Official Challenges

2017 Challenges

Date	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2017	Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge	Daviddoes	flavo5000 - 112
	Degrees of Separation Challenge	sortile9io	allisoncm - 96
February 2017	Academy Awards Challenge	treadwaynathan
	Criterion Challenge	PeacefulAnarchy
March 2017	Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challenge
	Films Directed By Women Challenge
April 2017	Animation Challenge
	French Challenge
May 2017	Western Challenge
	They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Challenge
June 2017	War Challenge
	Eastern Europe Challenge
July 2017	Canadian Challenge
	Doubling the Canon Challenge
August 2017	Musical Challenge
	Indian Challenge
September 2017	Silent Challenge
	Japanese Challenge
October 2017	Horror Challenge
	Asian Challenge - excluding India, Japan, Russia/Soviet Union
November 2017	Noir Challenge
	Critics List Challenge
December 2017	Documentary Challenge
	Conquering the World Challenge

2016 Challenges

Date	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2016	Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge	klaus78	flavo5000 - 143
	African Challenge	funkybusiness	knaldskalle - 19
February 2016	Academy Awards Challenge	klaus78	flavo5000 - 71
	Silent Challenge	clemmetarey	sushantv10 - 40
March 2016	Eastern Europe Challenge	clemmetarey	tarr - 42
	Films Directed By Women Challenge	allisoncm	beavis - 32
April 2016	Documentary Challenge	tourdesb	tourdesb - 133
	French Challenge	clemmetarey	allisoncm - 30
May 2016	Western Challenge	Kasparius	PUNQ - 113
	Latin American Challenge	Hunziker	sortile9io - 96
June 2016	Animation Challenge	klaus78	flavo5000 - 145
	Middle East Challenge	3eyes	3eyes & Ataraxic - 20
July 2016	Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challenge	Daviddoes	te18 - 104
	Criterion Challenge	klaus78	klaus78 - 73
August 2016	Benelux/Nordic Challenge	3eyes	PeacefulAnarchy - 36
	Comedy Challenge	cinephage	PeacefulAnarchy - 123
September 2016	Japanese Challenge	themagician	45MinuteZoom - 39
	Action Challenge	ChrisReynolds	flavo5000 - 101
October 2016	Horror Challenge	mightysparks	kierkegaardian - 172
	UK/Ireland Challenge	HVM	Cippenham - 42
November 2016	Noir Challenge	PeacefulAnarchy	flavo5000 - 96
	Asian Challenge (except big countries)	3eyes	PUNQ - 32
December 2016	They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Challenge	sortile9io	tourdesb - 58
	Samurai Challenge	themagician	burneyfan - 15

2015 Challenges

Date	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2015	African Challenge	3eyes	kingink - 16
	Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge	joachimt	flavo5000 - 96
February 2015	Silent Challenge	Lilarcor	burneyfan - 54
	Academy Awards Challenge	Lammetje	Armoreska - 84
March 2015	Polish Challenge	clemmetarey	allisoncm - 22
	Films Directed By Women Challenge	allisoncm	Perception de Ambiguity - 44
April 2015	Documentary Challenge	funkybusiness	Armoreska - 71
	Italian Challenge	HVM	Cocoa - 26
May 2015	Western Challenge	Kasparius	Chemosh6969 - 57
	French Challenge	funkybusiness	allisoncm - 74
June 2015	Animation Challenge	te18	flavo5000 - 123
	Queer Challenge	Fergenaprido	Fergenaprido - 27
July 2015	Degrees of Separation	funkybusiness	burneyfan - 72
	Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challenge	te18	flavo5000 - 77
August 2015	Rewatch Challenge	themagician	Perception de Ambiguity - 47
	Czech and Slovak Challenge	themagician	mjf314 - 35
September 2015	Japanese Challenge	themagician	themagician - 120
	Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Films Challenge	Gershwin	lillyjabry - 55
October 2015	Horror Challenge	mightysparks	kierkegaardian - 200
	Chinese Challenge	Melvelet	Ataraxic - 39
November 2015	Noir Challenge	PeacefulAnarchy	PeacefulAnarchy - 111
	German Challenge	HVM	klaus78 - 49
December 2015	They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Challenge	clemmetarey	sortile9io - 66
	Russian Challenge	funkybusiness	sushantv10 - 41

2014 Challenges

Date	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2014	Latin American Challenge	allisoncm	daviddoes & mjf314 - 23
	Doubling the Canon Challenge	HVM	frbrown - 28
February 2014	Asian Challenge - excluding China/Hong Kong/Taiwan, India, Japan, Russia/Soviet Union, South Korea	mjf314	mjf314 - 35
	Academy Awards Challenge	Mulholland	Prat - 71
March 2014	Japanese Challenge	clemmetarey	zuma - 76
	Animation Challenge	funkybusiness	kingink - 59
April 2014	French Challenge	allisoncm	ArthurYanthar - 61
	2010s Challenge	tomelce	cinephage - 58
May 2014	Western Challenge	Kasparius	Kasparius - 46
	Southern/Mediterranean Challenge - excluding Italy and Spain	3eyes	globetrotter - 21
June 2014	Cult/Grindhouse/Drive-In Challenge	Daviddoes	ChrisReynolds - 65
	Canadian Challenge	HVM	ryebass - 35
July 2014	Scandinavia/Benelux Challenge	Buksemannen	Buksemannen - 30
	Documentary Challenge	funkybusiness	ataraxic - 100
August 2014	Spanish Challenge	sortile9io	sortile9io - 21
	Sci-fi/fantasy Challenge	mightysparks	Daviddoes - 54
September 2014	Eastern Europe Challenge - excluding Russia	funkybusiness	HVM - 50
	War Challenge	Cippenham	3eyes - 27
October 2014	Horror Challenge	mightysparks	daviddoes - 163
	South Korean Challenge	Knaldskalle	Ataraxic - 13
November 2014	Noir Challenge	joachimt	frbrown - 84
	Harvard List Challenge	funkybusiness	ignatzkat - 41
December 2014	Russian Challenge	Nopros	3eyes & Armoreska - 15
	Critics List Challenge	Gershwin	klaus78 - 48

