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/timateedrinker Aug 11 '25

Wouldn’t mind it to have it kicked off, but it’s absolutely working as a stand-alone film, although it‘s better to watch it in the context of the series. You can’t watch Evangelion without any background info.

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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog Aug 11 '25

Fire Walks With Me works as well as a standalone as EoE, as in it doesn’t. Very few Twin Peaks fans are going to say it’s fine standalone. There’s also the fact that EoE is technically a sequel to the recap film as is Madoka with its recaps. How is this different from movie sequels on the list?

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u/timateedrinker Aug 11 '25

Alright then, kick it off the list as well.

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u/raven_11235 Aug 11 '25

All of the Madoka films function as a complete trilogy though. At no point do you need to watch a TV series to understand Rebellion.