2026 Movie List

The Movies:
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Backrooms
Beware Boiúna
Buddy
The End of Oak Street
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Heart of the Beast
Hoppers
How to Make a Killing
Iron Lung

Mary Beth Barone: Galaxy Brain
Mimics
Mortal Kombat II

Primate
Resident Evil
Sam Morril: Incorrect
Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer

Send Help
Scary Movie
Scream 7
Supergirl
Taylor Tomlinson: Prodigal Daughter
Thrash
We Bury the Dead

2025 Movie List

The Movies:

Anaconda

28 Years Later
Bambi: The Reckoning
Christy
Clown in a Cornfield
Coyotes
Death of a Unicorn

Elio

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

I Know What You Did Last Summer
In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999

Jurassic World Rebirth

KPop Demon Hunters

The Long Walk

The Naked Gun
One Battle After Another
Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare

Predator: Badlands

Primitive War
Shelby Oaks

Sinners

Superman

The Toxic Avenger
Troll 2
Wake Up Dead Man

Weapons
Wolf Man

2024 Movie List

The Movies:
Abigail

Ali Wong: Single Lady

Alien: Romulus

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Hit Man

In a Violent Nature
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

Late Night with the Devil

Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

A Quiet Place: Day One

Salem's Lot

Taylor Tominson: Have It All

Twisters

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

Top 5 Movies:
Hit Man

Late Night with the Devil (winner)

Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

A Quiet Place: Day One

Twisters

Pre-1977 Movie List

1930s:
42nd Street

The Bride of Frankenstein

City Lights

Dracula

Frankenstein
Freaks

The Invisible Man

King Kong

The Mummy

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Wizard of Oz

2023 Movie List

The Movies:

65

Black Demon

The Boy and the Heron

Cocaine Bear

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Godzilla Minus One

The Lost King

Mafia Mamma

Meg 2: The Trench

Oppenheimer

Paint

Scream VI

Sisu

Skinamarink

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey

Top 5 Movies:
The Boy and the Heron

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Godzilla Minus One (winner)

The Lost King

Oppenheimer

2022 Movie List

The Movies:

Ali Wong: Don Wong
Belle
Bodies Bodies Bodies

Cyrano

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Fabelmans

Glass Onion

Halloween Ends

In Search of Darkness: Part III

Jerry & Marge Go Large

Jurassic World: Dominion
Minions: The Rise of Gru

Nope

Pearl

Prey

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Scream

Strange World

Taylor Tomlinson: Look At You

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Troll

Turning Red

Werewolf by Night

The Whale

X

Top 5 Movies:
Everything Everywhere All at Once (winner)

Glass Onion

Nope

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Turning Red

2021 Movie List

The Movies:

Antlers

Army of the Dead

Bingo Hell

Black Widow

Bo Burnham: Inside

Candyman

Encanto

Eternals

Free Guy

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Godzilla vs Kong

Halloween Kills

Jungle Cruise

Lamb

Malignant

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Mortal Kombat

Raya and the Last Dragon

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Willy's Wonderland

Top 5 Movies:
Bo Burnham: Inside
Encanto (winner)

Free Guy

Malignant

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

2020 Movie List

The Movies:

#Alive

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Greenland
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas

In Search of Darkness Part II

The New Mutants

Onward
Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything

Peninsula

A Quiet Place Part II

Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crises

Tread

Underwater

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

Top 5 Movies:
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

A Quiet Place Part II

Tread

Underwater

The Wolf of Snow Hollow (winner)

2019 Movie List

The Movies:
1917

Alita: Battle Angel

Avengers: Endgame

The Banana Splits Movie

Brightburn

Captain Marvel

Child's Play

Crawl

Critters Attack!

The Dead Don't Die

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

The Farewell

Frozen II

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

In Search of Darkness

In the Tall Grass

IT: Chapter Two

Itsy Bitsy

Knives Out

The Lighthouse

Little Monsters

Little Women

Midsommar

Monsoon

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Parasite

Pet Sematary

Scary Stories

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

The Secret Life of Pets 2

Shazam!

