All the films I've ever watched
This is a mostly comprehensive list of all films I’ve watched, and my reviews of selected films.
The vast majority of the films I’ve watched are at the cinemas, normally Village, or on free-to-air commercial TV. I also watched many films during classes in both primary school and high school. In high school, we mainly watched films in Christian Education (CE) and English. In primary school we watched films during class, and we also went on a couple of excursions. I remember pretty well when I watched the films, but not all dates watched will be 100% accurate. I’ve watched many of these films multiple times.
*Films with an asterix are films I never finished. We were evacuated in the middle of our showing of The Martian due to flooding concerns from heavy rain, and I never went back to finish it. We went into lockdown after one period watching The Passion of the Christ. We never finished Troy in class.
Film Reviews
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Toy Story 4
I rewatched Toy Story 4, the first and only film I’ve rewatched in 2022 - it was shown on free to air in July. I originally watched it in cinemas when it was released.
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All the laugh points in Top Gun - plus observations and a review
This isn’t a traditional review - I don’t have much to say about the film that was bad. Instead, this review are the notes I took during my second viewing of the film, including all the points where the audience laughed.
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Elvis - a brief review
Elvis was good, but not a film I’d watch a second time. I watched it on the day of its Australian premiere in a catered screening, and it gave me a good, albeit slightly inaccurate, insight into the life of The King of Rock and Roll. It’s good to see a series of musical biopics including Rocket Man and Bohemian Rhapsody come out in recent years.
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The Batman - my first ever DC film
I saw The Batman in cinemas, last Thursday, 17th March, 2022, at Melbourne Central Hoyts, with some mates. It had been hyped up quite a bit by a lot of people I had talked to - most had said it was a good film, that it was quite a dark film and that it was quite long. I know pretty much nothing about DC (or Marvel, for that matter, even though I’ve been on the Marvel Superhero bandwagon for the past couple of years due to its, or at least from my perspective as someone who’s never been into this genre of film, meteoric rise within popular culture).
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(Half of) Interstellar in film - a review
Last night, I saw (half of) Interstellar in film (15/70). The other half was, unfortunately, in digital 4k. Why half? Read on. Also, spoilers.
All the films I've ever watched
This table is sortable.
Click on the header row to sort. Took me forever to work out how to integrate some code I found on a YouTube tutorial. I had to alter the default code I found on official Jekyll documentation on tabulating CSV data here.
| Film | Year released | First watched | Category | Location of screening |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Dance | 2024 | Nov-24 | In cinemas | |
| Wicked | 2024 | Nov-24 | In cinemas | |
| The Maze Runner | 2014 | Sep-24 | ||
| The Divergent Series: Allegiant | 2016 | Sep-24 | ||
| The Divergent Series: Insurgent | 2015 | Sep-24 | ||
| The Least of These: The Graham Staines Story | 2019 | Aug-24 | ||
| Deadpool and Wolverine | 2024 | Aug-24 | ||
| Divergent | 2014 | Aug-24 | ||
| The Meg | 2018 | Jul-24 | ||
| Despicable Me 4 | 2024 | Jul-24 | ||
| On the basis of sex | 2018 | Jul-24 | ||
