For the last decade, I’ve been keeping an obsessive list of every new movie I see within a given year. All films are feature-length, viewed in their entirety, and initial viewings.
2008
In The Line Of Fire
Mr. Brooks
Juno
Atonement
American Cannibal
Reign Over Me
Smokin’ Aces
Volver
Breach
Factory Girl
Eastern Promises
There Will Be Blood
Shoot ‘Em Up
Sicko
Teorema
Secret Things
Paris Je’taime
One to Another
The Hunger
Crank
Vacancy
Once
Severance
Exterminating Angels
Darjeeling Limited
Pickup On South Street
Right At Your Door
The Glamorous Life Of Sachiko Hanai
Speaking Parts
Tenebre
Conversations With Other Women
La Vie en Rose
Primary Colors
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait Of Diane Arbus
All About Lily Chou Chou
Lust, Caution
Southland Tales
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Little Dieter Needs To Fly
21
Black Book
Don’t Let Me Die On A Sunday
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
The Bank Job
Overnight
Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
The King Of Kong
Michael Clayton
Lake Of Fire
Slipstream
Eyes Without A Face
The Manson Family
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Purple Rain
Green Chair
Red Lights
Sweeny Todd: Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Back To The Beach
Iron Man
Cloverfield
Speed Racer
Teeth
Heavy Metal
The War Zone
Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skulls
Deep Red
Female Trouble
Halloween (2007)
Diary Of The Dead
Cassandra’s Dream
Fast, Cheap & Out Of Control
Protagonist
Delirious
The Thin Blue Line
The Incredible Hulk
Vantage Point
I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With
Less Than Zero
Get Smart
The Dark Knight
Ratatouille
Animal House
The Wackness
Holy Mountain
Pineapple Express
Liquid Sky
Trainspotting
Tropic Thunder
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Onion Movie
Supervixens
Murder Party
The Fall
Super High Me
The Ruins
Shine A Light
Righteous Kill
What Happened To Solange?
Burn After Reading
Antares
Oedipus Rex
The Face Of Another
The Mist
Salon Kitty
Religilous
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
W.
Let’s Go To Prison
Miller’s Crossing
Red Road
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Zack & Miri Make A Porno
Mister Lonely
Quantum Of Solace
The Vanishing
Once Upon A Time In America
4 Months, 2 Weeks, 3 Days
Paris, Texas
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Milk
2009
The Brood
The Strangers
The Times Of Harvey Milk
Wanted
Watcher In The Attic
Hostel Part II
The Doors
Immortal Beloved
In Bruges
The Visitor
Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds
Missing
P2
Man On Wire
Funny Games (2007)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Encounters At The End Of The World
Frost/Nixon
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Kiss Of The Spider Woman
The Wrestler
Fool For Love
Baraka
Coraline
Possession (1983)
Gonzo
Eden Lake
La Soga
Phantasm
Beowulf
Redbelt
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Pierrot Le Fou
Duplicity
Matewan
Rise Of The Dead
Let The Right One In
Lou Reed’s Berlin
Aria
Them
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Prince Of Darkness
The Room
New York Ripper
Adventureland
Margot At The Wedding
Synecdoche, New York
Doubt
RocknRolla
Strip Nude For Your Killer
Clean, Shaven
Frailty
Tell No One
Fracture
Jubilee
Glen And Randa
Star Trek
JCVD
The Reader
Felicia’s Journey
Revolutionary Road
The Hangover
Trash
The Savages
Martyrs
Friday The 13th (2009)
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
Body Snatchers
Last Year In Marienbad
Mary
Szamanka
La belle noiseuse
On The Silver Globe
Visioneers
Donkey Punch
Lakeview Terrace
The Crazies (1973)
Into The Wild
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Cemetery Man
Last House On The Left (2009)
The Brothers Bloom
Aquirre, the Wrath of God
Inglorious Basterds
In The Realm Of The Senses
Adoration
Nightwatching
Up!
The Informant!
The Tenant
Don’t Torture A Duckling
(500) Days Of Summer
Ghost Town
Assassination Of A High School President
Girlfriend Experience
Choke
The Fittest
Mortelle Randonnee
Celine And Julie Go Boating
Class Of Nuke ‘Em High
Observe And Report
Hamlet 2
Drag Me To Hell
Constantine’s Sword
Crank: High Voltage
Paranormal Activity
Trick ‘r Treat
Forged
How Much Do You Love Me?
