After seeing my movie watching crater last year, with my lowest total of movies seen since 1988, I managed to bounce back a little bit this year. I finished the year with 68 movies last year, still on the lower side based on past performance. Despite being home all day and not needing to bother with pesky things like a commute. Or exercise.
Here’s a look back at the first 50 movies I watched last year and what recollection, if any, I have of them. The films are listed in the order I saw them.
The Lost Daughter (2021)
A woman goes on vacation without her family and ends up confronting issues from her past.
Wind River (2017)
Two Avengers team up outside of the MCU.
I Am Mother (2019)
After the extinction of humanity, a young girl raised by a robot meets another survivor.
The Craft: Legacy (2020)
A new collection of young girls experiments with witchcraft.
A Family Man (2016)
A man tries to balance the needs of his career versus those of his family and sick child.
Spiral (2021)
A detective finds himself drawn into the games of a mysterious killer.
Scream (2022)
Ghostface is back to terrorize a new generation of Woodsboro teens, but series stalwarts Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette are on hand to assist.
The Fallout (2022)
After a school shooting, three teens bond in mysterious ways.
The Woman In The Window (2022)
An agoraphobic woman starts spying on her neighbors but sees something she shouldn’t.
Bill & Ted Face The Music (2020)
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reunite after 30 years to bring us this tale of music saving the universe.
Nobody (2021)
When a peaceful family man sees his world turned upside down by a home invasion, he relies on the skills of a past life to exact revenge.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
The latest installment of the horror franchise features the return of Leatherface.
Fender Bender (2016)
After getting into her first car accident, a teenager exchanges contact information with a stalker.
Morbius (2022)
A doctor accidentally turns himself into a living vampire while trying to cure himself of a rare blood disease.
The Bubble (2022)
A group of actors find themselves isolated in a pandemic bubble while trying to finish a movie.
Antlers (2021)
I honestly don’t know what this was about. Not like I don’t remember, but literally did not understand.
Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (2022)
Doctor Strange does battle against former friend Scarlet Witch.
Free Guy (2021)
An NPC gains sentience and helps the creators of a video game rescue their code.
Last Night In Soho (2021)
A student finds herself transporting to the 1960s, where she witnesses the downfall of a young woman on a similar path.
Memory Xperiment: Kathy Acker (2019)
Maya Hawke stars in this short film based on the works of author Kathy Acker.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
A homicidal maniac gets infected with an alien symbiote and goes on a rampage.
The Rocker (2008)
A drummer, booted out of his band just before they hit it big, gets a second chance with his nephew’s high school garage band.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
The daughter of Egon Spangler moves her children to Oklahoma, where they learn the truth about their family’s legacy.
Mom And Dad (2021)
Mass hysteria hits the suburbs, as parents are inexplicably driven to attack and kill their children.
X (2022)
A group of strippers rent out a farmhouse to shoot a porno but find themselves butchered by the locals.
Halloween Ends (2022)
The latest final fight between Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Myers.
Terrifier (2016)
A killer clown brutalizes a group of women.
Demonic (2021)
A young woman uses new technology to connect with her mother, accidentally unleashing the demons that have driven them apart.
Monstrous (2022)
A traumatized young mother tries to escape and hide from her abusive ex.
Moonfall (2022)
A disgraced astronaut gets a second chance when the moon starts falling out of its orbit, threatening all life on Earth.
Hunter’s Moon (2020)
Three sisters find themselves terrorized by local hooligans, but manage to turn the tables.
Black Adam (2022)
An ancient man, given the powers of Shazam by the gods, returns to free his people once more, but finds the 21st century a little more complicated than the world he knew.
Mid-Century (2022)
A couple finds that the owner of their vacation rental is hiding something big.
Werewolves Within (2021)
A forest ranger and a postal worker try to save a town from werewolves.
There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021)
A masked killer attacks the local high school, exposing everyone’s secrets along the way.
A House On The Bayou (2021)
A family finds themselves hunted and judged by a local man and his mysterious companion.
Things Heard & Seen (2021)
An artist moves to upstate New York for her husband’s career, but quickly learns he isn’t who she thought he was.
Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
A mess of a movie that combines the casts of both series of dinosaur films.
Licorice Pizza (2021)
A young actor in the 1970s falls for an older woman, who is also drawn to him.
Smile (2022)
A psychiatrist finds herself infected and hunted by a smiling killer.
Laura Hasn’t Slept (2020)
A short film that was the predecessor to Smile.
Causeway (2022)
A soldier recovering from a brain injury makes a new friend.
The Tomorrow War (2021)
When aliens invade the Earth in the future, humans recruit troops from the past to try and defeat their nemesis and save life on Earth..
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
When an underwater civilization threatens Wakanda following the death of Black Panther, his sister must find a way to recreate the herb that has served her people.
Confess, Fletch (2022)
An investigator becomes the prime suspect in multiple murders while searching for a stolen art collection.
The People We Hate At The Wedding (2022)
A wedding brings together a feuding family, who bring out the worst in each other.
The Lost City (2022)
A writer is kidnapped to help a billionaire find a lost city, but her cover model himbo comes to rescue her.
See How They Run (2022)
Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders surrounding the production of The Mousetrap in London’s West End.
The Batman (2022)
The latest version of the Dark Knight’s tale puts Robert Pattinson in the cowl.
Last Seen Alive (2022)
When his wife goes missing, a man takes it into his own hands to track her down.