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Film Journal (2021)

Here are all the films I’ve seen in 2021, 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. Nomadland (2020): 1/1, ★★★★★
  2. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020): 1/2, ★★½
  3. Memories of Murder (2003): 1/2, ★★★½
  4. Feels Good Man (2020): 1/3, ★★★
  5. Dredd (2012): 1/3, ★★★
  6. Wild Mountain Thyme (2020): 1/4, ★★
  7. Point Break (1991): 1/5, ★★★½
  8. Minority Report (2002): 1/8, ★★★★½
  9. The Death of Stalin (2017): 1/9, ★★★½
  10. Collateral (2004): 1/11, ★★★½
  11. The Last of the Mohicans (1992): 1/12, ★★★½
  12. Heat (1995): 1/13, ★★★★½
  13. The Witches of Eastwick (1987): 1/14, ★★★
  14. The Departed (2006): 1/16, ★★★★★
  15. The Door (2013): 1/17, ★★½
  16. Ronin (1998): 1/17, ★★★½
  17. L.A. Takedown (1989): 1/18, ★★
  18. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): 1/19, ★★★★★
  19. The Celebration (1998): 1/23, ★★★★
  20. The Long Goodbye (1973): 1/27, ★★★★
  21. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017): 1/28, ★★★★★
  22. The Dig (2021): 1/29, ★★★
  23. The Hills Have Eyes (1977): 1/30, ★★
  24. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019): 1/30, ★★★★½
  25. Kong: Skull Island (2017): 1/31, ★★
  26. Hugo (2011): 2/1, ★★★★★
  27. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013): 2/2, ★★★
  28. Groundhog Day (1993): 2/3, ★★★★★
  29. Da 5 Bloods (2020): 2/4, ★★★
  30. Instant Family (2018): 2/5, ★★½
  31. Shutter Island (2010): 2/5, ★★★★
  32. Mean Girls (2004): 2/6, ★★★½
  33. Gangs of New York (2002): 2/7, ★★★
  34. Bringing Out the Dead (1999): 2/8, ★★★★½
  35. The Rider (2017): 2/9, ★★★★★
  36. Inside Man (2006) 2/10, ★★★½
  37. Greenland (2020): 2/11, ★★★
  38. To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021): 2/12, ★★★
  39. What the Constitution Means to Me (2020): 2/13, ★★★★
  40. Frances Ha (2011): 2/14, ★★★★½
  41. The Emperor’s New Groove (2000): 2/15, ★★★★½
  42. Gremlins (1984): 2/16, ★★★★
  43. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990): 2/18, ★★★★
  44. Yes Day (2021): 3/13, ★★½
  45. Philomena (2013): 3/15, ★★★★★
  46. The White Tiger (2021): 3/16, ★★★
  47. The Mole Agent (2020): 3/20, ★★★½
  48. Daredevil (2003): 3/21, ★★
  49. One Night in Miami… (2020): 3/25, ★★★
  50. A Week Away (2021): 3/26, ★★½
  51. A Week Away (2021): 3/26, ★★½
  52. Eighth Grade (2018): 3/27, ★★★★★
  53. Hail, Caesar! (2016): 3/28, ★★★★½
  54. Bad Trip (2021): 3/29, ★
  55. Higher Ground (2011): 3/29, ★★★
  56. First Reformed (2017): 3/30, ★★★★★
  57. A Prophet (2009): 3/31, ★★★★
  58. Mamma Mia! (2008): 4/1, ★★
  59. Octonauts: The Ring of Fire (2021): 4/2, ★★★
  60. Silence (2016): 4/2, ★★★★★
  61. Do the Right Thing (1989): 4/5, ★★★★★
  62. Donnie Darko (2001): 4/6, ★★★★
  63. Singin’ In the Rain (1952): 4/7, ★★★★★
  64. The King of Comedy (1982): 4/7, ★★★★★
  65. The Avengers (2012): 4/10, ★★
  66. Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015): 4/11, ★★★★½
  67. The Night of the Hunter (1955): 4/11, ★★★★★
