2025 Viewing

Unlike my skimpy reading list for 2025, my viewing list for last year grew to over 4 handwritten pages. I distilled it down to 20 some movies and shows I watched, excluding sports. Here is my annual list.

The Last Of Us – series (it should have ended with the first season)

American Primeval – series (riveting, could watch again)

The Bikeriders – movie (we almost always enjoy Tom Hardy)

Gladiator 2 – movie (I know! But we both enjoyed it)

The Madness – series (Colman Domingo)

Grave of the Fireflies – movie (haunting, will stick with you)

Knox Goes Away – movie (Michael Keaton)

Wednesday – series (I watched reruns of the original Addams Family series as a kid and thought it was clever, then tiresome. Tim Burton lent his special touch to what I thought was worn out material, and made it enjoyable)

Lost In Space – series (same as above, minus Burton)

Manchester By The Sea – movie (reminds one of what good acting and storytelling can be)

Jane Mansfield’s Car – movie (directed by Billy Bob Thornton, it’s a quirky little film with some great actors involved)

Love, Death and Robots – series (I will continue watching this anthology series as long as they keep putting out new seasons.)

Black Mirror – series (same as above)

Black Rabbit – series (what has Jason Bateman become? Pretty much a must-watch actor, after this and his previous series Ozark)

Three Thousand Years Of Longing – movie (a fun fable staring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton)

X, Pearl and Maxxxine – movies (I started this trilogy by Ti West while watching Wednesday, curious about what else Jenna Ortega had acted in. That led me to the amazing Mia Goth.)

The UnXplained – series (hosted by the great William Shatner)

Adolescence – series (could be retitled “Seriously Messed Up Kid”)

Frankenstein – movie (most films by Guillermo del Toro are worth watching)

Into The Inferno – documentary (I will watch anything by Werner Herzog)

Pig – movie (Shelly and I are Nick Cage fans. We enjoy trying to figure out in which scene he will go crazy during his newest movie.)

How To With John Wilson – series/documentary (Uber nerd Wilson has presented a funny and astute view of the human condition, set in New York City)

Porco Rosso – movie (one of the few Hayao Miyazaki films I had not seen. Fun and funny.)

Hereditary – movie (creepy!)

One of my favorite search engines to find movies and shows is Just Watch, which seems to cover almost every streamer out there.