Here are my Favorite Pre-2020 First-Watches and Discoveries of 2022:

“Prince of the City”
“The Last Family” (2016)
“Harvey” (1950)
“White of the Eye”
“Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me”
“The Hidden Fortress”
“Hollow Man”
“Mommie Dearest”
“Adoration” (2019)
“Landscape Suicide”
“One Deadly Summer”
“Vinyan”
“Vampire’s Kiss”
“Angel Face” (1953)
“Frenzy” (1972)
“Charley Varrick”
“Wild River”
“The Last Waltz”
“Bluebeard” (1963)
“Turkey Shoot” (1982)
“The Colour of Lies”
“The Keep”
“Série Noire” (1979)
“La Bouche de Jean-Pierre”
“Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl”
“Rendez-Vous in Paris”
“L’Amour Braque”
“Lifeforce”
“Showgirls”
“Malina”
“Domain”
“Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid”
“Wish You Were Here” (1987)
“A Swedish Love Story”
“Scary Mother”
“Carousel” (1956)
“Hold Back the Dawn”
“House of Bamboo”
“Layer Cake”
“Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker” (“Night Warning”)
“Two Family House”
“The Learning Tree”
“I Was at Home, But…”
“Suture”
“Halloween III: Season of the Witch”
“In Dreams”
“Antwone Fisher”
“Knock Knock”
“The Outlaw Josie Wales”
“The Day of the Dolphin”
“The Manhattan Project” (1986)
“The Serpent and the Rainbow”
“Rambling Rose”
“Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”
“Street Smart” (1987)
“Chilly Scenes of Winter” (“Head Over Heels”)
“Ménage” (1986)
“Wolfen”
“Danzón”
“Under Siege”
“Peppermint Soda”
“Marija” (2016)
“I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians”
“The Ice Harvest”
“The Warm Money”
“Shattered” (1991)
“Quai des Orfèvres”
“The Funhouse”
“The Sum of All Fears”
“Lay the Favorite”
“Return of the Living Dead”
“Terror in a Texas Town”
“No Way Out” (1950)
“The Pirate” (1948)
“The Oak”
“Downhill Racer”
“The Sign of Leo” (1962)
“The Coward” (1965)
“Them” (2006)
“Fire in the Sky”
“The Lair of the White Worm”
“Out of the Fog” (1941)
“The Fan” (1981)
“King of the Ants” (Director’s Cut)
“Messiah of Evil”
“The Whole Shootin’ Match

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First-Watches of Films: January 2022

“The Killing of Two Lovers”
“Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me”
“Licorice Pizza”
“Only the Animals”
“Mommie Dearest”
“Landscape Suicide”
“Angel Face” (1953)
“Frenzy” (1972)
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
“Hive” (2021)
“West Side Story” (2021)
“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” (Especially “Door Wide Open”)
“Wild River”
“New Order” (2020)
“The Beta Test”
“The Snake Pit”
“Ticket of No Return”
“For the Time Being” (2020)
“Rose Plays Julie”
“Offspring”
“This Filthy World”
“Hope” (2019)
“Property Is No Longer a Theft”
“Teknolust”
“Our House”
“Hannie Caulder”

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Rewatches of Films: January 2022

“You Can Count on Me”
“The Official Story”
“The Virgin Suicides”
“Out of the Blue”
“Night and the City”
“Thelma”
“Louder Than Bombs”
“My Wonderful Wanda”
“Primal Fear”
“Color Out of Space”

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First-Watches of Films: February 2022

“Prince of the City”
“Wish You Were Here” (1987)
“A Swedish Love Story”
“Rambling Rose”
“Maria Capdelaine”
“Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown”
“The Sum of All Fears”
“Downhill Racer”
“Ste. Anne”
“Hellbender”
“Native Son” (1951)
“The Human Voice”
“The Flower of My Secret”
“Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!”
“Law of Desire”
“A Raisin in the Sun”
“Sunblind”
“Like Me”
“The Lords of Salem”

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Rewatches of Films: February 2022

“Songs from the Second Floor”
“Out of the Blue”
“The Last Picture Show”
“Pickup on South Street”
“Only the Animals”
“Wildland”
“Grease”
“Moulin Rouge!”
“The Wind” (2019)

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First-Watches of Films: March 2022

“Harvey” (1950)
“X” (2022)
“Suture”
“Mass” (2021)
“Bluebeard” (1963)
“The Warm Money”
“Terror in a Texas Town”
“Under Siege”
“In Dreams”
“No Way Out” (1950)
“The Batman”
“The Whole Shootin’ Match”
“Adam’s Apples”
“Fire in the Sky”
“The Waterdance”
“Crime of Passion” (1956)
“Beat Girl”
“Their Finest”
“House of Strangers”
“Cattle Annie and Little Britches”
“Blood and Black Lace”
“Holler”
“Gretel & Hansel”

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Rewatches of Films: March 2022

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Shoot ‘Em Up”
“Green Book”

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First-Watches of Films: April 2022

