Here you will find a growing list of film series I have done on PopCult with direct links to each movie review. The symbol *** denotes a film I would recommend you watch.
1960s Horror
Eyes Without a Face *** | Black Sunday | Village of the Damned | The Innocents *** | Carnival of Souls *** | Onibaba | The Haunting *** | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Viy ***
20th Century Scorsese
Mean Streets | Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | Taxi Driver *** | New York, New York | Raging Bull *** | After Hours | The Color of Money | The Last Temptation of Christ | Goodfellas *** | Cape Fear (1991) | The Age of Innocence | Casino *** | Kundun | Bringing Out the Dead
21st Century Scorsese
Gangs of New York | The Aviator | The Departed *** | Shutter Island | Hugo | The Wolf of Wall Street *** | Silence *** | The Irishman ***
A Very 2000s Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Surviving Christmas | Christmas With the Kranks | The Family Stone | The Holiday | Deck the Halls | Four Christmases
American Disillusionment in the 1970s
Five Easy Pieces *** | The Last Movie | Dirty Harry *** | The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds *** | Serpico *** |
The Long Goodbye *** | Three Days of the Condor | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Sorcerer *** | Out of the Blue
The Best of Federico Fellini
I Vitelloni | La Strada *** | Nights of Cabiria *** | La Dolce Vita *** | 8 1/2 *** | Juliet of the Spirits *** | Amarcord ***
The Best of Michael Curtiz
Captain Blood | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Angels With Dirty Faces | Casablanca *** | Mildred Pierce ***
Billy Wilder: A Retrospective
Double Indemnity *** | The Lost Weekend | Sunset Boulevard *** | Ace in the Hole *** | Stalag 17 | Sabrina | The Seven Year Itch | Some Like It Hot *** | The Apartment ***
Brief Encounters with David Lean
Brief Encounter *** | Great Expectations | Oliver Twist *** | The Bridge on the River Kwai *** | Lawrence of Arabia *** | Doctor Zhivago
Capitalism on Film
I Am Cuba *** | L’Argent *** | Blue Collar | Wall Street | Office Space *** |
I, Daniel Blake
A Christmas Quartet
A Christmas Story | National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The Nightmare Before Christmas | Home Alone
The Cinema of Iran
The Cow | Bashu, The Little Stranger *** | Taste of Cherry *** | The Color of Paradise *** | Ten ***
City Horror
Mimic | Candyman (1992) | Don’t Look Now *** | Seven *** | An American Werewolf in London
Classic Universal Horror
Dracula (1931) | Frankenstein (1931) | The Mummy (1932) | The Invisible Man (1933) | Bride of Frankenstein | The Wolf Man (1941)
Convergence & Destruction: The Films of Ray Lawrence
Bliss | Lantana *** | Jindabyne ***
Elementary Cinema
Kindergarten Cop | Billy Madison | Matilda *** | School of Rock | Cooties | The Kindergarten Teacher ***
The Films of Alexander Payne
Citizen Ruth | Election *** | About Schmidt *** | Sideways *** | The Descendants | Nebraska | Downsizing
The Films of Hal Ashby
The Landlord | Harold and Maude *** | The Last Detail *** | Shampoo *** | Bound for Glory | Coming Home *** | Second-hand Hearts | Lookin’ to Get Out | The Slugger’s Wife | 8 Million Ways to Die/Beverly Hill Buntz
The Films of Paddy Chayefsky
Marty *** | The Americanization of Emily | The Hospital | Network ***
The Films of Peter Weir
Picnic at Hanging Rock | The Last Wave | Gallipoli *** | The Year of Living Dangerously | Witness | The Mosquito Coast | Dead Poets Society | Green Card
Fearless *** | The Truman Show *** | Master & Commander | The Way Back
Flashback to 1974
Blazing Saddles *** | The Sugarland Express | Phantom of the Paradise *** | The Parallax View | Texas Chainsaw Massacre | The Talking of Pelham 123 *** | Black Christmas *** | Female Trouble *** | Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia *** | The Phantom of Liberty *** | Hearts & Minds ***
