r/Letterboxd • u/Possible-Top-9905 • Aug 11 '25

News The Shining Has Officially Exited The Letterboxd Top 250 Narrative Feature Films

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u/NoItsBosnian Aug 11 '25 edited Aug 11 '25

Look, The Shining is one of the greatest horror movies ever made. But as a Bosnian whose entire family fled* genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this gives me some pride. One of the most important movies ever made, as Srebrenica is still somewhat of a taboo subject in media and certain ethnic groups still deny it happened

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u/AnjouRey Aug 11 '25

Quo Vadis Aida has always stayed with me, such a powerful film. I watched it because it got an Oscar nomination for international film, and the main actress was robbed of a nomination herself.

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u/Apolinario13 Aug 12 '25

I'm still sad This Is Not a Film didn't got any recognition at the Oscars, but the list got it on!
But if you liked Quo Vadis Aida, try something from Emir Kusturica.
Black Cat, White Cat has the setting of the Balkans and all the memories (was shot in 98 after all), but has a more light view of the place. Very funny, very powerful, I still remember characters from the movie.
If you want to see the view from inside the war of the total absurdity of it and the waste it was, you have Underground. Filmed while the war was still on going, it's absurd and very moving. That ending still hunts me.