2025 Movie Stats

In the year 2025 I watched 104 new-to-me movies and 71 movies that were rewatches for a total of 175.

New to me: 104 (78 pre-1970, 26 post-1970)

Rewatches: 71 (46 pre-1970, 25 post-1970)

Total: 175 (124 pre-1970, 51 post-1970)

Where I watched them: 

TCM: 50 (14 rewatches)

Library (DVD & Apps): 8 (2 rewatches)

Personal DVD: 52 (46 rewatches)

YouTube & OK: 23 (3 rewatches)

Paid Streaming Services: 13 (2 rewatches) 

TV & Free Streaming Services: 28 (3 rewatches)

Theater: 1 (1 rewatch)

Here are my top ten movie discoveries:

The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) - Ronald Colman, Vilma Banky, Gary Cooper

She (1935) - Randolph Scott, Helen Gahagan, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce

Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948) - David Tomlinson, Paul Dupois

To the Victor (1948) - Dennis Morgan & Viveca Lindfors

The Cure for Love (1949) - Robert Donat & Renee Asherson

It Happens Every Spring (1949) - Ray Milland, Paul Douglas, Jean Peters

The Private War of Major Benson (1955) - Charlton Heston, Julie Adams, William Demerest, Sal Mineo

The Tall T (1957) - Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan

No, My Darling Daughter (1961) - Juliet Mills, Michael Redgrave, Roger Livesy

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) - Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Christopher Plummer

Classics I finally watched: 

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins

The Americanization of Emily (1957) - Julie Andrews & James Garner, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Jack Hawkins

Planet of the Apes (1968) - Charlton Heston

The Way We Were (1973) - Barbra Streisand & Robert Redford

Out of Africa (1985) - Meryl Streep & Robert Redford

         

Number of movies per decade:

1910s: 0 
1920s: 2 (0 rewatches) - both Ronald Colman lol
1930s: 16 (2 rewatches)
1940s: 44 (16 rewatches)
1950s: 41 (17 rewatches)
1960s: 21 (11 rewatches)
1970s: 5 (3 rewatches)
1980s: 8 (5 rewatches)
1990s: 14 (6 rewatches)
2000s: 9 (6 rewatches)
2010s: 5 (4 rewatches)

2020s: 10 (1 rewatch)

Number of movies per month:

January: 10 (3 rewatches)
February: 17 (10 rewatches)
March: 12 (8 rewatches)
April: 10 (2 rewatches)
May: 20 (8 rewatches)
June: 14 (5 rewatches) -exactly the same as last year!
July: 12 (3 rewatches)
August: 12 (3 rewatches) 
September: 11 (3 rewatches)
October: 15 (6 rewatches)
November: 25 (10 rewatches)
December: 17 (10 rewatches)



Number of Foreign Language Films: 0

Number of Documentaries: 11

Most Watched (Leading) Movie Stars: 

Randolph Scott - 13 films

Robert Redford - 10 films (only 3 were new to me though)

Glenn Ford & Sean Connery - 7 films (mostly rewatches)

Jack Hawkins & Charlton Heston- 5 films 

William Holden, Dennis Morgan, Humphrey Bogart - 4 films

Stars I "discovered": Mostly continued with last year's stars, but explored more Charlton Heston and Randolph Scott.

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

Did you keep track of the movies you watched in 2025? 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

Season 4 Opening Theme

I started watching season 4 of The Avengers and am greatly enjoying it (first 10 episodes this month)! It's on tubi but was missing season 1, so I hadn't started it. Then I decided to just go ahead and start with season 2 and was confused when Diana Rigg wasn't listed in the opening credits. So I googled it and discovered that season 1 only has three surviving episodes and that Diana Rigg was in seasons 4-6. I like Honor Blackman too (season 2 & 3) so I will definitely go back and watch those at some point. To give you a glimpse of why I started watching it: Out of Africa => composer John Barry =>James Bond - On His Majesty's Secret Service with Diana Rigg => The Avengers.

