Everything I watched in 2023

The last bit of year-end business. Here is the full list of every movie I watched or rewatched, at home or in the theater, in 2023.

3 Women (Robert Altman, 1977)

The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, 1935)

Ad Astra (James Gray, 2019)

After Hours (Martin Scorsese, 1985)

All Hallows’ Eve (Damien Leone, 2013)

Alligator (Lewis Teague, 1980)

…All the Marbles (Robert Aldrich, 1981)

Amsterdamned (Dick Maas, 1988)

Anatahan (Josef Von Sternberg, 1953)

Annette (Leos Carax, 2021)

Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Sacha Gervasi, 2008)

Aquaslash (Renaud Gauthier, 2019)

Asteroid City (Wes Anderson, 2023)

The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)

Bad Girls Go to Hell (Doris Wishman, 1965)

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Radu Jude, 2021)

Barbie (Greta Gerwig, 2023)

Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992)

The Beales of Grey Gardens (Albert & David Maysles, 2006)

Bebo’s Girl (Luigi Comencini, 1964)

The Bedroom Window (Curtis Hanson, 1987)

The Beyond (Lucio Fulci, 1981)

Beyond the Door III (Jeff Kwitny, 1989)

Billy Liar (John Schlesinger, 1963)

The Bitch (Christine Pascal, 1984)

Black Panthers (Agnes Varda, 1968)

The Black Phone (Scott Derrickson, 2021)

Black Widow (Bob Rafelson, 1987)

Body Snatchers (Abel Ferrara, 1993)

The Boss (Fernando Di Leo, 1973)

The Brain (Ed Hunt, 1988)

Brand upon the Brain! (Guy Maddin, 2006)

Broken Trail (Walter Hill, 2006)

Careful (Guy Maddin, 1992)

Carmen Jones (Otto Preminger, 1954)

The Cat and the Canary (Elliott Nugent, 1939)

Censor (Prano Bailey-Bond, 2021)

The Chase (Arthur Penn, 1966)

Chocolate Babies (Steven Winter, 1996)

Christmas in July (Preston Sturges, 1940)

Class Relations (Jean-Marie Straub & Daniele Huillet, 1984)

Come True (Anthony Scott Burns, 2020)

Confidentially Yours (Francois Truffaut, 1983)

Coogan’s Bluff (Don Siegel, 1968)

Les cousins (Claude Chabrol, 1959)

Craze (Freddie Francis, 1974)

Crimes of Passion (Ken Russell, 1984)

Crime Zone (Luis Llosa, 1989)

Cujo (Lewis Teague, 1983)

The Curse (David Keith, 1987)

Curse II: The Bite (Federico Prosperi (as Fred Goodwin), 1989)

Curse of the Blue Lights (John Henry Johnson, 1988)

Curse of the Devil (Carlos Aured, 1973)

The Curse of the Screaming Dead aka Curse of the Cannibal Confederates (Tony Malanowski, 1982)

Curtains (Richard Ciupka, 1983)

Daddy’s Boys (Joseph Minion, 1988)

Damien: Omen II (Don Taylor, 1978)

Damned River (Michael Schroeder, 1989)

The Dark (John “Bud” Cardos, 1979)

Dark Night of the Scarecrow (Frank De Felitta, 1981)

Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)

Dawn of the Mummy (Frank Agrama, 1981)

Day of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1985)

The Day of the Locust (John Schlesinger, 1975)

Dead End Drive-In (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986)

Deadly Weapons (Doris Wishman, 1974)

Death in the Garden (Luis Bunuel, 1956)

Deep End (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1970)

Demons 2 (Lamberto Bava, 1986)

The Devil and Daniel Webster (William Dieterle, 1941)

The Devil Is a Woman (Josef von Sternberg, 1935)

The Devil Queen (Antonio Carlos da Fontoura, 1974)

The Devil’s Rain (Robert Fuest, 1975)

Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (Wayne Wang, 1985)

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (John Hough, 1974)

A Distant Trumpet (Raoul Walsh, 1964)

D.O.A. (Rudolph Mate, 1949)

Don’t Come Knocking (Wim Wenders, 2005)

Don’t Let It Kill You (Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, 1967)

Don’t Panic (Ruben Galindo Jr., 1988)

Double Agent 73 (Doris Wishman, 1974)

Down to the Bone (Debra Granik, 2004)

Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021)

The Drowning Pool (Stuart Rosenberg, 1975)

Edge of the City (Martin Ritt, 1957)

Edward and Caroline (Jacques Becker, 1951)

The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (C.B. Stockfleth, 2022)

The Enchanted Desna (Yuliya Solntseva, 1964)

The End of Summer (Yasujiro Ozu, 1961)

The Enforcer (James Fargo, 1976)

Everyone Else (Maren Ade, 2009)

The Exiles (Kent Mackenzie, 1961)

The Exorcist: Believer (David Gordon Green, 2023)

The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022)

The Face at the Window (George King, 1939)

A Face in the Fog (Robert F. Hill, 1936)

Fallen Angel (Otto Preminger, 1945)

Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismaki, 2023)

Faraway, So Close! (Wim Wenders, 1993)

The Far Country (Anthony Mann, 1954)

Fear and Desire (Stanley Kubrick, 1952)

Fear Street: 1666 (Leigh Janiak, 2021)

Fear Street: 1978 (Leigh Janiak, 2021)

Fear Street: 1994 (Leigh Janiak, 2021)

Ferryman Maria (Frank Wisbar, 1936)

Freedom Day Parade (Wakefield Poole, 1974)

The Front (Martin Ritt, 1976)

Le gai savoir (Jean-Luc Godard, 1969)

The Gingerdead Man (Charles Band, 2005)

Give a Girl a Break (Stanley Donen, 1953)

The Gleaners and I (Agnes Varda, 2000)

The Golem (Julien Duvivier, 1936)

A Gorgeous Girl like Me (Francois Truffaut, 1972)

The Green Fog (Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, & Galen Johnson, 2017)

The Green Knight (David Lowery, 2021)

The Green Ray (Eric Rohmer, 1986)

Grizzly (William Girdler, 1976)

The Gun Hawk (Edward Ludwig, 1963)

Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)

Hangover Square (John Brahm, 1945)

The Harvest (John McNaughton, 2013)

The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023)

Honky Tonk Freeway (John Schlesinger, 1981)

Horsehead (Romain Basset, 2014)

The House on Telegraph Hill (Robert Wise, 1951)

The Human Monster aka The Dark Eyes of London (Walter Summers, 1939)

The Human Pyramid (Jean Rouch, 1961)

I Don’t Know (Penelope Spheeris, 1971)

Indecent Desires (Doris Wishman, 1968)

In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (Guy Debord, 1978)

In Search of Darkness: Part III (David A. Weiner, 2022)

In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 (Toby Amies, 2022)

Introduction (Hong Sang-soo, 2021)

Intruder (Scott Spiegel, 1989)

The Intruder (Claire Denis, 2004)

The Iron Claw (Sean Durkin, 2023)

The Italian Connection (Fernando Di Leo, 1972)

Joint Security Area (Park Chan-wook, 2000)

Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)

Jurassic Park III (Joe Johnston, 2001)

Jurassic World (Colin Trevorrow, 2015)

Jurassic World Dominion (Colin Trevorrow, 2022)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J.A. Bayona, 2018)

Kansas City Confidential (Phil Karlson, 1952)

Keyhole (Guy Maddin, 2011)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023)

Kiss of Death (Henry Hathaway, 1947)

Land of Plenty (Wim Wenders, 2004)

Last Night in Soho (Edgar Wright, 2021)

The Last Run (Richard Fleischer & (uncredited) John Huston, 1971)

