As the MUBI Podcast returns with a second series of needle-drops focusing on UK music of the ’80s and ’90s, host Rico Gagliano shares eleven films that exemplify the power of music in cinema. Read more on Journal. 2001: A Space Odyssey Donnie Darko The Harder They Come Chungking Express Blackboard Jungle Whisper of the Heart Bend It Like Beckham All of Us Strangers Belly This Is England ...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
A list of every film that you can rent now on Letterboxd Video Store. This list will be updated regularly as we add more films for rental, along with removing select titles whose availability will be for a limited time only. (Regions and prices vary by title, head to Video Store to see what’s available in your location.) Want to know more about Letterboxd Video Store? Check out our Journal primer here for the most pressing information, and our full FAQ here. Forelock Unreleased Gem for July 2026 King Hamlet Unreleased Gem for July 2026 Tinsman Road Unreleased Gem for July 2026 Paytime Unreleased Gem for July 2026 Hokum I Love Boosters CAMP The Currents Palestine 36 Mārama ...plus 64 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
For the second in a series of starter packs surveying New Hollywood, Justin LaLiberty brings together twenty recommendations for those looking to dive deeper into this independent, auteur-driven movement of American cinema. Who's That Knocking at My Door Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Zabriskie Point Husbands A New Leaf Two-Lane Blacktop Carnal Knowledge Play Misty for Me Fat City Across 110th Street ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
As the 2026 summer movie season delivers a fresh, hopeful batch of crowd-pleasing spectacles, the Letterboxd crew makes a case for some of the lesser-loved blockbusters from years past that we feel are worth a second look. Read the full story on Journal. The Matrix Resurrections Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) Hulk Constantine Transformers: Age of Extinction Mission: Impossible II Alien³ Bad Boys II Cliffhanger Air Force One ...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
In partnership with Mentos, here are the top 20 most popular comedies of the 1990s on Letterboxd. How many have you seen? The Truman Show Pulp Fiction 10 Things I Hate About You Forrest Gump Home Alone Toy Story Clueless Notting Hill Fargo The Big Lebowski ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Since 2011, the Letterboxd crew has chosen up to six new releases to spotlight on the front page, ranging from the biggest blockbusters to festival favorites to deep cut indies. This is a list of all films that have been selected as a crew pick as of July, 2026. The Odyssey Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Tony The Samurai and the Prisoner Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass I Want Your Sex Disclosure Day The Invite Toy Story 5 The Furious ...plus 571 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
As we dive headfirst into summer and outrageously hot temperatures in much of the world, a starter pack of twenty fantastic films about summer vacations awaits. While many are joyous and uplifting, summer isn’t always just about joy—filmmakers have also deftly used the summer months to explore unexpected loneliness, alienation, heartbreak; as much on an individual level, or even through families tearing at the seams. This collection of movies reminds us that a summer holiday is far from a cure-all; for the lovers and dreamers, and the non-believers, there’s something for everyone’s watchlists. Read the full list breakdown over on Journal. Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar Dirty Dancing The Way Way Back The Green Ray Before Midnight Only Yesterday How Stella Got Her Groove Back Smiles of a Summer Night The Quiet Girl The Talented Mr. Ripley ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
With Elliot Tuttle’s Blue Film now available on Letterboxd Video Store’s New Releases shelf, the filmmaker shares the films that influenced his provocative debut feature. Read more to see his accompany notes for each pick. In a Glass Cage Ground-breaking in its onscreen depiction of taboo — one film completely sustained by evil-made-human and just a few characters. It’s brash and completely disregards socially-acceptable storytelling in pursuit of a greater truth. And that very specific icy blue cast by DP Jaume Peracaula in its final moments will forever be an aesthetic reference for me. Sweet Movie Impossible to shake — one of the few films I regard highly and have only seen once — perfect example of a film one could never make now. Its ethos, which guides us through unseen depravity with such an unblinking eye, gave me courage when thinking about Blue Film. My Own Private Idaho It has to be one of the quintessential Gay films, all the more interesting because I don’t know if I could describe River Phoenix or Keanu Reeves’ characters as gay. But I do think Phoenix in this film is one of the greatest performances of all time, and his sensitivity (which transcends any identity) was hugely informative for the character of Aaron. 