Flashback to 1980
The Blues Brothers *** | Fatso | Popeye *** | Nine to Five |The Fog | Somewhere in Time *** | Ordinary People *** | The Changeling | Airplane! *** | The Empire Strikes Back ***
Flashback to 1985
Better Off Dead | Cocoon | Ladyhawke | The Jewel of the Nile |The Return of the Living Dead *** | Pee Wee’s Big Adventure *** | Santa Claus: The Movie | Return to Oz *** |Follow That Bird | Silverado | The Stuff | The Breakfast Club *** |To Live and Die in L.A. | Spies Like Us | Crimewave | Tampopo *** |
The Sure Thing | The Legend of Billie Jean | Phenomena | Blood Simple *** | Desert Hearts *** | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Brazil ***
Flashback to 1990
Miller’s Crossing *** | Jacob’s Ladder *** | Darkman *** | Nightbreed | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Total Recall *** | Reversal of Fortune | To Sleep With Anger | The Grifters ***
Flashback to 1995
Die Hard With a Vengeance | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Babe *** | Bad Boys | Dead Man Walking *** | Sense & Sensibility | Friday *** |
Clueless *** | Assassins | The Indian in the Cupboard | Nixon |
Leaving Las Vegas *** | The Quick and The Dead *** | A Little Princess |
Heat ***
Flashback to 2000
Sexy Beast *** | Cast Away | O Brother Where Art Thou? | Gladiator | Chuck & Buck |Traffic | Billy Elliott | Erin Brockovich | Ginger Snaps |
You Can Count On Me *** | The Gift
Francis Ford Coppola: The Masterworks
The Godfather *** | The Conversation *** | The Godfather Part II *** | Apocalypse Now ***
Francis Ford Coppola: The 1980s
The Outsiders *** | Rumble Fish | The Cotton Club | Captain EO | Peggy Sue Got Married | Gardens of Stone | Tucker: The Man and His Dream
From Television to the Big Screen
Dragnet | The Naked Gun | The Addams Family *** | My Favorite Martian | Bewitched | The A-Team | The Man from UNCLE | Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Hellur: The Complicated Ideology of Tyler Perry & Madea
The Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Meet the Browns | Madea’s Big Happy Family *** | A Madea Christmas | Tyler Perry’s Boo!: A Madea Halloween | Tyler Perry’s Boo! 2: A Madea Halloween | A Madea Family Funeral
Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Decade
Dial M For Murder | Rear Window *** | To Catch a Thief | The Wrong Man | Vertigo *** | North by Northwest *** | The Birds *** | Marnie
Hope in the Midst of Darkness Part 1
To Kill a Mockingbird *** | Cinema Paradiso | Wings of Desire *** | My Left Foot *** | The Thin Red Line *** | Children of Men ***
Hope in the Midst of Darkness Part 2
Rashomon *** | World of Tomorrow *** | The Times of Harvey Milk *** | Lost in Translation *** | Lorenzo’s Oil | Paddington 2 ***
Horror Masterworks (2020)
Scream *** | Psycho *** | Halloween *** | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari *** | The Fly (1986) *** | Possession *** | Alien *** | The Thing (1982) *** | The Exorcist ***
John Candy: Selected Works
Summer Rental | Armed and Dangerous | Planes, Trains, and Automobiles *** | The Great Outdoors | Who’s Harry Crumb? | Uncle Buck ***
KUBRICK
Killer’s Kiss | The Killing | Paths of Glory *** | Spartacus | Lolita | Dr. Strangelove *** | 2001: A Space Odyssey *** | A Clockwork Orange *** | Barry Lyndon *** | The Shining *** | Full Metal Jacket *** | Eyes Wide Shut ***
The Late, Great James Gandolfini
True Romance | Romance & Cigarettes | Enough Said *** | Where the Wild Things Are ***
The Magical Worlds of Jacques Demy
Lola *** | Bay of Angels *** | The Umbrellas of Cherbourg *** | The Young Girls of Rochefort *** | Model Shop | Donkey Skin
The Many Faces of Michael Myers
Halloween II *** | Halloween III | Halloween IV | Halloween V | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers | Halloween: H20 | Halloween: Resurrection | Halloween (2007) | Halloween II (2009) | Halloween (2018) *** | Halloween Kills ***
