20 years ago, I began keeping track of the movies I watched in a theater. Since then, I’ve seen 844 movies at the cineplex (73 since last year’s Oscars). Below is my annual list of every movie I saw ranked from best to worst. As always, I look forward to hearing your thoughts and debating cinema (one of my favorite things in the world!

5 Stars

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

The Friend  

1917

Free Solo

Clemency 

Joker

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 

Judy 

Ready for War

Ad Astra 

 

4 Stars

Marriage Story

The Mustang

Song without a Name

Sophie’s Choice

Avengers: End Game

The Two Popes

Richard Jewell 

Ford v. Ferrari 

Little Women 

Jojo Rabbit

Parasite 

The Soloist 

Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse

Booksmart 

Blinded by the Light 

The Art of Self-Defense 

The Farewell 

Brittany Runs a Marathon

Honey Boy

Knives Out 

Queen & Slim  

Antigone 

Citizen K

Western Stars

Bombshell 

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Late Night

Rocketman

The Goldfinch 

The Best of Enemies 

Captain Marvel

The Sterile Cuckoo 

AFI Fest Showcase 4

Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts

Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts

Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts

 

3 Stars

The Peanut Butter Falcon 

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Shazam

Where’d You Go, Bernadette 

Long Shot

Gloria Bell

Terminator: Dark Fate

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth

After the Wedding 

The Lion King

Tolkein 

The Last to See Them

The Body Remembers When the World Broken Open

Dark Phoenix 

The Truth

Searching Eva

Woman at War

Zombieland: Double Tap

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Forman v. Forman 

AFI Shorts Program 3

 

2 Stars

Son-Mother

Men in Black: International 

Zilla and Zoe 

 

1 Star

Knives and Skin 

High Life 

Liberte 

Be good to each other,

Nathan

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