A Month of Movies
First published: Tuesday September 2nd, 2025
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In case you missed my introduction blog about this endeavor, you can catch up with that here. In any event, I will mention there was an instance where I simply couldn't watch a movie (I had a very full day starting with a run early in the morning and ultimately not returning home until 2am). So I was unable to watch something that day. I also sadly wasn't able to get to all recommendations due to restrictions (e.g., a lot of the films needed to be rented or were only available through Prime). I don't personally like pirating movies, so I didn't end up resorting to that. So I'm sorry if I didn't get to get all of your recommendations or even any (sorry BautyArg, Tayger, & Neodymium).
Anyway, without further ado, here are all the films I watched in August, along with some stats!
Seinfeld Finale
Recommended by N/A • Sitcom • N/A
I must be honest here, I technically didn't start on the first day here because I was busy finishing up Seinfeld. Though I watched enough of this (altogether the finale is like a movie), so let's count it...
Aug 2, 2025Fantastic Four: First Steps
Recommended by Claptime9558 • Superhero • 1h 55m
I got the chance to view this movie in theaters, and while I enjoyed Superman more, it was still enjoyable at the very least.
Aug 2, 2025Harvey
Recommended by N/A • Comedy/Fantasy • 1h 44m
I recall watching this movie as a young child and loving it. Perhaps I related to the titular character since I was teased as a toddler for having an imaginary friend. Now watching it as an adult, I very much enjoyed paradoxical down-to-Earth-ness that he had shown in his ability to be present and caring to all those around him.
Aug 3, 2025Dial M for Murder
Recommended by N/A • Thriller/Mystery • 1h 45m
This was another film I remember from my younger days, though I couldn't remember anything about it, so this was a very fresh re-watch. Gotta love Hitchcock films.
Aug 4, 2025KPop Demon Hunters
Recommended by Real life friend • Musical/Action • 1h 36m
I remember seeing this title for the first time and thinking how stupid it sounded. It actually was really solid with what I thought were solid, Christian themes!
Aug 4, 2025Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Recommended by Insaniot • Comedy/Musical • 1h 48m
Thank you, Insaniot for this recommendation. I had to literally stop the movie a few times just to stop, laugh, and appreciate the humor. Gotta love a good parody film, and a Weird Al biopic is perfect for it!
The Irishman
Recommended by MasterRocket • Crime/Drama • 3h 29m
I liked this film's depiction of the struggle mistakes and imperfections can cause within a family. It was nice to expose myself to the gangster genre, as I admittedly haven't seen Godfather or Goodfellas (I can only think of Scarface). Anyway, my favorite part was seeing Fr. "Jimmy" Martin speaking Latin.
Aug 6, 2025The Hound of the Baskervilles
Recommended by Insaniot • Myster/Thriller • 1h 20m
This didn’t feel as much like a Sherlock Holmes mystery, but either way I enjoyed the mystery!
Aug 6, 2025Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Recommended by Insaniot • Thriller/Mystery • 1h 6m
Another Holmes mystery! I found this outcome more fun than the Hound of the Baskervilles.
Aug 7, 2025Meiyazhagan
Recommended by AntiMatter8192 • Comedy/Drama • 2h 58m
This was a very beautiful film, and my first Indian film as well! It serves as a reminder to never take for granted your kindness.
Aug 8, 2025Who Killed Captain Alex
Recommended by AntiMatter8192 • Action/Comedy • 1h 14m
I had no idea until I started the film what I was getting myself into. Thank you, Antimatter! I now understand the meaning "it’s go good it’s bad". This is the epitome of low budget.
Aug 9, 2025The Prestige
Recommended by michaelngwa & thegoatisgoaty • Thriller/Sci-Fi • 2h 10m
I was unsure about this movie at first. I didn't seem to relate to appreciate the characters, but I certainly appreciate a good plot twist. And let's just say the plot twist turned the movie (and hence my opinion of it) upside down.
Grave of the Fireflies
Recommended by MasterRocket • War/Drama • 1h 39m
My gosh is this movie sad. Who would’ve thought this Ghibli masterpiece is from the 80s?
Aug 11, 2025A Whisker Away
Recommended by DrewFan • Fantasy/Romance • 1h 44m
With some clear inspiration from Spirited Away, this movie serves as a reminder to cherish friends and family.
Aug 12, 2025Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Recommended by cuotak • Action/Crime • 2h 6m
The action was fun, and I thought it was neat to see a film take place inside the Kowloon Walled City, a place I first heard about thanks to JetPunk!
Aug 13, 2025Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Recommended by InfiniteBulk • Comedy/Musical • 2h 3m
With as much Will Ferrell humor I had to grow up with, I don’t think I was able to fully appreciate this. I was however very happy to now understand and appreciate the phrase “Play Jaja Ding Dong!” that I always saw on cardgames.io, but never understood.
Aug 14, 2025Summer Holiday
Recommended by toowise • Musical/Comedy • 1h 47m
This was a fun travel/romance/musical type movie. It’s always fun to see depictions of eras that were well before my time. Oh, how times and customs have changed.
Aug 15, 2025Our Times
Recommended by DarthKnight • Drama/Sci-Fi • 1h 30m
It’s always cool to see the hypotheticals of time travelers, but I unfortunately didn’t seem to appreciate this one as much. (Spoiler) I didn’t really like they the main character choose her career over love.
