Below is just a list of the films Soderbergh saw last year, but he names every TV show, play, and book he saw or read as well. You should absolutely take a look at his blog and read the full thing -- and then start making plans to start watching and reading the same exact things, because Soderbergh has great taste, guys.

  • THE GREAT BEAUTY
  • THE MONUMENTS MEN
  • ICE CASTLES
  • NIGHT MOVES
  • ARLINGTON ROAD
  • BAD GRANDPA
  • ROBBERY
  • THE SPLIT
  • FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
  • KID AUTO RACES IN VENICE
  • THE ROUNDERS
  • TWA 800
  • NON-STOP
  • JUGGERNAUT
  • TAKE AWAY ONE
  • GONE GIRL
  • NOKAS
  • KLUTE
  • THE UNKNOWN KNOWN
  • MY MAN GODFREY
  • IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
  • PROXY
  • UNDER THE SKIN
  • 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
  • DIE HARD WITH VENGEANCE
  • ROBBER
  • HIGH RISK
  • RUNAWAY JURY
  • PIONEER
  • THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
  • WALK OF SHAME
  • MR. KNEFF
  • FINDING VIVIAN MAIER
  • THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
  • SORCERER
  • CATCH-22
  • POINT BLANK
  • IN THE LOOP
  • THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
  • STATE AND MAIN
  • SE7EN
  • TO CATCH A THIEF
  • BLACK SUNDAY
  • DR. STRANGELOVE: OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
  • THE ARMSTRONG LIE
  • THE CONVERSATION
  • JAWS
  • THE PARALLAX VIEW
  • I SMILE BACK
  • WHITEY: THE UNITED STATES VS. JAMES J. BULGER
  • ALIEN
  • FILM SOCIALISME
  • AMERICAN GRAFFITI
  • THE OFFENSE
  • THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI
  • ALTERED STATES
  • 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
  • HIS GIRL FRIDAY
  • WORLD ON A WIRE
  • BOYHOOD
  • THE PAPER CHASE
  • THE RAIN PEOPLE
  • THE HAUNTING 
  • PANIC ROOM
  • APOCALYPSE NOW
  • RED DESERT
  • THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
  • CITIZENFOUR
  • PATHS OF GLORY
  • SPARTACUS
  • DINER
  • THE ARRANGEMENT
  • CITIZENFOUR
  • THE GODFATHER
  • THE KILLING
  • THE GODFATHER PART II
  • CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
  • NASHVILLE
  • MICHAEL CLAYTON
  • RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (B&W)
  • MAGIC MIKE XXL
  • BEWARE MR. BAKER
  • THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: WHEN SATAN CAME TO EDEN
  • BIRDMAN, OR: THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUES OF IGNORANCE
  • LIFEBOAT
  • CASABLANCA
  • WHIPLASH
  • CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
  • THE LAST DETAIL
  • THE GRADUATE
  • COHERENCE
  • HONEYMOON
  • THE BADADOOK
  • SUNSET BOULEVARD
  • MONA LISA IS MISSING
  • NIGHTCRAWLER
  • IDA
  • AMERICAN SNIPER
  • FURY
  • A MOST VIOLENT YEAR
  • FOXCATCHER
  • UNBROKEN
  • INHERENT VICE
  • SELMA
  • THE INTERVIEW
  • THE IPCRESS FILE
  • FUNERAL IN BERLIN
  • TOP FIVE
  • THE LAVENDER HILL MOB
  • THE RETURN OF W. DE RIJK
  • GASLIGHT

Soderberg watched 111 different films in 2014, although there are several repeats. That's quite a feat, but it just goes to show that watching movies is imperative to being a student of cinema (as well as a filmmaker).


How many of these titles have you already seen? Are there any films that you're surprised are on the list? Let us know in the comments.

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