Movie Lists

Curated Lists of the Best Cinema

Lists is the foundation of Movie Targets: a hand-picked archive of over 600 film lists sourced from critics, directors, festivals, historians, and curated communities.

It’s one thing to know a film is on Martin Scorsese’s favorite movies list. It’s another to explore that entire list — to see the context, the deep cuts, the patterns. This page lets you do exactly that. Each list is interactive and filterable, allowing you to sort by genre, year, watch status, and more.

Some lists are canonical. Others are niche or unexpected. But together, they form a detailed map of how cinema has been defined, remembered, and rewatched.

✅ Indicates I've watched the film since 2019.