Movies 2016 - Crunching the Numbers

Time to crunch the numbers.

In 2016 I tagged every movie I watched from beginning to end with "Movies 2016".  I did not include movies I only watched in part.  I also did not include any Hallmark Channel holiday movies as I intended to do a post on those movies, but once again did not get my act together.

It is likely this is off by a count here or there, as I am not too worried about this being 100% accurate, but a snapshot of what I watched this year.

To view my numbers and a complete list of movies, you can look at the spreadsheet by clicking on this link.

We'll talk about the actual movies themselves in a follow-up post.

The Numbers

Total times a movie was watched:  165
Movies "new to me":  88

My goal for this year was to watch more movies that would be new to me, and I actually managed to watch a majority of new movies instead of just watching old movies as comfort food.  If I re-watched a movie that was new to me (example:  Rogue One), it only counted once as a "new" movie.  So I think I did okay.

Given how much baseball I wound up watching this year, the number of movies I watched in October while I know I was watching tons of ball - I kind of wonder how much I left the house that month.  But I do think it helps account for why I watched roughly 20 fewer movies this year than last year.

Viewed in each month

January:  13
February:  12
March:  12
April:  11
May:  16
June:  10
July:  17
August:  8
September:  13
October:  21
November:  12
December:  19

You can see the extra effort put in there in October and when I got busy with work, travel, etc...

Format

Cable (live, DVR or InDemand):  36
Disc (DVD or BluRay):  62
Stream (Netflix, Amazon, etc...):  27
Theater:  40

I know a lot of people are off DVD's and BluRay, but (a) I own a lot of discs, (b) my friends bring over discs, and (c) my rental place has a superior collection to what's available streaming across Hulu, Netflix and Amazon.

I also hit the theater about every week and a half, on average, but I know these were clustered as I hit the theater sometimes two or three times in a week and then didn't go back for a while.  But I did attend part of a film festival, and I am lucky to have retrospective screenings of favorite movies that play quite often at our multiple Alamo Drafthouse locations and the Paramount.

Just for the record - 28 of the 40 films I saw in the theater were "new to me".

Decade of Origin

1930:  12
1940:  19
1950:  11
1960:  13
1970:  20
1980:  25
1990:  10
2000:  10
2010:  45

I only watched one silent movie all year, so this tracks.  As I was also at the theater and looking for new movies a great deal, this also makes sense.  And, of course, the 1980's provided a great mine for a lot of movies I always enjoy re-watching.

Category

The categories are a bit arbitrary, and I could have bumped up some numbers here or there.  Example - I didn't count Doctor Strange as a Fantasy movie, but a superhero movie from Marvel.

But, it does give an idea of what I was consuming this year.  None of this I found too surprising other than a higher-than-I-expected number of musicals.

Bond:  10
Bourne:  4
Coen Bros.  1
Disney:  7
Documentary:  7
Foreign:  4
Hammer:  4
Holiday:  8
Musical:  13
Noir:  13
Star Trek:  1
Star Wars:  6
Superhero:  22
Western:  5
Action:  61
Comedy:  31
Drama:  30
Family:  11
Horror:  23
Animal:  2
Animated:  5
Camp:  2
DC Comics:  10
Disaster:  1
Espionage:  15
Fantasy:  2
Historical:  3
Mad Science:  5
Marvel Comics:  10
MST3K/ RiffTrax:  4
Pulp:  10
Sci-Fi:  22
Showbiz:  3
Supernatural:  13
Thriller:  12
Vampire:  3
Werewolf:  2
Wild Animal:  1

The Complete List (static)