  68. Prometheus (2012): 4/14, ★★½
  69. The Kid with a Bike (2011): 4/15, ★★★★★
  70. The Eagle Huntress (2016): 4/16, ★★½
  71. Arrival (2016): 4/17, ★★★★½
  72. Moonrise Kingdom (2012): 4/18, ★★★★★
  73. To the Wonder (2012): 4/19, ★★★★½
  74. Edge of Tomorrow (2014) 4/19, ★★★★
  75. Unforgiven (1992): 4/20, ★★★½
  76. Pieces of a Woman (2020): 4/21, ★★½
  77. The Hurt Locker (2008): 4/22, ★★★★★
  78. The Quick and the Dead (1995): 4/23, ★★★½
  79. Magic Mike (2012): 4/24, ★★★★
  80. Sound of Metal (2020): 4/26, ★★★★½
  81. Pale Rider (1985): 4/26, ★★★
  82. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001): 4/27, ★★★★½
  83. When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time (1979): 4/29, ★★★½
  84. Magic Mike XXL (2015): 4/30, ★★★½
  85. Pour que la guerre s’acheve, les murs devaient s’ecrouter (1980): 5/2, ★★★
  86. The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021): 5/2, ★★★
  87. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010): 5/3, ★★★★★
  88. Wrath of Man (2021): 5/4, ★★
  89. Snatch (2000): 5/5, ★★★½
  90. R… Doesn’t Answer Anymore (1981): 5/6, ★★★
  91. A New Leaf (1971): 5/8, ★★★★½
  92. Near Dark (1987): 5/9, ★★★★
  93. Leçons d’une université volante (1982): 5/10, ★★½
  94. Regard Jonathan/Jean Louvet, son oeuvre (1983): 5/10, ★★½
  95. Falsch (1987): 5/10, ★
  96. Il court, il court, le monde (1987): 5/11, ★★★½
  97. Je pense a vous (1993): 5/11, ★★½
  98. La Promesse (1996): 5/13, ★★★★★
  99. Rosetta (1999): 5/14, ★★★★★
  100. The Son (2002): 5/15, ★★★★★
  101. The Child (2005): 5/16, ★★★★½
  102. Lorna’s Silence (2008): 5/17, ★★★★★
  103. The Kid with a Bike (2011): 5/17, ★★★★★
  104. Two Days, One Night (2014): 5/17, ★★★★★
  105. The Unknown Girl (2016): 5/18, ★★★★★
  106. Young Ahmed (2019): 5/18, ★★★★½
  107. No Country for Old Men (2007): 5/20, ★★★★★
  108. The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021): 5/22, ★★★
  109. Army of the Dead (2021): 5/23, ★★
  110. Tremors (1990): 5/25, ★★★★
  111. The Woman in the Window (2021): 5/26, ★★★½
  112. The Pursuit of Love (2021): 5/28, ★★★★
  113. Bo Burnham: Inside (2021): 5/30, ★★★★★
  114. Galaxy Quest (1999): 5/31, ★★★½
  115. Bo Burnham: Inside (2021): 6/2, ★★★★★
  116. Undine (2021): 6/3, ★★★½
  117. Shaun of the Dead (2004): 6/3, ★★★★
  118. A Serious Man (2009): 6/5, ★★★★★
  119. Hot Fuzz (2007): 6/6, ★★★★
  120. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010): 6/6, ★★½
  121. Bo Burnham: Inside (2021): 6/11, ★★★★★
  122. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): 6/12, ★★★★★
  123. The Underground Railroad (2021): 6/14, ★★★★★
  124. My Own Private Idaho (1991): 6/15, ★★★½
  125. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984): 6/15, ★★½
  126. mother! (2017): 6/18, ★★★
  127. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989): 6/20, ★★★½
  128. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): 6/21, ★★½
  129. Paddington 2 (2017): 6/26, ★★★★½
  130. Legends of the Fall (1994): 6/26, ★★★
  131. God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya (2021): 6/27, ★★★