1923 lineups + '24 recs

Fucking finally got back to going year by year through cinema it's only been like 3 years since I started '23. I'm gonna have to revisit some of the films from this year at some point, especially since I watched all the good ones first but most of the most of the ones I watched in the last week for me ranged from bad - slightly good so at least editing my lineups wasn't difficult. The exception to that is Os Lobos but I might be slightly biased since it's Portuguese. This year was very top heavy. The top 5 I got is very solid, much better than the Top 5 I had for the previous year I think. The Burning Brazier (when did letterboxd change the name to The Burning Crucible?) was the standout this year, been a few years since I saw it but I still have fond memories. Absolutely wacky and hilarious. It doesn't sweep my lineups even though it's the only 10 for the year do to how good the next few are. First time so far that's happened, every other year I've had one movie mostly sweep everything. Anyway on to the good stuff...

Watched 21 films from '23 so I'll start by ranking those:

1. The Burning Brazier
2. Safety Last!
3. La Roue
4. Coeur Fidele
5. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

6. Our Hospitality
7. Os Lobos
8. A Woman of Paris
9. The Hell Ship
10. The Street
11. Within the Law
12. Warning Shadows
13. Der Schatz
14. The White Sister
15. I.N.R.I.
16. The Covered Wagon
17. Ashes of Vengeance
18. Souls for Sale
19. The Extra Girl
20. The Ten Commandments
21. The Shock


Best Director

Abel Gance - La Roue
Fred C. Newmeyer/Sam Taylor - Safety Last!
Ivan Mozzhukhin - The Burning Brazier
Jean Epstein - Coeur Fidele
Wallace Worsley - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Best Actor
Harold Lloyd - Safety Last!
Ivan Mozzhukhin - The Burning Brazier
Lon Chaney - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Severin-Mars - La Roue
Victor Sjostrom - The Hell Ship

Best Actress

Edna Purviance - A Woman of Paris
Gina Manes - Coeur Fidele
Lillian Gish - The White Sister
Nathalie Lissenko - The Burning Brazier
Patsy Ruth Miller - The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Best Supporting Actor

Brandon Hurst - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Edmund van Daele - Coeur Fidele
Gabriel de Gravone - La Roue
Matheson Lang - The Hell Ship
Nicolas Koline - The Burning Brazier

Best Supporting Actress

Aud Egede-Nissen - The Street
Ivy Close - La Roue
Jenny Hasselqvist - The Hell Ship
Lydia Knott - A Woman of Paris
Natalie Talmadge - Our Hospitality

Best Original Screenplay

Coeur Fidele
La Roue
Our Hospitality
Safety Last!
The Burning Brazier

Best Adapted Screenplay

Os Lobos
The Hell Ship
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The White Sister
Within the Law

Best Foreign Language Film

Coeur Fidele
La Roue
Os Lobos
The Burning Brazier
The Hell Ship

Best Production Design

La Roue
Our Hospitality
The Burning Brazier
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Warning Shadows

Best Cinematography

Coeur Fidele
La Roue
Os Lobos
The Burning Brazier
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

The Burning Brazier
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Ten Commandments

Best Costume Design

A Woman of Paris
I.N.R.I.
Our Hospitality
Souls for Sale
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Best Film Editing

Coeur Fidele
La Roue
Safety Last!
The Burning Brazier
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Best Visual Effects

La Roue
The Burning Brazier
The Street
The Ten Commandments
Warning Shadows

Best Ensemble

Coeur Fidele
La Roue
The Burning Brazier
The Hell Ship
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Nomination Count

The Burning Brazier: 13
La Roue: 12
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: 12
Coeur Fidele: 9
The Hell Ship: 6
Our Hospitality: 5
Safety Last!: 5
A Woman of Paris: 3
Os Lobos: 3
Within the Law: 3
Souls for Sale: 2
The Street: 2
The Ten Commandments: 2
The White Sister: 2
Warning Shadows: 2
I.N.R.I.: 1

Win Count

La Roue: 4
The Burning Brazier: 4
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: 4
Coeur Fidele: 3
The Ten Commandments: 1


Ok on to '24. I've seen 4 from this year so far and it's gonna be hard to top Greed. I've also seen Sherlock Jr., The Last Laugh and Die Nibelungen: Siegfried. Other than the other half of Die Nibelungen, I've got these lined up to watch:

The Hands of Orlac
Aelita
Waxworks


What should I add to the watchlist?