Movies Watched in January 2026

Added on by C. Maoxian.

One of my goals for 2026 is to watch 60 movies every month. I fell short in January with only 57 movies watched. Here they are, listed alphabetically:

  1. 49th Parallel, 1941

  2. Adam's Rib, 1949

  3. Army of Shadows, 1969

  4. Au hasard Balthazar, 1966

  5. Ballad of a Soldier, 1959

  6. Band of Outsiders, 1964

  7. Bicycle Thieves, 1948

  8. Big Deal on Madonna Street , 1958

  9. Blow-Up, 1966

  10. Boudu Saved from Drowning, 1932

  11. Breathless, 1960

  12. City Lights, 1931

  13. Cléo from 5 to 7, 1962

  14. Cool Hand Luke, 1967

  15. Crazed Fruit, 1956

  16. Cria Cuervos…, 1976

  17. Death is a Caress, 1949

  18. Death of a Cyclist, 1955

  19. Deep Cover, 1992

  20. Destroyer, 2018

  21. Double Suicide, 1969

  22. Following, 1999

  23. Framed, 1947

  24. Frankenstein, 1931

  25. Guilty Bystander, 1950

  26. Hidden in the Fog, 1953

  27. Le Million, 1931

  28. Les dames du Bois de Boulogne, 1945

  29. Louie Bluie, 1985

  30. Loves of a Blonde, 1965

  31. Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944

  32. Midnight Cowboy, 1969

  33. Mouchette, 1967

  34. My Left Foot, 1989

  35. Night of the Living Dead, 1968

  36. Overlord, 1975

  37. Persona, 1966

  38. Ran, 1985

  39. Sword of the Beast, 1965

  40. The Bank Dick , 1940

  41. The Big Sleep, 1946

  42. The Exorcist, 1973

  43. The Flowers of St. Francis, 1952

  44. The Graduate, 1967

  45. The Lady Vanishes, 1938

  46. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962

  47. The Man with the Golden Arm , 1955

  48. The Naked Spur, 1953

  49. The Only Son, 1936

  50. The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928

  51. The Taste of Others, 2000

  52. Tokyo Drifter, 1966

  53. Two Minutes Late, 1952

  54. Vampyr, 1932

  55. Vernon, Florida, 1981

  56. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, 1962

  57. Young Frankenstein, 1974

And here’s the list in chronological order by release year:

  1. The Passion of Joan of Arc, 1928

  2. City Lights, 1931

  3. Frankenstein, 1931

  4. Le Million, 1931

  5. Boudu Saved from Drowning, 1932

  6. Vampyr, 1932

  7. The Only Son, 1936

  8. The Lady Vanishes, 1938

  9. The Bank Dick , 1940

  10. 49th Parallel, 1941

  11. Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944

  12. Les dames du Bois de Boulogne, 1945

  13. The Big Sleep, 1946

  14. Framed, 1947

  15. Bicycle Thieves, 1948

  16. Adam's Rib, 1949

  17. Death is a Caress, 1949

  18. Guilty Bystander, 1950

  19. The Flowers of St. Francis, 1952

  20. Two Minutes Late, 1952

  21. Hidden in the Fog, 1953

  22. The Naked Spur, 1953

  23. Death of a Cyclist, 1955

  24. The Man with the Golden Arm , 1955

  25. Crazed Fruit, 1956

  26. Big Deal on Madonna Street , 1958

  27. Ballad of a Soldier, 1959

  28. Breathless, 1960

  29. Cléo from 5 to 7, 1962

  30. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962

  31. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, 1962

  32. Band of Outsiders, 1964

  33. Loves of a Blonde, 1965

  34. Sword of the Beast, 1965

  35. Au hasard Balthazar, 1966

  36. Blow-Up, 1966

  37. Persona, 1966

  38. Tokyo Drifter, 1966

  39. Cool Hand Luke, 1967

  40. Mouchette, 1967

  41. The Graduate, 1967

  42. Night of the Living Dead, 1968

  43. Army of Shadows, 1969

  44. Double Suicide, 1969

  45. Midnight Cowboy, 1969

  46. The Exorcist, 1973

  47. Young Frankenstein, 1974

  48. Overlord, 1975

  49. Cria Cuervos…, 1976

  50. Vernon, Florida, 1981

  51. Louie Bluie, 1985

  52. Ran, 1985

  53. My Left Foot, 1989

  54. Deep Cover, 1992

  55. Following, 1999

  56. The Taste of Others, 2000

  57. Destroyer, 2018

The movies that I consider must-see among these are listed below; there are several more that are borderline must-see (e.g., The Passion of Joan of Arc, Midnight Cowboy, My Left Foot, etc.), but I’m still on the fence about upgrading them:

  1. Au hasard Balthazar, 1966

  2. Breathless, 1960

  3. City Lights, 1931

  4. Frankenstein, 1931

  5. The Graduate, 1967

  6. Young Frankenstein, 1974