Marx-ist Movies
Animal Crackers | Horse Feathers | Duck Soup *** | A Night at the Opera ***
Meryl Streep: An Appreciation
The Deer Hunter *** | Kramer vs. Kramer *** | Sophie’s Choice | Postcards From the Edge | Defending Your Life | Adaptation *** | The Hours | The Devil Wears Prada | Doubt ***
Michael Haneke: Selected Works
The Seventh Continent ***| Benny’s Video ***| Funny Games ***| The Piano Teacher *** | Time of the Wolf *** | Cache [Hidden] ***
Michelangelo Antonioni: Existence & Discontent
L’avventura ***|La notte ***|L’eclisse ***|Red Desert ***|
Blow-Up|Zabriskie Point|The Passenger ***
Nontraditional: Norman Jewison
Send Me No Flowers | The Cincinnati Kid | The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming | The Thomas Crown Affair | In the Heat of the Night *** | Fiddler on the Roof *** | Jesus Christ Superstar | Rollerball | …And Justice For All *** | Moonstruck
Renaissance Man: John Huston
The Maltese Falcon *** | The Treasure of Sierra Madre *** | Key Largo *** | The Asphalt Jungle *** | The African Queen | The Misfits *** | Fat City *** | The Man Who Would Be King *** | Annie | Prizzi’s Honor
Sam Raimi: The Other Movies
Crimewave | Darkman | The Quick and The Dead | A Simple Plan | The Gift | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Science Fiction Comedies
Galaxy Quest | Colossal | Evolution | Attack the Block *** | Space Station 76 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Earth Girls Are Easy ***
Science Fiction Masterworks
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Akira *** | Fantastic Planet | Videodrome *** | Predator | They Live | Gattaca | Aliens | Robocop *** | Forbidden Planet *** | Planet of the Apes (1968) | The Man Who Fell to Earth *** | Moon
The Scream Series
Scream | Scream 2 | Scream 3 | Scream 4 | Scream (2022)
Sergio Leone: American Myths
A Fistful of Dollars *** | For a Few Dollars More *** | The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly *** | Once Upon a Time in the West *** | Duck, You Sucker/A Fistful of Dynamite | Once Upon a Time in America ***
Sleeper Horror
Day of the Locust *** | The Children’s Hour *** | Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean *** | Neighbors | Elmer Gantry *** | Oldboy *** | We Need To Talk About Kevin ***
Sondheim at the Cinema
Gypsy | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Into the Woods (1991) ***
Tragedy as Comedy: The Films of Preston Sturges
The Lady Eve | Sullivan’s Travels *** | The Palm Beach Story *** | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Hail the Conquering Hero *** | Unfaithfully Yours
Transformational Cinema
A Woman Under the Influence *** | Days of Heaven *** | Persona *** | Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles *** | Perfect Blue *** | Ratcatcher ***
Visions of the South
The Night of the Hunter *** | Baby Doll | A Face in the Crowd *** | Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte | Deliverance *** | Rambling Rose | Sling Blade *** | The Apostle *** | George Washington ***
We’d Rather You Forgot
Disney’s The Kid | Tiptoes | Dragonball Evolution | The Love Guru | She-Devil | Old Dogs | The Dark Tower
The World is Hell
Bicycle Thieves *** | The Last Picture Show *** | Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? *** | The Exterminating Angel *** | The Trial *** | Woman in the Dunes *** | Mouchette *** | They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? *** | The Greasy Strangler *** | The Skin I Live In ***
The Worlds of Studio Ghibli
Nausicaäa of the Valley of the Wind | My Neighbor Totoro *** | Kiki’s Delivery Service *** | Whisper of the Heart *** | Princess Mononoke *** | Spirited Away *** | Howl’s Moving Castle | The Tale of Princess Kaguya ***
Worlds on the Edge of Chaos
Stalker *** | Threads *** | The Quiet Earth *** | Last Night (1998) *** | Southland Tales (The Cannes Cut)
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