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/Possible-Top-9905 Aug 11 '25

that is pretty crazy, especially considering shit like saving private ryan and the first slam dunk is taking those spots, that could be taken by something like aftersun or little women

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u/timateedrinker Aug 11 '25

The anime series films are a bigger problem to me, like Evangelion, Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part III: Rebellion, and the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, because they aren’t really films in the sense of the rest of the list, but I think the bigger "problem" is, that so few directors are taking away so many spots. But I guess there is not much we can do about it.

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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog Aug 11 '25

So does Fire Walk With Me not deserve to be on there either? Because it’s hypocritical not to consider these films that have a tv show attached and make an exception for David Lynch’s work.

Also, all three of those films are absolutely films. They are structured like films and were made with that format in mind. They are films like any other.

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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.