36 Fillette I’ve mentioned Breillat many times through the press cycle of Blue Film but this stands out to me as both her best work and the most influential to mine. Her portrait(s) of adolescent sexuality move me very deeply in that they’re made with such care and reckless abandon. Her films exist so far outside of any social precedent, but she makes them with such honesty. It’s a radical feat, and she does it every time she makes a film. A true visionary. Ken Park Sex onscreen is often relegated to the conceptual, but films like Ken Park make it feel rife with danger and potential, as an experience that moves us through our lives. It’s a nauseating film insofar as we see ourselves in its depravity. Pervert Park Very informative to me as a piece of journalism on sex offenders, however anecdotal and personal. It became clear to me very quickly that I could not make characters that were representative of all gay guys and sex workers, or convicted sex offenders. But this film offered a lot of valuable, and carefully documented, insight on the inner lives of pedophiles and sexual criminals. Father and Son The film has this hallucinatory quality unlike anything I’ve ever seen; it’s not ‘visual poetry,’ ‘surrealist,’ or any of our usual descriptors. It’s so ambitious, visually, and then completely compelling in a similarly somatic, emotional, insular story of only two characters (a younger and older man). Ariel Enormous visual reference that I shared with my DP Ryan Jackson-Healy, as well as Kaurismaki’s Le Havre. I don’t think Kaurismaki gets enough credit for how expressively he uses color — he deserves to be talked about alongside Almodóvar. It was very important to me and Ryan not to be afraid of color, or attempting a visual world. I didn’t want to fall into the classic debut feature pitfall of mistaking framing for cinematography. I was very grateful to Ryan for guiding the process and being such a wonderful collaborator. Nymphomaniac As blunt and honest about sex as any film I could imagine. One of his major works (alongside The House That Jack Built in my opinion). Should be spoken about all the time. Hard Candy A very intelligently-written chamber piece that threads this perfect line between human drama, dark comedy, and perverse sex thriller. It’s difficult to find a tonal misstep in what is really an audacious film, especially for that time in the American scene with two major stars who had a lot to risk by making it. ...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Updated each month, Katie Rife highlights a selection of the best classic titles hitting physical media or with new restorations opening in theaters. Read more about this month’s selections on Journal here. The Elephant Man Tally Brown, New York Histoire(s) du cinéma Sherman's March Take Care of My Cat Hairspray Desperate Living Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean By Hook or by Crook The Devil Queen ...plus 50 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Consensus for Showdown № 238 Bright Lights (best Las Vegas films) Ocean's Eleven Casino The Hangover Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Anora Showgirls The Godfather Part II Leaving Las Vegas Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Blade Runner 2049 ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
A list of every film that has been announced as an Unreleased Gem on Letterboxd Video Store. See all films currently available to rent now. Unreleased Gems are discoveries that span buzzy titles from recent festivals, older gems that flew under the radar, or just films that deserve a spotlight. Read the Journal stories on our Unreleased Gems shelves for December 2025, April 2026 and July 2026. At the time of their launch on Video Store, they are undistributed in the countries where we show them. Each is available for a limited time only, and exclusive to Video Store. Please feel free to leave a comment suggesting unreleased gems for our consideration. It Ends Available from December 10, 2025 to January 9, 2026. Kennedy Available from December 10, 2025 to January 9, 2026. The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo Available from December 10, 2025 to January 9, 2026. Sore: A Wife from the Future Available from December 10, 2025 to January 9, 2026. Amoeba Available to rent from April 29 to May 28, 2026. Eugene the Marine Available to rent from April 29 to May 28, 2026. Lemonade Blessing Available to rent from April 29 to May 28, 2026. The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick Available to rent from April 29 to May 28, 2026. Tinsman Road Available to rent from July 1 to August 1, 2026 King Hamlet Available to rent from July 1 to August 1, 2026 ...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
As Minions & Monsters rolls out into theaters, co-writer Brian Lynch shares the movies that inspired or are referenced in the feature that harkens back to Old Hollywood. Modern Times Steamboat Bill, Jr. Safety Last! Plan 9 from Outer Space Singin' in the Rain Citizen Kane The Maltese Falcon The Muppet Movie Back to the Future Part II E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
To celebrate the release of Jackass: Best and Last, let’s go back to the very beginning and unpack all the jackassery cinema has gifted us along the way. Here are twenty movies that influence, inspire and embody the spirit of Jackass, from raunchy comedies and music docs to films maudit and beyond. Read the full story on Journal. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Being Evel Pink Flamingos SLC Punk Blazing Saddles Roar Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Footlight Parade The Decline of Western Civilization Tucker and Dale vs. Evil ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
To celebrate this summer’s mammoth FIFA World Cup, we revisit Annie Lyons’ celebration of underseen, underrated narrative features focused on soccer that center o jogo bonito in an integral way. These choices might not tend to offer much on-field action but still capture something true about the game’s essence, encompassing everything from an ambitious coach’s crisis point to fans risking arrest to attend a match and a romance that runs parallel to a World Cup. Head over to Journal for the full list breakdown and to find a handful of nonfiction recommendations too. The Damned United Diamantino Fever Pitch Looking for Eric Mario Offside Rudo y Cursi What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