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | 2018 | Jun-24 | ||
| Crazy Rich Asians | 2018 | Jun-24 | ||
| Arrival | 2016 | Jun-24 | ||
| Kung Fu Panda 4 | 2024 | Mar-24 | In cinemas | |
| Damsel | 2024 | Mar-24 | ||
| The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | 2023 | Oct-23 | In cinemas | |
| The Princess Bride | 1987 | Oct-23 | ||
| Hercules | 1997 | Aug-23 | ||
| Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie | 2023 | Aug-23 | ||
| Oppenheimer | 2023 | Jul-23 | In cinemas on release date | |
| Barbie | 2023 | Jul-23 | In cinemas on release date | |
| 10 Things I hate About You | 1999 | Jul-23 | Drive-in cinema | |
| Prisoners | 2013 | Jul-23 | Thriller | |
| The Great Gatsby | 2013 | Jun-23 | ||
| Spiderman: Across the Multiverse | 2023 | Jun-23 | Superhero | In cinemas |
| Everything Everywhere All At Once | 2022 | May-23 | In cinemas | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | 2023 | May-23 | In cinemas | |
| Air | 2023 | Apr-23 | In cinemas | |
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 2023 | Apr-23 | In cinemas | |
| The Menu | 2022 | Mar-23 | ||
| The Notebook | 2004 | Feb-23 | ||
| Matilda the Musical | 2022 | Feb-23 | ||
| Avatar: The Way of Water | 2022 | 2022 | In IMAX | |
| Avatar (3D) | 2009 | 2022 | In IMAX | |
| Elvis | 2022 | 2022 | In cinemas (on release date) | |
| Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | 2022 | In IMAX (4k Digital), In cinemas (second time) | |
| The Batman | 2022 | 2022 | Superhero | In cinemas |
| Interstellar | 2014 | 2022 | In IMAX (15/70 Film) | |
| Fantastic Mr Fox | 2009 | 2021 | Family | |
| Spiderman: No Way Home | 2021 | 2021 | Superhero | In cinemas |
| Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | 2021 | 2021 | Superhero | In cinemas |
| Eternals | 2021 | 2021 | Superhero | In cinemas |
| A Quiet Place 2 | 2021 | 2021 | In cinemas | |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | 2020 | 2021 | Family | |
| And Then There Were None | 1974 | 2021 | TV film | |
| Wonder Woman 1984 | 2020 | 2020 | Superhero | In cinemas |
| Frozen 2 | 2019 | 2020 | Family | |
| The Grinch | 2018 | 2020 | Christmas | TV film |
| The Queen | 2006 | 2020 | Year 12 English | |
| Pride and Prejudice | 2005 | 2020 | ||
| The Passion of the Christ* | 2004 | 2020 | Year 12 CE | |
| Home Alone | 1990 | 2020 | Christmas | TV film |
| Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | 2019 | Superhero | In cinemas |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | 2019 | 2019 | Star Wars | In cinemas |
| The Lion King | 2019 | 2019 | Family | In cinemas |
| Toy Story 4 | 2019 | 2019 | Family | In cinemas |
| Aladdin | 2019 | 2019 | In cinemas | |
| Moana | 2016 | 2019 | Family | |
| Trolls | 2016 | 2019 | Family | TV film |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | 2019 | ||
| The Avengers | 2012 | 2019 | ||
| Tangled | 2010 | 2019 | ||
| Ratatouille | 2007 | 2019 | Family | |
| Cars | 2006 | 2019 | Family | |
| Blood Diamond | 2006 | 2019 | Year 11 CE | |
| The Return of the King | 2003 | 2019 | LOTR | |
| Spirited Away | 2001 | 2019 | Anime | |
| Prince of Egypt | 1998 | 2019 | Family | |
| Dead Poets' Society | 1989 | 2019 | Year 11 CE, rewatched in 2020 | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarves | 1937 | 2019 | Family | |
| Mortal Engines | 2018 | 2018 | In cinemas | |
| Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | 2018 | Superhero | In cinemas |
| Sometimes Always Never | 2018 | 2018 | In cinemas | |
| Incredibles 2 | 2018 | 2018 | Family | In cinemas |
| Peter Rabbit | 2018 | 2018 | Family | In cinemas |
| Ready Player One | 2018 | 2018 | In cinemas | |
| Instant Family | 2018 | 2018 | Year 10 Immersion | |
| Despicable Me 3 | 2017 | 2018 | Family | On a plane |
