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Film Journal (2020)

Here are all the films I’ve seen in 2020, including the date of viewing and rating (out of 5 stars). See my Movie Rating System to understand the star (★★★★★) ratings. Check out my Letterboxd profile.

  • Normal: Viewed on DVD, Blu-Ray, or Streaming
  • Bold: Viewed in theaters
  • Italics: Previously viewed
  1. Knives Out (2019): 1/1, ★★★½
  2. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019): 1/1, ★★★½
  3. Les Misérables (2019): 1/2, ★★★
  4. Knives Out (2019): 1/3, ★★★★
  5. The Red Shoes (1948): 1/4, ★★★★★
  6. Long Shot (2019): 1/5, ★★★
  7. The 400 Blows (1959): 1/5, ★★★★★
  8. The Philadelphia Story (1940): 1/6, ★★★
  9. Black Narcissus (1947): 1/7, ★★★★½
  10. Taste of Cherry (1997): 1/8, ★★★★½
  11. Doodlebug (1997): 1/8, ★★★
  12. Padre Padrone (1977): 1/9, ★★
  13. Clemency (2019): 1/9, ★★★
  14. Blackhat (2015): 1/11, ★★★½
  15. Monster (2003): 1/12, ★★★½
  16. Germany Year Zero (1948): 1/13, ★★★★★
  17. The Cave (2019): 1/14, ★★★
  18. Adam’s Rib (1949): 1/15, ★★★½
  19. Goldman V Silverman (2020): 1/16, ★★★
  20. The Edge of Democracy (2019): 1/16, ★★½
  21. Phantom Thread (2017): 1/18, ★★★★★
  22. Sansho the Bailiff (1954): 1/19, ★★★½
  23. The Wild Child (1970): 1/20, ★★★½
  24. WHAT DID JACK DO? (2017): 1/20, ★★★★
  25. Night and Fog (1956): 1/21, ★★★★★
  26. Gaslight (1944): 1/21, ★★★
  27. Memento (2000): 1/22, ★★★★★
  28. The Son (2002): 1/23, ★★★★★
  29. WHAT DID JACK DO? (2017): 1/23, ★★★★
  30. Hellboy (2019): 1/23, ★½
  31. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979): 1/24, ★★★★
  32. The Unknown Girl (2017): 1/25, ★★★★½
  33. Dragged Across Concrete (2019): 1/26, ★★½
  34. Loulou (1980): 1/27, ★★★½
  35. The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology (2012): 1/28, ★★★
  36. It Happened One Night (1934): 1/29, ★★★★★
  37. Happy as Lazzaro (2018): 1/29, ★★★
  38. Street of Shame (1956): 1/30, ★★★★
  39. Stop Making Sense (1984): 1/30, ★★★★★
  40. Uncut Gems (2019): 2/1, ★★★★
  41. Taylor Swift: Miss Americana (2020): 2/2, ★★★
  42. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936): 2/3, ★★★½
  43. Enter the Dragon (1973): 2/3, ★★
  44. Europe ’51 (1952): 2/4, ★★★★½
  45. Rashomon (1955): 2/4, ★★★★★
  46. Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989): 2/5, ★★★½
  47. Mikey and Nicky (1976): 2/5, ★★★½
  48. Breaking the Waves (1996): 2/6, ★★½
  49. Homecoming (2019): 2/6, ★★★½
  50. My Neighbor Totoro (1988): 2/7, ★★★★★
  51. Trainwreck (2015): 2/7, ★★
  52. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019): 2/8, ★★★★
  53. Klaus (2019): 2/9, ★★★
  54. Uncut Gems (2019): 2/9, ★★★★
  55. Brink of Life (1958): 2/11, ★★★
  56. 35 Shots of Rum (2008): 2/11, ★★★★
  57. To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020): 2/13, ★★
  58. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937): 2/14, ★★★★★
  59. The Trial (1962): 2/15, ★★★½
  60. Porco Rosso (1992): 2/15, ★★★½
  61. Inherit the Wind (1960): 2/16, ★★★★
  62. Creed II (2018): 2/17, ★★★
  63. Now, Voyager (1942): 2/18, ★★★
  64. The Road to Edmond (2018): 2/20, ★
  65. The Last Picture Show (1971): 2/20, ★★★★½
  66. The Last Thing He Wanted (2020): 2/22, ★½
  67. The New World (2005): 2/23, ★★★★
  68. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943): 2/24, ★★★★★
