This is my unified watchlist: movies, shows, seasons, and episodes I plan to watch. Those items still in other service's watchlists or queues are missing IMDb, TMDb, and/or TVDB IDs.
Tags: #watchlist
My top 50 TV shows and movies I recommend you watch.
By Shawn Edwards, Co-Founder, African American Film Critics Association
Source: https://bit.ly/AAFCA-110IFatBE-Playlist
Source: https://bit.ly/AAFCA-110IFatBE-Article
Date: 2020-06-05
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
Source: https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/best_lawyer_movies
Date: 2018-08-01
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
Source: https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/25_more_great_movies_honorable_mentions/
Date: 2018-08-01
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
Source: https://www.abff.com/miami/finalists-announced-for-2021-abff-hbo-short-film-competition/
Date: 2021-09-24
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
1900: Gem of the Ocean
1910: Joe Turner's Come and Gone
1920: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
1930: The Piano Lesson
1940: Seven Guitars
1950: Fences
1960: Two Trains Running
1970: Jitney
1980: King Hedley II
1990: Radio Golf
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson#The_Pittsburgh_Cycle
Date: 2020-11-25
Tags: #wip
Source: https://www.criterionchannel.com/observations-on-film-art
Source: https://trakt.tv/shows/observations-on-film-art
Blog: http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/
Date: 2023-03-04
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#continuing
All Dark Shadows shows, movies, sequels, reboots, and specials, plus TV episodes inspiring or inspired by. Hopefully grouped in a way that makes sense.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows
Missing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0744935/reference
Missing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETBpUCVYz_s
Missing: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dark-shadows-sequel-works-at-cw-1238439
Date: 2019-09-09
Tags: #franchise
#dark-shadows
#grouped-order
#continuing
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Mabuse
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest
Date:
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In an interview many years ago, Szabó explained these films are an unconscious trilogy about people who, due to politics and history, can't show their talent unless they accept some compromises.
How far does your soul allow you to go in accepting bad compromises? These films are about bad compromises, not good compromises.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Szab%C3%B3#International_co-productions_featuring_Brandauer,_1981%E2%80%931988
Date: 1988-10-06
Tags: #franchise
#release-order
#complete
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Source: https://bit.ly/JonMChu-CoIMfAAF-Article
Source: https://bit.ly/JonMChu-CoIMfAAF-Trailer-Playlist
Source: https://bit.ly/JonMChu-CoIMfAAF-Service-Playlist
Date: 2020-05-14
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
All adaptations of Ernest Hemingway's The Killers (1927).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killers_(Hemingway_short_story)
Missing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262649/reference
Date: 1995-09-25
Tags: #theme
#release-order
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All adaptations of Larry McMurtry's Houston series (1970-1992), grouped by book order.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McMurtry#Houston_series
Source: https://www.theilluminerdi.com/2020/02/06/will-smith-terms-of-endearment/
Date: 2020-02-06
Tags: #franchise
#book-order
#continuing
All adaptations of and documentaries related to Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove series (1985-1997), grouped by internal chronology.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonesome_Dove_series
Date: 2008-01-12
Tags: #franchise
#lonesome-dove
#chronology-order
All adaptations of and documentaries related to Larry McMurtry's Thalia Texas trilogy (1961-1966) and Duane Moore series (1966-2009), grouped by book order.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McMurtry#Thalia:_A_Texas_Trilogy
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_McMurtry#Duane_Moore_series
Date: 2009-12-31
Tags: #franchise
#book-order
All Life on Mars shows, sequels, and adaptations, grouped by country of origin. Tunnel is not an official LoM adaptation. The show was inspired by the Hwaseong serial murders, and the main character moves from past to present, not present to past.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(British_TV_series)
Missing: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bbc-drama-life-mars-get-chinese-remake-1187546
Missing: https://www.tor.com/2020/04/02/bbc-life-on-mars-ashes-to-ashes-final-chapter-matthew-graham/
Date: 2020-04-02
Tags: #franchise
#life-on-mars
#grouped-order
#continuing
From Ashes and Diamonds to BlacKkKlansman
Martin Scorsese is not only one of the greatest living film directors of our time, but also an avid cinephile. His non-profit organization Film Foundation is dedicated to restore rare classics. His educational documentaries including “A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies” reflect his deep love and passion for film history. Here are the director’s favourite ten films in no particular order.
