Favourite First-Watches and Discoveries of 2025
Here are my Favorite Pre-2023 First-Watches and Discoveries of 2025:
“The Cat” (1988)
“Ju Dou”
“The Doors: The Final Cut”
“The Apartment” (1996)
“Peter Ibbetson”
“Hollywood 90028”
“Kill Me Again”
“The Dead” (1987)
“Amorosa”
“Brief Encounters” (1945)
“Reliance” (“Förtroligheten”)
“China Moon”
“Peppermint Candy”
“Brighton Rock” (1948)
“Misunderstood” (1966)
“Green Fish”
“Black Gravel”
“A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness”
“Another Woman” (1988)
“Let Joy Reign Supreme”
“Doktor Glas” (1968)
“Ulee’s Gold”
“Sunday” (1997)
“Lianna”
“Gal Young ‘Un”
“Christmas Evil” (“You Better Watch Out”)
“Four Nights of a Dreamer” (1971)
“The Lion in Winter” (1968)
“Nicholas Nickleby” (2002)
“The Real Thing”
“Lust, Caution”
“The Tales of Hoffmann”
“Riders of Justice”
“The Color of Pomegranants”
“MacGruber”
“The Bitter Stems” (1956)
“Bernice Bobs Her Hair”
“L.627”
“Ronin”
“The Sleepy Time Gal”
“Looking For Mr. Goodbar”
“Night of the Juggler”
“Cemetery Man”
“Angel’s Egg”
“The Face Behind the Mask”
“Port of Shadows”
“Still of the Night”
“Northern Lights” (1978)
“Never Open the Door”
“Petite Solange”
“Happy New Year” (1987)
“Tommy” (1975)
“Licence To Kill”
“Val”
“Lake Mungo”
“Something’s Gotta Give”
“The Clovehitch Killer”
“Lisa” (1990)
“If I Should Die Before I Wake”
“Supervixens”
“The Young Poisoner’s Handbook”
“The Wolberg Family”
“Afterglow” (1997)
“Ted Bundy” (2002)
“Dirty Weekend” (2015)
“Vincent the Dutchman”
“It All Starts Today”
“Black Coal, Thin Ice”
“T2 Trainspotting”
“Arthur”
“Love and Death”
“Cat City”
“Holiday Affair” (1949)
“Other People’s Children” (2022)
“Shall We Dance?” (Extended Cut)
“Abundant Acreage Available”
“Lynch/Oz”
“An Affair” (2018)
“King Lear” (1987)
“Bloody Birthday”
“Tough Guys Don’t Dance”
“Cain and Abel” (1982)
“Daisy Kenyon”
“The Ghost and the Darkness”
“The Package” (1989)
“White Reindeer”
“The Linguini Incident” (Director’s Cut)
“Boiling Point” (2021)
“Butterfly Vision”
“Better Off Dead”
“The Missouri Breaks”
“Dancing in the Blue Iguana”
“Anesthesia” (2015)
“Clean” (2004)
“Redline” (2009)
“Toolbox Murders”
“Ahed’s Knee”
“52 Pick-Up”
“Half a Chance”
“Three O’Clock High”
“The Other Lamb”
“The Last American Virgin”
“Death at a Funeral” (2007)
“The Russia House”
“Sputnik” (2020)
“Topology of Sirens”
“You Are Not My Mother”
“Jackals & Fireflies”
“Born To Win”
“Something Wicked This Way Comes”
“Dead End” (2003)
“The Outcasts” (1982)
First-Watches of Films: January 2025
“Peter Ibbetson”
“Brighton Rock” (1948)
“The Brutalist” (x2 – 70MM and IMAX)
“Nosferatu” (2024) (x2)
“Holiday Affair” (1949)
“Sting” (2024)
“Lynch/Oz”
“Half a Chance”
“Cat City”
“The Face Behind the Mask”
“La Prisonnière” (Woman in Chains)
“Frozen” (2009)
“Cuckoo”
“Babygirl”
“Happy Endings” (2005)
“Baba Yaga”
“Flow”
“All We Imagine As Light”
“Return to Oz”
“The Story of O”
“Father of the Bride” (1991)
“Things Will Be Different”
Rewatches of Films: January 2025
“The Silence of the Lambs”
“A Simple Plan”
“THE SUBSTANCE”
“Seven” (Se7en)
“Frenzy” (1972)
“Max and the Junkmen”
“Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me”
“Spider” (2002)
“Romance & Cigarettes”
“The Widow Couderc”
“The Public Eye” (1992)
“Kinds of Kindness
“Mac”
“Matinee” (1993)
“Run Lola Run”
“My Best Friend’s Wedding”
First-Watches of Films: February 2025
“The Lion in Winter” (1968)
“Hard Truths”
“Brief Encounters” (1945)
“Oddity”
“Nicholas Nickleby” (2002)
“What You Wish For”
“The Sleepy Time Gal”
“Anna Lucasta”
“Matt and Mara”
“The Black Dahlia”
“Ghost” (1990)
“Femme” (2023)
“Triangle”
“Cecil B. Demented”
“The Cowboy and the Frenchman”
“Mulholland Falls”
“Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive”
“Heartbreakers” (2001)
“Nickel Boys”
“Saw”
Rewatches of Films: February 2025
“Mulholland Dr.”
