2022 Movie Stats

In the year 2022 I watched 181 new-to-me movies and 52 movies that were rewatches for a total of 233. That's just over 100 LESS than last year :/

New to me: 181 (105 pre-1970, 76 post-1970)

Rewatches: 52 (38 pre-1970, 14 post-1970)

Total: 233 (143 pre-1970, 90 post-1970)

Where I watched them: 

TCM: 87 (20 rewatches)

Library (DVD & Apps): 19 (1 rewatch)

Personal DVD: 30 (19 rewatches)

YouTube & OK: 32 (6 rewatches)

Paid Streaming Services: 40 (3 rewatches) 

TV & Free Streaming Services: 21 (2 rewatches)

Theater: 2

          Other: 2 (1 rewatch)

Here are my top five movie discoveries:

Brief Encounter (1945) - Celia Johnson & Trevor Howard

Mr. Soft Touch (1949) - Glenn Ford & Evelyn Keyes

Shane (1953) - Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin

Tough Guys (1986) - Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Alexis Smith

The Lost Husband (2020) - Leslie Bibb & Josh Duhamel

Classics I finally watched: 

          Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone

          The Good Earth (1937) - Paul Muni & Luise Rainer

          The Lady Vanishes (1938) - Margaret Lockwood & Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty

          Brief Encounter (1945) - Celia Johnson & Trevor Howard

Shane (1953) - Alan Ladd, Van Heflin & Jean Arthur

Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) - Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift

Bullitt (1968) - Steve McQueen

          Westworld (1973) - Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin

The Fugitive (1993) - Harrison Ford

Little Woman (1994) - Wynona Ryder, Susan Sarandan, Christian Bale, Mary Wickes

         

Number of movies per decade:

1910s: 0 (0 rewatches)
1920s: 1 (0 rewatches)
1930s: 26 (4 rewatches)
1940s: 44 (8 rewatches)
1950s: 45 (18 rewatches)
1960s: 27 (8 rewatches)
1970s: 16 (0 rewatches)
1980s: 25 (4 rewatches)
1990s: 19 (4 rewatches)
2000s: 6 (1 rewatch)
2010s: 17 (4 rewatches)

2020s: 7 (1 rewatch)

Number of movies per month:

January: 36 (6 rewatches)
February: 25 (8 rewatches)
March: 24 (1 rewatch)
April: 20 (6 rewatches)
May: 20 (6 rewatches)
June: 10 (2 rewatches)
July: 26 (6 rewatches)
August: 20 (5 rewatches) 
September: 11 (3 rewatch)
October: 9 (1 rewatch)
November: 13 (3 rewatches)
December: 19 (5 rewatches)



Number of Foreign Language Films: 1 (French)

Number of Documentaries: 18 

Most Watched (Leading) Movie Stars: (I do this very scientifically, I think of names and search my word document lol)

Kurt Russell - 37 films (plus multiple TV episodes)

Josh Duhamel - 11 films

Elvis Presley - 7 films (5 were rewatches)

Kirk Douglas - 6 films

Glenn Ford, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Robert Young, Goldie Hawn - 5 films

Clark Gable, William Holden, Dana Andrews, Brian Keith, Gilbert Roland, John Mills - 4 films

Stars I discovered/grew to love/admire: Kurt Russell, Josh Duhamel

 

*To see last year's stats, click here.

Did you keep track of the movies you watched in 2022? 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

Glenn Ford dresses up as St. Nick in Mr. Soft Touch (1949)

This month had the usual Christmas movies as well as some unusual ones. 

1. A Night of Adventure (1944) - Tom Conway & Audrey Long 
2. Christmas Holiday (1944) - Deanna Durbin & Gene Kelly, Gale Sondergaard
3. Mr. Soft Touch (1949) - Glenn Ford & Evelyn Keyes, Percy Kilbride
4. Young Man with Ideas (1952) - Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Nina Foch, Denise Darcel 
5. *White Christmas (1954) - Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye & Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes
6. Bridge to the Sun (1961) - James Shigeta & Carroll Baker
7. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) - George Lazenby & Diana Rigg
8. Witness for the Prosecution (1982) - Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Diana Rigg, Wendy Hiller
9. *Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) - Alan Young
10. The Jewel of the Nile (1985) - Kathleen Turner & Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito
11. *Home Alone (1990) - Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy
12. *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) - Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Tim Curry, Eddie Bracken, Catherine O’Hara
13. Forget Paris (1995) - Billy Crystal & Debra Winger
14. Escape From L.A. (1996) - Kurt Russell, Cliff Robertson 
15. Fathers’ Day (1997) - Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
16. *Elf (2003) - Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen
17. Charlie St. Cloud (2010) - Zac Efron 
18. New Year’s Eve (2011) - star-studded cast (including Josh Duhamel)
19. A Castle for Christmas (2021) - Brooke Shields & Cary Elwes

Least Favorite Film: It wasn’t bad but Escape from L.A. was just ok. It wasn’t as visually freaky as Escape from New York but it was too similar. It was my last Kurt Russell movie for the year. 

Favorite Movie: I really liked Mr. Soft Touch. Eddie Muller gave a great intro (Noir Alley on TCM). Last year I watched Spectre on Christmas Day (to refresh my memory before watching No Time to Die) and this year I watched On Her Majesty’s Secret Service so I guess that’s a new tradition? Lol. Anyway, I can’t stop listening to this song <3