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Standalone movies I want to watch...

A list of films John Waters has referenced in his interviews, books, commentaries, and other work as influential to his career or that he is a fan of otherwise.

Includes all of the films ranked in his yearly 'Artforum: Best Of' year-end lists. (https://joeclark.org/dossiers/johnwaters.html)

This list is a work in progress, by no means a complete reference.

Cross referenced at
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls044203105/ (with JW quotes pertaining to each title)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_actual_events

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HollyWood Movies based on Popularity

Movies from 2010-2019 with 6.5+ IMDB, 6.5+ TMDB, 65%+ RottenTomatoes, at least 10K votes. Sorted by popularity.

Using IMDb advanced search, filtering only by English language.

Notable entries missing include:
What Maisie Knew (2012)
Buried (2010)
The Babadook (2014)
Song of the Sea (2014)
Sleeping with Other People (2015)
Coriolanus (2011)
Palo Alto (2013)
The Hunt (2012)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015)

Last Updated: 26/06/2019

Top 5000 movies

Films lacking a big budget or a big studio release that were still enjoyed by many.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/04/the-50-best-films-of-2018-in-the-uk

Todo el mejor cine de la historia

Combined list of all underseen annual movies mentioned on the YouTube channel Filmy watchlist;

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSX94feumlU4m48N9pCTbSg

Gotham Awards
National Board of Review
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
New York Film Critics Circle
British Independent Film Awards
European Film Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Satellite Awards
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Golden Globes
Screen Actors Guild

72nd British Academy Film Awards - 2019 EE BAFTA Film Awards nominees and winners:
- Best Film: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05. | 04 - Roma.
- Best British Film of the Year: 02, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10. | 02 - The Favourite.
- Best Direction: 01, 02, 03, 04, 11. | 04 - Roma (Alfonso Cuarón).
- Best Leading Actor: 03, 05, 06, 07, 12. | 06 - Bohemian Rhapsody (Rami Malek).
- Best Leading Actress: 02, 03, 13, 14, 15. | 02 - The Favourite (Olivia Colman).
- Best Supporting Actor: 01, 05, 12, 14, 16. | 05 - Green Book (Mahershala Ali).
- Best Supporting Actress: 02 (2), 12, 17, 18. | 02 - The Favourite (Rachel Weisz).
- Best Original Screenplay: 02, 04, 05, 11, 12. | 02 - The Favourite (Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara).
- Best Adapted Screenplay: 01, 02, 14, 17, 19. | 01 - BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, D.Rabinowitz, C.Wachtel, K.Willmott).
- Best Cinematography: 02, 04, 06, 11, 17. | 04 - Roma (Alfonso Cuarón).
- Best Editing: 02, 04, 06, 12, 17. | 12 - Vice (Hank Corwin).
- Best Film not in the English Language: 04, 11, 20, 21, 22. | 04 - Roma.
- Best Production Design: 02, 04, 17, 23, 24. | 02 - The Favourite.
- Best Costume Design: 02, 06, 18, 24, 25. | 02 - The Favourite.
- Best Make Up/Hair: 02, 06, 07, 12, 18. | 02 - The Favourite.
- Best Original Music: 01, 03, 19, 24, 26. | 03 - A Star Is Born ("Shallow").
- Best Sound: 03, 06, 17, 27, 28. | 06 - Bohemian Rhapsody.
- Best Special Visual Effects: 17, 23, 29, 30, 31. | 29 - Black Panther.
- Best Animated Film: 26, 32, 33. | 32 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
- Best Documentary: 10, 34, 35, 36, 37. | 37 - Free Solo.
- Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: 09, 38, 39, 40, 41. | 09 - Beast (Michael Pearce, Lauren Dark).
- Best Short Film: 42, 43, 44, 45, 46. | 43 - 73 Cows.
- Best Short Animation: 47, 48, 49. | 48 - Roughhouse.
- EE Rising Star Award: 09, 13, 29, 50, 51. | 29 - Black Panther (Letitia Wright).

2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees and winners:
- Best Feature: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05. | 05 - If Beale Street Could Talk.
- Best First Feature: 06, 07, 08, 09, 10. | 09 - Sorry to Bother You.
- Best Director: 01, 02, 04, 05, 11. | 05 - If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins).
- Best Male Lead: 01, 04, 12, 13, 14. | 04 - First Reformed (Ethan Hawke).
- Best Female Lead: 03, 06, 07, 15, 16, 17. | 15 - The Wife (Glenn Close).
- Best Supporting Male: 03, 10, 18, 19, 20. | 20 - Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Richard E. Grant).
- Best Supporting Female: 02, 05, 11, 21, 22. | 05 - If Beale Street Could Talk (Regina King).
- Best Screenplay: 04, 09, 11, 20, 23. | 20 - Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Jeff Whitty, Nicole Holofcener).
- Best First Screenplay: 03, 08, 21, 24, 25. | 03 - Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham).
- Best Cinematography: 06, 10, 16, 26, 27. | 26 - Suspiria (Sayombhu Mukdeeprom).
- Best Editing: 01, 08, 10, 28, 29. | 01 - You Were Never Really Here (Joe Bini).
- Best International Film: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34. | 30 - Roma.
- Best Documentary: 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40. | 35 - Won't You Be My Neighbor?.
- Robert Altman Award (ensemble cast, dir. and casting dir.): 26. | 26 - Suspiria.
- John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature Under $500,000): 14, 22, 41, 42, 43. | 42 - En el séptimo día.
- Truer Than Fiction Award: 36, 39, 40. | 36 - Minding the Gap.
- Someone to Watch Award: 10, 14, 44. | 14 - Alexandre Moratto (Socrates).