Where doesSteven Soderberghget the time? This guy released two films in 2019 –High Flying BirdandThe Laundromat– and still managed to consume more media than the entire staff of Collider combined in the year 2019. How do we know? Because, like he does every year, the eclectic filmmaker posted his full list of movies and television shows watched, books read, and music listened to. And his 2019 media consumption list serves as quite the look into his brain.
For one: This guy loves true crime stories. He binged docuseries likeSurviving R. Kelly,Leaving Neverland,Who Killed Garrett Phillips?, and, um,Dateline. Was he watching all of these to influence his idiosyncratic 2019 true crime storyThe Laundromat(cuts of which he watched in March, April, and June before its world premiere in September)?
In general, Soderbergh is a big prestige TV binger, switching between acclaimed dramas likeBillionsandMindhunter, comedies likeFleabagandPEN15, and stand-up comedy specials from folks likeJoel McHale,Whitney Cummings, and recent Golden Globe winnerRamy Youssef. On the film side, he ingested his usual diet of classics (The Lady Vanishes,Sunset Boulevard,Apocalypse Now,All the President’s Men, etc.) and supplemented them with regular dosages of his homieDavid Fincher(he watchedZodiacon Christmas Day! Happy holidays indeed!). But Soderbergh, unlike other years, kept up with the contemporary film slate in 2019, taking in acclaimed works likeOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood,Parasite,Marriage Story,Knives Out,Honey Boy,The Lighthouse,TheServant,Us,The Irishman, and much more.
Finally – and these are the true gems hidden in Soderbergh’s lists – we get to see just how much of a workaholic this guy is. He noted that he started principal photography on his upcomingMeryl Streepstarring comedyLet Them All Talkon August 07, 2025. Just one month later, on September 13, he was watching his first full cut of the picture. It’s like… wow. Dang. This guy loves the movies in a way that’s just admirable.
Check out Soderbergh’s full list below, courtesy of hisofficial website. And if you wanna take a trip back in time, check out his full2018 listhere.
All caps, bold:MOVIE
All caps, bold, asterisk:SHORT*
All caps: TV SERIES
Italics:Book
Quotation marks: “Play”
Italics, quotation marks:“Short Story”
01/01ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF CANNON FILMS,BOB LAZAR: AREA 51 & FLYING SAUCERS
01/02 CIVILIZATIONS, EIGHT HOURS DON’T MAKE A DAY (2),LEAVE NO TRACE
01/03 CIVILIZATIONS
01/04 CIVILIZATIONS
01/05Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer, DATELINE,THE LADY VANISHES(’38), THE STANDUPS: GINA YASHERE
01/06 SURVIVING R. KELLY (5)
01/07 SURVIVING R. KELLY
01/08 BELOW DECK, LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS: THE DUMP, LD+R: SUITS, LD+R: THE SECRET WAR, LD+R: WHEN THE YOGURT TOOK OVER, LD+R: SONNIE’S EDGE, LD+R: LUCKY 13, LD+R: ICE AGE, LD+R: FISH NIGHT, LD+R: ALTERNATE HISTORIES, LD+R: BEYOND THE AQUILA RIFT, LD+R: THE WITNESS
01/09THE MURDER OF MARY SHERMAN,THE VAST OF NIGHT
01/10MONSTERS AND MEN,THE BOY FRIEND(’71), THE MYSTERY OF AGATHA CHRISTIE WITH DAVID SUCHET, THE INNOCENT MAN (4)
01/11 THE INNOCENT MAN (2)
01/13GILDA, BLACK MIRROR
01/14NIGHT MOVES(’75), HIGH MAINTANENCE,DARK PASSAGE
01/15 FOREVER, BELOW DECK,THECONVERSATION
01/16 FOREVER,Insurrecto, Gina Apostol
01/17THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
01/18Hark, Sam Lypsyte
01/19HOPSCOTCH,BREXIT,FYRE
01/20 BLACK MONDAY, SMILF, DATELINE
01/22Your Duck is My Duck, Deborah Eisenberg , BELOW DECK, 48 HRS
01/23Ultraluminous, Katherine Faw,CATWALK: TALES FROM THE CAT SHOW CIRCUIT,TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT(’44)
01/25 HIGH MAINTENANCE (2)
01/26The Murder on the Links, Agatha Christie
01/28CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
01/29 BELOW DECK,HOUR OF THE WOLF
01/30Heavy,Kiese Laymon,ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
01/31 THE CRUISE,APOCALYPSE NOW,RED DESERT
02/01SUNSET BOULEVARD