The Odyssey Spider-Man: Brand New Day Minions & Monsters Evil Dead Burn Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass Moana Horsegirls The Samurai and the Prisoner Pinocchio: Unstrung Motor City ...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Every film ever spotlighted in Watchlist This!, our monthly Journal feature highlighting a selection of watchlist-worthy titles that are potentially slipping under the radar. All films here are listed in reverse chronological order according to article date, with the most recent selections always at the top. Read more about this month’s selections on Journal here. Carolina Caroline The Little Sister Promised Sky Romería She's the He! Blue Film Renoir The Currents Time and Water Our Land ...plus 175 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Olivia Rodrigo loves love—and over three albums to date, she has learned to write and sing about it with a wisdom far beyond her years: the beautiful, shiny parts as much as the ugly, sad ones. Recorded during and released after the dissolution of Rodrigo’s first “big girl relationship”, her third album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love lets love songs and laments on heartbreak coexist and converse with each other. Love and loneliness become intimate bedfellows across its thirteen tracks, with startling clarity. To keep the conversation going around Rodrigo’s most cinematic and emotionally arresting album yet, behold twenty films below that serve as essential representation for the essential sad girls one of our greatest young songwriters has always taken such great care of. Read the full story breakdown on Journal. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant The Apartment In the Mood for Love Charulata If Beale Street Could Talk A Tale of Winter Asako I & II On the Beach at Night Alone Babyteeth Je Tu Il Elle ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
With The Death of Robin Hood out now in theaters, Dan Mecca unleashes a quiver’s worth of cinematic excursions with the iconic outlaw that hit the mark. Read the full story on Journal. The Death of Robin Hood Robin Hood Robin Hood: Men in Tights Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Robin Hood Robin and Marian Robin Hood A Challenge for Robin Hood Robin and the 7 Hoods The Adventures of Robin Hood ...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
To celebrate the release of Horse Lords’ sixth studio album Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!, band members Max Eilbacher (bass/electronics) and Owen Gardner guitar/electronics) share a list of movies they watched during the making of the record, available now via RVNG Intl. Follow Max and Owen on Letterboxd. Read their accompanying notes for each pick. Anaconda An all-time hotel classic—over 15 years of touring, we have developed and refined an appreciation for the blockbusters of the past that now linger in the purgatory of cable TV. I feel like I have said “I barely slept, Anaconda was on last night” at many early lobby calls. How do you take what works for and against Anaconda and distill it into a 3-minute song? The Catch I watched this after a difficult studio session trying to figure out how to enjoy writing bass lines remotely. It haunted me on multiple levels, something I could still feel when I resumed the aborted writing session. How did Somai create something so pedestrian yet so disturbing? Where do artistic intent and the viewer’s subjective projections meet and depart? I was watching the film, wrecked by it, but also thinking about the same three bass notes. Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day A high water mark for leftist art using the tools of mass entertainment. An openly stagey and propagandistic romance whose characters are so lovingly wrought that their struggles and successes feel like ours, and through whom Marxist tenets are communicated with rare sincerity and directness, heeding Douglas Sirk’s (and country music’s) lesson that realism is not necessarily the most direct path to the real. F for Fake Music production is no less built on lies, but despite my best efforts I haven’t yet succeeded in exploiting this as gleefully as Welles, who apparently thought this was a masterpiece but seems to treat it like a joke? Silliness is serious. Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation Conveys so vividly the joy and agony of creation and of creative community. This 1,500-minute journey through one of Germany’s tempestuous decades accompanied and mirrored the sometimes tortured path through composing, recording and mixing this record. Loose Corner We strive for a similar approach to examining sonic and/or musical phenomena—maybe best heard on “Playing and Reality”—exploring an illusion in a way that conveys wonder and curiosity rather than mastery. Great soundtrack as well, the sound of piano on tape bringing added wistfulness. The Suspect Political intrigue and betrayal unfold under the beautiful arcades and interiors of Turin. Intricate ornamentation and texture alone are not enough, and a hushed yet thrilling plot alone is not enough. Form needs both. How do you weave them together in a way that preserves, mutes, and amplifies? This film does a pretty great job of all this. 3 Women The Miles Davis 1974 live band and Pete Cosey left the feedback setting on a little too high and Davis did not do anything about it till near the end of the concert but it’s a movie made by the GOAT Altman. He takes the logic of dreams seriously and so do we. A Touch of Zen That in the midst of what one would expect to be the most intense action sequences the focus shifts to the stillness of the forest, the rustling of clothes and the imaginary whipping windy sounds of jumping: magical, and an effect we’ll continue trying to emulate. What's Up Connection It melts any notion of form and casts its sticky material into a barber pole spinning between a shop selling enlightenment and one selling sugary snacks. I had never experienced this level of play with the notion of fixed characters, cinematic categories, linear markings, all held together inside the container of a cartoonish movie plot—one so flexible that it can suddenly become a slapstick ethnographic film and just as unexpectedly return. Very inspiring.
