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Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 20, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 17, 2025.

Come on Sanju, you can do way better than Lucky.

I was sobbing for the last 40 minutes, I don’t think I have it in me to cry anymore.

This story was wild, and I am so here for it!

Watched on Tuesday May 13, 2025.

This review may contain spoilers.

1. Aman is a real one (some might say the realest of ones)
2. Little Angali is the most precious child in existence
3. I don’t know how either of them fell in love with Rahul in the beginning
4. I do however understand why Tina did end up loving him so much (he turned out great)
5. I totally understand why older Angali fell in love with Rahul all over again (once again, he turned out great)
6. Every time I saw Tina I wanted to cry

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

SRK and Kajol have such amazing chemistry; Rahul and Anjali are a match made in heaven.

I watched Andor on Star Wars day, don’t worry.

Watched on Thursday May 1, 2025.

I would love nothing more than to just sit down, and have a long conversation with PK.

Lucky bastard

Bahubali 2 is better than the first in pretty much every way. Some of the early parts could’ve been in the first movie to help the story flow better, and the ending feels a little rushed—but overall, it’s a great film that really delivers.

There is plenty to enjoy about this film, but I have a major issue with the entire second half being a flashback. It answers the question of why Baahubali is so loved by the people of the kingdom, but not much else.

I was a little down on this movie at first, but that final hour really turned me around. What an insane finale.

I’m quickly realizing how much I love Bollywood—and I've only seen four films so far! Like all the Bollywood movies I've watched, Jodhaa Akbar was definitely a bit too long, but it was still a thoroughly enjoyable experience that kept me engaged the whole time.

The visuals were as good as everyone says, and that score was incredible. Best use of Symphony No. 7 in a movie.

Every scene with Matthew McConaughey was pure gold.

Holy hell, that was bru-tal. This movie truly displays war in a way audiences haven’t seen before.

That was definitely not the ending I expected—but it was still spectacularly haunting.

Watched on Monday April 7, 2025.

Watched on Sunday April 6, 2025.

Holy shit the trailer looks awesome. Please let this be good.

Watched on Saturday April 5, 2025.

Watched on Saturday April 5, 2025.

That wedding was…weird

Watched on Wednesday April 2, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 2, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 2, 2025.

I needed more Jason Schwartzman.

Watched on Tuesday April 1, 2025.

Watched on Monday March 31, 2025.

Watched on Monday March 31, 2025.

That chariot race…

My first film from Billy Wilder and boy this did not disappoint.

Watched on Thursday March 27, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday March 25, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 23, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 23, 2025.

The USS Enterprise is definitely in the running for coolest spaceship of all time.

Watched on Saturday March 15, 2025.

Watched on Saturday March 15, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday March 12, 2025.

Watched on Saturday March 8, 2025.

Watched on Friday March 7, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday March 5, 2025.

Oklahoma never looked so beautiful!

These are all of my first time watches this year, so no rewatches are included. This list does not just contain 2025 releases.

1. 3 Idiots
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. Kal Ho Naa Ho
4. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
5. Kingdom of Heaven
6. Ben-Hur
7. 10 Things I Hate About You
8. Fail Safe
9. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
10. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

...plus 57 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These are my 10 favorite directors. I have seen 6 or more movies for all of the selected directors. I have chosen my favorite movie to represent each director. There is a note on each movie to indicate the director, the number of movies I have seen from that director, and the average of my ratings of those movies. A higher average does not necessarily mean I prefer that director.

1. Dune: Part Two

   Denis Villeneuve
   9 movies
   4.44 average rating

2. Jurassic Park

   Steven Spielberg
   20 movies
   3.70 average rating

3. Interstellar

   Christopher Nolan
   9 movies
   4.33 average rating

4. The Social Network

   David Fincher
   8 movies
   3.94 average rating
   

5. Avatar

   James Cameron
   8 movies
   3.94 average rating

6. The Martian

   Ridley Scott
   8 movies
   4.06 average rating

7. Fantastic Mr. Fox

   Wes Anderson
   6 movies
   4.17 Average Rating

8. Forrest Gump

   Robert Zemeckis
   12 movies
   3.50 average rating

9. Rear Window

   Alfred Hitchcock
   8 movies
   3.94 average rating

10. Sherlock Holmes

    Guy Ritchie
    6 movies
    3.83 average rating

This list is constantly changing. I have given a rating out 10 for each movie on this list.