Us

Velvet Buzzsaw

Vivarium

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Top 5 Movies:
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (winner)

Knives Out

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Parasite

Us

Best Actress:

Awkwafina, The Farewell

Ana de Armas, Knives Out

Lupita Nyong'o, Us (winner)

Florence Pugh, Midsommar

Saoirse Ronan, Little Women

Best Actor:

Daniel Craig, Knives Out

Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Henry Golding, Monsoon

Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (winner)

Best Supporting Actress:

Jamie Lee Curtis, Knives Out

Florence Pugh, Little Women

Margot Robbie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Park So-dam, Parasite (winner)

Cho Yeo-jhong, Parasite

Best Supporting Actor:
Timothée Chalamet, Little Women

Chris Evans, Knives Out

Song Kang-ho, Parasite (winner)

Barry Pepper, Crawl

James Ransone, IT: Chapter Two

2018 Movie List

The Movies:
Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife
Annihilation

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Avengers: Infinity War

Bird Box

Black Panther

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Cloverfield Paradox

Crazy Rich Asians

Deadpool 2

Halloween

Hannah Gadsby: Nanette

Hell Fest (2024 review)

Hereditary

The Incredibles 2

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Mary Poppins Returns
The Meg

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Overlord

The Predator

A Quiet Place

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Rampage

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

A Star is Born

Tomb Raider

Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell

A Wrinkle in Time
Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Top 5 Movies:

Black Panther

Crazy Rich Asians

Hereditary

Mary Poppins Returns

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (winner)

Best Actress:

Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns

Toni Collette, Hereditary (winner)

Jamie Lee Curtis, Halloween

Lady Gaga, A Star is Born

Natalie Portman, Annihilation

Best Actor:

Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther

Josh Brolin, Avengers: Infinity War

Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born (winner)

Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Alex Wolff, Hereditary

Best Supporting Actress:

Danai Gurira, Black Panther

Keira Knightley, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Lupita Nyong'o, Black Panther

Tessa Thompson, Annihilation

Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians (winner)

Best Supporting Actor:

Paul Bettany, Avengers: Infinity War

Nicolas Cage, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Sam Elliott, A Star is Born

Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther (winner)

Ben Whishaw, Mary Poppins Returns

2017 Movie List

The Movies:
47 Meters Down 

Alien: Covenant

All the Money in the World

Baby Driver

The Babysitter

Battle of the Sexes

Beauty and the Beast

Call Me By Your Name

Colossal

The Dark Tower

Dave Chapelle: The Age of Sin
Despicable Me 3

The Founder

Get Out

The Greatest Showman

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

IT: Chapter One

Jack Whitehall: At Large

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Kedi

Kong: Skull Island

Mother!

Murder on the Orient Express
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation

Power Rangers

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

The Ritual

The Shape of Water

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Thor: Ragnarok

The Void

Wonder Woman

Top 5 Movies:
Baby Driver

Call Me By Your Name

Colossal

Get Out (winner)

Wonder Woman

Best Actress:
Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman

Anne Hathaway, Colossal (winner)

Jennifer Lawrence, Mother!

Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes

Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World

Best Actor:

Kenneth Branagh, Murder on the Orient Express

Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name

Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman

Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out (winner)

Jason Sudeikis, Colossal

Best Supporting Actress:

Betty Gabriel, Get Out (winner)

Karen Gillan, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2

Catherine Keener, Get Out

Sophia Lillis, IT: Chapter One

Michelle Pfeiffer, Mother!

Best Supporting Actor:
Jon Hamm, Baby Driver

Lil Rel Howery, Get Out

Kurt Russell, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2

Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name (winner)

Finn Wolfhard, IT: Chapter One

2016 Movie List

The Movies:
10 Cloverfield Lane

Ali Wong: Baby Cobra

Arrival

The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Boss

Captain America: Civil War

Deadpool

Doctor Strange

Fences

Finding Dory

Ghostbusters

Hail, Caesar!

