2020 is finally, mercifully coming to an end. I kept a journal of all the movies, TV shows, and books I consumed this year. Each day I listed which ones I finished that day. I’m not sure what to make or it or who this is for, but looking through this first installment, January feels so long ago.

Movie, TV, and Book Journal January 2020
January 1
How I Met Your Mother, Season 5
I Lost My Body (2019) – Jérémy Clapin
January 2
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) – Jon Turteltaub
January 3
Zootopia (2016) – Byron Howard and Rich Moore
Ilana Glazer: The Planet Is Burning (2020) – Ryan Cunningham
January 4
Hail, Caesar! (2016) – Joel and Ethan Coen
Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)
Star Wars: Rebels, Season 4
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Season 1
January 5
Inception (2010) – Christopher Nolan
January 6
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season 2
Crashing (UK), Season 1
January 7
Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn (2018)
True Grit (1969) – Henry Hathaway
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) – George Lucas
January 8
The Natural (1984) – Barry Levinson
January 9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 6
Popeye (1980) – Robert Altman
January 11
The Two Popes (2019) – Ferrando Meirelles
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) – Steven Speilberg
January 12
Knives Out (2019) – Rian Johnson
January 13
Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré (2019)
College Football Playoff National Championship Game 2020 – #3 Clemson Tigers vs. #1 LSU Tigers
January 14
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (1969)
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2019)
January 15
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston (2018)
Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time (2020)
Dracula (2020), Season 1
January 16
Brockmire, Season 3
January 17
Long Shot (2019) – Jonathan Levine
January 18
Tolkein (2019) – Dome Kurokoski
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) – George Lucas
Highlander (1986) – Russell Mulcahy
January 19
AFC Championship Game 2020 – Tennessee Titans vs. Kansas City Chiefs
The Green Mile by Stephen King (1996)
NFC Championship Game 2020 – Green Bay Packers vs. San Francisco 49ers
January 20
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg (2019)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Season 2
January 21
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) – Joel and Ethan Coen
January 22
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (2006)
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) – Terry Jones
January 24
Frasier, Season 9
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) – Brian Henson
January 25
1917 (2019) – Sam Mendes
Jojo Rabbit (2019) – Taika Waititi
January 26
The Shining by Stephen King (1977)
January 27
Killing Eve, Season 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Season 3
January 28
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (1963)
January 29
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) – George Lucas
January 30
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) – J. J. Abrams
January 31
The Good Place, Season 4