Hello hello! Returning to your inbox again to share an email I’ve been meaning to write all week … According to my Letterboxd, I saw 184 films in 2021, and I kept a running list of how everything stacked up.
Here’s the top 50, and where to stream everything (if you can).
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1) Before Sunrise
1995 / 101 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Hoopla, Showtime
2) When Harry Met Sally …
1989 / 96 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: HBO Max, Showtime
3) Jurassic Park
1993 / 127 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: HBO Max, Max Go
4) WALL-E
2008 / 98 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Disney+
5) Jaws
1975 / 124 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Rent or buy
6) Gone Girl
2014 / 149 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Hulu
7) Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 / 121 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: HBO Max
8) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 / 117 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: FXNow, fuboTV
9) West Side Story
2021 / 156 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Currently in theaters only
10) Soul
2020 / 101 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Disney+
11) E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
1982 / 115 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: fuboTV
12) Ex Machina
2015 / 108 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: fuboTV, Showtime, Hoopla, Kanopy
13) Dune
2021 / 155 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Rent or buy
14) Minari
2020 / 115 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: fuboTV, Showtime
15) Boogie Nights
1997 / 156 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Showtime
16) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition)
2002 / 235 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: HBO Max
17) Skyfall
2012 / 143 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Hulu, Paramount+, Epix
18) The Godfather: Part II
1974 / 202 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Rent or buy
19) In the Heat of the Night
1967 / 109 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: IndieFlix, The Roku Channel, Max Go
20) The Atomic Café
1982 / 86 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Rent or buy
21) Jackie Brown
1997 / 154 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: HBO Max
22) Groundhog Day
1993 / 101 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Starz
23) Moonstruck
1987 / 102 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: HBO Max
24) The Princess Bride
1987 / 99 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Hulu, Disney+
25) Drive My Car
2021 / 179 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Currently in theaters only
26) Harold and Maude
1971 / 91 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Kanopy
27) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 / 111 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: The Criterion Channel
28) The Hustler
1961 / 134 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: IndieFlix, FlixFling
29) Destry Rides Again
1939 / 94 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Rent or buy
30) Fences
2016 / 139 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Rent or buy
31) Election
1999 / 103 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Hulu, Paramount+, Epix, Kanopy
32) Black Panther
2018 / 134 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Disney+, TNT, TBS, tru TV
33) Spider-Man 2
2004 / 127 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: fuboTV, Freeform
34) Klaus
2019 / 96 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Netflix
35) Alien on Stage
2020 / 86 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: N/A
36) Kiki’s Delivery Service
1989 / 103 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: HBO Max
37) The Little Prince
2015 / 108 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Kanopy
38) Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself
2020 / 90 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Hulu
39) Being There
1979 / 130 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Rent or buy
40) Thor: Ragnarok
2017 / 131 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Disney+
41) In the Heights
2021 / 143 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: HBO Max
42) The Kid
1921 / 53 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: HBO Max, Paramount+, The Roku Channel, The Criterion Channel, Fandor, FlixFling
43) Charade
1963 / 113 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, Vudu Free, Kanopy, Fandor, Classix, Plex
44) Dial M for Murder
1954 / 105 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Kanopy
45) About Time
2013 / 123 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Netflix
46) Bringing Up Baby
1938 / 102 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: HBO Max
47) Inception
2010 / 148 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: HBO Max
48) Galaxy Quest
1999 / 101 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: The Roku Channel, Starz
49) The Last Duel
2021 / 152 minutes
First time watching it? ✅
Where to stream it: Rent or buy
50) Casino Royale
2006 / 144 minutes
First time watching it? ❌
Where to stream it: Netflix