[Listed in reverse chronological order of when I watched them. Date after title is the year film was released.]

1. TÁR (2022)
2. Phoenix (2014) “I feel more drawn to our dead than to our living.”
3. Traffic (2000)
4. Barbara (2012)
5. Afire (2023) Some films are just in another league from everything else. Like this one.
6. The Swimmer (1968)
7. The Long Goodbye (1973)
8. Rebel Ridge (2024)
9. American Gangster (2007)
10. Sicario (2015)
11. Black Bag (2025)
12. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
13. Zodiac (2007)
14. The Room Next Door (2024)
15. My Little Chickadee (1940)
    Sometimes it’s better not to re-visit.
16. Am I OK? (2022)
17. Close to You (2023)
    Watch this, everyone. Watch this.
18. Clemency (2019)
19. Oh, Canada (2024)
20. Violet (2021)
    I thought I was the only one with that voice inside my head.
21. Little Murders (1971)
22. Eileen (2023)
    Stick with the book
23. Queer (2024)
24. Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
    Stick with the book.
25. Alpha Kings (2023)
26. Christmas, Every Day (2024)
27. How to Have Sex (2023)
28. The Starling Girl (2023)
29. Kimi (2022)
30. Suspicion (1941)
31. Something Wild (1986)
32. To Catch a Killer (2023)
33. Janet Planet (2023)
    Freckles
34. Rogue Agent (2022)
35. It Ends With Us (2024)
    Creepy on so many levels.
36. Swung (2015)
37. Conclave (2024)
    In which Isabella Rossellini finally gets an Oscar nomination. Be careful, if you blink you might miss her in this film.
38. Night Moves (1975)
39. I Went Down (1997)
40. The End of Violence (1997)
41. The Lives of Others (2006)
    Some films stand out beyond anything else you watch in a year, or years. This is one of them.
42. The Sum of Us (1994)
43. Wolfs (2024)
44. Seven Beauties (1975)
45. Spellbound (1945)
46. The Apartment (1960)