Films I watched in 2021

It’s now a tradition for me to list all the films (and TV series) I watched during the year. I think I’ve watched even more than in 2020, although I haven’t bothered to count them. For those who are interested, here’s the list, with links to relevant blog posts. Future ‘film of the book’ posts are marked by asterisks.

Akira (1988)
Aladdin (1992)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) *
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
American Graffiti (1973)
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) *
Casper (1995) (see also: ghosts blog post)
Chernobyl 1986 (2021)
Constantine (2005)
Count Me In (2021)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Darkest Hour (2017)
Dark Star (1974)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Dr No (1962)
Dune (1984)
Dune (2021) – twice

Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Easy Rider (1969)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Enola Holmes (2020)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Fight Club (1999)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
For the Love of Spock (2016)
From Russia With Love (1963)
Fun with Dick and Jane (2013)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Goldfinger (1964)
Gregory’s Girl (1981)
Hating Peter Tatchell (2020)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
I Capture the Castle (2003) *
Jaws (1975)
Jumper (2008)
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
Lincoln (2017)
Little Women (1994) *
Mean Girls (2004)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983)
Muse: Simulation Theory (2020)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Notting Hill (1999)
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019) (see also: book review)
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Passengers (2016)
Paul (2011)
Peterloo (2018)
Point Break (1991)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Pride and Prejudice (2005) *
Queen Rock Montreal (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
School of Rock (2003)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Sherpa (2015)
Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Sleeping Beauty (1959) *
Sliding Doors (1998) – (see also: trains blog post)
Spider-Man (2002)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Stowaway (2021)
Suicide Squad (2016)
The Acid House (1998)
The Graduate (1967) *
The History of Future Folk (2012)
The Iron Giant (1999)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Matrix (1999) – twice
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) – twice
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
The Mercy (2017)
The Mitchells Vs the Machines (2021)
The Money Pit (1986)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) *
The Road to El Dorado (2000)
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
The Third Man (1949)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Three Identical Strangers (2018)
Three Men in a Boat (1975)
Thunderball (1965)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Top Hat (1935)
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Whatever It Takes (2000)
Whiplash (2014)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Wonder Park (2019)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Zathura (2005)

TV series completed: All That Glitters: Britain’s Next Jewellery Star (2021), Doctor Who: Flux (2021), Friends (1994 – 2004), Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997), Glow Up (2019 – 2021), It’s A Sin (2021), Last Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe (2021), Motherland (2016 – 2021), Pole to Pole with Michael Palin (1992), Sex Education Season 3 (2021), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 – 1994), The Lakes with Simon Reeve (2021). The Thin Blue Line (1995 / 6).