  69. The House is Black (1963): 2/24, ★★★½
  70. A Hidden Life (2019): 2/25, ★★★★★
  71. Stella Dallas (1937): 2/26, ★★★★½
  72. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955): 2/26, ★★★½
  73. Crisis (1946): 2/27, ★★½
  74. Onward (2020): 2/29, ★★★
  75. Late Night (2019): 2/29, ★★
  76. A Ship to India (1947): 3/1, ★★
  77. The Lady Eve (1941): 3/5, ★★★★★
  78. Cameraperson (2016): 3/7, ★★★★★
  79. Castle in the Sky (1986): 3/9, ★★★½
  80. His Girl Friday (1940): 3/14, ★★★½
  81. Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989): 3/14, ★★★★
  82. My Neighbor Totoro (1988): 3/16, ★★★★★
  83. The Fugitive (1993): 3/18, ★★★★
  84. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984): 3/22, ★★★★★
  85. The Wild Goose Lake (2019): 3/22, ★★★
  86. It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012): 3/25, ★★★★½
  87. Bacurau (2019): 3/25, ★★★½
  88. The Platform (2020): 3/26, ★★½
  89. Jaws (1975): 3/27, ★★★★★
  90. A Quiet Place (2018): 3/28, ★★★½
  91. In Transit (2015): 3/29, ★★★½
  92. Poetry (2010): 3/29, ★★★½
  93. The Proposition (2005): 3/30, ★★★★½
  94. Wanda (1970): 3/31, ★★★★★
  95. Dumb and Dumber (1994): 4/1, ★★★★★
  96. Midsommar (2019): 4/2, ★★
  97. Ponyo (2008): 4/4, ★★★★
  98. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 4/4, ★★★★★
  99. Southland Tales (2006): 4/5, ★★★★½
  100. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967): 4/7, ★★★
  101. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003): 4/7, ★★★½
  102. Walker (2012): 4/8, ?????
  103. Following (1998): 4/9, ★★★½
  104. Midnight Run (1988): 4/10, ★★★★½
  105. The Miracle Maker (2000): 4/11, ★★★★½
  106. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005): 4/13, ★★★
  107. A Moment of Innocence (1996): 4/14, ★★★★½
  108. The Virgin Spring (1960): 4/15, ★★★★
  109. Through a Glass Darkly (1961): 4/16, ★★★½
  110. Dumb and Dumber To (2014): 4/17, ★
  111. Contagion (2011): 4/18, ★★★½
  112. The Seventh Seal (1957): 4/20, ★★★★★
  113. The Man Who Planted Tress (1987): 4/22, ★★★★
  114. Sisters (1972): 4/22, ★★½
  115. Nobody Knows (2004): 4/23, ★★★½
  116. Faust (1926): 4/24, ★★★★½
  117. The Farewell (2019): 4/24, ★★★★
  118. Dads (2020): 4/25, ★★★
  119. At the Death House Door (2008): 4/26, ★★★★
  120. Whale Rider (2001): 4/26, ★★
  121. L’Avventura (1960): 4/27, ★★★½
  122. Playtime (1967): 4/28, ★★★★★
  123. Embrace of the Serpent (2015): 4/30, ★★★★½
  124. Water Lilies (2007): 5/2, ★★★½
  125. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018): 5/2, ★★★★
  126. Frisco Jenny (1932): 5/3, ★★★★½
  127. Cloud Atlas (2012): 5/4, ★½
  128. Lourdes (2009): 5/5, ★★★★
  129. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015): 5/5, ★★★★
  130. In Praise of Love (2001): 5/6, ★★★★½
  131. Hour of the Wolf (1968): 5/6, ★★★
  132. Romantic Comedy (2020): 5/7, ★½
  133. Daughters of the Dust (1991): 5/8, ★★★
  134. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019): 5/8, ★★★★★
  135. Shirley (2020): 5/9, ★★★
  136. Batman Begins (2005): 5/9, ★★★★
  137. The Fall (2020): 5/10, ★★★½
  138. The Dark Knight (2008): 5/11, ★★★★★
  139. Doodlebug (1997): 5/12, ★★★
  140. The Dark Knight Rises (2012): 5/13, ★★★★
  141. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928): 5/14, ★★★★★
  142. Diary of a Country Priest (1951): 5/14, ★★★★½
  143. The Conversation (1974): 5/15, ★★★★½