Whatever Works
State Of Play
Evita
Opera
Rush
Wall Street
Men Who Stare At Goats
Zombieland
S. Darko
Bruno
Zardoz
Tyson
Antichrist
UHF
Giallo
The Hurt Locker
Twilight
Wet Hot American Summer
The Blind Side
The Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call, New Orleans
Avatar
Action Jackson
Jennifer’s Body
2010
Moon
It’s Complicated
Up In The Air
Rachel Getting Married
I Love You, Man
Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story
The Lovely Bones
Youth In Revolt
Harry Brown
The Invention Of Lying
Big Fan
Surveillance
Humpday
House On Sorority Row
World’s Greatest Dad
Hell Of The Living Dead
The Signal
Woman Under The Influence
Stuck
Silent Movie
Public Enemies
Funny People
God Told Me To
Memories Of A Murder
Ma Mere
District 9
Thirst
House Of The Devil
Salvage
Role Models
Shutter Island
Cop Out
Watchmen
She’s Out Of My League
Hot Tub Time Machine
Serious Man
Leaves Of Grass
Nine
The Box
Step Brothers
Couple’s Retreat
2012
Where The Wild Things Are
In The Loop
Kick Ass
Return Of The Living Dead
Death At A Funeral
The Level
Chloe
The Lives Of Others
The Obscure Object Of Desire
Taken
What Just Happened?
Iron Man 2
Zombie Nation
The Driller Killer
Sherlock Holmes
Survival Of The Dead
Pontypool
MacGruber
Get Him To The Greek
Rebuild of Evangelion: You Can Not Advance
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Splice
Wolfen
My Bloody Valentine
Happy Birthday To Me
D.C. Sniper
Zombies Of Mass Destruction
Up (2009)
Toy Story 3
The Happening
A Serbian Film
Inception
The Other Guys
Life During Wartime
The Kids Are All Right
Gamer
Last Exit To Brooklyn
Scott Pilgrim VS The World
The Expendables
Cemetery Junction
Piranha 3D
Piranha
Halloween 2 (2009)
The Killer Inside Me
The Living Wake
Foot First Way
Withnail & I
Machete
Anytown, USA
Next
The Town
Lord Of War
The Social Network
City Of The Living Dead
Slumber Party Massacre
Slumber Party Massacre 3
Sunshine Cleaning
Attack Girls’ Swim Team VS the Undead
Saw
Hellboy: The Golden Army
Resident Evil
Thirteen Ghosts
Nightmare On Elm Street
Wizard of Gore
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
The Ghost Writer
The Haunting Of Molly Hartley
Unstoppable
Alice, Sweet Alice
Wall Street 2
I’m Still Here
Exit Through The Gift Shop
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Waco: The Rules Of Engagement
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Last Battle
Sin Nombre
Dead Snow
Crucible
2011
Black Swan
Time of the Wolf
Spring Break Massacre
Birdemic: Shock and Terror
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cyrus
Winter’s Bone
Hear No Evil, See No Evil
Stir Crazy
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
A Woman Is A Woman
The Taking Of Pelham 123 (2009)
The Wayward Cloud
Toolbox Murders (1978)
Saw 6
Blue Valentine
Model Couple
The Plumber
The King’s Speech
Europa
Shoot The Piano Player
Tout va Bien
House (1977)
Freedom
Exam
Carnival of Souls
American Grindhouse
Dirty Harry
Zombie Holocaust
Jerry Maguire
Defending Your Life
Who Are You, Polly Magoo?
Hell Night
Color Of Night
Night Of The Creeps
Rubber
Rango
Sucker Punch
Source Code
Boarding Gate
Julie and Jack
Enter The Void
Superman: The Movie
Who Is Harry Nilsson?
Shadowboxer
Curse of the Zodiac
Silent Scream
Inferno
Bad Girls Go To Hell
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Red
Santa Sangre
Client 9
Eureka
Easy A
Rabbit Hole
The American
The Beyond
The Next Three Days
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Bridesmaids
The Amazing Transplant
Superman 2
Takers
Transformers
The Wrong Guy
No Way Out
La Grand Bouffe
Casino Jack & The United States Of Money
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
Half Baked
The Fog
Gore Gore Girls
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Smilla’s Sense Of Snow
I Saw The Devil
Midnight in Paris
The Hangover Part II
Buried
Chelsea on the Rocks
The Stunt Man
The Verdict
Long Kiss Goodnight
Bay of Blood
1776
Nekromantik
Jack the Giant Killer
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Bloody Birthday
After Last Season
Red State
Burial Ground
Contagion
The Baby
Last House On The Beach
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
Let Me In
50/50
The Black Belly of the Tarantula
Sweet Karma
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
The Thing with Two Heads
Who Saw Her Die?
