I saw 37 in February, 34 in April and 32 in December. February was trying to see all the Oscar nominated films and seeing the shorts festivals. April was the Independent Film Festival of Boston and December was trying to get to 300.
I saw 100 in the theater and 176 on Cable. Only 13 on Netflix, I think this year I'll make better use of my subscription. I watched 8 DVDs I own, saw 4 online and one streamed to my TiVo via Netflix. Counting only features and not shorts, i saw 75 films in a theater.
201 were from the 2000s and 238 were made in the US. 20 were from Britain, 7 from France and then the others from 20 different countries.
264 of the films I saw for the first time, 36 I had seen before. I reviewed 67 of them. I rated them all on a scale from 1 (worst) to 5 (best). In the chart below the blue are the films I saw for the first time and the green are the ones I had seen before.
Here's the distribution of just the 2009 films
Here's all the films I saw, in the order I saw them, including their year, type, genre, nationality and my rating. I'll do a best of 2009 later, I still have 10 films to see, but I think I'm in pretty good shape for the seeing the Oscar nominated films (to be announced Feb 2nd).
| Speedy | 1928 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Hold Your Man | 1933 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Two For the Road | 1967 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| The Big Store | 1941 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Revolutionary Road | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | 1974 | Feature | Mystery | US | 2 |
| Doubt | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Yonkers Joe | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| The Crowd | 1928 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| La Roue | 1923 | Feature | Drama | France | 2 |
| Vantage Point | 2008 | Feature | Thriller | US | 3 |
| Beyond the Rocks | 1922 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| The Long Long Trailer | 1954 | Feature | Comedy | US | 1 |
| Jumper | 2008 | Feature | Action | US | 1 |
| Harry and Son | 1984 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| The Milky Way | 1936 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| The Wrestler | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Get Smart | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| 13 Tzameti | 2005 | Feature | Thriller | France | 3 |
| Cassandra's Dream | 2008 | Feature | Crime | Britain | 2 |
| Happy-Go-Lucky | 2008 | Feature | Drama | Britain | 4 |
| The Champ | 1931 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Welcome to Macintosh | 2008 | Feature | Documentary | US | 3 |
| The Reader | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Heavy Metal 2000 | 2000 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 1 |
| Tropic Thunder | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Funny Girl | 1968 | Feature | Musical | US | 2 |
| Waltz With Bashir | 2008 | Feature | Drama | Israel | 2 |
| The War Room | 1993 | Feature | Documentary | US | 4 |
| Designing Woman | 1957 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Let the Right One In | 2008 | Feature | Horror | Sweden | 5 |
| Harold & Kumar 2 | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| The Jazz Singer | 1927 | Feature | Musical | US | 3 |
| Two Lovers | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| Kung-Fu Panda | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| The Band’s Visit | 2007 | Feature | Drama | Israel | 3 |
| Enchanted | 2007 | Feature | Musical | US | 4 |
| Grosse Point Blank | 1997 | Feature | Thriller | US | 5 |
| The Class | 2008 | Feature | Drama | France | 4 |
| Right America | 2009 | TV | Documentary | US | 3 |
| La Maison en Petits Cubes | 2008 | Short | Drama | Japan | 1 |
| Varmints | 2008 | Short | Drama | Britain | 1 |
| Skhizein | 2008 | Short | Comedy | France | 2 |
| Hot Dog | 2008 | Short | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Lavatory - Lovestory | 2007 | Short | Drama | Russia | 3 |
| John and Karen | 2007 | Short | Comedy | Britain | 4 |
| Gopher Broke | 2004 | Short | Comedy | US | 4 |
| This Way Up | 2008 | Short | Drama | Britain | 4 |
| Oktapodi | 2007 | Short | Comedy | France | 5 |
| Presto | 2008 | Short | Comedy | US | 5 |
| Untraceable | 2008 | Feature | Thriller | US | 2 |
| Frozen River | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Manon on the Asphalt | 2007 | Short | Drama | France | 2 |
| Toyland | 2007 | Short | Drama | Germany | 2 |
| Auf Der Strecke (On the Line) | 2007 | Short | Drama | Germany | 3 |
| New Boy | 2007 | Short | Drama | Ireland | 3 |
| Grisen (The Pig) | 2008 | Short | Drama | Denmark | 3 |
| The Last Detail | 1973 | Feature | Drama | US | 5 |
| Taking Chance | 2009 | TV | Drama | US | 3 |
| Changeling | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me | 1956 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Coraline 3D | 2009 | Feature | Fantasy | US | 2 |
| City of Men | 2007 | Feature | Crime | Brazil | 3 |
| Redbelt | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Serbis | 2008 | Feature | Drama | Philippines | 2 |
| Watchmen | 2009 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 3 |
| Gomorrah | 2009 | Feature | Crime | Italy | 4 |
| Girl Shy | 1924 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| The Great Buck Howard | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Confidence | 2003 | Feature | Crime | US | 3 |
