The raison d’être for this list is simply that I love making lists.  You can check out my 2013 list here. Yes, I know I have a problem.

For those of you truly interested in the minutia of my movie consumption, I invite you to visit my in-progress list of all the movies I have ever watched. Just think what I could have accomplished if I had done something productive with all that time.

  1. 12 Years a Slave ★★★★☆
  2. The Lives of Others ★★★★½ Why did I wait so long to see this?! Finely crafted. Spectacular.
  3. War Horse ★★½☆☆ (rewatched)
  4. Dallas Buyers Club ★★★★☆ Loved the acting in this movie. Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto = wow!
  5. From One Second to the Next ★★★☆☆
  6. About Time ★★★☆☆
  7. Adore ★★☆☆☆
  8. The Wolf of Wall Street ★★★½☆
  9. Captain Phillips ★★★½☆
  10. Blue Jasmine ★★★½☆
  11. August: Osage County ★★★★½ I loved this! Meryl Streep was amazing. Julia Roberts gave a really strong performance. And it had Benedict Cumberbatch. Need I say more?
  12. The Dreamers ★★★☆☆ (rewatched)
  13. Jagten ★★★½☆ Almost all the points I gave this movie are for Mads Mikkelsen’s amazing acting. The pace of the movie was maddeningly slow, especially in the latter half, and the treatment of the topic was not particularly innovative. Also, I have a hard time enjoying movies that showcase the petty evil of humankind.
  14. Ender’s Game ★★☆☆☆ I loved this book as a child and was excited to see how it was adapted to the big screen. Ultimately, however, the movie lets down its source material. Lots of flash and bang, but very little substance.
  15. The Book Thief ★★½☆☆
  16. Inside Llewyn Davis ★★★½☆
  17. Her ★★★★☆
  18. Pacific Rim ★★½☆☆ (rewatched) Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba in the same movie. ‘Nuf said.
  19. Hunger Games: Catching Fire ★★☆☆☆
  20. Post Tenebras Lux ★★☆☆☆ I wanted to like this, but it left me feeling so dissatisfied and confused. What was this about?
  21. The Fifth Estate ★★☆☆☆
  22. Le voyage dans la lune ★★★★☆
  23. La vie du Christ ★★★☆☆
  24. The Counselor ★★★½☆ Loved the screenplay.
  25. Magnolia ★★★★☆ (rewatched) I think this is the first movie I saw Philip Seymour Hoffman in. So sad.
  26. Stories We Tell ★★★☆☆ I like Sarah Polley as a director.
  27. Nebraska ★★★★☆
  28. The Grandmaster ★★★½☆ For me, this movies earns its points for its gorgeous cinematography. I found the narrative really muddled at times.
  29. Frances Ha ★★★☆☆
  30. In a World… ★★½☆☆
  31. Philomena ★★★☆☆
  32. Doubt ★★★½☆
  33. 47 Ronin ★★☆☆☆  
  34. Blue is the Warmest Color ★★★½☆
  35. Albatross ★★★☆☆
  36. An Education ★★★½☆ Loved this. 
  37. Cargo ★★★☆☆ Hello, Switzerland 🙂
  38. The Fountain ★★½☆☆ (rewatched)
  39. Leap Year ★★☆☆☆ (rewatched)
  40. House of Cards – Season 1 ★★★★½ Great television.
  41. Saving Mr. Banks ★★☆☆☆
  42. Veronica Mars ★★☆☆☆
  43. Frozen ★★★½☆
  44. The Broken Circle Breakdown ★★★★☆
  45. Koto no ha no niwa ★★★☆☆ A treat for the eyes!
  46. Captain America: The Winter Soldier ★★☆☆☆
  47. Gloria ★★★☆☆
  48. La migliore offerta ★★★½☆
  49. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I ★★½☆☆
  50. The Lincoln Lawyer ★★★½☆
  51. Much Ado About Nothing ★★★☆☆
  52. Children of Men ★★★★☆ (rewatched)
  53. The Invisible Woman ★★½☆☆
  54. Ernest et Célestine ★★★★☆
  55. Never Let Me Go ★★★½☆
  56. Only Lovers Left Alive ★★★½☆
  57. Constantine ★★★☆☆ (rewatched)
  58. All Is Lost ★★★☆☆
  59. I Will Be Murdered ★½☆☆☆
  60. The Matrix ★★★★☆ (rewatched)
  61. The Matrix Reloaded ★★★½☆ (rewatched)
  62. The Matrix Revolutions ★★★☆☆ (rewatched)
  63. The Monuments Men ★★½☆☆
  64. Fargo ★★★★☆
  65. Fading Gigolo ★★½☆☆
  66. Pi ★★★☆☆
  67. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit ★½☆☆☆
  68. Pan’s Labyrinth ★★★★☆ (rewatched)
  69. Winter’s Tale ★★☆☆☆ I felt this could have been so much more, but something was missing. Loved the Devil cameo, though!
  70. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist ★★★½☆ (rewatched)
  71. Departures ★★★½☆
  72. Snowpiercer ★★★☆☆
  73. Embargo ★★½☆☆
  74. No Country for Old Men ★★★★☆
  75. Inside Man ★★★½☆ (rewatched)
  76. Tim’s Vermeer ★★★½☆
  77. The Grand Budapest Hotel ★★★★½ I think, with a movie like this, you either love it or you hate it. I loved it.
  78. 300: Rise of an Empire ★☆☆☆☆
  79. Un long dimanche de fiançailles ★★★½☆
  80. Impunity ★★★½☆
  81. Les triplettes de Belleville ★★★★☆
  82. L’amant ★★☆☆☆ (rewatched) I love Marguerite Duras, but the acting in this is just SO bad
  83. The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet ★★★★☆ This was magical.
  84. Enemy ★★½☆☆ Ambitious but ultimately flawed.
  85. X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★½☆☆
  86. Contact ★★★½☆ (rewatched)
  87. The Wind Rises ★★★★☆ Thank you, Hayao Miyazaki!
  88. The Ghost Writer ★★½☆☆
  89. Limitless ★★★☆☆ (rewatched)
  90. The Wackness ★★★½☆ (rewatched) “I got nothing but love for you, shorty.”
  91. Transcendence ★★★★☆ The first half of this was pretty good, but the second half was terrible.
  92.  Like Father, Like Son ★★★½☆
  93. Totoro ★★★★☆ (rewatched)
  94. Cloud Atlas ★★★★☆ (rewatched)
  95. Noah ★½☆☆☆ So. Bad.
  96. Maleficent ★½☆☆☆ Oh, Angelina….
  97. How to Train Your Dragon 2 ★★★☆☆ The kids loved this!
  98. Minuscule ★★★½☆ Charming! And not a word of dialogue.
  99. Life Itself ★★★½☆
  100. Spirited Away ★★★★☆
  101. True Detective ★★★★½ I loved the dialogue in this!!!
  102. Divergent ★☆☆☆☆ Lord, I hope I can one day understand and control the compulsion to watch terrible movies that I know beforehand are going to be terrible. The hours I have wasted.
  103. Dead Poets Society ★★★★☆ (rewatched) So sad…
  104. What Dreams May Come ★★★☆☆ (rewatched)
  105. Guardians of the Galaxy ★★☆☆☆ What I most loved about this movie was the soundtrack.
  106. The Fault in Our Stars ★★★☆☆ “As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
  107. Godzilla ★☆☆☆☆ Just reread my comment from Divergent, above at #102. Sigh.
  108. Aladdin ★★★½☆ (rewatched)
  109. Edge of Tomorrow ★★½☆☆
  110. Porfirio ★★☆☆☆
  111. The Shawshank Redemption ★★★★☆ (rewatched)
  112. Bedknobs and Broomsticks ★★½☆☆ (rewatched) Fun movie night flick with the kids.
  113. Frank ★★★½☆
  114. Dripped ★★★★☆
  115. A Dangerous Method ★★★☆☆
  116. Lucy ★★½☆☆
  117. Space Station 76 ★½☆☆☆
  118. The Homesman ★★★☆☆
  119. White Bird in a Blizzard ★★★☆☆
  120. The Fifth Element ★★★½☆
  121. The Deer Hunter ★★★★☆
  122. Begin Again ★★★☆☆
  123. Finding Vivian Maier ★★★★☆
  124. The Nightmare Before Christmas ★★★☆☆
  125. Catch and Release ★★★☆☆
  126. A Most Wanted Man ★★★½☆
  127. The Extraordinary Tale of the Times Table ★★☆☆☆
  128. Gone Baby Gone ★★★★☆ (rewatched)
  129. Mystic River ★★★★½ (rewatched)
  130. Boyhood ★★★★½

