Final 2010 Movie List

Along the lines of my reading list which I posted yesterday, here are the films I saw in 2010. This is primarily based on Netflix ratings so I may be missing some stuff I saw in the theater...

1. Withnail and I
2. Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel
3. Jennifer's Body
4. District 9*
5. Extract
6. The Hurt Locker*
7. Taking Woodstock
8. Volver
9. Whatever Works
10. Zombieland*
11. New York, I Love You
12. Dear Zachary*
13. Girl on a Motorcycle
14. Mitch Hedberg: Mitch All Together
15. (500)Days of Summer
16. Moon*
17. Down By Law*
18. The Squid and The Whale*
19. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
20. Good Hair
21. Paranormal Activity
22. Where The Wild Things Are
23. Broken Embraces
24. The Men Who Stare at Goats
25. Grizzly Man*
26. Black Dynamite
27. Fantastic Mr. Fox*
28. Crazy Heart
29. The Informant
30. Gentleman Broncos
31. The Guatemalen Handshake
32. Shutter Island*
33. My Effortless Brilliance
34. Public Enemies
35. A Serious Man
36. The Road
37. Greenberg*
38. Hot Tub Time Machine
39. Capitalism: A Love Story
40. In The Loop
41. The Room*
42. Youth In Revolt
43. The Vice Guide To Travel
44. Happy Go-Lucky*
45. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
46. The White Ribbon*
47. Big Fan
48. Beyond The Valley of Dolls
49. Apocalypse Now Redux*
50. Get Him To The Greek
51. Burden of Dreams*
52. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
53. Winter's Bone*
54. Red Cliff
55. City of God*
56. Exit Through The Gift Shop*
57. Stranger Than Paradise*
58. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
59. Coffy
60. Knife in the Water
61. Hannah Takes The Stairs
62. My Winnipeg
63. The Girlfriend Experience
64. Following
65. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
66. Stroszek
67. Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior
68. In Cold Blood
69. The Book of Eli
70. Alice in Wonderland
71. Inception*

* - Highly recommended

2009 movie list
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Final 2009 Movie List

With work getting busier and the emergence of Facebook as my primary means of communication, I haven't been posting here lately. Don't know if that'll change in the new year, but at least over the next few days I hope to post my normal year-end wrap ups on music, books and movies. With no further adieu here are the 87 movies I've seen this year (blowing away my old 2007 record):

Best new movie I saw: Away We Go or Inglourious Basterds (relatively weak year)
Best 2008 movie I saw this year: The Wrester (honorable mention to Ballast and Wendy & Lucy)
Best old movie I'd never seen: Coal Miner's Daughter
Best TV Series on DVD: Twin Peaks

1. The Lives of Others*
2. Factory Girl
3. Brazil*
4. Pineapple Express
5. Notorious
6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
7. Bright Lights, Big City
8. Vicky Cristina Barcelona*
9. The Wrestler*
10. Zack & Miri Make a Porno
11. Forgetting Sarah Marshall*
12. Man on Wire*
13. Choke
14. The Notorious Bettie Page
15. Slam
16. Shotgun Stories*
17. Shakespeare Was A Big George Jones Fan
18. The Watchmen*
19. The Visitor*
20. I Love You Man
21. Synecdoche, New York*
22. Rachel Getting Married
23. Religulous
24. Milk
25. Snow Angels
26. The Gits
27. Factotum
28. Old Joy*
29. Doubt*
30. Observe & Report
31. The Hawk Is Dying
32. Foot Fist Way*
33. Interview
34. Frost/Nixon
35. Reign Over Me
36. All The Real Girls
37. The Spirit
38. Tropic Thunder
39. Wendy & Lucy*
40. Vanishing Point
41. Eastern Promises
42. American Teen
43. Tell No One
44. A Woman Is A Woman
45. The Yes Men Fix The World
46. Summer Breakdown
47. Gotta Dance
48. Zombie
49. Facing Ali
50. Know Your Mushrooms
51. Teeth
52. Art & Copy
53. The Hangover
54. Wild At Heart*
55. Year One
56. Everything Is Illuminated
57. Let The Right One In*
58. The Comedians of Comedy
59. Bruno
60. The Spanish Prisoner
61. Julie & Julia
62. Inglourious Basterds*
63. Gore Gore Girls
64. Fire Walk With Me
65. Junebug*
66. Amores Perros*
67. Tyson*
68. Visioneers
69. Away We Go*
70. Donkey Punch
71. Adventureland
72. Coal Miner's Daughter*
73. Breathless
74. Undertow*
75. Anvil: The Story of Anvil
76. Senator Obama Goes to Africa
77. The Beatles: Help!
78. Precious
79. Humpday*
80. Paper Heart*
81. Sugar*
82. One Fast Move Or I'm Gone*
83. Bourne Identity
84. Cthulhu
85. Man In The Sand
86. Ballast*
87. Repulsion*

Previously:
2008 movie list
2007 movie list

* - Highly recommended

Films #1-20

Here's a quick recap of the 20 films I've seen so far this year.

