For the FOURTEENTH year in a row, I’m keeping track of all the movies I’ve watched for the first time.
My 2023 Viewing List
January
1. Strange World
2. Blow-Up [1966]
3. Pelosi in the House
4. All Quiet on the Western Front [2022] (1/6)
5. Scrooge: A Christmas Carol [2022]
6. White Noise (1/7)
7. The Menu (1/9)
8. Sr. (1/9)
White Lotus Season 2
9. Apollo 10 1/2 (1/13)
10. The Reader (1/15)
11. The People We Hate at the Wedding (1/15)
12. Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (1/18)
13. Blow Out [1981] (1/20)
14. The King of Comedy [1982] (1/23)
15. Milk (1/28)
16. Tár (1/30)
17. Dressed to Kill [1980] (1/31)
February
18. Letters from Iwo Jima (2/1)
19. JUNG_E (2/2)
20. Pamela: A Love Story (2/2)
21. Blonde (2/2)
22. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three [1974] (2/3)
23. The Taking of Pelham 123 [2009] (2/3)
24. Master And Commander: Far Side of the World (2/6)
25. Atonement (2/8)
26. Somewhere In Time [1980] (2/13)
27. Your Place or Mine? (2/14)
28. Brokeback Mountain (2/15)
29. Stutz (2/15)
30. Paths of Glory [1957] (2/16)
31. Luckiest Girl Alive (2/17)
32. Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania (2/20)
33. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein [1994] (2/22)
34. The Wild Bunch [1969] (2/24)
35. Marnie [1964] (2/28)
March
36. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country [1991] (3/1)
37. How Green Was My Valley [1941] (3/2)
38. Breaking the Waves [1996] (3/4)
39. The Hours (3/7)
40. Triangle of Sadness (3/7)
41. Women Talking (3/11)
42. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (3/17)
43. Ticket to Paradise (3/22)
44. Triple Frontier (3/23)
45. The Woman King (3/24)
46. You People (3/25)
47. Bodies Bodies Bodies (3/27)
48. Ambulance (3/30)
49. The Crying Game [1992] (3/31)
50. Die Hart (3/31)
April
51. Knock at the Cabin (4/11)
52. The Super Mario Bros Movie (4/14)
53. Cocaine Bear (4/15)
54. Jerry & Marge Go Large (4/15)
55. Babylon (4/19)
56. Murder Mystery 2 (4/23)
May
57. Where the Crawdads Sing (5/3)
58. RRR (5/5)
59. Peter Pan & Wendy (5/6)
60. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (5/8)
The Last Of Us Season 1
61. The Godfather Part III [1990] (5/12)
62. Luck (5/12)
63. Tetris (5/14)
64. Emily The Criminal (5/15)
65. Inside [2023] (5/16)
66. Conan The Barbarian [1982] (5/17)
67. Conan The Destroyer [1984] (5/18)
68. Champions (5/19)
69. Babe [1995] (5/23)
70. Red Sonja [1985] (5/25)
71. Shazam! Fury of the Gods (5/26)
Succession Final Season
72. The Hunt (5/30)
73. Working Girl [1988] (5/30)
June
74. Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (6/1)
75. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (6/2)
Ted Lasso Season 3
Marvelous Mrs Maisel Final Season
76. AIR (6/3)
77. Moonstruck [1987] (6/6)
78. Ip Man (6/8)
79. Avatar: The Way of Water (6/10)
80. War of the Roses [1989] (6/16)
81. Creed III (6/18)
82. Three Thousand Years of Longing (6/19)
83. La Femme Nikita [1990] (6/23)
84. The Wolfpack (6/23)
85. The Kid Detective (6/24)
86. Ghosted (6/27)
87. About Fate (6/30)
July
88. The Flash (7/2)
89. Extraction (7/7)
90. Obstacle Corpse (7/12)
91. Ghost in the Shell [1995] (7/13)
92. A Thousand And One (7/19)
93. From Russia With Love [1963] (7/21)
94. Ping Pong Summer (7/21)
95. Catherine Called Birdy (7/23)
August
96. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (8/1)
97. Asteroid City (8/12)
98. Go Karts (8/13)
99. They Cloned Tyrone (8/23)
100. French Exit (8/23)
101. Road House [1989] (8/24)
102. Oppenheimer (8/29)
September
103. The Mule (9/7)
104. Uncle Buck [1989] (9/10)
105. The Searchers [1956] (9/11)