“Adoration” (2019)
“L’Amour Braque”
“The Learning Tree”
“Quai des Orfèvres”
“Malina”
“La Bouche de Jean-Pierre”
“The Serpent and the Rainbow”
“Peppermint Soda”
“I Was at Home, But…”
“Wind River” (2017)
“Lilies of the Field” (1963)
“All My Sons”
“Livid”
“A Private War”
“Cane River”
“The Best Man” (1999)
“Valdez is Coming”
“Osmosis Jones”
“Uncle Buck”

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Rewatches of Films: April 2022

“Dead Ringers”
“The Godfather”
“Pulp Fiction”
“The Godfather: Part II”
“Running on Empty”
“The Worst Person in the World”
“Life is Sweet”
“Singin’ in the Rain”
“The Girl and the Spider”
“Wrath of Man”
“The Strange Little Cat”
“The Pillow Book”
“8½ Women”
“Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn”

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First-Watches of Films: May 2022

“Vortex” (2021)
“Layer Cake”
“Nitram”
“Ménage” (1986)
“The Northman”
“Carousel” (1956)
“Wild Indian”
“Marija” (2016)
“Antwone Fisher”
“Murders in the Zoo”
“Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker” (“Night Warning”)
“Relic” (2020)
“Brain Damage”
“Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy”
“Barrage” (2017)
“The Milk of Sorrow”
“A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors”
“Murder at the Vanities”
“A Time to Kill”
“Dude Bro Party Massacre III”
“Waiting…” (2005)
“Zombi Child”

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Rewatches of Films: May 2022

“Schindler’s List”
“The Deer Hunter”
“The Silence of the Lambs”
“Eve’s Bayou”
“Red Rocket”
“Tremors”
“The Power of the Dog”
“Army of Darkness”

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First-Watches of Films: June 2022

“Crimes of the Future” (2022) (x2)
“Resurrection” (2022)
“Unidentified” (2020) and “Miracle” (2021)
“The Last Family” (2016)
“The Innocents” (2021)
“Mad God”
“Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Série Noire” (1979)
“Street Smart” (1987)
“The Dry”
“Danzón”
“Them” (2006)
“Dead Man’s Bluff”
“Dual” (2022)
“The Newton Boys”
“Manhattan Murder Mystery”
“Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe”
“After Yang”
“Gourmet Flux”
“Memoria”
“Between the Lines” (1977)
“Crossing Over” (2009)
“Airport”
“Smoke Signals”

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Rewatches of Films: June 2022

“Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2”
“Magnolia”
“Blue Velvet”
“Sleeping Beauty” (1959)
“In the Soup”
“Lowlife”
“Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker”
“Corrina, Corrina”
“Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult”
“Liar Liar”

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First-Watches of Films: July 2022

“White of the Eye”
“The Last Waltz”
“Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid”
“One Deadly Summer”
“Turkey Shoot” (1982)
“Hold Back the Dawn”
“The Pirate” (1948)
“The Coward” (1965)
“House of Bamboo”
“Sundown” (2021)
“Sun Children”
“Lay the Favorite”
“Out of the Fog” (1941)
“Slow Machine”
“Funan”
“The Hard Way” (1943)
“Patriot Games”
“The Movement of Things”
“Parallel Mothers”
“Fourth of July”
“Empire Records”
“The Unforgiven”
“Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron”
“Garden State”
“The Black Phone”
“While the City Sleeps” (1956)
“The Canal” (2014)
“The 6th Day”

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Rewatches of Films: July 2022

“Nashville
“Three Colours: Blue”, Three Colours: White”*
“American Graffiti”
“Unforgiven”
“The French Connection”
“Mars Attacks!”
“Mean Streets”
“Lost Highway”
“Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia”
“Deconstructing Harry”
“The Blob” (1988)
“SubUrbia”
“Role Models” (2008)

*Missed the train on “Three Colours: Red”.

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First-Watches of Films: August 2022

“Charley Varrick”
“Vinyan”
“Showgirls”
“The Cool Lakes of Death”
“The Outlaw Josie Wales”
“Return of the Living Dead”
“I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians”
“Lifeforce”
“Strawberry Mansion”
“King of the Ants” (Director’s Cut)
“War on Everyone”
“Skate Kitchen”
“Messiah of Evil”
“Forbidden Planet”
“Scarred Hearts”
“Lean on Me”
“Lost Soul” (2014)
“The Debut” (1977)
“Collective”
“Our Lady of the Nile”
“Blue Sunshine”
“The Sea Wolf”
“Downton Abbey: The New Age”
“M: I – Fallout”
“Clear and Present Danger”
“Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush”
“Xanadu”

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Rewatches of Films: August 2022

“Days of Heaven”
“The Rapture”
“L.A. Confidential”
“Night Moves” (1975)
“Frailty”
“A History of Violence”
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
“Servants”
“The Neon Demon”
“Dog Day Afternoon”
“Serial Mom”
“The Full Monty”
“The Long Kiss Goodnight”
“Bad Lieutenant”
“French Exit”
“The Beta Test”
“Star Wars: A New Hope”
“Warrior”