| The Other Guys | 2010 | 2018 | Year 10 Immersion | |
| 17 Again | 2009 | 2018 | TV film | |
| Casino Royale | 2006 | 2018 | James Bond | On a plane |
| The Incredibles | 2004 | 2018 | Family | After seeing incredibles 2 |
| The Two Towers | 2002 | 2018 | LOTR | |
| The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | 2018 | LOTR | |
| Gattaca | 1997 | 2018 | Year 10 Biology | |
| Beauty and the Beast | 2017 | 2017 | Family | In cinemas |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | 2017 | 2017 | ||
| Darkest Hour | 2017 | 2017 | Historical | In cinemas |
| The NeverEnding Story | 1984 | 2017 | Year 10 CE | |
| The Post | 2017 | 2017 | Historical | In cinemas |
| Coco | 2017 | 2017 | Family | In cinemas |
| Wonder | 2017 | 2017 | In cinemas | |
| Karate Kid* | 1984 | 2017 | At a resort | |
| Skyfall | 2012 | 2017 | James Bond | On a plane |
| The Simpsons Movie | 2011 | 2017 | On a plane | |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | 2011 | 2017 | Family | TV film |
| Kung Fu Panda | 2008 | 2017 | Family | TV film |
| Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | 2017 | Star Wars | TV film |
| A Series of Unfortunate Events | 2004 | 2017 | TV film | |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | 2017 | Year 9 CE | |
| Romeo + Juliet | 1996 | 2017 | Year 9 English | |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 | 2017 | Indiana Jones | TV film |
| The Castle* | 1997 | 2017 | Year 9 Cadet Camp | |
| Stand By Me | 1986 | 2017 | Year 9 CE | |
| Gallipoli | 1981 | 2017 | Year 9 History | |
| Romeo and Juliet | 1968 | 2017 | Year 9 English | |
| Miss Peregine's Home for Peculiar Children | 2016 | 2016 | In cinemas | |
| Kung Fu Panda 3 | 2016 | 2016 | Family | In cinemas |
| Zootopia | 2016 | 2016 | Family | In cinemas |
| Finding Dory | 2016 | 2016 | Family | In cinemas |
| La La Land | 2016 | 2016 | In cinemas | |
| The BFG | 2016 | 2016 | In cinemas | |
| Storks | 2016 | 2016 | In cinemas | |
| Troy* | 2004 | 2016 | Year 8 History | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 | 2010 | 2016 | Harry Potter | TV film |
| Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince | 2009 | 2016 | Harry Potter | TV film |
| The Black Balloon | 2008 | 2016 | Year 9 English | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | 2007 | 2016 | Harry Potter | TV film |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | 2001 | 2016 | ||
| Rush Hour | 1998 | 2016 | Year 8 Chinese | |
| Return of the Jedi | 1983 | 2016 | Star Wars | |
| The Truman Show | 1998 | 2016 | Year 8 English | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 2015 | 2015 | Star Wars | In cinemas (on release date) |
| The Martian* | 2015 | 2015 | In cinemas | |
| Minions | 2015 | 2015 | Family | In cinemas |
| Supervolcano | 2005 | 2015 | Year 7 Geography | |
| Inside Out | 2015 | 2015 | In cinemas | |
| The Blind Side | 2009 | 2015 | Year 7 English | |
| The Mummy | 1999 | 2015 | Year 7 English | |
| Jurassic World | 2015 | 2015 | In cinemas | |
| Mockingjay Part 2 | 2015 | 2015 | HG | In cinemas |
| Frozen | 2014 | 2015 | Family | Friend's house |
| Mockingjay Part 1 | 2014 | 2015 | HG | |
| Iron Man 3 | 2013 | 2015 | Superhero | TV film |
| Monsters University | 2013 | 2015 | TV film | |
| Catching Fire | 2013 | 2015 | HG | |
| The Hunger Games | 2012 | 2015 | HG | |
| Prince Caspian | 2008 | 2015 | Narnia | |
| Supervolcano | 2005 | 2015 | Year 7 English | |
| The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe | 2005 | 2015 | Narnia | Year 7 English |
| Shrek 2 | 2004 | 2015 | Family | |
| Monsters Inc. | 2001 | 2015 | TV film | |
| Back to the Future III | 1990 | 2015 | BTTF | TV film |
| Back to the Future II | 1989 | 2015 | BTTF | TV film |