Source: https://www.film-foundation.org/scorsese-favorite-films
Date: 2020-06-03
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
The movies on this list have aspect ratios of 2.21:1, 2.35:1 or higher. In order to preserve the integrity of the films, they will appear with small black bars above and below the image on Philips and other manufacturers widescreen televisions. However, many classic and contemporary movies are filmed in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and fill the entire screen of a widescreen television.
Source: http://www.film-foundation.org/ar-2001-see-what
Date: 2001-06-05
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
Source: http://www.film-foundation.org/world-cinema
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cinema_Project
Date: 2024-05-15
Tags: #theme
#release-order
#continuing
All adaptations and reviews of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mirror_Crack%27d_from_Side_to_Side
Missing: https://siskelebert.org/?p=6944
Missing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRfNTh2vbZI
Date: 2018-03-25
Tags: #theme
#release-order
A list of my digital movies eligible for the Movies Anywhere monthly Screen Pass sharing beta test.
Source: https://moviesanywhere.com/what-is-screen-pass
Date: 2021-08-04
Tags: #service
#movies_anywhere
#recently-added
#continuing
#beta
Source: https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=voice-over-narration&mode=simple&page=1&sort=moviemeter,asc&ref_=kw_vw_smp
Source: http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2015/25-great-movies-with-the-most-effective-uses-of-voice-over-narration/
Source: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls009456420/
Date: 2022-09-18
Tags: #theme
#wip
Please see https://trakt.tv/users/toasterfaerie/lists/national-theatre-live
for regular National Theatre Live programming.
National Theatre Archive recordings missing IMDb, TMDb, and/or TVDB IDs:
- Three Sisters (Inua Ellams after Anton Chekov, Metta Theatre)
- Dara (Tanya Ronder after Shahid Nadeem, Ajoka Theatre)
- I Want My Hat Back (Jon Klassen, National Theatre)
- Mosquitoes (Lucy Kirkwood, Manhattan Theatre Club)
Source: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/ntathome
Source: https://www.ntathome.com/
Date: 2020-12-01
Tags: #service
#nt@home
#collection-order
#complete
Please see https://trakt.tv/users/toasterfaerie/lists/national-theatre-live
for regular National Theatre Live programming.
Barber Shop Chronicles and Les Blancs were presented from National Theatre Archive recordings. They have not yet been presented as part of National Theatre Live programming.
Source: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/nt-at-home
Date: 2020-06-20
Tags: #franchise
#release-order
#complete
Please see https://trakt.tv/users/toasterfaerie/lists/national-theatre-live
for regular National Theatre Live programming.
Source: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/whats-on
Missing: https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/public-acts-pericles-screening-staff
Date: 2020-12-14
Tags: #franchise
#release-order
#continuing
Vol 001: Yoshitomo Nara: Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara
Vol 002: Yayoi Kusama: I Love ME
Vol 003: Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog of Tokyo
Vol 004: Hisashi Tenmyouya: Samurai Nouveau
Vol 005: Makoto Aida: Cynic in the Playground
Vol 006: Katsura Funakoshi: Whispering Gaze
Source:
Missing: Vol 005: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1569466/reference
Missing: Vol 006: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1569467/reference
Date: 2008-02-02
Tags: #franchise
#new-people-artist-series
#list-order
#incomplete
Based on Ambrose Bierce's The Moonlit Road (1907), or Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's In a Grove (1922), or told in a style of multiple, conflicting perspectives.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moonlit_Road
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Grove
Missing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn1ehPMNHU0
Date: 2017-06-26
Tags: #theme
#release-order
Official List: https://trakt.tv/lists/official/before-collection?sort=rank,asc
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_trilogy
Date: 2020-05-24
Tags: #franchise
#release-order
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugrats_(franchise)
Date: 2021-05-27
Tags: #franchise
#release-order
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(novel)
Date:
Tags: #wip
Several broadcasts are missing IMDb, TMDb, and/or TVDB IDs.
