Adam Wingard
8 min readJan 1, 2019

ADAM WINGARD: MOVIES AND TV SEEN IN 2018

* Indicates previously viewed.

January

01. Jailhouse Rock (Richard Thorpe) *

02. Famous Families: The Presleys: Rock and Roll Royalty (TV doc, director unknown)

03. Possession (Andrzej Zulawski) *

04. Phantasm (Don Coscarelli) *

05. Follow That Dream (Gordon Douglas)

06. Flight of the Navigator (Randal Kleiser) *

07. The Matrix (The Wachowskis) *

08. They Live (John Carpenter) *

09. Repulsion (Roman Polanski) *

10. The Mothman of Point Pleasant (Seth Breedlove)

11. Elvis: The Last 24 Hours (TV doc, Mike Parkinson) *

12. Victor Crowley (Adam Green)

13. Jeepers Creepers 3 (Victor Salva)

14. Conquest of Space (Byron Haskin)

15. Loving You (Hal Kanter)

16. First Men in the Moon (Nathan Juran)

17. Forbidden Planet (Fred M. Wilcox)

18. Attack of the 50 ft Women (Nathan Juran) *

19. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthimos)

20. The Tingler (William Castle) *

21. Easy Come, Easy Go (John Rich)

22. The Angry Red Planet (Ib Melchior)

23. SpaceCamp (Harry Winer) *

24. The Green Slime (Kinji Fukasaku)

25. The Deadly Trackers (Samuel Fuller, Barry Shear)

26. Jesus Christ Superstar (Norman Jewison)

27. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (Martin McDonagh)

28. Message From Space (Kinji Fukasaku)

29. Wild Side: director’s cut (Donald Cammell)

30. Frankie and Johnny (Frederick de Cordova)

31. Demon Seed (Donald Cammell) *

32. The Argument (Donald Cammell short film)

33. In Country (Norman Jewison)

34. The Castle (Rob Sitch)

35. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (Guy Hamilton) *

36. Dark Star (John Carpenter) *

37. Wild At Heart (David Lynch) *

38. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder)

39. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog) *

40. Flaming Star (Don Siegel) *

41. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock) *

42. Spark Of Being (Bill Morrison)

43. The Castle (Rob Sitch) *

44. At the Earth’s Core (Kevin Connor)

45. Hubble (IMAX short, Toni Myers)

46. Missing 411 (Michael DeGrazier and Benjamin Paulides) *

47. Roman J. Israel, Esq (Dan Gilroy)

48. Ride With The Devil (Ang Lee)

49. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Byron Haskin)

50. Miracle Mile (Steve De Jarnatt)

51. Aguirre, the Wrath Of God (Werner Herzog) *

52. Leviathan (George P. Cosmatos)

53. Z.P.G. (Michael Campus)

54. Wormwood (Netflix series, episodes 1–6, Errol Morris)

55. Plan 9 From Outer Space (Edward D. Wood Jr.) *

56. Ed Wood (Tim Burton) *

57. White Heat (Raoul Walsh)

58. Plan 9 From Outer Space (Edward D. Wood Jr.) *

59. King Kong Escapes (Ishirō Honda) *

60. Waco: Madman or Messiah Part One and Two (TV docuseries, Christopher Spencer)

61. Empire Of The Sun (Steven Spielberg)

62. The Horse Soldiers (John Ford)

63. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Rian Johnson) *

February

64. Elvis & the Memphis Mafia (Finn White-Tomson)

65. King of Kings (Nicholas Ray)

66. Across 110th Street (Barry Shear)

67. Midnight Express (Alan Parker)

68. Michael Jackson’s This Is It (Kenny Ortega)

69. Ed Wood (Tim Burton) *

70. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog) *

71. Liquid Sky (Slava Tsukerman)

72. Roswell: 70 Years Later (Stacy Brown Jr)

73. RuPaul’s Drag Race (TV Series, Season 4 Episodes 1–14, Nick Murray)

74. Forbidden Planet (Fred M. Wilcox) *

75. Destination Moon (Irving Pichel)

76. Ed Wood (Tim Burton) *

77. Tesla: Born in Light (J. Michael Long)

78. White of the Eye (Donald Cammell)*

79. The Deadly Trackers (Samuel Fuller, Barry Shear) *

80. Truth and Lies: Waco (TV doc, Muriel Pearson)

81. Twin Peaks: The Return (TV miniseries, episodes 1–14 in one marathon screening, David Lynch) *

82. Day 51: The True Story Of Waco (Richard Mosley)

83. The Breakfast Club (John Hughes)*

84. Mugshots: David Koresh — The Siege of Waco (Ellen Goosenberg Kent)*

85. Godzilla King of the Monsters (rough cut, Mike Dougherty)

March

86. Waco (TV miniseries, Ep 1–6, The Dowdle Brothers)

87. The Radical Story of Patty Hearst (TV doc, Ep 1–6, Pat Kondelis)

88. Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre (TV doc, Nicole Rittenmeyer)

