Here we are once again, dear readers: another year over, another long list of films.
The final tally of new feature films I saw in 2019 is 151. Throw in an alternate cut and my Rewatchathon, and the overall total is 181. That’s not a patch on the 311 I got to last year (it’s 42% less, in fact) but it’s not bad in itself. Indeed, getting to #151 makes 2019 my 5th highest year ever, and is higher than anything before 2015 — five years ago, I would’ve considered it a wonder.
More analysis along those lines when I get to my stats post. For now, here are some nice long lists…
- As It Happened — 2019’s monthly updates, containing a chronological list.
- The List — an alphabetical list of every new film I watched in 2019.
- Television — an alphabetical list of every TV programme I reviewed in 2019.
- Next Time — there’s more analysis of last year still to come…
Below is a graphical representation of my 2019 viewing, month by month. Each image links to the relevant monthly review, with a chronologically numbered list of everything I watched this year. There’s other exciting stuff in there too, like my monthly Arbie awards and what I watched in my Rewatchathon.
The main thing you can interpret from these is how much the number of films I was watching dropped and fluctuated in the second half of the year…
And now, the main event…
An alphabetical list of all the new-to-me films I watched in 2019, followed by the sundries I also watched (alternate cuts, shorts, etc). Where I’ve already reviewed a film, there’s a link. In the past, not-yet-reviewed titles linked to my “coming soon” page, but as there are so many of those now I decided they’d be better left link-less.
- 1941 (1979)
- Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (2019)
- Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018)
- Amour (2012)
- And Then We Danced (2019)
- Aquaman [3D] (2018)
- Arizona Raiders (1965)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
- Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
- La Belle Époque (2019)
- BlacKkKlansman (2018)
- Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
- Brightburn (2019)
- Brigsby Bear (2017)
- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Bumblebee (2018)
- Cactus Flower (1969)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Cleopatra (1970), aka Kureopatora
- Click (2006)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- Cosmopolis (2012)
- Creed II (2018)
- Deadwood (2019)
- Death on the Nile (1978)
- Devil’s Cargo (1948)
- Les diaboliques (1955), aka Diabolique
- Dollman (1991)
- Downsizing (2017)
- Downton Abbey (2019)
- Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler. Erster Teil (1922), aka Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler. Part One
- Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler. Zweiter Teil (1922), aka Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler. Part Two
- Dracula (1931)
- Dumbo (2019)
- Early Man (2018)
- Easy Rider (1969)
- Eighth Grade (2018)
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
- The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
- The Favourite (2018)
- The Fear of God: 25 Years of “The Exorcist” (1998)
- Fences (2016)
- Filmfarsi (2019)
- First Reformed (2017)
- For Sama (2019)
- Free Solo (2018)
- Getting Straight (1970)
- The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)
- Glass (2019)
- Gods and Monsters (1998)
- Godzilla (1954), aka Gojira
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
- Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018), aka Gojira: Hoshi o Kuu Mono
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- A Good Year (2006)
- Green Book (2018)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
- Gunman’s Walk (1958)
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
- Hairspray (1988)
- Hammerhead (1968)
- Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
- The Happytime Murders (2018)
- Harriet (2019)
- The Help (2011)
- Hereditary (2018)
- High Flying Bird (2019)
- The Highwaymen (2019)
- Holmes & Watson (2018)
- Howards End (1992)
- The Howling (1981)
- Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
- The Irishman (2019)
- Isle of Dogs (2018)
- The Italian Job (1969)
- Jaws 2 (1978)
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
- Jojo Rabbit (2019)
- Judy & Punch (2019)
- The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
- The Killer (1989), aka Dip huet seung hung
- Leave No Trace (2018)
- Life is Beautiful (1997), aka La vita è bella
- The Lion King (2019)
- Little Monsters (2019)
- Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
- The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- Mandy (2018)
- The Meg [3D] (2018)
- Memories of Murder (2003), aka Salinui chueok
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
