Thursday, January 1, 2026

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 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!