• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2004.
• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2003.
• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2002.
• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2001.
• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2000.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2009.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2008.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2007.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2006.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2005.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2004.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2003.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2002.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2001.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2000.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2009.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2008.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2007.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2006.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2005.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2004.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2003.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2002.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2001.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2000.

• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2009.
• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2008.
• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2007.
• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2006.
• Added yearly race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2005.

• Added yearly race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2008.
• Added yearly race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2007.
• Added yearly race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2006.
• Added yearly race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2005.
• Added yearly race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2004.
• Added yearly race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2003.
• Added yearly race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2002.
• Added yearly race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2001.
• Added yearly race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2000.
• Added Decades race: The Oscar Nominees race for 2010s.
• Added Decades race: The Oscar Winners race for 2010s.
• Added Decades race: The Oscar Nominees race for 2000s.
• Added Decades race: The Oscar Winners race for 2000s.
• Added Special race: The ** BFI - The Greatest Films of All Time (2022)** race.

A huge behind the scenes update to make the site more efficient and optimised. Pending further review, I believe I have reduced each page load from approx 0.25g carbon per visit to 0.05g (a huge 80% reduction!)

• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2017.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2017.
• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2016.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2016.
• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2015.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2015.
• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2014.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2014.
• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2013.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2013.
• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2012.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2012.
• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2011.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2011.
• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2010.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2010.
• Added race: The Golden Globes race for 2019.
• Added race: The Golden Globes race for 2018.

• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2015.
• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2014.
• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2013.
• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2012.
• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2011.
• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2010.
• Added race: The BAFTA Longlists race for 2022.
• Added race: The Mecha race for 2022.
• Added race: The Mecha+ race for 2022.
• Added race: The Oscar Shortlist race for 2021.
• Added race: The Oscar Shortlist race for 2020.
• Added race: The BAFTA Longlists race for 2021.
• Added race: The Mecha race for 2021.
• Added race: The Mecha+ race for 2021.
• Added race: The Mecha race for 2020.
• Added race: The Mecha+ race for 2020.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2019.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2018.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2017.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2016.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2015.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2014.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2013.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2012.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2011.
• Added race: The Film Independent and Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) races for 2010.
• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2019.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2019.
• Added race: The BAFTA Film Awards race for 2018.
• Added race: The Mega race for 2018.

• Added race: The Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies) race for 2020.
• Added race: The Golden Globes race for 2020.
• Added race: The Sight & Sound Poll race for 2020.
• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2017.
• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2016.
• New Feature: "Only in this race" stat - find the number of films which are unique to this race (on DeathRaceTracking.com). You can see this for each standard race - look in the "About" tab.

• Added race: The Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies) race for 2021.
• Added race: The Golden Globes race for 2021.

• Added different viewing strategies to the "What Should I Watch" tool (Subscribers only) - including least nominations, random, and duration.
• New feature: Picks! Including listing top 4 from the race and sharing.

All user and race images should now be served from our own buckets, so no more Cloudinary calls (the site maxed out the free account :-())

• Added race: The Oscar Shortlist race for 2022.

• Improvement to beta Letterboxd importer (both rss and Zip files) (For subscribers only). Each run will import up to 50 films, but if you have more in the zip file, it should work more easily than uploading loads of times.
• New feature If you don't want to see ratings, you can now turn these off on the film cards for unwatched films, or all films (default is still to show ratings). Thanks Broofa for the suggestion. This can be selected via the Profile settings menu.
• New feature There was a request for persistent filters - rather than switching these on all the time, so you can now set a filter which will remain for all races (unless you reset it) - set this via the Profile settings menu. Thanks to MoeSzys for the suggestion.
• New feature Data privacy is really important for me, so I'll be updating the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service over the next few weeks to ensure that these are as clear and relevant as possible. Linked to this, there's a new Account Deletion feature from the Profile Settings Menu. I kind of hope no one ever uses it, but if you want to remove your data (inlcuding films watched, ratings, etc), you can do it very easily in one click.
• Improvement to time zone logging (hopefully). Thanks as always to those sharing ideas and bugs via Reddit, Discord, and email.

• Added race: The ** 2022 Sight & Sound Poll** race for 2022 (celebrating films of 2021).
• Added race: The ** 2021 Sight & Sound Poll** race for 2021 (celebrating films of 2020).