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First-Watches of Films: September 2022

“Speak No Evil” (“Gæsterne”) (2022)
“Pearl” (x2)
“Rendez-Vous in Paris”
“Decision to Leave”
“Out of the Blue” (2022)
“Blonde”
“Bloody Oranges”
“Bérénice” (1954)
“Tori and Lokita”
“Knock Knock”
“House of Darkness”
“Smoking Causes Coughing”
“The Day of the Dolphin”
“Permanent Midnight”
“Shattered” (1991)
“The Sign of Leo” (1962)
“The Oak”
“The Kreutzer Sonata”
“Perceval”
“Jane Eyre” (1997)
“Niagara” (1953)
“Corpus Christi” (2019)
“The Good Boss”
“Twelve O’Clock High”
“Paris, 13th District”
“The Gypsy Moths”
“The Bob’s Burgers Movie”
“Accused of Murder”
“The Passion of Darkly Noon”
“Hey, You!”
“Truth or Consequences” (2020)
“Making Mr. Right”
“Hard Luck Love Song”
“The Feast”
“Empire of Light”
“Singles”

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Rewatches of Films: September 2022

“Oldboy”
“High Life”
“Blue Collar”
“Crash” (1996)
“Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance”
“Walker”
“Heist” (2001)
“Pig” (2021)
“House of Bamboo”
“The Drop”
“Absolute Power”
“Freddy Got Fingered”

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First-Watches of Films: October 2022

“The Whale” (2022)
“Scarlet” (2022)
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Tár”
“The Beasts” (2022)
“The Keep”
“Corsage”
“Barbarian” (2022)
“Wolfen”
“Maigret”
“The Manhattan Project” (1986)
“EO”
“The Lair of the White Worm”
“The Eternal” (1998)
“A Piece of Sky”
“Stars at Noon”
“Apples”
“The Funhouse”
“Boy From Heaven”
“Falcon Lake”
“Broker” (2022)
“Friedkin Uncut”
“Old Henry”
“Focus” (2001)
“Red Sparrow”
“The Uncle” (2022)
“M. Butterfly”
“Triangle of Sadness”
“Arabesque”
“80,000 Years Old”
“Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny”
“De Humani Corporis Fabrica”
“The Wedding Banquet”
“Two for the Road”
“Burnt Offerings”
“Wolf Creek”

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Rewatches of Films: October 2022

“Speak No Evil” (2022)
“The Nightmare Before Christmas”
“Sleepy Hollow” (B&W)
“The Spanish Prisoner”
“The Mummy” (1999)
“Child’s Play” (1988)
“The General’s Daughter”
“Demon Knight”

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First-Watches of Films: November 2022

“The Hidden Fortress”
“Vampire’s Kiss” (x2)
“The Trouble with Being Born”
“Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl”
“Domain”
“Aftersun”
“Wolfwalkers”
“The Colour of Lies”
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“Terror on the Prairie”
“Charlatan” (2020)
“Halloween III: Season of the Witch”
“Mr. Bean’s Holiday”
“The Forgiven”
“Burning Cane”
“Carmen”
“Love”
“The Raging Moon”
“Superior”
“The Pit” (2020)
“Tammy and the T-Rex”
“Junior” (2011)
“The Neon Bible”
“Dream Demon”
“Secret Ceremony”
“Orly”
“Dead of Winter”
“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”
“The Living Dead Girl”

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Rewatches of Films: November 2022

“Kes”
“Junebug”
“Out of the Blue” (2022)
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Blonde”
“EO” (x2)
“Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”
“The Cable Guy”
“Hot Fuzz”
“Tesla”
“West Side Story” (2021)
“Dave”
“Brain Damage”

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First-Watches of Films: December 2022

“Funny Pages” (x2)
“True Things”
“Hollow Man”
“Dinner in America”
“Scary Mother”
“Two Family House”
“To Leslie”
“Earwig” (2021)
“Holy Spider”
“Chilly Scenes of Winter” (“Head Over Heels”)
“The Ice Harvest”
“Both Sides of the Blade” (“Avec Amour et Acharnement”
“The Fan” (1981)
“The Cathedral” (2021)
“Hold Me Tight” (2021)
“Baby, It’s You” (1983)
“Stir of Echoes”
“Confess, Fletch”
“All My Friends Hate Me”
“Lux Aeterna”
“The Red Queen Kills Seven Times”
“Jobe’z World”
“Creature from the Black Lagoon”
“American Sniper”
“Fear” (2022)

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Rewatches of Films: December 2022

“Goodfellas”
“The Long Good Friday”
“Naked” (1993)
“Local Hero”
“Bride of Frankenstein”
“Locke”
‘Cat People” (1982)
“Wolfwalkers”
“True Lies”
“Mousehunt”
“Running Scared”
“Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” (1970)
“U-Turn” (1997)
“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
“Home Alone”
“The Keep”

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Total Films Watched in 2022: 556