Edgar Wright's Quarantine Watch List Is Full Of Great Titles You Might Want To Check Out (If You Can)
Most of us have been stuck inside for the entire year, which means we've had extra time to watch stuff. We here at /Film have been running a feature called The Quarantine Stream, wherein the staff takes turns writing about the films and TV shows we've been enjoying as we attempt to survive 2020. And now that copycat Edgar Wright has stolen our idea! Okay, that's not true at all. But Wright did unveil a list of titles he's watched since lockdown started in March, and it's pretty great.
It's been a weird year, to say the least. I watch movies for a living, and I managed to catch 400 films this year so far. But they weren't 400 new films – lord, know. They were a grab-bag of new titles, old titles, and other oddities that I found the time to enjoy as I spent almost the entire year indoors. You've likely been trapped at home as well, and if so, you probably took advantage of this time to plop down in front of your TV or computer and watch movies either for entertainment or for a nice distraction from the horrors of 2020.
Filmmaker Edgar Wright did the same, and he provided Total Film with a list of 200 movies he managed to watch since March. Edgar Wright's quarantine watch list is below, and it's loaded with great stuff, be it familiar titles or obscurities that will have some people scratching their heads. And, because Wright is someone with insider access, he also has a few titles on here that haven't even been released yet, like Top Gun: Maverick, and, of course, Wright's own Last Night in Soho, which was supposed to open this year but got pushed to April 2021.
It's a fun, eclectic list, and it will no doubt inspire some to search out several of the titles.
(FIRST TIME WATCHES IN BOLD / CINEMA VIEWINGS WITH *)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
3:10 TO YUMA (1957)
36 HOURS
45 YEARS
49TH PARALLEL
4 MONTHS 3 WEEKS 2 DAYS
ABOUT ENDLESSNESS*
AKIRA (4K)*AMADEUS (DIRECTOR'S CUT)AMERICAN BEAUTYTHE AMERICAN FRIEND
AN AMERICAN PICKLE*
AMMONITE*
ANDREI RUBLEV
ANGST
APPLES *
THE APARTMENTTHE ASSISTANT
ARMY OF SHADOWS
AU HASARD BALTHAZAR
AUTUMN SONATA
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
BEAST (2018)THE BEAUTY JUNGLE
BEAU TRAVAIL
BEDLAM
BEING A HUMAN PERSON
BEING THERETHE BELLBOYBELLE DU JOURBEFORE THE REVOLUTION
BERGMAN: A YEAR IN THE LIFE
BEYOND THE DOOR
BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET
BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC
BILLY BUDD
THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT
THE BLACK STALLION
BLOCK-HEADS
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE
BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB
BLOODY SUNDAY
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
BOY
BREAKING AWAY
BRIDES OF DRACULAA BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY
CAPERNAUM
CARRY ON AT YOUR CONVENIENCE
CARRY ON DICK
THE CHASER
CINEMA PARADISO
CIRCUS OF HORRORS
THE CIRCUS
CLEO FROM 5 TO 7
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
CLOSELY OBSERVED TRAINS
CLOSE UP
THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
CONTAGIONCRIES AND WHISPERSCRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURSTHE CROWD
THE CRUEL SEA
CULLODEN
DEKALOG 1-10
DANGEROUS LIAISONSA DAY IN THE COUNTRYDEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAIDDEATH BY HANGING
THE DEFIANT ONES
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT
DIRTY HARRY
DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVESDO THE RIGHT THINGDOWNHILL RACER
DR JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE
DR MABUSE – THE GAMBLER
DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD
DRUNKEN ANGEL
DUCK SOUP
THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE...
