A list of all the films I watched in 2017!

As a host of a movie podcast, you watch a lot of movies. Bare minimum you’re looking at 52 movies for a year, but that’s saying you only watch them for the episodes you’re prepping for, and that’s just dumb. This year I watched a grand total of 225 movies. I count them as watches after I’ve sat thorough at least half the movie, although that only came in to play a few times, particularly at Christmas while flipping through movies on TV. Throughout the whole year, I only quit one movie, that is the lowest that number has ever been for me.

So! Without any further ado… My 2017 in movies, with some short reviews thrown in for fun.

WHAT I WATCHED:

1. 1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – (technically the movie started playing in 2016, but I count it because when I walked out it was 2017)
   2. Swiss Army Man
   3. Clerks – First time I had watched this in about 5 years, it surprisingly holds up.
   4. Batman V Superman – The first, but not the last time I will watch this in 2017.
   5. Resident Evil
   6. Hell or High Water
   7. Hidden Figures
   8. Resident Evil 2

      

   9. Resident Evil 3
   10. Underworld Blood Wars
   11. Resident Evil 4
   12. Resident Evil 5
   13. Final Fantasy Kingsglave
   14. Silence – After the last 6 movies I watched, this was the greatest thing I had ever seen.
   15. Moon
   16. Resident Evil 6 – This is the most lackluster ending to a franchise ever…

       

   17. 50 Shades of Gray – This sucked.
   18. The Mighty Ducks
   19. D2 The Mighty Ducks
   20. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
   21. Amelie
   22. When Harry Met Sally
   23. Lost in Space

       

   24. Babe
   25. Dirty Dancing
   26. Little Rascals
   27. John Wick
   28. Sing Street – Still the best movie of 2016.
   29. John Wick Chapter 2 – Totally forgot this was a movie.
   30. The Lego Batman Movie

       

   31. Deadpool
   32. Lost Highway
   33. Finding Dory
   34. Suicide Squad – Don’t remember what compelled me to watch this again, but I know I liked it way move on this viewing, I know it’s crap, but it’s fun crap.
   35. Clueless
   36. Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog – Is this a movie? It’s better than most…
   37. Some Like It Hot

       

   38. Newsies (live) – Saw it in a movie theater, I’m counting it.
   39. Doctor Strange
   40. The Legend of Tarzan – God I hope I never see this again.
   41. X-Men Apocalypse
   42. The Legend of Tarzan (again) – Fuck…
   43. Friday the 13th Part 6 : Jason Lives – Better than Tarzan
   44. A Cure for Wellness – Why did we all forget about this movie? It was pretty good!

       

   45. The Italian Job
   46. Old School
   47. Knock knock – Terrible… Better than Tarzan… okay I’ll stop hating on Tarzan.
   48. Logan
   49. Get Out – Best of the year? Maybe…
       —Tried to watch “Sisters” – got way too bored and turned it off
   50. Little Nicky – I paid actual money to rent this. Still don’t know why.
   51. Pacific Rim
   52. Jurassic Park
   53. Beauty and the Beast (1991) – If they make a live action movie of this, it will suck.
   54. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers : The Movie

       

   55. Kong Skull Island – That was awesome! I will go home and force my wife to watch the Peter Jackson one RIGHT NOW!
   56. King Kong (2005) – She fell asleep…
   57. Ghost in the Shell
   58. Princess Mononokee
   59. Paprika

       

   60. Akira – Anime Battle for ATH, go listen! All of the movies picked were amazing!
   61. Noises Off! – Have you seen this? You really should!!
   62. James and the Giant Peach
   63. Power Rangers – It was awesome! Shut up, it was.
   64. Trainspotting 2
   65. Superman the Movie
   66. Terminator 2 – Another one you’ll see pop up a few times…

       

   67. The Running Man
   68. Cloak and Dagger
   69. What We Do in the Shadows
   70. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – First repeat of the year (by choice… fucking Tarzan). I think that’s pretty good.
   71. Arrival
   72. Furious 7
   73. F8 of the Furious
   74. Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion
   75. Rogue One

       

   76. The Conjuring 2
   77. Guardians of the Galaxy
   78. Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens – I watch this one more than I’m proud of. I’m always expecting that the next viewing will the the time that I love it… and nope… it’s good. Not great.
   79. Don’t Think Twice
   80. Jason Bourne
   81. Free Fire – Man I loved this movie, such an odd way to tell a story, and I loved every minute of it.
   82. Nocturnal Animals
   83. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
   84. Alien

       

   85. Alien Vs Predator Requiem
   86. Moana
   87. Prometheus
   88. Alien 3 – Alien battle for ATH was clearly happening here. Watching a lot of Alien movies really reminds you that there are only 2 good ones.
   89. La La Land
   90. The Fifth Element – This was in theaters, and it was amazing.