The Last Thing Mary Saw (Edoardo Vitaletti, 2021)

The Last Tycoon (Elia Kazan, 1976)

Leptirica (Dorde Kadijevic, 1973)

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie aka The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (Jorge Grau, 1974)

Lingering (Yoon Eun-gyeong, 2020)

Lions Love (… and Lies) (Agnes Varda, 1969)

Lisbon Story (Wim Wenders, 1994)

Lost, Lost, Lost (Jonas Mekas, 1976)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1997)

Love Affair (Leo McCarey, 1939)

Loves of a Blonde (Milos Forman, 1965)

Madam Satan (Cecil B. DeMille, 1930)

Mad Dog Morgan (Philippe Mora, 1976)

Mad God (Phil Tippett, 2021)

Malignant (James Wan, 2021)

Man on the Roof (Bo Widerberg, 1976)

The Manor (Axelle Carolyn, 2021)

Massacre at Central High (Rene Daalder, 1976)

Master Gardener (Paul Schrader, 2022)

May December (Todd Haynes, 2023)

Meatcleaver Massacre (Keith Burns & (possibly) Ed Wood (credited to Evan Lee), 1977)

Miami Blues (George Armitage, 1990)

Mickey One (Arthur Penn, 1965)

Mikey and Nicky (Elaine May, 1976)

Le Mirage (Jean-Claude Guiguet, 1992)

The Missouri Breaks (Arthur Penn, 1976)

Modern Romance (Albert Brooks, 1981)

Moi, un Noir (Jean Rouch, 1959)

Monkey Business (Howard Hawks, 1952)

Mortal Kombat (Simon McQuoid, 2021)

Mosquito (Gary Jones, 1994)

Mother (Vsevolod Pudovkin, 1926)

Mummy’s Boys (Fred Guiol, 1936)

The Muthers (Cirio H. Santiago, 1976)

The Mutilator (Buddy Cooper, 1984)

My Dear Killer (Tonino Valerii, 1972)

Navajeros (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1980)

Nekromantik (Jorg Buttgereit, 1988)

Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950)

Night of the Demons (Kevin Tenney, 1988)

Night of the Werewolf (Paul Naschy, 1981)

The Night James Brown Saved Boston (David Leaf, 2008)

Night’s End (Jennifer Reeder, 2022)

No Bears (Jafar Panahi, 2022)

Nobody’s Daughter Haewon (Hong Sang-soo, 2013)

Nobody’s Hero (Alain Guiraudie, 2022)

No One Heard the Scream (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1973)

No, or the Vain Glory of Command (Manoel de Oliveira, 1990)

Nosferatu in Venice (Augusto Caminito, 1988)

Notebook on Cities and Clothes (Wim Wenders, 1989)

Nude on the Moon (Doris Wishman & Raymond Phelan, 1961)

Obsession (Brian De Palma, 1976)

October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (Sergei Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov, 1927)

The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976)

The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, 1976)

Outpost (Joe Lo Truglio, 2022)

Outrageous! (Richard Benner, 1977)

Pacifiction (Albert Serra, 2022)

Padre Pio (Abel Ferrara, 2022)

Paranoia aka Orgasmo (Umberto Lenzi, 1969)

Passing Fancy (Yasujiro Ozu, 1933)

Pathosis (Austin Bonang, 2020)

Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997)

A Perfect Couple (Robert Altman, 1979)

Personal Shopper (Olivier Assayas, 2016)

Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge (Richard Friedman, 1989)

Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune (Kenneth Bowser, 2010)

Play It as It Lays (Frank Perry, 1972)

Poem of the Sea (Yuliya Solntseva, 1958)

Poison (Wes Anderson, 2023)

Poison for the Fairies (Carlos Enrique Taboada, 1986)

Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981)

P.P. Rider (Shinji Somai, 1983)

Primal Rage (Vittorio Rambaldi, 1988)

