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Top 50 Films I Discovered Thanks to the Letterboxd Top 250

On May 4th, 2020, I completed my six-year mission of finishing the official Letterboxd all-time top 250. Commemorating my badge here! I re-completed the list on May 29th, 2020, after a rule change. I hope to keep up to date with the list with new additions. [Update: I have not. As of February 26th, 2023, I have 5 new additions to see.]

These are the best films I watched because I saw they were on Dave Vis' list at some point since its inception in 2013. From films I hadn't heard of before I found Letterboxd to films I had heard of in ing but wasn't motivated to see until I saw their ranking. I'm excluding most of the new…

There are 24 films in this list available on Amazon Video US.

  • Sorcerer

    48

  • Farewell My Concubine

    29

  • Charulata

    19

  • La Belle Noiseuse

    5

  • La Flor

    39

  • Where Is the Friend's House?

    25

  • Life, and Nothing More…

    32

  • Aparajito

    31

  • A Special Day

    2

  • Incendies

    43

  • El Sur

    44

  • Marketa Lazarová

    26

  • The Young Girls of Rochefort

    38

  • Il Soro

    10

  • Rocco and His Brothers

    23

  • La Notte

    46

  • Opening Night

    14

  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

    37

  • The Earrings of Madame de...

    12

  • A Face in the Crowd

    8

  • I Am Cuba

    7

  • Paper Moon

    36

  • Central Station

    28

  • Harakiri

    4