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Showdown: The Celluloid Closet

Current topic: best underseen queer films

This is my list for all the Letterboxd showdowns with the current topic occupying the first ten spots. Not every list is complete here because you can't have the same movie twice on the same list, so some spots are empty in older showdowns.

Here is the key to this list:

#1-10: The Celluloid Closet (best underseen queer films)
#11-20: The Nice Guys (best films about male friendship)
#21-30: Grand Illusion (best classic sci-fi/fantasy films)
#31-37: This Must Be the Place (best films with location titles)
#38-46: The Killing Joke (best dark-comedy films)
#47-55: Monkey Business (best primates in film)
#56-61: The Favourite (best nominees for the Outstanding British Film BAFTA)
#62-65: The NeverEnding…

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There are 20 films (excluding 1990s.

  • The Shawshank Redemption

    18

  • Magnolia

    32

  • Chungking Express

    33

  • Pulp Fiction

    38

  • The Lion King

    50

  • Babe: Pig in the City

    52

  • Schindler's List

    64

  • The Truman Show

    88

  • Groundhog Day

    91

  • The Celebration

    104

  • A River Runs Through It

    115

  • Fargo

    119

  • Dreams

    129

  • Starship Troopers

    153

  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    159

  • Ed Wood

    166

  • Wild at Heart

    177

  • Porco Rosso

    209

  • Men in Black

    212

  • Rushmore

    215