322 Movies

322. That's the number of movies I watched in 2014. That’s well below my all-time record of 588 in 2004, and 21 below off last year’s total of 343.

Of the 322 movies I saw, I watched 157 of them for the first time. Here are my rules. As far as the count goes, only feature films count, no matter whether I saw them in a theater, DVD, VHS, Netflix, or on TV. This also includes complete features on YouTube or as AVI files.

• TV shows don't count, unless they were presented in a format resembling a feature film (for instance, the pilot episodes of MAN FROM ATLANTIS, which aired as full-length made-for-TV movies)
• Made-for-TV movies count
• Documentaries count
• I didn't count short subjects or feature-length making-of documentaries included as DVD extras
• Movie serials and TV miniseries count as one long feature
• Multiple viewings each count as a separate movie

These are my rules. Your mileage may vary.

Amazon Prime: 8
AVI: 5
Blu-ray: 45
DVD: 154
HDTV: 3
Hulu Plus: 1 (REWIND THIS!)
Netflix Instant: 25
On Demand: 2
SDTV: 2
Theater: 59 (more than double last year and the most in several years)
Vimeo: 1
Warner Instant: 15
YouTube: 2

This is probably the first year since my family first bought a VCR that I didn’t watch even a single film on VHS.

First film of 2014: ROBOCOP
Last film of 2014: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS

From the 1920s: 1 (THE KID)
1930s: 3 (BELOW THE DEADLINE, MR. MOTO TAKES A CHANCE, CODE OF THE SECRET SERVICE)
1940s: 5
1950s: 28
1960s: 44
1970s: 63
1980s: 77
1990s: 48
2000–2013: 29
2013: 24

Genres:
Action/Adventure: 101
Comedy: 39
Crime Drama: 30
Documentary: 5
Drama: 19
Horror: 31
Musical: 2
Mystery: 10
Science Fiction: 34
Sexploitation: 2
Thriller: 39
Western: 10

Countries of origin:
Australia: 1
Canada: 5
Denmark: 1
France: 1
Great Britain: 9
Hong Kong: 3
Italy: 22
Mexico: 1
New Zealand: 1
Philippines: 4
South Korea: 1
Spain: 2
Thailand: 1
United States of America: 267
West Germany: 3

Favorite films seen in a theater:
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (terrific-looking digital print of my favorite Hitchcock)
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE (35mm print not ruined by the fat superfan behind me reciting the dialogue a second before the on-screen actors)
CADDYSHACK (35mm)
CLASS OF 1984 (pink, scratchy 35mm print, perhaps an original from 1982)
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (DCP and I met star Tracey Nelkin that night)
YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE (DVD screening went over gangbusters at B-Fest)
THE KID (caught a free 35mm screening at the AFI Silver)

Most in one month:
January: 46
Least in one month:
April: 7

Films I saw more than once in 2013:
RAW FORCE (new Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray)
THE ROCKETEER
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (including a horrendous DVD screening at the AFI Silver)

Two versions of the same movie:
FAVORITE SON (TV miniseries)
TARGET: FAVORITE SON (cut-down VHS version)

The most films in any one 24-hour period:
11, when I attended Northwestern University's annual B-Fest January 24–25

The Best Films I Saw for the First Time in 2014:
AGENT 505: DEATH TRAP BEIRUT
ARGO
ASPEN
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
COLD IN JULY
DJANGO UNCHAINED
DRAFT DAY
DRUNKEN TAI CHI
DUEL OF THE TITANS
ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS
FAST FIVE
FAVORITE SON
GODZILLA (2014)
GONE GIRL
INTERSTELLAR
KILL THEM ALL AND COME BACK ALONE
MACHETE KILLS
NINJA: SHADOW OF A TEAR
OSS 117: MISSION FOR A KILLER
PANIC ROOM
PHANTOM SOLDIERS
REFLECTIONS OF MURDER
SARGE: THE BADGE OR THE CROSS
SKATETOWN, U.S.A.
SNOWPIERCER
STRIKE FORCE (1981)
THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASEBALL
THE MASK OF SATAN
THE NOVEMBER MAN
THE SCARLET CLAW
THE SPIDER WOMAN
THE TRAIN

Some sequels:
BREAKIN’ 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
DEATH WISH 3
NINJA: SHADOW OF A TEAR
BEVERLY HILLS COP and BEVERLY HILLS COP III
LETHAL WEAPON 3
LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER and LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER, and STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
ROCKY IV
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK and ESCAPE FROM L.A.
MANIAC COP, MANIAC COP 2, and MANIAC COP 3
YOUNG GUNS and YOUNG GUNS II
UNDER SIEGE 2: DARK TERRITORY
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
KING SOLOMON’S MINES and ALLAN QUATERMAIN AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS, FAST & FURIOUS, FAST FIVE, and FURIOUS 6
BLOODFIST VI: GROUND ZERO
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE and FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH
HOT SHOTS! and HOT SHOTS! PART DEUX
ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS
MACHETE KILLS
HARD TICKET TO HAWAII