• New feature: A new tab, Stats on Race pages - this includes more personalised statistics about your race.
• New feature: Friends - the ability to set up leaderboards of specific friends on the site, so you can complete more easily against specific people. Go to the profile menu and friends management to create an invite link for your friends.

• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2026. Some performance improvements owing to influx of users. Please let me know if you have any issues.

• Added race: The Golden Globes race for 2022.
• Added race: The ** Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies)** race for 2026.
• Improvement: The Letterboxd Import tools (both RSS and Zip Import) [Subscriber only] should work better. Many thanks to Keith Moser, iakovosjam, and arkivaren for sharing their imports. Please note that the Zip Importer is still in beta, so please feed back if you have any issues.
• Improvement: Added a Jump to my Position button at the bottom of the leaderboard, so you can easily jump to the page that you're on.

• Added race: The John Waters: Best of race for 2021 (celebrates films released in 2020).
• Added race: The John Waters: Best of race for 2020 (celebrates films released in 2019).
• Added race: The Slant Magazine: Best of race for 2022 (celebrates films released in 2021).
• Added race: The Slant Magazine: Best of race for 2021 (celebrates films released in 2020).
• Added race: The Slant Magazine: Best of race for 2020 (celebrates films released in 2019).

• Added race: The Academy Awards (Oscars) race for 2018.
• Added race: The ** Barack Obama: Favorite Movies** race for 2022 (celebrating films from 2021).
• Added race: The ** Barack Obama: Favorite Movies** race for 2021 (celebrating films from 2020).
• Added race: The ** Barack Obama: Favorite Movies** race for 2020 (celebrating films from 2019).
• Added race: The ** Barack Obama: Favorite Movies** race for 2019 (celebrating films from 2018).
• Added race: The ** John Waters: Best of** race for 2022 (celebrating films from 2021).

• Added race: The BAFTA race for 2020.
• Added race: The Mega Death Race for 2020.
• Added feature: Partnership with The Animation Showcase. See the page from the menu when you're logged in for further details.

• Fixes to categories filters being reset when switching between races
• Feature added the ability to add year specific information to race years.

• Added race: The BAFTA race for 2021.
• Added race: The Mega Death Race for 2026.

• Added race: The BAFTA longlist race for 2026.

• Added race: The Film Independent Spirits race for 2020.
• Added race: The Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) race for 2020.

• Added race: The Film Independent Spirits race for 2021.
• Added race: The Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) race for 2021.

• Added race: The AoDR Deathies race for 2021.
• Added race: The BAFTA race for 2022.
• Added race: The Mega Death Race for 2022.
• Bug fix: when manually marking multiple films as watched and then clicking on the details of one film there could be errors which cause the screen to go black and require a reload.
• Bug fix: Improvements to the Letterboxd Zip Import (this still doesn't seem to recognise 100% of films, with errors often being in a single year, but it should really make a dent in marking multiple races at a time).

Happy New Year Death Racers!

Lots of updates today:

• Fixes to leaderboard pagination (thanks Arkivaren for flagging errors when filtering on the leaderboards)
• Fixes and improvements to marking films as watched/unwatched - hopefully this is quicker and more reliable when updating lots.
• New feature for subscribers: Letterboxd Zip file import (beta) - if you've marked a film as watched on letterboxd, this new tool allows hundreds of films to be marked as watched here too! I'd love some feedback on how this works for you.
• New feature for subscribers: What should I watch tool - this easy to use, but with loads of advanced filters, should make it easy when you're undecided on what to watch next (this is an essential tool for me, I procrastinate so much during a deathrace!)
• Added race: The Film Independent Spirits race for 2023.
• Added race: The Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) race for 2022.
• Added race: The AoDR Deathies race for 2022.

• Added race: The Slant Magazine - Top 25 race for 2026.
• Added race: The Slant Magazine - Top 25 race for 2024.
• Added race: The Slant Magazine - Top 25 race for 2023.
• Added race: The Sight & Sound - Top 50 race for 2024.
• Added race: The Sight & Sound - Top 50 race for 2023.
• Added race: The Film Independent Spirits (Jury Prizes) race for 2023.
• Added race: The Oscars Shortlists race for 2023.
• Added race: The BAFTA Longlists race for 2023.
• Added race: The Mecha Death Race for 2023.
• Added race: The Mecha+ Death Race for 2023.