- Model Shop (1969)
- Mortal Engines [3D] (2018)
- Murder Mystery (2019)
- Ocean’s Eight (2018)
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
- The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
- The Player (1992)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), aka Portrait de la jeune fille en feu
- The Predator (2018)
- The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
- Rambo (2008)
- Rampage [3D] (2018)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- The Report (2019)
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
- Rififi (1955), aka Du rififi chez les hommes
- Road to Zanzibar (1941)
- Roma (2018)
- Rope (1948)
- The Saint (2017)
- Samaritan Zatoichi (1968), aka Zatôichi kenka-daiko
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
- Searching (2018)
- The Secret Life of Pets [3D] (2016)
- Serenity (2019)
- Shaft (2000)
- Shaft (2019)
- Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
- The Silence (2019)
- Skyscraper [3D] (2018)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- The Stewardesses [3D] (1969)
- Swimming with Men (2018)
- Teen Titans Go! vs Teen Titans (2019)
- Triple Frontier (2019)
- Toy Story 4 (2019)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part Two (2012)
- Untouchable (2011), aka Intouchables
- Upgrade (2018)
- Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
- Viceroy’s House (2017)
- Waltz with Bashir (2008), aka Vals Im Bashir
- Widows (2018)
- The Wrecking Crew (1968)
- You Were Never Really Here (2017)
- Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968), aka Zatôichi hatashijô
- Zatoichi at Large (1972), aka Zatôichi goyôtabi
- Zatoichi Challenged (1967), aka Zatôichi chikemurikaidô
- Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970), aka Zatôichi abare himatsuri
- Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971), aka Shin Zatôichi: Yabure! Tôjinken
- Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970), aka Zatôichi to Yôjinbô
- Zombieland (2009)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Ice Age (2002)
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Resident Evil (2002)
- Allan + Waspy (2019)
- Battle at Big Rock (2019)
- Cotton Wool (2017)
- Cumulus (2018)
- Experiments in Love [3D] (1977)
- Facing It (2018)
- Fifteen (2018), aka Quince
- Gladiators on Wheels (2019)
- Hey You (2019)
- Inception: The Cobol Job (2010)
- La jetée (1962)
- My Theatre (2019)
- Paperman [3D] (2012)
- Pleased to Eat You! (2019)
- Special Delivery (2018)
- Spooning (2019)
- Terra (2019)
- Tight Spot (2018)
- When Voices Unite (2017)
- Woman in Stall (2018)

This year I reviewed many and various television programmes across a dozen(ish) monthly columns. It would be pretty meaningless just to list those roundups, so instead here’s an alphabetical breakdown of what they covered, with appropriate links.
- The 91st Academy Awards
- Agatha Raisin Series 2
- Beecham House Series 1 Episodes 1-2, 4-6
- The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Season 1 Episodes 1-4
- The British Academy Film Awards 2019
- Catherine the Great
- Columbo Murder by the Book
- Comedians Giving Lectures Series 1
- Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes
- Deadwood Seasons 1-2, Season 3
- Death on the Tyne
- Doctor Who New Year’s Day Special 2019, Series 12 Trailers
- Eurovision 2019
- Game of Thrones Season 8 Episodes 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
- Ghosts Series 1 Episodes 1-3, 5-6
- Glastonbury 2019
- Grantchester Series 4 Episodes 5-6
- The Great Model Railway Challenge Series 2
- Great News Season 2 Episodes 8-13
- Hanna Season 1 Episode 1
- His Dark Materials Series 1 Episodes 1-3
- Historical Roasts Season 1 Episodes 1-2
- How to Break into the Elite
- Island of Dreams Pilot
- Japan with Sue Perkins
- Killing Eve Season 1, Season 2
- Line of Duty Series 5
- Lucifer Season 3 Episodes 1-3
- Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema Oscar Winners, Disaster Movies
- Les Misérables Episodes 1, 2-3, 4-6
- Monty Python Night
- Peaky Blinders Series 4
- Pointless 10th anniversary
- The Punisher Season 2
- Russian Doll Season 1
- A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 3
- Shetland Series 5
- Stranger Things 3
- Summer of Rockets
- Susan Calman’s Fringe Benefits Series 1
- There’s Something About Movies Series 1
- Thronecast Gameshow of Thrones, Series 8 Episodes 1-2, 3-4, 5-7
- The Twilight Zone ‘Best Of’ Selection 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Unforgotten Series 3
- University Challenge Series 49 Episodes 1-3
- Watchmen Season 1 Episodes 1, 2-9
- World on Fire Series 1 Episodes 1-2, 3-7
- World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys Episode 3
- Year of the Rabbit Series 1
- Years and Years
Always the highlight of the year: it’s the statistics.