“Gattaca”
“Blue Velvet”
“Aladdin” (1992)
“Memento”
“Red Rock West”
“Terri”
“The Son of the White Mare”
“Lost Highway”
“Dead Calm”
“Perfect Days”
“Stormy Monday”
“Street of Crocodiles”
“Storytelling” (2001)
“Wild At Heart”
“Sting” (2024)
“Robin Hood” (1973)
“Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion”
First-Watches of Films: March 2025
“The Tales of Hoffmann”
“The Rule of Jenny Pen”
“Black Bag”
“Presence”
“Made in England: The Films of Powell & Pressburger”
“A Real Pain”
“Arthur” (x2)
“Who You Think I Am”
“Another Day in Paradise”
“Memoria” (2015)
“Maurice”
“Training Day”
“The Swan Princess”
“A Bug’s Life”
“The Wild Robot”
“Little Man Tate”
“Shortbus”
Rewatches of Films: March 2025
“Days of Heaven” (x2)
“Toy Story” / “Toy Story 2” / “Toy Story 3”
“The Untouchables”
“The Incredibles”
“Welcome to the Dollhouse”
“To Die For”
“Ratatouille”
“Picnic at Hanging Rock”
“Monsters Inc.”
“Devil in a Blue Dress”
“The Last of the Mohicans”
“Once Around”
“Oddity”
“Crimson Tide”
“Twelve and Holding”
“Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult”
“Between the Temples”
“Heretic”
“The Wild Bunch: The Director’s Cut”
“Meet the Robinsons”
“Cars”
“Cop Gives Waitress 2M Tip!” (“It Could Happen To You”)
First-Watches of Films: April 2025
“The Doors”
“Black Gravel”
“Let Joy Reign Supreme”
“Kill Me Again” (x2)
“MacGruber” (x2)
“The Shrouds”
“Val”
“L.627”
“The Linguini Incident” (Director’s Cut)
“It All Starts Today”
“Born To Win”
“The Ghost and the Darkness”
“Three O’Clock High” (x2)
“The Saint”
“B’Twixt Now & Sunrise”
“The Friend”
“Maid of Salem”
“The Other Side”
“Real Genius”
“Felon”
“Jesus of Montreal”
“My Bodyguard”
“Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn”
“Willow”
“Trash Humpers”
“Rumours”
“Rocket Gibraltar”
Rewatches of Films: April 2025
“The Long Good Friday”
“The Fog of War”
“Melvin and Howard”
“Moonstruck”
“Brighton Rock” (1948)
“Top Secret!”
“Batman Forever”
“101 Dalmations”
“Little Joe”
“A Goofy Movie”
First-Watches of Films: May 2025
“The Real Thing”
“The Ugly Stepsister”
“Riders of Justice”
“The Clovehitch Killer”
“Better Man”
“Henry Johnson”
“Supervixens”
“September 5”
“Neighborhood Watch”
“Butterfly Vision”
“Oh, Canada”
“Daisy Kenyon”
“52 Pick-Up”
“Final Destination: Bloodlines”
“Topology of Sirens”
“The Last American Virgin”
“Body Bags”
“Clown in the Cornfield”
“Mifune” (“Mifune’s Last Song”)
“Sweet Dreams”
“44 Inch Chest”
“Thelma”
“Companion”
“The Outrun”
“Torso” (1973)
“Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes”
“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2”
“Saving Silverman”
“Out of Here”
“Magpie”
Rewatches of Films: May 2025
“Talk Radio”
“Hannah and Her Sisters”
“The Last Picture Show”
“Last Night”
“Withnail and I”
“Shampoo”
“Mother” (1996)
“Dinner Rush”
“Vision Quest”
“The Apprentice”
“Hard Truths”
“Wild Things” (Unrated Edition)
“The Rule of Jenny Pen”
“Hunger Games: Catching Fire”
“The Woods”
“The Crush”
First-Watches of Films: June 2025
“Another Woman” (1988)
“Doktor Glas” (1968)
“Bring Her Back”
“Vulcanizadora”
“Amorosa”
“Small Things Like These”
“T2 Trainspotting”
“Lust, Caution”
“Dangerous Animals”
“Vincent the Dutchman”
“Peppermint Candy”
“Four Nights of a Dreamer” (1971)
“April” (2024)
“Dirty Weekend” (2015)
“We Have Many Names”
“I’m Still Here” (2024)
“The Plot Against the President”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“Problem Child”
“Heart Eyes”
“Rifkin’s Festival”
“O”
“Hillbilly Elegy”
“Running Scared” (1986)
Rewatches of Films: June 2025
“A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951)
“A Place in the Sun”
“The Heiress” (1949)
“Sex, Lies & Videotape”
“The Lion King” (1994)
“Mission: Impossible”
“Trainspotting”
“Pleasantville”
“American Beauty”
“Gladiator: Extended Cut”
“Rebel Without a Cause”
“Nick of Time”
“Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery”
“Presence”
“A Girl Missing”
“Dogma”
“Heathers”