William Burroughs: A Man Within
Cat O’Nine Tails
Beast With A Gun
Trespass
Scream 4
Butchered
Fascination
Pretty Maids All In A Row
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
World on a Wire
2012
Cropsey
The Woman
Fear Island
Melancholia
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)
30 Minutes Or Less
Tucker And Dale VS Evil
Tabloid
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Society
The Secret In Their Eyes
Chained Heat
Ciao Manhattan!
Shiver of the Vampires
Haywire
All About Steve
We Own The Night
Two Lovers
The King Of Marvin Gardens
Zandalee
Limitless
This Means War
We Are The Night
Night Of The Hunted
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Tree Of Life
Hugo
The Artist
The Descendants
C Me Dance
The Music Man
The Lorax
The Burning
The Living Dead Girl
Game Change
A Dangerous Method
45
Drive
They Live
Rammbock
Eaten Alive
4:44 The Last Day On Earth
Mum And Dad
88 Minutes
Wicked Little Things
Hobo With A Shotgun
Who Can Kill A Child?
The Future
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Women In Cages
Sleeping Beauty
Juice
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
Hamlet
Carnage
Hick
Cannibal Suburbia
To Live And Die In L.A.
Mother’s Day
Black Mama White Mama
Cabaret
Ides Of March
Pieces
Young Adult
Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Due Date
Hatchet
Hannah
Fast Five
Beginners
I Spit On Your Grave (1978)
The Dark Knight Rises
Cheerleader Massacre
X-Men: First Class
Predators
Hatchet 2
Obsession
Night Of The Comet
The Muppets
War Room
Lawless
Compliance
Piranha 3DD
Hider In The House
Kill List
The Campaign
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows
Premium Rush
Morning Glory
The Fighter
The Queen
The Master
Stolen
Taken 2
Seven Psychopaths
Sexy Killer
Argo
The Skin I Live In
REC
The Cabin In The Woods
Killer Joe
Nosferatu
Excision
Savages
To Rome With Love
Skyfall
Paranormal Activity 2
H.U.D.
The Initiation
Alexandra’s Project
Amer
Girls Gone Dead
Lincoln
Django Unchained
The Rapture
An Officer And A Gentleman
Gone With The Wind
2013
God Bless America
Everything Or Nothing
Tiny Furniture
Jeff, Who Lives At Home
Rabid Dogs
The Bride Wore Black
Hoffa
Moonrise Kingdom
Arbitrage
10 To Midnight
Case Of The Bloody Iris
Looper
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Flight
Safety Not Guaranteed
Leaving Las Vegas
Killing Them Softly
Bloody Bloody Bible Camp
Margin Call
Serpico
Rampart
How To Survive A Plague
The Comedy
Cosmopolis
Bachelorette
Cop Land
Iron Man 3
The Paperboy
Birdemic 2
Smashed
The Impossible
The Man With The Iron Fists
Fast & Furious Six
The Hangover Part III
Side Effects
The Tall Man
Jack Reacher
This Is The End
Ted
Massage Parlor Murders
White House Down
Behind The Candelabra
The Bay
Upstream Color
Spring Breakers
Stoker
Sinister
The Impostor
The Crossing Guard
The Hunt For Red October
The Canyons
Sharknado
Kidnapped
Passion
Would You Rather?