2013 Challenges

Date	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2013	Indian Challenge	sushantv10	sushantv10 - 35
	1960s Challenge	Kasparius	tourdesb - 54
February 2013	Academy Awards Challenge	WalterNeff	daviddoes - 56
	Musical Challenge	Timec	sushantv10 - 39
March 2013	Japanese Challenge	Crinderman	Crinderman - 96
	Animation Challenge	frbrown	mjf314 - 53
April 2013	French Challenge	allisoncm	wuzzawuzz - 66
	Unofficial checks Challenge	funkybusiness	allisoncm - 56
May 2013	Australian/New Zealand Challenge	HVM	esiersdale - 14
	Western Challenge	Cippenham	sushantv10 - 30
June 2013	Chinese Challenge	cinephage	mjf314 - 54
	Cult/Drive-in Challenge	Nuclearplanet	ChrisReynolds - 60
July 2013	German Challenge	HVM	HVM - 50
	No 2nd Official Challenge	N/A	N/A
August 2013	Sci-Fi/Fantasy Challenge	daviddoes	ChrisReynolds & jvv - 47
	Italian Challenge	themagician	Cocoa - 48
September 2013	UK/Ireland Challenge	HVM	brokenface - 34
	Criterion Challenge	clemmetarey	Jerome St-Jacques - 91
October 2013	Horror Challenge	mightysparks	mightysparks - 182
	Documentary Challenge	funkybusiness	EssexMutant - 51
November 2013	Noir Challenge	SeanMX12	WalterNeff - 109
	UNESCO Challenge	joachimt	joachimt - 65
December 2013	Russian Challenge	Gershwin	Armoreska - 65
	Silent Challenge	jgwr	ArthurYanthar - 62

2012 Challenges

Date	Challenge	Host	Winner
January 2012	UK/Ireland Challenge	mightysparks	Kasparius - 74
	1990s Challenge	Nopros	Nopros - 64
February 2012	1930s Challenge	tourdesb	moviefreak - 55
	Academy Awards Challenge	mightysparks	moviefreak - 70
March 2012	Documentary Challenge	wowwee123	tourdesb - 44
	1970s Challenge	Mochard	burneyfan - 39
April 2012	Nordic Challenge	Lilarcor	nimimerkillinen - 36
	Critics Challenge	WalterNeff	moviefreak - 96
May 2012	Conquering the World Challenge	mightysparks	PeacefulAnarchy - 46
	Western Challenge	Nopros	sushantv10 - 84
June 2012	2000s Challenge	SeanMX12	moviefreak - 62
	Australia/New Zealand Challenge	mightysparks	mightysparks - 48
July 2012	Spanish Challenge	frbrown	mjf314 - 16
	1950s Challenge	Kowry	sushantv10 - 76
August 2012	Pre-1930s Challenge	jgwr	sushantv10 - 76
	Korean Challenge	Knaldskalle	aces - 41
September 2012	Non-Russian Eastern Europe Challenge	Timec	mjf314 - 29
	AFI Challenge	Jerome St-Jacques	Jerome St-Jacques - 56
October 2012	Horror Challenge	mightysparks	mightysparks - 301
	1940s Challenge	allisoncm	sushantv10 - 107
November 2012	Samurai/Martial Arts Challenge	Cippenham	Pain - 94
	African Challenge	3eyes	Knaldskalle & Lilarcor - 20
December 2012	Russian Challenge	Nopros	3eyes - 33
	1980s Challenge	themagician	Kasparius - 71

2011 Challenges

Date	Challenge	Host	Winner
July 2011	Japanese Challenge	Kasparius	Kasparius - 80
	No 2nd Official Challenge	N/A	N/A
August 2011	Chinese Challenge	mightysparks	mjf314 and SeanMX12 - 28
	Noir Challenge	mightysparks	ormazd - 115
September 2011	French Challenge	mightysparks	Crinderman - 104
	History Challenge	3eyes	beeswax - 29
October 2011	Horror Challenge	mightysparks	Cinematamio - 203
	German Challenge	3eyes	Crinderman - 70
November 2011	Italian Challenge	SeanMX12	Cinematiamo - 54
	Degrees of Separation Challenge	bubar	allisoncm - 104
December 2011	Russian Challenge	Nopros	Nopros - 40
	Spirituality/Religion Challenge	SeanMX12	sushantv10 - 26