Some people spent 2021 doom-scrolling on their phones. Others, like my friend Chris, spent it watching movies. When Chris idly let drop that he saw 86 movies last year, I had to ask for the basis of that claim. Said Chris (he is also known to his readers in Los Angeles Magazine as “Ask Chris“), “I keep a record of all the movies I watch.”
Oh. Okay. Got that. He added with journalistic accuracy that he does “NOT keep a record if [he] fell asleep during them.” I must say that could be a whole other list, but who would write it? He’d be sleeping! Chris was the host of our early COVID drive-in movie screening of Village of the Giants (1965) in July 2020, which seems like eons ago.
I immediately felt that artsmeme readers would want to peruse My Friend Chris’s movie list — and recognize his achievement. Or, perhaps because of COVID, they have nothing better to do.
1/17
War Games
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1/20
Super Intelligence
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1/22
Wonder Woman 1984
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1/23
Some Kind of Heaven
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1/29
My Spy
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1/31
Maria Montez: The Movie
The Muppet Movie
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2/3
Ball of Fire
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2/4
Dames
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2/13
The Postman Always Rings Twice
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2/14
Space Sweepers
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2/17
The Martian
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2/19
The Cheap Detective
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2/20
Blithe Spirit
Arena Cinelounge drive-in
2/26
Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar
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2/27
Minari
Vineland Drive-In
3/7
Chaos Walking
Mission Tiki drive-in
3/10
Newsies
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3/13
Coming 2 America
Vineland Drive-In
3/18
The Last Blockbuster
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3/25
Trial of the Chicago 7
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3/27
The Courier
Vineland Drive-In
4/3
Encino Man
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4/7
Walk of Shame
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4/9
Thunder Force
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4/11
Senior Moment
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4/15
Logan’s Run
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4/17
Hairspray (1988)
Greek theater
4/18
Sweet Charity
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4/24
Street Gang: How we got to Sesame Street
Vineland Drive-In
5/1
Nomadland
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5/15
Lil’ Abner
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5/23
Real Life
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5/29
Cruella
AMC Montebello
6/4
High School Confidential! (1958)
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6/5
Police Academy (1984)
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6/12
Queen Bees
Laemmle Pasadena
6/18
June Bride (1948)
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6/25
Dream Horse
Landmark
7/3
F9
Regal LA Live
7/8
Only the Lonely
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7/10
Summer of Soul
Alamo Drafthouse
7/11
The Mitchells vs the Machines
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7/17
Black Widow
Look, Monrovia
7/18
Defending Your Life (1991)
Aero
7/19
Pig
Laemmle Monica
7/24
Bo Burnham: Inside
Look, Monrovia
7/25
Mandibles
Nuart
7/29
La Bamba (1987)
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8/1
Jungle Cruise
Cinema City, Anaheim
8/7
Swan Song
Laemmle Pasadena
8/14
Free Guy
Century Stadium Orange
8/19
The Swimmer (1968)
Los Feliz 3
8/22
Annette
Laemmle NoHo
8/29
Respect
Cinepolis Pico
9/5
Shang Chi
Cinepolis Pico Rivera
9/11
Queenpins
Cinemark Downey
9/19
Eyes of Tammy Faye
AMC Americana
9/26
The Guilty
Alamo Drafthouse
9/29
Day of the Locust (1975)
New Beverly
10/7
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Drive-in “Hallowstream” premiere
West LA College
10/9
No Time to Die
Cinepolis
10/10
I’m Your Man
Laemmle Pasadena
10/17
Venom
AMC Montebello
10/22
The French Dispatch
The Grove
10/23
The Electric Life of Louis Wain
Laemmle Pasadena
11/6
Finch
Alamo Drafthouse
11/14
Dune
Regal La Habra
11/20
Ghostbusters Afterlife
Cinepolis
11/27
Polyester
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11/28
Encanto
El Capitan
12/3
House of Gucci
Cinepolis
12/9
Luca
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12/10
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
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12/11
West Side Story
AMC Montebello
12/14
Clusterfunke Christmas
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12/19
Spider Man: No Way Home
Atlantic Times Square
12/22
Galaxy Quest
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12/24
It’s a Wonderful Life
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12/24
Harry and the Hendersons
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12/24
Top Hat
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12/26
My Dinner With Herve
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12/27
One Two Three
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12/27
Reno 911 The Hunt For Qanon
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12/29
Ron’s Gone Wrong
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