“A Real Pain”
“M3GAN”
First-Watches of Films: July 2025
“Misunderstood” (1966)
“The Bitter Stems” (1956)
“Petite Solange”
“Never Open the Door”
“Bernice Bobs Her Hair”
“Orion and the Dark”
“Other People’s Children” (2022)
“Shall We Dance?” (Extended Cut)
“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie”
“Eddington”
“The Life of Chuck”
“If I Should Die Before I Wake”
“Let Me Go” (2023)
“Ahed’s Knee”
“Dancing in the Blue Iguana”
“The Wolberg Family”
“King Lear” (1987)
“The Package” (1989)
“Apple of My Eye”
“The Chase” (1966)
“The Beast Must Die” (1952)
“Miss and the Doctors”
“Lake George”
“The Salton Sea”
“Best Clowns”
“The Monkey”
“Palm Springs”
“28 Years Later”
“Tomorrowland”
“Labyrinth” (1986)
“Intruder in the Dust”
“Marvin’s Room”
“My Mom Jayne”
“In Vitro”
Rewatches of Films: July 2025
“Barry Lyndon”
“Cool Hand Luke”
“Zodiac” (2007)
“Kids” (1995)
“They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”
“Wild River”
“Scarecrow” (1973)
“The Miracle Worker” (1962)
“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”
“Spartan”
“28 Weeks Later”
“Threads” (1984)
“The Pages of Madness” (Live Score by Anju Singh)
“Them” (2006)
“28 Days Later”
“Tombstone”
“Turkey Shoot”
“Neighborhood Watch”
“Adventureland”
“James and the Giant Peach”
“Blue Steel” (1990)
“Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”
First-Watches of Films: August 2025
“Green Fish”
“A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness”
“Ulee’s Gold” (x2)
“Weapons” (x2)
“Boiling Point” (2021)
“The Young Poisoner’s Handbook”
“The Missouri Breaks”
“Jackals & Fireflies”
“Tough Guys Don’t Dance”
“Better Off Dead”
“Clean” (2004)
“The Luckiest Man in America”
“The Naked Gun” (2025)
“The Dig” (2018)
“American Heart” (1992)
“Ghostlight”
“Infested” (2023)
“Extremities”
“Party Monster”
“Back To School”
“Friendship” (2024)
“Our Idiot Brother”
“Turning Red”
“Sorry, Baby”
Rewatches of Films: August 2025
“Synecdoche, New York” (x2)
“Margaret” (Extended Cut)
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Paprika”
“In the Company of Men”
“Capote”
“The Hustler”
“The Good Girl”
“The Sixth Sense”
“Auto Focus”
“A Month by the Lake”
“Broken Arrow” (1996)
“True Things”
“No Way Out” (1987)
First-Watches of Films: September 2025
“One Battle After Another” (70mm)
“Gal Young ‘Un”
“China Moon”
“Lianna”
“Caught Stealing” (x2)
“Port of Shadows”
“Black Coal, Thin Ice”
“The Other Lamb”
“White Reindeer”
“Tommy” (1975)
“Sketch”
“Lisa” (1990)
“Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”
“Back to the Beach”
“The Color of Money”
“Beach Blanket Bingo”
“George of the Jungle”
“Colors” (1988)
“Tea with Mussolini”
“Clearcut”
“Liberal Arts”
“My Dinner with Skinner”
“Out of Blue”
“Shut In” (2022)
“Together” (2025)
“Little Darlings”
“The Odd Life of Timothy Green”
“Nell”
“The Shipping News”
“Little Fish” (2020)
“Blown Away”
“Freaky Friday” (1977)
Rewatches of Films: September 2025
“There Will Be Blood”
“Punch-Drunk Love”
“Magnolia”
“Hard Eight”
“Grosse Point Blank”
“The Crazies” (2010)
“Silver City” (x2)
“Gremlins 2: The New Batch” (x2)
“Peter Pan” (1953)
“The Rocketeer”
“Dirty Dancing”
“Orion and the Dark”
“The Friend” (2024)
First-Watches of Films: October 2025
“The Cat” (1988)
“Hollywood 90028”
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
“Sound of Falling”
“A Little Prayer” (x2)
“The Love That Remains”
“Sunday” (1997)
“Sentimental Value”
“Cemetery Man”
“The Plague” (2025)
“Frankenstein” (2025) (35mm)
“A House of Dynamite”
“Looking For Mr. Goodbar”
“The Ice Tower”
“Northern Lights” (1978)
“A Private Life”
“You Are Not My Mother”
“Honey Bunch”
“No Other Choice”
“The Russia House”
“Dead End” (2003)
“R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead”
“Death at a Funeral” (2007)
“Anesthesia” (2015)
“Sputnik” (2020)
“Redline” (2009)
“The Outcasts” (1982)
“Something Wicked This Way Comes”
“Velvet Goldmine”
“Kontinental ’25”
“Franz”
“Titan (A.E.)”
