I feel like i probably watch more movies than the average bear. Not uber-cinephile levels or anything, but i watch a movie (or more) almost every single day. Even then, i somehow manage to miss things that i should have seen years ago. And since COVID made working from a home (most of the time) a thing for me, i've been trying to rectify some of these misses of the last three and a half years. Here are 10 that i really liked in 2023.
1. After Hours (1985)
2. Blue Collar (1978)
3. Body Heat (1981)
4. Body Parts (1991)
5. California Split (1974)
6. Cop Land (1997)
7. The Last Detail (1973)
8. The Manitou (1978)
9. Matewan (1987)
10. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
I probably could have put more on this list, but i'm tired and need to put some thought into my favorite movies released this year. I'm going to try and squeeze a few more in before New Year's Eve. Be on the lookout for my favorite movies of 2023 in a week or so.
Just like last year, and the year before, i have watched a proverbial crap-load of movies in 2022, both old and new. These are my favorites of the old, which for some reason this year consisted of a lot of movies i had been meaning to watch for forever. Check 'em out.
1. Barfly (1987)
2. Clearcut (1991)
3. Cure (1997)
4. Il Demonio (1963)
5. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
6. Everybody Wants Some! (2016)
7. Eyes of Fire (1983)
8. The Farmer (1977)
9. Habit (1995)
10. Head (1968)
11. Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
12. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
13. Nightmare Alley (1947)
14. Nothing Underneath (1985)
15. The Outfit (1973)
16. The People Under the Stairs (1991)
17. Revolver (1973)
18. Scarecrow (1973)
19. Siege AKA Self Defense (1983)
20. Thriller: A Cruel Picture AKA They Call Her One Eye (1973)
And there you go. I've got two more weeks to cram in as many 2022 films as possible before i decide on my favorites of the year.
Much like last year, i spent a whole lot of time in 2021 watching a whole lot of movies. I checked out a lot of the usual insanity i feast upon every year, but also worked on knocking off a lot of egregious blind spots in my cinematic viewing history. I saw monsters, femme fatales, maniacs, double-crosses, and more decapitated heads than you can shake a stick at. Here are 20 of my favorite first viewings presented in alphabetical order. Check 'em out.
1. The Astrologer (1976)
2. Beyond the Door III (1989)
3. Cemetery of Terror (1985)
4. Crimes of Passion (1984)
5. Dark Waters (1993)
6. Django (1966)
7. Klute (1971)
8. The Last Seduction (1994)
9. The Long Good Friday (1980)
10. Massacre at Central High (1976)
11. Night Moves (1975)
12. On the Silver Globe (1988)
13. The Parallax View (1974)
14. Queen of Black Magic (1981)
15. Roadgames (1981)
16. Rolling Thunder (1977)
17. Scissors (1991)
18. The Seventh Curse (1986)
19. Strange Days (1995)
20. To Live and Die in LA (1985)
I could keep going. I can always keep going. Anyway, check back in two weeks for my favorite movies of 2021 that DID come out in 2021.