District 9
Recommended by N/A • Sci-Fi/Action • 1h 52m
An alien film that also doubles as a critique on racism and depicts a more dramatic "coexistence" between aliens and humans is an interesting spin!
Aug 17, 2025OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Recommended by baptistegorce (sort of) • Comedy/Action • 1h 41m
I didn’t realize until the film ended that Baptiste actually recommended the 2006 OSS 117 film, but this one was still a funny spy parody. Almost like the French Johnny English.
Aug 18, 2025OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Recommended by baptistegorce • Comedy/Thriller • 1h 39m
I’m glad that I moved on to baptiste’s actual recommendation for this one. I enjoyed the film, most especially the humor, more!
Aug 19, 2025Zoolander
Recommended by N/A • Comedy • 1h 29m
Somehow I’d never seen this before. It was even more of a stupid-comedy than I imagined. Should I be embarrassed that I laughed as much as I did?
Aug 20, 2025Night Always Comes
Recommended by N/A • Crime/Thriller • 1h 48m
I made the mistake of choosing the first Netflix original that popped up when I opened the app. Not that the acting or cinematography was great, but the main character wasn’t really heroic nor did there seem to be any direct repercussions for her mistakes.
Aug 21, 2025Barbarian
Recommended by N/A • Horror/Mystery • 1h 42m
This horror movie was a bit more chilling and disturbing than I expected, but cinematically not bad in these two areas. Maybe it would’ve been nice to have a stronger thematic overtone, though that’s more a personal preference of mine.
Grown Ups
Recommended by N/A • Comedy/Drama • 1h 42m
I’m pretty sure I watched this years ago, and it was just as "funny" with a surface level, feel-good climax as you’d expect for a film of its time.
Aug 22, 2025Grown Ups 2
Recommended by N/A • Comedy • 1h 41m
I guess I actually laughed a few times during this sequel as opposed to the original.
Aug 24, 2025Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Recommended by N/A • Horror/Comedy • 1h 45m
The plot was interesting, but ultimately this wasn’t as interesting as the original.
Aug 25, 2025Inheritance
Recommended by N/A • Mystery/Comedy • 1h 34m
This Polish mystery had its ups and downs, and everything in the plot ended up coming together nicely at the end!
Aug 26, 2025La Haine
Recommended by michaelngwa • Crime/Thriller • 1h 38m
I love what they did in regards to the artsy side of things in this film. The way things build up to the end and seemingly resolve (as well as some of the cinematographic techniques) was great. However, as someone that looks for beauty in art to bring me out of myself or who appreciates a cunning plot, I personally didn’t connect to this film as much as I connect to others. And admittedly my appreciation some of those others can be surface level.
Aug 27, 2025Family Pack
Recommended by N/A • Comedy/Adventure • 1h 34m
This movie was a bit weird to be honest, but the concept of it, a family gets stuck in the late Middle Ages playing a game, wasn’t so bad and some concepts of it were pretty neat.
Marmaduke
Recommended by N/A • Comedy/Drama • 1h 27m
A silly dog movie. Don’t miss out on the closing dance sequence.
Aug 29, 2025Lost City of Z
Recommended by N/A • Adventure/Action • 2h 21m
I had no idea this film was based on real events until it was over. With that in mind and reading about what actually happened, I thought the ending made more sense. So all around it was mostly enjoyable.
Aug 30, 2025Contraataque
Recommended by N/A • Action/Thriller • 1h 24m
Good to get in another Spanish language film. Action packed Mexicans with honor.
Aug 31, 2025Airplane!
Recommended by N/A • Disaster Comedy • 1h 25m
What a great film to round off this month. It was my friend's recommendation and even though I remembered 90% of the scenes from the many times I saw it when I was younger, I still had so many good laughs. Watching with a priest who is old enough to get all the culture references also helped me to understand the film better. It makes me excited to watch Space Balls 2 next summer in theaters as I'll be able to get all the modern cultural references that are made in it.
Thanks for all of your recommendations!!
also why did bro make bro watch fireflies? the first sentence of that review is very apt
ive only seen like 5 of these
chart of genre and runtimes?
And a chart is a nice idea!
Hopefully you can find one or two to watch yourself.
Who knows, maybe I will.
And I have seen them both in theaters. I liked Dune 2 even more than Dune I think.
Hopefully didn't make any calculations errors.
I'm trying not to judge, so I'll hope that you enjoyed your month!
Thanks!
Are you going to make a part two? :)
I might! I want to be able to revisit some of the films I missed (particularly yours, as you had the most suggestions). I'm much too busy to be able to do a month straight of movies now, but maybe closer to the end of the year I'll have the time to! I also usually get Prime at Christmas time to get free shipping on Christmas presents, so that makes a good chance to do it.
I watched an excellent movie the other day that I would recommend. It was called Red Sparrow and starred Jennifer Lawrence. I thought her performance was excellent. It's a spy movie.
I'm glad you liked the OSS 117 movies! The comparison with with Johnny English makes a lot of sense to me. Two spy parodies: one very Brit, the other very Frenchy.
Also, thank you for sharing all these screenings. It makes me wanting to watch some of these movies (especially the ones recommended by AntiMatter, based on what you wrote about them.
And I actually wanted to list origin, but ultimately I had almost finished and thought it would be too much to go back and add it in.