In order to broaden my horizons I have undertaken the 50 Film Challenge. Having discovered the classic movie channel, Talking Pictures TV, last year was a huge success, my aim is to watch 200 films this year. My current tally is:
- The Muppet Movie
- The Muppet Movie Caper
- Double Indemnity (2)
- Tread Softly
- Lavender Hill Mob
- Kill Her Gently
- The Running Man
- Lady of Burlesque (x2)
- Always Goodbye
- Cast a Dark Shadow
- Sorry, Wrong Number
- Cattle Queen of Montana
- Sudden Fear
- Joyless Street
- Golden Boy
- Your Money or Your Wife
- No Trace
- The Lost Moment
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Ladies of Leisure (x2)
- Piccadilly Third Stop
- The Talk of the Town
- The Best of Everything
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
- Get Cracking
- It (1927)
- The Lady Eve (2)
- Scarlet Street
- Pygmalion
- The Miracle Woman
- My Reputation (x2)
- Cage of Gold
- Burnt Evidence
- The Two Mrs Carrolls (x2)
- Fire Over England
- The Card
- No Man of Her Own
- The Captain’s Paradise
- Remember the Night
- The Love Lottery
- Spy
- The Lady Gambles
- Brief Encounter
- Baby Face (x2)
- Rain
- Time Lock
- Street Corner
- Cottage to Let
- Of Human Bondage
- The Woman in Question
- Ladies They Talk About (x2)
- The Artist
- When Ladies Meet (1941)
- Just My Luck
- Make Mine Mink
- The Admirable Crichton
- A Touch of The Sun
- The Thief Of Bagdad
- Forbidden Cargo
- The Wrong Arm of the Law
- That Hamilton Woman
- All About Eve
- Cash On Demand
- Daybreak
- The Ghost Train
- Too Many Crooks
- Harriet Craig (x2)
- They Can’t Hang Me
- Here Come the Huggetts
- Rome Express
- Charade
- Mrs Miniver
- Arabesque
- Johnny Guitar
- Buggy Malone
- Girl in the Picture
- The Mad Miss Manton (x2)
- Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
- Surprise Package
- Crow Hollow
- God’s Gift to Women
- Out of the Fog (1962)
- Dancing Lady
- Meet Me Tonight
- Cover Girl Killer
- Saloon Bar
- Curtain Up
- The Bargee
- Laughter in Paradise
- The File on Thelma Jordan
- Red Dust
- I’ll Be Seeing You
- Penny Serenade
- Night of the Prowler
- The Greed of William Hart
- Christmas in Connecticut
- No Highway in the Sky
- Clash by Night
- Blind Corner
- The Other Love
- Kind Hearts and Coronets
- Humoresque
- Strongroom
- Possessed (1931)
- Another Man’s Poison
- Time Without Pity
- Sudden Fear
- The New York Hat
- The Adventures of Tintin: The Search for the Unicorn
- Cast a Dark Shadow
- Walk on the Wild Side
- The Cat and the Canary (1979)
- Dusty Ermine (aka Hideout in the Alps)
- Desk Set
- Jezebel
- Possessed (1947)
- Three Cases of Murder
- Fortune is a Woman (aka She Played With Fire)
- Mildred Pierce
- White Mischief
- Corridor of Mirrors
- You Belong To Me
- Shanghai Express
- The Old Dark House (1963)
- The Big Noise (1944)
- Once Is Not Enough
- Danger Tomorrow
- Grand Hotel
- All I Desire
- A Woman’s Face
- The Damned Don’t Cry
- Flamingo Road
- Blonde Venus
- Hail, Caesar!
- The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
- The Boston Strangler
- The Little Foxes
- The Extra Day
- The Wicked Lady (1945)
- Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
- Bridget Jones’ Baby
- The Flintstones meet Rockula and Frankenstone
- The Forbidden Daughters
- The Misfits
Past Challenges, both successes and failures:
2009
2010
2011
2012-14
2015
2016
2017
2018