In the year 2021 I watched 262 new-to-me movies and 74 movies that were rewatches for a total of 336.
New to me: 262 (216 pre-1970, 45 post-1970)
Rewatches: 74 (51 pre-1970, 23 post-1970)
Total: 336 (267 pre-1970, 68 post-1970)
Where I watched them:
TCM: 232 (38 rewatches)
Library (DVD & Apps): 7 (2 rewatches)
Personal DVD: 38 (27 rewatches)
YouTube & OK: 10 (1 rewatch)
Paid Streaming Services: 31 (2 rewatches)
TV & Free Streaming Services: 12 (2 rewatches)
Theater: 0
Other: 6
Here are my top ten five movie discoveries:
11/8 Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) - Anne Shirley (downloaded off YT - not on DVD)
8/17 Roughshod (1949) - Robert Sterling & Gloria Grahame, Claude Jarman Jr. (brother bought on DVD - hard to find)
Classics I finally watched:
The Gay Divorcee (1934) - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
Destry Rides Again (1939) - Marlene Dietrich & James Stewart
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) - Roger Livesy & Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
12/11 Midnight Run (1988) - Robert De Niro & (brother bought on DVD)
8/8 Jungle Cruise (2021) - Emily Blunt & Dwayne Johnson (got on blu-ray for Christmas)
Classics I finally watched:
The Gay Divorcee (1934) - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
Destry Rides Again (1939) - Marlene Dietrich & James Stewart
The Mark of Zorro (1940) - Tyrone Power & Linda Darnell
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) - Roger Livesy & Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook
Leave Her to Heaven (1945) - Gene Tierney & Corel Wilde, Jeanne Crain
Late Spring (1949-Japan) - Setsuka Hara
Born Yesterday (1950) - Judy Holliday & William HoldenMarty (1955) - Ernest Borgnine
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich
The Mummy (1959) - Christopher Lee
The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charlson Bronson
The Misfits (1961) - Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Montgomery Clift
West Side Story (1961) - Natalie Wood & Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno
Dr. No (1962) - Sean Connery
Dear Heart (1964) - Glenn Ford & Geraldine
Goldfinger (1965) - Sean Connery
Battle of the Bulge (1965) - Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Robert Ryan
In the Heat of the Night (1967) - Sidney PoitierMurder on the Orient Express (1974) - everybody lol
The Towering Inferno (1974) - Paul Newman, Steve McQueen
All the President's Men (1976) - Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman
Anne of Green Gables (1985) - Megan Followes
Pretty Woman (1990) - Richard Gere & Julia RobertsNumber of movies per decade:
1910s: 0 (0 rewatches)
1920s: 3 (0 rewatches)
1930s: 69 (16 rewatches)
1940s: 103 (21 rewatches)
1950s: 45 (6 rewatches)
1960s: 47 (8 rewatches)
1970s: 7 (0 rewatches)
1980s: 13 (5 rewatches)
1990s: 20 (6 rewatches)
2000s: 17 (7 rewatches)
2010s: 7 (5 rewatches)
2020s: 4 (0 rewatches)
Number of movies per month:
January: 45 (10 rewatches)
February: 31 (6 rewatches)
March: 22 (5 rewatch)
April: 25 (6 rewatches)
May: 16 (5 rewatches)
June: 17 (4 rewatches)
July: 36 (6 rewatches)
August: 32 (9 rewatches)
September: 20 (1 rewatch)
October: 29 (3 rewatches)
November: 28 (5 rewatches)
December: 35 (12 rewatches)
Number of Foreign Language Films: 10
Stars I discovered/grew to love/admire: Robert Sterling and Steve McQueen
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*To see last year's stats, click here.
Did you keep track of the movies you watched in 2021? Was there a star or movie you discovered that you can't live without now? Let me know in the comments! Also, no matter how hard I try there are always discrepancies in my numbers... It NEVER adds up perfectly!
Number of movies per month:
January: 45 (10 rewatches)
February: 31 (6 rewatches)
March: 22 (5 rewatch)
April: 25 (6 rewatches)
May: 16 (5 rewatches)
June: 17 (4 rewatches)
July: 36 (6 rewatches)
August: 32 (9 rewatches)
September: 20 (1 rewatch)
October: 29 (3 rewatches)
November: 28 (5 rewatches)
December: 35 (12 rewatches)
Number of Foreign Language Films: 10
Most Watched (Leading) Movie Stars:
Robert Young - 16 films
Robert Young - 16 films
Elvis Presley - 15 films
Lucille Ball (TCM SOTM) - 12 films
Robert Taylor, Ingrid Bergman (TCM SOTM), Tom Conway (The Falcon series) - 8 films
William Powell (all rewatches), James Stewart, Barbara Stanwyck, Jeanette MacDonald - 7 films
Jack Carson, Eve Arden - 6 films
Joan Crawford, Lew Ayres, Nelson Eddy, Miriam Hopkins, Maureen O'Hara, Ruth Hussey, Sydney Greenstreet, Steve McQueen, Robert Redford, Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts - 5 films
Stars I discovered/grew to love/admire: Robert Sterling and Steve McQueen
*To see last year's stats, click here.
Did you keep track of the movies you watched in 2021? Was there a star or movie you discovered that you can't live without now? Let me know in the comments! Also, no matter how hard I try there are always discrepancies in my numbers... It NEVER adds up perfectly!