1. The Lives of Others*
2. Factory Girl
3. Brazil*
4. Pineapple Express
5. Notorious
6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
7. Bright Lights, Big City
8. Vicky Cristina Barcelona*
9. The Wrestler*
10. Zack & Miri Make a Porno
11. Forgetting Sarah Marshall*
12. Man on Wire*
13. Choke
14. The Notorious Bettie Page
15. Slam
16. Shotgun Stories*
17. Shakespeare Was A Big George Jones Fan
18. The Watchmen*
19. The Visitor*
20. I Love You Man

* - Highly recommended

Final 2008 Movie List

Here's the full list of movies I saw for the first time this year. Not quite as many as last year mostly thanks to my new obsession with catching up on TV series on DVD.

Best new movie I saw: Burn After Reading
Best old movie I'd never seen: Blue Velvet
Best TV Series on DVD: The Wire

1. Lost Highway*
2. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
3. Juno*
4. Sweeney Todd
5. American History X
6. Rescue Dawn
7. Blue Velvet*
8. Semi-Pro
9. Short Cuts*
10. Lust, Caution
11. Michael Clayton
12. Shopgirl
13. Eagle vs. Shark
14. Secretary
15. American Gangster
16. There Will Be Blood*
17. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guatanamo Bay
18. Bubble*
19. Iron Man
20. I'm Not There
21. Inland Empire
22. Cloverfield
23. Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
24. Encounters at the End of the World*
25. Deliverance*
26. Cassandra's Dream
27. The Man on the Radio in the Red Tennis Shoes
28. In Search of Kennedy
29. Dan in Real Life
30. Some Assembly Required
31. Melvin Goes to Dinner
32. Helvetica
33. Fitzcarraldo*
34. In the Shadow of the Moon*
35. The Savages*
36. Be Kind Rewind
37. The Fog of War
38. Step Brothers
39. Hellboy
40. The Dark Knight*
41. Batman Begins
42. Burn After Reading*
43. Aguirre, The Wrath of God
44. Persepolis
45. Dr. Strangelove*
46. Eagle Eye
47. Eraserhead
48. Orgazmo
49. A Dirty Shame
50. W
51. Nashville*
52. Monster Camp
53. RocknRolla
54. Role Models*
55. The Ten
56. Surfwise
57. George Washington*
58. Gonzo

* - Highly recommended

Previously: 2007 movie list

Films #1-40

Here's a recap of the 40 films I've seen so far this year.

1. Lost Highway*
2. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
3. Juno*
4. Sweeney Todd
5. American History X
6. Rescue Dawn
7. Blue Velvet*
8. Semi-Pro
9. Short Cuts*
10. Lust, Caution
11. Michael Clayton
12. Shopgirl
13. Eagle vs. Shark
14. Secretary
15. American Gangster
16. There Will Be Blood*
17. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guatanamo Bay
18. Bubble*
19. Iron Man
20. I'm Not There
21. Inland Empire
22. Cloverfield
23. Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
24. Encounters at the End of the World*
25. Deliverance*
26. Cassandra's Dream
27. The Man on the Radio in the Red Tennis Shoes
28. In Search of Kennedy
29. Dan in Real Life
30. Some Assembly Required
31. Melvin Goes to Dinner
32. Helvetica
33. Fitzcarraldo*
34. In the Shadow of the Moon*
35. The Savages*
36. Be Kind Rewind
37. The Fog of War
38. Step Brothers
39. Hellboy
40. The Dark Knight*

* - Highly recommended

Films #1-20

Here's a recap of the 20 films I've seen so far this year.

1. Lost Highway*
2. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
3. Juno*
4. Sweeney Todd
5. American History X
6. Rescue Dawn
7. Blue Velvet*
8. Semi-Pro
9. Short Cuts*
10. Lust, Caution
11. Michael Clayton
12. Shopgirl
13. Eagle vs. Shark
14. Secretary
15. American Gangster
16. There Will Be Blood*
17. Harold and Kumar Escape From Guatanamo Bay
18. Bubble*
19. Iron Man
20. I'm Not There

* - Highly recommended

Final 2007 Movie List

Here's the full list of movies I saw for the first time this year. Lesson learned: watching fifty movies isn't nearly as challenging as reading fifty books. Not too surprising I suppose. None the less, I'll be trying this again next year as my Netflix list is growing faster than I can watch them :-p

Best new movie I saw: No Country For Old Men
Best new documentary: King of Kong
Best old movie I'd never seen: Mulholland Drive

