For a long time I’ve tracked my reading, but one thing I’ve never consistently tracked are the movies and shows I watched.
I started to take a crack at that in 2024, thanks for a fun iPhone app called Sofa. There are other apps like Letterboxd, or just a plain old list, but Sofa is the first one I’ve regularly used.
I started halfway through the year, so this list isn’t complete. But I thought it’d be fun to take a look anyway.
So without further ado, here is what I (and my wife!) watched in 2024:
| Dune: Part Two | Movie | 3/11/24 |
| Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Movie | 6/8/24 |
| Bridgerton | TV Show | 6/10/24 |
| Dark Matter | TV Show | 6/10/24 |
| The Acolyte | TV Show | 6/10/24 |
| Fallout | TV Show | 6/10/24 |
| Bridgerton | TV Show | 6/13/24 |
| Wish | Movie | 6/14/24 |
| Sixty Minutes | Movie | 6/15/24 |
| Inside Out 2 | Movie | 6/15/24 |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Movie | 6/17/24 |
| One More Shot | Movie | 6/19/24 |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Movie | 6/20/24 |
| Trigger Warning | Movie | 6/23/24 |
| Dark Matter | TV Show | 6/25/24 |
| American Fiction | Movie | 6/26/24 |
| The Fall Guy | Movie | 7/5/24 |
| Leo | Movie | 7/6/24 |
| Yes Day | Movie | 7/7/24 |
| The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Movie | 7/9/24 |
| Twister | Movie | 7/12/24 |
| Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Movie | 7/14/24 |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Movie | 7/16/24 |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Movie | 7/17/24 |
| Road House | Movie | 7/21/24 |
| Deadpool & Wolverine | Movie | 7/25/24 |
| Zodiac | Movie | 7/30/24 |
| Zootopia | Movie | 8/2/24 |
| Loki | TV Show | 8/3/24 |
| Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Movie | 8/5/24 |
| The Fall Guy | Movie | 8/8/24 |
| The Instigators | Movie | 8/10/24 |
| Despicable Me 4 | Movie | 8/17/24 |
| The Union | Movie | 8/19/24 |
| A Discovery of Witches | TV Show | 9/4/24 |
| Twilight | Movie | 9/7/24 |
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Movie | 9/8/24 |
| Trolls Band Together | Movie | 9/13/24 |
| The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Movie | 9/13/24 |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Movie | 9/14/24 |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Movie | 9/15/24 |
| Emily in Paris | TV Show | 9/19/24 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | TV Show | 10/7/24 |
| Slow Horses | TV Show | 10/9/24 |
| Bad Monkey | TV Show | 10/9/24 |
| Wolfs | Movie | 10/10/24 |
| Twisters | Movie | 10/12/24 |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone | Movie | 10/15/24 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Movie | 10/18/24 |
| The Wild Robot | Movie | 10/18/24 |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Movie | 10/20/24 |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Movie | 10/22/24 |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Movie | 10/24/24 |
| The Croods: A New Age | Movie | 10/25/24 |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Movie | 10/26/24 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Movie | 10/28/24 |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | Movie | 10/30/24 |
| Agatha All Along | TV Show | 11/1/24 |
| Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End | Movie | 11/7/24 |
| Jackpot! | Movie | 11/8/24 |
| Molli and Max in the Future | Movie | 11/18/24 |
| Home Alone | Movie | 11/27/24 |
| Gladiator II | Movie | 12/3/24 |
| Moana 2 | Movie | 12/7/24 |
| Carry-On | Movie | 12/22/24 |
| Home Sweet Home Alone | Movie | 12/26/24 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Movie | 12/29/24 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Movie | 12/30/24 |
Favorite Movies
2024 was a mix of new movies and old. There are a few series my wife and I watch every year, the biggest ones being Harry Potter (starting in October) and Lord of the Rings. We moved in December this year, so that threw off our LOTR watch a bit, but it’s like seeing old friends when we watch those.
There were a few stand-out movies for me this year:
- Dune: Part Two
- Inside Out 2
- The Fall Guy
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Dune: Part Two was incredible to see in theaters. It was easily the best sci-fi movie I’ve seen since Interstellar. Epic on every scale, incredible music, and the moves and countermoves throughout the story was handled so perfectly. I’m still in awe of it.
I didn’t think anyone could top Inside Out, but Pixar somehow managed to do it and go even deeper. My wife and I were both tearing up at the end of Inside Out 2, and I could relate to a lot of the film. It’s a mini emotional intelligence course, and kids and adults alike need to see it.
It’s hard not to like a fun action comedy, and The Fall Guy hit that mark the best since Knight & Day came out. If you missed it in theaters, definitely give it a watch.
There hasn’t been a Lord of the Rings movie in theaters since 2003 (not counting the replays of the extended editions, so I did see Fellowship of the Ring a couple years ago), and so The War of the Rohirrim felt like a must-watch. There were mixed reviews, but we saw it with my mom over Christmas and it was fantastic. Great action and a fun look at who Helm Hammerhand was, and why he was worth naming a horn after.
Favorite TV Shows
Apple TV+ continues to make incredible shows, and perhaps my absolute favorite is Slow Horses. Based on the books by Mick Herron, this show has been a yearly treat. (I listened to Book 1 last year as well and the show follows it very closely.) It scratches the spy/espionage itch, and Gary Oldman just eats up the screen.
Another good show from Apple was Dark Matter (also based on a book by Blake Crouch). It started out kind of slow for me, but then it really picked up and there were moments where my jaw literally dropped. It took the story in new directions multiple times and my wife and I still talk about the ending.
A few other noteworthy mentions:
- While not a favorite, season of Amazon’s Rings of Power show was pretty good. It held my attention more than I expected. With both seasons I think I’ve hoped for a deeper, meaningful, moving story like the original films (or of course the books) and while they try, the show just never gets to that level. But it’s still a pretty great fantasy show, which is hard to come by.
- Emily in Paris on Netflix has some content we’re not a fan of, but it’s a fun half-hour comedy that makes me speak in a French accent, so it’s fun when it comes out.
- We also rewatched Loki (season 2, I think?) and it’s just a fantastic show. Probably the best Marvel show. It does Loki’s character justice and has some of the best world design and vibe ever.
Movies and Shows in 2025
2025 is shaping up to be a great year of movies:
- Captain America: Brave New World (going to that in 4 days!!)
- Thunderbolts
- The Fantastic Four
- Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning
- Superman (big hopes for this one!)
- Jurassic World: Rebirth
- The Gorge
- Wicked: For Good
- Avatar: Fire and Ash (surprisingly I’m looking forward to this one)
- Predator: Badlands (a follow-up by the director of Prey, which was a fantastic film on Hulu)
- How to Train Your Dragon (live-action)
On the shows front, I know of:
- Slow Horses, season 6
- Daredevil: Born Again
- Ironheart
- Wonder Man
- Stranger Things, season 5
And there are always things that pop up that I didn’t expect. Very much looking forward to more Marvel and Apple shows (and Star Wars maybe, if Disney can get their act together??).
Alright, that’s enough talk. Let’s go watch!
Jesse Koepke 
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