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2023

I watched 325 films in 2023, a new personal record for me.

is everything I watched in 2023. I keep track of everything I watched on Letterboxd, so if you have an account, follow me at @armenlovesmary.

January

1: Singin' in the Rain (1952)

2: Kicking and Screaming (1995)

3: Safety Last! (1923); Whiplash (2014)

4: Glass Onion (2022)

5: Slacker (1990)

6: Journey to Italy (1954)

7: The Men (1972); First Man (2018)

8: Road to the Stage (1963); We Are Our Mountains (1969)

9: Missing (2023)

10: Sour Grape (1974)

11: White Dreams (1985); The Menu (2022)

12: Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)

13: No Time to Die (2021)

14: Don't Worry Darling (2022)

15: Tár (2022)

16: Shutter Island (2010)

17: Fletch (1985)

18: The Whale (2022)

19: A Bride from the North (1975)

20: Missing (2023)*

21: The Tango of Our Childhood (1964)

22: First Man (2018); Searching (2018)

23: Thirteen Lives (2022)

24: On the Count of Three (2021)

25: Emergency (2022)

26: The Peace of All (2023)*; The Persian Version (2023)

27: Run (2020)*

28: Missing (2023)*

29: White Noise (2022)

30: Shotgun Wedding (2022)

31: Skinamarink (2023)

February

1: Marry Me (2022)

2: You People (2023)

3: Fresh (2022)

4: Person to Person (2017)

5: Hush (2016); Gerald's Game (2017)

6: Sick (2023)

7: Barbarian (2022)

8: Prom Night (2008); The Woman in the Window (2021); Alone (2020)

9: The Pilgrim (1923)

10: Playground (2021)

11: Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956); Swamp Women (1956); Your Place or Mine (2023)

12: Dr. Jack (1922); At Midnight (2023); 10E (2019)

13: Parenthood (1989)

14: Friends with Benefits (2011)

15: Voodoo Woman (1957)

16: Nobody Knows Anything! (2004)

17: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)

18:  Something from Tiffany's (2022)

19: Set It Up (2018)

20: Cruising (1980)

21: Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

22: Five Guns West (1955)

23: The Man with Two Brains (1983)

24: Cop Land (1997)

25: The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017); Titanic (1997)

26: Lost Birds (2015); Windfall (2022)

27: The Rental (2020)

28: Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

March

1: Saint Omer (2022)

2: Swiss Army Man (2016)

3: Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

4: For Heaven's Sake (1926)

5: Somebody I Used to Know (2023); Bullet Head (2017)

6: The Kid Brother (1927)

7: Wag the Dog (1997)

8: Anahit (1947)

9: Easy A (2010)

10: Addicted to Fresno (2015)

11: Garden State (2004)

12: Accepted (2006)

13: The Integrity of Joseph Chambers (2022)*

14: Pi (1998)*

15: 5 Dreamers and a Horse (2022)

16: Splash (1984)

17: The Wrestler (2008)*

18: The Faculty (1998)

19: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

20: Animal House (1978)

21: The Social Network (2010)*

22: She's All That (1999)

23: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

24: The Social Network (2010)*

25: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

26: The Patsy (1964)

27: Cinderfella (1960)

28: Creed III (2023)

29: Cheaper by the Dozen (2022)

30: 30 Minutes or Less (2011)

31: Disturbing Behavior (1998)

April

1: After Earth (2013); Scream VI (2023)

2: Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

3: Disclosure (1994)

4: 3 Weeks in Yerevan (2016)

5: Zombieland (2009)

6: Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016)

7: Walt Disney World: A Dream Come True (1986)

8: 3 Weeks in Yerevan (2016)*

9: The Letter (1940)

10: Adam's Rib (1949)

11: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

12: Miami Vice (2006)

13: Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (2016)

14: Murder Mystery 2 (2023)

15: The Bodyguard (1992)

16: Alter Ego (2016)

17: Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965)

18: Go West (1925)

19: Two Weeks Notice (2002)

20: Laurel & Hardy: Hats Off (2005)

21: Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman (1996)

22: Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)

23: Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1987)

24: The Other Side of Home (2016)*

25: The Other Side of Home (2016)*

26: Enemy (2013)*

27: Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)

28: Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988)

29: Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)

30: The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021)

May

1: Onward (2020)

2: Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996)

3: Unforgiven (1992)

4: Inside (2023)

5: Girlfriends (1978)

6: Rachel, Rachel (1968)

7: Shadows and Fog (1991)

8: Hollywood Ending (2002)*

9: Bottle Rocket (1996)

10: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

12: Air (2023)

13: Knock at the Cabin (2023)

14: 3 Weeks in Yerevan (2016)*

15: Landshaft (2023)

17: Isle of Dogs (2018)

19: House on the Volcano (1929)

24: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

June

2: What is a Woman? (2022)

4: Shéhérazade (2018)

