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I started using Letterboxd again this year to track the movies I watch. I signed up for a pro membership, primarily for the feature that filters your watchlist to show only the movies available on services that you subscribe to.

Unfortunately, Letterboxd doesn’t have a public API. However, you can get an export of your data, and I wrote a hacky PHP script that processed my diary CSV and created this end-of-year round-up.

I excluded any movies that I rewatched, so these are the 77 movies that I watched for the first time in 2022:

• Say Anything… ★★★★☆
• It Chapter Two ★★☆☆☆
• Eternals ★★★☆☆
• The House ★★★☆☆
• The Alpinist ★★★☆☆
• The Kid Detective ★★★★☆
• Train to Busan ★★★★☆
• Striking Distance ★★☆☆☆
• Synchronic ★★★☆☆
• Jolt ★★☆☆☆
• Gunpowder Milkshake ★★☆☆☆
• Scream 3 ★★★☆☆
• Scream 4 ★★★☆☆
• Scream ★★★☆☆
• Dreamscape ★★★☆☆
• Spider-Man: No Way Home ★★★★☆
• Masters of the Universe ★★☆☆☆
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife ★★☆☆☆
• Death on the Nile ★★★☆☆
• The Mitchells vs. The Machines ★★★★☆
• The Adam Project ★★☆☆☆
• Red Notice ★★★☆☆
• Schumacher ★★★☆☆
• Deep Water ★★☆☆☆
• Sorcerer ★★★★★
• Don’t Look Up ★★☆☆☆
• Everything Everywhere All at Once ★★★★☆
• Blow Out ★★★☆☆
• The Batman ★★★★☆
• Moonfall ★★☆☆☆
• Casablanca ★★★★☆
• Venom: Let There Be Carnage ★★☆☆☆
• Infinite ★★☆☆☆
• Jungle Cruise ★★★☆☆
• Promising Young Woman ★★★☆☆
• Only Lovers Left Alive ★★★★☆
• Reversal of Fortune ★★★☆☆
• The Night House ★★★☆☆
• The Quiet Earth ★★★☆☆
• Downton Abbey: A New Era ★★★☆☆
• The Rescue ★★★★☆
• Pig ★★★★☆
• The Lost City ★★★☆☆
• The King’s Man ★★★☆☆
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ★★★☆☆
• The Gray Man ★★★☆☆
• In the Mood for Love ★★★★☆
• Patriot Games ★★★☆☆
• Clear and Present Danger ★★★★☆
• The Conversation ★★★★☆
• Aliens vs Predator: Requiem ★☆☆☆☆
• Prey ★★★★☆
• Coherence ★★★☆☆
• Spiderhead ★★★☆☆
• Jurassic World Dominion ★★☆☆☆
• Thor: Love and Thunder ★★★☆☆
• Samaritan ★★★☆☆
• Top Gun: Maverick ★★★★☆
• The Endless ★★★★☆
• Bodies Bodies Bodies ★★★★☆
• Nope ★★★☆☆
• Fire in the Sky ★★★☆☆
• Orphan: First Kill ★★★☆☆
• Werewolf by Night ★★★☆☆
• Mirrors ★★☆☆☆
• Carnival of Souls ★★★☆☆
• Smile ★★★☆☆
• The Menu ★★★★☆
• Zero Dark Thirty ★★★☆☆
• Bullet Train ★★★☆☆
• See How They Run ★★★☆☆
• Black Adam ★★☆☆☆
• Pee-wee’s Big Adventure ★★★★☆
• The Banshees of Inisherin ★★★★☆
• The Last Seduction ★★★☆☆
• Emily the Criminal ★★★☆☆
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ★★★★☆

These were my highlights:

• Favorite movie: Sorcerer
• Favorite movie released in 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Least favorite movie: Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

If you want to see what movies I’m watching throughout the year then you can follow me on Letterboxd.