I have published the list of shows and movies I watched or re-watched in 2022 and 2023. Here is the list of 2024. I do not recommend them all; some of it was great, some was utterly forgettable.
The Great
This year I’ve watched quite a few movies made by (or inspired by, in the case of “A.I.”) the one and only Stanley Kubrick. All of them are out of this world, fantastic, extraordinary, without exception.
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- Day of the Fight
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Fear and Desire
- Flying Padre
- Paths of Glory
- The Killing
Then comes the list of what I consider the outstanding, unforgettable, extraordinary, must-watch stuff. I seriously recommend all of these titles.
- Akira 🇯🇵
- Anatomie d’une chute 🇫🇷
- Atonement
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Cléo de 5 à 7 🇫🇷
- Crónica de un niño solo 🇦🇷
- Dune
- Dune: Part Two
- Fight Club
- Koyaanisqatsi
- La Ciénaga 🇦🇷
- Labyrinth
- Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir 🇫🇷
- Minority Report
- Miyazaki, l’Esprit de la Nature 🇯🇵 🇫🇷
- Nada 🇦🇷
- Philadelphia
- Poor Things
- Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
- Romancing the Stone
- Scent of a Woman
- The Boy and the Heron 🇯🇵
- The Boys
- The Doors
- The Whale
The Good
Some stuff is just fine. I liked the following titles. There’s a bit of everything.
- Becoming Karl Lagerfeld
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Edge of Tomorrow
- Emily in Paris season 4
- Federer: Twelve Final Days
- For All Mankind season 4
- Genesis: Together and Apart
- Grey’s Anatomy season 20
- I Am: Celine Dion
- Kaos
- La PelÃcula del Rey 🇦🇷
- Legally Blonde
- Miami Vice
- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
- Office Christmas Party
- Pirates of Silicon Valley
- Prince of Persia
- Schlaue neue Welt - Das KI-Wettrennen 🇩🇪
- The Flash (the 1990 TV show, that is, not the 2023 clusterfuck)
- The Intern
- The Other Woman
- Under the Thicket
- Virgin River season 6
- What’s Next: The Future with Bill Gates
I must also mention that I watched these 3 movies that are essentially the same, so just don’t spend time picking and choosing, any of these would do.
- A Family Affair where Nicole Kidman falls in love with a younger man.
- The Idea of You where Anne Hathaway falls in love with a younger man.
- Lonely Planet where Laura Dern falls in love with a younger man.
The Bad
And finally, some stuff is downright bad. Avoid if possible. Too many romantic comedies with Lindsay Lohan.