89. American Experience: The Secret of Tuxedo Park (Nazenet Habtezghi and Rob Rapley)

90. Pop Skull (Adam Wingard) *

91. Star Wars The Last Jedi (Rian Johnson)*

92. Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green) *

93. Terror of Mechagodzilla (Ishirō Honda) *

94. 12 Strong (Nicolai Fuglsig)

95. The Matrix Reloaded (The Wachowskis) *

96. Deep Space (TV doc, Season 2 episodes 1–15, Melissa Tittl, Jay Weidner)

April

97. Predator (John McTiernan) *

98. Moonraker (Lewis Gilbert)

99. The Matrix Revolutions (The Wachowskis) *

100. American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (Episodes 1–9, various directors)

101. Apollo 13 (Ron Howard) *

102. Images (Robert Altman) *

103. One Day On Earth (Kyle Ruddick)*

104. Tickle Me (Norman Taurog) *

105. Men In Black (Barry Sonnenfeld) *

106. Super Troopers (Jay Chandrasekhar) *

107. Guerrilla — The Taking of Patty Hearst (Robert Stone)

108. The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy Of Fear (Seth Breedlove)

109. Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg)

110. The Burger and the King: The Life & Cuisine of Elvis Presley (BBC Doc, James Marsh)

111. Elvis: The Rebirth of the King (BBC Doc, Mike Connolly)

112. Elvis Presley: The Searcher (Thom Zimny)

113. Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg) *

114. Presley: Cut Me And I Bleed (TV doc)

115. Ex Machina (Alex Garland)

116. Phantom Thread (PT Anderson) *

117. The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (Judd Apatow)

118. Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)

119. Trump: An American Dream (TV docuseries, Episodes 1–4, Barnaby Peel, Daniel Bogado, Natasha Zinni)

May

120. The Shining (TV Miniseries, Mick Garris) *

121. Hostiles (Scott Cooper)

122. Annihilation (Alex Garland)

123. Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (Denis Sanders)

124. Evil Genius (Trey Borzillieri and Barbara Schroeder)

125. The Last Days Of Michael Jackson (TV doc)

126. Life (Daniel Espinosa)

127. Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard)

128. 2001: A Space Odyssey (70mm print, Stanley Kubrick) *

129. The Last Days of Judy Garland (E! True Hollywood Story)

130. O.J., Nicole, and Ron (E! True Hollywood Story)

131. The Many Loves of Marilyn Monroe (E! True Hollywood Story)

132. The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (Errol Morris)

133. Gates of Heaven (Errol Morris)

134. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)

135. A Critique of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Youtube series, parts 1–3, MauLer)

136. Capote (Bennett Miller)

June

137. Charlie Wilson’s War (Mike Nichols)

138. Tabloid (Errol Morris)

139. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A Leuchter, Jr (Errol Morris) *

140. The Toys That Made Us (Netflix doc, season 2)

141. Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story (Allan Moyle)

142. The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci)

143. Jackie (Pablo Larrain)

144. Her (Spike Jonze)

145. Mr. Death:The Rise and Fall of Fred A Leuchter, Jr (Errol Morris) *

146. A Wrinkle in Time (Ava Duvernay)

147. The Beastmaster (Don Coscarelli) *

148. The 15:17 To Paris (Clint Eastwood)

149. Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard) *

150. My Trip to Al-Qaeda (Alex Gibney)

151. The Seven Year Itch (Billy Wilder)

152. Unacknowledged (Mike Mazzola) *

153. Thundercats (1985) (TV series, episodes 1–37) *

154. They Live (John Carpenter) *

July

155. Super Troopers 2 (Jay Chandrasekhar)

156. Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg) *

157. Predator 2 (Stephen Hopkins) *

158. Out Of The Blue (Robert Sarkies) *

159. Frankenstein (James Whale) *

160. American Experience: Walt Disney (TV doc, Sarah Colt)

161. Black Panther (Ryan Coogler)

162. Nixon, Kennedy, and the Alien Presence (Jim Nichols)

163. Chappaquiddick (John Curran)

164. Song Of The South (Wilfred Jackson and Harve Foster)

165. Murderous Minds: Ted Bundy (TV doc)

166. In Defense of: Timothy McVeigh (TV doc)

167. In Dense of: Ted Bundy (TV doc)

168. The Challenge of Rudolf Steiner (Jonathan Stedall)

169. The Last Movie: Kubrick & Eyes Wide Shut (TV doc)

170. Saving Mr. Banks (John Lee Hancock)

171. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand (supervising director)) *

