It was never obvious to me that movies were a big part of my life growing up — but they were. My memory in general is not very strong and I have a hard time remembering specific details from even a few years ago let alone decades. But movies serve as flickering torchlight illuminating crystalized childhood memories. When movies are talked about around me, I recognize the ones I've seen, even as a kid. I remember them. I may not remember when exactly I saw it or who I was with, but I know it happened. And that is incredibly comforting to me.
Below, the movies I've seen. So that I may remember.
2025
Labyrinth (1986) Mickey 17 (2025) Black Bag (2025) Geostorm (2017) The Davinci Code (2006) The Prince of Egypt (1998) Trap (2024) Flow (2024) Sinners (2025) Concalve (2024) Twisters (2024) Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025) Titan: The Oceangate Submersible Disaster (2025) Ballerina (2025) Redline (2010) KPop Demon Hunters (2025) F1 (2025)
2024
Godzilla Minus One, Minus Color (2023) Tár (2022) John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum (2019) John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) Being John Malkovich (1999) Divergent (2014) Insurgent (2015) Divergent Series 3 (2016) Rollerball (1975)
2023
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2023) Fire of Love (2022) Wakanda Forever (2023) Oscar Nominate Short Films (2023) The Mummy (1999) RRR (2022) Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) San Andreas (2015) The Meg (2018) James Cameron's Deepsea Challenge (2014) The Abyss (1989) Past Lives (2023) Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse (2023) Renfield (2023) Mission Impossible (1996) Barbie (2023) Mission Impossible 2 (2000) Mission Impossible 3 (2006) Watching the Detectives (2007) Oppenheimer (2023) Wandering Earth (2019) Before Sunrise (1995) Bottoms (2023) Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol (2011) Mission Impossible 5: Rogue Nation (2015) Mission Impossible 6: Fallout (2018) Atonement (2007) Ad Astra (2019) The Meg 2: The Trench (2023) M3gan (2022) Suspiria (1977) Morbius (2022) Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) Final Destination (2000) 12 Monkeys (1995) Downsizing (2017) Priscilla (2023) The Quiz Lady (2023) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010) Memories (Magnetic Rose, Stink Bomb, Cannon Fodder) (2015) Shin Masked Rider (2023)
2022
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Cats (2019) Turning Red (2022) Bones and All (2022) The Menu (2022) The Batman (2022) Lightyear (2022) Seven Samurai (1954) Don't Worry Darling (2022) The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) The Green Knight (2021) Galaxy Quest (1999) Tank Girl (1995) Redline (2009) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Sicaro (2015) Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022) Spiderhead (2022) Nope (2022) Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness (2022) Elvis (2022)
In undergrad I wrote an essay about movies and films and how I deem them to be seperate entities from one another culturally. My roommates at the time made fun of me for this. Relentlessly. I never understood their position, if they just thought my writing was bad, or something else. Looking back, I think it was because I cared too much. I was very flustered by their behavior and how they never let me in on the joke, and seemed to take joy in making me uncomfortable. It took me years but I've since come to realize that these people were not my friends. I thought otherwise at the time. Good riddance.