Oh, come on. How difficult can it be? Every week, watch a film and write about it in an interesting, informative and (if appropriate) amusing way. But, for the second year in a row, I have failed in my challenge to view 50 movies in a year. I only managed 31. Actually, it is 31.5 as I fell asleep half way through ‘A Little Chaos‘ this evening – sorry, Kate (Winslet).
Part of my failure has been that I was also trying to read 50 books during the year, and reading is my first love – I’d rather read a novel than watch a film. Nevertheless, there have been some great viewing moments over the past 12 months and I’ve ordered the movies I did see into the following list, best to worst. Just for fun, there is no critical appraisal here!
What was your must-see film this year? I started 2015 with ‘The Theory of Everything‘ and Eddie Redmayne re-appears in ‘The Danish Girl‘, released tomorrow. I’m planning to get to the cinema to see it – and maybe 49 other films in 2016!
| 1 | Theory of Everything (The) |
| 2 | What We Did On Our Holiday |
| 3 | Imitation Game (The) |
| 4 | Amy |
| 5 | Mona Lisa Smile |
| 6 | Still Alice |
| 7 | Pride |
| 8 | Boyhood |
| 9 | Life of Pi |
| 10 | Insurgent |
| 11 | Vera Drake |
| 12 | Les Miserables |
| 13 | Road to Perdition |
| 14 | Talented Mr Ripley (The) |
| 15 | Lion King (The) |
| 16 | Finding Nemo |
| 17 | Amazing Grace |
| 18 | Young Victoria (The) |
| 19 | Lucy |
| 20 | Rush |
| 21 | Vanilla Sky |
| 22 | Fast and Furious 6 |
| 23 | The Descendants |
| 24 | Hunger Games (The) – Mockingjay Part 1 |
| 25 | White House Down |
| 26 | Maze Runner (The) |
| 27 | Parkland |
| 28 | Secret Window |
| 29 | Girl, Interrupted |
| 30 | Saving Mr Banks |
| 31 | Spy |
in the nicki of time 