  144. The Prestige (2006): 5/16, ★★★★½
  145. Memento (2000): 5/19, ★★★★★
  146. Inception (2010): 5/19, ★★★★
  147. Interstellar (2014): 5/21, ★★★★½
  148. The Lovebirds (2020): 5/22, ★★½
  149. Dunkirk (2017): 5/24, ★★★★★
  150. My Mother (Omé) (2020): 5/24, ★★★
  151. Hot Rod (2007): 5/24, ★★★
  152. Persona (1966): 5/26, ★★★★★
  153. Jurassic Park (1993): 5/26, ★★★★
  154. Tomboy (2011): 5/29, ★★★★
  155. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997): 5/30, ★★
  156. Jurassic Park III (2001): 5/31, ★½
  157. Jurassic World (2015): 5/31, ★
  158. Light from Light (2019): 6/2, ★★★★★
  159. Secrets & Lies (1996): 6/3, ★★★★★
  160. Gina, An Actress, Age 29 (2001): 6/4, ★★★
  161. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018): 6/5, ★
  162. Ugetsu (1953): 6/6, ★★★½
  163. Leave No Trace (2018): 6/7, ★★★★★
  164. College (1927): 6/8, ★★½
  165. The Hitch-Hiker (1953): 6/9, ★★★
  166. La La Land (2016): 6/9, ★★★★★
  167. Insomnia (2002): 6/10, ★★★½
  168. Game Night (2018): 6/11, ★★★½
  169. LA 92 (2017): 6/12, ★★★½
  170. Rat Film (2016): 6/14, ★★★½
  171. Da 5 Bloods (2020): 6/14, ★★★
  172. The Watermelon Woman (1996): 6/15, ★★★
  173. Song to Song (2017): 6/21, ★★★★½
  174. La Promesse (1996): 6/22, ★★★★★
  175. Days of Heaven (1978): 6/23, ★★★★★
  176. Rosetta (1999): 6/24, ★★★★★
  177. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018): 6/26, ★★★½
  178. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020): 6/27, ★★½
  179. Ocean’s Eight (2018): 6/28, ★★
  180. A Hidden Life (2019): 7/2, ★★★★★
  181. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018): 7/3, ★★★½
  182. Enchanted Kingdom (2014): 7/5, ★★★
  183. Young Ahmed (2019): 7/5, ★★★★½
  184. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): 7/6, ★★★★★
  185. Ready Player One (2018): 7/8, ★½
  186. The Old Guard (2020): 7/10, ★★½
  187. The Tree of Life (2011): 7/12, ★★★★★
  188. The Vast of Night (2020): 7/13, ★★★½
  189. Panic Room (2002): 7/13, ★★★★
  190. The Beastmaster (1982): 7/14, ½
  191. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986): 7/15, ★★★★★
  192. Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014): 7/16, ★★
  193. Meek’s Cutoff (2011): 7/18, ★★★★½
  194. River of Grass (1994): 7/19, ★★★
  195. The Assistant (2020): 7/19, ★★½
  196. Fight Club (1999): 7/20, ★★★
  197. Wendy and Lucy (2008): 7/21, ★★★★
  198. She Dies Tomorrow (2020): 7/22, ★★★
  199. Tag (2018): 7/25, ★★
  200. Yes, God, Yes (2020): 7/26, ★★★½
  201. How to Build a Girl (2020): 7/26, ★½
  202. A Hidden Life (2019): 7/31, ★★★★★
  203. Thy Kingdom Come (2018): 8/2, ★★★½
  204. Deep Impact (1998): 8/2, ★★★
  205. The Thin Red Line (1998): 8/3, ★★★★★
  206. Strasbourg 1518 (2020): 8/8, ★★★½
  207. Man on Fire (2004): 8/10, ★★½
  208. Boyhood (2014): 8/11, ★★★★½
  209. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018): 8/12, ★★★★★
  210. Body of Lies (2008): 8/15, ★★
  211. Tesla (2020): 8/19, ★★
  212. Gladiator (2000): 8/22, ★★★
  213. Last Year at Marienbad (1961): 8/26, ★★★★
  214. Venom (2018): 8/27, ★★½
  215. Black Panther (2018): 8/29, ★★★★½
  216. Paths of Glory (1957): 9/1, ★★★★★
  217. 42 (2013): 9/2, ★★½
  218. 21 Bridges (2019): 9/3, ★★★
  219. Possessor (2020): 9/4, ★★★½
  220. Hotel Artemis (2018): 9/5, ★★
  221. Gone Girl (2014): 9/6, ★★★½
