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Films

Film by the numbers.

852 films logged and counting—this is the quantitative breakdown. What I watch, how I rate it, where in the world it comes from, and the rhythm of a watching year.

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852 films

The corpus

Lifetime

852films logged
205new this year
1,509hours watched
2.95★average rating

Rating distribution

Taste

Genres

Genres vs. my baseline

Baseline = my 2.95★ average; most-logged genres first. Bars right of center rate above it; bars left of center rate below.

Cast, crew, and franchises

Actors — logged vs. rated

Top-10 billed only; highest-rated counts distinct franchises, not films.

Writers — logged vs. rated

Directors — logged vs. rated

Highest-rated gated on ≥3 distinct franchises.

Collections — logged vs. rated

Curated families (≥3 released films, logged 2+).

How I stack up

Me vs. the Critics

−0.33★avg gap vs. Metascore

My hot takes (me ≫ critics)

Critics’ darlings (critics ≫ me)

Across 752 films with a Metascore.

Me vs. the People

−0.38★avg gap vs. Letterboxd

Across 848 films with a Letterboxd score.

Where it comes from

World cinema lean

+0.46★non-English vs. English
+0.13★non-US vs. US
25%international (non-US)

I rate non-English and non-US films above domestic ones—language is the stronger signal; country reinforces it.

Language × country

49language · country pairs
25languages
30countries

The joint view: which languages pair with which countries (language leads).

Languages — logged vs. rated

Countries — logged vs. rated

Distribution

Theatrical vs. streaming

686wide theatrical · 3.00★
166streaming/limited · 2.74★
+0.26★theatrical premium

Studios — logged vs. rated

By conglomerate — logged vs. rated

Each film rolls up to the conglomerate that owns its studio (else independent). TMDB lists production companies, so this is approximate.

Release type by year

≤2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Release type by film release year
CategoryTheatricalLimitedStreamingTotal
≤2011870087
2012100010
2013110011
2014121013
2015120113
2016111012
2017191222
2018162220
2019273232
2020144422
2021162321
2022344846
2023912019130
20241271132170
20251321615163
20266721180

Films I logged from each release year, split by how they premiered. Streaming and limited only emerge through the 2010s and 2020s.

Budget tier by year

≤2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Budget tier by film release year
Categorymicro <$5Mindie $5–30Mmid $30–100Mblockbuster >$100MTotal
≤2011733301080
201211327
2013213410
2014062412
2015231511
2016161210
2017238215
2018165113
20191106219
202006208
2021262111
2022854320
2023928141263
2024193418980
20251245271599
202662219855

Wide-theatrical films with a reported budget only—recent indie and streaming work is excluded given under-reporting.

Release type × release era — avg rating

Average rating by release type and release era
<20102010s2020s
Theatrical2.89n752.62n1303.12n481
Limited—2.79n83.07n59
Streaming—2.35n72.61n92

Streaming and limited only exist in recent eras (older cells empty by definition).

Budget tier × release era — avg rating

Average rating by budget tier and release era
<20102010s2020s
micro <$5M2.89n62.95n113.10n56
indie $5–30M2.98n332.68n363.24n146
mid $30–100M2.87n232.51n363.06n86
blockbuster >$100M2.79n83.08n243.27n48

Wide-theatrical films with a reported budget only—recent indie and streaming work is excluded given budget under-reporting.

When I watch

First watch pace by day of year

JFMAMJJASOND0301
Cumulative first watches by day of year, per year — cumulative total at the end of each month.
SeriesJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202301111261114162638
2024124473102114119128150175228274299
202518537493110144153166173192232300
2026196083100124147155165184205205205

Cumulative films seen for the first time by each date of the year, per year. Rewatches aren’t counted.

First watches by month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
First watches by month, stacked by year, with a dashed line marking a typical year
Category2023202420252026TotalTypical year
Jan01218194919.3
Feb132354110942.4
Mar03421237829.6
Apr02419176022.6
May01217245321.4
Jun1834236625.3
Jul4698278.9
Aug52413105217.2
Sep3247195319.6
Oct25319219534.2
Nov10454009542.5
Dec122768010747.5

Dashed line = a typical year, averaging full years (2024, 2025) plus 2026 (completed months); thin data from 2023 is excluded from the average.

First watches by weekday

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
First watches by weekday, stacked by year, with a dashed line marking a typical year
Category2023202420252026TotalTypical year
Mon750505215958.7
Tue337424612848.8
Wed340501711038.3
Thu32836188530.1
Fri63037239633.6
Sat743372311037.9
Sun973482615653.0

Dashed line = a typical year, averaging full years (2024, 2025) plus 2026 so far; thin data from 2023 is excluded from the average.

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Methodology

  • Ratings, watch dates, lists, and favorites come from Letterboxd; genre, runtime, director, and posters from TMDB.
  • Critic scores (Metacritic here; IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes on the cards) come from MDBList, joined by IMDb id.
  • “Highest rated” lists guard against thin samples two ways—a minimum-count gate, so a single 5★ film can’t top the chart, and Bayesian shrinkage, which eases a small sample toward the overall average until enough ratings accumulate. Both apply anywhere an average rating is ranked.
  • People stats—actors, directors, writers—count distinct franchises, not films, so a long-running series can’t masquerade as preference. Most-logged stays a raw film count; highest-rated is gated on distinct franchises.
  • Actors count only top-10-billed roles, so deep-bench supporting credits don’t inflate the list.