Title	Year	Seen Before	Format	Seen in	Category	Category	Category
African Queen, The	1951	No	Cable	March		Drama
After the Thin Man	1936	Yes	Disc	July		Comedy	Pulp
Air Bud	1997	No	Cable	April		Family	Animal
Alfie	1966	No	Stream	June		Comedy
Alice in Wonderland	1933	No	Cable	January		Family
Alien	1979	Yes	Theater	April		Horror	Sci-Fi
Aliens	1986	Yes	Disc	May		Action	Sci-Fi
An American Werewolf in London	1981	Yes	Theater	October		Horror	Werewolf
Another Thin Man	1939	Yes	Disc	August		Comedy	Pulp
Apollo 13	1995	Yes	Cable	March		Drama	Historical
Arrival	2016	No	Theater	November		Drama	Sci-Fi
Arthur Christmas	2011	No	Stream	December	Holiday	Family	Animated
Awful Truth, The	1937	No	Cable	January		Comedy
Back to the Future	1985	Yes	Cable	October		Comedy	Sci-Fi
Batman Begins	2005	Yes	Disc	May	Superhero	Action	DC
Batman Returns	1992	Yes	Disc	December	Superhero	Action	DC
Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice	2016	No	Disc	September	Superhero	Action	DC
Beauty and the Beast	1946	No	Disc	September	Foreign		Fantasy
Big Clock, The	1948	Yes	Disc	May	Noir	Drama	Thriller
Blade Runner	1982	Yes	Disc	January	Noir	Drama	Sci-Fi
Blue in the Face	1996	Yes	Disc	March		Comedy
Bourne Identity	2002	yes	Stream	July	Bourne	Action	espionage
Bourne Supremacy	2004	Yes	Stream	July	Bourne	Action	espionage
Bourne Ultimatum	2007	Yes	Stream	July	Bourne	Action	espionage
Bride of Frankenstein	1935	Yes	Disc	October		Horror	Mad Science
Bride of the Mosnter	1955	Yes	Stream	July		Horror	MST3K
Broadcast News	1987	No	Cable	January		Drama
Bye-Bye Birdie	1963	Yes	Cable	February	Musical	comedy
Can't Stop The Music	1980	No	Stream	April	Musical	Comedy
Captain America: Civil War	2016	Yes	Theater	June	Superhero	Action	Marvel
Captain America: Civil War	2016	No	Theater	May	Superhero	Action	Marvel
Captain America: Civil War	2016	Yes	Disc	September	Superhero	Action	Marvel
Captain America: The First Avenger	2011	Yes	Cable	May	Superhero	Action	Marvel
Castle of Fu Manchu	1969	No	Theater	August		Horror	Pulp
Coming to America	1988	Yes	Cable	September		Comedy
Corpse Vanishes	1942	Yes	Stream	November		Horror	MST3K
Criss Cross	1949	No	Disc	May	Noir	Drama	Thriller
Critters	1986	Yes	Stream	October		Horror	Sci-Fi
Cry of the City	1948	No	Disc	December	Noir	Drama
Danger: Diabolik	1968	No	Theater	August	Foreign	Action	Pulp
Dark Corner	1946	No	Theater	May	Noir	Drama	Thriller
Darkman	1990	Yes	Disc	April	Superhero	Action
Darkon	2006	No	Stream	September	Documentary
David Bowie: Five Years	2013	No	Cable	March	Documentary
Deadpool	2016	No	Theater	April	Superhero	Comedy	Marvel
Destiny	1944	No	Theater	May	Noir	Drama	Supernatural
Diamonds Are Forever	1971	Yes	Disc	May	Bond	Action	espionage
Die Hard	1988	Yes	Theater	December	Holiday	Action
Doctor Strange	2016	No	Theater	November	Superhero	Action	Marvel
Dracula AD 1972	1972	No	Disc	September	Hammer	Horror	Vampire
Drag Me to Hell	2009	No	Disc	October		Horror	Supernatural
Dumbo	1941	Yes	Disc	March	Disney	Family	Animated
Electric Boogaloo - The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	2014	No	Stream	April	Documentary		Showbiz
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark	1988	Yes	Disc	October	Holiday	Comedy
Ex Machina	2015	No	Cable	February		Drama	sci-fi
Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight)	1965	No	Theater	February		Drama
Field of Dreams	1989	Yes	Stream	June		Drama	Supernatural
Flesh and Fantasy	1943	No	Theater	May		Drama	Supernatural
Fly-By-Night	1942	No	Theater	May	Noir	Action	Thriller
For Your Eyes Only	1981	Yes	Disc	October	Bond	Action	espionage
Frankenstein	1931	Yes	Cable	October		Horror	Mad Science
Frankenstein Created Woman	1967	No	Disc	October	Hammer	Horror	Mad Science
Ghostbusters	1984	Yes	Disc	July		Comedy	Supernatural
Ghostbusters	2016	No	Theater	July		Comedy	Supernatural
Gun Crazy	1950	Yes	Theater	March	Noir	Action	Thriller
Hackers	1995	No	Disc	April		Action	Sci-Fi
Hail, Caesar!	2016	No	Theater	February	Coen Bros.	comedy	camp
Hateful Eight	2015	No	Theater	January	Western	Drama
Ipcress File, The	1965	No	Cable	January		Drama	espionage
Iron Man III	2013	Yes	Cable	July	Superhero	Action	Marvel
Italian Job, The	1969	Yes	Theater	February		Action	Thriller
Jason Bourne	2016	No	Theater	July	Bourne	Action	espionage
Jungle Book, The	2016	No	Theater	April	Disney	Action
Jurassic World	2015	No	Stream	June		Action	Sci-Fi
Justice League - The New Frontier	2008	Yes	Disc	May	Superhero	Action	DC
Kindergarten Cop	1990	No	Stream	November		Comedy
La La Land	2016	No	Theater	December	Musical	Drama	Showbiz
Labyrinth	1986	Yes	Stream	January	Musical	Family	Fantasy
Lassie Come Home	1943	No	Cable	March		Drama	Animal
Legend of Tarzan	2016	No	Theater	July	Superhero	Action	Pulp
Legend of Tarzan	2016	Yes	Disc	November	Superhero	Action	Pulp
Live and Let Die	1973	Yes	Disc	June	Bond	Action	espionage
Lust for a Vampire	1971	No	Disc	December	Hammer	Horror	Vampire
Man Who Fell to Earth, The	1976	No	Stream	January		Drama	Sci-Fi
Man With the Golden Gun, The	1974	Yes	Disc	July	Bond	Action	espionage
Mannequin	1987	No	Stream	May		Comedy	Supernatural
Martian	2015	Yes	Disc	February		Drama	Sci-Fi
Mask of Fu Manchu	1932	No	Theater	August		Horror	Pulp
Midnight Special	2016	No	Theater	March		Drama	Sci-Fi
Miracle on 34th Street	1947	Yes	Stream	December	Holiday	Family
Moana	2016	No	Theater	November	Disney	Family	Animated
Moonraker	1979	Yes	Disc	September	Bond	Action	espionage
Murder of a President	2016	No	Cable	February	Documentary		Historical
Net, The	1995	No	Disc	September		Action	Thriller
Never Say Never Again	1983	No	Disc	December	Bond	Action	espionage
Night Editor	1946	No	Theater	May	Noir	Drama	Thriller
Night of the Demon	1957	No	Disc	October		Horror	Supernatural
Night Train to Terror	1985	No	Cable	October		Horror	Supernatural
Octopussy	1983	Yes	Disc	December	Bond	Action	espionage
Oklahoma!	1955	Yes	Theater	July	Musical	Comedy
Old Dark House, The	1932	No	Disc	October		Horror
On the Town	1949	Yes	Cable	July	Musical	Comedy
Once Upon a Time in the West	1968	Yes	Theater	June	Western	Drama
Outfit, The	1973	No	Disc	February	Noir	Action	pulp
Pee-Wee's Big Holiday	2016	No	Stream	March		Family	Camp
Pete's Dragon	1977	Yes	Stream	February	Disney	Comedy
Phantom Lady, The	1944	No	Disc	April	Noir	Drama	Thriller
Red	2010	No	Disc	June		Action	Thriller
Remains of the Day, The	1993	No	Cable	March		Drama
Return of the Caped Crusaders	2016	No	Disc	November	Superhero	Family	DC
Return of the Jedi	1983	Yes	Disc	November	Star Wars	Action	Sci-Fi
Revenant, The	2015	No	Theater	January	Western	Drama
