Filmspotting Madness

2026: BEST OF THE 1940s

All Voting Begins at Noon CT

Monday, March 16 – Play-In Results | Bracket Challenge | Round 1
Tuesday, March 24: Round 2
Tuesday, March 31: Sweet 16
Tuesday, April 7: Elite 8
Tuesday, April 14: Final 4
Tuesday, April 21: Championship
Friday, May 1: Winner Announced

2025: BEST OF THE Century (So Far)

Champion: There Will Be Blood
Runner-Up: Mulholland Dr.
Third Place: No Country for Old Men

2024: BEST OF THE 1950s

Champion: Rear Window
Runner-Up: The Seven Samurai
Third Place: Singin’ In the Rain

2023: BEST OF THE 1960s

Champion: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Runner-Up: Psycho
Third Place: The Apartment

2022: BEST OF THE 1970S

Champion: The Godfather
Runner-Up: Jaws
Third Place: The Godfather: Part II

2021: Best of the 1980s

Champion: Do The Right Thing
Runner-Up: The Shining
Third Place: Raiders of the Lost Ark

2020: Best of the 2010s

Champion: Parasite
Runner-Up: Mad Max: Fury Road
Third Place: Get Out

Inaugural Filmspotting Invitation Tournament (for Patreon Family members)

Champion: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Runner-Up: Call Me By Your Name
Third Place: BlacKkKlansman

2019: Best of the 2000s (2000-2009)

Champion: There Will Be Blood
Runner-Up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Third Place: No Country for Old Men

2018: Best of the '90s

Champion: Fargo
Runner-Up: Pulp Fiction
Third Place: Goodfellas

2017: Filmspotting pantheon

Champion: The Godfather
Runner-Up: Pulp Fiction
Third Place: 2001: A Space Odyssey

2016: Directors

Champion: Coen Bros.
Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson
Third Place: Martin Scorsese

2015: Actors

Champion: Michael Fassbender
Runner-Up: Jessica Chastain

Future Madness Options

• Actors/Actresses (Revisited)

• Animation

• Comedies

• Documentaries

• Directed by Women

• Criterion Collection

• Filmspotting Marathon Best Pictures