Pumping Iron II: The Women (George Butler, 1985)

The Queen of Black Magic (Kimo Stamboel, 2019)

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (Dick Richards, 1975)

Random Acts of Violence (Jay Baruchel, 2019)

The Ranger (Jenn Wexler, 2018)

The Rat Catcher (Wes Anderson, 2023)

Reunion (Jake Mahaffy, 2020)

Revolt of the Zombies (Victor Halperin, 1936)

Rhubarb (Arthur Lubin, 1951)

Roadie (Alan Rudolph, 1980)

Rocktober Blood (Beverly Sebastian, 1984)

Sabotage (Alfred Hitchcock, 1936)

Safe in Hell (William A. Wellman, 1931)

Sandra (Luchino Visconti, 1965)

O Sangue (Pedro Costa, 1989)

Satan’s Slaves 2: Communion (Joko Anwar, 2022)

Saturn Bowling (Patricia Mazuy, 2022)

The Savage Eye (Ben Maddow, Sidney Meyers, and Joseph Strick, 1959)

The Seafarers (Stanley Kubrick, 1953)

Séance (Simon Barrett, 2021)

Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul, 2012)

Sharknado (Anthony C. Ferrante, 2013)

Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, 2022)

Siege (Paul Donovan & Maura O’Connell, 1983)

Skull: The Mask (Kapel Furman & Armando Fonseca, 2020)

Slapface (Jeremiah Kipp, 2021)

Slightly Scarlet (Allan Dwan, 1956)

Slumber Party Massacre (Danishka Esterhazy, 2021)

The Sparks Brothers (Edgar Wright, 2021)

Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)

Speaking of Sex (John McNaughton, 2001)

Splendor in the Grass (Elia Kazan, 1961)

State of Siege (Costa-Gavras, 1972)

The Strange One (Jack Garfein, 1957)

Summer with Monika (Ingmar Bergman, 1953)

The Sunshine Boys (Herbert Ross, 1975)

Super-Sleuth (Benjamin Stoloff, 1937)

The Suspect (Robert Siodmak, 1944)

The Swan (Wes Anderson, 2023)

A Tale of Winter (Eric Rohmer, 1992)

The Tarnished Angels (Douglas Sirk, 1957)

The Tenant (Roman Polanski, 1976)

That Cold Day in the Park (Robert Altman, 1969)

There’s Someone Inside Your House (Patrick Brice, 2021)

They All Laughed (Peter Bogdanovich, 1981)

Thieves’ Highway (Jules Dassin, 1949)

Thirteen Women (George Archainbaud, 1932)

Tigers Are Not Afraid (Issa Lopez, 2017)

Too Late Blues (John Cassavetes, 1961)

Tori and Lokita (Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne, 2022)

The Tracker (Rolf de Heer, 2002)

A Trick of the Light (Wim Wenders, 1995)

Two Men in Manhattan (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1959)

Typhoon Club (Shinji Somai, 1985)

Uncle Yanco (Agnes Varda, 1967)

Unrest (Cyril Schaublin, 2022)

Vengeance Is Mine (Michael Roemer, 1984)

V/H/S (various, 2012)

V/H/S/2 (various, 2013)

V/H/S/94 (various, 2021)

V/H/S: Viral (various, 2014)

Viva (Anna Biller, 2007)

Welcome to L.A. (Alan Rudolph, 1976)

Wham! (Chris Smith, 2023)

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021)

White Noise (Noah Baumbach, 2022)

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (Matt Wolf, 2008)

The Wind of Ayahuasca (Nora de Izcue, 1983)

Witchboard (Kevin Tenney, 1986)

Wolfen (Michael Wadleigh, 1981)

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson, 2023)

Yes, Madam! (Corey Yuen, 1985)

You Won’t Be Alone (Goran Stolevski, 2022)

Yoyo (Pierre Etaix, 1965)

Zombie (Lucio Fulci, 1979)