2024: AMC A-List – Watched and Recommended Movies for the Year

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2024 in theatres: $562.02 … total value =$1,417.34
Favorite movie(s) of the year: Fly Me to the Moon
Total movies watched in theatres 2024: 99 (32 Dolby, 5 Imax, 8 Alamo, and 10 Screen Unseens)
Movies watched in theatres as re-releases: The Matrix 25th Anniversary, Turning Red, Alien 45th Anniversary, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, The Terminator
Worst movie(s) of the year: Book of Clarence

Movie Magic Moment: Movie Premier of The Idea of You at the SXSW Paramount Theatre

Favorite Movies of the Year (Letterboxd link here)

  1. Fly Me to the Moon
  2. Deadpool & Wolverine
  3. September 5
  4. The Wild Robot
  5. Wicked
  6. Players
  7. Young Woman and the Sea
  8. White Bird
  9. Anora
  10. NYAD
  11. Dune: Part Two
  12. You People
  13. Here
  14. My Old Ass
  15. Bad Boys: Ride or Die
  16. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
  17. The Fall Guy
  18. Alien: Romulus
  19. Didi
  20. Inside Out 2
  21. The Blue Angels
  22. Moana 2
  23. Slingshot
Worst Movies of the Year (Letterboxd link here)
  1. The Book of Clarence
  2. Polite Society
  3. Megalopolis
  4. Uglies
  5. Y2K
  6. Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
  7. Out of Darkness
  8. Family Switch
  9. Space Cadet
  10. The Out-Laws
  11. A Missed Connection
  12. Coffee Wars
Streamed movies I recommend that aren’t listed below rated 3.5 stars or higher on Letterboxd:
  • Lift
  • Queenpins
  • May December
  • You People
  • Shortcomings
  • Players
  • Awake
  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • Nyad
  • Society of the Snow
  • Blackberry
  • The Idea of You
  • Damsel
  • Young Woman and the Sea
  • Back to Black
  • Cirque du soleil: Without a Net
  • Puppy Love
  • Meet Me Next Christmas
  • Emilia Perez

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2023 in theatres: $453.74… total value =$1,315.26
Favorite movie of the year: Tetris and American Fiction (See top list on Letterboxd here)

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2022 in theatres: $295.88… total value =$1,167.40
Favorite movie of the year: Everything Everywhere All At Once (See top list on Letterboxd here)

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2021 in theatres: $253.55… total value =$1,019.57
Favorite movie of the year: CODA

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2020 in theatres and VOD: $112.7… total value =$327.34
Favorite movie of the year: Soul

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2019 in theatres: $278.15… total value = $1,281.67

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2018 in theatres: $297.42… total value = $839.45

“*” indicates a movie I particularly enjoyed and would recommend.

January: $136.25 value… paid $64.29
  • AMC Screen Unseen: Book of Clarence ($5)
  • *Night Swim ($17.99) Dolby
  • *The Beekeeper Early Access ($17.99) Dolby
  • Zone of Interest ($15.85) Alamo
  • *Queen Rock Montreal ($11) Bullock Museum Imax
  • *Mean Girls ($17.99) Dolby
  • I.S.S. ($12.99)
  • *Origin ($12.60) Alamo
February: $110.20 value… paid $24.84
  • Argylle ($17.99) Dolby
  • Lisa Frankenstein: ($5) AMC Scream Unseen
  • Turning Red ($9.69)
  • Madame Web ($18.49) Dolby
  • Bob Marley: One Love ($14.06)
  • *Land of Bad ($12.99)
  • *Drive-Away Dolls ($12.99)
  • *Dune: Part Two ($18.99) Dolby
March: $163.02 value… paid $62.94
  • *One Life ($5) AMC Screen Unseen
  • Oscars shorts AFS ($15.50)
  • *Perfect Days ($12.60) Alamo
  • Kung Fu Panda 4 ($12.99)
  • Oscar Shorts ($10) Cinemark
  • Imaginary ($12.99)
  • *The American Society of Magical Negroes ($12.99)
  • *The Idea of You — Premiere at SXSW 2024 Paramount
  • Arthur the King ($12.99)
  • Love Lies Bleeding ($12.99)
  • The Matrix – 25th Anniversary ($17.99) Dolby
  • *Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire ($17.99) Dolby
  • Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire ($18.99) Dolby
April: $118.92 value… paid $24.84
  • Monkey Man ($12.99)
  • *Civil War ($17.99) Dolby
  • Abigail ($17.99) Dolby
  • *Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare ($12.99)
  • *Challengers ($17.99) Dolby
  • Alien 45th Anniversary ($12.99)
  • Boy Kills World ($12.99)
May: $129.54 value… paid $53.44
  • *The Fall Guy ($18.99) Dolby
  • Star Wars: The Phantom Menace ($12.99
  • *Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ($18.99) Dolby
  • *If ($17.99) Dolby
  • *Blue Angels ($16) Imax
  • *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga ($18.99) Dolby
  • Sight ($12.99)
  • Star Wars: A New Hope ($12.60) Alamo
June: $77.56 value… paid $37.44
  • *Bad Boys: Ride or Die ($18.99) Dolby
  • *Inside Out 2 ($18.99) Dolby
  • *Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ($12.60) Alamo
  • The Bikeriders ($12.99)
  • A Quiet Place: Day One ($13.99)
July: $109.34 value… paid $31.84
  • *Fly Me to the Moon ($5) Dolby Screen Unseen Showing
  • Kinds of Kindness ($7) Alamo
  • Despicable Me 4 ($17.99) Dolby
  • Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F ($12.99)
  • Longlegs ($12.99)
  • *Twisters ($18.99) Dolby
  • *Deadpool & Wolverine ($15.39) Dolby fan event
  • *Deadpool & Wolverine ($18.99) Dolby
August: $144.12… paid $66.44
  • *Trap ($15.49) DC AMC
  • Borderlands ($16.99) Dolby
  • *Deadpool & Wolverine ($16) Bullock Imax
  • *Skincare ($6.54) Screen Unseen Showing
  • *The Terminator ($13) Cinemark
  • *Alien: Romulus Opening Night Fan Event ($17.99) Dolby fan event
  • *It Ends with Us ($12.99)
  • *Didi ($12.60) Alamo Lakeline
  • The Crow ($12.99)
  • *Blink Twice ($12.99)
  • *Slingshot ($6.54) Screen Unseen Showing
September: $139.89 value… paid $68.79
  • *My Old Ass ($6) Screen Unseen
  • *Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ($18.99) Dolby
  • *Speak No Evil ($12.99)
  • The Killer’s Game ($12.99)
  • *Never Let Go ($12.99)
  • *The Substance ($13) Cinemark
  • *Transformers One: Fan Event ($18.99) Dolby
  • *The Wild Robot ($15.95) Alamo
  • Megalopolis ($12.99)
  • IMAX – Joker 2: The IMAX Experience ($15) Bullock Theater
October: $112.59 value… paid $55.48
  • *White Bird ($13) Cinemark
  • Exhibiting Forgiveness ($6) Screen Unseen
  • *Saturday Night ($12.99)
  • The Apprentice ($17.64) Cinemark
  • Smile 2 ($17.99) Dolby
  • *We Live in Time ($12.99)
  • Venom: The Last Dance ($18.99) Dolby
  • Here ($12.99)
November: $104.95 … paid $40.84
  • *Anora ($12.99)
  • *Red One ($18.99) Early Access Dolby
  • *A Real Pain ($12.99)
  • Screen Unseen – Gladiator II ($6)
  • *Wicked ($18.99) Dolby
  • *Gladiator II ($16) Bullock Imax
  • *Moana 2 ($18.99) Dolby
December: $70.96 … paid $30.84
  • *Skeleton Crew pre-screening Cinemark (Free)
  • Y2K ($12.99)
  • *AMC Screen Unseen September 5 ($6)
  • *Kraven the Hunter ($17.99)
  • *Mufasa: The Lion King ($20.99)
  • Nosferatu ($12.99)