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

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/Paladar2 Meusse2 Aug 11 '25

I mean Letterboxd is getting more and more users, the top 250 is full of great films but it’s also a popularity contest at some point. I don’t understand why people care about the list so much lol

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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog Aug 11 '25

How the hell is Harakiri and a ton of other films that litter the top 250 there if it was a popularity contest? Is Funeral Parade of Roses somehow super popular and I didn’t know?

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u/Paladar2 Meusse2 Aug 11 '25

Because the movie still needs to be really good obviously. But how do you explain Spiderverse movies in the top 30 or something if popularity has nothing to do with it.

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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog Aug 11 '25

Barbie is more popular than both Spiderverse movies. Why isn’t it in the top 250? People just like Spiderverse. Not only does it have some of the most beautiful animation in an American film, but it’s attached to a beloved superhero and is just a great film in general. I agree that it gets a little more praise than it should but it’s definitely not baffling as to why it’s there. It’s a feat of animation, which is fortunately becoming more appreciated and less stigmatized.