Hell or High Water  

Independence Day: Resurgence

Jim Jeffries: Freedumb

Kubo and the Two Strings

Kung Fu Panda 3

La La Land

Moana

The Monster

Moonlight

The Osiris Child
Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping

Peelers

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The Rezort

Rogue One

Sausage Party
Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre

Shin Godzilla

Sing!

Suicide Squad

Train to Busan
Uncaged (Prey)

Warcraft

The Witch

X-Men: Apocalypse

Zootopia

Top 5 Movies:

Arrival (winner)

Kubo and the Two Strings

La La Land

Moonlight

Train to Busan

Best Actress:

Amy Adams, Arrival (winner)

Viola Davis, Fences

Emma Stone, La La Land

Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 10 Cloverfield Lane

Best Actor:
Ben Foster, Hell or High Water

John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane (winner)

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Denzel Washington, Fences

Gong Yoo, Train to Busan

Best Supporting Actress:
Kate Dickie, The Witch

Naomie Harris, Moonlight (winner)

Satomi Ishihara, Shin Godzilla

Kate McKinnon, Ghostbusters

Ye Soo-jung, Train to Busan

Best Supporting Actor:

Ma Dong-seok, Train to Busan (winner)

Alden Ehrenreich, Hail, Caesar!

André Holland, Moonlight

Ralph Ineson, The Witch

Trevante Rhodes, Moonlight

2015 Movie List

The Movies:
Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story

Ant-Man

Area 51

Attack on Titan (Part 1)

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden

Backcountry

Chappie

Cinderella

Cooties

Dude Bro Party Massacre III

The Final Girls

The Good Dinosaur

The Hateful Eight

Inside Out

It Follows

John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid

Jurassic World

Krampus

The Last Five Years

Maggie

Mr. Holmes

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

Pitch Perfect 2

The Revenant

San Andreas
Spy

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Stung

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Top 5 Movies:

The Final Girls

Inside Out (winner)

Krampus

The Last Five Years

Spy

Best Actress:

Malin Akerman, The Final Girls

Taissa Farmiga, The Final Girls (winner)

Anna Kendrick, The Last Five Years

Melissa McCarthy, Spy

Amy Poehler, Inside Out

Best Actor:
Jeremy Jordan, The Last Five Years

Ian McKellen, Mr. Holmes (winner)

Alec Owen, Dude Bro Party Massacre III

Paul Rudd, Ant-Man

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maggie

Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett, Cinderella

Rose Byrne, Spy (winner)

Toni Collette, Krampus

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Phyllis Smith, Inside Out

Best Supporting Actor:
Adam DeVine, Pitch Perfect 2

Walton Goggins, The Hateful Eight

Tom Hardy, The Revenant (winner)

Adam Scott, Krampus

Jason Statham, Spy

Faves of the Year: 5-1

My favorites of the year, the top 5 (see my selections for Best Actress, Actor, Supporting Actress, and Supporting Actor at the Movie List page)

I should also note that this list is subject to change once I see the slew of movies waiting on deck (Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, etc.)  So enjoy the time capsule that will most likely change throughout the year.

5)  Captain America:  The Winter Soldier

4)  Godzilla

3)  Nightcrawler

2)  Blue Ruin

1)  The Babadook

Faves of the Year: 10-6

My favorite movies from 2014, from number 10 through number 6.

10)  Under the Skin

9)  X-Men:  Days of Future Past

8)  The Lego Movie

7)  The Rover

6)  Selma

2014 Movie List

The Movies:
All Cheerleaders Die

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Annabelle

The Babadook

Bad Words

Big Bad Wolves

Big Hero 6

Blue Ruin

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Godzilla

Gone Girl

Guardians of the Galaxy

The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies

The Imitation Game

Interior. Leather Bar.

