Thursday, January 01, 2015
2014: I, THE AUDIENCE
Here are the movies I saw in 2014:
1901-1910
1903 — The Monster — 1910
— A Christmas Carol
1911-1920
1912 — The Conquest of the Pole
— 1914 — Judith of Bethuliah * The Avenging Conscience
1921-1930
1921 — Never Weaken — 1923
— A Woman of Paris — 1924 — He Who Gets Slapped —
1925 — The Big Parade * The Monster * The Freshman —
1926 — The Boob * The Better ’Ole — 1927
— The Unknown — 1928 — Two Tars * The Circus —
1929 — The Letter — 1930 — The Bishop
Murder Case * Billy the Kid * Doughboys
1931-1940
1931 — Dance, Fools, Dance * A
Free Soul * M * The Champ * Waterloo Bridge * Kameradschaft * Illicit * Blonde
Crazy * The Public Enemy * Little Caesar * The Black Camel * City Lights —
1932 — Jewel Robbery * The Half-Naked Truth * Blonde Venus *
Three on a Match * The Dark Horse — 1933 — Cavalcade * Going
Hollywood * Ace of Aces * King Kong * I’m No Angel * The Eagle and the Hawk —
1934 — House of Rothschild * Gambling Lady * A Very
Honorable Guy — 1935 — Rendezvous * Mutiny on the Bounty *
Les Miserables * Sylvia Scarlett — 1936 — Mary of Scotland
*Stage Struck * Our Relations — 1937 — Madam X * Super
Sleuth * Topper * Kid Galahad — 1938 — There’s Always a
Woman * Bringing Up Baby * Night Spot * A Christmas Carol * Holiday —
1939 — Of Mice and Men * Dodge City * Goodbye, Mr. Chips! *
Stagecoach * Bachelor Mother * The Hunchback of Notre Dame * The Day the
Bookies Wept * They Made Me a Spy * The Cat and the Canary * Love Affair * The
Little Princess * Only Angels Have Wings * Gunga Din — 1940
— Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum * Strike up the Band * The Great Dictator *
The Ghost Breakers * Broadway Melody of 1940 * The Shop Around the Corner
1941-1950
1941 — Mexican Spitfire’s Baby *
The Maltese Falcon * The Ghost Train * Penny Serenade * Suspicion —
1942 — My Sister Eileen * Man from Headquarters * Ball of
Fire * Phantom Killer * My Favorite Blonde — 1943 — The
Desperadoes * Casablanca — 1944 — Lifeboat * National Velvet
* To Have and Have Not * The Lodger * The Whistler * Army * None But the Lonely
Heart — 1945 — Brewster’s Millions * Dillinger * Hotel
Berlin * Conflict * Detour * I See a Dark Stranger * The Power of the Whistler —
1946 — Dick Tracy vs. Cueball * The Strange Love of Martha
Ivers * The Big Sleep * Spook Busters * Devotion * Mysterious Intruder —
1947 — Possessed * Out of the Past * Good News * The
Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer — 1948 — The Boy with the Green
Hair * The Fallen Idol * The Man from Colorado * Key Largo * Mr. Blandings
Builds His Dream House * Joan of Arc * The Woman in White — 1949
— Flamingo Road * I Was a Male War Bride * The Barkleys of Broadway —
1950 — Summer Stock * Three Came Home * In a Lonely Place *
Gun Crazy * It’s a Small World * Annie Get Your Gun * Crisis * Side Street
1951-1960
1951 — Quo Vadis * Angels in the
Outfield * Detective Story * Texas Carnival * Lightning Strikes Twice * A
Christmas Carol — 1952 — Chained for Life * Forbidden Games
* Plymouth Adventure * O. Henry’s Full House * Angel Face * Umberto D. —
1953 — Gate of Hell * The Blue Gardenia * The Hitch-Hiker *
Shane * The Juggler * Half a Hero * The Robe — 1954 — The
Student Prince * Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia) * La strada * Dial M for
Murder — 1955 — The Virgin Queen * Mister Roberts * The
Cobweb * Smiles of a Summer Night * Dreams — 1956 — Plucking
the Daisy * Baby Doll * Safari * Bus Stop * The Bad Seed * Anastasia —
1957 — The Joker Is Wild * Edge of the City * Paths of Glory
* The Unholy Wife * Raintree County * The Three Faces of Eve * The Sweet Smell
of Success * Wild Strawberries * The Pride and the Passion — 1958
— No Time for Sergeants * The Vikings * Attack of the 50-Foot Woman * Separate
Tables * The Defiant Ones * Auntie Mame * Indiscreet * Houseboat — 1959
