Watch-List 02/24

A list of all the great and interesting films and shows I’ve seen in March and April of 2024.


★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Good (Minor Flawed Elements)
★★★ – Interesting (Flawed Elements)
★★½ – Major Flaws but Some Interesting Ideas
★★ – Disappointing




Challengers
★★★½
dir. Luca Guadagnino
Romantic Sports Drama
[USA, 2024]




一 一 (Yi Yi)
★★★★★
dir. Edward Yang
Drama
[Taiwan, 2000]




Winged Migration
★★★★½
dir. Jacques Perrin
Documentary
[France / Italy / Germany / Switzerland, 2001]




Favoriten
★★★½
dir. Ruth Beckermann
Documentary
[Austria, 2024]




Mad Max: Fury Road
★★★★★
dir. George Miller
Post-Apocalyptic Action
[Australia, 2015]




Dunkirk
★★★★★
dir. Christopher Nolan
Epic Historical War Thriller
[UK / USA / France / Netherlands, 2017]




Gravity
★★★★½
dir. Alfonso Cuarón
Science Fiction Thriller
[UK / USA, 2013]




Phantom Thread
★★★½
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Historical Drama
[USA, 2017]




Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
★★★
dir. Martin McDonagh
Black Comedy Crime Drama
[USA, 2017]




Manchester by the Sea
★★★★½
dir. Kenneth Lonergan
Drama
[USA, 2016]




Oppenheimer
★★★★
dir. Christopher Nolan
Biographical Drama
[USA, 2023]




As Bestas
★★★½
dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Thriller
[Spain / France, 2022]




Arrival
★★★½
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Science Fiction Drama
[USA, 2016]




The Talented Mr. Ripley
★★★½
dir. Anthony Minghella
Psychological Thriller
[USA, 1999]




Strangers on a Train
★★★½
dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Psychological Thriller Film Noir
[USA, 1951]




Saint Omer
★★★★½
dir. Alice Diop
Legal Drama
[France, 2022]




Priscilla
★★
Sofia Coppola
Biographical Drama
[USA, 2023]




The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
★★★★
dir. Wes Anderson
Fantasy Short Film
[USA, 2023]




Dune: Part Two
★★★½
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Epice Science Fiction
[USA, 2024]




Warcraft
★★½
dir. Duncan Jones
Action Fantasy
[USA, 2016]




Sherlock Holmes
★★★
dir. Guy Ritchie
Period Mystery Action
[UK / USA / Germany, 2009]




Watchmen
★★★
dir. Zack Snyder
Superhero
[USA, 2009]




The Matrix Reloaded

★★½
The Wachowskis
Science Fiction Action
[USA, 2003]




Angels & Demons
★★½
dir. Ron Howard
Action Mystery Thriller
[USA, 2009]




Salt
★★½
dir. Phillip Noyce
Action Thriller
[USA, 2010]




The Matrix Revolutions

★★
The Wachowskis
Science Fiction Action
[USA, 2003]




Transformers

★★★
dir. Michael Bay
Science Fiction Action
[USA, 2007]




Mr. & Mrs. Smith

★★★
dir. Doug Liman
Romantic Action Comedy
[USA, 2005]