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Films I Saw in 2016

I have been keeping a list of all the films I have seen for quite some time, but this year I decided to make a separate list for all the films that I saw in 2016 alone. As a way to bid farewell to 2016 and greet 2017, I thought it would be interesting to share this list with you. It includes both classic and «modern» films, which make up a total of 125 titles. It is not nearly as many films as I have seen in previous years, but I think it is still a fairly decent amount. Let me know how many of the pictures listed you have seen. Films marked with «❤» are my favorites.
 
  • Flesh and the Devil (1926) | Starring John Gilbert, Greta Garbo and Lars Hanson
  • The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) | Starring Ronald Colman and Vilma Bánky
  • Love (1927) | Starring John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, George Fawcett and Emily Fitzroy
  • Our Modern Maidens (1929) | Starring Joan Crawford and Rod La Rocque
  • Loose Ankles (1930) | Starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young
  • The Dawn Patrol (1930) | Starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
  • Chances (1931) | Starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anthony Bushell and Rose Hobart
  • I Like Your Nerve (1931) | Starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young and Henry Kolker
  • Inspiration (1931) | Starring Greta Garbo, Robert Montgomery and Lewis Stone
  • Strangers May Kiss (1931) | Starring Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery
  • The Rich Are Always With Us (1932) | Starring Ruth Chatterton and George Brent
  • One Sunday Afternoon (1933) | Starring Gary Cooper, Fay Wray and Frances Fuller
  • Here Comes the Navy (1934) | Starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Gloria Stuart
  • The Gay Bride (1934) | Starring Carole Lombard, Chester Morris and ZaSu Pitts
  • Magnificent Obsession (1935) | Starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor
  • Murder in the Fleet (1935) | Starring Robert Taylor, Jean Parker and Ted Healy
  • She Married Her Boss (1935) | Starring Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas
  • Adventure in Manhattan (1936) | Starring Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur
  • Cain and Mabel (1936) | Starring Marion Davies, Clark Gable and Allen Jenkins
  • In Old Chicago (1937) | Starring Tyrone Power, Don Ameche and Alice Faye
  • Lost Horizon (1937) | Starring Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt and Thomas Mitchell
  • Swing High, Swing Low (1937) | Starring Fred MacMurray and Carole Lombard
  • The Perfect Specimen (1937) | Starring Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell and Hugh Herbert
  • True Confession (1937) | Starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray and John Barrymore
  • You Only Live Once (1937) | Starring Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney and  Barton MacLane
  • Boy Meets Girl (1938) | Starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and Marie Wilson
  • The Dawn Patrol (1938) | Starring Errol Flynn, David Niven and Basil Rathbone
  • The Sisters (1938) | Starring Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Anita Louise and Jane Bryan
  • Dodge City (1939) | Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Ann Sheridan
  • Q Planes (1939) | Starring Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and Valerie Hobson
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) | Starring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn
  • Knute Rockne, All American (1940) | Starring Pat O'Brien, Gale Page and Ronald Reagan
  • Santa Fe Trail (1940) | Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Raymond Massey
  • 49th Parallel (1941) | Starring Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard and Anton Walbrook
  • Bedtime Story (1941) | Starring Fredric March, Loretta Young and Robert Benchley
  • Million Dollar Baby (1941) | Starring Priscilla Lane, Ronald Reagan and Jeffrey Lynn
  • Captains of the Clouds (1942) | Starring James Cagney and Dennis Morgan
  • Desperate Journey (1942) | Starring Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Coleman
  • ❤ Kings Row (1942) | Starring Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan
  • Ship Ahoy (1942) | Starring Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton and Beth Lahr
  • To Be or Not to Be (1942) | Starring Carole Lombard, Jack Benny and Robert Stack
  • A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) | Starring Jean Arthur and John Wayne
  • Heaven Can Wait (1943) | Starring Don Ameche, Gene Tierney and Charles Coburn
  • ❤ Princess O'Rourke (1943) | Starring Olivia de Havilland and Robert Cummings
  • The Constant Nymph (1943) | Starring Joan Fontaine, Charles Boyer and Alexis Smith
  • Casanova Brown (1944) | Starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright and Frank Morgan
  • Gaslight (1944) | Starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotten
  • The Heavenly Body (1944) | Starring William Powell, Hedy Lamarr and James Craig
  • Along Came Jones (1945) | Starring Gary Cooper, Loretta Young and William Demarest
  • The Lost Weekend (1945) | Starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry
  • Never Say Goodbye (1946) | Starring Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker and Patti Brady
  • ❤ To Each His Own (1946) | Starring Olivia de Havilland and John Lund
  • Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) | Starring Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson
  • ❤ The Voice of the Turtle (1947) | Starring Ronald Reagan and Eleanor Parker
  • Malaya (1949) | Starring Spencer Tracy, James Stewart and Sydney Greenstreet
  • The Doctor and the Girl (1949) | Starring Glenn Ford, Janet Leigh and Charles Coburn
  • The Hasty Heart (1949) | Starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal and Richard Todd
  • Father is a Bachelor (1950) | Starring William Holden and Coleen Gray
  • Callaway Went Thataway (1951) | Starring Fred MacMurray and Dorothy McGuire
  • Darling, How Could You! (1951) | Starring Joan Fontaine and John Lund
  • Grounds for Marriage (1951) | Starring Van Johnson and Kathryn Grayson
  • Strangers on a Train (1951) | Starring Robert Walker, Farley Granger and Ruth Roman
  • Above and Beyond (1952) | Starring Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker and James Whitmore
  • The Marrying Kind (1952) | Starring Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray and Maggie Kennedy
  • The Winning Team (1952) | Starring Ronald Reagan, Doris Day and Frank Lovejoy
  • Dangerous When Wet (1953) | Starring Esther Williams, Jack Carson and Fernando Lamas
  • It Should Happen to You (1954) | Starring Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon
  • Forever Darling (1956) | Starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and James Mason
  • ❤ Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) | Starring Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr
  • The Vikings (1958) | Starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Ernest Borgnine
  • The Devil's Disciple (1959) | Starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier
  • The Sundowners (1960) | Starring Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Peter Ustinov
  • Please, Don't Eat the Daisies (1963) | Starring Doris Day, David Niven and Janis Paige
  • ❤ Love Story (1970) | Starring Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw and Ray Milland
  • ❤ The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) | Starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda
  • ❤ What's Up, Doc? (1972) | Starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal
  • ❤ The Way We Were (1973) | Starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford
  • The Great Gatsby (1974) | Starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow and Sam Waterston
  • Barry Lyndon (1975) | Starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson and Patrick McGee
  • The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) | Starring Robert Redford and Bo Svenson
  • All the President's Men (1976) | Starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman
  • 1941 (1979) | Starring Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi and Lorraine Gary
  • The Electric Horseman (1979) | Starring Robert Redford, Jane Fonda and Valerie Perrine
  • The Main Event (1979) | Starring Ryan O'Neal, Barbra Streisand and Paul Sand
  • ❤ Ordinary People (1980) | Starring Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton
  • Reds (1981) | Starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Paul Sorvino
  • Out of Africa (1985) | Starring Meryl Streep, Robert Redford and Klaus Maria Brandauer
  • Legal Eagles (1986) | Starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger and Darryl Hannah
  • Havana (1990) | Starring Robert Redford, Lena Olin, Alan Arkin and Raúl Juliá
  • The Commitments (1991) | Starring Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne and Angeline Ball
  • ❤ Beautiful Girls (1996) | Starring Timothy Hutton, Natalie Portman and Matt Dillon
  • Alfie (2004) | Starring Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Susan Sarandon and Marisa Tomei
  • Shall We Dance? (2004) | Starring Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon
  • Stauffenberg (2004) | Starring Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur and Hardy Krüger Jr.
  • Becoming Jane (2007) | Starring Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy and Julie Walters
  • Death at a Funeral (2007) | Starring Matthew MacFadyen and Rupert Graves
  • Music and Lyrics (2007) | Starring Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore and Brad Garrett
  • Larry Crowne (2011) | Starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Gugu Mbatha-Raw
  • A Royal Affair [En kongelig affære] (2012) | Starring Alicia Vikander and Mads Mikkelsen
  • Into the White (2012) | Starring Florian Lukas, David Kross and Lachlan Nieboer
  • Some Girl(s) (2013) | Starring Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Zoe Kazan and Mía Maestro
  • ❤ Labyrinth of Lies [Im Labyrinth des Schweigens] (2014) | Starring Alexander Fehling
  • Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014) | Starring Tom Hopper and Ryan Kwanten
  • ❤ Testament of Youth (2014) | Starring Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington and Colin Morgan
  • 45 Years (2015) | Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay and Geraldine James
  • Aloha (2015) | Starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Rachel MacAdams
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) | Starring Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans
  • Carol (2015) | Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson and Kyle Chandler
  • Creed (2015) | Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone and Tessa Thompson
  • Bridge of Spies (2015) | Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance and Amy Ryan
  • Ex Machina (2015) | Starring Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander and Domhnall Gleeson
  • Joy (2015) | Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro
  • Macbeth (2015) | Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Paddy Considine
  • ❤ Room (2015) | Starring Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy
  • Spotlight (2015) | Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel MacAdams
  • Steve Jobs (2015) | Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet and Seth Rogen
  • Suffragette (2015) | Starring Carey Mulligan, Ben Whishaw and Meryl Streep
  • The Big Short (2015) | Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling
  • ❤ The Danish Girl (2015) | Starring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander
  • The Hateful Eight (2015) | Starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell
  • The Martian (2015) | Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Jeff Daniels
  • The Revenant (2015) | Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Domhnall Gleeson
  • ❤ Trumbo (2015) | Starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane and Helen Mirren
  • Captain America: Civil War (2016) | Starring Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr.
  • ❤ Hail, Caesar! (2016) | Starring George Clooney, Josh Brolin and Alden Ehrenreich
  • ❤ Loving (2016) | Starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga and Michael Shannon
  • Nocturnal Animals (2016) | Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams
 

STATISTICS:

1910s: 0 films | 1920s: 4 films | 1930s: 27 films | 1940s: 26 films | 1950s: 14 films | 1960s: 2 films | 1970s: 11 films | 1980s: 4 films | 1990s: 3 films | 2000s: 5 films | 2010s: 30 films 

Black & White: 62 films | Tinted: 1 film | Color: 62 films

Actors I saw the most films with: Ronald Reagan (8), Errol Flynn (8), Robert Redford (8), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (5), Alan Hale (5), Gary Cooper (4), Donald Crisp (4), Ryan O'Neal (4), Laurence Olivier (3), James Cagney (3), Pat O'Brien (3), Frank McHugh (3), Sebastian Koch (3).

Actresses I saw the most films with: Olivia de Havilland (5), Carole Lombard (4), Loretta Young (4), Alicia Vikander (4), Greta Garbo (3), Jean Dixon (3), Barbra Streisand (3), Susan Sarandon (3), Scarlett Johansson (3).

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  1. Phyl11 January 2017 at 22:24

    I've been working on a post like this but I won't be listing all the movies I watched as there's over 300!

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