River of No Return	1954	No	Disc	March	Western	Action
Roar	1981	No	Cable	October		Horror	Wild Animal
Rocky Horror Picture Show	2016	No	Cable	October	Musical	Comedy	Television
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	2016	No	Theater	December	Star Wars	Action	Sci-Fi
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	2016	Yes	Theater	December	Star Wars	Action	Sci-Fi
Rollergator	1996	No	Stream	November	Musical	Comedy	MST3K
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians	1964	Yes	Theater	December	Holiday	Family	MST3K
Scrooged	1988	Yes	Stream	December	Holiday	Comedy	Supernatural
Shaft	1971	Yes	Cable	August		Action	Pulp
Shane	1953	Yes	Disc	April	Western	Action
Sharknado 4 - The Fourth Awakens	2016	No	Cable	August		Action	Sci-Fi
Shop Around the Corner	1940	Yes	Stream	December	Holiday	Comedy
Show Boat	1951	No	Cable	July	Musical	Drama
Singin' In The Rain	1952	Yes	Disc	December	Musical	Comedy
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	Yes	Disc	February	Disney	Family	Animated
Son of Frankenstein	1939	Yes	Disc	October		Horror	Mad Science
Split, The	1968	No	Cable	September		Action	Pulp
Spy Who Loved Me, The	1977	Yes	Disc	September	Bond	Action	espionage
Star Trek Beyond	2016	No	Theater	July	Star Trek	Action	Sci-Fi
Star Wars: A New Hope	1977	Yes	Disc	December	Star Wars	Action	Sci-Fi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	2015	Yes	Disc	April	Star Wars	Action	Sci-Fi
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	2015	Yes	Theater	January	Star Wars	Action	Sci-Fi
Starcrash	1978	No	Disc	November		Action	Sci-Fi
Suicide Squad	2016	No	Theater	August	Superhero	Action	DC
Super Troopers	2001	Yes	Cable	July		Comedy
Superman III	1983	Yes	Cable	September	Superhero	Action	DC
Superman IV	1987	Yes	Cable	September	Superhero	Action	DC
Superman: The Movie	1978	Yes	Cable	September	Superhero	Action	DC
Swarm	1978	No	Disc	August		Horror	Disaster
Sweet Smell of Success	1957	No	Cable	February	Noir	Drama	Thriller
Tabu	1931	No	Disc	January	Foreign	Drama	Supernatural
Teen Witch	1989	No	Cable	March		Comedy	Supernatural
Texas Carnival	1951	No	Cable	July	Musical	Comedy
The Death of "Superman Lives" - What Happened?	2015	No	Cable	January	Documentary		DC
The Uninvited	1944	No	Disc	October		Horror	Supernatural
This Gun for Hire	1942	Yes	Theater	May	Noir	Action	Thriller
Threepenny Opera	1931	No	Cable	May	Musical	Drama
Thunderball	1965	Yes	Disc	January	Bond	Action	espionage
Tower	2016	No	Theater	October	Documentary		Historical
Trainwreck	2015	No	Stream	January		Comedy
True Stories	1986	Yes	Theater	June	Musical	Comedy
Vampira and Me	2012	No	Stream	October	Documentary		Showbiz
Vampire Lovers	1970	No	Disc	November	Hammer	Horror
Vampyros Lesbos	1971	No	Disc	October	Foreign	Horror	Vampire
Westworld	1973	Yes	Disc	June		Action	Sci-Fi
Wolf Man, The	1941	Yes	Cable	October		Horror	Werewolf
X-Men	2000	Yes	Disc	December	Superhero	Action	Marvel
X-Men: Apocalypse	2016	No	Disc	December	Superhero	Action	Marvel
X2: X-Men United	2003	Yes	Disc	December	Superhero	Action	Marvel
You Only Live Twice	1967	Yes	Disc	February	Bond	Action	espionage
Young Frankenstein	1974	Yes	Disc	October	Holiday	Comedy	Mad Science
Zootopia	2016	No	Stream	June	Disney	Family	Animated
Zootopia	2016	Yes	Stream	November	Disney	Comedy