172. Bride Of Frankenstein (James Whale) *

173. Village Of The Damned (Wolf Rilla)

174. The Bray Road Beast (Seth Breedlove)

August

175. American Experience: Billy The Kid (TV doc, John Maggio)

176. Young Guns (Christopher Cain) *

177. The Mothman Of Point Pleasant (Seth Breedlove) *

178. The Flatwoods Monster: A Legacy of Fear (Seth Breedlove) *

179. The Boggy Creek Monster (Seth Breedlove)

180. The Beyond (Lucio Fulci) *

181. The Sentinel (Michael Winner)

182. First Reformed (Paul Schrader)

183. Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter) *

184. The Psychic (Lucio Fulci) *

185. Ed Wood (Tim Burton) *

186. The Wild One (László Benedek)

187. American Experience: The Perfect Crime (TV doc, Cathleen O’Connell)

188. Al Capone: Icon (TV doc)

189. Disenchantment (Netflix series, episode 1–10)

190. Kong: Skull Island (Jordan Vogt-Roberts) *

191. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Morgan Neville)

192. ’68 Comeback Special (50th Anniversary Edition) (Steve Binder)

193. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Morgan Neville) *

194. Fun in Acapulco (Richard Thorpe)*

195. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Morgan Neville)*

196. Ken Burns: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (TV doc, episode 1–2, Ken Burns)

September

197. Rebel Without A Cause (Nicholas Ray) *

198. The Untouchables (Brian De Palma) *

199. In The Realm Of The Senses (Nagisa Ôshima)

200. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller)*

201. The Lion King (Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff) *

202. Prohibition (three part doc series, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick)

203. Godzilla (Gareth Edwards) *

204. Hunt For The Skinwalker (Jeremy Corbell)

205. Communion (Philippe Mora) *

206. Possession (Andrzej Zulawski) *

207. Godzilla Vs Mothra (Takao Okawara) *

208. JFK (Oliver Stone) *

209. Senna (Asif Kapadia)

210. Children Of Men (Alfonso Cuarón) *

211. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese) *

October

212. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel)*

213. All Quiet on The Western Front (Lewis Milestone)

214. Atlanta (TV series, season one)

215. Brainscan (John Flynn)

216. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper) *

217. Razorback (Russell Mulcahy)

218. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper) *

219. The Exorcist III (William Peter Blatty)*

220. The Manson Family (Jim Van Bebber) *

221. Deadbeat At Dawn (Jim Van Bebber)*

222. First Man (Damien Chazelle)

223. An Open Secret (Amy J. Berg)

224. The Wizard (Todd Holland)*

December

225. You’re Next (Adam Wingard) *

226. The Guest (Adam Wingard) *

227. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Morgan Neville) *

228. Viva Las Vegas (George Sidney)*

229. The Vagrant (Chris Walas)*

230. The Story Of O (Just Jaeckin)*

231. The Vagrant (Chris Walas)*

232. Mandy (Panos Cosmatos)

233. After Hours (Martin Scorsese)

234. Mandy (Panos Cosmatos) *

235. Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoven) *

236. Struggle: The Life And Lost Art Of Szukalski (Ireneusz Dobrowolski)

237. Calling All Earthlings (Jonathan Berman)

238. Ken Burns: The Roosevelts An Intimate History Episodes 3 and 4 (Ken Burns)

239. Above Majestic (Roger R Richards)

240. Travis: The True Story Of Travis Walton (Jennifer Stein)

241. Struggle: The Life And Lost Art of Szukalski (Ireneusz Dobrowolski) *

242. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg) *

243. White Heat (Raoul Walsh)*

244. Little Big Man (Arthur Penn)

245. The Roosevelts An Intimate History Episode 5 (Ken Burns)

Favorite New Films Released In 2018

Mandy

First Reformed

Ready Player One

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Struggle: The Life And Lost Art Of Szukalski