Watch-List 06/2025

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

★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Very Good
★★★ – Good
★★½ – Interesting Ideas but Unsatisfying
★★ – Mediocre

The White House Effect
★★★★
dir. Pedro Kos
Documentary
[USA, 2024]

Louis C.K. 2017
★★★★
Netflix Comedy Special
[USA, 2017]

The Dig
★★★½
dir. Simon Stone
Drama
[UK, 2021]

Daughters
★★★★
dir. Natalie Rae and Angela Patton
Documentary
[USA, 2024]

The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
★★½
dir. Kang Hei Chul
Adult Animated Fantasy Drama
[South Korea / USA / Poland, 2025]

The Bourne Identity
★★★½
dir. Doug Liman
Action-Thriller
[USA, 2002]
Budget: $60 million

Avatar: Fire and Ash
★★★★
dir. James Cameron
Epic Science Fiction
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $350–400 million

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
★★★½
dir. Rian Johnson
Mystery
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $151.7 million

Die Grünen Teufel von Monte Cassino
★★★
dir. Harald Reinl
War
[West Germany, 1958]

Winnetou
★★★
dir. Harald Reinl
Western
[West Germany / Italy / Yugoslavia, 1963]
Budget: 4 million DM

The Patsy
★★★
dir. King Vidor
Silent Comedy-Drama
[USA, 1928]
Budget: $272,000

Goldfinger
★★★★★
dir. Guy Hamilton
Spy
[UK / USA, 1964]
Budget: $3 million

American Movie
★★★★½
dir. Chris Smith
Documentary
[USA, 1999]

Souleymane’s Story
(L’Histoire de Souleymane)
★★★★
dir. Boris Lojkine
Drama
[France, 2024]

Sentimental Value
(Affeksjonsverdi)
★★★★½
dir. Joachim Trier
Comedy Drama
[Norway / France / Germany / Denmark / Sweden / UK, 2025]

Train Dreams
★★★★
dir. Clint Bentley
Period Drama
[USA, 2025]

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
★★★½
dir. Andrew Dominik
Epic Revisionist Western
[USA, 2007]
Budget: $30 million

Good Will Hunting
★★★½
dir. Gus Van Sant
Drama
[USA, 1997]
Budget: $10–16 million

Starsky & Hutch
★★★★
dir. Todd Phillips
Buddy Cop Action Comedy
[USA, 2004]
Budget: $60 million

Wild Strawberries
(Smultronstället)
★★★★½
dir. Ingmar Bergman
Road Drama
[Sweden, 1957]

Frankenstein
★★½
dir. Guillermo del Toro
Gothic Science Fiction
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $120 million

Predator: Badlands
★★★½
dir. Dan Trachtenberg
Science Fiction Action
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $105 million

Angels & Demons
★★★½
dir. Ron Howard
Mystery Thriller
[USA, 2006]
Budget: $150 million

The Da Vinci Code
★★★½
dir. Ron Howard
Mystery Thriller
[USA, 2006]
Budget: $125 million