My January 2025 in film

Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House

Films watched	31
Average rating	6.35/10
Films I haven’t rated before	21

Films I’ve rated most before

• Casablanca (4 times)
• The Old Dark House (4 times)

Category	Count	Average rating
Silent films	1	9.00
Non-english films	10	7.00
German	2
French	2
Swedish	2
Polish	1
Korean	1
Japanese	1
Hindi	1

So that’s over a third that are not in English, or are silent.

Decade	Count	Average rating
1910s	0
1920s	2	6.50
1930s	4	7.25
1940s	4	6.50
1950s	6	6.00
1960s	6	6.00
1970s	1	7.00
1980s	3	5.33
1990s	1	7.00
2000s	1	7.00
2010s	2	7.50
2020s	1	5.00

Top rated films

• Casablanca (1942) - 10
• Sherlock Jr. (1924) - 9
• Persona (1965) - 8 first time rated although I have seen it before
• The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) - 8
• The Old Dark House (1932) - 8
• The Magician (1958) - 8 first time rated
• Ida (2013) - 8
• Stage Fright (1950) - 8
• Dodsworth (1936) - 8 first time rated