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:

  1. The Muppet Movie
  2. The Muppet Movie Caper
  3. Double Indemnity (2)
  4. Tread Softly
  5. Lavender Hill Mob
  6. Kill Her Gently
  7. The Running Man
  8. Lady of Burlesque (x2)
  9. Always Goodbye
  10. Cast a Dark Shadow
  11. Sorry, Wrong Number
  12. Cattle Queen of Montana
  13. Sudden Fear
  14. Joyless Street
  15. Golden Boy
  16. Your Money or Your Wife
  17. No Trace
  18. The Lost Moment
  19. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  20. Ladies of Leisure (x2)
  21. Piccadilly Third Stop
  22. The Talk of the Town
  23. The Best of Everything
  24. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
  25. Get Cracking
  26. It (1927)
  27. The Lady Eve (2)
  28. Scarlet Street
  29. Pygmalion
  30. The Miracle Woman
  31. My Reputation (x2)
  32. Cage of Gold
  33. Burnt Evidence
  34. The Two Mrs Carrolls (x2)
  35. Fire Over England
  36. The Card
  37. No Man of Her Own
  38. The Captain’s Paradise
  39. Remember the Night
  40. The Love Lottery
  41. Spy
  42. The Lady Gambles
  43. Brief Encounter
  44. Baby Face (x2)
  45. Rain
  46. Time Lock
  47. Street Corner
  48. Cottage to Let
  49. Of Human Bondage
  50. The Woman in Question
  51. Ladies They Talk About (x2)
  52. The Artist
  53. When Ladies Meet (1941)
  54. Just My Luck
  55. Make Mine Mink
  56. The Admirable Crichton
  57. A Touch of The Sun
  58. The Thief Of Bagdad
  59. Forbidden Cargo
  60. The Wrong Arm of the Law
  61. That Hamilton Woman
  62. All About Eve
  63. Cash On Demand
  64. Daybreak
  65. The Ghost Train
  66. Too Many Crooks
  67. Harriet Craig (x2)
  68. They Can’t Hang Me
  69. Here Come the Huggetts
  70. Rome Express
  71. Charade
  72. Mrs Miniver
  73. Arabesque
  74. Johnny Guitar
  75. Buggy Malone
  76. Girl in the Picture
  77. The Mad Miss Manton (x2)
  78. Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
  79. Surprise Package
  80. Crow Hollow
  81. God’s Gift to Women
  82. Out of the Fog (1962)
  83. Dancing Lady
  84. Meet Me Tonight
  85. Cover Girl Killer
  86. Saloon Bar
  87. Curtain Up (x2)
  88. The Bargee
  89. Laughter in Paradise
  90. The File on Thelma Jordan
  91. Red Dust
  92. I’ll Be Seeing You
  93. Penny Serenade
  94. Night of the Prowler
  95. The Greed of William Hart
  96. Christmas in Connecticut
  97. No Highway in the Sky
  98. Clash by Night
  99. Blind Corner
  100. The Other Love
  101. Kind Hearts and Coronets
  102. Humoresque
  103. Strongroom
  104. Possessed (1931)
  105. Another Man’s Poison
  106. Time Without Pity
  107. Sudden Fear
  108. The New York Hat
  109. The Adventures of Tintin: The Search for the Unicorn
  110. Cast a Dark Shadow
  111. Walk on the Wild Side
  112. The Cat and the Canary (1979)
  113. Dusty Ermine (aka Hideout in the Alps)
  114. Desk Set
  115. Jezebel
  116. Possessed (1947)
  117. Three Cases of Murder
  118. Fortune is a Woman (aka She Played With Fire)
  119. Mildred Pierce
  120. White Mischief
  121. Corridor of Mirrors
  122. You Belong To Me
  123. Shanghai Express
  124. The Old Dark House (1963)
  125. The Big Noise (1944)
  126. Once Is Not Enough
  127. Danger Tomorrow
  128. Grand Hotel
  129. All I Desire
  130. A Woman’s Face
  131. The Damned Don’t Cry
  132. Flamingo Road
  133. Blonde Venus
  134. Hail, Caesar!
  135. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
  136. The Boston Strangler
  137. The Little Foxes
  138. The Extra Day
  139. The Wicked Lady (1945)
  140. Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (x2)
  141. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
  142. Bridget Jones’ Baby
  143. The Flintstones meet Rockula and Frankenstone
  144. The Forbidden Daughters
  145. Father of the Bride
  146. The Misfits
  147. Ball of Fire (2)
  148. Cry Wolf
  149. Letty Lynton
  150. The Woman in Red
  151. Anna Christie
  152. Ninotchka
  153. Maleficent
  154. This Modern Age
  155. Chained (1934)
  156. Stan & Ollie
  157. Home at Seven
  158. The Sheik
  159. Two-Faced Woman
  160. Queen Christina
  161. The Bride of Frankenstein
  162. The Violent Men (aka Rough Company)
  163. Frankenstein (1931)
  164. Untamed (1929)
  165. Morocco (1930)
  166. The Devil Is A Woman (1935)
  167. Daisy Kenyon
  168. Queen Bee
  169. Dinner at Eight (1933)
  170. Autumn Leaves (1956)
  171. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
  172. The Ugly Duckling (1959)
  173. Duck Soup
  174. White Christmas
  175. The Shining Hour
  176. Pink String and Sealing Wax
  177. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (2000)
  178. Dishonored
  179. A Christmas Carol (2009)
  180. Elf
  181. Alive and Kicking
  182. The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
  183. Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951)
  184. The Holiday
  185. Judas Kiss (1998)
  186. Sister Act
  187. The BFG (2016)
  188. Scrooge (1935)
  189. The Post
  190. The Christmas Tree (1966)
  191. Beauty and the Beast
  192. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society
  193. Ratatouille
  194. Paddington 2
  195. Finding Your Feet
  196. The Limehouse Golem
  197. Banjo on my Knee
  198. Snow White and the Huntsman
  199. Kingsman: The Secret Service
  200. David Brent: Life on the Road
  201. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  202. Passport to Pimlico
  203. Despicable Me 2
  204. Smarty (aka Hit Me Again)

Past Challenges, both successes and failures:
2009
2010
2011
2012-14
2015
2016
2017
2018