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Film

Shortlists for a couch, not a canon of the best films ever made.

These lists are for picking something to watch. Each note gives the year and the director so a group can tell similar titles apart. Runtimes are commonly published feature lengths; a special edition or a cut with long credits can run longer, so check the version you can actually play.

The order on the page is a starting shortlist. It is not a ranking. Rank the films yourself, or send the list to the group.

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Pixar favourites

Toy Story or Finding Nemo? Put eight Pixar films in order.

The movie-night shortlist

Which one would you watch again tonight?

Fantasy-film favourites

Middle-earth, Spirited Away, or Shrek? Rank your favourites.

Comfort-movie rewatch

Pick the film you never get tired of.

One film for a rainy Sunday

The sofa is yours. Which film goes on first?

The film you wish you could see again for the first time

Forget the plot for a moment. Which first viewing would you want back?

Films for a mixed-age couch

Which film would you put on when ages in the room do not match?

Weeknight films under two hours

Which film can you finish before the weeknight runs out?

Direct comparisons

At home or at the cinema