I Watched 645 Films in 2015!
Yep, that’s right: 645! I was going to create an infographic with all the info, but I’m finding time is not on my side in that endeavor. So instead, I’m just going to share the stats here.
Most-watched films (3 times each): Dorfman in Love, He’s Just Not That Into You, and Labyrinth.
Other films I watched more than once (twice each): Ask Me Anything, Better Living Through Chemistry, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Catching Fire, Chef, Chocolat, Courage Mountain, Divergent, Frida, Hector and the Search for Happiness, I Hate Valentine’s Day, I Frankenstein, In Your Eyes, Labor Day, Legend, Life Partners, Love Actually, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mean Girls, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Not Another Happy Ending, Peace, Love & Misunderstanding, Practical Magic, Something Anything, Star Trek Into Darkness, Teen Witch, The Best of Me, The Craft, The Dark Crystal, The Good Guy, The Maze Runner
Number of Films I Didn’t Finish Watching: 30 – One of those, The Babadook, I’m hoping to finish at some point. But I’m just not good at watching scary movies when I’m home alone! Another one of these was Labor Day, which I tried watching again and absolutely LOVED the second time.
Films I Loved (this list isn’t necessarily complete, as I didn’t always mark films that I’d seen before and loved) NOTE: I’ve bolded a few real standouts:Breakfast
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Chef
Chocolat
Courage Mountain
Dorfman In Love
Frida
Labor Day
Labyrinth
Love Actually
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Craft
A League of Their Own
Amelie
Barefoot
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benny & Joon
Big Eyes
Big Fish
Clueless
Comet
Dallas Buyers Club
Dirty Dancing
Goodbye World
Hackers
Hank and Asha
Harriet the Spy
How to Marry a Millionaire
Inside Out
Interstellar
Jackie and Ryan
Jenny’s Wedding
Little Women
Miss Potter
Mystic Pizza
Obvious Child
Pride & Prejudice
Roman Holiday
Sabrina
See You In Valhalla
Small Apartments
St. Elmo’s Fire
Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi
Tank Girl
The Breakfast Club
The Homesman
The Journey of Natty Gann
The Neverending Story
The Prize Winner of Defiance, OH
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Tracks
What Maisie Knew
While We’re Young
Willow
Words and Pictures
I also watched 85 films by female directors. Not exactly a huge number (especially since a handful of those were multiples). But higher than the percentage of films made by women overall, so not a terrible number, either.
The thing this doesn’t include is TV shows I watched. There were a lot. I wish I had tracked them, but since I didn’t, I can only estimate that I probably watched well over 1,000 episodes of TV during the year.
Now, in 2016 I have a different goal. I don’t want to watch any more than 500 movies. Mostly because I want to spend more time doing and less time observing. So 500 films comes out to about 1.4 films per day. I’m sure some days I’ll watch two or three films, and some days I’ll watch no films.
I plan on filling some of the time I was watching films (while working) with watching TED Talks and listening to podcasts. I’ll keep y’all posted on any standouts!