RIP James Garner
THE ROCKFORD FILES: I STILL LOVE L.A.
THE ROCKFORD FILES: A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
THE ROCKFORD FILES: IF THE FRAME FITS…
THE ROCKFORD FILES: GODFATHER KNOWS BEST
MAVERICK
TANK

5 Stars:
48 HRS.
AIRPLANE!
ARGO
AVENGING FORCE
BLOW OUT
CADDYSHACK
CLASS OF 1984
DEATH WISH 3
DJANGO UNCHAINED
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
FAVORITE SON
FIRST BLOOD
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH
NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
RAW FORCE
ROBOCOP
THE ROCKETEER
STUNT ROCK
SWITCHBLADE SISTERS
TARZAN’S GREATEST ADVENTURE
YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE
ZODIAC

1 Star:
2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
AIRBORNE
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES
ASTEROID VS. EARTH
ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS
ESCAPE FROM L.A.
FROZEN ALIVE
THE GAS HOUSE KIDS “IN HOLLYWOOD”
JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET
MISS NYMPHET’S ZAP-IN
MISSION MARS
THE MUMMY AND THE CURSE OF THE JACKALS
THE NEANDERTHAL MAN
NIGHT OF THE COBRA WOMAN
THE NIGHT THE BRIDGE FELL DOWN
STORM
THE STUFF’LL KILL YA!
TRIAL BY TERROR
VULCAN, SON OF JUPITER
WHEN HELL BROKE LOOSE
WITCHERY
YOUNG DRACULA

Recent Direct-to-Video or Barely Released Films You Haven’t Heard Of, But You Should See:
CHEF
SNOWPIERCER
THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASEBALL
ENEMIES CLOSER
COLD IN JULY
ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS
NINJA: SHADOW OF A TEAR

Most Films by Director:
Mario Bava: 6
Antonio Margheriti: 4
David Fincher: 4
Andy Sidaris: 3
Jim Abrahams: 3
John Landis: 3
Justin Lin: 3
Richard Donner: 3
William Lustig: 3

Most Films by Star:
Wild Bill Elliott: 7
Sylvester Stallone: 7
James Garner: 6
William Shatner: 6
Paul Walker: 5
Vin Diesel: 4
Charlie Sheen: 4
John Saxon: 4
Robert Forster: 4
Leonard Nimoy: 4
Chuck Connors: 3
Cameron Mitchell: 3
Frederick Stafford: 3
George Kennedy: 3
Gordon Scott: 3
Kurt Russell: 3
Mel Gibson: 3
Rock Hudson: 3

Bowery Boys movies:
BLONDE DYNAMITE

Tarzan movies:
TARZAN’S GREATEST ADVENTURE
TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT
TARZAN GOES TO INDIA

Sherlock Holmes movies:
THE SPIDER WOMAN
THE SCARLET CLAW

They Exist, and I Watched Them:
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AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS BAND CAMP
ASTEROID VS. EARTH
THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASEBALL
THE BEASTS ARE ON THE STREETS
CHEERLEADER CAMP
DEATH IS NIMBLE, DEATH IS QUICK
THE GAS HOUSE KIDS “IN HOLLYWOOD”
HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
KILL THEM ALL AND COME BACK ALONE
MISS NYMPHET’S ZAP-IN
MS. .45
THE MUMMY AND THE CURSE OF THE JACKALS
SAMSON AND THE 7 MIRACLES OF THE WORLD
SEX TAPE
THE SNORKEL
UNDERCOVER WITH THE KKK
WEREWOLF WOMAN

My Top Five of 2014:
GONE GIRL
COLD IN JULY
INTERSTELLAR
SNOWPIERCER
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

My Bottom Five of 2014:
ASTEROID VS. EARTH
HORNS
NEIGHBORS
SEX TAPE
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

2014 Releases in Order of Preference:
GONE GIRL
COLD IN JULY
INTERSTELLAR
SNOWPIERCER
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS
THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASEBALL
THE NOVEMBER MAN
GODZILLA
DRAFT DAY
ENEMIES CLOSER
A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE)
CHEF
THE JUDGE
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE
THE LEGO MOVIE
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
SEX TAPE
NEIGHBORS
HORNS
ASTEROID VS. EARTH

How many movies did you watch this year?