The return of my annual long December vacation helped push up a weak first eleven months of the year, giving me my lowest total since last year. I managed to watch 55 movies last year, my fifth consecutive year under 100, despite being home all day and not needing to bother with pesky things like a commute. Or exercise. Reading 66 books and watching game shows all day probably didn’t help either.
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.
Queenpins (2021)
A pair of housewives create a $40 million coupon scam.
Blackwater Lane (2024)
A woman believes she will be the next victim of a serial killer.
MaXXXine (2024)
Mia Goth returns in this prequel to X.
Mothers’ Instinct (2024)
The friendship between two women is tested when one loses her son.
Blitz (2024)
A group of Londoners tries to survive during the German bombing during World War II.
Poor Things (2023)
Emma Stone plays a woman who has the brain of a baby transplanted into her head.
The Idea of You (2024)
A 40-year-old single mom begins an unexpected romance with the lead singer of the hottest boy band on the planet.
Back in Action (2025)
Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz star as retired CIA agents forced to come out of retirement to save their family.
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Emma Stone reteams with writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos.
Y2K (2024)
Machines go nuts as the clock strikes midnight and the world enters the year 2000.
Venom: The Last Dance (2024)
Tom Hardy returns for his last go-around as Venom.
Wolf Man (2025)
A father begins to transform into something unrecognizable after his family is attacked by an unseen animal.
Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025)
A college student returns home to break the cycle and save her family from the horrific fate that inevitably awaits them.
The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
Four pensioners, who try to solve cold cases as a hobby, find a fresh case to take up their time.
Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)
Scarlett Johansson gets her turn to face the dinosaurs.
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)
A new group of teens finds themselves hunted after covering up a dead body the previous summer.
Terrifier 3 (2024)
Art the Clown returns to unleash chaos on Christmas Eve.
The Gorge (2025)
Two operatives are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a classified gorge.
Frankenstein (2025)
The latest version of Mary Shelley’s classic, which I read for the first time this year.
Drop (2025)
A woman on a first date is terrorized through her phone.
Kraven the Hunter (2024)
Sony’s attempt to build a franchise around Spider-Man’s villains comes to an end with the latest disappointing entry.
Superman (2025)
James Gunn reboots the DCU with a new, back-to-basics approach to Superman.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
When Galactus threatens the Earth, the Fantastic Four work to stop him.
Weapons (2025)
When a class of children goes missing during the night, blame falls on their teacher, but there is something more nefarious afoot.
28 Years Later (2025)
A young boy travels to the infected European mainland to try and save his sick mother.
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Sam Wilson takes flight as the new Captain America, protecting Washington DC from the Red Hulk.
A Sacrifice (2024)
Sadie Sink goes to Europe and is kidnapped by a cult.
Wish Upon (2017)
A teenage girl finds a box that gives her seven wishes but doesn’t understand the cost of them until it is too late.
Sinners (2025)
Vampires attack a club started by a pair of black twins in the deep south during the early 20th century.
Honey Don’t (2025)
A private detective looks for her missing niece while investigating a shady church.
The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)
An adaptation of the Ruth Ware hit novel, a journalist is gaslight about whether a cabin on a cruise ship is occupied.
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
Tom Cruise does some stunts, perhaps for the last time.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
A new high rise goes up in flames due to substandard wiring.
Thunderbolts* (2025)
A rag tag group of heroes come together to fight the Void.
Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
Directed by Olivia Wilde, a 1950s housewife finds that her idyllic existence isn’t what it seems.
The Substance (2024)
An over-the-hill actress takes a drug to make herself younger, but finds the cost ultimately isn’t worth it.
Promising Young Woman (2020)
A former med student tries to get revenge against the patriarchy.
M3gan 2.0 (2025)
The M3gan robot is brought back to battle an even bigger threat.
Freakier Friday (2025)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan return after 22 years for this sequel.
A House of Dynamite (2025)
The US government reacts to a nuclear missile headed towards Chicago.
Fountain of Youth (2025)
Siblings search for the fountain of youth.
Borderline (2025)
A stalker goes after a pop star and her athlete boyfriend.
Companion (2025)
A group of friends tries to blame the murder of a Russian “mobster” on a sex robot.
To Catch a Killer (2023)
A cop teams with the FBI to track down a serial killer.
Wicked: For Good (2025)
The final installment of the screen adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Nobody 2 (2025)
A family’s vacation is disrupted by their father’s job.
After The Hunt (2025)
A Yale doctoral student accuses a professor of assault.
Roofman (2025)
A veteran escapes from prison and lives in a Toys R Us.
Influencer (2022)
A woman tries to kill an influencer and her boyfriend.
Echo Valley (2025)
A mother tries to protect her addict daughter.