This post is basically a statistical overview of my movie year. Since 2012 I’ve managed to watch more than the equivalent of one new-to-me movie per day (in 2014 I watched 402), but this year I fell a little short. Though it was great watching more than 365 movies per year for the past 3 years, I don’t think I’ll be able to watch quite as many in the years to come. Still, I’d say the final number of films I watched in 2015 is still massively impressive, and it really was quite a year for me in movie-watching.

New-to-Me: 340

Re-Watched: 122

Total: 462

New-to-Me Films by Decade:

• 1920s – 4
• 1930s – 39
• 1940s – 89
• 1950s – 71
• 1960s – 37
• 1970s – 26
• 1980s – 16
• 1990s – 16
• 2000s – 13
• 2010s – 29

The 1940s is usually the decade I watch the most films from for each month, so I’m not surprised that it ended up being my most-watched decade of the year. Plus, I re-watched 36 films from that decade, totaling 125 overall! And with the 1950s coming in second (with 21 re-watches and totaling 92 overall), I think a lot of it had to do with all the noir films I watched in June, July, and November thanks to TCM’s Summer of Darkness and of course Noirvember.

As far as individual years go, I saw the most new-to-me films from 1950 with 16, followed by 1947 with 15. I also had 4 re-watches from both those years. Looking at the films I watched and revisited from those years, a lot of it was because of all the noir I watched (along with a few old animated Disney movies)!

List of Re-Watched Films:

1. Horse Feathers (1932)
2. Random Harvest (1942)
3. And the Oscar Goes To… (2014)
4. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
5. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
6. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
7. Roman Holiday (1953)*
8. Broadcast News (1987)
9. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
10. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
11. The More the Merrier (1943)
12. Rear Window (1954)
13. Breathless (1960)
14. The Sound of Music (1965)
15. The Graduate (1967)
16. Magnificent Obsession (1954)
17. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
18. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
19. The Third Man (1949)
20. Jaws (1975)
21. The Letter (1940)
22. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
23. Ministry of Fear (1941)
24. Gun Crazy (1950)
25. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
26. An American in Paris (1951)*
27. Raw Deal (1948)
28. Double Indemnity (1944)
29. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
30. Funny Girl (1968)
31. The Narrow Margin (1952)
32. Angel Face (1952)
33. Nightcrawler (2014)
34. Stage Door (1937)
35. Criss Cross (1949)
36. Brute Force (1947)
37. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
38. The Little Foxes (1941)
39. Royal Wedding (1951)
40. Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
41. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
42. Tootsie (1982)
43. Vivacious Lady (1938)
44. Snow White and the Seven Drawfs (1937)
45. Pinocchio (1940)
46. Psycho (1960)
47. Fantasia (1940)
48. Dumbo (1941)
49. Bambi (1942)
50. Saludos Amigos (1942)
51. The Three Caballeros (1944)
52. Make Mine Music (1946)
53. Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
54. Melody Time (1948)
55. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
56. Cinderella (1950)
57. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
58. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
59. The Haunting (1963)
60. The Iron Giant (1999)
61. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
62. Peter Pan (1953)
63. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
64. Sleeping Beauty (1959)
65. 101 Dalmatians (1961)
66. The Sword in the Stone (1963)
67. The Jungle Book (1967)
68. The Aristocats (1970)
69. Look Who’s Talking (1989)
70. Robin Hood (1973)
71. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
72. Back to the Future (1985)
73. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
74. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
75. The Rescuers (1977)
76. The Uninvited (1944)
77. The Innocents (1961)
78. The Fox and the Hound (1981)
79. The Black Cauldron (1985)
80. The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
81. Oliver & Company (1988)
82. Rebecca (1940)
83. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
84. Out of the Past (1947)
85. The Little Mermaid (1989)
86. The Naked City (1948)
87. The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
88. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
89. Night and the City (1950)
90. Pickup on South Street (1953)
91. Aladdin (1992)
92. The Lion King (1994)
93. Gilda (1946)
94. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
95. Pocahontas (1995)
96. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
97. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
98. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
99. Hercules (1997)
100. Mulan (1998)
101. Tarzan (1999)
102. Fantasia 2000 (1999)
103. Dinosaur (2000)
104. The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
105. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
106. Lilo & Stitch (2002)
107. Treasure Planet (2002)
108. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
109. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)
110. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
111. Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
112. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
113. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
114. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
115. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
116. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
117. Brother Bear (2003)
118. Home on the Range (2004)
119. Chicken Little (2005)
120. Meet the Robinsons (2007)
121. Bolt (2008)
122. The Princess and the Frog (2009)

*re-watched twice in 2015

List of Films I Saw in Theaters (in italics marks a re-watch):

1. Cinderella
2. Rear Window
3. The Sound of Music
4. Avengers: Age of Ultron
5. Tomorrowland
6. Inside Out
7. Double Indemnity
8. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
9. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
10. Psycho
11. The Iron Giant
12. The Martian
13. Back to the Future
14. Back to the Future Part II
15. Back to the Future Part III
16. Crimson Peak
17. Spectre
18. The Good Dinosaur
19. Roman Holiday
20. Star Wars: The Force Awakens*
21. Miracle on 34th Street

*saw twice in theaters

List of New Releases I Saw (ordered by their release date):

1. Ex Machina
2. Cinderella
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Tomorrowland
6. Inside Out
7. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
8. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
9. The Martian
10. Crimson Peak
11. Spectre
12. The Good Dinosaur
13. A Very Murray Christmas
14. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

There are plenty of movies that were released this past year that I really wanted to see but didn’t get a chance to, so I’ll be playing some catch-up in the next couple of months.

2016 Blind Spots

Last year I successfully took part in Ryan’s Blind Spots challenge, and I enjoyed doing it so much that I’m happy to say I’m doing it again for 2016 (you can read more about it at The Matinee here)! So just like last year, I’ll try to watch one of the 12 movies I’ve chosen for the challenge per month. On the 28th of each month (as I did last year), I’ll make a post about my thoughts on the movie. I thought about focusing on one era or country this year, but I decided to pick a dozen various movies as I did before, all of which I’ve been wanting to watch for personal interest or because of their huge acclaim. What’s also exciting this year is that one of my picks will actually be presented in theaters by TCM and Fathom Events, so if all goes well I’ll actually see one of my blind spots on the big screen! Anyway, here’s what I’ve chosen:

Pandora’s Box (1929)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Ikiru (1952)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Producers (1967)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Scarface (1983)
The Green Mile (1999)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)

In addition to the Blind Spots, I’m also taking part in the 52 Films By Women challenge, where I’ll try to watch one film directed by a woman per week. I was only able to watch a few films from TCM’s Trailblazing Women program back in October, but I loved discovering great women-directed films, and there’s plenty for me to see. It’s sure to be an exciting year in movies, and I hope 2016 gives you all a fantastic year in film discoveries!