Consensus for Showdown № 237 Love Lies Bleeding (best “be gay, do crime” films) Dog Day Afternoon Bound The Handmaiden Love Lies Bleeding Rope Bottoms The Rocky Horror Picture Show Mulholland Drive The Talented Mr. Ripley Jennifer's Body ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Marilyn Monroe’s legacy as a performer is one of appearances being deceiving. In spite of her beauty and platinum hair, she was anything but a “dumb blonde”. She was a producer, a perfectionist, a woman who wanted to be seen as a person and respected as a woman. Even in movies made about her, only one of which is included in this list, there’s a desire to showcase who she was as a person and an actor. The films below—in chronological order—demonstrate different facets of Marilyn Monroe, and do a fantastic job of presenting the performer she was, and what she could have been. Read more about Kristen Lopez’s selections on Journal. Ladies of the Chorus The Asphalt Jungle All About Eve Let's Make It Legal Clash by Night Don't Bother to Knock Monkey Business Niagara Gentlemen Prefer Blondes How to Marry a Millionaire ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
As Disclosure Day brings Steven Spielberg back into speculative science-fiction territory, we bring to light the Letterboxd community’s ranking of the legendary director’s entire filmography from best to worst. Read the full story on Journal. Schindler's List Saving Private Ryan Raiders of the Lost Ark Jurassic Park Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Catch Me If You Can The Fabelmans The Color Purple Jaws Empire of the Sun ...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
In partnership with Mentos, we take a look at the top 20 movies from the 1990s with the most fans on Letterboxd. How many have you seen? “Fans” is defined by the total number of members who have added that specific film to the Four Favorites slots on their profile page. 10 Things I Hate About You Fight Club Good Will Hunting Se7en The Shawshank Redemption Forrest Gump Pulp Fiction Scream The Truman Show GoodFellas ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
As Pride Month shines on, Barry Levitt sheds a light on twenty queer films which proudly prove that happy endings in the genre are more than possible. Read the full list breakdown over on Journal. Desert Hearts Saving Face The Way He Looks Boy Meets Girl Rafiki Anything's Possible Carol Princess Cyd Bound But I'm a Cheerleader ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Drag has been part of cinema since the very beginning. The Countess Charming is thought to be the first feature film featuring drag, though it’s sadly lost. But filmmakers like Alice Guy-Blanché toyed with gender roles in the 1900s in shorts like The Consequences of Feminism. Film has consistently explored gender through drag, dabbling in every genre imaginable. This starter pack, however, is dedicated to films that celebrate the possibilities of drag, whether it’s exploring the life of a drag queen, or people who want to express themselves in a new way. For some of these films, drag is a curiosity to see how the other half lives; for others, it’s a vital part of their own gender expression. Drag doesn’t have to mean donning elaborate gowns or impossibly high heels. It’s a way to discover a new part of yourself by becoming someone different. Read more about Barry Levitt’s selections on Journal. I Don't Want to Be a Man Victor and Victoria Charley's Aunt The Wicked Lady Some Like It Hot The Queen Funeral Parade of Roses Pink Flamingos The Rocky Horror Picture Show La Cage aux Folles ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Frameline, the San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, returns June 17–27, 2026. Here are 20 films to add to your watchlist ahead of the festival. Castration Movie Anthology iii. Year of the Hyaena Our Effed Up World Maddie's Secret Barbara Forever Girls Like Girls Loves Company I Want Your Sex Puppygirl Sparks Jaripeo ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
As The Death of Robin Hood heads into theaters this week from A24, director Michael Sarnoski shares ten films that influenced his take on the classic tale. Be sure to read the notes for Sarnoski’s words on each selection. The Virgin Spring A huge inspiration for its historical accuracy, and its beautiful interweaving of violence, nature, and spirituality. The world of that time always felt a hair’s breadth away from the divine and the deadly. The Revenant Early on I described The Death of Robin Hood as starting as The Revenant, and finishing as Phantom Thread. The Revenant was a big reference for the bleakness yet grandeur of the natural world, and the visceral, unglamorous violence of the beginning of our film. Phantom Thread At the end of the day, this and Robin Hood are about two people stripping away the lies of their identities, and examining an unusual but profound relationship. Robin Hood This movie began my relationship with the Robin Hood character, and my understanding of him as a cultural construct. I saw this movie as a child, then read the story of Robin Hood’s death. Trying to reconcile a jovial fox and the death of a flesh and blood man stuck with me, and many years later became The Death of Robin Hood. Valhalla Rising A gorgeous display of bleakness and violence, all steeped in mythology. We wanted to approach action with the same grittiness—just some folks trying desperately to murder each other in the mud. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford A beautiful examination of a folk figure coming to terms with his life, death, and his own folklore. Days of Heaven This film did an incredible job of painting a community that is closely connected to nature. We wanted the Priory to have this same feeling of a living, breathing microcosm that feels full and lived-in. Spider-Man Spider-Man was the first time it really clicked for me what a director does. Seeing an iconic figure I loved filtered through someone else’s lens opened my mind up to the possibilities of filmmaking. Hunger An inspiration for how to represent death subjectively. The ending is a sensory exploration of death in all its mundanity and transcendence unlike anything I’ve seen. The Princess Bride The Princess Bride is a movie that grows with you as you grow. As a child, you love it as an adventure film. As you grow, the layers of satirical meta-fiction reveal themselves. Folktales like Robin Hood also grow with you, and change with time and cultural context.
