Movies I've Watched | Sam's Homepage

I was never a prolific Letterboxd user, but I liked the idea of having some sort of public chronological film journal, so here we are. Under the month headings are the films I’ve seen since starting documenting them here on this blog. The section below these is a giant pile of movies I’ve seen on dates I can’t remember.

My top four are Goodfellas (1990), The Lighthouse (2019), The Tree of Life (2010), and Phantom Thread (2017), the exact order of which changes second to second.

You can hover your cursor over (or tap) spoiler blocks to see what they say. They look like this: John Galt is the money we made along the way.

January 2026

Sentimental Value (2025), directed by Joachim Trier. A film director father (Stellan Skarsgård) tries to reconnect with his grown-up daughters (Renate Renisve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas). Flawlessly executed and so, so sincere. Absolutely no notes. This one is special! 10/10

Train Dreams (2025), directed by Clint Bentley. A stunningly beautiful little poem about the life of an American logger in the early 1900s. It’s on Netflix! Go and watch it right now! Thanks. 8/10

Bugonia (2025), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Lanthimos movies have never really been my thing. They often remind me too much of something David Lynch would have made if he replaced all of the charm and optimism of his style with cruelty and weird sex pervert stuff, played off as comedy. Bugonia felt like something else though. It goes to some very dark places, but it is an earned and continuous journey, and I thought it was fantastic. The feeling of knowing that the third act has just begun and that you are so excited to see where it leads is truly magical. The score is hilarious and truly fitting for the final heroic effort to save the earth from annihilation. 7/10

Sinners (2025), directed by Ryan Coogler. Nothing will ever be able to live up to the hype associated with getting 16 Oscar nominations, but Sinners was nonetheless awesome. I felt like one or two narrative arcs didn’t go far enough for reach where I could see they were heading but everything else about the movie was totally enthralling. Disregard any Reddit goblins that cry “overrated” and go enjoy it yourself. Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson are one hell of a team. 7/10

Denominación de origen [Designation of origin] (2024), directed by Tomás Alzamora Muñoz. This is a very funny mockumentary about a sausage. It “documents” the attempts “made” by residents of San Carlos, Chile to obtain official recognition for their town’s role in the creation of the world’s most delicious longaniza, and their struggle to escape the shadow of the neighbouring (much larger) town of Chillán and their longanizas. This is an extremely Chilean movie. And since I like Chile, it’s no surprise that I liked it too. 6/10

Pluribus Season 1 (2025), directed by lots of people. I like Vince Gilligan a lot, and I was happy to hand myself over unreservedly to him and see where his latest creation took me. It is a technical marvel, but sadly it felt like it ran out of narrative woema about a third of the way through. I just started getting back into it again around episodes 8 and 9, and I was then keenly awaiting a finale to draw me back in fully… Well, it turns out that episode 9 was the finale. Oops. See you again in like a year and a half, Pluribus. I can’t promise I’ll still care that much. Also Carol’s Spanish gave me a near fatal dose of second-hand gringo embarrassment. 6/10

Requiem for a Dream (2000), directed by Darren Aronofsky. As soon as Don Bevridge appeared on Ma Goldfarb’s TV screen, I knew I would have a hard time taking this movie seriously. Unfortunately, every subsequent attempt it made to get me to buy into the characters as real people fell totally flat. Since “too flashy by half” is kind of the point, I can’t really use it as a critique of the filmmaking. But I can use that phrase to justify giving it an Annoying/10 (which is probably a 4 or a 5, I don’t really care.)

After Hours (1985), directed by Martin Scorsese. I love Martin Scorsese so much it’s unreal. 7/10

Jagten [The Hunt] (2012), directed by Thomas Vinterberg. A very good Danish film starring the king of Denmark’s heart, Mads Mikkelsen. After an extremely unfortunate (and rather short) sequence of devastating misunderstandings, Lucas (Mikkelsen) becomes totally ostracised by his community in rural Denmark. Harrowing and brilliantly well made. The ending, despite not involving death or destruction or incarceration, is somehow bleaker than any of those options would allow. 9/10