“Decorado”
“Sua’s Home”
“Jay Kelly”
“Good Boy” (2025)
“In Search of a Midnight Kiss”
“The Puppet Masters” (1994)
“Creepshow 2”
“Leprechaun”
“Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson”
Rewatches of Films: October 2025
“The Devils”
“Punch-Drunk Love”
“The Sparrow in the Chimney”
“Quiz Show”
“Near Dark”
“Ladybird Ladybird”
“Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
“Cobweb”
“Slither” (2006)
“Frozen” (2010)
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride”
“Street Smart”
“The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad”
First-Watches of Films: November 2025
“The Apartment” (1996)
“The Dead” (1987)
“Reliance” (“Förtroligheten”)
“Die My Love”
“Night of the Juggler” (x2)
“Licence To Kill”
“Happy New Year” (1987)
“Bugonia”
“Angel’s Egg”
“The Color of Pomegranants” (Sayat Nova)
“Ted Bundy” (2002)
“Sisu: Road to Revenge”
“Afterglow” (1997)
“The Spy Who Loved Me”
“Bloody Birthday”
“City of Ghosts” (2002)
“Brewster McCloud”
“Die Another Day”
“Moonraker”
“Evelyn” (2002)
“Messy” (2024)
“The Slumber Party Massacre”
“Cow” (2021)
“Something To Talk About”
“Fool For Love” (1985)
“You Are Not Me”
“Train Dreams”
Rewatches of Films: November 2025
“All the President’s Men”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Love Letters” (1983) (x2)
“Palindromes”
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
“Panic Room”
“The World is Not Enough”
“Obsession” (1976)
“The Ugly Stepsister”
“Goldeneye”
“The Life of Chuck”
“Scrooged”
First-Watches of Films: December 2025
“Ju Dou”
“Roofman” (x2)
“Reflection in a Dead Diamond”
“Christmas Evil” (“You Better Watch Out”) (x2)
“Marty Supreme”
“Lake Mungo” (x2)
“The Secret Agent”
“Ronin”
“Still of the Night” (x2)
“CHAOS: The Manson Murders”
“Cain and Abel” (1982)
“Lurker”
“Love and Death”
“Something’s Gotta Give”
“Abundant Acreage Available”
“Toolbox Murders”
“That They May Face The Rising Sun”
“An Affair” (2018)
“Strange Harvest”
“Meat Kills”
“The Empire”
“Familiar Touch”
“Rogue” (2007)
“Inspector Ike”
“Nightshift” (1981)
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“White Christmas”
“Making A Killing: Reconciliation, Genocide, and the Plunder of Canada”
“The Mastermind”
“The Baltimorons: A Christmas Love Story”
“Silent Night, Deadly Night” (1984) (x2)
“The Muppet Christmas Carol”
“Brother Bear”
“Novocaine” (2025)
“The Severed Sun”
“Sinners” (2025)
“Tales from the Gimli Hospital”
“Night Call”
“Highest 2 Lowest”
“Mr. Mom”
“Place of Bones”
“Zootopia 2”
Rewatches of Films: December 2025
“Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair”
“Sleeping Beauty” (1959)
“Moonstruck” (1987)
“A Little Prayer”
“Read My Lips” (2001)
“Aladdin” (1992)
“Keane”
“Strange Days”
“Lady and the Tramp”
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
“Home Alone”
“Fantasia”
“Duplex” (2003)
Total Films Watched in 2025: 551
First-Watches: 356
Rewatches: 195
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