When Cheetahs Were Dogs: Movies I Watched in 2023

It's the time of year when people post their favorite movies lists. Usually their top 10 for the year. For the past few years as a kind of humorless joke, I've just posted the couple of handfuls of movies that I actually got out to the theater to see because depressingly it's only numbered about 10 anyway. Also, I don't really like to discriminate.

This past year I did a better job of seeing movies in the theater, which is one of my favorite things to do. Still nowhere near what I used to do, quantity-wise, but I feel like I'm at least somewhat back on the horse. And I already saw a movie in 2024. Unstoppable!

These are the movies I saw in the theater last year in order. This time, taking a cue from my friend Josh's inspiring and exhaustive movie list (Check it out here!), I added some stills I found on the internet. Unlike Josh's inspiring and exhaustive posts, I didn't write any reviews. I saw them. I'm telling you. That's it.

If for some reason you enjoy finding out what I've been up to, movie-wise, feel free to "follow" me on Letterboxd for a much more incomplete accounting of my cinematic behaviors. One thing I do over there is list the research movies I watch when I'm working on a screenplay, so if you're curious about the types of scripts I've been writing, that will give you some idea.

Here goes.