Movies

2026-02-21

I’ve watched a lot of movies and definitely not kept track of what I’ve seen or what I liked. I’m trying to keep better track of that now so I can go back to old favorites or give solid recommendations to friends. Rating is out of five with five being the highest, no halves or quarters, that’s for chumps.

Title	Rating	Date	Genre	Watched	Notes
Samsara	3	2011	Documentary	2026-03-16	Beautiful visuals, but I think it was too long.
Sinners	3	2025	Horror	2026-03-15	I liked the music and the setting, but I'm not sure I liked the spin.
Eating Up Easter	3	2019	Documentary	2026-03-13	Nice to see a documentary produced by a native Rapa Nui rather than another episode of Ancient Aliens. Leaves you more depressed than hopeful.
The Golden Child	3	1986	Action	2026-03-13	Comedy, action and adventure all mixed to some 80's music. Not a serious movie.
The Wild Robot	3	2024	Animation	2026-03-10	Cliche story, but a pleasing animation style.
The Last Emperor	4	1987	Drama	2026-03-09	I wish it wasn't shot in English as it took away from the immersion, but good overall. A classic three act structure.
Kids	4	1995	Drama	2026-02-26	Uncomfortable, but it seems like it set out to do that by 'documenting' kids growing up on the streets in the 90's
Short Circuit	2	1986	Science Fiction	2026-02-22	The robot is the best actor, Norris was enthralled though.
Bottle Rocket	3	1996	Comedy	2026-01-01	Not my favorite Wes Anderson movie. Nice to see young versions of the Wilson brothers.
F1	3	2025	Action	2026-01-01	Some interesting shots, but a lame story line. I'm also an F1 fan so can't help seeing the inaccuracies.
Akira	4	1988	Animation	2025-01-01	Dark and gotham like with questions remaining at the end.
Big Trouble in Little China	3	1986	Action	2025-01-01	So cheezy and of it's time. I had no problem getting thru it, but will be fine to never watch it again.
Earwig and the Witch	2	2021	Animation	2025-01-01	Ghibli does 3D animation and it doesn't work for me
A Fistful of Dollars	5	1964	Western	?	The first of the Dollar trilogy and I think my favorite. The pacing is good.
A River Runs Through It	5	1992	Drama	?	One of my top three movies of all time. I saw it as a teenager in the prime of my fly fishing years.
Annihilation	4	2018	Science Fiction	?	I enjoyed the mystery and visuals. It was nothing like I was expecting.
Battle Royale	5	2000	Drama	?	Before Hunger Games and Squid Game there was Battle Royale. One of the first Japanese movies I remember seeing as a teenager. Gruesome, toilsome, campy and excellent.
Castle in the Sky	3	1986	Adventure	?	Falls squarely in the Miyazaki warehouse, but it just didn't have as much an impact on me.
Chungking Express	4	1994	Drama	?	A transportative Wong Kar Wai movie. Struggles with love amongst the day to day life in Hong Kong. Beautiful visuals.
Cool Hand Luke	4	1967	Drama	?	Paul Newman cool as hell as a bull headed prisoner.
Dawn of the Dead	3	1978	Horror	?	The origin of the modern zombie.
Escape from New York	3	1981	Science Fiction	?	A nice gritty dystopian future. Quick pacing and simple plot that moves right along.
Evil Dead II	2	1987	Horror	?	The first one was shocking, but this one just fell flat.
For a Few Dollars More	3	1965	Western	?	The pacing was a bit slower and I lost interest a few times.
Grave of the Fireflies	5	1992	Drama	?	One of my top three movies of all time. I remember on one of trips to Japan watching it with Tram and both of use just crying in the hotel room.
Jurassic Park	5	1993	Adventure	?	One of my top three movies of all time. What can I say I was 5 when it came out.
Midsommar	4	2019	Horror	?	Horrifying and aesthetically pleasing all in one.
Rashomon	4	1950	Crime	?	A good early look at interesting storytelling an interesting storytelling technique. Maybe a little slow moving at times.
The Evil Dead	3	1981	Horror	?	Campy, group of friends in a cabin in the woods.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	4	1966	Western	?	Great music, pacing was good, but a very long movie.
Tokyo Drifter	4	1966	Thriller	?	A really good old school yakuza movie.