Source: https://www.stagerussia.com/
Date: 2020-01-20
Tags: #franchise
#release-order
#continuing
#incomplete
#wip
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Source: https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-movie-soundtracks-ranked
Date: 2020-07-23
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
All movies, shows, and specials with or about the Tom Ripley character, in book order.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Ripley
Date: 2019-09-25
Tags: #character
#tom-ripley
#book-order
#continuing
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy-Rose_Blanchard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dee_Dee_Blanchard#In_popular_culture
Missing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7252476/reference
Date: 2024-03-29
Tags: #person
#gypsy-rose-blanchard
#grouped-order
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Keyes
Date:
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Visalia Ransacker (VR), Original Night Stalker (ONS), East Area Rapist (EAR), Golden State Killer (GSK)
Missing: https://tubitv.com/movies/100002110/evil-among-us-the-golden-state-killer
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo
Date: 2023-05-15
Tags: #wip
Source: http://www.citypages.com/news/rochelle-inselman-ex-girlfriend-from-hell-facing-40-years-in-prison-for-murder-6556998
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Esteve_Head
Date:
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turn_of_the_Screw
Date: 2020-10-09
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All adaptations of and documentaries related to The Usual Suspects. The Round Up: Deposing The Usual Suspects documentary is a combined repackaging of Pursuing the Suspects and Doin' Time with The Usual Suspects.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Usual_Suspects
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_(2005_film)
Missing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5498578/reference
Missing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5498626/reference
Date: 2005-09-16
Tags: #theme
#release-order
All adaptations and parodies of Georges Arnaud's Le salaire de la peur (1950).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wages_of_Fear
Date: 1980-11-17
Tags: #theme
#release-order
All adaptations of Henry James's Washington Square (1880).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Square_(novel)
Date: 1997-10-10
Tags: #theme
#release-order
Edited by Shawn Edwards
Written by members of the Critics Choice Association and African American Film Critics Association
Source: https://bit.ly/AAFCA-100YoBFM100-WebPage
Source: https://bit.ly/AAFCA-100YoBFM100-Ebook
Date: 2020-02-14
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
Edited by Shawn Edwards
Written by members of the Critics Choice Association and African American Film Critics Association
Source: https://bit.ly/AAFCA-100YoBFM50-Service-Playlist
Date: 2020-02-14
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
Source: https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/the_25_greatest_legal_movies/
Date: 2008-08-01
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
Source: https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/honorable_mentions
Date: 2008-08-01
Tags: #theme
#list-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7224-the-criterion-channel-s-january-2021-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#wip
The Criterion Channel removed all 4 Sara Driver films from the Leaving carousel by December 24, 2020.
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7198-the-criterion-channel-s-december-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
The Criterion Channel removed all 6 Charles Burnett films and all 2 Shirley Clarke films from the Leaving carousel by November 18, 2020.
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7161-the-criterion-channel-s-november-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
The Criterion Channel removed all 6 Jackie Chan films and Bless Their Little Hearts from, and added Gallipoli and Bonjour tristesse to, the Leaving carousel by October 6, 2020.
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7123-the-criterion-channel-s-october-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7081-the-criterion-channel-s-september-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
The Criterion Channel removed all 2 Kathleen Collins films from the Leaving carousel by August 28, 2020.
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7032-the-criterion-channel-s-august-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7000-the-criterion-channel-s-july-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
The Criterion Channel removed all 4 Khalik Allah films from the Leaving carousel by June 22, 2020.
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6963-the-criterion-channel-s-june-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6925-the-criterion-channel-s-may-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6870-the-criterion-channel-s-april-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6831-the-criterion-channel-s-march-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6800-the-criterion-channel-s-february-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6740-the-criterion-channel-s-january-2020-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6707-the-criterion-channel-s-december-2019-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6661-the-criterion-channel-s-november-2019-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6602-coming-attractions-the-criterion-channel-s-october-2019-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6557-coming-attractions-the-criterion-channel-s-september-2019-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6520-coming-attractions-the-criterion-channel-s-august-2019-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6460-coming-attractions-the-criterion-channel-s-july-2019-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6387-coming-attractions-the-criterion-channel-s-june-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#collection-order
#complete
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6314-coming-attractions-the-criterion-channel-s-may-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#complete
Released weekly from 2019-01-30 to 2019-04-03.
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6291-two-master-stylists-collide-in-our-first-criterion-channel-double-feature
Blog: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6253-the-criterion-channel-announces-launch-lineup
Tags: #service
#criterion_channel
#release-order
#complete