Written by dorrk | 12 November 2022 |
The Silver Screen Streak movie challenge limps ever closer to the end of its First Round with one of its more novel list choices. Flickcharter Kyle Larkin dug up a 2017 listicle from the U.K.'s Independent: The 28 best films of all time you've probably never seen. At first, I was concerned: This is a short list to start with, and I may have seen some or most of its entries, limiting its potential for a streak. However, this list digs deep enough that I have not seen nearly half of its entries, and I've never even heard of a few of them. Cherry-picking a few more titles that are long overdue for a re-watch, I've mined Kyle's contribution to come up with a decent watchlist of 17.
The only other concern is how well this list aligns with my taste. Of the 16 movies on the Independent's list that I have seen before, I only really like four or five. And of those I haven't seen before, two look like the kind of quirky, precious animation that makes me gag. But we'll see how it all works out, hopefully sooner rather than later.