1917		2019	War
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea		1916	Adventure
2001: A Space Odyssey		1968	Science Fiction
30 Days of Night		2007	Horror
A Clockwork Orange		1971	Science Fiction
A Quiet Life		1995	Drama
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness		2013	Documentary
A Taxing Woman		1987	Comedy
A Taxing Woman's Return		1988	Comedy
After Life		1999	Fantasy
American Me		1992	Crime
Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees		1989	Documentary
And Then There Were None		1945	Crime
Armour of God		1986	Adventure
Army of Darkness		1992	Fantasy
As Tears Go By		1988	Drama
Asteroid City		2023	Comedy
At the Earth's Core		1976	Adventure
Audition		2000	Horror
Baraka		1992	Documentary
Barry Lyndon		1975	Drama
Barry Lyndon		1975	Drama
Better Off Dead...		1985	Comedy
Beverly Hills Cop		1984	Comedy
Blow-Up		1966	Drama
Bonnie and Clyde		1967	Crime
Branded to Kill		1967	Thriller
Breaking Away		1979	Drama
Certain Women		2016	Drama
Chinatown		1974	Crime
Clash of the Titans		1981	Adventure
Close Encounters of the Third Kind		1977	Science Fiction
Cocktail		1988	Romance
Color Out of Space		2020	Horror
Commando Duck		1944	Animation
Day of the Dead		1985	Horror
Daylight		1996	Action
Departures		2008	Drama
Dersu Uzala		1975	Adventure
Diary of the Dead		2007	Horror
Die Hard		1988	Action
Dog Day Afternoon		1975	Crime
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb		1964	Comedy
Drunken Angel		1948	Drama
Emperor		2012	Drama
Event Horizon		1997	Horror
Evil Dead		2013	Horror
Evil Dead Rise		2023	Horror
Exit 8		2025	Horror
Explorers		1985	Science Fiction
Fargo		1996	Crime
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion		1972	Crime
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song		1973	Drama
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable		1973	Drama
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41		1972	Action
Ferris Bueller's Day Off		1986	Comedy
Filibus		1915	Crime
Fire in the Sky		1993	Science Fiction
Fireworks		1997	Crime
Floating Weeds		1959	Drama
Freaks		1932	Drama
From Up on Poppy Hill		2011	Animation
Gandhi		1982	Drama
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai		1999	Crime
Grassroots		2012	Comedy
Grizzly!		1967	Documentary
Grosse Pointe Blank		1997	Action
Hard Target		1993	Action
Harvey		1950	Comedy
Heat		1995	Crime
High and Low		1963	Drama
Home Alone		1990	Comedy
Hook		1991	Adventure
Horse		1941	Drama
Hotel Chevalier		2007	Drama
House		1977	Comedy
Howl's Moving Castle		2004	Fantasy
Ikiru		1952	Drama
In Search of the Castaways		1962	Adventure
In the Mood for Love		2000	Drama
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages		1916	Drama
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet		2011	History
Jarhead		2005	Drama
Jason and the Argonauts		1963	Adventure
Journey to the Center of the Earth		1959	Adventure
Jumanji		1995	Adventure
Juno		2007	Comedy
Jurassic Park III		2001	Adventure
Jurassic World		2015	Action
Jurassic World Dominion		2022	Adventure
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom		2018	Action
Kiki's Delivery Service		1989	Animation
Kikujiro		1999	Comedy
Killers of the Flower Moon		2023	Crime
King Kong		1933	Adventure
Kokuho		2025	Drama
Labyrinth		1986	Adventure
Land of the Dead		2005	Horror
Late Spring		1949	Drama
Lawrence of Arabia		1962	Adventure
Le Samouraï		1967	Crime
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx		1972	Action
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril		1972	Action
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons		1973	Action
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades		1972	Drama
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance		1972	Drama
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell		1974	Action
Love & Pop		1998	Drama
M		1931	Drama
Madadayo		1993	Drama
Mannequin		1987	Comedy
Master of the World		1961	Science Fiction
Matilda		1996	Comedy
Millennium Actress		2002	Drama
Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion		1992	Comedy
Moonrise Kingdom		2012	Comedy