| In the Time of Butterflies | 2001 | TV | Drama | US | 3 |
| I Love You, Man | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Wild Boys of the Road | 1933 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| The Purchase Price | 1932 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| Frankenstein | 1931 | Feature | Horror | US | 3 |
| Trekkies 2 | 2004 | Feature | Documentary | US | 2 |
| Trekkies | 1997 | Feature | Documentary | US | 3 |
| Just Another Love Story | 2009 | Feature | Thriller | Denmark | 4 |
| Sex and the City | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Unforgiven | 1992 | Feature | Western | US | 5 |
| Adventureland | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Laura | 1944 | Feature | Mystery | US | 4 |
| The Killing | 1956 | Feature | Crime | US | 4 |
| Speed Racer | 2008 | Feature | Action | US | 1 |
| Strip Search | 2004 | TV | Drama | US | 4 |
| Primer | 2004 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 4 |
| Are We Still Married | 1992 | Short | Musical | US | 1 |
| Leatherheads | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Sin Nombre | 2009 | Feature | Drama | Mexico | 3 |
| Pressure Point | 1962 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| The Brothers Bloom | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 5 |
| The Missing Person | 2009 | Feature | Crime | US | 2 |
| That Evening Sun | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Winnebago Man | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 3 |
| Pontypool | 2009 | Feature | Horror | Canada | 3 |
| In the Loop | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | Britain | 5 |
| Crude | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 3 |
| Lost Son of Havana | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 3 |
| Grace | 2009 | Feature | Horror | US | 3 |
| Prom Night in Mississippi | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 4 |
| The Burning Plain | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| O.W. Houts & Sons, Inc. | 2009 | Short | Documentary | US | 3 |
| Theo | 2009 | Short | Documentary | Britain | 4 |
| Food Inc. | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 4 |
| Shouting Fire | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 4 |
| The Escapist | 2009 | Feature | Crime | Britain | 5 |
| I Knew it Was You | 2009 | Short | Documentary | US | 5 |
| The Archive | 2009 | Short | Documentary | US | 5 |
| Art & Copy | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 3 |
| For the Love of Movies | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 3 |
| World’s Greatest Dad | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Trouble the Water | 2008 | Feature | Documentary | US | 4 |
| The Godfather | 1972 | Feature | Drama | US | 5 |
| The Godfather Part II | 1974 | Feature | Drama | US | 5 |
| Hawaii | 1966 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| Fido | 2006 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Feet First | 1930 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| The Cat’s Paw | 1934 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| The Private Life of Henry VIII | 1933 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| The Deer Hunter | 1978 | Feature | Drama | US | 5 |
| Star Trek | 2009 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 3 |
| Fools Rush In | 1997 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| The Incredible Hulk | 2008 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 3 |
| X-Men | 2000 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 4 |
| Jurassic Park | 1993 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 5 |
| The Freshman | 1925 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Wayne’s World | 1992 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Dog Day Afternoon | 1975 | Feature | Crime | US | 4 |
| Deception | 2008 | Feature | Thriller | US | 2 |
| Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Sleep Dealer | 2009 | Feature | Sci-Fi | Mexico | 2 |
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | 2005 | Feature | Western | US | 3 |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth | 2008 | Feature | Adventure | US | 3 |
| North West Frontier | 1959 | Feature | Adventure | Britain | 3 |
| You Don’t Mess With the Zohan | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 2009 | Feature | Action | US | 3 |
| Prince Caspian | 2008 | Feature | Fantasy | US | 2 |
| A Sailor-Made Man | 1921 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Find Me Guilty | 2006 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Partly Cloudy | 2009 | Short | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Up | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| The Girlfriend Experience | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 1 |
| No Such Thing | 2001 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| The Nanny Diaries | 2007 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| The Verdict | 1982 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Flash Gordon | 1980 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 3 |
| The Hangover | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Men of Honor | 2000 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| 27 Dresses | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Star Wars IV | 1977 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 5 |
