Steven Soderbergh has once again graced us with his annual list of the media he consumed. From the latest releases to obscure classics, Soderbergh’s viewing habits offer a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a master storyteller.
You can check out all his insights on his blog and check out the list below.
Let’s dive in.
Steven Soderbergh Watch List 2024
- All caps, bold: MOVIE
- All caps, bold, asterisk: SHORT*
- All caps: TV SERIES
- Italics: Book
- Quotation marks: “Play”
- Italics, quotation marks: “Short Story”
The List
01/02 Blaming, Elizabeth Taylor
01/04 THE CONVERSATION
01/05 PREDATORS, AMERICAN GREED
01/06 THE CURSE
01/09 THE CURSE
01/10 BREAK POINT (3)
01/11 BREAK POINT (3), Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Benjamin Stevenson
01/12 CURRY & CYANIDE: THE JOLLY JOSEPH CASE
01/14 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
01/16 THE CURSE
01/22 Erotic Vagrancy, Roger Lewis
01/24 THE HAUNTING (’63)
01/25 TIME WITHOUT PITY
01/26 AMERCIAN NIGHTMARE (3)
01/27 OTHELLO (’52), EXCALIBUR
01/30 TERMS & CONDITIONS
02/01 MR. & MRS. SMITH
02/02 MR. & MRS. SMITH (2)
02/03 Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions, Ed Zwick, MACBETH (’71), PERFECT DAYS, MR. & MRS. SMITH (3), ANDOR
02/04 MR. & MRS. SMITH (2), CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
02/05 NOTORIOUS
02/07 MEGALOPOLIS
02/09 Kubrick, Robert P. Kolker, Nathan Abrams
02/10 LOVER, STALKER, KILLER, ANDOR
02/11 Come and Get It, Kiley Reid, SUPER BOWL LVIII
02/12 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
02/13 ANDOR (2)
02/15 ANDOR
02/16 THE DYNASTY (2), STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE
02/17 Cinema Speculation, Quentin Tarantino, THIS IS ME…NOW, SITTING TARGET
02/18 STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI, THE TRIAL (’63)
02/19 STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
02/23 MLLION DOLLAR MERMAID, THE DYNASTY (2)
02/26 Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner
02/28 THE GREATEST LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD
03/01 THE DYNASTY, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
03/02 THE DYNASTY
03/03 Lowdown Road, Scott Von Doviak
03/04 Charlesgate Confidential, Scott Von Doviak
03/05 The List, Yomi Adegoke
03/06 ALL ABOUT EVE
03/07 ANDOR, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, THE GENTLEMEN
03/08 THE DYNASTY (2)
03/09 Piglet, Lottie Hazell, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
03/11 AMERICAN CONSPIRACY: THE OCTOPUS MURDERS, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
03/14 AMERICAN CONSPIRACY: THE OCTOPUS MURDERS (3)
03/15 THE DYNASTY (2)
03/16 Neon in Daylight, Hermoine Hoby
03/17 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, THE GENTLEMEN
03/18 THE GENTLEMEN (3)
03/19 3 Shades of Blue, James Kaplan, THE GENTLEMEN (2), THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH
03/20 WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD
03/22 THE PIKE COUNTY MURDERS (3)
03/23 AMERICAN MANHUNT: THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING (2), BRANNIGAN
03/25 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
03/30 SPY OPS (2), MIAMI OPEN WOMEN’S FINAL
03/31 The Twenty Year Death, Ariel S. Winter, LOVE, BROOKLYN, MIAMI OPEN MEN’S FINAL
04/03 JAWS, AMERICAN MANHUNT: THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING
04/04 CHINATOWN
04/05 SCOOP, THE FILE ON THELMA JORDON
04/06 BULLSEYES AND BEER: WHEN DARTS HIT BRITAIN, BORN TO BE BAD, MAD MAX
04/07 DUNE: PART TWO
04/08 CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, The Club, Leo Damrosch
04/09 NEAL BRENNAN: GOOD CRAZY
04/10 WHAT JENNIFER DID
04/11 Grief is for People, Sloane Crosley
04/12 OBSESSION (’49)
04/13 The Cocktail Waitress, James M. Cain, CATCH-22, SHELL
04/17 THE QUILLER MEMORANDAM