For what it’s worth, 2014 looks like it’s shaping up to be another movie year, but I’m going to give it my best shot to get a few books in there.

  1. Indexing by Seanan McGuire ★★★☆☆
  2. A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion ★★★★☆
  3. Blue Nights by Joan Didion ★★★☆☆
  4. La ridícula idea de no volver a verte by Rosa Montero ★★★★☆
  5. Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son’s Memoir by David Rieff ★★☆☆☆
  6. The Accidental Universe by Alan Lightman ★★★½☆
  7. Half-off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire ★★☆☆☆
  8. The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIV and Howard C. Cutler ★★★★☆
  9. My Real Children by Jo Walton ★★★★☆
  10. Among Others by Jo Walton ★★★☆☆
  11. Los Abrazos de Alicia by Katherine Ríos ★★★★☆
  12. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill ★★★☆☆
  13. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green ★★★☆☆
  14. Still Alice by Lisa Genova ★★★☆☆
  15. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline ★★★★☆ (reread)
  16. The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman ★★★★☆
  17. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke ★★★★☆
  18. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ★★★★☆
  19. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott ★★★★☆
  20. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King ★★★★☆ (reread)
  21. Dictadoras: Las mujeres de los hombres más despiadados de la historia by Rosa Montero ★★★☆☆
  22. The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire ★★★☆☆
  23. A Boy and a Bear and a Boat by Dave Shelton ★★★☆☆
  24. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King ★★★★☆
  25. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell ★★★★☆
  26. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn ★★★☆☆
  27. The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey ★★★☆☆
  28. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare ★★★★★ (reread)
  29. Othello by William Shakespeare ★★★★☆
  30. Rue des boutiques obscures by Patrick Modiano ★★★★☆
  31. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness ★★★☆☆