Our 2024 Movie Watch List (Part 1)
From January 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024, we watched a total of 116 movies. Here is a breakdown of all movies by month each month’s theme we used to decided which movies to watch. Also, I have categorized the movies into three broad categories. Category 1 movies are good or great movies that are worth watching but I will likely never watch the movies again. Category 2 (and 2b) movies are good (or bad) movies that I enjoyed watching so much, I would likely watch the movies again, and again, and again. Category 3 movies are movies that, in my opinion, are not good and I regret watching them at all.
January 2024
Theme: Natural Disasters and Wildcard
- Heart Beats Loud (2018), Category 1.
- Greenland (2020), Category 2.
- Jackie Brown (1997), Category 1.
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Category 2.
- Iron Sky, (2012), Category 2.
- The Impossible (2012), Category 1.
- Super Troopers (2001), Category 2.
- The Night Comes for Us (2018), Category 2.
- Munchie (1992), Category 2b.
- Machete (2010), Category 2.
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Category 2b.
- Pompeii (2014), Category 3.
- Robocop (1987), Category 2.
- Double Dragon (1994), Category 2b.
- Whiplash (2014), Category 1.
- Geostorm (2017), Category 3.
- Highlander (1986), Category 2.
- Badland Hunters (2024), Category 2.
- Killer Sofa (2018), Category 2b.
February 2024
Theme: Black Cinema and Romantic Comedies
- The Princess Bride (1987), Category 2.
- Fools Rush In (1997), Category 2b.
- Blazing Saddles (1974), Category 2.
- Juno (2007), Category 2.
- The Wrong Missy (2020), Category 2.
- Evil Bong (2006), Category 3.
- Cool Runnings (1993), Category 3.
- When Harry Met Sally (1989), Category 2.
- Foxy Brown (1974), Category 2
- Devil’s Express (1976), Category 2b.
- Con-Air (1997), Category 2.
- Mary and the Witch’s Flower (2017), Category 1.
- Dirty Dancing (1987), Category 2. .
- Coffy (1973), Category 2.
- Lean on Me (1989), Category 1.
- Disco Godfather (1979), Category 2b.
- My Girl (1991), Category 1.
- Something’s Gotta Give (2003), Category 2.
- Dolemite (1975), Category 2b.
- She’s All That (1999), Category 2b.
- BlacKkKlansman (2018), Category 1.
March 2024
Theme: Soccer Films and Crime Mysteries
- The Big Green (1995), Category 2.
- Clue (1985), Category 2.
- Se7en (1995), Category 1.
- No Country for Old Men (2007), Category 1.
- Bend it Like Beckham (2002), Category 1.
- L.A. Confidential (1997), Category 1.
- Hobo with a Shotgun (2011), Category 2b.
- Glass Onion (2022), Category 1.
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Category 2b.
- She’s the Man (2006), Category 3.
- Fargo (1996), Category 1.
- The Other Guys (2010), Category 2b.
- Ladybugs (1992), Category 2b.
- Who’s Harry Crumb? (1989), Category 2b.
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Category 1.
- The Nice Guys (2016), Category 2.
- Kindergarten Cop (1990), Category 2.
- The French Connection (1971), Category 1.
- Point Break (1991), Category 2b.
- Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Category 2b.
April 2024
Theme: Baseball and Aliens
- Rookie of the Year (1993), Category 2b.
- 42 (2013), Category 1.
- Predator 2 (1990), Category 2b.
- District 9 (2009), Category 1.
- Independence Day (1996), Category 2.
- Major League (1989), Category 2.
- Event Horizon (1997), Category 3.
- Major League II (1992), Category 2.
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Category 2.
- Fences (2016), Category 1.
- The Sandlot (1993), Category 2.
- Aliens (1986), Category 2.
- The Blob (1988), Category 2.
- The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013), Category 2.
- Fantastic Planet (1973), Category 1.
May 2024
Theme: AAPI Films
- Suzume (2022), Category 1.
- Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022), Category 1.
- Lady Bird (2017), Category 2.
- Police Story III or Supercop (1992), Category 2.
- Jin-Roh: the Wolf Brigade (1999), Category 1.
- Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Category 2.
- Your Name (2016), Category 1.
- Ghost in the Shell (1995), Category 2.
- Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Category 1.
- Always Be My Maybe (2019), Category 3.
- Ong-Bak (2003), Category 2.
- Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999), Category 2b.
- The Night is Short, Walk on Girl (2017), Category 2.
- Chocolate (2008), Category 2.
- Millennium Actress (2001), Category 1.
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Category 1.
- Past Lives (2023), Category 1.
- Sex Drive (2008), Category 2b.
- In this Corner of the World (2016), Category 1.
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), Category 2.
- Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Category 2.
- Parasite (2019), Category 1.
June 2024
Theme: Summer/Road Trips and Pride Month
- Good Will Hunting (1997), Category 1.
- Only Yesterday (1991), Category 1.
- The Florida Project (2017), Category 1.
- Drive-Away Dolls (2024), Category 2.
- We’re the Millers (2013), Category 2b.
- Van Wilder (2002), Category 2b.
- Camp Nowhere (1992), Category 2b.
- The Birdcage (1996), Category 2.
- Meatballs (1979), Category 3.
- Vacation (2015), Category 3.
- But I’m a Cheerleader (1999), Category 2.
- Unpregnant (2020), Category 2.
- Moonlight (2016), Category 1.
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Category 2b.
- The Room (2003), Category 2b.
- RV (2006), Category 2b.
- Jaws (1975), Category 1.
- The Way Way Back (2013), Category 3.
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), Category 2.