#FavoriteFirstWatches

here are my #favoritefirstwatches of march 2026 ✨️🍿🐛 #letterboxd #filmsky

March was basically Ryan Gosling In Space Month for me this year... 🚀

Here were my #FavoriteFirstWatches from the past month:

- First Man (2018)
- It Was Just An Accident (2025)
- The Alabama Solution (2025)
- Project Hail Mary (2026)

What did y'all watch?

Too many #FavoriteFirstWatches of March 2026. #filmsky

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice ★★★★½
Heavenly Creatures ★★★★½
You Can Count on Me ★★★★½
I Like Movies ★★★★½
Yi Yi ★★★★★
Joint Security Area ★★★★½
Project Hail Mary ★★★★½
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie ★★★★★

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February was spent largely watching college hoops and Olympics. But I also watched four films I was REALLY impressed with that are my #FavoriteFirstWatches of the month.

They were:

- Nickel Boys (2024)
- Train Dreams (2025)
- A Bigger Splash (2015)
- Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

What about you?

Father Mother Sister Brother ★★★★
The Voice of Hind Rajab ★★★★
Dead Man’s Wire ★★★★
Sirāt ★★★★
Cover-Up ★★★★
The Plague ★★★★
Send Help ★★★★
The Things You Kill ★★★★
Night Call ★★★★

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The Testament of Ann Lee ★★★★½
Avatar: Fire and Ash ★★★★½
The Bone Temple ★★★★½
Pillion ★★★★½
A Little Prayer ★★★★
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere ★★★★
Arco ★★★★
Little Amélie ★★★★
Rental Family ★★★★
Song Sung Blue ★★★★
Peter Hujar’s Day ★★★★

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#FavoriteFirstWatches January 2026

Kicked off 2026 with a banger of a month -- not a ton of films watched, but almost every one (Anaconda was the exception) was great!

Here are my #FavoriteFirstWatches for Jan. 2026:

- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Hamnet (2025)
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
- KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

It's a new year, but I've got to close the loop on 2025 with my #FavoriteFirstWatches! I packed in a bunch of films in December, here were my four favorites I saw for the first time:

- Marty Supreme (2025)
- Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
- Lone Star (1996)
- The Secret Agent (2025)

What did y'all watch?

Marty Supreme ★★★★★
Wake Up Dead Man ★★★★½
The Mastermind ★★★★½
The Secret Agent ★★★★½
No Other Choice ★★★★½
Jay Kelly ★★★★½

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Marty Supreme ★★★★★
Wake Up Dead Man ★★★★½
The Mastermind ★★★★½
The Secret Agent ★★★★½
No Other Choice ★★★★½
Jay Kelly ★★★★½

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Ahhh, the last #FavoriteFirstWatches of the calendar year to post (although not the last films in the 2025 series!!) For November, mine were...

- City of God (2002)
- Charade (1963)
- Eddington (2025)
- Sorry, Baby (2025)

What were yours, #FilmSky?? 🎥

#FavoriteFirstWatches of November 2025. #filmsky

- But I'm a Cheerleader
- China Town
- The Big Sick
- Mildred Pierce
- After Hours

Blue Moon ★★★★½
Train Dreams ★★★★½
Breathless ★★★★½
Sentimental Value ★★★★½
Frankenstein ★★★★½
Bugonia ★★★★½

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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You ★★★★½
The Parallax View ★★★★½
Blow Out ★★★★★
Lurker ★★★★½
Roofman ★★★★½
Brewster McCloud ★★★★½
McCabe & Mrs. Miller ★★★★★
Che: Part Two ★★★★★
Che: Part One ★★★★★

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September 2025: a slower time for catching films on my end, but headlined by a GREAT one out in theaters (One Battle).

Here are my #FavoriteFirstWatches for the last month:

- One Battle After Another (2025)
- The King of Comedy (1982)
- Caught Stealing (2025)
- Aftersun (2022)

Onto October!

3 Women ★★★★½
One Battle After Another ★★★★★
Nashville ★★★★★
A Thousand And One ★★★★½
Only Lovers Left Alive ★★★★½
Armageddon Time ★★★★½
Caught Stealing ★★★★½

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Before Midnight ★★★★★
Before Sunset ★★★★★
Before Sunrise ★★★★★
High and Low ★★★★★
Weapons ★★★★½
Thief ★★★★★
Margaret ★★★★★

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September is here, so time for the #FavoriteFirstWatches of August! I unintentionally had a Japanese theme in my top 4...plus a new animated film I really enjoyed!

- Perfect Blue (1997)
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
- Shin Godzilla (2016)
- The Bad Guys 2 (2025)

What did y'all watch??

The Life of Chuck ★★★★
The Keep ★★★★
Miami Vice ★★★★★
Eddington ★★★★★
Pavements ★★★★
Sorry, Baby ★★★★½
Superman ★★★★
Blood Simple ★★★★½
Broadcast News ★★★★★
Pig ★★★★½

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A new month means it's time for #FavoriteFirstWatches, and July 2025 was easily the Month of the Blockbuster for me. I saw a lot of films in the theater, less stuff watched at home. But there was plenty to like!

- 28 Years Later (2025)
- Superman (2025)
- Point Blank (1967)
- Companion (2025)

#FavoriteFirstWatches hits the halfway point of 2025! I caught plenty of good, new films this past month both in theaters + at home.

The top four were:

- The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
- 28 Days Later (2002)
- F1 (2025)

What were y'all's favorites from June?

Bring Her Back ★★★★
Phoenician Scheme ★★★★½
M:I The Final Reckoning ★★★★
Awakenings ★★★★★
Cloud Atlas ★★★★★
La Haine ★★★★★
Train To Busan ★★★★

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Ashamed to say May was a down month in watching newer films. I caught some new blockbusters, but not a ton of options for #FavoriteFirstWatches.

The top four were...
- M:I The Final Reckoning (2025)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Thunderbolts* (2025)
- Con Air (1997)

*Lots* more to come in June.

#FavoriteFirstWatches of May!

I had gotten behind on these the past few months, but I have now rectified that. Here are my #FavoriteFirstWatches for April, March, and February of this year 🤓
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I watched more TV than films in April, which is unusual, but the movies I did catch were very worthwhile! Out of those, my #FavoriteFirstWatches were:

- Sinners (2025)
- Drop (2025)
- The Bad Guys (2022)
- His Girl Friday (1940)

What did y'all watch this month, #FilmSky? 🎥

1.The Big Lebowski 1998 2.The Departed 2006 3.Do the Right Thing 1989 4.Moulin Rouge! 2001 5.Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense 1984 6.GoodFellas 1990 7.Oldboy 2003 8.The Prestige 2006 9.There Will Be Blood 2007 10.Platoon 1986

Here were my #favoritefirstwatches for April 2025. I am fixing those blindspots this year. #filmsky📽️