1. Curse of the Golden Flower
2. Talladega Nights
3. The Devil and Daniel Johnston*
4. Little Miss Sunshine*
5. Murderball
6. Trekkies
7. Scoop
8. Da Ali G Movie: Indahouse
9. Beerfest
10. Reno 911: Miami
11. Jesus Camp*
12. Strangers with Candy
13. 300
14. Syriana
15. An Inconvenient Truth
16. Children of Men*
17. Blades of Glory
18. Babel*
19. Match Point
20. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters*
21. What Happened To Kerouac?
22. Stranger Than Fiction*
23. Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus*
24. King of Kong*
25. Fearless
26. The Fever of '57
27. Big Rig
28. About a Son
29. The Fountain
30. Idiocracy
31. Pirates of the Caribbean 3
32. The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
33. American Shopper*
34. Knocked Up*
35. Pan's Labyrinth*
36. Letters From Iwo Jima*
37. Scratch
38. Mulholland Drive*
39. 21 Grams
40. American Splendor*
41. Once in a Lifetime
42. The Simpsons Movie
43. Hot Fuzz
44. 28 Days Later
45. An Unreasonable Man
46. Superbad*
47. Infamy
48. The Good Shepherd
49. Human Nature
50. A History of Violence
51. Death Proof
52. You're Gonna Miss Me*
53. Darjeeling Limited
54. Broken Flowers
55. Punch-Drunk Love
56. Capote
57. Beowulf
58. No Country For Old Men*
59. Air Guitar Nation
60. Paris Je T'aime*
61. Planet Terror
62. Sicko
63. The War Room
64. I Am Legend
65. Chinatown*

* - Highly recommended

Films #1-60

I've sailed well on past my 50 movie challenge for the year. Here's a recap of the 60 films I've seen so far.

1. Curse of the Golden Flower
2. Talladega Nights
3. The Devil and Daniel Johnston*
4. Little Miss Sunshine*
5. Murderball
6. Trekkies
7. Scoop
8. Da Ali G Movie: Indahouse
9. Beerfest
10. Reno 911: Miami
11. Jesus Camp*
12. Strangers with Candy
13. 300
14. Syriana
15. An Inconvenient Truth
16. Children of Men*
17. Blades of Glory
18. Babel*
19. Match Point
20. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters*
21. What Happened To Kerouac?
22. Stranger Than Fiction*
23. Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus*
24. King of Kong*
25. Fearless
26. The Fever of '57
27. Big Rig
28. About a Son
29. The Fountain
30. Idiocracy
31. Pirates of the Caribbean 3
32. The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
33. American Shopper*
34. Knocked Up*
35. Pan's Labyrinth*
36. Letters From Iwo Jima*
37. Scratch
38. Mulholland Drive*
39. 21 Grams
40. American Splendor*
41. Once in a Lifetime
42. The Simpsons Movie
43. Hot Fuzz
44. 28 Days Later
45. An Unreasonable Man
46. Superbad*
47. Infamy
48. The Good Shepherd
49. Human Nature
50. A History of Violence
51. Death Proof
52. You're Gonna Miss Me*
53. Darjeeling Limited
54. Broken Flowers
55. Punch-Drunk Love
56. Capote
57. Beowulf
58. No Country For Old Men*
59. Air Guitar Nation
60. Paris Je T'aime*

* - Highly recommended

Films #1-40

Here's a recap of the first 40 films I've seen this year. Looks like I'm going to blow away my original goal of seeing 50

1. Curse of the Golden Flower
2. Talladega Nights
3. The Devil and Daniel Johnston
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Murderball
6. Trekkies
7. Scoop
8. Da Ali G Movie: Indahouse
9. Beerfest
10. Reno 911: Miami
11. Jesus Camp
12. Strangers with Candy
13. 300
14. Syriana
15. An Inconvenient Truth
16. Children of Men
17. Blades of Glory
18. Babel
19. Match Point
20. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
21. What Happened To Kerouac?
22. Stranger Than Fiction
23. Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus
24. King of Kong
25. Fearless
26. The Fever of '57
27. Big Rig
28. About a Son
29. The Fountain
30. Idiocracy
31. Pirates of the Caribbean 3
32. The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
33. American Shopper
34. Knocked Up
35. Pan's Labyrinth
36. Letters From Iwo Jima
37. Scratch
38. Mulholland Drive
39. 21 Grams
40. American Splendor

Films #1-20

Here's a quick recap of the first 20 films I've seen this year:

1. Curse of the Golden Flower
2. Talladega Nights
3. The Devil and Daniel Johnston
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Murderball
6. Trekkies
7. Scoop
8. Da Ali G Movie: Indahouse
9. Beerfest
10. Reno 911: Miami
11. Jesus Camp
12. Strangers with Candy
13. 300
14. Syriana
15. An Inconvenient Truth
16. Children of Men
17. Blades of Glory
18. Babel
19. Match Point
20. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters

NetFlix and a New Challenge

I finally decided to join the 21st century and sign-up for the NetFlix. A big selling point was the fact that they stock HD-DVDs now, so it should be a great way to enjoy the sweet XBox 360 HD-DVD player I got for Christmas.

My initial trial DVDs should be in the mail now. In celebration of this new endeavor I've decided to embark on a 50 Film Challenge this year to complement my 50 Book Challenge. I'm going to count any films that I see in the theater plus DVDs. Movies that I've seen before don't count (even if they're really good). I'll be posting a small blog post on each much like I do for the books. Wish me luck!