Film Quest 2015: The Challenge Part II

For the SIXTH year in a row, I’m keeping track of all the movies I’ve watched for the first time. Just like last year, I’ll be attempting to ensure that at least 20% of the movies I see are 20+ years old.  I also have a list of films that I’m challenging myself to see, though in past years when I’ve done that, I’ve only made it through a portion of the list so if you see something on there that you can absolutely recommend, let me know!

My 2015 Viewing List

January

1. The One I Love (1/1) (review)
2. In a World… (1/3) (review)
3. Children of Men (1/6)
4. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (1/6) [review]
5. Hangover Part III (1/16) (review)
6. Boyhood (1/17) (review)
7. The Imitation Game  (1/18) (review)
8. The Nut Job (1/20)
9. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1/24)
10. Stretch (1/29) (review)
11. American Sniper (1/31) (review)

February

12. Out Of The Furnace (2/3)
13. The Third Man (2/15)
14. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2/21)
15. Before Midnight (2/27)

March

16. Better Living Through Chemistry (3/4)
17. Whiplash (3/11) (review)
18. The Theory of Everything (3/14) (review)

April

19. Someone Marry Barry (4/2)
20. Begin Again (4/11)
21. Lawless (4/16)
22. Total Recall (4/19)
23. The Great Dictator (4/21)
24. Maleficent (4/25)
25. Neighbors (4/25)
26. Ex Machina (4/26) (link)

May

27. Avengers: Age Of Ultron (5/7)
28. Larry Crowne (5/9)
29. Nightcrawler (5/16)
30. Tangled (5/20)
31. Crash (5/21) (link)
32. Mad Max: Fury Road (5/22) (link)
33. Fruitvale Station (5/22)
34. Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (5/31) [review]

June

35. Big Eyes (6/4)
36. Mad Max [1979] (6/5) (review)
37. Mad Max 2 (6/7) (review)
38. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (6/9)
39. Spy (6/11)
40. Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome (6/14) (review)
41. The DUFF (6/17)
42. The Judge
43. The Wedding Ringer (6/24)
44. Let’s Be Cops (6/25)

July

45. The Interview (7/1)
46. Jurassic World (3D) (7/3)
47. Transformers: Age of Extinction (7/4)
48. The Butler (7/5)
49. The Transporter (7/6)
50. Ali (7/14)
51. Justice League: The New Frontier (7/16)
52. Minions (7/19)
53. Southpaw (7/21) [review]
54. Ant-Man (7/25) [review]
55. 12 Years A Slave (7/29)

August

56. Foxcatcher (8/2)
57. Selma (8/7)
58. Monsters University (8/8)
59. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (8/8)
60. Fantastic Four (8/12) [review]
61. Spare Parts
62. A Million Ways To Die In The West (8/19)
63. Space Jam (8/20)
64. Serpico (8/21)
65. Stand By Me (8/22)

September

66. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. [review]
67. White House Down
68. Frank
69. Kingsmen: The Secret Service
70. Kill The Messenger
71. Fury

October

72. Bad Teacher
73. Aloha
74. The Martian [review]
75. The Intern
76. Mr. Peabody & Sherman
77. Results

November

78. The Equalizer
79. Love & Mercy
80. Spectre
81. The Sheik
82. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
83. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
84. The Peanuts Movie (11/25)
85. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (11/25)
86. Hoodwinked Too! (11/26)
87. Rope (11/26)

December

88. Creed (12/1) [review]
89. Me And Earl And The Dying Girl (12/1)
90. DOPE (12/1 – Trifecta Day)
91. Inside Out (12/4)
92. City Lights (1931)
93. The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies
94. Pixels [review]
95. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18)
96. Mr. Holmes (12/27)
97. The Big Short [review]
98. The Ridiculous 6
99. Joy (12/30) [review]
100. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (12/31)

Next Up….

Rebel Without A Cause
or
Trainwreck
or
Bridge Of Spies
or
Spotlight
or
Hotel Transylvania

Movies from 1995 or Prior: 11 (currently ~12%)

1. The Third Man (1950)
2. Total Recall (1990)
3. The Great Dictator (1940)
4. Mad Max (1979)
5. Mad Max 2 (1981)
6. Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
7. Serpico (1973)
8. Stand By Me (1986)
9. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
10. Rope (1948)
11. City Lights (1931)

“Challenge” List: Films To See

All About Eve [i]
Brazil
Breathless
Capote
Cinema Paradiso [i]
**** City Lights
**** The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [i]
Gandhi
Gone with the Wind
**** The Great Dictator
In the Heat of the Night
The Lives Of Others
Magnificent Seven, The
Metropolis [i]
My Neighbor Totoro
Network
Patton [i]
Rebel Without a Cause
***** Selma
Signin’ In The Rain
******* The Theory of Everything
***** The Third Man
Tokyo Story
The Tree of Life
********* Whiplash