| Young People Fucking | 2007 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Il Divo | 2009 | Feature | Drama | Italy | 2 |
| The Dark Knight | 2008 | Feature | Action | US | 5 |
| Righteous Kill | 2008 | Feature | Crime | US | 2 |
| The Future We Will Create | 2007 | Feature | Documentary | US | 4 |
| The Dark Knight | 2008 | Feature | Action | US | 5 |
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | 2009 | Feature | Crime | US | 3 |
| Surveillance | 2009 | Feature | Crime | US | 3 |
| Moon | 2009 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 3 |
| Heaven Can Wait | 1943 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| The Long Goodbye | 1973 | Feature | Crime | US | 2 |
| X-Files: I Want to Believe | 2008 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 2 |
| The Cincinnati Kid | 1965 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Beowulf | 2007 | Feature | Fantasy | US | 3 |
| Julie & Julia | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Hancock | 2008 | Feature | Action | US | 2 |
| Rosemary’s Baby | 1968 | Feature | Horror | US | 4 |
| Feast of Love | 2007 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| The Wolf Man | 1941 | Feature | Horror | US | 3 |
| The Happening | 2008 | Feature | Horror | US | 1 |
| Miracle at St. Anna | 2008 | Feature | War | US | 3 |
| Jeremiah Johnson | 1972 | Feature | Western | US | 3 |
| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | 1947 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Pineapple Express | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Hurt Locker | 2009 | Feature | War | US | 5 |
| Baby Mama | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Separate Tables | 1958 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| 500 Days of Summer | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| For All Mankind | 1989 | Feature | Documentary | US | 5 |
| The Great Train Robbery | 1979 | Feature | Crime | US | 3 |
| The Answer Man | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Hail the Conquering Hero | 1944 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Death Race | 2008 | Feature | Action | US | 2 |
| Wanted | 2008 | Feature | Action | US | 4 |
| Silk | 2007 | Feature | Drama | Britain | 2 |
| The Virgin Spring | 1960 | Feature | Drama | Sweden | 3 |
| Hour of the Wolf | 1968 | Feature | Drama | Sweden | 2 |
| In the Loop | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | Britain | 5 |
| Dr. Jack | 1922 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Hot Water | 1924 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| District 9 | 2009 | Feature | Sci-Fi | New Zealand | 2 |
| Planet of the Apes | 1968 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 5 |
| Timecrimes | 2007 | Feature | Sci-Fi | Spain | 5 |
| Planet of the Vampires | 1965 | Feature | Sci-Fi | Italy | 2 |
| The Cove | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 3 |
| For Heaven’s Sake | 1926 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Traitor | 2008 | Feature | Crime | US | 4 |
| Afghan Star | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | Britain | 4 |
| Welcome Danger | 1929 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Appaloosa | 2008 | Feature | Western | US | 4 |
| Man Bites Dog | 1992 | Feature | Comedy | France | 3 |
| The Time Traveler’s Wife | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| The Chase | 1966 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| Night Train to Munich | 1940 | Feature | Thriller | Britain | 4 |
| La Dolce Vita | 1960 | Feature | Drama | Italy | 3 |
| The Outrage | 1964 | Feature | Western | US | 3 |
| The Man Between | 1953 | Feature | Thriller | Britain | 3 |
| Lions for Lambs | 2007 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Hombre | 1967 | Feature | Western | US | 4 |
| Bottle Shock | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Million Dollar Baby | 1941 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Binta and the Great Idea | 2004 | Short | Drama | Spain | 4 |
| State of Play | 2009 | Feature | Thriller | US | 4 |
| Mother | 1996 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Les Miserables | 1935 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Nothing Sacred | 1937 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Portrait of Jennie | 1948 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Inglorious Basterds | 2009 | Feature | War | US | 4 |
| The Informant | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Rambo | 2008 | Feature | Action | US | 1 |
| Death at a Funeral | 2007 | Feature | Comedy | Britain | 4 |
| Wonder Boys | 2000 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| The Baader Meinhof Complex | 2008 | Feature | Drama | Germany | 3 |
| Surrogates | 2009 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 2 |
| The Plow That Broke the Plains | 1936 | Short | Documentary | US | 2 |
| The Danish Poet | 2007 | Short | Drama | Norway | 3 |
| Zombieland | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Outrage | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 3 |
| I Like It a Lot | 2004 | Short | Comedy | US | 3 |
| A Serious Man | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 5 |
| Pride and Glory | 2008 | Feature | Crime | US | 2 |
| Nights in Rodanthe | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | 1974 | Feature | Crime | US | 5 |
| Lakeview Terrace | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| Seven Pounds | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Under Siege | 1992 | Feature | Action | US | 4 |