Muppet Treasure Island		1996	Family
My Darling Clementine		1946	Western
My Neighbor Totoro		1988	Fantasy
My Neighbors the Yamadas		1999	Animation
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind		1984	Adventure
News from Home		1977	Documentary
Next of Kin		1989	Action
Night of the Living Dead		1968	Horror
No Regrets for Our Youth		1946	Drama
Ocean Waves		1993	Animation
Only Yesterday		1991	Animation
Our Little Sister		2015	Drama
Paper Moon		1973	Comedy
Paprika		2006	Science Fiction
Perfect Blue		1998	Animation
Peter Pan		1924	Family
Pom Poko		1994	Adventure
Ponyo		2008	Animation
Poor Things		2023	Science Fiction
Porco Rosso		1992	Family
Princess Mononoke		1997	Adventure
Project A		1983	Action
Raiders of the Lost Ark		1981	Adventure
Ran		1985	Action
Remember Me		2010	Drama
Ride the Wild Surf		1964	Comedy
Romancing the Stone		1984	Romance
Rosemary's Baby		1968	Drama
Sanjuro		1962	Drama
Scandal		1950	Drama
Seven Samurai		1954	Action
Sherlock Jr.		1924	Action
Shoplifters		2018	Drama
Slap Shot		1977	Comedy
Sleeper		1973	Comedy
Sleepers		1996	Crime
Sonatine		1993	Action
Space Jam		1996	Comedy
Speed Zone		1989	Comedy
Spirited Away		2001	Animation
Steamboat Bill, Jr.		1928	Comedy
Stir of Echoes		1999	Horror
Supermarket Woman		1996	Comedy
Survival of the Dead		2010	Horror
Tales from Earthsea		2006	Animation
Tales of a Golden Geisha		1990	Drama
Tampopo		1985	Comedy
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad		1958	Action
The Air-Conditioned Eden		1996	Documentary
The Ballad of Narayama		1983	Drama
The Big Hit		1998	Action
The Big Lebowski		1998	Comedy
The Blues Brothers		1980	Music
The Boys and the Bees		2025	Documentary
The Bridge on the River Kwai		1957	Drama
The Cameraman		1928	Comedy
The Cat Returns		2002	Adventure
The Chaser		2008	Crime
The Darjeeling Limited		2007	Adventure
The Day After Trinity		1981	Documentary
The Eel		1997	Drama
The Eternal Zero		2013	War
The Four Musketeers		1974	Action
The Fourth Kind		2009	Mystery
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun		2021	Drama
The Funeral		1984	Comedy
The General		1926	Action
The Gold Rush		1925	Adventure
The Goonies		1985	Adventure
The Grand Budapest Hotel		2014	Comedy
The Hidden Fortress		1958	Drama
The Idiot		1951	Drama
The Karate Kid		1984	Action
The Karate Kid Part II		1986	Adventure
The Land That Time Forgot		1974	Science Fiction
The Last Dance		1993	Drama
The Last Unicorn		1982	Fantasy
The Lost Boys		1987	Horror
The Lost World: Jurassic Park		1997	Adventure
The Menu		2022	Comedy
The Mighty Ducks		1992	Comedy
The Most Dangerous Game		1932	Thriller
The Parallax View		1974	Crime
The Princess Bride		1987	Adventure
The Quiet Duel		1949	Drama
The Red Turtle		2016	Animation
The Royal Tenenbaums		2001	Comedy
The Sandlot		1993	Family
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty		2013	Adventure
The Secret World of Arrietty		2010	Fantasy
The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea		1919	Adventure
The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship		1920	Adventure
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals		1987	Documentary
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya		2013	Animation
The Thing		1982	Horror
The Three Musketeers		1973	Action
The Time Machine		1960	Thriller
The Toy		1982	Comedy
The Trial		1962	Crime
The Valley of Gwangi		1969	Fantasy
The Void		2016	Mystery
The Wailing		2016	Horror
The Wild Bunch		1969	Western
The Wind Rises		2013	Drama
The Yellow Sea		2010	Drama
They Live		1988	Science Fiction
Three Days of the Condor		1975	Thriller
Throne of Blood		1957	Drama
Time Bandits		1981	Family
Tokyo Godfathers		2003	Animation
Tokyo Story		1953	Drama
Tora! Tora! Tora!		1970	War
Trainspotting		1996	Drama
Treasure Island		1990	Adventure
Two Years at Sea		2012	Documentary
Universal Soldier		1992	Thriller
Vanilla Sky		2001	Mystery
Waikiki		2023	Drama
WarGames		1983	Thriller
Warlords of Atlantis		1978	Adventure
When Marnie Was There		2014	Animation
Whisper of the Heart		1995	Animation
Woman in Witness Protection		1997	Drama
Yojimbo		1961	Drama