02/02 THE CRUISE (2),THE DAM BUSTERS
02/03Friday Black,Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah,THE 53RDSUPER BOWL,ABDUCTION IN PLAIN SIGHT,WAIT UNTIL DARK
02/05Dreyer’s English, Benjamin Dreyer
02/06 KITTEN RESCUERS,THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
02/09A BRIDGE TOO FAR,THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE
02/10 SMILF,MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS(’74)
02/11THE PARALLAX VIEW
02/13THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
02/14GOSFORD PARK, VEEP (2)
02/15THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
02/16SHOPLIFTERS,THE STRANGER(’46),CATCH-22
02/17The Line Becomes a River, Francisco Cantu,Ben Hecht: Fighting Words, Moving Pictures, Alina Hoffman,STUDIO 54, SMILF
02/18BORDER,JAWS
02/19Adele, Leila Slimani
02/22MCQUEEN
02/23CASABLANCA,THE BLUE ROOM, DATELINE
02/24 SMILF
02/26 THIS TIME WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE, THE THICK OF IT
02/27THE DESPERATE HOURS(’55)
02/28QUEEN OF HEARTS,ZODIAC
03/02BURNING, AMERICAN GREED
03/03 SMILF
03/05THE WANTING MARE
03/06 FLEABAG
03/07 LEAVING NEVERLAND,Improvement, Joan Silber
03/08 LEAVING NEVERLAND, DATELINE
03/09THE LAST DAYS OF PETER BERGMANN*,NAMELESS: THE ISDAL WOMAN*,CAM,SORCERER
03/10 SMILF,The Earth Dies Streaming, A. J. Hamrah, THE CASE AGAINST ADNAN SYED
03/11AVENUES, FLEABAG
03/12THE LAUNDROMAT
03/13THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD,TRIPLE FRONTIER,Ultraluminous(2), Katherine Faw
03/14JAMAICA INN
03/17 SMILF
03/18RAIN(’32)
03/23THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY, WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS,THE MIAMI SHOWBAND MURDERS
03/24Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason, William Davies, FLEABAG, SMILF, LEAVENWORTH (6),THE HARDER THEY FALL
03/25 APPLE SPECIAL EVENT
03/29KLUTE
03/30SORRY TO BOTHER YOU,THE LEGEND OF COCAINE ISLAND, THE STANDUPS: NATE BARGATZE, NATE BARGATZE: THE TENNESSEE KID
03/31THE LAST DETAIL,Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely, SMILF,The Parade,Dave Eggers, VEEP
04/01 FLEABAG (3),THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE(’46)
04/02 KEVIN HART: IRRESPONSIBLE
04/03THE LAUNDROMAT
04/06Fools, Joan Silber, THE SPY WHO FELL TO EARTH
04/07US, VEEP
04/11Randall Jarrell’s Letters, Edited by Mary Jarrell, FLEABAG (3)
04/12GLADIATOR,Transactions in a Foreign Currency, Deborah Eisenberg
04/13CHINATOWN
04/14NOTORIOUS,Best. Movie. Year. Ever.,Brian Raftery
04/15Normal People, Sally Rooney
04/16Cold Storage, David Koepp
04/18 “Magic Mike Live”, Channing Tatum & Reid Carolin
04/21 VEEP
04/24 THE CURIOUS CASE OF CURT FLOOD,The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
04/26ALIEN
04/28APOCALYPSE NOW: THE FINAL CUT, VEEP
05/01Humans: A Brief History of How We Fucked it All Up,Tom Phillips
05/03EXPERIMENT IN TERROR
05/04Girl Logic, Iliza Shlesinger, ANTHONY JESELNIK: FIRE IN THE MATERNITY WARD,MAD MAX: FURY ROAD,CLEO FROM 5 TO 7
05/09Hiroshima, John Hersey,CITIZEN KANE
05/12CLIMAX,WANDA
05/15 VEEP
05/16 “Accidentally Brave”, Maddie Corman
05/18 MINDHUNTER (4)
05/19 MINDHUNTER (2)
05/22 MEGAYACHTS: THE LATEST CRAZE FOR BILLIONAIRES
05/23The Last Stone, Mark Bowden
05/24THE BIG LEBOWSKI, WANDA SYKES: NOT NORMAL,KEY LARGO,THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
05/25 PEN15 (3),HOPE AND GLORY
05/26 PEN15 (2), “Burn This”, Lanford Wilson
05/27 SHRILL, PEN15 (5),CATCH-22, ALL ABOUT EVE
05/28 SHRILL,JOURNEY INTO FEAR
05/29 SHRILL
05/30 SHIRLL, VANISHED IN PARADISE: THE UNTOLD STORY
06/01 UNIDENTIFIED: INSIDE AMERICA’S UFO INVESTIGATION,L.A. CONFIDENTIAL,PANIC ROOM
06/02BOOKSMART,THE LAUNDROMAT
06/03 BELOW DECK
06/04JACKIE BROWN
06/05 BLACK MIRROR (3)
06/08Disappearing Earth, Julia Phillips, TOM SEGURA: DISGRACEFUL, MINDHUNTER (2)
06/11OVERLORD(’75)
06/12MY BRILLIANT CAREER, BIGGER THAN LIFE
06/14MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS(’74), LOS ESPOOKYS
06/15 BILLIONS,REAR WINDOW, ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