* indicates a rewatch

1. *The Thin Man (1934) - William Powell & Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton
2. *Remember the Night (1940) - Fred MacMurray & Barbara Stanwyck
3. The Perfect Snob (1941) - Charles Ruggles, Cornel Wilde, Lynn Bari, Anthony Quinn
4. *I'll Be Seeing You (1944) - Ginger Rogers & Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington
5. *Christmas in Connecticut (1945) - Barbara Stanwyck & Dennis Morgan, S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall, Reginald Gardiner, Sydney Greenstreet, Una O'Conner
6. Smart Woman (1948) - Constance Bennett & Brian Aherne
7. It Happens Every Spring (1949) - Ray Milland, Paul Douglas, Jean Peters
8. *The Secret Garden (1949) - Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Brian Roper, Reginald Owen
9. *White Christmas (1954) - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera Ellen, Rosemary Clooney, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes
10. *We're No Angels (1955) - Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Leo G. Carroll, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Gloria Talbot
11. 5 Against the House (1955) - Guy Madison, Kim Novak, Brian Keith
12. Kidnapped (1960) - James MacArthur, Peter Finch, Bernard Lee, Peter O'Toole, Finlay Currie
13. Out of Africa (1985) - Meryl Streep & Robert Redford
14. *Mickey's Christmas Carol (1987) - Alan Young
15. *Elf (2003) - Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel, Edward Asner, Mary Steenburgen
16. *Blind Dating (2006) - Chris Pine
17. The Contractor (2022) - Chris Pine, Ben Foster

Backstairs at the White House (1979 Mini-Series) - ep. 1, loads of familiar faces

Least Favorite Film: Smart Woman and Out of Africa were both just ok. The score for the latter was gorgeous though, as was Mr. Redford ;)

Favorite Movie: Definitely It Happens Every Spring. 

Favorite Quote: These two pick-up lines from 5 Against the House.

"I'm a stranger in town, can you direct me to your house?" - Brian Keith

"Excuse me, I'm writing a new telephone book and I'd like to include your name and number."

Novak has a stunning, or as the posters say "sizzling," character introduction. 

I love the glitter in her hair.

Keep an eye out for my end-of-year stats post!! 

I should have it up by this weekend :)

Movies I Watched in November

She who must be obeyed.

Started off Noirvember with Laura (1944), then read Gene Tierney's autobiography Self Portrait that I picked it up at an antique store a couple months ago. Ended Noirvember with Nightfall. I also read the book of the same name by David Goodis that the film was based on. Continued watching more Robert Redford movies. Looks like TCM is showing a couple Dennis Morgan movies early every Saturday morning right now. I revisited Tear Gas Squad with my favorite Dennis Morgan song (here):

Cute little Karolyn Grimes in Albuquerque.

This month ended up being Randolph Scott Westerns month. I've never purposefully explored his films. The ones I have seen I was usually watching for someone else: Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Cary Grant, Fred and Ginger, etc. A couple months ago I watched Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend because of James Garner and The Walking Hills for Ella Raines. Then right at the end of last month I finished Canadian Pacific, which I had started several months before on tubi, and then decided to watch the two other Scott movies that were on Watch TCM. There's quite a few of his films on tubi so I kept going!

*indicates a rewatch

1. Beau Geste (1926) - Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Noah Beery, William Powell, Victor McLaglen
2. She (1935) - Randolph Scott, Helen Gahagan, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce
3. The Last of the Mohicans (1936) - Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel
4. The Texans (1938) - Randolph Scott & Joan Bennett, Robert Cummings, May Robson, Walter Brennan
5. *Bachelor Mother (1939) - Ginger Rogers & David Niven, Charles Coburn
6. *Tear Gas Squad (1940) - Dennis Morgan, John Payne, Gloria Dickson
7. Tennessee Johnson (1942) - Van Heflin & Ruth Hussey, Lionel Barrymore, Marjorie Main
8. *Laura (1944) - Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
9. Belle of the Yukon (1944) - Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
10. *One More Tomorrow (1946) - Dennis Morgan & Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Reginald Gardiner
11. Abilene Town (1946) - Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak
12. *Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara & John Payne, Natalie Wood
13. Albuquerque (1948) - Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Lon Chaney Jr., Karolyn Grimes
14. The Cariboo Trail (1950) - Randolph Scott, Bill Williams, George 'Gabby' Hayes
15. Circle of Danger (1951) - Ray Milland & Patricia Roc
16. Carson City (1952) - Randolph Scott, Raymond Massey
17. *All That Heaven Allows (1955) - Jane Wyman & Rock Hudson, Agnes Morehead, Virginia Grey, Gloria Talbott
18. Tight Spot (1955) - Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
19. *Nightfall (1956) - Aldo Ray & Anne Bancroft, Brian Keith
20. The Tall T (1957) - Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan
21. The Way We Were (1973) - Barbra Streisand & Robert Redford
22. *The Sting (1973) - Robert Redford & Paul Newman
23. *Moonstruck (1987) - Cher & Nicholas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia
24. *Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) - Steve Martin & John Candy
25. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) - Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Laura Carmichael, et. all

A&E Biography Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait (1999)

Least Favorite Film: The Cariboo Trail. I rolled my eyes a lot. It had a lot of the Western cliches.

