{"id":2111,"date":"2025-01-02T08:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T13:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/don.oninohana.com\/blog2\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2025-01-02T08:58:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T13:58:36","slug":"movies-i-saw-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/don.oninohana.com\/blog2\/2025\/01\/movies-i-saw-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Movies I saw in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I watched a lot of documentaries this year and many of them were biographies of actors. I think these types of films were suggested to me by the streaming services and I took the bait. It is interesting to learn about the lives of these famous and sometimes legendary people. I also rewatched a lot of films this year. Many of these (like Conan, Pet Sematary, Blade Runner, etc) are old favorites that I watched with my son or that I just wanted to watch again after a long time to see how they stood the test of time. I&#8217;ve put some favorites in <strong>bold<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Truman Show<\/strong> (1998)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nosferatu <\/strong>(2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Lampoon&#8217;s Christmas Vacation (1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life (1946)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quincy (2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unforgiven (1992)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>12 Angry Men<\/strong> (1957)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scavengers Reign<\/strong> (2023) &#8211; this is a great animated series that really felt like something original while also evoking memories of reading Heavy Metal magazine as a kid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tickled (2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D\u00ecdi (\u5f1f\u5f1f)<\/strong> (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Shining (1980)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remembering Gene Wilder (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Happy Death Day 2U (2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Happy Death Day (2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>They Live<\/strong> (1988)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Longlegs <\/strong>(2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MaXXXine <\/strong>(2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fly (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Starship Troopers (1997)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zero Dark Thirty (2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inside Out 2 (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I Saw the TV Glow (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Challengers (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Watchers (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga<\/strong> (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alien: Romulus (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civil War (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immaculate (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I Am: Celine Dion (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outland (1981)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u689f\u306e\u57ce Castle of Owls (1963)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gattaca (1997)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The First Omen (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blade Runner 2049 (2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Birds<\/strong> (1963)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blade Runner (1982)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Muppet Movie (1979)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Boys in the Boat (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uncut Gems (2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pet Sematary (1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American Fiction (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MoviePass, MovieCrash (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Truth vs. Alex Jones (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Labyrinth (1986)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Whale (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Iron Claw (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ethel <\/strong>(2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna Nicole Smith: You Don&#8217;t Know Me (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WHAM! (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mute (2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baby Reindeer (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Help (2011)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Royal Hotel<\/strong> (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Dead Zone (1983)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patriots Day (2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrival (2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anatomy of a Fall<\/strong> (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Booksellers (2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dream Scenario (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Zone of Interest<\/strong> (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s Quieter in the Twilight<\/strong> (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Late Night with the Devil (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Priscilla (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poor Things (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dune: Part Two (2024) &#8211; The changes from the novel completely changed the tone of the overall story and kind of ruined the whole film for me.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It Comes at Night (2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Studio 54 (2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May December (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dumb Money (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Se7en (1995)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edge of Tomorrow (2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Greatest Night in Pop<\/strong> (2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BEEF (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conan the Barbarian<\/strong> (1982)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Godzilla Minus One<\/strong> (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Holdovers (2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched a lot of documentaries this year and many of them were biographies of actors. I think these types of films were suggested to me by the streaming services and I took the bait. 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