5: Autumn Sun (1977); The Salesman (2016)

11: How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)

12: Reality (2023)

15: Flamin' Hot (2023)

16: Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)

18: Lenny (1974)

19: BlackBerry (2023)

20: Operation Avalanche (2016); Behind the Candelabra (2013)

23: Traffic (2000)

24: Paper Moon (1973); Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

26: Kafka (1991); Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

27: Copenhagen (2014)*

July

15: Calendar (1993)*

27: Armenia: A Love Story (2023)

29: Oppenheimer (2023)

30: Barbie (2023); The Day After Trinity (1981)

31: The Take Out Move (2021)

August

9: Uncle Buck (1989)

11: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

13: Heart of Stone (2023)

15: The Color of Pomegranates (1968)*

17: Aurora's Sunrise (2023)*

20: Aurora's Sunrise (2023)*

25: Dumb and Dumber (1994)*

26: The Flash (2023)

27: No Strings Attached (2011)

30: Amerikatsi (2023)*

September

2: Breach (2007)*

6: Amerikatsi (2023)*

10: The Peace of All (2023)*; My Big Fat Armenian Family (2008)

11: Midnight Run (1988)

12: De Palma (2015)

13: No Hard Feelings (2023)

15: About My Father (2023)

17: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)

18: Asteroid City (2023)

19: Spielberg (2017)

20: Love Story (1970)

22: Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023

23: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023)

24: No One Will Save You (2023); Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023); Past Lives (2023)

27: Fast X (2023)

28: Grass (2018)

29: The Day He Arrives (2011); Girlfriends and Girlfriends (2023)

30: Rotting in the Sun (2023)

October

1: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023); The Swan (2023); The Rat Catcher (2023); Poison (2023)

2: The Plains (2023); Master Gardener (2023)

3: De Humani Corporis Fabrica (2023); Reptile (2023)

4: Talk to Me (2023)

6: Passages (2023); In Water (2023)

7: Yourself and Yours (2016); Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros (2023)

8: Beau is Afraid (2023)

9: Tótem (2023); Sound of Freedom (2023)

10: River of Grass (1994); The Last Repair Shop (2023); The Life Acquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

11: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023); Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

12: At Berkeley (2013)

15: The Tax Collector (2020); Padre Pio (2023)

16: High School (1968)

16: The Burial (2023); The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

17: Lawless (2012)

18: Monrovia, Indiana (2018); Love at First Sight (2023)

20: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

22: Showing Up (2023)

23: A Debt of Blood (1964)

24: Becky Sharp (1935); Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone (2001)

26: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

27: The Killer (2023)

28: The Killer (2023)*; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

29: About Dry Grasses (2023); In Our Day (2023)

30: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

November

2: The Killer (2023)*; Unknown Subscriber (2019)

4: North-South (2015)

5: The Killer (2023)*; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

6: Once Upon a Studio (2023); Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

7: Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

8: The Killer (2023)*

9: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

11: The Killer (2023)*; The Game (1997)

12: Afire (2023)

13: Yasha and Leonid Brezhnev (2023); The Killer (2023)*

14: Honest Thieves (2019)

16: First Man (2018)*; But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)*

17: The Killer (2023)*; Seven Veils (2023)

18: Ararat Uncovered (2023)

19: Women in Black (2023)

20: The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)*; This Magic Moment (2016)

22: EXmas (2023); Poker AM (2012)

23: Doctor Sleep (2019)

24: Napoleon (2023)

25: Elf (2003); Alien (1979)

26: The Social Network (2010)*

27: David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (2023); A Millionaire Wanted (2010)

30: Gone Girl (2014)*

December

1: The Piece of All (2023)*

3: Sea of Love (1989)

4: Tezeta (2023)

5: Freak Bikes (2023); Amerikatsi (2023)*

6: Serpico (1973)

8: Leave the World Behind (2023)

9: Sanctuary (2023); The Holdovers (2023); May December (2023)

10: Fair Play (2023); Love Actually (2003)

11: The Go-Between (1971); 3-Iron (2004)

12: 1489 (2023); Fatal Attraction (1997)

13: Fallen Leaves (2023)

15: Priscilla (2023); JFK: What the Doctors Say (2023)

16: Bell, Book and Candle (1958); The Future Tense (2023); The Past (2013)

17: About Elly (2009); Earth Mama (2023)

18: Hannah Ha Ha (2023); Monica (2023)

19: Matter Out of Place (2023); Waiting for the Light to Change (2023)

20: Maestro (2023)

21: Saltburn (2023)

22: Happer's Comet (2023); The Iron Claw (2023); Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

23: A Human Position (2023)

24: The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

25: Jingle All the Way (1996)

26: The Zone of Interest (2023)

28: A Thousand and One (2023)

29:  Poor Things (2023); Close Your Eyes (2023)

30: The Panic in Needle Park (1971)

31: Christmas with Walt Disney (2009)