The Road Warrior (1981)

IMDb plot summary: In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits.
Directed by George Miller. Starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, and Max Phipps.

This is WAY more fun than the first Mad Max film where nothing actually happened.

How it entered my Flickchart:
The Road Warrior > Four Weddings and a Funeral
The Road Warrior > Sweet Smell of Success
The Road Warrior < I've Loved You So Long
The Road Warrior < Kiss Me, Stupid!
The Road Warrior < Doctor Strange
The Road Warrior < Waking Ned Devine
The Road Warrior < Shall We Dance? (1996)
The Road Warrior > The Cloverfield Paradox
The Road Warrior > Fright Night (2011)
The Road Warrior > Southside with You
The Road Warrior > The Departed

Final spot: #659 out of 2720.

The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

IMDb plot summary: Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Directed by Julius Onah. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Bruhl, and John Ortiz.

Not quite enough monsters/apocalypse for my Cloverfield taste, but it's a pretty entertaining space thriller/horror with some good creepy moments, and I do enjoy the way it ultimately ties back into the series.

How it entered my Flickchart:
The Cloverfield Paradox > Anonymous
The Cloverfield Paradox > Manchester by the Sea
The Cloverfield Paradox < I've Loved You So Long
The Cloverfield Paradox < Kiss Me, Stupid!
The Cloverfield Paradox < Doctor Strange
The Cloverfield Paradox < Waking Ned Devine
The Cloverfield Paradox < Shall We Dance? (1996)
The Cloverfield Paradox > To Kill a Mockingbird
The Cloverfield Paradox < Fright Night (2011)
The Cloverfield Paradox < They Live
The Cloverfield Paradox < The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Cloverfield Paradox < My Name Is Bruce

Final spot: #669 out of 2719.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

IMDb plot summary: Batman is wrongly implicated in a series of murders of mob bosses actually done by a new vigilante assassin.
Directed by Eric Radomski and Bruce Timm. Starring Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, and Stacy Keach.

Between this and Pokemon, I feel like I've been watching a lot of movies that are basically long episodes of the TV show. This one, however, actually has some exposition and is fairly easy to follow. I like just about everything surrounding the Phantasm itself -- the design, the reveal, the back story -- but I'm not at all convinced that it makes sense for the Joker to be part of this story. Don't get me wrong, it's fun that he is, but it seems incongruous, and doesn't work as well for me as the main plotline. In general, though, it's kind of tough for me to judge this as a standalone movie since it's basically part of the TV show. It was fun but it's going to rank medium-ish because of that.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm > Anonymous
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm < Manchester by the Sea
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm > JFK
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm < Gentleman's Agreement
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm > We Need to Talk About Kevin
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm < Dark Shadows
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm > 21
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm > Hail, Caesar!
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm > EDtv
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm < Ninotchka

Final spot: #896 out of 2718.

Enter the Void (2009)

IMDb plot summary: A French drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.
Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown, Cyril Roy, and Olly Alexander.

I kinda dug the first 40 minutes or so, but then the film totally loses me. Not in the "I can't track plot details" sense, because I can, but more in the sense of, "Why is this part of the story? Why am I supposed to care about this? Why are we watching SO MANY sex scenes with glowing genitals? Why isn't this movie over yet?"

How it entered my Flickchart:

Enter the Void < Anonymous

Enter the Void < Waltz with Bashir

Enter the Void > The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Enter the Void < Jumanji

Enter the Void > Road to Morocco

Enter the Void > On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Enter the Void < Silverado

Enter the Void > Cujo

Enter the Void > State Fair

Enter the Void > A Prairie Home Companion

Enter the Void < Three Kings

Final spot: #2231 out of 2717.

Stagecoach (1939)

IMDb plot summary: A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
Directed by John Ford. Starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, and John Carradine.

(Very mild spoilers.)

Wow, Stagecoach focuses its story on ALL the wrong characters. I do not care even a tiny bit about John Wayne's escape from prison or chasing down the murderers of his family. The three women in this movie (and MOST OF ALL the Apache woman who disappears halfway through the movie) are all ten thousand times more interesting than any of the male characters, whose stories have been told in umpteen narratives aleady. They keep almost acting like they're going to tell you more about the others, but then at the last minute they pull back and just turn it into, "John Wayne saves the day." Meh.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Stagecoach < Four Weddings and a Funeral
Stagecoach > Waltz with Bashir
Stagecoach < Luther
Stagecoach > Kinsey
Stagecoach < Marathon Man
Stagecoach < Reality Bites
Stagecoach > The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Stagecoach > Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex...
Stagecoach > The ButterCream Gang
Stagecoach > In the Line of Fire
Stagecoach > Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Final spot: #1825 out of 2716.

Clerks. (1994)

IMDb plot summary: A day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.
Directed by Kevin Smith. Starring Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Lisa Spoonauer.

A lot of this is really, really funny. For sure the best Kevin Smith movie I've seen.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Clerks. > Anonymous
Clerks. > Manchester by the Sea
Clerks. < I've Loved You So Long
Clerks. < Robin Hood (1973)
Clerks. > Doctor Strange
Clerks. < Shakespeare Behind Bars
Clerks. < Super 8
Clerks. < Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
Clerks. > Bride & Prejudice
Clerks. < The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Final spot: #588 out of 2715. This seems too high, but the chart does not lie.

Dunkirk (2017)

IMDb plot summary: Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Dunkirk > Anonymous
Dunkirk < Manchester by the Sea
Dunkirk < Forbidden Planet
Dunkirk < Footlight Parade
Dunkirk > Hitch
Dunkirk < Shall We Dance? (2004)
Dunkirk > High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Dunkirk > In & Out
Dunkirk < North by Northwest
Dunkirk > Memphis Belle
Dunkirk > Deconstructing Harry

Final spot: #1241 out of 2714.