2025 watch list recap

Wanted to share my 2025 watch list recap and hopefully get some recommendations and discuss thoughts on some of the movies! What movies did you watch in 2025? Did you have any standouts?

Here is mine (30f), with my favorite genre being crime/crime thrillers in alphabetical order:

2025 Watchlist of my first-time watches

• Apocalypse Now (1979)

• Big Fish (2003)

• BlacKkKlansman (2018)

• The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

• Casino (1995)

• A Clockwork Orange (1971)

• The Conversation (1974)

• Death Becomes Her (1992)

• The Departed (2006)

• The Devil’s Advocate (1997)

• District 9 (2009)

• Dodgeball (2004)

• Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

• Duel (1971)

• Gladiator (2000)

• The Great Gatsby (2013)

• The Green Mile (1999)

• Hot Fuzz (2007)

• Interview with a Vampire (1994)

• Jackie Brown (1997)

• The King of Comedy (1982)

• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

• Magnolia (1999)

• Miller’s Crossing (1990)

• My Cousin Vinny (1992)

• Natural Born Killers (1994)

• One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975)

• The Prestige (2006)

• Punch Drunk Love (2002)

• Schindlers List (1993)

• Taxi Driver (1976)

• There’s Something about Mary (1998)

• True Grit (2010)

• True Romance (1993)

• The Usual Suspects (1995)

• The Whale (2022)

• Wicked: For Good (2025)

Top 5 watches

1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

2. Apocalypse Now (1979)

3. Schindler’s List (1993)

4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

5. Miller’s Crossing (1990)

Toss ups:

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

The Conversation (1974)

2025 rewatches (some of my comfort movies / all time faves):

• 13 Going on 30 (2004)

• 21 Jump Street (2012)

• American Gangster (2007)

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

• The Barbie Movie (2023)

• The Big Lebowski (1998)

• Clueless (1995)

• The Florida Project (2017)

• Friday (1995)

• Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2025)

• *Choosing to place in the rewatch category bc Kill Bill 1 & 2 are already my top 2)

• Legally Blonde (2001)

• Mean Girls (2004)

• Office Space (1999)

• Paulie (1998)

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

• Pocahontas (1995)

• The Princess Bride (1987)

• Reservoir Dogs (1992)

• Saving Private Ryan (1998)

• Scary Movie 2 (2001)

• Shrek (2001)

• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

• Thelma & Louise (1991)

• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Top 10 of all 2025 including rewatches (trying to be more objective here and not go off of nostalgia lol):

1. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2025)

2. The Big Lebowski (1998)

3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

4. Apocalypse Now (1979)

5. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

6. Schindler’s List (1993)

7. Friday (1995)

8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

9. The Princess Bride (1987)

10. Office Space (1999)

Came out of this year an even bigger Tarantino, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro fan.

Any thoughts or 2026 recs? Would love to hear!