Here are my honorable mentions

Directors With Two or More Movies:
Denis Villeneuve - 6 movies
Stephen Spielberg - 5 movies
Christopher Nolan - 5 movies
Peter Jackson - 3 movies
Wes Anderson - 3 movies
Ridley Scott - 3 movies
Christopher Mcquarrie - 3 movies
James Cameron - 2 movies
David Fincher - 2 movies
George Miller - 2 movies
Rob Reiner - 2 movies
George Lucas - 2 movies
Ridley Scott - 2 movies
Alfred Hitchcock - 2 movies
Guy Ritchie - 2 movies
Sam Mendes - 2 movies
James Mangold - 2 movies
Robert Zemeckis - 2 movies
Alfonso Cuaron - 2 movies
Rian Johnson - 2 movies
Matt Reeves - 2 movies
Shane Black - 2 movies
Doug Liman - 2 movies
Paul Greengrass - 2 movies

1. Dune: Part Two

   10.0

2. Dune

   10.0

3. Interstellar

   10.0

4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

   10.0

5. Jurassic Park

   10.0

6. Saving Private Ryan

   10.0

7. The Truman Show

   10.0

8. Mad Max: Fury Road

   10.0

9. The Empire Strikes Back

   10.0

10. The Matrix

    10.0

...plus 90 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These are the movies I have considered adding to my top 100 favorite films list, aka the “honorable mentions.”
Once this list reaches 150 movies, I’ll probably just create a top 250 favorite films list.

• Schindler's List
• Godzilla Minus One
• The Gentlemen
• Oppenheimer
• The Menu
• 12th Fail
• Wind River
• La La Land
• Deadpool 2
• Avengers: Endgame

...plus 73 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All the Ridley Scott movies I’ve seen, ranked.

Still in progress.

1. The Martian
2. Gladiator
3. Blade Runner
4. Kingdom of Heaven
5. Alien
6. Gladiator II
7. The Last Duel
8. Prometheus

1. Thor: Ragnarok
2. Iron Man
3. Avengers: Endgame
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
5. Loki
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. Avengers: Infinity War
8. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
9. Moon Knight
10. Spider-Man: Homecoming

...plus 34 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The plan is for this list to be at 50 by years end (2025).

Edit: I’m at 11 movies and this ranking is already impossibly difficult.

1. 3 Idiots
2. Kal Ho Naa Ho
3. Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
4. RRR
5. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
6. Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
7. PK
8. 12th Fail
9. Bāhubali 2: The Conclusion
10. Athadu

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Ranked by my intrigue. This doesn't mean I will watch these movies in this order.

1. Satya
2. Virumaandi
3. Sholay
4. Chak De! India
5. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
6. Omkara
7. Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1
8. Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2
9. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
10. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

...plus 52 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These are the movies I am most looking forward to that release in 2025. I ranked them based on how anticipated I am for the movie. It is also important to note that no matter how terrible they can be, I will always watch the Jurassics in theater.

1. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
2. Avatar: Fire and Ash
3. Mickey 17
4. F1 The Movie
5. Jurassic World Rebirth
6. TRON: Ares
7. Predator: Badlands
8. Thunderbolts*
9. The Running Man
10. Superman

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I am definitely partial to movies from the 1980s and later, so this is just a cumulative ranking of my 25 favorite movies pre 1980s.

1. Star Wars
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. Planet of the Apes
4. 12 Angry Men
5. North by Northwest
6. Rear Window
7. Ben-Hur
8. Alien
9. The Godfather
10. Jaws

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Usual Suspects
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past
3. X-Men
4. X2
5. X-Men: Apocalypse
6. Jack the Giant Slayer

Movies I haven’t seen and it doesn’t really make any sense why I haven’t seen them yet.