106. Life [2017] (9/13)
107. Jungle Cruise (9/23)
108. The Jerk [1979] (9/26)
109. Maggie’s Plan (9/27)
110. Rocky III [1982] (9/29)
111. Elemental (9/30)
October
112. Once Bitten [1985] (10/4)
Under the Banner of Heaven {mini-series on FX / Hulu}
113. The Machine (10/6)
114. Totally Killer (10/10)
115. Mars Attacks! [1996] (10/11)
116. Friday The 13th [1980] (10/13)
117. Renfield (10/16)
118. The Dead Don’t Die (10/17)
119. Friday The 13th Part II [1981] (10/18)
120. Videodrome [1983] (10/19)
121. The Lost Boys [1987] (10/20)
122. A Man Called Otto (10/21)
123. The Shining [1980] (10/25)
124. You Cannot Kill David Arquette (10/26)
125. No Hard Feelings (10/28)
126. 65 (10/30)
127. Haunted Mansion [2023] (10/30)
128. Friday The 13th Part III [1982] (10/31)
129. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter [1984] (10/31)
November
130. A Bad Idea Gone Wrong (11/4)
131. Flatliners [1990] (11/8)
132. The Holdovers (11/10)
133. Master of Disguise (11/11)
134. Flamin’ Hot (11/12)
135. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (11/13)
136. The Killer (11/13)
137. Fast X (11/14)
138. Armageddon [1998] (11/15)
139. Thunderball [1965] (11/17)
140. Hypnotic (11/17) [review]
141. Blue Beetle (11/19) [review]
142. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (11/25)
143. Quiz Lady (11/26)
144. The Layover (11/27)
145. Sid is Dead (11/27)
146. 29th Street [1991] (11/27)
147. Can You Keep A Secret? (11/29)
148. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (11/30)
December
149. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (12/1)
150. Beavis and Butt-head Do The Universe (12/4)
151. Violent Night (12/4)
152. First Blood [1982] (12/6) [review]
153. Sly (12/6) [review]
154. Family Switch (12/6)
155. Nimona (12/7)
156. Freaky (12/11)
157. Candy Cane Lane (12/11)
158. Rambo: First Blood Part II [1985] (12/13) [review]
159. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (12/14)
160. A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (12/15)
161. Gran Turismo (12/15)
162. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (12/17)
163. Hudson Hawk [1991]
164. Dashing Through The Snow (12/22)
165. The Creator (12/30)
166. Saltburn (12/31)
167. Barbie (12/31)
Beefing Up The Resume
Movies from 1999 or Prior: 45 (currently ~28% of 2023 List)
- Blow-Up [1966]
- Blow Out [1981]
- The King of Comedy [1982]
- Dressed to Kill [1980]
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three [1974]
- Somewhere In Time [1980]
- Paths of Glory [1957]
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein [1994]
- The Wild Bunch [1969]
- Marnie [1964]
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country [1991]
- How Green Was My Valley [1941]
- Breaking the Waves [1996]
- The Crying Game [1992]
- The Godfather Part III [1990]
- Conan The Barbarian [1982]
- Conan The Destroyer [1984]
- Babe [1995]
- Red Sonja [1985]
- Working Girl [1988]
- Moonstruck [1987]
- War of the Roses [1989]
- La Femme Nikita [1990]
- Ghost in the Shell [1995]
- From Russia With Love [1963]
- Road House [1989]
- Uncle Buck [1989]
- The Searchers [1956]
- The Jerk [1979]
- Rocky III [1982]
- Once Bitten [1985]
- Mars Attacks! [1996]
- Friday The 13th [1980]
- Friday The 13th Part II [1981]
- Videodrome [1983]
- The Lost Boys [1987]
- The Shining [1980]
- Friday The 13th Part III [1982]
- Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter [1984]
- Flatliners [1990]
- Armageddon [1998]
- Thunderball [1965]
- 29th Street [1991]
- First Blood [1982]
- Rambo: First Blood Part II [1985]
- Hudson Hawk [1991]
Next Up….
