Pop culture, year in review
In the past calendar year I’ve watched more television and movies than I care to admit.
Here are some rankings of some of my favourite and least favourite content from this year.
Top 10 Shows I Watched
Ranking this top 7 is arguably more difficult than trying to rank the top 8 players in the NBA right now.
1. The Wire Season 3
2. American Vandal Season 1
3. Barry Season 1
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 7
5. Better Call Saul Season 3
6. Atlanta Season 2
7. Mr. Robot Season 3
8. Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 5
9. Vice Principals Season 2
10. Big Mouth Season 1
Top 25 Movies I watched for the first time, in the order I watched them:
- The Wrestler
- A Few Good Men
- Born on the Fourth of July
- There Will Be Blood
- Apocalypse Now
- Beasts of No Nation
- Wind River
- Lady Bird
- Apollo 13
- The Florida Project
- Get Out
- Coco
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Leon: The Professional
- Blade Runner 2049
- The Shining
- Swingers
- The Nice Guys
- Donnie Brasco
- Green Room
- Brokeback Mountain
- Heat
- Blockers
- For a Few Dollars More
Top 10 Favourite Movies I watched this year, ranked, in order:

- Apocalypse Now
- The Wrestler
- The Shining
- Leon: The Professional
- Green Room
- For a Few Dollars More
- The Florida Project
- Wind River
- Get Out
- Blockers
- Toughest cuts: Blade Runner 2049, Beasts of No Nation, Brokeback Mountain, Heat
This is not a list of my least favourite movies, or the worst. They are movies that I had been looking forward to watching based on various reviews, legacies, or recommendations, and I simply turned out to be quite underwhelmed by them.
- The Untouchables
2. I, Tonya
3. Wall Street
4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. 50 First Dates
6. Hereditary
7. Fences
8. Chef
9. Hail, Caesar!
10. Darkest Hour