A Life in Film

Stephen Gillespie Stephen Gillespie’s all-time stats

4,339 Films

7,258 Hours

2,136 Directors

102 Countries

187w Longest Streak

811 2+ Film Days

Top films

By year

1874 2023
1874 2023
2019 2023

Highest rated decades

1940s

Average 3.70

Letter from an Unknown Woman
To Be or Not to Be
Children of Paradise
Beauty and the Beast
Hellzapoppin'
Sullivan's Travels
Inspiration
Meshes of the Afternoon
Rome, Open City
The Big Sleep
The Red Shoes
Bicycle Thieves
The Great Dictator
The Third Man
It's a Wonderful Life
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The Grapes of Wrath
Witch's Cradle
The Best Years of Our Lives
1960s

Average 3.64

Kes
The Girls
La Jetée
Scorpio Rising
The House Is Black
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Black Girl
Death by Hanging
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
I Am Cuba
War and Peace
War and Peace, Part IV: Pierre Bezukhov
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
Le Trou
Red Desert
La Notte
L'Avventura
The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Big City
The Face of Another
1920s

Average 3.57

Sherlock, Jr.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Un Chien Andalou
Metropolis
The Last Laugh
Napoleon
He Who Gets Slapped
The Cameraman
The Gold Rush
The Kid
Safety Last!
Häxan
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Strike
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Within Our Gates
Man with a Movie Camera
Battleship Potemkin
Nosferatu

Featured lists

Genres, countries & languages

Drama
2,098 films
Comedy
1,146 films
Thriller
827 films
Horror
701 films
Action
691 films
Adventure
572 films
Romance
544 films
Sci Fi
541 films
Crime
528 films
Fantasy
468 films
USA
2,564 films
UK
753 films
France
599 films
Japan
444 films
Germany
260 films
Canada
205 films
Italy
168 films
Spain
76 films
Sweden
75 films
South Korea
68 films
English
3,062 films
Japanese
377 films
French
312 films
Italian
79 films
German
71 films
Spanish
63 films
Korean
58 films
Chinese
43 films
Swedish
38 films
Russian
34 films
Western
Average 3.60
Documentary
Average 3.58
Drama
Average 3.51
History
Average 3.51
War
Average 3.46
Music
Average 3.42
Romance
Average 3.41
Crime
Average 3.35
Animation
Average 3.27
Mystery
Average 3.24
USSR
Average 4.26
Iran
Average 4.24
Poland
Average 4.06
Philippines
Average 4.00
Indonesia
Average 4.00
Taiwan
Average 3.86
Qatar
Average 3.83
Senegal
Average 3.83
Thailand
Average 3.80
Polish
Average 4.41
Bengali, Bangla
Average 4.20
Persian (Farsi)
Average 4.16
Russian
Average 4.15
Indonesian
Average 4.00
Hungarian
Average 4.00
Cantonese
Average 3.94
Tagalog
Average 3.80
Portuguese
Average 3.80
Swedish
Average 3.76

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Collections

  • Alien
  • Aliens
  • Alien³

Alien Collection 4 watched

  • Pather Panchali
  • Aparajito
  • Apur Sansar

The Apu Trilogy 3 watched

  • Batman
  • Batman Returns
  • Batman Forever

Batman Collection 4 watched

  • Decalogue I
  • Decalogue II
  • Decalogue III

The Decalogue 10 watched

  • Rocky
  • Rocky II
  • Rocky III

Rocky Collection 6 watched

  • Scream
  • Scream 2
  • Scream 3

Scream Collection 6 watched

  • Thor
  • Thor: The Dark World
  • Thor: Ragnarok

Thor Collection 4 watched

  • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  • Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
  • Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • My Childhood
  • My Ain Folk
  • My Way Home

The Bill Douglas Trilogy 2 of 3 watched

  • The Blair Witch Project
  • Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
  • Blair Witch

Blair Witch Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • The Boogey Man
  • Boogeyman II
  • Return of the Boogeyman

The Boogey Man Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
  • Bridget Jones's Baby

Bridget Jones Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Clerks
  • Clerks II
  • Clerks III