Slaughterhouse-Five
Graceland
It’s A Disaster
Despicable Me
You’re Next
Aftershock
Nightmares Come At Night
West of Memphis
John Dies At The End
Calendar
Love Crime
Antiviral
Black Rock
Hitchcock
Prometheus
Simon Killer
Giallo a Venezia
Brain Dead
Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue
Blood For Dracula
Friends Of Eddie Coyle
Captain Phillips
Chopping Mall
Room 237
Gasland
Death Wish
The Sitter
Trigger
Olympus Has Fallen
The Crying Game
The Hunger Games
Twixt
ABC’s of Death
The Fury
Fair Game
This Is 40
Dead End Drive-In
Santa Claus Conquerors The Martians
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
A Life In Suitcases
Salinger
Black Sunday
Juan of the Dead
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
American Hustle
Ruby Sparks
Quadrophenia
A Christmas Tale
2014
Lovelace
Man Of Steel
Wolf Of Wall Street
The Last Stand
Five Easy Pieces
Tuesday, After Christmas
The World’s End
Easy Rider
Les Miserables (2012)
Gravity
Super Troopers
The Grey
The Numbers Station
The Hunt
Mitt
Berberian Sound Studio
Iron Sky
Blue Jasmine
Before Midnight
Adore
Cheerleader Massacre 2
Frances Ha
Maniac
Pray For Death
Targets
We Steal Secrets
The Silence
Shame
Texas Chainsaw
Assault On Precinct 13 (2005)
Deceptive Practice
Shut Up And Play The Hits
Blue Is The Warmest Color
Mister Foe
Kaboom
A Good Day To Die Hard
Alex Cross
Freeway
Sweet Movie
Eating Raoul
We Are What We Are
Nymphomaniac Vol. 1
Bad Words
Drinking Buddies
Nymphomaniac Vol. 2
Death Wish 3
The Counselor
Out Of Time
Nightmare City
Hostage
Monsters
Cannibal Holocaust
Pacific Rim
The Great Gatsby
Neighbors
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Conjuring
Machete Kills
Maladolescenza
World War Z
The Night Porter
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone
Escape From Tomorrow
Oldboy
Pain And Gain
Now You See Me
Grand Piano
Witness
Under The Skin
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Alan Partridge
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Nurse
Ghost House
Only Lovers Left Alive
Take This Waltz
I Spit On Your Grave 2
No Holds Barred
Wise Blood
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe
Her
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Hush
Scanners
Summer With Monika
Cruising
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Purple Noon
WR: Mysteries Of The Organism
Gone Girl
Frozen Ground
Jason X
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Tombs Of The Blind Dead
The Unknown Known
Near Dark
Evil Dead
Godzilla
Stage Fright
Non-Stop
Infliction
A Highjacking
Venus In Fur
The Gingerdead Man
Return Of The Evil Dead
Naked Massacre
Birdman
Night Of The Seagulls
Tusk
The Captive
Goodbye Uncle Tom
Short Night Of Glass Dolls
Lords Of Salem
Begin Again
Into The Woods
Sorority House Massacre 2
The Gambler
Shivers
2015
Foxcatcher
Cocaine Cowboys
Intruder
Anguish
Blood In The Streets
Inherent Vice
Venom
Blue Ruin
The Armstrong Lie
Mannaja
Violent City
Trancers
Chef
The Dinner Game
Tammy
30 Days Of Night
Fading Gigolo
Stranger By The Lake
Commando
The Interview
Lucy
Tourist Trap
House By The Cemetery
Going Clear
Collateral Damage
Magic In The Moonlight
Life Itself
The Big Restaurant
Citizenfour
Inside Llewyn Davis
Winnebago Man
Bound
Patriot Games
Dead Man Walking
Never Say Never Again
Edge Of Tomorrow
Snowpiercer
Maggie
Blame It On Rio
Interstellar
Map To The Stars
The Sacrament
The Living Daylights
Fifty Shades Of Grey
Requiem For A Vampire
Nightcrawler
Maximum Overdrive
Fed Up
Computer Chess
The Zero Theorem
The Trouble With Cali
The Warriors
Taken 3
Terminator: Genisys
Road House
Train Wreck
Love & Mercy
Dogtooth
Sea Of Love
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
I Am Curious (Yellow)
I Am Curious (Blue)
The Ladies Of The House
Miami Connection
Revance
Unforgiven
Curse Of Chucky
American Sniper
Blind Fury
Aerobicide
The Gallows
The Prowler
Jack’s Back
Daisies
Steve Jobs
Spectre
Night Train Murders
Robocop
Motel Hell
It Follows
The Death Of “Superman Lives”
Knock Knock
Death Spa
Mad Max: Fury Road
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Santa Claus And The Ice Cream Bunny