04/18 Close to Death, Anthony Horowitz
04/19 PIECES (’97)
04/20 WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD
04/21 RED EYE (3), James, Percival Everett
04/22 THE JINX PART TWO, RED EYE (3)
04/23 The Making of the Movie Jaws, Edith Blake, THE REAL VANISHING ACT—MISSING MILLIONAIRESS
04/25 Dr. No, Percival Everett, THE MAGUS, KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS
04/27 ALIEN
04/29 THE JINX PART TWO
05/01 Jaws, Peter Benchley
05/03 THE MAKING OF JAWS
05/04 MADRID OPEN WOMEN’S FINAL, HACKS
05/06 MADRID OPEN MEN’S FINAL, HACKS, THE JINX PART TWO
05/07 Begin principal photography on BLACK BAG
05/12 THE HOLLYWOOD CON QUEEN (3)
05/16 HACKS
05/17 HACKS
05/18 HACKS, THE FOOTBALLER FRAUDSTER
05/19 HACKS, LA CHIMERA
05/20 THE JINX PART TWO
05/22 NIKKI GLASER: SOMEDAY YOU’LL DIE
05/23 HACKS
05/24 HACKS
05/25 CIVIL WAR
05/26 JAWS: THE INSIDE STORY, THE INNOCENT (’22), IN COLD BLOOD
05/27 Worry, Alexandra Tanner, THE JINX PART TWO, GOOD FORTUNE
06/01 THE THICK OF IT, HACKS
06/03 THE THICK OF IT (3)
06/04 REN FAIRE
06/06 REN FAIRE
06/07 REN FAIRE
06/10 DEADLY WATERS WITH CAPTAIN LEE
06/12 Exhibit, R.O. Kwon
06/13 HIT MAN
06/16 Negative Space, Gillian Linden, Annie Bot, Sierra Greer
06/19 JAWS
06/20 Queen and Country, Alan Judd
06/23 Parade, Rachel Cusk, The English Understand Wool, Helen DeWitt, BLACK BAG, PERFECT WIFE
06/24 PERFECT WIFE (2), Caledonian Road, Andrew O’Hagan
06/25 Tennis Lessons, Susannah Dickey
06/26 FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
06/27 The New Me, Halle Butler
06/28 THE FRIEND
07/02 Common Decency, Susannah Dickey
07/04 INTIMIDATION
07/07 “Opening Theory” Sally Rooney
07/13 SPRINT (6)
07/14 WIMBLEDON MENS FINAL, JAWS
07/15 BLACK BAG
07/18 Kairos, Jenny Erpenbeck, HOMICIDE: LOS ANGELES, HOMICIDE: NEW YORK
07/19 Banal Nightmares, Halle Butler, HOMICIDE: LOS ANGELES
07/20 The Winner, Teddy Wayne
07/21 The Coin, Yasmin Zaher
07/22 HOMICIDE: NEW YORK, IN A VIOLENT NATURE
07/23 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION
07/24 A NIGHT AT THE OPERA*
07/25 HOMICIDE: LOS ANGELES (2), FUGITIVE: MYSTERY OF THE CRYPTO QUEEN (3)
07/26 Funny Story, Emily Henry, Liars, Sarah Manguso, 2024 OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY
07/27 300 Arguments, Sarah Manguso, 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
07/28 OLYMPIA PART ONE, ABOUT DRY GRASSES, 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
07/29 OLYMPIA, PART TWO, HOMICIDE: NEW YORK, 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
07/30 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
07/31 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
08/01 Autocracy, Inc., Anne Applebaum, BALDWIN’S N****R, 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
08/02 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
08/03 VISIONS OF EIGHT, 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, UNSOLVED MSYTERIES
08/04 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
08/05 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
08/06 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
08/07 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, Bear, Julia Phillips
08/08 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, THE KEEP
08/09 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
08/10 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, The Audacity, Ryan Chapman, COWBOY CARTEL (2)
08/11 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES
08/12 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZBAKAHN
08/13 COWBOY CARTEL, Bonding, Mariel Franklin
08/14 JAWS
08/17 ANDOR (3)
08/18 ANDOR (3), THE BODY NEXT DOOR (3)
08/20 GODS OF TENNIS
08/21 GODS OF TENNIS
08/22 BLACK BAG
08/23 LONGLEGS
08/25 THE MURDER OF LYN DAWSON (2), THE BIG CLOCK (’48)
08/26 THE MURDER OF LYN DAWSON (2), TOP SECRET!
