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#250 Straight Time (1978)

94 hours 40 mins; March 31, 2026

BONUS #249 Project Hail Mary (2026)

67 hours 53 mins; March 27, 2026

#248 The Big Fix (1978)

95 hours 43 mins; March 24, 2026

BONUS #247 The Bride! (2026)

69 hours 22 mins; March 20, 2026

#246 A Wedding (1978)

96 hours 51 mins; March 17, 2026

#245 Remember My Name (1978)

97 hours 15 mins; March 10, 2026

#244 Coming Home (1978)

111 hours 28 mins; March 03, 2026

BONUS #243 How to Make a Killing (2026)

61 hours 11 mins; February 27, 2026

#242 The Burbs (1989)

100 hours 29 mins; February 24, 2026

#241 Road to Perdition (2002)

103 hours 49 mins; February 17, 2026

#240 Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

98 hours 2 mins; February 10, 2026

BONUS #239 Send Help (2026)

67 hours 53 mins; February 06, 2026

#238 The Money Pit (1986)

91 hours 59 mins; February 03, 2026

BONUS #237 The Rip (2026)

66 hours 15 mins; January 30, 2026

#236 No Country For Old Men (2007)

106 hours 13 mins; January 27, 2026

BONUS #235 Primate (2026)

59 mins; January 23, 2026

#234 Michael Clayton (2007)

107 hours 32 mins; January 20, 2026

BONUS #233 Is Thing Thing On? (2026)

66 hours 57 mins; January 16, 2026

#232 Atonement (2007)

89 hours 52 mins; January 13, 2026

BONUS #231 Marty Supreme (2025)

66 hours 6 mins; January 09, 2026

#230 There Will Be Blood (2007)

112 hours 37 mins; January 06, 2026

#229 The NeverEnding Story (1984)

89 hours 18 mins; December 30, 2025

BONUS #228 Jay Kelly (2025)

68 hours 53 mins; December 26, 2025

#227 Gremlins (1984)

90 hours 2 mins; December 23, 2025

#226 The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

105 hours 18 mins; December 16, 2025

GUEST FLICK PICK #225 True Grit (2010) with Filmmaker John Suits

80 hours 31 mins; December 12, 2025

#224 From Russia with Love (1963)

96 hours 36 mins; December 09, 2025

#223 Barry Lyndon (1975)

107 hours 34 mins; December 02, 2025

#222 Dutch (1991)

94 hours 14 mins; November 25, 2025

BONUS #221 The Running Man (2025)

58 mins; November 21, 2025

#220 Nobody's Fool (1994)

92 hours 11 mins; November 18, 2025

BONUS #219 Bugonia (2025)

63 hours 51 mins; November 14, 2025

#218 Night of the Juggler (1980)

90 hours 41 mins; November 11, 2025

#217 The Big Chill (1983)

98 hours 4 mins; November 04, 2025

BONUS #216 Top 100 Villains (25-1)

115 hours 9 mins; October 31, 2025

#215 Scream (1996)

109 hours 53 mins; October 27, 2025

BONUS #214 Top 100 Villains (50-26)

85 hours 24 mins; October 24, 2025

#213 The Monster Squad (1987)

96 hours 3 mins; October 21, 2025

BONUS #212 Top 100 Villains (75-51)

81 hours 51 mins; October 17, 2025

#211 Possession (1981)

98 hours 56 mins; October 14, 2025

BONUS #210 Top 100 Villains (100-76)

79 hours 19 mins; October 10, 2025

#209 Society (1989)

82 hours 3 mins; October 07, 2025

BONUS #208 One Battle After Another (2025)

89 hours 25 mins; October 03, 2025

#207 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

108 hours 36 mins; September 30, 2025

#206 Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

91 hours 16 mins; September 23, 2025

#205 Psycho II (1983)

91 hours 58 mins; September 16, 2025

GUEST FLICK PICK #204 Housekeeping (1987) with Filmmaker Martha Stephens

63 hours 34 mins; September 12, 2025

#203 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

90 hours 24 mins; September 09, 2025

BONUS #202 Caught Stealing (2025)