| Where the Wild Things Are | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 5 |
| Algie, the Miner | 1912 | Short | Comedy | US | 2 |
| I Like It a Lot | 2004 | Short | Comedy | US | 3 |
| An Education | 2009 | Feature | Drama | Britain | 4 |
| Amelia | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| Ong Bak 2: The Beginning | 2009 | Feature | Action | Thailand | 2 |
| Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | 1982 | Feature | Comedy | Britain | 4 |
| Gran Torino | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 5 |
| On the Waterfront | 1954 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Endgame | 2009 | TV | Drama | Britain | 2 |
| BSG: The Plan | 2009 | TV | Sci-Fi | US | 3 |
| Body of Lies | 2008 | Feature | Thriller | US | 2 |
| Marley & Me | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| The Damned United | 2009 | Feature | Drama | Britain | 3 |
| What’s New Pussycat | 1965 | Feature | Comedy | US | 1 |
| Up in the Air | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Bright Star | 2009 | Feature | Drama | Britain | 2 |
| Capitalism: A Love Story | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 2 |
| The Good Soldier | 2009 | Feature | Documentary | US | 5 |
| Swing Vote | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Bolt | 2008 | Feature | Adventure | US | 3 |
| Jurassic Park III | 2001 | Feature | Adventure | US | 3 |
| Pirate Radio | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | UK | 3 |
| Babette’s Feast | 1987 | Feature | Drama | Denmark | 4 |
| The Men Who Stare at Goats | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Red Cliff | 2008 | Feature | War | China | 5 |
| Oh God | 1977 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Máncora | 2008 | Feature | Drama | Spain | 2 |
| The Messenger | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| The Cat Piano | 2009 | Short | Horror | Australia | 3 |
| Outlaw | 2008 | Short | Western | US | 1 |
| Bad Lieutenant 2 | 2009 | Feature | Crime | US | 2 |
| Amreeka | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| nstaCharge | 2009 | Short | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Infernal Affairs | 2002 | Feature | Crime | China | 4 |
| Precious | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 5 |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls | 1943 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| La Cucina | 2007 | Feature | Drama | US | 2 |
| The International | 2009 | Feature | Thriller | US | 4 |
| Elegy | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| My Blue Heaven | 1990 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | 2008 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 2 |
| The Road | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Shenandoah | 1965 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
| Invictus | 2009 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| A Boy and His Dog | 1975 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 2 |
| Avatar | 2009 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 4 |
| He's Just Not That Into You | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Get Smart | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 3 |
| Rachel Getting Married | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Happiness | 1998 | Feature | Drama | US | 4 |
| Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 5 |
| Julie & Julia | 2009 | Feature | Comedy | US | 4 |
| Duplicity | 2009 | Feature | Crime | US | 3 |
| Harvie Krumpet | 2003 | Short | Comedy | Australia | 4 |
| The Man from Earth | 2007 | Feature | Sci-Fi | US | 3 |
| Loves of a Blonde | 1965 | Feature | Comedy | Czechoslovakia | 3 |
| Pigeon: Impossible | 2009 | Short | Comedy | US | 4 |
| The Killers | 1946 | Feature | Crime | US | 4 |
| The Killers | 1964 | Feature | Crime | US | 3 |
| King of California | 2007 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Hamlet 2 | 2008 | Feature | Comedy | US | 2 |
| Sita Sings the Blues | 2008 | Feature | Drama | US | 3 |
7 comments:
And how many did u watch while recovering from nose surgery?
I think the season 1 DVD of The Big Bang Theory got me through that.
Ok, that's it, it's time to start working again
Is "In The Loop" so good that you had to watch it twice? Does not seem fair to count it twice though... Just kidding, thanks for all this good work.
On a tangent, there is a very good Grace Kelly article in The New Yorker. I promise you'll like it.
I can't wait to see In The Loop a third time :) I'm pretty sure it will be my second favorite film of the year. Tons of very fast snappy dialog (mostly insults). Brilliant stuff.
Thanks, I'll go read it.
Ok, I am in awe, this is amazing. The fact that you kept all this data ; that you have it so well organised (ok, that's no surprise) and that you watched THREE HUNDRED movies in one year. Wow. I don't think I even watched 30, and I had 6 roundtrip trans-Atlantic flights (which would mean 25+ movies easily).
How many books did you read in addition?
I have some friends in a film club that make end-of-year lists, so this year I kept track. Also, it was an excuse to use iWork Numbers.
Sadly I read only a handful of books. I did read a ton of graphic novels. I read The Atlantic, Sky & Telescope, Wired, MacWorld, Entertainment Weekly and some of the Economist. And countless things online.
I've done very few jigsaw puzzles. :)
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