Interstellar

Into the Storm

Into the Woods

Jersey Boys

Jim Jeffries: Bare

John Wick

Journey to the West

Knights of Badassdom

The Lego Movie

Lucy

Maleficent

The Maze Runner

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Mine Games

Muppets Most Wanted

Nightcrawler

Noah

Oculus

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

The Rover

Selma
The Taking of Deborah Logan

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

That Awkward Moment

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Tusk

Under the Skin

Wild
Willow Creek

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Zombeavers

Top 5 Movies
The Babadook (winner)

Blue Ruin

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Godzilla

Interstellar

Best Actress:
Elizabeth Banks, The Lego Movie

Essie Davis, The Babadook (winner)

Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin

Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Actor:
Jason Bateman, Bad Words

Macon Blair, Blue Ruin

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler (winner)

Matthew McConaughey, Interstellar

David Oyelowo, Selma

Best Supporting Actress:

Carrie Coon, Gone Girl (winner)

Laura Dern, Wild

Anne Hathaway, Interstellar

Anna Kendrick, Into the Woods

Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

Best Supporting Actor:
Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler (winner)

Dave Bautista, Guardians of the Galaxy

Robert Pattinson, The Rover

Chris Pine, Into the Woods

Devin Ratray, Blue Ruin

1980 Movie List

The Movies:
9 to 5
Airplane!

Alligator

The Blue Lagoon
The Blues Brothers

Bon Voyage Charlie Brown

Caddyshack

The Fog

Friday the 13th

The Gods Must Be Crazy

The Hollywood Knights

Inside Moves

Melvin and Howard
New Year's Evil

Private Benjamin

Raging Bull

Resurrection

The Shining

Smokey and the Bandit II

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Top 5 Movies:
Alligator
The Fog
Raging Bull (winner)
Resurrection
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Best Actress:
Adrienne Barbeau, The Fog
Ellen Burstyn, Resurrection (winner)
Shelley Duvall, The Shining
Goldie Hawn, Private Benjamin
Robin Riker, Alligator

Best Actor:
Robert De Niro, Raging Bull (winner)
Robert Forster, Alligator
Mark Hamill, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Robert Hays, Airplane!
John Savage, Inside Moves

Best Supporting Actress:
Eva Le Gallienne, Resurrection (winner)
Cathy Moriarty, Raging Bull
Betsy Palmer, Friday the 13th
Diana Scarwid, Inside Moves
Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard

Best Supporting Actor:
Rodney Dangerfield, Caddyshack
Hal Holbrook, The Fog
Robert Morse, Inside Moves
Leslie Nielsen, Airplane!

Joe Pesci, Raging Bull (winner)

1981 Movie List

The Movies:
An American Werewolf in London

Caveman

Clash of the Titans
Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Dragonslayer

Escape from New York

The Evil Dead
Fear No Evil

The Fox and the Hound

Friday the 13th Part 2

Halloween II

Heavy Metal

The Howling

Mommie Dearest

My Bloody Valentine
The Pit

Ragtime

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Student Bodies

Superman II

Top 5 Movies:
An American Werewolf in London (winner)

Halloween II

My Bloody Valentine

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Superman II

1982 Movie List

The Movies:
Annie

The Beastmaster

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Conan the Barbarian

Creepshow

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

First Blood
Friday the 13th Part III

Grease 2

The Last Unicorn

The Plague Dogs

Poltergeist

Porky's

Q: The Winged Serpent

Rocky III

The Secret of NIMH

The Slumber Party Massacre

The Thing

Tootsie

Top 5 Movies:
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
First Blood

Poltergeist

The Thing (winner)

1983 Movie List

The Movies:
Christine

A Christmas Story

Cujo
The Day After

Flashdance
Grizzly II: Revenge

Jaws 3-D

National Lampoon's Vacation

The Outsiders

Psycho II

Risky Business

Scarface

Sleepaway Camp

Smokey and the Bandit Part 3

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Sudden Impact

Trading Places

Twilight Zone: The Movie

WarGames

Top 5 Movies:
A Christmas Story

The Outsiders

Sleepaway Camp

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (winner)
Trading Places