Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

IMDb plot summary: A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself in the murder of a stripper as part of an effort to ban capital punishment.
Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, and Arthur Franz.

This is a beautifully structured script. Interesting, well-paced, and brings the audience right along with it. One of my favorite Langs.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt > Gifted
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt > Quartet
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt < Glengarry Glen Ross
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt > Kiss Me, Stupid!
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt < Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt < The Shape of Water
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt > Hard Candy
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt < Super
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt > Boy A
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt < Planet of the Apes (1968)

Final spot: #486 out of 2743.

Logan (2017)

IMDb plot summary: In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X, somewhere on the Mexican border. However, Logan's attempts to hide from the world, and his legacy, are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.
Directed by James Mangold. Starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, and Boyd Holbrook.

I had fairly high hopes for this one, but ultimately I found it underwhelming. It has some good moments and a great concept but it's very slow and very long and has a lot of narrative threads that begin but never quite wrap up and most of its emotional moments aren't as well earned as I wanted them to be. Just... kind of disappointing. Maybe I needed to care more about Logan as a character to begin with to get out of this what other people did.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Logan > Gifted
Logan < Quartet
Logan < Lo
Logan < Ramona and Beezus
Logan > The Avengers
Logan > Silent Hill
Logan > The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Logan < The Revenant
Logan > The Last Unicorn
Logan > John Dies at the End
Final spot: #1212 out of 2742.

Black Panther (2018)

IMDb plot summary: T'Challa, the King of Wakanda, rises to the throne in the isolated, technologically advanced African nation, but his claim is challenged by a vengeful outsider who was a childhood victim of T'Challa's father's mistake.
Directed by Ryan Coogler. Starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o and Danai Gurira.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Black Panther > They Made Me a Fugitive
Black Panther > Sweet Smell of Success
Black Panther > Garden State
Black Panther < A Night at the Opera
Black Panther < Across the Universe
Black Panther < Breaking the Waves
Black Panther < Vertigo
Black Panther < Lady on a Train
Black Panther > Now, Voyager
Black Panther > High School Musical
Black Panther < The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Final spot: #334 out of 2741.

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

IMDb plot summary: A film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide.
Directed by Goran Dukic. Starring Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Wigham, and Leslie Bibb.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Wristcutters: A Love Story > They Made Me a Fugitive
Wristcutters: A Love Story < Quartet
Wristcutters: A Love Story > The Country Girl
Wristcutters: A Love Story > Peeping Tom
Wristcutters: A Love Story > Fanny and Alexander
Wristcutters: A Love Story < A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit
Wristcutters: A Love Story < Sleeping Beauty
Wristcutters: A Love Story < Idiocracy
Wristcutters: A Love Story < Spotlight
Wristcutters: A Love Story < Watchmen
Wristcutters: A Love Story < Oscar
Wristcutters: A Love Story < High and Low

Final spot: #771 out of 2740.

Logan Lucky (2017)

IMDb plot summary: Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.
Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, and Riley Keough.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Logan Lucky > Bonnie and Clyde
Logan Lucky < Quartet
Logan Lucky > Neighbors
Logan Lucky < Peeping Tom
Logan Lucky > Quiz Show
Logan Lucky < The Lady Vanishes
Logan Lucky > Phantom Thread
Logan Lucky > Celeste and Jesse Forever
Logan Lucky < Ninotchka
Then it kept hanging up, so I gave up ranking it, but it's pretty close.
Final spot: #909 out of 2739.

Moonfleet (1955)

IMDb plot summary: Moonfleet is set in Dorset, England. The Fleet refers to the land just west of Portland, England.
(Well, isn't that just the most useful summary...)
Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Stewart Granger, Jon Whiteley, George Sanders, and Joan Greenwood.

This is such a bizarre movie. Apparently it's based on a novel, so maybe the novel was different, but this feels like such an attempt to make a Scottish Treasure Island, just without the adventure or the likable characters. The child actors in this movie are particularly irritating, even by 1950s standards. There are also moments of surprisingly amateur-looking filmmaking, especially from a veteran like Fritz Lang.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Moonfleet < They Made Me a Fugitive
Moonfleet < Maggie's Plan
Moonfleet < Bye Bye Birdie
Moonfleet > Heidi (1937)
Moonfleet > Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Moonfleet > The Art of War
Moonfleet < Brokeback Mountain
Moonfleet > Turner and Hooch
Moonfleet > Cartel Land
Moonfleet > Susannah of the Mounties
Moonfleet < The Motorcycle Diaries
Final spot: #2420 out of 2738.

Rancho Notorious (1952)

IMDb plot summary: After the murder of his fiancée, a Wyoming ranch hand sets out to find her killer.
Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer, and Gloria Henry.

This is some sort of western noir with abrupt moments where the story is told through background song. It's such a weird mix of genres and feels really off until about the halfway mark, when it picks up a little. I feel like it thought it had more to say than it actually did, and so it ultimately felt pretty hollow. Plus, that's a terrible title.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Rancho Notorious < They Made Me a Fugitive
Rancho Notorious > Maggie's Plan
Rancho Notorious < Birdman of Alcatraz
Rancho Notorious > A Man Called Peter
Rancho Notorious < What Lies Beneath
Rancho Notorious > Dr. No
Rancho Notorious > Cellular
Rancho Notorious < Give My Regards to Broad Street
Rancho Notorious > Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Rancho Notorious > Stardust Memories

Final spot: #1809 out of 2737.