2022: AMC A-List – Watched and Recommended Movies for the Year

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
Total movies watched in theatres 2022: 70 (27 Dolby, 2 3D, and 5 Imax)
Total movies streamed at home 2022: 51
Movies I would rewatch: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Massive Talent, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Worst movies of the year: Moonfall, Beast, and Bones and All
Biggest disappointment: Nope

Streamed movies I recommend that aren’t listed below rated 3.5 stars or higher on Letterboxd: The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fablemans, Enola Holmes 2, Wedding Season, Purple Hearts, Do Revenge, The Gray Man, Hustle, Metal Lords, The Adam Project, Kimi, Love Type D, Long Story Short, Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, I want you Back, Something from Tiffany’s

 

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2021 in theatres: $253.55… total value =$1,019.57
Favorite movie of the year: CODA (See my top ten list on Letterboxd here)

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: $126.62 value… paid $23.05

  • *Sing 2 ($14.99)
  • *Nightmare Alley ($14.29)
  • *The 355 ($19.29) Dolby
  • Licorice Pizza ($14.29)
  • *Scream ($19.29) Dolby
  • *West Side Story ($14.29)
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth ($13.69)
  • *Belfast ($16.49) Dolby

February: $168.90 value… paid $23.05

  • Jackass Forever ($14.29)
  • Studio 666 ($14.29)
  • Moonfall ($20.79) Dolby
  • Death on the Nile ($20.79) Dolby
  • *Uncharted ($20.79) Dolby
  • *Marry Me ($14.29)
  • Blacklight ($14.29)
  • Cyrano ($14.29)
  • Dog ($14.29)
  • The Godfather 50 Years ($20.79) Dolby

March: $61.87 value… paid $23.05

  • *The Batman ($20.29) Imax
  • Morbius ($20.79) Dolby
  • *The Lost City ($20.79) Dolby

April: $146.01 value… paid $23.05

  • Sonic The Hedgehog 2 ($20.79) Dolby
  • *Everything Everywhere All at Once ($9.99)
  • Infinite Storm ($9.99)
  • Ambulance ($20.79) Dolby
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore ($20.79) Dolby
  • Father Stu ($14.29)
  • *Massive Talent ($14.29)
  • The Bad Guys ($14.29)
  • The Northman ($20.79) Dolby

May: $100.94 value… paid $23.05

  • Men ($14.29)
  • Firestarter ($9.99)
  • *Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness ($20.29) Real D 3D
  • Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness ($14.29) at Disney Springs!
  • *Top Gun: Maverick ($20.29) Imax
  • *Top Gun: Maverick ($21.79) Dolby

June: $108.24 value… paid $23.05

  • Jurassic World Dominion ($21.79) Dolby
  • Crimes of the Future ($14.29)
  • *Lightyear ($21.79) Dolby
  • *Elvis ($14.29)
  • *The Black Phone ($14.29)
  • *Minions: The Rise Of Gru ($21.79) Dolby

July: $74.96 value… paid $23.05

  • Thor: Love And Thunder ($21.79) Dolby
  • *Where the Crawdads Sing ($14.29)
  • Nope ($20.79) Dolby
  • DC League of Super Pets ($18.09) Dolby

August: $108.04 value… paid $23.05

  • Bullet Train ($20.79) Dolby
  • Fall ($14.29)
  • Beast ($19.29) Dolby
  • Laal Singh Chaddha ($14.69)
  • E.T. – THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL – 40th Anniversary IMAX Release ($19.69) Imax
  • Three Thousand Years of Longing ($19.29) Dolby

September: $19.29 value… paid $23.05

  • JAWS (1975) ($19.29) Imax

October: $99.74 value… paid $23.05

  • Halloween Ends ($20.79) Dolby
  • Don’t Worry Darling ($14.29)
  • *The Woman King ($14.29)
  • *Black Adam ($21.79) Dolby
  • Amsterdam ($14.29)
  • *Ticket to Paradise ($14.29)

November: $74.94 value… paid $23.05

  • *The Menu ($12.59)
  • She Said ($12.59)
  • Bones and All ($12.59)
  • *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($13.59)
  • *Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ($11.99)
  • Strange World ($12.59)

December: $77.85 value… paid $24.84 + 17.49 = 42.33

  • *Violent Night ($17.09) Dolby
  • *Avatar: The Way of Water ($18.09) Dolby
  • *Avatar: The Way of Water ($17.49) Imax 3D Purchased outside of A-list Reservation
  • The Whale ($12.59)
  • *Babylon ($12.59)

2021: AMC A-List – Watched and Recommended Movies for the Year

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2021 in theatres: $253.55… total value for movies watched =$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 for movies watched =$327.34 + VOD ; Favorite movie of the year: Soul

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

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

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

 

January: $0 value… paid $0

February: $85.93 value… paid $23.05

  • *Nomadland ($18.99)
  • *The Little Things ($19.99)
  • Monster Hunter ($13.49)
  • *News of the World ($13.49)
  • Tom & Jerry ($19.99)

March: $80.45 value… paid $23.05

  • Raya and the Last Dragon ($19.99)
  • Chaos Walking ($13.49)
  • The Father ($13.49)
  • Boogie ($13.49)
  • Nobody ($19.99)

April: $80.45 value… paid $23.05

  • Godzilla Vs. Kong ($19.99)
  • Voyagers ($13.49)
  • Mortal Kombat ($18.99)
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World ($19.99)

May: $72.46 value… paid $23.05

  • Wrath Of Man ($19.99)
  • Top Gun ($19.99)
  • Spiral ($13.49)

June: $100.44 value… paid $23.05

  • *Cruella ($13.49)
  • The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It ($19.99)
  • A Quiet Place Part II ($13.49)
  • The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard ($17.49)
  • F9 The Fast Saga ($18.49)
  • *In The Heights ($17.49)

July: $104.44 value… paid $23.05

  • The Forever Purge ($13.49)
  • The Boss Baby: Family Business ($17.49)
  • *Black Widow ($19.99)
  • Space Jam: A New Legacy ($13.49)
  • Snake Eyes ($18.49)
  • Old ($18.49)
  • Escape Room: Tournament of Champions ($3)
  • *Jungle Cruise ($14.39)

August: $120.82 value… paid $23.05

  • The Suicide Squad ($17.49)
  • The Green Knight ($13.49)
  • *Free Guy ($18.49)
  • *Stillwater ($13.49)
  • Don’t Breathe 2 ($9.39)
  • Reminiscence ($17.49)
  • Candyman ($17.49)
  • The Protege ($13.49)

September: $90.94 value… paid $23.05

  • *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ($18.49)
  • Malignant ($13.49)
  • The Card Counter ($13.49)
  • *Cry Macho ($13.49)
  • *Blue Bayou ($13.49)
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($18.49)

October: $111.24 value… paid $23.05

  • Casino Royale ($5)
  • Skyfall ($5)
  • Halloween Kills ($19.29)
  • No Time To Die ($14.49)
  • *The Last Duel ($14.29)
  • *Last Night In Soho ($19.59)
  • Ron’s Gone Wrong ($14.29)
  • Dune ($19.29)

November: $99.54 value… paid $23.05

  • Eternals ($18.69)
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife ($19.29)
  • *The French Dispatch ($13.69)
  • Antlers ($14.29)
  • Spencer ($14.29)
  • *House Of Gucci ($19.29)

December: $53.57 value… paid $23.05

  • Encanto ($19.29)
  • *West Side Story ($19.29)
  • The Matrix Resurrections ($14.99)
  • *Spider-Man: No Way Home ($72.86)

2020: AMC A-List – Watched and Recommended Movies for the Year

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

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

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

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

 

January: $96.43 value… paid $23.05

  • *Spies in Disguise ($12.99)
  • *Queen & Slim ($12.99)
  • *Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker in Laser Imax ($18.49)
  • Uncut Gems ($12.99)
  • *1917 ($12.99)
  • Bad Boys for Life ($19.49)
  • The Turning ($12.99)
  • The Gentlemen ($12.99)

February: $77.95 value… paid $23.05

  • Gretel and Hansel ($12.99)
  • *Birds of Prey ($19.49)
  • Sonic ($19.49)
  • Fantasy Island ($12.99)
  • Brahms: the Boy II ($12.99)

March: $74.01 value… paid $33.60

  • *Onward ($19.49)
  • The Way Back ($12.99)
  • Bloodshot ($17.99)
  • *The Hunt ($12.99)
  • *Invisible Man ($10.55 in pesos at our trip in Mexico)

April:

  • Trolls World Tour (VOD)

May:

  • Scoob! (VOD)

June:

  • Artemis Fowl (VOD)
  • *Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (VOD)
  • *My Spy (VOD)

July:

  • Hamilton (VOD)
  • The Old Guard (VOD)

August:

  • The One and Only Ivan (VOD)

September:

  • Mulan (VOD)
  • The Social Dilemma (VOD)
  • *Enola Holmes (VOD)

October: $46.97 value… paid $16.50 for HBO Max

  • New Mutants ($13.49)
  • Tenet ($19.99)
  • Unhinged ($13.49)
  • Hubie Halloween (VOD)
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 (VOD)
  • The Witches (VOD)
  • *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (VOD)

November: $31.98 value… paid $16.50 for HBO Max

  • War with Grandpa ($13.49)
  • *Freaky ($18.49)

December:  $?? value… paid $0

  • Songbird (Advanced Screening home viewing)
  • Greenland (Advanced Screening home viewing)
  • Wonder Woman 1984 (VOD)
  • *Soul (VOD)

2019: AMC A-List – Watched and Recommended Movies for the Year

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

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

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

 

January: $147.89 value… paid $20.95

  • Second Act (11.29)
  • Miss Bala (18.99)
  • *Escape Room (12.49)
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (12.59)
  • *On the Basis of Sex (12.49)
  • *Glass (18.99)
  • A Dog’s Way Home (12.29)
  • *Replicas (12.49)
  • *The Upside (11.29)
  • The Kid Who Would be King (12.49)
  • Serenity (12.49)

February: $111.42 value… paid $20.95

  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (18.99)
  • Greta (12.49)
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (12.49)
  • What Men Want (12.49)
  • Alita: Battle Angel (17.49)
  • *Fighting with My Family (12.49)
  • *Happy Death Day 2U (12.49)
  • Isn’t it Romantic (12.49)

March: $97.04 value… paid $20.95

  • Us (17.59)
  • Cold Pursuit (12.49)
  • *Captain Marvel (18.99)
  • Dumbo (18.99)
  • Captive State (12.49)
  • Wonder Park (16.49)

April: $34.18… paid $20.95

  • Hellboy (15.19)
  • *Avengers: Endgame (18.99)

May: $75.55 value… paid $20.95

  • *Aladdin (18.99)
  • *Pokemon Detective Pikachu (12.49)
  • Tolkien (12.59)
  • John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (18.99)
  • Brightburn (12.49)

June: $138.71 value… paid $23.05

  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (18.99)
  • Rocketman (12.49)
  • Dark Phoenix (18.99)
  • Yesterday (12.29)
  • Toy Story 4 (18.99)
  • Men in Black International (18.99)
  • The Dead Don’t Die (12.49)
  • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (12.49)
  • Shaft (12.99)

July:  $118.23 value… paid $41.05

  • *Spider-Man: Far From Home (18.99)
  • *Midsommar (6.29)
  • *Stuber (12.49)
  • Opening Night Fan Event: The Lion King = 18.00
  • The Lion King (18.99)
  • *The Art of Self Defense (12.99)
  • Crawl (12.99)
  • *Booksmart (5.00)
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (12.49)

August: $108.93 value… paid $23.05

  • Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (12.99)
  • Where’d You Go Bernadette (12.99)
  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (12.99)
  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold (17.99)
  • *Good Boys (12.99)
  • The Matrix: 20th Anniversary (19.49)
  • Angel Has Fallen (19.49)

September: $55.46 value… paid $23.05

  • IT Chapter Two (19.49)
  • Hustlers (12.99)
  • Ad Astra (11.49)
  • Rambo: Last Blood (11.49)

October: $129.43 value… paid $38.05

  • Joker (19.49)
  • Gemini Man (19.49)
  • *Zombieland 2: Double Tap (12.99)
  • Metallica & San Francisco Symphony:S&M2 = 15.00
  • Jexi (12.99)
  • Gemini Man HFR (16.99)
  • The Addams Family (12.99)
  • Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (19.49)

November: $160.90 value… paid $23.05

  • Terminator: Dark Fate (17.99)
  • Last Christmas (12.99)
  • Doctor Sleep (19.49)
  • *Ford V. Ferrari (19.49)
  • Midway (19.49)
  • *Jojo Rabbit (12.99)
  • The Good Liar (12.99)
  • Charlie’s Angels (12.99)
  • Frozen II (19.49)
  • 21 Bridges (12.99)

December:  $103.93 value… paid $23.05

  • *Knives Out ($12.99)
  • Jumanji (19.49)
  • *Star Wars (19.49)
  • Cats (12.99)
  • Bombshell (12.99)
  • *Little Women (12.99)
  • Uncut Gems (12.99)

2018: AMC A-List – the movies I saw and the ones I recommend

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

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

March: $10

  • A Wrinkle in Time (10)

April: $42.97

  • A Quiet Place (12.49)
  • I Feel Pretty (12.49)
  • Avengers (17.99)

May: $45.49

  • Black Panther (5)
  • Tully (5)
  • Overboard (23)
  • Deadpool 2 (12.49)

June: $55.76

  • Adrift (14.49)
  • The Incredibles 2 (12.49)
  • *Tag (12.49)
  • Jurassic World (16.49)
  • Uncle Drew (12.29)

July:  $110.32 value… paid $20.95

  • Ant Man and the Wasp (17.99)
  • Sicario (12.49)
  • Skyscraper (12.49)
  • *Sorry to Bother You (12.99)
  • Mamma Mia (12.49)
  • Purge 2 (12.59)
  • Equalizer II (11.29)
  • Mission Impossible: Fallout (17.99)

August: $92.93 value… paid $20.95

  • Darkest Minds (12.49)
  • The Meg (free showing)
  • Spy Who Dumped Me (12.49)
  • BlackKKlansmen (12.49)
  • Alpha (12.49)
  • AXL (12.49)
  • Crazy Rich Asians (17.99)
  • Happytime Murders (12.49)

September: $96.93 value… paid $20.95

  • *Searching (12.49)
  • Predator (17.99)
  • A Simple Favor (10.99)
  • White Boy Rick (12.49)
  • House with a Clock in the Walls (17.99)
  • Life Itself (12.49)
  • Fahrenheit 11/9 (12.49)

October: $117.12 value… paid $20.95

  • Smallfoot (10.19)
  • *A Star is Born (12.49)
  • Venom (18.99)
  • First Man (18.99)
  • Bad Times at El Royale (12.49)
  • Halloween (18.99)
  • The Hate U Give (12.49)
  • Goosebumps (12.49)

November: $125.92 value… paid $20.95

  • *Bohemian Rhapsody (18.99)
  • Nutcracker (12.49)
  • The Grinch(18.99)
  • Overlord (12.49)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Crimes of Grindelwald (18.99)
  • *Creed II (12.49)
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet (18.99)
  • Widows (12.49)

December:  $142.01 value… paid $38.45

  • *Spider Man into the Spider-verse (free showing)
  • *Green Book (12.49)
  • Schindler’s List (18.99)
  • Robin Hood (12.49)
  • Once Upon a Deadpool (12.59)
  • Mortal Engines (12.49)
  • They Never Grow Old (17.50)
  • Bumblebee (12.49)
  • Aquaman (17.99)
  • The Mule (12.49)
  • Vice (12.49)