Janet Staiger defines the film canon as encompassing the films “chosen for extensive discussion and analysis… [and] chosen to be reworked, alluded to, satirized…[as] privileged points of reference.” According to Staiger and other scholars, this canon has traditionally excluded the works of directors from marginalized backgrounds. With the canon being highly praised within the film community as a site of reverence and education, lack of diversity within this canon has great impact on the education and imaginings of young (diverse) filmmakers. This project explores the contents and limitations of the contemporary film canon and proposes a reimagining of such canon to work towards a more inclusive and expansive cinema studies education. On this poster, I offer background on the formation and impact of the film canon, attempt to define the contents of the film canon through investigation into the overlap between "Best Films" lists produced by reputable film industry publications, provide solutions on how to practically work towards inclusive reimagination, and provide access to a site I created called the Anti Canon project—a communally-curated online curriculum to be implemented by educators and film students introducing them to non-canonical films to diversify their cinema studies course syllabi and chart their own paths of taste acquisition. As my research revealed the extent to which the canon is dominated by the works of white male directors, proposed solutions include actions such as seeking out new, communally-elected canon-building bodies and devaluing the singularity of a hallowed canon in favor of multiple, equally-revered canons.This work posits that there is much to learn from non-canonical works that have not been given the care to be analyzed, critiqued, or admired and that the filmmakers capable of producing reverential works come from a diversity of backgrounds that the contemporary canon has not fully captured. Here, reimagination is an opportunity to diversify cinema studies education and create a film community that more accurately recounts the efforts of past minority directors and equitably uplift the works of their contemporaries.