This list is not in any particular order of 1-65 but rather sorted in a comprehensive arrangement divided into a few genres. As we know, some films can contain multiple genres within a film. I’ve organized it here as twelve entries across five genres. Movies have always been an expansive part of my life over the years. Still about another thousand to watch but as a cinephile with a home film projector; I decided to share my cream of the crop if you will. From a societal perspective, it’s likely that only twelve of these would make it onto a popularized top films list. Do prepare your popcorn or favourite snacks, it’s cinema night!
(eventually I'll expand this list to one hundred)
Sci-Fi⧜
Interstellar (2014)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Arrival (2016)
Life (2017)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
The Matrix (1999)
Annihilation (2018)
The Island (2005)
Pandorum (2009)
The Thing (1982)
Stalker (1979)
Tron Legacy (2010)
Drama⧜
Antwone Fisher (2002)
Seven Pounds (2008)
The Fountain (2006)
Blue Valentine (2010)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
The Hurricane (1999)
Big Fish (2003)
Titanic (1997)
John Q (2002)
Perfect Sense (2011)
The Master (2012)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Disappearance of Eleonor Rigby (Him/Her) [2013]
Action⧜
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
V for Vendetta (2005)
The Kingdom (2007)
Inception (2010)
The Grey (2011)
I Am Legend (2007)
Twister (1996)
Devotion (2022)
Ong Bak 2 (2008)
Blade II (2002)
Apocalypto (2006)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Thriller⧜
The Prestige (2006)
Shutter Island (2010)
Red Dragon (2002)
The Missing (2003)
Shot Caller (2017)
Reminiscence (2021)
Prisoners (2013)
Noah (2014)
The Game (1997)
6 Souls (2010)
The Brave One (2007)
Submergence (2017)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Horror⧜
The Village (2004)
The Descent (2005)
The Skeleton Key (2005)
30 Days of Night (2007)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Gretel and Hansel (2020)
Creep (2004)
Kwaidan (1964)
Barbarian (2022)
The Boy (2016)
Sator (2019)
Beetlejuice (1988)
The Others (2001)
Stop-motion mentions⧜
Coraline (2009)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Series mentions⧜
MARTIN (1992)
The X-Files (1993)
Penny Dreadful (2014)
Dark (2017)
a miniature carousal; a cinema zine curated by Dex for fans of storms and movies alike to accompany the list.