What’s a queer film or TV show that brings you joy? 🌈 Watch the video here featuring answers from Kristen Stewart, Imogen Poots, Frankie Grande, François Arnaud, Raini Rodriguez, Brandon Flynn, Mark Indelicato, Jane Schoenbrun, Jack Haven, Justice Smith, Alessandra Lacorazza, River Gallo, Annapurna Sriram, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang, Katie Gavin, James Sweeney, Michael Benjamin, Tessa Thompson, Hayley Kiyoko, Andrew Ahn, Oliver Hermanus, Paul Mescal, Isaac Krasner, Corey Sherman, Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Eva Victor, Hannah Einbinder, Sadie Scott, King Princess, Shea Couleé, Katy O'Brian, Ira Sachs, Tonatiuh, Vera Drew, and Ellis Howard. Josie and the Pussycats Party Girl But I'm a Cheerleader Rent Hedwig and the Angry Inch Crossing And Then We Danced Lovesong Water Lilies Happy Together ...plus 27 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Consensus for Showdown № 236 Short ’n’ Sweet (best adaptation of short to feature) Whiplash Boogie Nights Marcel the Shell with Shoes On The Evil Dead Reservoir Dogs Flow What We Do in the Shadows Saw District 9 Shiva Baby ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
With “good for her” cinema enjoying a veritable boom, Lyvie Scott pays tribute to twenty films where Black women get theirs—whether revenge, social justice or oodles of cash. Read the full list breakdown on Journal. Is God Is Coffy Colombiana Widows Set It Off Jackie Brown Mad Money Hedda Sugar Hill Zola ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Ahead of her performance at Primavera Sound in Barcelona tomorrow (June 5), JADE shares eleven films that inspired her latest album 'That's Showbiz, Baby!'. Follow JADE on Letterboxd here. Carrie Romeo + Juliet Evita Showgirls Cabaret Smile Black Swan The Phantom of the Opera The Blair Witch Project Midsommar ...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
With Carolina Caroline in US theaters this Friday, director Adam Rehmeier shares ten Southern Crime double features that inspired his romantic crime thriller starring Samara Wearing and Kyle Gallner. 🤠 Bonnie's Kids Truck Stop Women The Great Texas Dynamite Chase Dixie Dynamite Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw Dirty Mary Crazy Larry Wild at Heart Wise Blood Dark Sunday Buckstone County Prison ...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Let us take you back to the movie summer of 1996, where the breadth of options were diverse and exciting. In the space of three short months, Tom Cruise produces his first blockbuster, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in one of his final action hits, Robert Altman directs one of his most personal films and biggest financial failures and Nicole Holofcener makes her first feature. Below, we highlight ten films from the summer of 1996 that were hits with a lasting cultural imprint, and ten that may not have hit at first, but are worthy of rediscovery. Read more about Dan Mecca’s selections on Journal. The Craft Twister The Rock Mission: Impossible Eraser The Hunchback of Notre Dame Independence Day Trainspotting A Time to Kill Matilda ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
From sublime coming-of-age dramas to strikingly ambitious queer odysseys and exhilaratingly bonkers science-fiction epics, our crew selects fifteen highlights from the 2026 Cannes Film Festival to add to your watchlist. Read what we have to say about each film in the full story on Journal. All of a Sudden La Bola Negra Clarissa Club Kid Coward Dua Hope I'll Be Gone in June I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning La Gradiva ...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Since the birth of cinema, mainstream filmmakers, acclaimed auteurs and European enfants terribles alike have understood the big-screen potential of newborn life. It’s no wonder films starring babies span every categorization and sometimes seem like a subgenre all their own. This month sees the big-screen debut of Din Grogu, known far and wide as Baby Yoda, in Jon Favreau’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. All this Baby Yoda talk got us thinking about what other on-screen infants have been capable of commanding such awe and appreciation from audiences. They don’t stay babies forever, we admit, but the most iconic infants in cinema history have all burned brightly enough that you can rest assured that their pint-sized performances will be immortalized for all time. Without further ado, here are twenty beloved babies from the big screen. Read more about Isaac Feldberg’s selections on Journal. Raising Arizona Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance 2001: A Space Odyssey The Lion King The Incredibles The Hangover Broker Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Willow Annette ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Consensus for Showdown № 235 Get a Clue (best film detectives) Knives Out The Silence of the Lambs Se7en The Batman Who Framed Roger Rabbit Chinatown The Nice Guys Zodiac Hot Fuzz The Long Goodbye ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Kering is hosting a Women In Motion Talk today with Julianne Moore, this year’s Women In Motion Award Laureate at the Cannes Film Festival. The Big Lebowski Boogie Nights The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Magnolia Crazy, Stupid, Love. The Lost World: Jurassic Park Children of Men The Fugitive Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Supergirl Scary Movie Disclosure Day The Death of Robin Hood Another World The Furious Power Ballad The Birthday Party Masters of the Universe Toxic ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
The erotic thriller has been a pervasive entity in cinema, domestic and abroad, for over forty years now, so one starter pack didn’t feel like enough space to devote to the wily nature of the genre, especially with so many independently produced and/or internationally financed films that are ripe for discovery for so many people. This second list focuses on films logged by between twenty and 50,000 members on Letterboxd, offering a deeper dive into the genre for those who have made their way through the initial twenty or, perhaps especially, those who had seen them before the list even dropped. Read more about Justin LaLiberty’s selections on Journal. Crimes of Passion Dream Lover Femme Fatale Poison Ivy The Last Seduction Double Lover Jade The Comfort of Strangers In the Cut Passion ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