       

   91. Alien Covenant – Crap, saw it without Chewie so that means I have to see it twice… CRAP!
   92. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
   93. Batman and Bill – Hands down my favorite Doc of the year.
   94. Batman v Superman – 2nd time, still love it.
   95. Wonder Woman – And holy sheeeeeet that was so much better than BVS.
   96. Alien Covenant – ugh…
   97. Almost Famous

       

   98. It Comes at Night – Great movie, too bad the trailers were so misleading.
   99. Armageddon
   100. The Mummy (1999)
   101. The Secret Life of Pets
   102. Meru – Awesome doc about climbing a mountain, should still be free on Amazon, check it out!
   103. Despicable Me
   104. Beauty and the Beast (2017) – Wow this sucked. Ewan McGregor was good.
   105. Batman Forever
   106. Batman and Robin
   107. Despicable Me 2
   108. The Burbs
   109. Logan – Even on rewatch, still very good, slightly over hyped, movie.

        

   110. Baby Driver – One of the most fun movies of the year.
   111. Escape from the Planet of the Apes
   112. Orlando
   113. Battleship
   114. Kung Fu Hustle
   115. Long Kiss Goodnight
   116. Fist Fight – Better than I thought it would be…
   117. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
   118. Power Rangers

        

   119. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
   120. Passengers – (quit halfway) (watched second half after 121 and 122)
   121. War for the planet of the apes
   122. Valerian and the Planet of 1000 Cities – Deserved a way better reception than it got. I thought it was a blast.
   123. Ghost in the Shell (2017) – BOO!
   124. Spawn
   125. Free Fire
   126. Wings

        

   127. Dunkirk – My new favorite Nolan movie.
   128. Tour de Pharmacy
   129. Sing – My most unexpected joy-to-watch movie of 2017.
   130. Kong skull island
   131. Never Ending Story
   132. Ingrid Goes West – In contention for my least favorite movie of the year… Spoilers it’s in 3rd place.
   133. Never Ending Story Part II
   134. Barton Fink
   135. The Terminator
   136. Terminator 2 Judgement Day – They released it in theaters, I’m surprised I only saw it**
   137. Avatar
   138. Good Time

        

   139. Terminator 2 Judgement Day — **twice
   140. Tag – WTF was this movie??? See it!
   141. Why Don’t You Play in Hell – So. Fucking. Good. FUCK BOMBERS YEAH!!
   142. Annabelle
   143. IT – A new contender has shown up as my favorite movie of the year.
   144. The Mummy – Why?
   145. Mother! – See our ATH Episode released on 1/11/18 to see my thoughts on this one.
   146. Long Live the King
   147. Annabelle: Creation
   148. Queen Kong – Chewie’s most unexpected joy-to-watch movie of 2017.

        

   149. Pet – This movie so doesn’t go where you think it’s going. And for that I love it.
   150. Bram Stoker’s Dracula
   151. Mary’s Shelly’s Frankenstein
   152. The Collector
   153. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
   154. Rosemary’s Baby
   155. Thirst

        

   156. Fright Night – All time classic, so glad I rewatched it.
   157. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
   158. Justice League Dark – They got Matt Ryan to voice Constantine! Movie is okay.
   159. An American Werewolf in London – In my top 5 of all time.
   160. Sleep Away Camp
   161. What We Do in the Shadows – I didn’t realize how much I go back to this movie till I made this list.
   162. Addams Family Values
   163. Geostorm
   164. In & Out

        

   165. Baby Driver
   166. Thor
   167. Thor The Dark World
   168. Hocus Pocus – Chewie has never seen this! We must watch it annnnd…. She fell asleep.
   169. Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping
   170. Blade Runner 2049 – Holy hell I love this movie.  I could go on and on…

        

   171. Jason X
   172. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
   173. H20: Halloween 20 Years Later
   174. Friday The 13th part 9 Jason Goes to Hell – Was going to watch part 7… should have watched part 7….
   175. The Wizard – Power glove… It’s so bad.

