the Dead
Popular British zombie comedy… zomedy?
Zombieland
Stay off the carnival rides!
Next up:
Films of Woody Harrelson
Kingpin
Washed-up, one-handed bowler makes good.
No Country For Old Men
Do not underestimate Anton Chigurh.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Revenge ends poorly for everyone.
Films with ambiguous endings and/or endings that don’t tie up the loose ends.
Inception
Top stop or not? Whatever.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Space baby…uhh, what now?
Mulholland Drive
David Lynch movie: 'nuff said.
Next: More Films with ambiguous endings and/or endings that don’t tie up the loose ends.
The Kids Are All Right
Family endures trauma, moves on?
The Blair Witch Project
So the witch imprisoned them?
The Thing
Did anyone survive the alien?
Movies that take place in the autumn
Back to School
Rodney performs the Triple Lindy
October Sky
Coal miner’s son builds rockets
Halloween
Introducing the unstoppable Michael Meyers
Next: Movies that take place entirely (or almost entirely) at schools
Movies that take place entirely (or almost entirely) at schools
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Damn, I loved that song!
Animal House
Satire doesn’t always age well.
Madchen in Uniform
The original’s much more provocative
More movies taking place mostly at schools
The Holdovers
Christmas: teacher, students uneasily bond
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Young wizards learn a lot
Dead Poets Society
“O Captain! My Captain!” recited
Next up:
Movies which seem to be anti-learning
Idiocracy
A warning from the future?
Dumb and Dumber
What’s the most annoying sound?
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
“Huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh, huh-huh, yeah!”
Next: Not your typical buddy movies
Turner & Hooch
Cop and ugly, destructive dog
Every Which Way but Loose
Trucker and his pet orangutan
Midnight Run
Bounty hunter and mob accountant
Next up:
Movies which made an already-existing song more famous
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
“Danke Schoen” lip-synced by truant.
Benny & Joon
“500 Miles” becomes iconic hit.
Reservoir Dogs
Classic rock juxtaposed with torture.
Movies with exquisite soundtracks
“Exquisite”? Hmm…
FM
Forgettable movie, but terrific soundtrack
The Sound of Music
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s best musical
Saturday Night Fever
Started a new music genre
Next: More exquisite soundtracks
National Lampoon’s Animal House
Best soundtrack ever; chef’s kiss.
The Big Chill
A microcosm of 60s music.
Purple Rain
Can’t go wrong with Prince.
Movies starring musicians
True Grit (1969)
Glen Campbell as The Texan
A Star is Born (1976)
Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand (Two for one!)
The Phantom Empire
Gene Autry’s first starring role
Next: Famous faces in “oaters” (B-movie westerns)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Gene Autry at his best
Man from Cheyenne
Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes costar
The Ox-Bow Incident
It’s Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan!
Next up:
Truly bad Westerns
The Ridiculous 6
Cowboy Sandler is an embarrassment
The Villain
Ahnold in Blazing Saddles? Terrible!
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
Outlaws and vampires don’t mix
Next: Movies that crossed genres (good or bad)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Spoiler alert!: title is misleading
Monsters vs. Aliens
Rainn Wilson is especially good
Cowboys & Aliens
Even worse than you think
Next up:
Your personal favorite sf movies