  222. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020): 9/7, ★★
  223. Hypocrites (1915): 9/8, ★★★★½
  224. Suspense (1913): 9/8, ★★★★
  225. Being John Malkovich (1999): 9/8, ★★★★
  226. Two Days, One Night (2014): 9/9, ★★★★★
  227. Allied (2016): 9/9, ★★★½
  228. Upgrade (2018): 9/10, ★★★
  229. Little Women (2019): 9/11, ★★★★½
  230. Public Enemies (2009): 9/11, ★★★★
  231. Cuties (2020): 9/12, ★★★
  232. Mistress America (2015): 9/13, ★★★★
  233. The Social Dilemma (2020): 9/14, ★★★
  234. The Thing (1982): 9/15, ★★★★½
  235. Ordet (1955): 9/16, ★★★★★
  236. Zodiac (2007): 9/16, ★★★★½
  237. The Bourne Identity (2002): 9/17, ★★★★
  238. Night Moves (2013): 9/18, ★★★½
  239. In My Room (2020): 9/19, ★★
  240. mid90s (2018): 9/19, ★★½
  241. Taxi (1998): 9/20, ★★½
  242. My Octopus Teacher (2020): 9/20, ★★★½
  243. Irma Vep (1996): 9/20, ★★★★★
  244. Lorna’s Silence (2008): 9/21, ★★★★½
  245. The Silence (1963): 9/22, ★★★★
  246. L’Âge d’Or (1930): 9/22, ★★★
  247. Pain and Glory (2019): 9/22, ★★★★
  248. Something, Anything (2014): 9/23, ★★★★
  249. The Devil All the Time (2020): 9/24, ★★½
  250. The Bourne Supremacy (2004): 9/25, ★★★
  251. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007): 9/26, ★★★
  252. Atlantiques (2009): 9/27, ★★★
  253. Son of Saul (2015): 9/27, ★★★½
  254. Shithouse (2020): 9/28, ★★★★
  255. Winter’s Bone (2010): 9/28, ★★★★
  256. Big Night (1996): 9/29, ★★★★½
  257. End of Summer (2013): 9/30, ★★★
  258. Juliet, Naked (2018): 9/30, ★★½
  259. The Social Network (2010): 10/1, ★★★★★
  260. Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020): 10/2, ★★★★★
  261. Madagascar (2005): 10/3, ★★
  262. Gangster Squad (2013): 10/3, ★
  263. Blade (1998): 10/4, ★½
  264. Halloween (2018): 10/5, ★★
  265. Ghost (1990): 10/5, ★★★
  266. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006): 10/6, ★★★
  267. A History of Violence (2005): 10/6, ★★★★½
  268. Stories We Tell (2012): 10/7, ★★★★
  269. Edge of Tomorrow (2014): 10/7, ★★★★
  270. The Gentlemen (2019): 10/8, ★★
  271. Cowboys and Aliens (2011): 10/9, ★★
  272. World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime (2020): 10/10, ★★★★
  273. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014): 10/10, ★★★★½
  274. World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations of David Prime (2020): 10/11, ★★★★
  275. The Purge (2013): 10/11, ★½
  276. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985): 10/11, ★★★★
  277. First Cow (2020): 10/12, ★★★★½
  278. David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020): 10/14, ★★★★
  279. Resident Evil (2002): 10/15, ★★★
  280. Hubie Halloween (2020): 10/16, ★★
  281. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004): 10/17, ★
  282. Adaptation. (2002): 10/17, ★★★½
  283. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007): 10/18, ★★½
  284. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010): 10/19, ★★★½
  285. World of Tomorrow (2015): 10/20, ★★★★★
  286. Resident Evil: Retribution (2012): 10/20, ★★★
  287. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016): 10/21, ★½
  288. Rebecca (2020): 10/22, ★½
  289. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020): 10/23, ★★½
  290. The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020): 10/24, ★★★★
  291. The Blair Witch Project (1999): 10/25, ★★★½
  292. John Wick (2014): 10/26, ★★★
