2025 Viewing Diary

This serves as a log of everything I’ve watched through the year, and also a place to write thoughts on particular films, if I’m inclined to do so. Those films with Sallittian colored headers will be placed on the yearly lists in their appropriate spot. If a film does not have a colored header, it did not make it onto my favorite films list for its year. Since this diary also includes films that won’t make it onto my yearly colored lists (explained on the front page), I’ve also included a standard four-star rating system.
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/TITLE/ — repeat viewingItalics — documentary or seriesLatest entries appear first
  1. 12.25.25/NEW ROSE HOTEL/(1998, USA, Abel Ferrara)★★★½
  2. 12.20.25DIE HERRIN VON ATLANTIS(1932, Germany/France, G.W. Pabst)★★
  3. 12.19.25THE MASTERMIND(2025, USA/UK, Kelly Reichardt)★★½
  4. 12.17.25IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT(2025, Iran/France/Luxembourg/USA, Jafar Panahi)★★
  5. 12.17.25NOUVELLE VAGUE(2025, France/USA, Richard Linklater)★★★
  6. 12.16.25WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY(2025, USA, Rian Johnson)★★
  7. 12.14.25Predators(2025, USA, David Osit)
  8. 11.30.25THE SEALED SOIL(1977, Iran, Marva Nabili)★★½
  9. 11.30.25BUGONIA(2025, Ireland/UK/Canada/South Korea/USA, Yorgos Lanthimos)★★
  10. 11.29.25THE LONG WALK(2025, USA/Canada, Francis Lawrence)★½
  11. 11.21.25IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU(2025, USA, Mary Bronstein)★½
  12. 11.15.25THE GHOST OF YOTSUYA(1959, Japan, Kenji Misumi)★★½
  13. 11.14.25PEONY LANTERN(1968, Japan, Satsuo Yamamoto)★★½
  14. 11.13.25THE SNOW WOMAN(1968, Japan, Tokuzô Tanaka)★★★
  15. 11.11.25THE HAUNTED CASTLE(1969, Japan, Tokuzô Tanaka)★★½
  16. 11.09.25GHOST OF KASANE SWAMP(1970, Japan, Kimiyoshi Yasuda)★★
  17. 11.08.25FRANKENSTEIN(2025, Mexico/USA, Guillermo del Toro)★½
  18. 11.06.25THE DEMON OF MOUNT OE(1960, Japan, Tokuzô Tanaka)★★
  19. 11.05.25THE HOWLING(1981, USA, Joe Dante)★½
  20. 10.25.25/IT FOLLOWS/(2014, USA, David Robert Mitchell)★★½
  21. 10.18.25The Perfect Neighbor(2025, USA, Geeta Gandbhir)
  22. 10.12.25ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER(2025, USA, Paul Thomas Anderson)★★★
  23. 08.22.25PANIC IN YEAR ZERO!(1962, USA, Ray Milland)★★
  24. 08.21.25MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING(2025, UK/USA, Christopher McQuarrie)★★
  25. 08.15.25EDDINGTON(2025, USA/Finland, Ari Aster)★★½
  26. 08.10.25WEAPONS(2025, USA, Zach Cregger)★★½
  27. 08.03.25COPPER(2025, Mexico/Canada, Nicolás Pereda)★★★
  28. 08.02.25DANGEROUS ANIMALS(2025, Australia/USA/Canada, Sean Byrne)★★
  29. 07.28.25/MINORITY REPORT/(2002, USA, Steven Spielberg)★★½
  30. 07.26.25DIRTY WORK(1998, Canada/USA, Bob Saget)★½
  31. 07.21.25/KUNG FU HUSTLE/(2004, Hong Kong/China/USA, Stephen Chow)★★★
  32. 07.19.25/THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK/(1997, USA, Steven Spielberg)★★
  33. 07.19.25BALLERINA(2025, USA/Hungary, Len Wiseman)★★
  34. 07.13.25FANTASY(2025, France, Isabel Pagliai)★
  35. 07.12.25Squid Game: Season 3(2024, South Korea, Hwang Dong-hyuk)
  36. 07.06.25INVENTION(2025, USA, Courtney Stephens)★★★½
  37. 07.06.25BRING HER BACK(2025, Australia, Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou)★★
