Watch-List 03/2025

This is a list of all the great and interesting films and shows I’ve seen in May and June of 2025.

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

Taxi
★½
dir. Gérard Pirès
Action Comedy
[France, 1998]
Budget: $8.7 million

Der Eisbär
★½
dir. Til Schweiger
Crime Comedy
[Germany, 1998]

我是誰 (Who Am I?)
★½
dir. Jacky Chan and Benny Chan
Spy Action Comedy
[Hong Kong, 1998]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
★★★
dir. Terry Gilliam
Black Comedy Adventure
[USA, 1998]
Budget: $18.5 million

The Waterboy
★½
dir. Frank Coraci
Sports Comedy
[USA, 1998]
Budget: $23 million

Armageddon
★★★
dir. Michael Bay
Science Fiction Disaster
[USA, 1998]
Budget: $140 million

Inception
★★★½
dir. Christopher Nolan
Science Fiction Action Heist
[USA, 2010]
Budget: $160 million

F1
★★★½
dir. Joseph Kosinski
Sports Drama
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $200 million

Gravity
★★★★½
dir. Alfonso Cuarón
Science Fiction Thriller
[UK / USA, 2013]
Budget: $80–130 million

Alien 3
★★★
dir. David Fincher
Science Fiction Horror
[USA, 1992]
Budget: $50–60 million

The Revenant
★★★★
dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Epic Western Action Drama
[USA, 2015]
Budget: $135 million

Sleeping Beauty
★★★½
dir. Clyde Geronimi
Animated Musical Romantic Fantasy
[USA, 1959]
Budget: $6 million

Captain America: The First Avenger
★★★
dir. Joe Johnston
Superhero
[USA, 2011]
Budget: $140–216.7 million

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
★★★
dir. Henry Hathaway
Biographical War
[USA, 1951]
Budget: $2.4 million

Peter Pan
★★★½
dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Animated Musical Adventure Fantasy
[USA, 1953]
Budget: $4 million

Birdman
★★★★★
dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu
Black Comedy-Drama
[USA, 2014]
Budget: $16.5–18 million

Alice in Wonderland
★★★½
dir. Ben Sharpsteen, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Animated Musical Fantasy Comedy
[USA, 1951]
Budget: $3 million

Thor
★★★
dir. Kenneth Branagh
Superhero
[USA, 2011]
Budget: $150 million

Blade Runner (Final Cut)
★★★★½
dir. Ridley Scott
Science Fiction
[USA / Hong Kong, 1982]
Final Cut Released in 2007
Budget: $30 million

Cinderella
★★★½
dir. Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi
Animated Musical Romantic Fantasy
[USA, 1950]
Budget: $2.2 million

Lady and the Tramp
★★★★
dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
Animated Musical Romantic Comedy
[USA, 1955]
Budget: $4 million

Iron Man 2
★★½
dir. Jon Favreau
Superhero
[USA, 2010]
Budget: $170–200 million

The Longest Day
★★★
dir. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Epic War
[USA, 1962]
Budget: $7.75 million

Predator: Killer of Killers
★★★½
dir. Dan Trachtenberg
Adult Animated Science Fiction Action Horror Anthology
[USA, 2025]

Saving Private Ryan
★★★★★
dir. Steven Spielberg
Epic War
[USA, 1998]
Budget: $65–70 million

2001: A Space Odyssey
★★★★★
dir. Stanley Kubrick
Epic Science Fiction
[USA, 1968]
Budget: $10.5 million

Ballerina
★★★½
dir. Len Wiseman
Action Thriller
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $90 million

ニルスのふしぎな旅
(Wunderbare Reise des kleinen Nils Holgersson mit den Wildgänsen)
★★★★
dir. Hisayuki Toriumi
Children Anime
[Japan, 1980]

The Phoenician Scheme
★★★
dir. Wes Anderson
Espionage Dark Comedy
[Germany / USA, 2025]

幻の光
(Maborosi)
★★★★½
dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
Drama
[Japan, 1995]

臥 虎 藏 龍
(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
★★★★★
dir. Ang Lee
Epic Romantic Drama Wuxia Martial Arts
[China / Taiwan / Hong Kong / USA, 2000]
Budget: $17 million

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
★★★
dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Epic Spy Action
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $300–400 million

Black Bag
★★★½
dir. Steven Soderbergh
Spy Thriller
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $50–60 million

イノセンス
(Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence)
★★★★
dir. Mamoru Oshii
Adult Anime Tech Noir Cyberpunk Action Thriller
[Japan, 2004]
Budget: $20 million

Pater Brown – Das Schwarze Schaf
(The Black Sheep)
★★★½
dir. Helmuth Ashley
Comedic Krimi Mystery
[West Germany, 1960]

Sinners
★★★★
dir. Ryan Coogler
Horror
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $90–100 million

Den Gode Strømer
(The Good Cop)
★½
dir. Lasse Spang Olsen
Black Crime Comedy
[Denmark, 2004]