Watch-List 03/24

Films, Watch-Lists

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


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




Kolberg
★★★
dir. Veit Harlan
Nazi Propaganda Historical
[Nazi Germany, 1945]




Opfergang
★★★
dir. Veit Harlan
Melodrama
[Nazi Germany, 1944]




Hitlerjunge Quex
★★★
dir. Hans Steinhoff
Nazi Propaganda
[Nazi Germany, 1933]




Stukas
★★★
dir. Karl Ritter
Nazi Propaganda
[Nazi Germany, 1941]




Spring Breakers
★★★
dir. Harmony Korine
Comedy Crime
[USA, 2012]




Reality
★★★★
dir. Tina Satter
Crime Drama
[USA, 2023]




Irréversible
★★★½
dir. Gaspar Noé
Thriller
[France, 2002]




Get Out
★★★½
dir. Jordan Peele
Horror
[USA, 2017]




Bande de Filles
(Girlhood)
★★★½
dir. Celine Sciamma
Coming-of-Age Drama
[France, 2014]




Jud Süß
★★★
dir. Veit Harlan
Antisemitic Historical Drama
[Nazi Germany, 1940]




Los Colonos
(The Settlers)
★★★★
dir. Felipe Gálvez Haberle
Revisionist Western Drama
[Chile / Argentina / UK / Taiwan / Germany / Sweden / France / Denmark, 2023]




Nu Aștepta Prea Mult de la Sfârșitul Lumii
(Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World)
★★★★½
dir. Radu Jude
Black Comedy
[Romania / Croatia / France / Luxembourg, 2023]




Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu
(Portrait of a Lady on Fire)
★★★★★
dir. Celine Sciamma
Historical Drama
[France, 2019]




劇場版ポケットモンスター 幻のポケモン ルギア爆誕
(Pokémon: The Movie 2000 – The Power of One)
★★★
dir. Kunihiko Yuyama
Anime Fantasy Adventure
[Japan, 1999]




A Bug’s Life
★★★
dir. John Lasseter
Computer Animated Comedy
[USA, 1998]




Hercules
★★★
dir. John Musker and Ron Clements
Animated Musical Fantasy Comedy
[USA, 1997]




劇場版ポケットモンスター ミュウツーの逆襲
(Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back!)
★★★
dir. Kunihiko Yuyama
Anime Fantasy Adventure
[Japan, 1998]




Saving Private Ryan
★★★★★
dir. Steven Spielberg
Epic War
[USA, 1998]




King Kong
★★★★
dir. Peter Jackson
Epic Adventure Monster
[New Zealand / USA, 2005]




Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
★★★
dir. George Lucas
Epic Space Opera
[USA, 2005]




Edison Studios Short Films (1893-1903)
★★★★★
dir. Edison Studios
Shorts
[USA, 1893-1903]




Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
★★★½
dir. George Lucas
Epic Space Opera
[USA, 2002]




人狼 (Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade)
★★★★½
dir. Hiroyuki Okiura
Anime Action Political Thriller
[Japan, 1999]




Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
★★★½
dir. George Lucas
Epic Space Opera
[USA, 1999]




Into the Blue
★★★
dir. John Stockwell
Action-Thriller
[USA, 2005]




Ghost in the Shell
★★★
dir. Rupert Sanders
Science Fiction Action
[USA / Hong Kong / India / China, 2017]




Le Pacte des Loups
(Brotherhood of the Wolf)
★★★
dir. Christophe Gans
Period Action Horror
[France, 2001]




2 Fast 2 Furious
★★★
dir. John Singleton
Action
[USA, 2003]




Glückskinder
★★★
dir. Paul Martin
Romantic Comedy
[Nazi Germany, 1936]




Ich klage an
★★½
dir. Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Nazi Propaganda Drama
[Nazi Germany, 1941]