  38. 07.05.25THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME(2025, USA/Germany, Wes Anderson)★★★½
  39. 07.05.25SUPERMARKT(1974, West Germany, Roland Klick)★★½
  40. 07.04.25JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH(2025, USA/UK/Malta/India/Taiwan, Gareth Edwards)★★
  41. 07.02.25SIX IN PARIS(1965, France, Various)★★½
  42. 06.28.25THE PUNISHMENT(1963, France, Jean Rouch)★★★
  43. 06.27.25THE HUMAN PYRAMID(1961, France/Côte d’Ivoire, Jean Rouch)★★★½
  44. 06.27.2528 YEARS LATER(2025, UK/USA/Canada, Danny Boyle)★★
  45. 06.22.25FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES(2025, USA/Canada, Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein)★½
  46. 06.21.25/THE BROOD/(1979, Canada, David Cronenberg)★★★
  47. 06.19.25/SCANNERS/(1981, Canada, David Cronenberg)★★★
  48. 06.08.25LES COEURS VERTS(1966, France, Édouard Luntz)★★★
  49. 06.08.25FREE DRUM KIT(2025, France, Carmen Leroi)★★
  50. 05.31.25The Rehearsal: Season 2(2025, USA, Nathan Fielder)
  51. 05.30.25SINNERS(2025, USA/Australia/Canada, Ryan Coogler)★★
  52. 05.30.25/LOST IN TRANSLATION/(2003, USA/Japan, Sofia Coppola)★★
  53. 05.24.25The Last of Us: Season 2(2025, Canada/USA, Various)
  54. 05.22.25/FINAL DESTINATION 2/(2003, USA/Canada, David R. Ellis)★½
  55. 05.21.25/FINAL DESTINATION/(2000, USA/Canada, James Wong)★★
  56. 04.15.25DEN OF THIEVES: PANTERA(2025, Spain/Canada/USA, Christian Gudegast)★
  57. 04.06.25THE MONKEY(2025, USA/UK/Canada, Ozgood Perkins)★½
  58. 04.05.25MICKEY 17(2025, USA/South Korea, Bong Joon Ho)★★½
  59. 04.04.25Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer(2025, USA, Liz Garbus)
  60. 03.31.25The Twister: Caught in the Storm(2025, UK, Alexandra Lacey)
  61. 03.23.25THE BEEKEEPER(2024, UK/USA, David Ayer)★
  62. 03.10.25THE SHROUDS(2024, France/Canada, David Cronenberg)★★
  63. 03.01.25A COMPLETE UNKNOWN(2024, USA, James Mangold)★★
  64. 02.25.25MISÉRICORDE(2024, France/Spain/Portugal, Alain Guiraudie)★★½
  65. 02.18.25American Murder: Gabby Petito(2024, USA, Michael Gasparro and Julia Willoughby Nason)
  66. 02.15.25THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG(2024, France/Germany, Mohammad Rasoulof)★★
  67. 02.13.25NICKEL BOYS(2024, USA, RaMell Ross)★★
  68. 02.07.25WOLF MAN(2024, USA/New Zealand/Iceland, Leigh Whannell)★½
  69. 02.03.25/SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL/(1997, USA, Jan de Bont)★½
  70. 02.01.25/THE HURT LOCKER/(2008, USA/Luxembourg, Kathryn Bigelow)★★½
  71. 01.31.25WICKED: PART I(2024, USA/Japan/Canada/Iceland/UK, Jon M. Chu)★½
  72. 01.25.25THE BRUTALIST(2024, USA/UK/Canada, Brady Corbet)★★
  73. 01.24.25FLOW(2024, Latvia/Belgium/France, Gints Zilbalodis)★★½
  74. 01.20.25/MULHOLLAND DR./(2001, France/United States, David Lynch)★★★★
  75. 01.18.25Squid Game: Season 2(2024, South Korea, Hwang Dong-hyuk)
  76. 01.09.25A WOMAN’S LIFE(1962, Japan, Yasuzô Masumura)★★½
  77. 01.05.25GRAND TOUR(2024, Portugal/Italy/France/Germany/Japan/China, Miguel Gomes)★★½
  78. 01.03.25ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT(2024, France/India/Netherlands, Payal Kapadia)★★★
  79. 01.02.25REVOLVING ROUNDS(2024, Austria, Christina Jauernik and Johann Lurf)★★★