| Back to the Future | 1985 | 2015 | BTTF | TV film |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | 2015 | Indiana Jones | Year 7 English |
| The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | 2015 | Star Wars | Year 7 English |
| Star Wars (A New Hope) | 1977 | 2015 | Star Wars | Year 7 English |
| The Lego Movie | 2014 | 2014 | Family | In cinemas, also at Year 6 camp |
| Mr Peabody and Sherman | 2014 | 2014 | At primary school, Year 6 | |
| Night at the Museum II | 2014 | 2014 | In cinemas | |
| Big Hero 6 | 2014 | 2014 | Family | In cinemas, at Year 6 Graduation |
| The Lorax | 2012 | 2014 | Family | At primary school, Year 6, rewatched many times on TV |
| Bridge to Terabithia | 2007 | 2014 | Also in Year 9 CE | |
| Meet the Robinsons | 2007 | 2014 | At primary school, Year 6 | |
| Charlotte's Web | 2006 | 2014 | Around Year 6 on DVD, rewatched once on TV | |
| National Treasure | 2004 | 2014 | At primary school, Year 6 | |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | 2013 | Family | |
| Despicable Me 2 | 2013 | 2013 | Family | In cinemas |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | 2011 | 2013 | Harry Potter | Friend's house |
| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 2010 | 2013 | Narnia | |
| High School Musical | 2006 | 2013 | At primary school, Year 5 | |
| Matilda | 1996 | 2012 | Family | |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | 2012 | 2012 | Family | In cinemas |
| Toy Story 3 | 2010 | 2012 | Family | TV film |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | 2012 | Harry Potter | Friend's house |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 2004 | 2012 | Harry Potter | Friend's house |
| The Polar Express | 2004 | 2012 | Christmas | At primary school, early years |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | 2002 | 2012 | Harry Potter | |
| Rabbit Proof Fence | 2002 | 2012 | At primary school, Year 4 | |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2001 | 2012 | Harry Potter | Friend's house |
| A Bug's Life (3D) | 1998 | 2012 | Family | Year 4 school excursion to IMAX |
| The Lion King | 1994 | 2012 | Family | At primary school, Year 4 |
| Aladdin | 1992 | 2012 | Family | At primary school, early years |
| E.T. | 1982 | 2012 | Rewatched many times | |
| The Sound of Music | 1965 | 2012 | Family | Rewatched many times |
| Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | 2011 | Family | |
| Johnny English Reborn | 2011 | 2011 | In cinemas | |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | 2011 | 2011 | In cinemas | |
| Gnomeo and Juliet | 2011 | 2011 | Family | At primary school, Year 3 |
| Shrek | 2001 | 2011 | At primary school, middle years | |
| Despicable Me | 2010 | 2010 | Family | In cinemas, primary school birthday party |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks | 2007 | 2010 | Christmas | At primary school, early years |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | 2010 | Family | At primary school, early years |
| How the Grinch stole Christmas | 2000 | 2010 | Christmas | At primary school, early years |
| Toy Story 2 | 1999 | 2010 | Family | At primary school, early years |
| Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | 2010 | Family | At primary school, early years |
| Up | 2009 | 2009 | Family | In cinemas |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (3D) | 2009 | 2009 | Family | In cinemas, Year 1 primary school excursion |
| Happy Feet | 2006 | 2009 | Family | At primary school, early years |
| Toy Story | 1995 | 2009 | Family | At primary school, Year 1 Concert break |
| Horton Hears a Who! | 2008 | 2008 | Family | In cinemas |
| WALL-E | 2008 | 2008 | Family | In cinemas |
| Laputa: Castle in the Sky | 1986 | 2008 | Anime | Friend's house |