Marty Supreme (2025), directed by Josh Safdie. I love stressful movies about horrible (yet charming) characters getting into enormous amounts of trouble in New York City. Josh Safdie’s track record in this genre (Good Time, Uncut Gems) remains unparalleled. The score by Daniel Lopatin is also truly remarkable. It was a proper gamble to have such a synthy, futuristic soundtrack for a movie set in the 1950s, but I can’t even imagine the movie without it now. I teared up pretty bad at the end, even though I knew full well that Marty’s apparent redemption might have been him playing one final trick on the audience. Sam’s lock of the week is that Timothée’s Oscar is in the bag. I loved this film and can’t wait to see it again when it comes out in Denmark; there’s a good chance I’ll enjoy it even more the second time. 9/10

Stranger Things Season 5 (2025), directed by ChatGPT or Gemini or some shit. how_embarrassing.gif. 1/10

Undated, but rated

I'll have to sit down one afternoon and write down all of the movies I've seen. Until then, here are a few I could remember at the time of writing.

Mickey 17 (2025), directed by Bong Joon Ho. 6/10

One Battle After Another (2025), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 10/10

Wake Up, Dead Man! (2025), directed by Rian Johnson. 7/10

Challengers (2024), directed by Luca Guadagnino. 9/10

Dune Part II (2024), directed by Denis Villeneuve. 9/10

Flow (2024), directed by Gints Zilbalodis. 7/10

Nosferatu (2024), directed by Robert Eggers. 8/10

The Brutalist (2024), directed by Brady Corbet. 🏆 Best of 2024 🏆 10/10

Asteroid City (2023), directed by Wes Anderson. 6/10

Decision to Leave (2023), directed by Park Chan Wook. 7/10

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), directed by Martin Scorsese. 8/10

Maestro (2023), directed by Bradley Cooper. 4/10

Oppenheimer (2023), directed by Christopher Nolan. 🏆 Best of 2023, weirdly enough 🏆 9/10

Aftersun (2022), directed by Charlotte Wells. 🏆 Best of 2022 🏆 10/10

Glass Onion (2022), directed by Rian Johnson. 5/10

Tár (2022), directed by Todd Field. 9/10

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), directed by Martin McDonagh. 8/10

The Northman (2022), directed by Robert Eggers. 6/10

Top Gun: Maverick (2022), directed by Joseph Kosinski. 7/10

Don't Look Up (2021), directed by Reddit. 3/10

Dune Part I (2021), directed by Denis Villeneuve. 7/10

I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020), directed by Charlie Kaufman. 🏆 Best of 2020 🏆 9/10

Judas and the Black Messiah (2020), directed by Shaka King. 8/10

Mank (2020), directed by David Fincher. 7/10

Nomadland (2020), directed by Chloé Zhao. 7/10

The Mole Agent (2020), directed by Maite Alberdi. 7/10

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020), directed by Aaron Sorkin. 5/10

A Hidden Life (2019), directed by Terrence Malick. 9/10

Joker (2019), directed by Todd Phillips. 6/10

Knives Out (2019), directed by Rian Johnson. 9/10

Marriage Story (2019), directed by Noah Baumbach. 7/10

Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood (2019), directed by Quentin Tarantino. 10/10

Parasite (2019), directed by Bong Joon Ho. 9/10

Star Wars Episode IX (2019), directed by J.J. Abrams. 4/10

The Irishman (2019), directed by Martin Scorsese. 9/10

The Lighthouse (2019), directed by Robert Eggers. 🏆 Best of 2019 (even though competition was unbelievably stiff this year good Lord) 🏆 10/10

Uncut Gems (2019), directed by Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie. 10/10

1917 (2019), directed by Sam Mendes. 5/10

A Star is Born (2018), directed by Bradley Cooper. 7/10

BlacKkKlansman (2018), directed by Spike Lee. 6/10

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), directed by alleged weirdo Bryan Singer. 4/10

Isle of Dogs (2018), directed by Wes Anderson. 7/10

Roma (2018), directed by Alfonso Cuarón. 9/10

Solo (2018), directed by Phil Lord and Chr-- ah wait, Ron Howard?. 7/10

Suspiria (2018), directed by Luca Guadagnino. 🏆 Best of 2018 🏆 10/10

The Favourite (2018), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. 8/10

Vice (2018), directed by Reddit. 5/10

Blade Runner 2049 (2017), directed by Denis Villeneuve. 10/10

Call Me by Your Name (2017), directed by Luca Guadagnino. 9/10

Dunkirk (2017), directed by Christopher Nolan. 7/10

Get Out (2017), directed by Jordan Peele. 7/10

Lady Bird (2017), directed by Greta Gerwig. 8/10

Phantom Thread (2017), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 🏆 Best of 2017 🏆 10/10

