Films
Film by the numbers.
777 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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The corpus
Taste
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
My hot takes (me ≫ critics)
- +3.15★
- +2.60★
- +2.25★
- +2.15★
- +2.15★
- +1.90★
Critics’ darlings (critics ≫ me)
- −3.40★
- −3.30★
- −3.10★
- −2.95★
- −2.70★
- −2.70★
Across 669 films with a Metascore.
Me vs. the People
My hot takes (me ≫ crowd)
- +2.40★
- +2.30★
- +2.10★
- +2.00★
- +1.90★
- +1.70★
Crowd darlings (crowd ≫ me)
- −3.30★
- −3.20★
- −3.10★
- −2.70★
- −2.50★
- −2.40★
Across 764 films with a Letterboxd score.
Where it comes from
World cinema lean
I rate non-English and non-US films above domestic ones—language is the stronger signal; country reinforces it.
Language × country
The joint view: which languages pair with which countries (language leads).
Languages — logged vs. rated
Countries — logged vs. rated
Distribution
Theatrical vs. streaming
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
| Category | Theatrical | Limited | Streaming | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤2011 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2015 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 2018 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 2019 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 2022 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 41 |
| 2023 | 90 | 20 | 19 | 129 |
| 2024 | 125 | 11 | 31 | 167 |
| 2025 | 128 | 16 | 15 | 159 |
| 2026 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 42 |
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
| Category | micro <$5M | indie $5–30M | mid $30–100M | blockbuster >$100M | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤2011 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 71 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2016 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2019 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 2023 | 9 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 62 |
| 2024 | 18 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 79 |
| 2025 | 12 | 43 | 27 | 15 | 97 |
| 2026 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
Wide-theatrical films with a reported budget only—recent indie and streaming work is excluded given under-reporting.
Release type × release era — avg rating
| <2010 | 2010s | 2020s | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theatrical | 2.93n68 | 2.60n111 | 3.11n436 |
| Limited | — | 2.79n8 | 3.11n54 |
| Streaming | — | 2.43n5 | 2.64n84 |
Streaming and limited only exist in recent eras (older cells empty by definition).
Budget tier × release era — avg rating
| <2010 | 2010s | 2020s | |
|---|---|---|---|
| micro <$5M | 2.89n6 | 2.95n11 | 3.10n51 |
| indie $5–30M | 3.06n31 | 2.67n32 | 3.24n135 |
| mid $30–100M | 2.86n21 | 2.48n32 | 3.04n78 |
| blockbuster >$100M | 2.78n5 | 2.94n17 | 3.30n40 |
Wide-theatrical films with a reported budget only—recent indie and streaming work is excluded given budget under-reporting.
When I watch
Watch pace by day of year
Cumulative films watched by each date of the year, per year.
Watched by month
| Category | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Total | Typical year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 49 | 24.0 |
| Feb | 1 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 109 | 52.5 |
| Mar | 0 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 78 | 35.3 |
| Apr | 0 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 60 | 26.9 |
| May | 0 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 53 | 27.3 |
| Jun | 1 | 8 | 34 | 12 | 55 | 21.0 |
| Jul | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 7.5 |
| Aug | 5 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 18.5 |
| Sep | 3 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 15.5 |
| Oct | 2 | 53 | 19 | 0 | 74 | 36.0 |
| Nov | 10 | 45 | 40 | 0 | 95 | 42.5 |
| Dec | 12 | 27 | 68 | 0 | 107 | 47.5 |
Dashed line = a typical year, averaging full years (2024, 2025) plus 2026 (completed months); thin data from 2023 is excluded from the average.
Watched by weekday
| Category | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Total | Typical year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 8 | 50 | 50 | 33 | 141 | 57.6 |
| Tue | 3 | 37 | 42 | 30 | 112 | 48.4 |
| Wed | 4 | 40 | 50 | 12 | 106 | 38.8 |
| Thu | 3 | 28 | 36 | 12 | 79 | 30.2 |
| Fri | 6 | 30 | 37 | 18 | 91 | 35.6 |
| Sat | 7 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 102 | 37.7 |
| Sun | 9 | 73 | 48 | 16 | 146 | 52.1 |
Dashed line = a typical year, averaging full years (2024, 2025) plus 2026 so far; thin data from 2023 is excluded from the average.
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.