I loved this costume though!

Favorite Movie: The Tall T was really good. Somehow no one in my family had heard of it before! Also low key obsessed with She. The thumbnail showed snow so I hit play. Really enjoyed Circle of Danger. Ray Milland travels to England to look up the men of the commando unit his brother fought with during the war to try and clear up the mysterious circumstances of his death. No one seems to be able to answer his questions. All three films are on Tubi.

Favorite Quote: (All from One More Tomorrow)

Smith: "Stop being bitter and get me a drink."

Morgan: "Haven't we met before?"

Gardiner: "No, I don't think so. I might have forgotten you, but you'd never have forgotten me."

Morgan: "Strange, I could have sworn that.."

Gardiner: "No, no. We've never met. But you may have seen my picture somewhere. I used to be an advertising model."

(This exchange was funny because they were both in Christmas in Connecticut the previous year.)

Wyman: "What are you doing on this couch, I thought the blue one was your favorite."

Gardiner: "It developed a bump in the middle. It and I are through."

She (1935)

Movies I Watched in October

My blog celebrated its 11th Anniversary this month on the 8th! Pulled out my Marlene Dietrich Glamour Collection and watched three movies on it. Continued re-watching Robert Redford movies. Introduced my brothers to Murder, He Says. 

* indicates a rewatch

1. The Devil is a Woman (1935) - Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero
2. You'll Find Out (1940) - Kay Kyser, Dennis O'Keefe, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre
3. The Flame of New Orleans (1941) - Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young
4. *Murder, He Says (1945) - Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main
5. Golden Earrings (1947) - Ray Milland & Marlene Dietrich
6. To the Victor (1948) - Dennis Morgan & Viveca Lindfors, Dorothy Malone
7. Deep Waters (1948) - Dana Andrews & Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Anne Revere, Ed Begley
8. Canadian Pacific (1949) - Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, Nancy Olson
9. Fighting Man of the Plains (1949) - Randolph Scott
10. Southside 1-1000 (1950) - Don DeFore, Andrea King, George Tobias 
11. *Imitation General (1958) - Glenn Ford, Red Buttons, Dean Jones, Kent Smith
12. *Barefoot in the Park (1967) - Jane Fonda & Robert Redford, Mildred Natwick, Charles Boyer
13. *All the President's Men (1976) - Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Jason Robards
14. *The Electric Horseman (1979) - Robert Redford & Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson, John Saxon
15. *Apollo 13 (1995) - Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan

The Outlaw Trail with Robert Redford (1976) - on YT!

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996)

John Candy: I Like Me (2025-Amazon Prime)

Least Favorite Film: Probably The Devil is a Woman. I'd watch it again though.

Favorite Movie: Intriguing new-to-me movies were Deep Waters, Golden Earrings, and To the Victor (the latter on Watch TCM until November 14th - recommend if you're a Dennis Morgan fan).

Favorite Quote: "I'm nobody's story but my own." 

~ Robert Redford in The Electric Horseman to Jane Fonda

To the Victor (1948)

Movies I Watched in September

We lost Robert Redford this month. The last of the cool gentlemen.

Only Murders in the Building season 5 started on Hulu. I've watched the six episodes that have aired so far along with the video version of the podcast. Me and my brother revisited The Big Sleep (maybe my fourth watch?). We concentrated really hard (so many names) and kept pausing it to clarify certain points with each other but as we talked it out afterwards we were still confused lol.

* indicates a rewatch

1. The Plot Thickens (1936) - James Gleason, Zasu Pitts
2. Love Story/A Woman Surrenders (1944) - Margaret Lockwood & Stewart Granger
3. *The Big Sleep (1946) - Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers
4. The Cure for Love (1949) - Robert Donat & Renee Asherson
5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Peter O'Toole, Omar Shariff, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Claude Rains, Anthony Quinn, Jose Ferrer
6. Guns of Diablo (1964) - Charles Bronson, Kurt Russell
7. *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Paul Newman & Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin
8. The Horse Whisperer (1998) - Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson
9. *Our Souls at Night (2017) - Jane Fonda & Robert Redford
10. Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019) - Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell, lots of actors playing themselves
11. The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021) - Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner, Felicity Jones

Least Favorite Film: The last third or so of Lawrence of Arabia started to get very tiresome. I watched it over three days. Guns of Diablo was ok. It's an extended version of the last episode of Kurt Russell's TV Show The Travels of Jamie McPheeters. The copy TCM showed is a little clearer than the one on Tubi. There had been several episodes of the show on an Osmond Brothers channel on YT (they played one of the families in the wagon train) but it looks like they're no longer there. 