As the 2026 Cannes Film Festival kicks off this week, here’s a look back at the films that competed in the main competition section for the Palme d’Or ten years ago. How many have you seen? American Honey Aquarius Elle From the Land of the Moon Graduation The Handmaiden It's Only the End of the World I, Daniel Blake Julieta The Last Face ...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Over the past years, with film and television studios alike seeking to mine the realm of video game storytelling, an abundance of game adaptations have been announced, released, and sometimes abandoned. Just this year alone, we have had a Super Mario movie with Galaxy, yet another attempt at a Silent Hill adaptation with Return to Silent Hill and the indie hit Iron Lung (itself directed by game streamer Markiplier), among others, with so many readaptations (another Resident Evil, another Mortal Kombat, another Street Fighter) on the way. In honor of all the crazy attempts at bringing video games to life and telling tales that revolve around games, be they adapations or orginals, this list is here to dive into just some of the weird and wonderful ways that the medium has seeped right back into that of cinema. Read more about Juan Barquin’s selections on Journal. Super Mario Bros. Mortal Kombat Parasite Eve Pikachu's Vacation eXistenZ Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Resident Evil DOA: Dead or Alive Animal Crossing: The Movie Summer Wars ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
Consensus for Showdown № 234 In Vogue (best contemporary costuming in film) Clueless Barbie The Devil Wears Prada La La Land The Royal Tenenbaums Mean Girls Knives Out Legally Blonde Heathers Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
It’s time to dust off your watchlists and readjust your bowties: the time has come once again for another edition of the Cannes Film Festival. The biggest fortnight of the year for movie lovers is right around the corner, and this 79th edition is set to be a doozy. We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to European auteurs (Pawlikowski! Zvyagintsev! Dhont! Kreutzer!) and Japanese heavyweights (Hamaguchi, Kore-eda, Kurosawa, oh my!), as well as a deeply exciting slate of diverse new talent whose films we can’t wait to sink our teeth into. From stories of washed-up New York club promoters and a Catholic-Romanian family causing chaos in a tiny Norwegian village, to a Lagos-set riff on Mrs. Dalloway and a Birmingham-based picture of lifelong friendship, it’s a good time to go to the movies. Read Ella Kemp’s breakdown on Journal for more on these fifteen titles we’re looking forward to. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma The Man I Love Fatherland Fjord All of a Sudden Coward Goodbye Cruel World I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning Full Phil Hope ...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
David Cronenberg is the king of body horror. Since the 1970s, the Canadian filmmaker has ruled over a subset of horror films that focus on the human body and all the nightmarish ways it can transform. Cronenberg’s approach to the body is transgressive, and frequently erotic; he imagines possibilities that are equally intriguing and repellent, from the sexually transmitted parasites of Shivers to the revolutionary plastic-eaters in Crimes of the Future. But while Cronenberg might have perfected body horror, he didn’t invent it. Body horror is embedded into the sci-fi genre, which was launched by the reanimation of a stitched-together collection of dead body parts in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. There are also whispers of the concept in H.G. Wells’ novel The Island of Doctor Moreau. But body horror really came into its own in the ’50s, when a wave of sci-fi/horror hybrids like The Fly and The Blob converted atomic anxieties into grotesque monsters. Another peak arrived with the gross-out ’80s, when artists like Stan Winston, Rob Bottin, Greg Nicotero and the delightfully named Screaming Mad George elevated the art of practical effects to gloriously disgusting heights. For the purposes of this starter pack, we’ll concentrate on the drippy, goopy, outrageous and edgy as we go elbow-deep into the squishy world of body horror beyond Cronenberg. Read the full breakdown of titles from Katie Rife over on Journal. Island of Lost Souls The Fly Eyes Without a Face Matango The Incredible Melting Man Invasion of the Body Snatchers Possession The Thing Re-Animator The Blob ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
The fashion industry has always seemed to exist on its own planet. Historically, it’s been regarded as this rarefied, impenetrable bubble. Because of this, filmmakers have long been attracted to its cliquish glitz and elite cultural cachet, with countless attempts to synthesise the fashion world into movies. These are films that understand fashion innately. Films that know fashion doesn’t actually exist in a vacuum: it influences and guides our lives on a daily basis. A good fashion film, whether narrative or nonfiction, requires not just impressive aesthetics; it needs to possess the same critical eye that so many of the designers apply to their work. Crucially, a fashion film has to have a point of view. For the purposes of this starter pack, we’re considering films about fashion, as opposed to films that simply offer excellent costume design. These are films, presented chronologically, that have helped audiences reevaluate the industry; that have fed back into fashion and influenced it; that tug at preconceptions; that, in some cases, downright despise it; that ultimately lift the curtain on the world’s most glamorous sausage factory. Read the full breakdown of titles from Patrick Sproull over on Journal. Funny Face Darling Blow-Up Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? Puzzle of a Downfall Child Model The Store Caprice Prêt-à-Porter Unzipped ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