• The Thin Red Line
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• Memories of Murder
• There Will Be Blood
• Platoon
• The Sixth Sense
• Thief
• Enter the Dragon
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Punch-Drunk Love

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Thin Red Line
• The Pianist
• Grave of the Fireflies
• Full Metal Jacket
• Come and See
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Fury
• Platoon
• American Sniper
• Troy

...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Out of the ones I’ve seen. Blade runner 2049, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Lawrence of Arabia are the objective top 3.

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Blade Runner
• Blade Runner 2049
• Interstellar
• Dune: Part Two
• Children of Men
• Dune
• Schindler's List
• 1917

...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The only genre that matters.
(I did not include CBMs or zombie movies)

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Dune
3. Interstellar
4. Jurassic Park
5. Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
6. Mad Max: Fury Road
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. The Matrix
9. Jurassic World
10. Avatar

...plus 141 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Personal ranking of all the Ryan Coogler films I have seen so far.

1. Creed
2. Black Panther
3. Sinners
4. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

5⭐️ shows:
Game of Thrones
Andor
Top Gear/Grand Tour
Modern Family
Peaky Blinders

• Dune: Part Two
• The Social Network
• Jurassic Park
• Whiplash
• Interstellar
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Saving Private Ryan
• The Truman Show
• Ford v Ferrari

...plus 32 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• War and Peace
• El Cid
• Red Cliff
• Zulu
• Henry V
• Exodus: Gods and Kings
• Che: Part One
• 13 Assassins
• Hero
• Outlaw King

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I’m not trying to get all of them done, I am just adding them as I naturally watch them.

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Forrest Gump
3. Braveheart
4. Gladiator
5. Lawrence of Arabia
6. Amadeus
7. Ben-Hur
8. Schindler's List
9. Gandhi
10. No Country for Old Men

...plus 23 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My personal ranking of the movies I’ve seen so far this decade.

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Dune
3. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. The Batman
6. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
7. Godzilla Minus One
8. The Menu
9. Extraction
10. Oppenheimer

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Spielberg is tied with my second favorite director (below Villeneuve and tied with Nolan) and it is important to note that he has 6 movies in my top 100 alone, and several more that didn’t make it but I thoroughly enjoy.

This ranking is still in progress.

1. Jurassic Park
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Raiders of the Lost Ark
4. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
5. Catch Me If You Can
6. Schindler's List
7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
8. Jaws
9. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
10. Minority Report

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Only one movie per franchise.

Favorite Composers:
1. Hanz Zimmer
2. John Williams
3. Ennio Morricone
4. Nicholas Britell
5. Ramin Djawadi

Honorable Mentions: Ludwig Goransson, Michael Giacchino, John Powell, Thomas Newman, James Horner

1. Jurassic Park
2. TRON: Legacy
3. Dune
4. Cinema Paradiso
5. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. Interstellar
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
9. Star Trek Into Darkness
10. The King

...plus 35 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Princess Bride
2. Romancing the Stone
3. 10 Things I Hate About You
4. The Parent Trap
5. A Knight's Tale
6. Father of the Bride
7. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
8. The Princess Diaries

   This is for both movies

9. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
10. When Harry Met Sally...

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In progress

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. Isle of Dogs
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. The Darjeeling Limited
5. Rushmore
6. Moonrise Kingdom
7. The Royal Tenenbaums

1. Guardians of the Galaxy
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
4. The Suicide Squad
5. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

1. Knives Out
2. Looper
3. Glass Onion
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

1. Thor: Ragnarok
2. Jojo Rabbit
3. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
4. Thor: Love and Thunder

• Starship Troopers
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Poor Things
• Her
• Nope
• Tenet
• A Clockwork Orange
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Logan
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

...plus 38 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Still in progress

1. Rear Window
2. North by Northwest
3. To Catch a Thief
4. Notorious
5. Dial M for Murder
6. Vertigo
7. Psycho
8. Foreign Correspondent

• The Power of the Dog
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• Once Upon a Time in the West
• A Fistful of Dollars
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• For a Few Dollars More
• Blazing Saddles
• Bone Tomahawk
• The Searchers
• Legends of the Fall

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In progress

1. Hot Fuzz
2. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. The World's End
5. Baby Driver

1. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2. The Nice Guys
3. Iron Man 3

In progress

1. The Social Network
2. Se7en
3. Fight Club
4. Gone Girl
5. Zodiac
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7. The Game
8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nolan is probably tied for my second favorite director (behind Villeneuve and tied with Spielberg). It is important to note that the top 5 on this list are all in my top 100, so being low on this list doesn’t mean very much, but being high on this list does. I also really like the 6th, 7th and 8th movies on this list, and they are just outside my top 100, so don’t read into those low positions (I didn’t love memento though).

