Movie List Monday: My 10 Favorites (For Now)

One of the things I miss the most as I gradually ween myself from social media: all the fun and pointless list-making! When I deleted my old Instagram account, I was in the middle of a month-long thing where you’d post a screenshot from a movie in a particular category each day. Because I got fed up with Facebook’s constant interference with my favorite platform, the internet was deprived of knowing what I chose as “My Favorite Remake” (John Carpenter’s The Thing), or “A Movie With the Best Soundtrack” (Finding Nemo).

That, plus the fact that I restarted my Letterboxd account after a long period of no interest, plus the fact that I’m tired of looking for music every week for “Semi-New Song Sunday,” make me think it’s a good idea to start weekly movie lists!

To start with, I’ll set the base line with the obvious first list, my 10 favorite movies as of right this second. The only rules for this list: no more than one movie from the same director (aka The Coen Brothers Handicap); and no matter how much or how long I’ve loved it in the past, I’m only including the ones that I haven’t over-watched and I’d still be excited to watch if they were on right now (aka The Monty Python and the Holy Grail Exclusion).

The Empire Strikes Back

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Big Trouble in Little China

The Big Lebowski

Rear Window

Top Secret!

The Cabin in the Woods

Mad Max: Fury Road

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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