Obsession
18 winners · 4 left open
Most rewatchable scene
Apparent consensusBear sneaking out to see Sarah / the Nikki window-smash scene
The room keeps circling the Sarah meetup and Nikki crashing through the window as the scenes they most want to rewatch.
Apex Mountain
DeclaredIndie horror movies
They treat the film’s success as a peak moment for indie horror and similar microbudget genre films.
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Most 2026 thing
Apparent consensusthe internet discourse around the movie
They settle on the online conversation around the movie as the most 2026-coded thing about it.
The Floyd Gundelly butter on my ass award for something you just enjoy
Declaredpost-high-school teens bumming around a small town
They agree the easy pleasure here is watching post-high-school kids drift around a small town.
What's age the best
Apparent consensusthe bare-bones production and Easter-egg density
They praise how impressive the movie feels once you learn how little money and infrastructure it had behind it.
Gordo Award for most cinematic shot
Apparent consensusNikki appearing in the bedroom corner / the red-dress shadow shots
They single out the shadowy Nikki images and the bedroom-corner framing as the film’s most cinematic visuals.
Kid Cudi Award for best needle drop
DeclaredNikki feeding the homeless guy scene
They identify the homeless-guy-feeding moment as the needle drop they remember most.
Chess Rockwell Brock Lander's award for best character name
DeclaredBaron Bear Bailey
They land on Baron Bear Bailey as the movie’s best character name.
Big Goonerberger Award for best use of food and drink
Declaredthe dead cat sandwich
The dead cat sandwich is the clear winner for the most memorable food-and-drink beat.
Was there a better title for this movie?
DeclaredObsession
They try out alternate titles but mostly agree Obsession is the right fit.
The Sean Fennessey Award for Stealth Homage that gives every movie nerd a Criterion orgasm
DeclaredNikki's movement as an homage to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Pulse
They identify Nikki’s physical movement as the film’s clearest stealth homage.
The Fortune 3 Clap Award for most gifable moment
Apparent consensusthe no-no-no face / frown reaction
They settle on the no-no-no reaction face as the image most likely to travel as a gif or meme.
Butch's girlfriend award for weak link of the film
No consensusNo clear winner
They debate the weakest element, with Ian as one candidate and the wish-cancel sequence also getting pushback, without a clean consensus.
The Ted Levine award for performance so good and distinctive it may have ruined the actor's career
DeclaredIndy Navarrete as Nikki
They treat Indy Navarrete’s performance as so striking that it may be hard to separate her from the role later.
What's age the worst
Apparent consensusthe Blumhouse victory-lap branding
They criticize the Blumhouse logo tag-on and mention the rating debate as the main things that aged poorly.
Flex category: the obsession house for what the hell did that place smell like?
Declaredthe musty, rotten house smell implied by the dead cat and Oxy
They turn the house’s rancid smell into the joke category and agree it must have been unbearable.
Casting
Apparent consensusAndy Richter as the music-store dad / a comic supporting type for that role
They frame the supporting dad role as an Andy Richter-type part and settle on that casting lane.
Cruiser Hanks
Declared2004 Scarlett Johansson
They choose 2004-era Scarlett Johansson as the best fit for the part in the hypothetical casting game.
Picking knits
No consensusNo clear winner
They pile up plot and logic complaints, especially about nobody intervening while Nikki spirals.
Sequel, prequel, prestige TV all podcasts are untouchable
Apparent consensusan anthology TV series about new wishes
They most strongly endorse the anthology-TV idea while riffing on sequel and prequel possibilities.
What-neil award for what happened the next day
No consensusNo clear winner
They speculate about Nikki’s future but do not lock onto a single definitive next chapter.
Unanswerable questions
No consensusNo clear winner
They end by batting around impossible wish-logic questions without reaching a firm answer.