This ranking is still in progress.

1. Interstellar
2. The Dark Knight
3. The Prestige
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. Batman Begins
6. Dunkirk
7. Inception
8. Oppenheimer
9. Memento

1. No Country for Old Men
2. True Grit
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Fargo
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2. The Terminator
3. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
4. Terminator Salvation
5. Terminator: Dark Fate
6. Terminator Genisys

First, it is important to note that Denis is definitely my favorite director. Out of the 9 movies on this list, 6 I absolutely love and are in my top 40 all time favorite movies, and I really like the 7th. While I don’t like the last 2, those are valid low budget attempts.

This is also in progress (basically just Enemy left to go)

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Dune
3. Blade Runner 2049
4. Incendies
5. Arrival
6. Sicario
7. Prisoners
8. Polytechnique
9. Maelström

My 30 favorite animated movies.

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
4. Isle of Dogs
5. How to Train Your Dragon
6. Mulan
7. The Prince of Egypt
8. Zootopia
9. Kung Fu Panda
10. Rio

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every movie I have watched for the first time this year, ranked.

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Se7en
3. Incendies
4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
5. The Prestige
6. Children of Men
7. L.A. Confidential
8. The Thing
9. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
10. The Nice Guys

...plus 158 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Sicario
2. Wind River
3. Hell or High Water

All the Cameron movies I’ve seen, ranked.

1. Avatar
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
3. Aliens
4. The Terminator
5. Titanic
6. Avatar: The Way of Water
7. The Abyss
8. True Lies

In progress

1. Fast Five
2. The Fast and the Furious
3. 2 Fast 2 Furious
4. Fast & Furious
5. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

My favorite scenes of all time. Check the notes to see what scene I am referring to. Some of these may not be entire scenes but just moments.

1. Incendies

   THE REVEAL!

2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

   Just look at the poster.

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

   The ride of Rohirrim

4. Inglourious Basterds

   Opening scene

5. Whiplash

   Final scene

6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

   Gandalf arrives at helm’s deep

7. The Empire Strikes Back

   “I am your father.”

8. Jurassic Park

   “Welcome to Jurassic Park,” or Tim noticing the water.

9. Planet of the Apes

   Final reveal

10. Se7en

    “What’s in the box?”

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every Zemeckis movie I have seen, ranked.

Still in progress.

1. Forrest Gump
2. Back to the Future
3. Romancing the Stone
4. Cast Away
5. Back to the Future Part III
7. Back to the Future Part II
8. The Polar Express
9. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
10. Flight

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My dad’s 25 favorite films. He has seen a few thousand films. Currently in the process of acquiring a top 50.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. The Shawshank Redemption
3. Groundhog Day
4. GoodFellas
5. The Matrix
6. Back to the Future
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Jaws
9. Unforgiven
10. The Empire Strikes Back

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All Ritchie movies I have seen, ranked.

Still in progress.

1. Sherlock Holmes
2. Snatch
3. The Gentlemen
4. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
5. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
6. Aladdin

1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
2. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
3. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
4. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
5. Mission: Impossible
6. Mission: Impossible III
7. Mission: Impossible II

All the Mendes movies I have seen, ranked.

Still in progress.

1. 1917
2. Skyfall
3. Spectre
4. American Beauty

All of the Bird movies I have seen, ranked.

1. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
2. The Incredibles
3. Ratatouille
4. Incredibles 2
5. The Iron Giant
6. Tomorrowland
7. Jack-Jack Attack

1. Beverly Hills Cop
2. Midnight Run
3. Scent of a Woman
4. Meet Joe Black