Favorite Movie: If you love Robert Donat like I do, make sure to check out The Cure for Love (it's on YT! the channel - Dubjax - was taken down but a new one was started - Dubjax Films. He uploads lots of great British films). Donat also, wrote, produced, and directed it! It was kind of difficult for me to make out all of the dialogue and the closed captions weren't really helpful. It was one of the few Donat films I have left to watch.

Favorite Quote: "Who are those guys?" (both Redford and Newman)

Movies I Watched in August

This month I rewatched the first two seasons of The Nanny. I also watched season 1 of A Man on the Inside (2024-present) on Netflix starring Ted Danson. Highly recommend. Funny and heartfelt. Season 2 comes out Nov. 20th. 

1. *The Conspirators (1944) - Paul Henreid & Hedy Lamarr, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre
2. *To Have and Have Not (1944) - Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael
3. *The Captive Heart (1946) - Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns
4. The Walking Hills (1949) - Randolph Scott, Ella Raines, John Ireland, Arthur Kennedy
5. Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955) - Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Chuck Conners, Marshall Thompson
6. Johnny Tremain (1957) - Hal Stalmaster, Sebastian Cabot, Richerd Beymer
7. Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) - Randolph Scott, James Garner, James Craig, Angie Dickinson
8. The Americanization of Emily (1964) - James Garner & Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn
9. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) - Michael Caine, Steve Martin
10. Message in a Bottle (1999) - Kevin Costner & Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman
11. Enola Holmes 2 (2022) - Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter
12. The Thursday Murder Club (2025) - Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, David Tennant

Least Favorite Film: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. The beginning was funny. And the last 15 minutes of Message in a Bottle. 

Favorite Movie: I really enjoyed The Thursday Murder Club. I was afraid it might be too gory but thankfully it wasn't. I hope Netflix makes a sequel. There was one scene with Helen Mirren that I just loved. 

Movies I Watched in July

My brother bought a month of Netflix so I was able to watch the handful of things on there I've been wanting to watch for a while, including the show Manifest. It was so good!!! If you like suspenseful time-travel/save-the-world shows than this is for you. Here's the season 1 trailer: 

There were also several Netflix Original documentaries I wanted to watch. They are listed below the movies. I tried watching a WWII one but they colorized all of the black and white footage and it was really distracting. 

Started listening to season 6 of “The Plot Thickens” on the making of Cleopatra (1963). 

* indicates a rewatch

1. Hot Tip (1935) - James Gleason, Zasu Pitts
2. Day-Time Wife (1939) - Tyrone Power & Linda Darnell, Warren William, Binnie Barnes, Wendy Barrie
3. This Side of the Law (1948/50) - Kent Smith, Viveca Lindfors, Janis Paige
4. *Roman Holiday (1953) - Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert
5. Cleopatra (1963) - Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Hume Cronyn, Roddy McDowell
6. For Love of the Game (1999) - Kevin Costner & Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, J. K. Simmons
7. *Safe Haven (2013) - Julianne Hough & Josh Duhamel
8. *The Lost Husband (2020) - Leslie Bibb & Josh Duhamel
9. Enola Holmes (2020) - Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helen Bonham Carter
10. The Dig (2021) - Ralph Fiennes, Carrey Mulligan, Lily James
11. Blackout (2022) - Josh Duhamel
12. Operation Mincemeat (2022) - Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton

The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014) - Bing Russell, Kurt Russell

Sly (2023) - Netflix doc on Sylvester Stallone, HIGHLY recommend for Rocky fans

Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley (2024) - mainly about the '68 Special

Martha (2024) - Stewart

Least Favorite Film: I watched about half of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962). It was extremely boring and Glenn Ford had zero chemistry with his co-star. Poor Lee J. Cobb was playing his grandfather for the first 20 minutes and came across as a cartoonish character.

Favorite Movie: I was surprised with how much I liked Enola Holmes. The Dig was an interesting film (though the Lily James storyline could have easily been cut - it didn't really add anything). Eddie Muller may not have cared for This Side of the Law but I enjoyed the atmosphere of the film. And Day-Time Wife was cute, even if the plot is an overdone one. 

This Side of the Law (1950) - Janis Paige