        

   176. Super – Everyone who told me I HAD TO SEE THIS had no idea how much I’d hate it.
   177. Thor Ragnarok – Man, this movie was a blast!
   178. Son of Batman
   179. Wonder Woman (2009)
   180. Superman Unbound – UNBOUND!!!!
   181. Green Lantern First Flight
   182. Elle – Rough watch… good movie.
   183. The Royal Tenenbaums

        

   184. The Big Sick
   185. BVS – again
   186. Justice League – Poor Justice League… So many cooks you can’t see the kitchen. I still liked it for what it was.
   187. Pet Cemetery
   188. Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales – way Way WAY Better than the last one.
   189. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri – Trailer gives away a lot, but still love this movie. McDonagh has one of the strongest voices out there making movies today. Great ending.
   190. Hellraiser
   191. The Ladykillers

        

   192. Turner and Hooch
   193. Iron Man – Don’t watch this if you want to keep enjoying the Marvel movies. This is better than the rest by a mile.
   194. Too Funny to Fail – Not a ton of people have talked about this doc, but you should definitely watch it.
   195. Avengers
   196. 3 Ninjas
   197. Star Wars TFA – Prepping for Last Jedi… Its official 6, 5, 4, RO, 1, 7, 3, 2 (8 is still pending and I don’t know where it will land….)
   198. Cult of Chucky – Better and worse than I thought it would be. Felt more like a TV Pilot than a movie.
   199. Star Wars Return of the Jedi

        

   200. Good Time – This time for the podcast. So GOOD!
   201. Death Note – The bad in this movie outweighs the good by just a bit.
   202. The Disaster Artist
   203. Space Jam – Welp, never going back to this one.
   204. Jack and the Beanstalk (1974) – Thanks Elliot…
   205. Night of the Hunter
   206. Superman 4 the Quest for Peace – Just as bad as you’ve heard it is… so watch it already!!!!
   207. Harry and the Henderson’s
   208. The Babysitter – I barely remember even watching this. But I think I kinda liked it? Maybe?

        

   209. Godzilla vs Gigan
   210. Ghostbusters II
   211. Star Wars Episode 8 The Last Jedi – Saw this weeks ago now… still processing it. Definitely more my pace than TFA was, take that for what you will.
   212. Santa Clause 3
   213. Shape of Water – We have a winner for best of the year.

        

   214. Baywatch – AWFUL, but I kinda liked it?
   215. Elf
   216. Love Actually – This movie is mean. I really enjoy it, but everytime I watch it I find myself asking, why is everyone so mean?
   217. Bad Santa
   218. The Santa Clause
   219. The Greatest Showman – We have a winner for least favorite of the year… but… the singers can actually sing… so I don’t know!!
   220. The House
   221. Despicable Me 3 – Stop. Stop now.
   222. Okja – well that was fantastic!

        

   223. Bright – I was on The Front Row Movie Reviews talking about this one!
   224. Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle – How does Jack Black steal a movie from The Rock and Kevin Hart?? I don’t know, but he sure did!
   225. The Mighty Ducks – A fitting way to end the year. Just like this movie I’m young scrappy and hungry!.. For 2018 movies? This joke failed… Also I saw Hamilton.

DONE!!!

What did I learn from this? I like a lot of bad movies, and that’s okay! As the year went on I started to get discouraged about weather or not I’d even share this very embarrassing list, but I think that misses the point of why I did it. What I learned from this is that I love movies. Period. The good and the bad, it is still my favorite way to experience a story. Even the worst of the worst have something in them that is enjoyable. I look forward to how my list looks from 2018, I doubt I’ll have the time to watch 200+ movies again, but it’s worth a shot!

TOP 10 OF 2017 RELEASES:

1. Shape of Water
2. Okja
3. Dunkirk
4. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
5. Good Time
6. IT
7. Batman and Bill
8. The Disaster Artist
9. Baby Driver
10. The Big Sick

HONORABLE MENTION: POWER RANGERS!!

BOTTOM 5 OF 2017

1. Alien Covenant
2. The House
3. Ingrid Goes West
4. Despicable Me 3
5. Baywatch – still liked it… but man its just terrible.

HORRIBLE MENTION: THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

Would be in the top five, but its rare to get a musical with actual singers and dancers in it.

Bryan Dressel

Bryan is the Host and Producer of After the Hype. He loves talking. About everything. But mostly Batman, Star Wars and Green Lantern.

He also lives in Los Angeles and works in TV Post Production