2020 Movie Stats

This year I watched 293 new-to-me movies and 43 movies that were rewatches for a total of 336.

New to me: 293 (241 pre-1970, 52 post-1970)

Rewatches: 43 (33 pre-1970, 10 post-1970)

Total: 336 (274 pre-1970, 62 post-1970)

Where I watched them:

TCM: 243 (22 rewatches)

Library (DVD & Apps): 11 (0 rewatches)

Personal DVD: 23 (16 rewatches)

YouTube & OK: 15 (1 rewatch)

Paid Streaming Services: 23 (2 rewatches) 

TV & Free Streaming Services: 18 (2 rewatches)

Theater: 0

          Other: 1

Here are my top ten movie discoveries:

4/17 Baby Boom (1987)
6/18 Blue Hawaii (1961)

7/11 Airplane! (1980)

7/26 Three Days of the Condor (1975)
8/5 Embraceable You (1948)
8/10 Foul Play (1978)
8/29 King Creole (1958)
10/17 The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

11/19 G.I. Blues (1960)

11/30 Dogfight (1991)

Classics I finally watched:

          The Gold Rush (1925) - Charlie Chaplin

          The Divorcee (1930) - Norma Shearer

          Dracula (1931) - Bela Lugosi

          King Kong (1933) - Fay Wray

          Dodsworth (1936) - Walter Huston

Dark Victory (1939) - Bette Davis

          Sergeant York (1941) - Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan 

          Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles

          The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) - Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - James Cagney

On the Waterfront (1954) - Marlon Brando

Magnificent Obsession (1954) - Jane Wyman & Rock Hudson

The Red Badge of Courage (1951) - Audie Murphy 

          Jailhouse Rock (1957) - Elvis Presley

          The Blob (1958) - Steve McQueen 

          Spartacus (1960) - Kirk Douglas

          Sergeant Rutledge (1960) - Woody Strode, Jeffrey Hunter

The Great Escape (1963) - Steve McQueen, James Garner

Viva Las Vegas (1964) - Elvis Presley & Ann-Margaret

          The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) - Steve McQueen & Faye Dunaway 

          The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - Gene Hackman

          Annie Hall (1977) - Diane Keaton

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Drew Barrymore

Number of movies per decade:

1910s: 1 (0 rewatches)
1920s: 10 (0 rewatches)
1930s: 61 (2 rewatches)
1940s: 79 (15 rewatches)
1950s: 81 (7 rewatches)
1960s: 42 (9 rewatches)
1970s: 17 (1 rewatch)
1980s: 18 (1 rewatch)
1990s: 8 (2 rewatches)
2000s: 6 (4 rewatches)
2010s: 11 (2 rewatches)

2020s: 2 (0 rewatches)

Number of movies per month:

January: 31 (2 rewatches)
February: 37 (6 rewatches)
March: 22 (1 rewatch)
April: 21 (2 rewatches)
May: 30 (7 rewatches)
June: 24 (2 rewatches)
July: 32 (1 rewatch)
August: 25 (2 rewatches) 
September: 31 (3 rewatches)
October: 27 (3 rewatches)
November: 28 (7 rewatches)
December: 28 (7 rewatches)


Most Watched (Leading) Movie Stars:

Robert Taylor - 20 films

Elvis Presley - 13 films

Mel Gibson - 13 films

Barbara Stanwyck - 12 films

Walter Pidgeon - 11 films

Gary Cooper - 10 films

Patricia Neal - 9 films

Robert Stack - 9 films

Greer Garson - 8 films
Robert Ryan - 8 films

Karl Malden - 8 films

Norma Shearer, Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, George Sanders, Joan Crawford, Marsha Hunt, John Wayne, Marx Brothers (together & separate), River Phoenix - 6 films

Tony Curtis, James Garner, Eve Arden, Goldie Hawn - 5 films

Stars I discovered/grew to love/admire: Elvis Presley, Robert Taylor, Mel Gibson, Robert Stack, River Phoenix

*To see last years stats click here.

Did you keep track of the movies you watched in 2020? Was there a star or movie you discovered that you can't live without now? Let me know in the comments!

Movies I Watched in December

Dangerous Mission (1954)

This month I had the typical Christmas rewatches and then randomly ended up watching quite a few “new” movies: nearly half of this list are post-1970 films! I even watched a movie on “opening weekend” (WW84). Oh, btw... HBO Max doesn’t offer a free trial anymore :/ Luckily there’s enough exclusive content on there that the $16  will be worth it.

I never got around to writing about the free classic movies on the Peacock streaming service. They had over 100 but as of Jan. 1, 2021 they have exactly two movies made before 1970 (not counting James Bond): a Columbo Movie and Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol... So basically the only thing left for me to watch on there is Murder, She Wrote.

* indicates a rewatch

1. The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) - Max Baer & Myrna Loy, Walter Huston
2. Sabotage (1936) - Sylvia Sydney 
3. Desire (1936) - Gary Cooper & Marlene Dietrich
4. A Yank at Oxford (1938) - Robert Taylor & Maureen O’Sullivan, Vivian Leigh
5. Flight Command (1940) - Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Kelly, Red Skelton, Nat Pendleton, Marsha Hunt
6. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) - John Payne & Maureen O’Hara, Randolph Scott, Pat O’Brien
7. *Christmas in Connecticut (1945) - Barbara Stanwyck & Dennis Morgan, 
8. Deep Valley (1947) - Ida Lupino & Dane Clark, Wayne Morris, Fay Bainter, Henry Hull
9. Fighter Squadron (1948) - Edmund O’Brien, Robert Stack, Rock Hudson
10. The Damned Don’t Cry (1950) - Joan Crawford 
11. My Man and I (1952) - Ricardo Montalban & Shelley Winters, Claire Trevor, Wendell Corey, Jack Elam
12. Dangerous Mission (1954) - Victor Mature & Piper Laurie, Vincent Price, William Bendix, Bette St. John
13. *White Christmas (1954) - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes 
14. Bombers B-52 (1957) - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Karl Malden, Natalie Wood, Marsha Hunt
15. *We’re No Angels (1957) - Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Joan Bennett, Leo G. Carroll, Basil Rathbone
16. The Cat O’Nine Tails (1971) - Karl Malden 
17. *Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) - Alan Young
18. Explorers (1985) - Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson 
19. The Mosquito Coast (1986) - Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix, Martha Plimpton
20. *Home Alone (1990) - Macaulay Culkin
21. The Thing Called Love (1993) - River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock 
22. I Spy (2002) - Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson
23. *Elf (2003) - Will Ferrell & Zooey Deschanel, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner
24. *The Lake House (2006) - Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer
25. Destination Wedding (2018) - Winona Ryder & Keanu Reeves 
26. Gemini Man (2019) - Will Smith
27. Last Christmas (2019) - Emilia Clarke & Henry Golding, Emma Thompson
28. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) - Gal Gadot & Chris Pine, Kristin Wiig 

Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity (2015)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)

Least Favorite Film: Explorers was very dated. Fighter Squadron needed a stronger leading man. 

Favorite Movie: Destination Wedding was hilarious!! I also really liked Desire.