63 hours 35 mins; September 05, 2025

#201 Wayne's World 2 (1993)

105 hours 16 mins; September 02, 2025

#200 Heat (1995)

104 hours 7 mins; August 26, 2025

#199 Sicario (2015)

99 hours 51 mins; August 19, 2025

BONUS #198 Weapons (2025)

65 hours 37 mins; August 15, 2025

#197 The Stunt Man (1980)

92 hours 45 mins; August 12, 2025

#196 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

115 hours 28 mins; August 05, 2025

BONUS #195 Eddington (2025)

78 hours 4 mins; August 01, 2025

#194 Body Heat (1981)

101 hours 53 mins; July 29, 2025

#193 Tremors (1990)

86 hours 5 mins; July 22, 2025

#192 Cockfighter (1974)

92 hours 54 mins; July 15, 2025

#191 The Apostle (1997)

98 hours 55 mins; July 08, 2025

BONUS #190 F1: THE MOVIE (2025)

55 mins; July 04, 2025

#189 Junior Bonner (1972)

102 hours 10 mins; July 01, 2025

BONUS #188 28 Years Later (2025)

65 hours 0 mins; June 27, 2025

#187 Barton Fink (1991)

110 hours 38 mins; June 24, 2025

#186 Shampoo (1975)

100 hours 14 mins; June 17, 2025

BONUS #185 The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

63 hours 18 mins; June 13, 2025

#184 The Hot Spot (1990)

96 hours 52 mins; June 10, 2025

BONUS #183 Bring Her Back (2025)

60 hours 39 mins; June 06, 2025

#182 Saint Jack (1979)

90 hours 51 mins; June 03, 2025

BONUS #181 Friendship (2025)

73 hours 30 mins; May 30, 2025

#180 Apocalypse Now (1979)

112 hours 35 mins; May 27, 2025

#179 Out of the Blue (1980)

95 hours 48 mins; May 20, 2025

#178 Entertainment (2015)

104 hours 42 mins; May 13, 2025

#177 The Comedy (2012)

117 hours 12 mins; May 06, 2025

BONUS #176 Sinners (2025)

67 hours 1 min; May 02, 2025

#175 Amos & Andrew (1993)

102 hours 59 mins; April 29, 2025

#174 Clifford (1994)

98 hours 4 mins; April 22, 2025

#173 Captain Ron (1992)

92 hours 1 min; April 15, 2025

#172 Stay Tuned (1992)

93 hours 44 mins; April 08, 2025

#171 Kingpin (1996)

89 hours 1 min; April 01, 2025

#170 Prime Cut (1972)

96 hours 26 mins; March 25, 2025

#169 Legends of the Fall (1994)

115 hours 58 mins; March 18, 2025

#168 Downhill Racer (1969)

111 hours 31 mins; March 11, 2025

#167 Stargate (1994)

118 hours 18 mins; March 04, 2025

#166 The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

100 hours 40 mins; February 25, 2025

#165 Wild at Heart (1990)

112 hours 55 mins; February 18, 2025

#164 Modern Romance (1981)

91 hours 6 mins; February 11, 2025

#163 The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

98 hours 28 mins; February 04, 2025

#162 Another Day in Paradise (1998)

99 hours 47 mins; January 28, 2025

#161 Best Seller (1987)

107 hours 2 mins; January 21, 2025

#160 Videodrome (1983)

93 hours 57 mins; January 14, 2025

BONUS #159: Nosferatu (2024)

93 hours 56 mins; January 10, 2025

#158 The Boost (1988)

89 hours 13 mins; January 07, 2025

#157 200 Cigarettes (1999)

94 hours 15 mins; December 31, 2024

#156 Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

102 hours 48 mins; December 24, 2024

#155 The Ref (1994)

98 hours 52 mins; December 17, 2024

#154 Metropolitan (1990)

100 hours 47 mins; December 10, 2024

#153 North Dallas Forty (1979)

96 hours 14 mins; December 03, 2024

#152 Three Days of the Condor (1975)

110 hours 49 mins; November 26, 2024

#151 The Parallax View (1974)

104 hours 52 mins; November 19, 2024

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