In November / December:
Mission: Impossible 2023
******* Barbie
Scream VI [Paramount]
********* Marcel the Shell with Shoes On [Paramount]
**** Hudson Hawk [1991]
The Whale [Paramount]
Dream Scenario
******* Saltburn
Next Goal Wins
Poor Things {Emma Stone / Mark Ruffalo}
American Fiction {Jeffrey Wright}
Anyone But You
Marshall [Netflix]
Memory
The Iron Claw
Aquaman 2
Gentleman’s Agreement [pay to rent somewhere]
The Best Years of Our Lives [Prime]
Ip Man 2 [Netflix]
The Battle of Algiers [HBO Max]
Battle Royale [Tubi]
John Wick Chapter 4
With my son:
****** Nimona [Netflix]
The Marvels
****** Gran Turismo [Netflix]
***** Rocky V
Wonka
UHF [Prime]
The Apple Dumpling Gang [Disney+]
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile [Netflix]
The Man Who Invented Christmas [Hulu]
A Boy Named Christmas [Netflix…?]
The School for Good and Evil [Netflix]
The Bear [Peacock]
Sorcerer’s Apprentice [Disney+]
For December / Christmas / Holiday Movies:
***** Violent Night [Prime]
**** Candy Cane Lane
**** Dashing Through The Snow
In General:
***** 29th Street [YouTube]
**** A Man Called Otto [Netflix]
A Man Called Ove [Prime]
Gone With The Wind [HBO Max]
The Getaway [1972]
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande [Hulu]
Living [Netflix]
Singin’ In The Rain [HBO MAX]
Miss Meadows [Prime]
Sound of Freedom (2023)
Athena [Netflix]
Decision to Leave [Prime Video]
Past Lives
Shotgun Wedding [Prime Video]
Paint
I Wanna Dance With Somebody [Netflix]
Together Together [Hulu]
Star Trek V
Official Competition
Operation Mincemeat [Netflix]
Velvet Buzzsaw [Netflix]
Sanjuro
The Seventh Seal [HBO MAX]
Book of Life [Disney+]
Coco [Disney+]
Baahubali: The Beginning
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
Karwaan
Ek Tha Tiger; Tiger Zinda Hai; Tiger 3
Belle de Jour [HBO Max]
Weird: The Al Yankovich Story [Roku]
James Bond films (Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, OHMSS, DAF, L&LD, TMwtGG, TSWLM, …, GoldenEye)
News of the World [Apple TV]
The Paper Tigers [Netflix]
Spencer
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The Searchers [HBO MAX]
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [HBO MAX]
A Woman Under The Influence [HBO MAX]
mid90s
Apocalypto
Ninja Assassin
The Two Popes
Two or Three Things I Know about Edward Hopper
Bugsy
Elizabeth
Life is Beautiful
From Creepy October:
**** The Shining
**** Renfield [Peacock]
El Conde [Netflix]
**** Totally Killer [Prime]
**** Friday The 13th [1980] [Max]
*** Friday The 13th Part II [Max]
***** Friday The 13th Part III [Max]
**** Friday The 13th Part IV “The Last Chapter” [Max]
**** Haunted Mansion [2023] [Disney]
Little Shop of Horrors [Max]
Lust for a Vampire [Tubi]
****** Violent Night [Peacock]
Scream VI
End of Days [Schwarzenegger]
“Challenge” List:
The Best Picture Ladder List
Gentleman’s Agreement
The Best Years of Our Lives
*** How Green Was My Valley
Gone With The Wind
**** The Reader
**** Milk [Hulu]
**** Atonement [HBO Max]
**** Letters from Iwo Jima [DVD]
**** Brokeback Mountain [Netflix]
**** Master and Commander [HBO Max]
*** The Hours
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Elizabeth [Prime]
The Thin Red Line [possibly Hulu]
Life is Beautiful
Secrets & Lies [HBO Max]
Shine
*** Babe
Sense & Sensibility
The Prince of Tides
Bugsy
****** The Godfather Part III
The Other List
Brazil
Breathless [1960]
Cinema Paradiso
Foxtrot
Magnificent Seven, The
Metropolis
Once Upon A Time In America [Netflix]
*** % Paths of Glory
(AK) Ran
% Searching
% Signin’ In The Rain
% Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Take Shelter
The Exorcist
**** The Shining
(AK) Throne of Blood
Tokyo Story
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [possibly Prime]
% Volver
% = Part of The Half Popped 100
Guys Film Quest 