Hope you're having excellent holidays! Thanks so much for your support this year, I really appreciate it. Lots of fixes today (thanks for flagging some issues on Discord)!

• Fixes and improvements to leaderboard logic (thanks skaccer.mom and others for flagging and feeding back on this)
• Fixes and improvements to filter logic (thanks coryallegory). Now there's proper binary choices, a default of AND, and some other improvements around displaying number of filtered results in various places.
• Fixes and improvements to subscriber number on the Roadmap page (it had previously counted a test user and donators as well as regular subscribers - sorry for any confusion caused).

Lots of changes and fixes recently which I haven't reflected here!

• Added races: Added the Obama Favorite Films race for 2026 (along with the Jury prizes race).
• Added races: Added the Oscar Shortlist race for 2026.
• Added races: Started the Mega+ race for 2026.
• Fixes and improvements to mobile UX (thanks Elysia) plus many other simple improvements to user experience, and improvements for SEO and sharing tags (page name should be updated with the race name and year now).

• Added races: Added the Film Independent Spirit Awards race for 2026 (along with the Jury prizes race).
• Added races: Added the John Waters Best of race for 2026.

• Added races: Added the Barack Obama: Favorite Movies for both 2024 and 2023 (the actual lists are for 2023 and 2022, but they fall as part of the later year's race if you know what I mean!).

✨ Improvements & Fixes

• Fixed: Corrected the missing countries in the Leaderboard Filter dropdown menu.
• Improved: Enhanced spacing for subscriber badges and names on mobile leaderboards.
• Feature: Film notes are now displayed instantly upon saving, removing the need for a page refresh.
• Fixed: Applied various styling and visibility corrections for Dark Mode on the profile page.
• Improved: Implemented general fixes and quality-of-life improvements within the Admin Area.
• Improved: Updated races with new Race Icons and made these visible on the race page as well as the sidebar.
• Added races: Added the John Waters Best of 2023 (the actual list is for 2022, but it falls as part of the 2023 race if you know what I mean!).
• Added races: Added the Sight & Sound Poll - the 50 best for 2025 (the actual list is for 2024, but it falls as part of the 2025 race if you know what I mean!).

Thanks to John & Erik for flagging (via Discord) an issue with dates changing when a watched detail is updated. I believe tonight's fix has sorted that.

Also this week there have been some improvements to the Letterboxd import.

• New List: Added the 2025 Slant Magazine Top 25 list.
• Sorting: You can now sort films by the content of your personal Notes.
• Film Details: The film details pop-up now displays ratings broken down by Location (e.g., Cinema, Home, Festival).

• General Fixes: General bug fixes deployed (addressing the tricky 3am Sunday update issues—fingers crossed this holds for next week!).
• Import: Fixed issues preventing the successful import of 'watched' films from Letterboxd.
• My Film Stats: Applied fixes and minor improvements to the My Film Stats page.
• Race Data: Corrected the displayed count for the number of participants in races.
• Navigation: Implemented an automatic race change when switching years via the dropdown if the previous race selection has no films for the newly selected year.

• Data Update Fixes: Addressed an issue with the nightly data update that caused temporary site access problems (apologies to anyone who tried to access the site last night—an update went slightly wrong, which is why this is still beta!).
• Walkthrough Fixes: The site walk-through feature has been repaired and should now function correctly.

This update introduces significant enhancements to the film details pop-up, adds several new external rating sources, and includes new features for subscribers and donators.

✨ New Features

• External Rating Links & Scores: Added links and values (where available) for major rating services, including:
  • Metascore (Metacritic)
  • IMDb Rating
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer
  • The Movie Database (TMDb) User Score
• Changelog: Added a dedicated Changelog page to keep you informed of site updates (you're looking at it!).
• Private Notes: You can now add private notes to films for personal tracking and organization.

🌟 Subscriber/Donator Features

• Letterboxd RSS Import: Added the ability for subscribers and donators to import their data via a Letterboxd RSS feed.

⬆️ Improvements

• Enhanced Film Details Pop-up: The film details pop-up is now much richer and more informative, including:
  • Cast and Crew information (where available).
  • Box Office and Budget details (where available).
• Admin Functions: Various improvements and additions to administrative functions behind the scenes.

🛠️ Fixes

• Radarr List Feature: Fixed an issue preventing the Radarr list feature from working correctly for subscribers.