EASY LIVING
EDDIE MURPHY: RAW
THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER
EQUINOX
EVERYTHING GOES WRONG
EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWNEYE OF THE CAT
FANNY AND ALEXANDER
FATAL ATTRACTIONF IS FOR FAKE
FAT CITY
FESTENTHE FIENDS AND THE FLESH
THE FIFTH CORD
THE FIREMEN'S BALL
FIRES WERE STARTED
FISTS IN THE POCKET
THE FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY UNDER SUSPICION
FORTY GUNS
FOUR SIDED TRIANGLE
FRANKENHOOKER
FRIDAY
FRIEDA
GAS-S-S-S
GATES OF HEAVEN
GERMANY YEAR ZERO
GERTRUD
THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS
GOD'S OWN COUNTRY
THE GOOD DIE YOUNG
GOOD MORNING
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY*GONKS GO BEATTHE GREAT ESCAPEGREETINGS
GREMLINS
THE GROOVE TUBE
THE HALFWAY HOUSE
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
HAPPILY (2021)
HARPER
HEATHERSHE WHO GETS SLAPPEDHEREDITARYTHE H MANTHE HIDDENHIGH AND LOW
HIGH LIFE
HOFFA
HOOSIERS
THE HOUSE IS BLACK
HUE AND CRY
HUMAN DESIRE
THE HUNT
I AM CURIOUS YELLOW
THE INFORMER (1935)
ICE COLD IN ALEX
IDIOCRACYIL SORPASSO
I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
I'M YOUR WOMAN
INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN UNDER SUSPICION
INTOLERANCE
IN WHICH WE SERVE
THE INTRUDER (1962)
IRREVERSIBLEISLE OF THE DEAD
IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY
JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY
JEANNE DIELMAN – 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE
JIMMY HOLLYWOOD
JOURNEY TO ITALY
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
JULIET OF THE SPIRITS
KELLY'S HEROES
KILLER OF SHEEP
THE KILLER SHREWS
KINGS OF THE ROAD
KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE
A KNIGHT'S TALE
L.A. STORY
LA HAINE
LA JETÉE
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
L'ARGENT
LA RONDE
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO*THE LAST RUN
LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
THE LATE SHOW
LATE SPRING
THE LEOPARD
LA PLAISIR
LE SILENCE DE LA MER
LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN
THE LIFE AHEAD
LIFE AND NOTHING MORE
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
LILYA 4 EVER
LISTEN TO BRITAIN
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
LOLA MONTÈS
LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT
THE LONG DAY CLOSES
LOST GIRLS
LOVES OF A BLONDE
MACABRE (William Castle)
MACBETH
THE MADNESS OF YOUTH
MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW
THE MAN FROM LARAMIE
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE
MANK
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN
MAUVAIS SANG
MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS
MID 90s
THE MINDBENDERS
MINISTRY OF FEAR
MIRACLE MILE
MIRROR
THE MISFITS (1961)
THE MISSION
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT
MOMMY
MONA LISA
MONSIEUR HIREMOONRISE KINGDOMMOROCCO
MURDER BY CONTRACT
MY BODYGUARD
MY LIFE AS A DOG
NAPOLEON
THE NAVIGATOR (Buster Keaton)
NEKROMANTIK
NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH
NO DIRECTION HOME (BOB DYLAN)
NOWHERE TO GO (1958)
NYMPHOMANIAC I & II
OLDBOY
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST*
ONE EYED JACKSONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NESTONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING
ORDET
OUR MOTHER'S HOUSE
THE OX BOW INCIDENT
PAISANPALM SPRINGS
PARADISE LOST 1, 2 & 3
PATERSONPATHER PANCHALI
PAYBACK
PEOPLE ON SUNDAY
PERSONAPHANTOM LADYPHANTOM OF THE PARADISEPHILADELPHIA
THE PIANO TEACHER
PIECES OF A WOMAN
PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX
LA PLAISIR
POLICE STORY (1985)POLYESTER
POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING
POSSESSOR: UNCUTPOSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
THE PRESTIGE
PRIDE AND PREJUDICETHE PRODUCERSPROMISING YOUNG WOMAN*
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
RAILROADED!
RAN
REBECCA (2020)*
RIO GRANDE
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS
ROCKS*
LA RONDE
RONNIE'S
FELLINI'S ROMA
ROME OPEN CITY
RUN LOLA RUN
SAFE
SAINT MAUD
SALESMAN
SANSHO THE BAILIFF
SANS SOLEIL
SATANTANGO
SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD (Dolby Cinema Edition)*THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES
A SEPARATION
SESSION 9
THE SEVENTH VEIL
SHAME (BERGMAN)
SHANGHAI EXPRESS
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
SHOAH
SHOESHINE
A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING
SISTER (2013)
THE SMALL BACK ROOM
THE SNORKEL
SON OF THE SHIEK
THE SON'S ROOM
SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR
SOPHIE'S CHOICETHE SPARKS BROTHERS (2021)SPIDERSTAR WARS EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPETHE SURROGATE
FUCKING AMAL (SHOW ME LOVE)
STALKER
THE STATION AGENT
STOLEN FACE
SUMMER WITH MONIKA
SWALLOW
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEYTHE TALL TTEAM AMERICA WORLD POLICETHEOREM
THIRST
T-MEN
TENET* (twice!)
LA TERRA TREMA
THE TERMINATOR
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940)
THE THING
THIS HAPPY BREED
THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES
THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK
TOGETHER
TOMB OF LIGEIA
TO SLEEP WITH ANGER
TOOTSIETOUKI BOUKI
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
THE TRAIN
TRIUMPH OF THE WILL
UGETSU
UMBERTO D
UNDERWORLD U.S.A
THE UNKNOWN
THE UNTOUCHABLESVAMPYRES (1974)
VERNON, FLORIDA
VIRIDIANA
MY VOYAGE TO ITALY
WAITING FOR GUFFMANWANDA
THE WAR GAME
WATERLOO ROAD (1945)
WE ARE THE BEST!
WENT THE DAY WELL?
WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE?
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU (1968)
WINGS OF DESIRE
WITCHFINDER GENERAL
WITNESS
WILLARD (1971)
THE WOMAN IN BLACK (1989)
WOMAN IN THE DUNES
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
WORKING GIRL
WORLD OF TOMORROW (2015)
YOU,THE LIVING
YI YI
ZAPPA
ZERO DU CONDUITE
ZODIAC
ZU WARRIORS FROM THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN