2025: AMC A-List and Alamo Pass – Watched and Recommended Movies for the Year

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2025 in theatres: $844.30 ($332 in monthly subscriptions) … total value =$1,988
Favorite movie(s) of the year: Relay
Total movies watched in theatres 2025: 132 (19 Dolby, 4 Imax, 51 Alamo, 1 Cinemark, 1 Flix Brewhouse,  1 Japan Toho Cinemas, and 19 Screen Unseens)
Worst movie(s) of the year: Hurry Up Tomorrow

Movie Magic Moment: Movie Premiere of Novocaine

Favorite Movies of the Year (Letterboxd link here)

  1. Relay
  2. F1
  3. Eternity
  4. Rental Family
  5. Ella McCay
  6. Weapons
  7. Christy
  8. The Penguin Lessons
  9. The Fantastic Four: First Steps
  10. Elio
  11. The Roses
Worst Movies of the Year (Letterboxd link here)
  1. Hurry Up Tomorrow
  2. Keeper
  3. Anemone
  4. Until Dawn
  5. Flight Risk
  6. Die My Love
  7. The Toxic Avenger Unrated
  8. Marty Supreme
  9. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
  10. Hamnet
  11. Bone Lake
  12. Nickel Boys
  13. The Home
2025 movies I rated 4 stars on Letterboxd that didn’t make my top movies list:
  • Companion
  • The Brutalist
  • I’m Still Here
  • Novocaine
  • The Amateur
  • Lilo & Stitch
  • Thunderbolts*
  • Elio
  • Jurassic World Rebirth
  • Superman
  • Caught Stealing
  • Splitsville
  • Song Sung Blue
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 movies I rated 3.5 stars on Letterboxd:
  • Presence
  • A Complete Unknown
  • Captain America: Brave New World
  • My Dead Friend Zoe
  • Last Breath
  • Heart Eyes
  • Mickey 17
  • Drop
  • Final Destination Bloodlines
  • Karate Kid: Legends
  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
  • Sinners
  • The Accountant²
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • The Life of Chuck
  • 40 Acres
  • The Phoenician Scheme
  • Friendship
  • M3GAN 2.0
  • Eddington
  • Oh, Hi
  • Together
  • The Nakend Gun
  • Freakier Friday
  • Honey Don’t!
  • Eleanor the Great
  • Dead of Winter
  • One Battle After Another
  • Good Fortune
  • Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  • Frankenstein
  • TRON: Ares
  • Roofman
  • Predator: Badlands
  • Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
  • Zootopia 2
  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Nuremberg
  • Wicked: For Good
Streamed movies I recommend that aren’t listed below, rated 3.5 stars or higher on Letterboxd:
  • Carry-On
  • The Beanie Bubble
  • Flow
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • Your Monster
  • Manchester by the Sea

Movies watched in theatres as re-releases or Master Pancakes (live comedy commentary):

  • Lethal Weapon
  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
  • Wicked: Re-release
  • Avatar: The Way of Water
  • Master Pancake: Spectre
  • Master Pancake Ghostbusters
  • Master Pancake The Evil Dead
  • Master Pancake Donnie Darko Director’s Cut
  • Master Pancake The Beekeeper
  • Hanksgiving
  • Master Pancake Inferno
  • The Master Pancake Xmas Show
  • Back to the Future: 40th Anniversary Movie Party
  • Lady Snowblood

 

Total cost paid for movies watched in 2024 in theatres: $562.02… total value =$1,417.34
Favorite movie of the year: Fly Me to the Moon (See top list on Letterboxd here)

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

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)