  293. Anima (2019): 10/30, ★★★★
  294. What We Do in the Shadows (2014): 10/30, ★★★★
  295. My Neighbor Totoro (1988): 10/31, ★★★★★
  296. Halloween (1978): 10/31, ★★★½
  297. Bad Lieutenant (1992): 11/1, ★★½
  298. American Psycho (2000): 11/2, ★★★
  299. Paterson (2016): 11/2, ★★★★★
  300. The Kid with a Bike (2011): 11/3, ★★★★★
  301. The Night of the Hunter (1955), 11/4, ★★★★★
  302. The Peanuts Movie (2015): 11/6, ★★★
  303. Selma (2014): 11/7, ★★★★½
  304. Spirited Away (2001): 11/ 10, ★★★★½
  305. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015): 11/10, ★★★½
  306. Oldboy (2013): 11/11, ★
  307. Totally Under Control (2020): 11/12, ★★★
  308. Drive (2011): 11/13, ★★★★★
  309. Little Women (1994): 11/14, ★★★
  310. The Limey (1999): 11/14, ★★★★
  311. Sorry to Bother You (2018): 11/15, ★★
  312. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 11/17, ★★★★
  313. The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018): 11/18, ★★
  314. The Lighthouse (2019): 11/19, ★★★★½
  315. Time (2020): 11/21, ★★★★
  316. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020): 11/22, ★★
  317. The Apartment (1960): 11/23, ★★★★½
  318. If Anything Happens, I Love You (2020): 11/24, ★★★½
  319. Hillbilly Elegy (2020): 11/25, ★
  320. Palm Springs (2020): 11/27, ★★★★
  321. What the Constitution Means to Me (2020): 11/28, ★★★★
  322. Get on Up (2014): 11/29, ★★★
  323. Nomadland (2020): 11/30, ★★★★★
  324. The Painter and the Thief (2020): 12/1, ★★★★
  325. Sucker Punch (2011): 12/1, ★½
  326. The Invisible Man (2020): 12/3, ★★★
  327. Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020): 12/4, ★★★★★
  328. Mank (2020): 12/6, ★★½
  329. Mangrove (2020): 12/7, ★★★
  330. The King of Staten Island (2020): 12/8, ★★
  331. Sound of Metal (2020): 12/8, ★★★★½
  332. Promising Young Woman (2020): 12/10, ★★★½
  333. I Am Greta (2020): 12/11, ★★★½
  334. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020): 12/11, ★★½
  335. My Neighbor Totoro (1988): 12/12, ★★★★★
  336. Ava (2020): 12/12, ★½
  337. Lovers Rock (2020): 12/13, ★★★★
  338. Tenet (2020): 12/14, ★★★★
  339. The Untouchables (1987): 12/14, ★★★
  340. Wolfwalkers (2020): 12/15, ★★★★
  341. Red, White and Blue (2020): 12/15, ★★★½
  342. DEVS (2020): 12/16, ★★½
  343. I’m Your Woman (2020): 12/17, ★★★
  344. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020): 12/18, ★★★½
  345. On the Rocks (2020): 12/18, ★★★
  346. Collective (2020): 12/19, ★★★
  347. Another Round (2020): 12/19, ★★★★
  348. Crip Camp (2020): 12/20, ★★★
  349. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012): 12/21, ★★★
  350. Gunda (2020): 12/21, ★★★
  351. Little Fish (2021): 12/22, ★★★★
  352. Alex Wheatle (2020): 12/22, ★★★
  353. Education (2020): 12/22, ★★½
  354. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020): 12/23, ★★½
  355. News of the World (2020): 12/23, ★★½
  356. Elf (2003): 12/24, ★★★
  357. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944): 12/24, ★★½
  358. Some Like It Hot (1959): 12/25, ★★★★½
  359. The Midnight Sky (2020): 12/26, ★★
  360. The Nest (2020): 12/27, ★★★½
  361. The Matrix (1999): 12/27, ★★★★★
  362. La Llorona (2020): 12/28, ★★★
  363. Minari (2020): 12/28, ★★★★
  364. The Matrix Reloaded (2003): 12/29, ★★★★
  365. The Matrix Revolutions (2003): 12/30, ★★★
  366. Inside Out (2015): 12/31, ★★★★★