08/27 COWBOY CARTEL, MIKE BIRBIGLIA: THE OLD MAN AND THE POOL
08/29 Swiped, L.M. Chilton
08/30 WORST EX EVER, ADAM SANDLER: LOVE YOU
08/31 The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley
09/01 Charlie Hustle, Keith O’Brien, An Honest Woman, Charlotte Shane
09/05 CAPER
09/06 Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner
09/07 All That Glitters, Orlando Whitfield
09/08 NOTHING BUT THE BEST
09/09 THE LAST SACRIFICE (’24), DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED
09/10 Salinger’s Soul, Stephen B. Shephard, DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED
09/11 DOUGLAS IS CANCELLED (2)
09/12 Colored Television, Danzy Senna, All Fours, Miranda July
09/15 Help Wanted, Adelle Waldman, THE HEART*
09/16 TOP CLASS TENNIS (4), IN MY OWN WORDS: HANIF KURIESHI
09/20 STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
09/21 THE MONEY GAME (2), JOSHUA V DUBOIS
09/22 Lucky Loser, Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig
09/25 THE MONEY GAME (2)
09/26 THE MONEY GAME (2)
09/27 Question 7, Richard Flanagan
09/28 WOLFS
09/29 Intermezzo, Sally Rooney
09/30 SASQUATCH SUNSET
10/01 DEEP RED
10/02 Revenge of the Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME
10/04 Shred Sisters, Betsy Lerner, TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
10/05 TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
10/06 We Solve Murders, Richard Osman
10/07 UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
10/08 BOMBING BRIGHTON: THE PLOT TO KILL THATCHER, The Message, Ta-Nehisi Coates
10/11 MONEY ELECTRIC: THE BITCOIN MYSTERY, DISCLAIMER (2)
10/12 ALI WONG: SINGLE LADY, LAKE MUNGO
10/13 THE HUNT FOR THE CHAMELEON KILLER (3)
10/15 Q: A Voyage Around the Queen, Craig Brown, ANATOMY OF LIES (3), CASABLANCA
10/17 Sonny Boy, Al Pacino
10/18 SWEET BOBBY: MY CATFISH NIGHTMARE, DISCLAIMER (2)
10/20 Fluke, Brian Klaas, I’M NOT A MONSTER: THE LOIS REISS MURDERS (2)
10/21 TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED, MEGA MANUFACTURING: SANY
10/25 Karla’s Choice, Nick Harkaway, THIS IS THE ZODIAC SPEAKING (3)
10/26 FROM RUSSIA WITH LEV, DISCLAIMER, REBEL RIDGE
10/27 Misfits, Michaela Coel
10/29 TOM PAPA: HOME FREE
10/30 TRAD
11/01 DISCLAIMER, SETH MEYERS: DAD MAN WALKING
11/02 KNEECAP
11/04 Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret, Benjamin Stevenson, CASABLANCA
11/05 Box Office Poison, Tim Robey
11/06 THE GAME
11/07 LUCAN (2)
11/08 LUCAN, DISCLAIMER, BLACK SUNDAY
11/09 ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE
11/12 The Proof of My Innocence, Jonathan Coe
11/13 Shattered, Hanif Kureishi
11/16 The Hypocrite, Jo Hamya, BLITZ
11/17 JUROR NO. 2
11/18 The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers, Bruce Wagner
11/21 Something Suddenly Clicked, Volume One, Walter Murch
11/22 LEONARDO DA VINCI, A REAL PAIN, SEPTEMBER 5
11/23 “The Fear of 13” Lindsey Ferrentino, LEONARDO DA VINCI (2), NIGHTBITCH, SUNSET BOULEVARD
11/27 ANORA
11/28 COLD CASE: WHO KILLED JON BENET RAMSAY?
11/19 THE AGENCY (2), COLD CASE: WHO KILLED JON BENET RAMSAY? (2)
11/30 ANTHONY JESELNIK: BONES AND ALL, THE LAST SHOWGIRL, DEPARTMENT Q
12/01 DEPARTMENT Q (3)
12/02 STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE
12/03 DEPARTMENT Q (2)
12/04 DEPARTMENT Q (2)
12/05 DEPARTMENT Q
12/06 NOSFERATU (’24), THE AGENCY
12/07 THE BRUTALIST, THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
12/09 BLACK BAG, MAD ABOUT THE BOY
12/11 THE KINGS OF TUPELO (2), ALL WE CAN IMAGINE AS LIGHT
12/12 THE KINGS OF TUPELO
12/13 GLADIATOR II, ALIEN
12/14 BIGGEST HEIST EVER, THE ORDER
12/15 Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie, QUEER
12/16 EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS
12/17 THE AGENCY, LD+R “BAD TRAVELING”
12/18 Finding a Likeness, Nicholson Baker
12/20 KILLING SHERLOCK, THE AGENCY
12/21 KILLING SHERLOCK, “Oedipus” Sophocles/Robert Icke, Rental House, Weike Wang, USYK V FURY
12/22 KILLING SHERLOCK
12/23 Practice, Rosalind Brown, NICKEL BOYS, SING SING, STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE
12/24 YOUR FRIEND, NATE BARGATZE, PERFECT FRIDAY, DEATH BECOMES HER
12/25 STALAG 17
12/26 STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, Fathers and Fugitives, S. J. Naude
12/27 The Making of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, J. W. Rinzler, STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH, THE AGENCY
12/28 JEFF ROSS: TORCHING 2024, SOLO
12/29 Ignorance and Bliss, Mark Lilla, ROGUE ONE, MARIA CALLAS: THE FINAL ACT
12/30 Rejection, Tony Tulathimatte, STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE, BEATLES ‘64
12/31 The Princess of 72nd Street, Elaine Kraf, OPENING NIGHT, “The Mousetrap” Agatha Christie
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Author: Jason Hellerman
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