— Pillow Talk * Ride Lonesome * The Ghost of Yotsuya * North by Northwest *
Eyes Without a Face * Santa Claus * The Big Fisherman — 1960
— Sergeant Rutledge * Village of the Damned * Psycho * The Grass Is Greener
1961-1970
1961 — The Mysterious Island *
Raisin in the Sun * The Innocents * King of Kings — 1962 — The
300 Spartans * Winter Light — 1963 — Bye Bye Birdie * The
Pink Panther * Shock Corridor * The Old Dark House * The Birds * The Thrill of
It All * The Raven * The Silence — 1964 — Della * Séance on
a Wet Afternoon * The Comedy of Terrors * Murder Most Foul * Strait-Jacket *
Kwaidan * Dead Ringer * A Carol for Another Christmas — 1965
— The Shop on Main Street * A Thousand Clowns * The Cincinnati Kid —
1966 — Alvarez Kelly * Closely Watched Trains * Harper * The
Glass Bottom Boat * The Trouble with Angels * Boy Did I Get a Wrong Number! —
1967 — Wait Until Dark * Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner *
Death Rides a Horse * The Big Mouth — 1968 — Ice Station
Zebra * Planet of the Apes — 1970 — The Aristocats * There
Was a Crooked Man * Kelly’s Heroes * Scrooge
1971-1980
1971 — Walkabout * Carnal
Knowledge — 1973 — The Legend of Hell House * American
Graffiti * The Long Goodbye * The Last Detail — 1974 — Young
Frankenstein * Thieves Like Us — 1976 — The Shootist * The
Outlaw Josey Wales * The Pink Panther Strikes Again — 1977 —
Rollercoaster — 1978 — Up in Smoke — 1979
— The Frisco Kid * Manhattan — 1980 — Caddyshack
1981-1990
1981 — Bloody Birthday — 1982 — Poltergeist — 1983 — Zelig * A Christmas Story — 1984 — Firestarter * A Passage to India * The Bounty — 1985 — Re-Animator * Runaway Train — 1986 — Back to School * Aliens — 1987 — Planes, Trains and Automobiles — 1988 — Paperhouse * Working Girl * Scrooged — 1990 — Mountains of the Moon
1981 — Bloody Birthday — 1982 — Poltergeist — 1983 — Zelig * A Christmas Story — 1984 — Firestarter * A Passage to India * The Bounty — 1985 — Re-Animator * Runaway Train — 1986 — Back to School * Aliens — 1987 — Planes, Trains and Automobiles — 1988 — Paperhouse * Working Girl * Scrooged — 1990 — Mountains of the Moon
1991-2000
1992 — Porco Rosso * Unforgiven —
1993 — Jurassic Park — 1994 — Serial Mom —
1996 — Scream — 1998 — The Big Lebowski —
1999 — Superstar * Payback — 2000 — How
the Grinch Stole Christmas
2001-2010
2001 — Zoolander —
2003 — Kill Bill, Vol. 1 * Elf — 2004 — Kill
Bill, Vol. 2 * Collateral — 2005 — Flightplan —
2006 — Flyboys — 2007 — 88 Minutes *
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street * Death Proof * Los Angeles
Plays Itself — 2008 — Tropic Thunder —
2009 — Year One * Whiteout * The Taking of Pelham 123 —
2010 — Devil
2011-2014
2011 — The Descendants * Up on
Poppy Hill * Bad Teacher * Paul — 2012 — Rise of the
Guardians * On the Road * Parental Guidance * Kon-Tiki * Safety Not Guaranteed *
The Act of Killing — 2013 — The Lone Ranger * Frozen * Man
of Steel * American Hustle * Free Birds * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 *
The Wind Rises * Escape Plan * 12 Years a Slave * Blackfish * Insidious:
Chapter Two * Machete Kills * A Haunted House — 2014 — The Monuments Men
* The Grand Budapest Hotel * Captain America: The Winter Soldier * X-Men: Days
of Future Past * Dawn of the Planet of the Apes * Guardians of the Galaxy * Sin
City: A Dame to Kill For * Lucy * Non-Stop * The Amazing Spider-Man 2 * A
Million Ways to Die in the West * Mr. Peabody and Sherman * The Hobbit: The
Battle of Five Armies * The Imitation Game
The highlights among the movies I never saw before: Only
Angels Have Wings, Forbidden Games, Angel Face, Umberto D., Plucking the Daisy,
Baby Doll, Winter Light, The Silence, Kwaidan, The Shop on Main Street,
Walkabout, The Act of Killing, Blackfish.
Among the films I saw from 2014, my favorite is either The
Grand Budapest Hotel or X-Men: Days of Future Past.