With Mother Mary in theaters now from A24, writer-director David Lowery shares ten films that influenced his latest feature. Read the notes for Lowery’s words on each selection. McQueen I love Alexander McQueen, and I love this movie. With Mother Mary, I wanted to make something that made me feel the way so many of McQueen’s dresses make me feel; this documentary helped me understand why. Autumn Sonata This is the Ingmar Bergman film I find myself returning to the most often. I watched it over and over as we prepared for Mother Mary, and then we screened it for the cast and crew in Germany. My movie is far more sentimental than this one, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to face pain as unflinchingly as Bergman, but I felt like we were at the very least glancing in a similar direction for a second or two. The making-of documentary, which is twice as long as the film itself, is also mandatory viewing. Personal Shopper Fashion and ghosts! This movie speaks with a vocabulary I understand deeply. The shape of this film is eternally beguiling. It is always shifting, every time I watch it, impossible to fully grasp. One of the great movies of this young century. Hedwig and the Angry Inch A very important movie in my life, especially in my relationship with my own mother. Anne Hathaway and I talked a lot about Midnight Radio when we were trying to come up with Mother Mary’s sound. Would Mother Mary have played at the Menses Fair in her youth? Absolutely, and that one goth kid would have loved her. The Baby of Mâcon Maybe my favorite Greenaway film? Certainly the most unpleasant and difficult to watch, but the scale and choreography is staggering, and its message is bitter and evergreen. I am not a cynical person but I appreciate Greenaway’s scorn. I screened The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover for the cast and crew of Mother Mary—it did not go over well! Thank goodness I didn’t show them this one! But I definitely watched it on my own and tried to figure out how he and Sacha Vierney moved the camera the way they did. Marry Me This movie opened right as Mother Mary started to come together, and I was determined to see every movie that involved pop music performances for research. This was the perfect way to start! We need more movies like this in movie theaters. Portrait of a Lady on Fire Another one of the greatest films of the century. I thought about this movie a lot when I was trying to convince myself not to move the camera for the first 30 minutes of Mother Mary. Céline Sciamma taught me a lot about restraint (a lesson I didn’t necessarily heed). Pina Here is where we talk about dance, and this incredible testament to the work of Pina Bausch, which I looked at when I was trying to figure out how to capture the dance scenes in our film. It felt very close to home, too, once we decided to shoot in Germany (Cologne, to be exact, where Bausch won her first major prize in 1969). I wish I could have seen this movie in 3D. The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant I think it’s on the Grand Budapest Hotel commentary track that Wes Anderson quizzes Roman Coppola and Kent Jones on the greatest fashion film of all time. The answer, of course, is this film, which also features one of the best sets of all time, and one of the best tertiary characters in Irm Hermann’s Marlene. A key jumping-off text for Mother Mary. Peter Pan & Wendy It is perhaps uncouth to put one of my own movies on this list, but Mother Mary wouldn’t exist without this film. Making Peter Pan & Wendy was one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. No one else will ever feel about it the way I do, nor should they, but I have to acknowledge its import. My memories of making it contain exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but in the years since we finished it, all of those feelings have settled down and I’m left with great affection for it, and what it represents to me personally. There are probably a lot of very direct parallels between this movie and Mother Mary that I haven’t even picked up on yet.
Consensus for Showdown № 233 Actor’s Director (best directorial debuts by actors) Get Out The Night of the Hunter Booksmart A Star Is Born This Is Spinal Tap Citizen Kane Ordinary People Eighth Grade Promising Young Woman Monkey Man ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
14 years ago today, Letterboxd launched in beta. These are the first 20 films logged on that day. 👀 How many have you seen? Swingers Seeking Justice Caramel Starship Troopers Iron Man The Last Picture Show Puss in Boots Surrogates The Gunfighter Best Worst Movie ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
It’s so confusing sometimes to be an artist. In David Lowery’s Mother Mary, Anne Hathaway plays the titular troubled pop diva, who calls upon her estranged friend and former fashion designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) to make a dress for her upcoming tour, drawing both of them back into a complex psychosexual affair. A24’s new release is just the latest film in a surprisingly long line to reckon with the destructive price of fame by focusing on a fictional pop idol in crisis; our Letterboxd community is already eagerly assessing where it falls along that cinematic spectrum. Without further ado, here’s our guide to a selection of dark portraits of pop stars and rock divas guaranteed to deliver thrills, chills and a playlist’s worth of insidiously catchy earworms. Read the full list breakdown on Journal from Isaac Feldberg. Mother Mary Smile 2 The Nowhere Inn Her Smell Vox Lux White: Melody of Death Queen of the Damned All About Lily Chou-Chou Perfect Blue Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Passenger Corporate Retreat The Currents Mortal Kombat II The Breadwinner Remarkably Bright Creatures Tuner The Sheep Detectives Backrooms ...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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Christopher Nolan explains every format to experience his new epic, The Odyssey, his early obsession with Homer’s mythology, and speaks to the enduring love for Interstellar. The Odyssey is in theaters and IMAX around the world July 17. On the film’s page in the Letterboxd app, you can track and share the ways you see the film.