Cheeky
The Apple
Ant-Man
Unmasked Part 25
Sx_Tape
The Immigrant
Revenge of the Sith
Devil’s Due
Can’t Stop The Music
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Guest
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
The Hateful Eight
God Help The Girl
2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Big Short
We Are Strangers
The Poseidon Adventure
Furious 7
French Connection 2
Selma
Sicario
Love
Heaven Knows What
Maniac Cop
Maniac Cop 2
Chinese Roulette
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Teen Witch
Nightmare Beach
Deadpool
The Martian
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Bone Tomahawk
Spotlight
Mad Max
Ex Machina
Reefer Madness
Black Mass
Return To Horror High
Confirmation
Demons
Dear Zachary
Remember
The Nice Guys
The Trip
Contraband
Four Of The Apocalypse
The Fifth Cord
Captain America: Civil War
Blue Rita
All The Way
Girl House
Sorcerer
The Church
Auditions
Fight For Your Life
Bone
Neon Demon
The Big Racket
What We Do In The Shadows
Trumbo
Trauma
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Karla
End Of The Tour
Amy
Belladonna Of Sadness
On The Road
The Chosen Ones
Anomalisa
Where To Invade Next
The Great Dictator
The Chesire Murders
Carlito’s Way
A Blade In The Dark
Mothra
The Raid: Redemption
Fantastic Planet
Green Room
Alice In Wonderland
Don’t Breathe
Weiner
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Get Carter
Scent Of A Woman
Holy Hell
Anaconda
Blair Witch
The Past Is A Grotesque Animal
De Palma
Girl On The Train
Crystal Lake Memories
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Amanda Knox
The Sting
Michael Moore In TrumpLand
Amadeus
Betty Blue
The Island of Doctor Moreau
Lost Souls
OJ Simpson: Made In America
Batman V Superman: The Dawn of Justice
Hail, Caesar
Take Shelter
Trouble Every Day
The Lobster
The Exorcist III
Nosferatu, The Vampyre
10 Cloverfield Lane
Red Heat
A Tale Of Two Sisters
One Magic Christmas
Author: The JT Leroy Story
Fidelity
Cafe Society
2017
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Psychomania
MacBeth (1971)
Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? (2016)
Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven
La La Land
MacBeth (2015)
Logan
Get Out
Cat People (1982)
Turn Me On, Damnit!
Pool Party Massacre
The Devils
Tower
Cabin Fever
Dog Eat Dog
Samurai Cop
Split
The Bronze
Tower
Cabin Fever (2016)
Suicide Squad
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Elle
Mr. Majestyk
Welcome To New York
Venus In Furs
Casting JonBenet
Dark Star
Fright Night
Pasolini
Ninja III: The Domination
Westworld
Leprechaun 3
Coffy
Man Vs.
The Shallows
John Wick
Yoga Hosers
The Towering Inferno
The Invitation
Wonder Woman
Phantom Of The Opera (2004)
Phantom Of Death
Doctor Strange
The Monster
Manchester By The Sea
Vice
Hell or High Water
Hush
Viva Knievel
Slaughter Hotel
I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore
Train To Busan
On Deadly Ground
King Solomon’s Mine
Baby Driver
The Beguiled
Spiderman: Homecoming
A Talking Cat!?!
The Founder
The Big Sick
Free Fire
Dunkirk
Jackie
Never Let Me Go
Retro Puppet Master
Curse Of The Puppet Master
Woyzeck
My Best Fiend
Hard Ticket To Hawaii
David Brent: Life On The Road
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Rogue One
In the Folds of Flesh
Christine
Ghostbusters (2016)
It
Hell Comes to Frogtown
It’s Such a Beautiful Day
Aeon Flux
Road Games
mother!
Nocturnal Animals
Turkey Shoot
Butter on the Latch
Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance
Twilight: New Moon
John Wick: Chapter 2
Timecop
Cult of Chucky
Blade Runner 2049
She Killed In Ecstasy
Lips Of Blood
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Has Anyone Seen My Gal?
Plan 9 from Outer Space
When You’re Strange
The Strange Color Of Your Body’s Tears
Conquest
Play Motel
Patrick
Cobra
Double Down
Rambo
Hard to Kill
A Christmas Prince
Kong: Skull Island
The Disaster Artist
Pottersville
Better Watch Out
Christmas Evil
All The Money In The World
2018
Atomic Blonde
The Last Circus
Voyeur
Your Vice Is A Locked Room And I Have The Only Key