My Year 2023 in Film
260 films watched in total: 172 first time watches + 88 rewatches (so 34% were rewatches, I love rewatching my favorite films)
1–10: Top 10 new releases (released in 2023/late 2022)
11–20: Top 10 first time watches (released before 2022/2023)
21–30: Top 10 rewatches
most watched directors:
Buster Keaton (7 films)
Howard Hawks (4 films)
Akira Kurosawa (4 films)
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi (4 films)
Billy Wilder (4 films)
Michael Curtiz (3 films)
Willi Forst (3 films)
Alfred Hitchcock (3 films)
Helmut Käutner (3 films)
Yasujirô Ozu (3 films)
Christian Petzold (3 films)
Chad Stahelski (3 films)
number of films watched by decade:
1890s: 1
1900s: 2
1910s: 4
1920s: 18
1930s: 22
1940s: 28
1950s: 47
1960s: 9
1970s: 13
1980s: 36
1990s: 17
2000s: 8
2010s: 17
2020s: 38
1–10: Top 10 new releases (released in 2023/late 2022)
11–20: Top 10 first time watches (released before 2022/2023)
21–30: Top 10 rewatches
most watched directors:
Buster Keaton (7 films)
Howard Hawks (4 films)
Akira Kurosawa (4 films)
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi (4 films)
Billy Wilder (4 films)
Michael Curtiz (3 films)
Willi Forst (3 films)
Alfred Hitchcock (3 films)
Helmut Käutner (3 films)
Yasujirô Ozu (3 films)
Christian Petzold (3 films)
Chad Stahelski (3 films)
number of films watched by decade:
1890s: 1
1900s: 2
1910s: 4
1920s: 18
1930s: 22
1940s: 28
1950s: 47
1960s: 9
1970s: 13
1980s: 36
1990s: 17
2000s: 8
2010s: 17
2020s: 38
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- DirectorNick BrunoTroy QuaneStarsChloë Grace MoretzRiz AhmedEugene Lee YangWhen a knight in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn't commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona -- a mischievous teen who happens to be a shapeshifting creature he's sworn to destroy.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiDa'Vine Joy RandolphDominic SessaA cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.
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- DirectorChad StahelskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneGeorge GeorgiouJohn Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.
- DirectorJames GunnStarsChris PrattChukwudi IwujiBradley CooperStill reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.
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- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsKen OgataMasayuki ShionoyaHiroshi MikamiA fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
- DirectorAbel GanceStarsAlbert DieudonnéVladimir RoudenkoEdmond Van DaëleA film about the French general's youth and early military career.
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- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsVictor MooreBeulah BondiFay BainterAn elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
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- DirectorBill DouglasStarsRobin SoansWilliam GaminaraStephen BatemanThe story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of nineteenth century English farm laborers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsBurt LancasterTony CurtisSusan HarrisonPowerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsMakiko EsumiTakashi NaitôTadanobu AsanoA young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsNina HossRonald ZehrfeldNina KunzendorfAfter surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret singer has her disfigured face reconstructed and returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out her gentile husband, who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen CavenderAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
- DirectorDaryl DukeCurtis HansonStarsElliott GouldChristopher PlummerSusannah YorkA timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.
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