Clerks Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Creed
  • Creed II
  • Creed III

Creed Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Despicable Me
  • Despicable Me 2
  • Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Divergent
  • Insurgent
  • Allegiant

Divergent Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Kidulthood
  • Adulthood
  • Brotherhood

The Hood Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones Collection 4 of 5 watched

  • The Hunt for Red October
  • Patriot Games
  • Clear and Present Danger

The Jack Ryan Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Dr. No
  • From Russia with Love
  • Goldfinger

James Bond Collection 25 of 26 watched

  • Jumanji
  • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
  • Jumanji: The Next Level

Jumanji Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Kingsman: The Secret Service
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle
  • The King's Man

Kingsman Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Kung Fu Panda
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
  • Kung Fu Panda 3

Kung Fu Panda Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Day of the Dead

Living Dead Collection 3 of 4 watched

  • Mad Max
  • Mad Max 2
  • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Mad Max Collection 3 of 4 watched

  • El Mariachi
  • Desperado
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Mariachi Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Men in Black
  • Men in Black II
  • Men in Black 3

Men In Black Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • The Girl Who Played with Fire
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The Millennium Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • The Mummy
  • The Mummy Returns
  • The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

The Mummy Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • The Omen
  • Damien: Omen II
  • Omen III: The Final Conflict

The Omen Collection 3 of 4 watched

  • Predator
  • Predator 2
  • Predators

Predator Collection 4 of 5 watched

  • Resident Evil
  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse
  • Resident Evil: Extinction

Resident Evil Collection 5 of 6 watched

  • Shrek
  • Shrek 2
  • Shrek the Third

Shrek Collection 3 of 4 watched

  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

SpongeBob Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Spy Kids
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Spy Kids Collection 3 of 4 watched

  • The Terminator
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

The Terminator Collection 5 of 6 watched

  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man
  • Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
  • Tetsuo: The Bullet Man

Tetsuo Collection 2 of 3 watched

  • Seven Up!
  • 7 Plus Seven
  • 21 Up

The Up Collection 9 of 10 watched

  • X-Men
  • X2
  • X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men Collection 6 of 7 watched

Most watched

The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris

 10 times

Babe: Pig in the City

6 times

David Byrne's American Utopia

5 times

House

4 times

Wind

4 times

Ganja & Hess

3 times

Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You!

3 times

Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood

3 times

Malignant

3 times

Mothra vs. Godzilla

3 times

Coming Out

3 times

Godzilla

3 times

Fateful Findings

3 times

Parasite

3 times

Bamboozled

twice

Da 5 Bloods

twice

Clockers

twice

4 Little Girls

twice

Malcolm X

twice

Mo' Better Blues

twice

Magic Spot

twice

Who Killed Captain Alex?

twice

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

twice

A New Leaf

twice

Super Mario Bros.

twice

Ishtar

twice

The Palm Beach Story

twice

Heard She Got Married

twice

The Beyond

twice

Burial Ground

twice

Xtro

twice

The Celebration

twice

The Holy Mountain

twice

Elves

twice

Aftersun

twice

Witness for the Prosecution

twice

Rated higher than average Patron

Babe: Pig in the City

★★★★★ vs 2.97

Super Mario Bros.

★★★★ vs 2.07

Enys Men

★★★★★ vs 3.12

In Fabric

★★★★★ vs 3.23

High Life

★★★★★ vs 3.24

Possum

★★★★★ vs 3.27

Something in the Dirt

★★★★★ vs 3.27

The Assassin

★★★★★ vs 3.39

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

★★★★★ vs 3.43

The Babadook

★★★★★ vs 3.43

The Souvenir

★★★★★ vs 3.44

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

★★★★★ vs 3.47

Rated lower than average Patron

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

vs 4.16

Dancer in the Dark

vs 4.11

The Intouchables

vs 4.04

The Wolf of Wall Street

vs 4.01

Joker

vs 3.91

Dirty Harry

vs 3.74

The Whale

vs 3.73

Zulu

vs 3.71

Triangle of Sadness

vs 3.71

A Star Is Born

vs 3.64

The House That Jack Built

vs 3.61

Dressed to Kill

vs 3.60

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