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Film by the numbers.

801 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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801 films

The corpus

Lifetime

801films logged
158new this year
1,408hours watched
2.94★average rating

Rating distribution

Taste

Genres

Genres vs. my baseline

Baseline = my 2.94★ 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

−0.36★avg gap vs. Metascore

My hot takes (me ≫ critics)

Critics’ darlings (critics ≫ me)

Across 702 films with a Metascore.

Me vs. the People

−0.39★avg gap vs. Letterboxd

Across 798 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

47language · country pairs
24languages
29countries

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

Languages — logged vs. rated

Countries — logged vs. rated

Distribution

Theatrical vs. streaming

646wide theatrical · 2.98★
155streaming/limited · 2.75★
+0.23★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
≤2011850085
20129009
20139009
2014101011
2015110112
2016111012
2017181221
2018152219
2019253129
2020142319
2021141318
2022334845
2023902019129
20241261132169
20251311615162
2026450752

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
≤2011733281078
201211226
201320338
2014052310
2015231410
2016161210
2017238114
2018155112
20191106118
202006208
202125209
2022854320
2023928141162
2024193418980
20251244271598
202631713639

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
Theatrical2.89n732.59n1203.10n453
Limited—2.78n83.11n54
Streaming—2.33n62.60n87

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 <$5M2.88n62.95n113.09n53
indie $5–30M2.98n332.68n333.24n139
mid $30–100M2.85n212.49n353.03n80
blockbuster >$100M2.78n82.97n193.26n44

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
2026196083100124147155158158158158158

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
Jan01218194922.0
Feb132354110948.3
Mar03421237832.9
Apr02419176025.1
May01217245324.9
Jun1834236628.6
Jul46982710.1
Aug5241334518.5
Sep324703415.5
Oct2531907436.0
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
Mon750504315060.6
Tue337423511748.5
Wed340501210537.6
Thu32836148130.2
Fri63037209335.0
Sat743371810538.1
Sun973481614650.5

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.