Jena Malone looks back on Donnie Darko, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lovesong and more. Her new album, Flowers for Men, is out now.
Olivia Wilde and Edward Norton discuss their influences for The Invite. The Invite is now playing in theaters across the US and UK.
Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon read and react to your reviews of Homecoming, Far From Home and No Way Home ahead of the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Spider-Man: Brand New Day releases July 31 via Sony Pictures.
Filmmaker Elvira Lind and her husband Oscar Isaac discuss their memorable movie-going experiences together and take us for a peek behind some of the inspirations behind their theater documentary King Hamlet. Watch King Hamlet now on Letterboxd Video Store, exclusively for a limited time only.
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Jackass: Best and Last star Johnny Knoxville and director Jeff Tremaine talk about their favorite Jackass moments, uninsurable stunts, the influence of Tom and Jerry and more. Jackass: Best and Last is in theaters June 26 via Paramount Pictures.
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Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor take us inside Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. The stars look back on filming their first scenes, reveal their favorite Spielberg movies, and offer a few hints about the relationship between their characters in the director’s upcoming sci-fi epic. Disclosure Day opens worldwide on June 12th, 2026.
Four Favorites with Tribeca Film Festival co-founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, plus Festival Director and Senior Vice President of Programming Cara Cusamano. The 25th Tribeca Film Festival continues until June 14, 2026.
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Scary Movie stars Anna Faris and Marlon Wayans play Guess Your Movie based on Letterboxd reviews. Scary Movie is in theaters this Friday.
What’s a queer film or TV show that brings you joy? We’re kicking off Pride Month featuring answers from Kristen Stewart, Imogen Poots, Frankie Grande, François Arnaud, Raini Rodriguez, Brandon Flynn, Mark Indelicato, Jane Schoenbrun, Jack Haven, Justice Smith, Alessandra Lacorazza, River Gallo, Annapurna Sriram, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang, Katie Gavin of MUNA, James Sweeney, Michael Benjamin, Tessa Thompson, Hayley Kiyoko, Andrew Ahn, Oliver Hermanus, Paul Mescal, Isaac Krasner, Corey Sherman, Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Eva Victor, Hannah Einbinder, Sadie Scott, King Princess, Shea Couleé, Katy O’Brian, Ira Sachs, Tonatiuh, Vera Drew, and Ellis Howard.
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What’s your favorite Steven Spielberg movie? Emily Blunt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ariana Grande, Edgar Wright, Guillermo del Toro, Paul Rudd, Ryan Coogler, Wes Anderson and more share their love for the acclaimed director's films. Courtesy of Spielberg's newest film, Disclosure Day, in theaters June 12.
Kane Parsons tells us about the video games, television, and films that inspired both his feature film directorial debut and his series of YouTube short films that infleunced Backrooms. Backrooms is in theaters around the world May 28 via A24
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Boots Riley discuses the wild ideas that shaped his filmography including the monochromatic sets on his new film, I Love Boosters. I Love Boosters is in US theaters May 22 via NEON.
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Obsession director Curry Barker and cast members Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson and Megan Lawless read and react to some Letterboxd reviews of the film. Obsession is in theaters now via Focus Features.
What’s a piece of media or character that’s helped shape you into who you are today? We ask the guests at the 2026 Gold Gala. Featuring Charles Melton, Sherry Cola, Ji-young Yoo, Kal Penn, Daniel Dae Kim, Poorna Jagannathan, Saagar Shaikh, Asif Ali, Kristin Villanueva, Amielynn Abellera, Piper Curda, Ken Kirby, Lee Sun Jin, Sydney Agudong, Agnez Mo, Tati Gabrielle, Rhea Raj.
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Remarkably Bright Creatures co-stars Lewis Pullman and Sally Field talk comfort watches, double features, and unlikely on-screen duos. Remarkably Bright Creatures is streaming on Netflix starting tomorrow.
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Billie Eilish talks about directing her concert film Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) with visionary filmmaker James Cameron, and shares the iconic music videos that shaped her visual sensibilities. Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) is in US theaters May 8 via Paramount Pictures.
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Jason Segel and Jorma Taccone share with us their four favorite films, and Samara Weaving tells us four of her favorite theatrical experiences. Their new film, Over Your Dead Body, is in US theaters April 24 via Independent Film Company.