January 2020’s Movie Watch List with Juicy Stats

I’m going to try and do one of these breakdowns at the end of every month because stats are fun.  I watched a lot of the Oscar noms so I can have something to be angry about after the winners are announced.   If any of these catch your eye and you want to talk about them, fire away in the comments.

An asterisk (*) indicates a first time viewing.
Links will take you to write-ups posted.
Bold font indicates a write-up is done and scheduled to be posted.
Strike-through means I didn’t like it enough to finish it.

Jan1 – Ryan’s Daughter*
Jan2 – Blade Runner: The Final Cut*
Jan2 – Blade Runner 2049*
Jan3 – The Ox-Bow Incident*
Jan3 – Easy Money*
Jan4 – Mr. Majestyk*
Jan4 – Lock Up*
Jan4 – Escape Plan*
Jan5 – The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)*
Jan5 – Chopping Mall*
Jan7 – The Cannonball Run
Jan7 – Spiderman: Far From Home*

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Jan8 – Valdez Is Coming*
Jan8 – The Cannonball Run II
Jan8 – Cop and a Half*
Jan9 – Navajo Joe*
Jan9 – The Freshman*
Jan10 – Raven*
Jan10 – Blade*
Jan11 – Marriage Story*
Jan12 – Gilda*
Jan12 – My Forbidden Past*
Jan12 – The End*
Jan12 – The Two Popes*
Jan13 – I Love You, Alice B. Toklas*
Jan13 – Waiting for Guffman
Jan14 – The Two Mrs. Carrolls*
Jan14 – This is Spinal Tap

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Jan15 – The Getaway (1972)*
Jan15 – Best In Show
Jan16 – The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing*
Jan16 – A Mighty Wind
Jan17 – For Sama*
Jan17 – For Your Consideration
Jan18 – Parasite*
Jan18 – Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood*
Jan19 – Harriet*
Jan19 – Jojo Rabbit*
Jan20 – Conflict*
Jan21 – The Joker*

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Jan22 – Death Wish (2018)*
Jan23 – Ford vs Ferrari*
Jan23 – Bombshell*
Jan24 – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood*
Jan25 – Vice*
Jan26 – The Caine Mutiny*
Jan26 – The Big Chill*
Jan26 – Marty*
Jan27 – Mommie Dearest*
Jan28 – Family Business*
Jan28 – Frenzy*
Jan29 – Papillon
Jan29 – Boyz N The Hood*
Jan30 – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Jan31 – True Grit (1969)*
Jan31 – Harold and Maude*
Jan31 -American Factory*

I wasn’t going to add movies that I didn’t finish, but I guess it is important for me to remember how I tried them.  So, I don’t recall which day but I also did give these a try:
Jan – Machete*
Jan – Sucker Punch*
Jan – The Adventures of Baron Munchausen*

Juicy Stats:
Total Number of movies watched: 60 (A nice round number!)
The number of first-time watches: 51
Oldest movie: The Ox-Bow Incident, 1943
Longest movie: Ryan’s Daughter, 3hrs 27mins
Most watched actor: Burt Reynolds (7)
The number of movies watched by decade:
‘30s – 0
‘40s – 5
‘50s – 3
‘60s – 3
‘70s – 9
‘80s – 11
‘90s – 6
‘00s – 4
‘10s – 19

How I watched them:
PVR/DVR – 25
DVD collection – 6
Blu-ray collection – 5
4K Blu-ray collection – 1
Public Library DVD – 5
Netfilx – 3
Amazon Prime – 1
Legit Stream – 1
Pirates – 12

Genres:
Action – 8
Comedy – 11
Mockumentaries – 3
Comic Book – 3
Documentaries – 2
Dramas – 17
Film Noir – 4
Horror – 1
Satire – 2
Science Fiction – 2
Thrillers – 2
Westerns – 5

Baseball analogy time!
These are the “batting stats” compiled for the FIRST TIME watches.  I give each movie a rating out of 5.  5s are home runs, 4s and 3s are hits, 2s and 1s are pop or ground outs, and NAs (did not finish) are Strike Outs.  This tells me how well of a job I’m doing at picking which movies to watch.

Good Movie Average:  39/51 = 0.765
Home Runs: 6 (Parasite, Marriage Story, Marty, For Sama, The Two Mrs. Carrolls, Jojo Rabbit)
Strikeouts: 4 (Family Business, Sucker Punch, Machete, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)

Awards:
Most underrated: Mr. Majestyk
Most fun: The Getaway (1972)
Most Forgettable: Escape Plan
Worst Movie: Death Wish (2018) or Raven
Better than I remembered:  Cannonball Run II
Best re-watch: Papillon (1973)
Most disappointing: The Joker or I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
DVD I bought that is heading back to the thrift store from where it came: Blade
Better Than Advertised: Marriage Story
Better Than Expected: Easy Money
Most surprising performance: Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
A tough film everyone should watch: For Sama
Top 4 Movies I watched for the first time in January 2020: Marty, Jojo Rabbit, Parasite, Marriage Story

For MOAR juicy stats, check out my pal and Fandango co-host Ram Vox’s blog who is doing similar break downs.  He scored Uncle Buck with a 3.5/4 instead of a perfect 4/4, so be sure to give him heck for me!