Star Wars Episode VIII (2017), directed by Rian Johnson. 7/10

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), directed by Martin McDonagh. 9/10

Arrival (2016), directed by Denis Villeneuve. 8/10

La La Land (2016), directed by Damien Chazelle. 6/10

Manchester by the Sea (2016), directed by Kenneth Lonergan. 🏆 Best of 2016 🏆 10/10

Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins. 9/10

Nocturnal Animals (2016), directed by Tom Ford (yes, that Tom Ford). 9/10

Rogue One (2016), directed by Gareth Edwards. 4/10

The Handmaiden (2016), directed by Park Chan Wook. 9/10

Anomalisa (2015), directed by Charlie Kaufman. 5/10

Knight of Cups (2015), directed by Terrence Malick. 6/10

Star Wars Episode VII (2015), directed by J.J. Abrams. 6/10

Steve Jobs (2015), directed by Danny Boyle. 🏆 Best of 2015 🏆 10/10

The Big Short (2015), directed by Reddit (but in its prime). 9/10

The Martian (2015), directed by Ridley Scott. 7/10

The Witch (2015), directed by Robert Eggers. 10/10

Birdman (2014), directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritú. 🏆 Best of 2014 🏆 10/10

Inherent Vice (2014), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 6/10

Interstellar (2014), directed by Christopher Nolan. 7/10

Nightcrawler (2014), directed by Dan Gilroy. 7/10

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), directed by Wes Anderson. 10/10

The Imitation Game (2014), directed by Morten Tyldum. 7/10

The Theory of Everything (2014), directed by James Marsh. 6/10

Whiplash (2014), directed by Damien Chazelle. 10/10

Dallas Buyers Club (2013), directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. 8/10

Gravity (2013), directed by Alfonso Cuarón. 7/10

Her (2013), directed by Spike Jonze. 7/10

Prisoners (2013), directed by Denis Villeneuve. 7/10

The Master (2013), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 🏆 Best of 2012 🏆 10/10

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), directed by Martin Scorsese. 7/10

Beasts of the Southen Wild (2012), directed by Benh Zeitlin. 10/10

Django Unchained (2012), directed by Quentin Tarantino. 8/10

Moonrise Kingdom (2012), directed by Wes Anderson. 6/10

Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. 8/10

The Tree of Life (2011), directed by terrence malick. 🏆 Best of 2011 🏆 10/10

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), directed by Wes Anderson. 8/10

Synecdoche, New York (2008), directed by Charlie Kaufman. 10/10

No Country For Old Men (2007), directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. 10/10

There Will Be Blood (2006), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 10/10

The New World (2005), directed by Terrence Malick. 8/10

The Incredibles (2004), directed by Brad Bird. 10/10

Memories of Murder (2003), directed by Bong Joon Ho. 10/10

Oldboy (2003), directed by Park Chan Wook. 10/10

The Fellowship of the Ring (2003), directed by Peter Jackson. 10/10

The Return of the King (2003), directed by Peter Jackson. 10/10

The Two Towers (2002), directed by Peter Jackson. 10/10

Spirited Away (2001), directed by Hayao Miyazaki. 10/10

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), directed by Wes Anderson. 5/10

Magnolia (2000), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 10/10

Rushmore (1998), directed by Wes Anderson. 8/10

The Thin Red Line (1998), directed by Terrence Malick. 10/10

Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 10/10

Heat (1995), directed by Michael Mann. 9/10

Pulp Fiction (1994), directed by Quentin Tarantino. 8/10

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), directed by James Cameron. 9/10

Goodfellas (1990), directed by Martin Scorsese. 10/10

The Shining (1983), directed by Stanley Kubrick. 8/10

Blade Runner (1982), directed by Ridley Scott. 7/10

Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott. 10/10

Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Copola. 10/10

Days of Heaven (1978), directed by Terrence Malick. 6/10

Taxi Driver (1976), directed by Martin Scorsese. 10/10

Badlands (1973), directed by Terrence Malick. 8/10

Mean Streets (1973), directed by Martin Scorsese. 9/10

The Exorcist (1973), directed by William Friedkin. 9/10

A Clockwork Orange (1971), directed by Stanley Kubrick. 10/10

2001: A Space Odyssey (1969), directed by Stanley Kubrick. 8/10

12 Angry Men (1957), directed by Sidney Lumet. 10/10