Letterboxd — Your life in film

At the midway point for 2019 we can reveal the ten highest-rated narrative films for the year so far, as collectively decided by you.

Film archivist Justin LaLiberty on the importance of preserving adult films on home video.

It’s a banner year for physical media, and there has arguably never been a better time for film lovers to build their collections. Home video champion Justin LaLiberty welcomes the new golden age (while frantically finding extra shelf space). 

This time a year ago our highest-rated film was Avengers: Endgame, but with blockbusters off the table and film festivals canceled, postponed or slimmed-down for online versions, it’s a very different story this year.

Indigenous Editor Leo Koziol catches up with Sundance prize-winning filmmaker Sarvnik Kaur for a deep chat about her activist choice to make slow cinema in today’s world.

The Quiet Girl filmmaker Colm Bairéad reflects on Catholicism, being inspired by Lynne Ramsay, and bringing his beloved language to the big screen.

With her debut feature Huesera: The Bone Woman now in select US theaters, Michelle Garza Cervera chats about cracking bones, misunderstandings of motherhood and her defiantly punk-rock roots.

As The Wicker Man turns 50, thousands of Letterboxd members head to Summerisle for yet another shot of sacrificial solstice strangeness—or their very first dance around the malevolent maypole.

We’ve compiled our ten highest-rated narrative films for the year so far to mark the midway point for 2017. With some big hitters still to come later this year, which films do you think will last the distance?

Action fan Justin LaLiberty talks to Scott Adkins and his collaborators about how streaming has changed direct-to-video action films—and why fans are the winners. 

Waxwork Records co-founder Kevin Bergeron on tracking down the original masters for The Exorcist and being paid the highest compliment by William Friedkin.

The production designer of All Quiet on the Western Front details the “machinery of war” at work in the film’s opening sequence.

Kambole Campbell surveys the rapid rise in films our members are watching to deepen their understanding of racism, and recommends some deeper cuts once you’ve finished with the ‘first five’: 13th, Do The Right Thing, I Am Not Your Negro, Malcolm X and Selma.

Christmas movie lover Julie Collette tells Jack Moulton all about her seasonal movie habits, the best big screen Santa Claus of all time, disability visibility in festive films, and some of the weirder holiday picks.

Adam Davie pays tribute, as a viewer, to the “immense power” of Chadwick Boseman’s body of work, which features “portrayals of Black life that are true to our experience”.

At the midway point for 2018 we can reveal the ten highest rated narrative films for the year so far. After Paddington 2 missed out on the 2017 Year in Review due to the vagaries of international release schedules, your favorite bear from Darkest Peru is finally having his moment!

The creators of the new Disney+ sci-fi animated anthology Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire share their ambition and pan-African scope at Annecy.

Divisive cyber thrillers, New England ennui and noir of the Isabelle Huppert, Juliet Berto and Orson Welles varieties populate this month’s Shelf Life selections.

Smartphone companies, trans documentaries, Sydney Sweeney and Franz Rogowksi are among Rafa Sales Ross’ highlights from the 2023 Berlinale.

From Studio Ghibli classics and stop-motion delights to Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood, acting sisters Thomasin and Davida McKenzie share their family holiday film favorites—along with tales of trespassing, homeschooling and the small matter of life and death.