06/16Moneyland, Oliver Bullough, BILLIONS
06/17 BELOW DECK
06/18Under the 82ndAirborne, Deborah Eisenberg
06/19 BILLIONS
06/22BIRDS OF PARADISE
06/23THE HOURS AND TIMES
06/24 BELOW DECK,THE CONFORMIST, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
06/25APOLLO 11
06/26FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN
06/27Against Nature, Joris-Karl Huysmans
06/28THE BIG CLOCK(’46)
06/29 DATELINE,All Around Atlantis, Deborah Eisenberg,I CONFESS, DEAD OF NIGHT(’45)
06/30FIRST BLOOD
07/01DANCE, GIRL, DANCE
07/02 BELOW DECK,TEEN SPIRIT
07/03THE THING(’82),CHINATOWN
07/04POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE,THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
07/05SILKWOOD, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS
07/06 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
07/07 INSIDE THE RITZ
07/08 BUILDING CHERNOBYL’S MEGATOMB, BELOW DECK, CALLAN
07/09 AZIZ ANSARI RIGHT NOW, CALLAN
07/11 RAMY YOUSSEF: FEELINGS
07/12 I LOVE YOU, NOW DIE (2),BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA(’92)
07/13Fleishman is in Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner,ABSENCE OF MALICE
07/14WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?,SE7EN
07/15 BELOW DECK
07/16 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: THE TALWARS,Twilight of the Superheroes,Deborah Eisenberg
07/17 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: THE TALWARS,HIGH AND LOW
07/18THE PAPER CHASE
07/19ASH IS PUREST WHITE, THE RITZ
07/20HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, FUNERAL IN BERLIN, DOUBLE INDEMNITY
07/22THE IPCRESS FILE, BELOW DECK
07/23 WHO KILLED GARRETT PHILLIPS?
07/25 WHO KILLED GARRETT PHILLIPS?,A HARD DAY’S NIGHT
07/26THE RULES OF THE GAME, BLADE RUNNER(The Final Cut), BILLIONS
07/27 TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG (3)
07/28 TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG (2)
07/29 TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG, BELOW DECK,THE TRAIN(’66), THE SOUVENIR
07/30 WHITNEY CUMMINGS: CAN I TOUCH IT?
07/31 UNMASKING JIHADI JOHN: ANATOMY OF A TERRORIST, TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG (2),WAR AND PEACE PART ONE(’66)
08/01THE LADY EVE
08/02 DATELINE,CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND(Theatrical)
08/03 TOO OLD TO DIE YOUNG (2), MILLION POUND MEGAYACHTS,THE OPERATIVE
08/04ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD,THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, SHAMPOO, THE CHILDREN’S HOUR
08/05 BELOW DECK, A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW
08/06 JOEL MCHALE: LIVE FROM PYONGYANG
08/07MORITURI
08/08 EXTREME ENGINEERING: THE LONGEST TUNNEL IN THE WORLD,THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT
08/09EX MACHINA
08/10Three Women,Lisa Taddeo, BUILDING THE WORLD’S MOST LUXURIOUS CRUISE SHIP (2)
08/11TABLOID, BARRY LYNDON
08/12 BELOW DECK
08/14 Begin principal photography onLET THEM ALL TALK, ALL CHANGE AT LONGLEAT
08/17 ALL CHANGE AT LONGLEAT, THE AMAZING JONATHAN DOCUMENTARY
09/03 DAVE CHAPPELLE: STICKS AND STONES, BELOW DECK
09/04 BELOW DECK (2)
09/11The Grammarians,Cathleen Schine
09/12 BILL BURR: PAPER TIGER,SWORD OF TRUST
09/13LET THEM ALL TALK
09/16 BELOW DECK
09/17 ALL CHANGE AT LONGLEAT
09/18Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead,Olga Tokarczuk
09/22THE TOUCH
09/23MR. KLEIN, BELOW DECK
09/25ASSAULT ON A QUEEN,How to Be Anti-Racist, Ibram X. Kendi
09/28LE DOULOS, BUCK AND THE PREACHER
09/29MIDSOMMAR
09/30 BELOW DECK
10/01TESLA, NIKKI GLASER: BANGIN’
10/03FERDINAND AND CAROLINA
10/04HAUSU
10/05Quixotte, Salman Rushdie,WAR AND PEACE PART TWO(’66),THE LONG GOODBYE
10/06Night Boat to Tangier, Kevin Barry
10/09WAR AND PEACE PART THREE(’66)
10/10WAR AND PEACE PART FOUR(’66)
10/11THE BIGAMIST, EL CAMINO: THE BREAKING BAD MOVIE
10/12 DEON COLE: COLE HEARTED
10/17Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow
10/18TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000
10/19Trick Mirror,Jia Tolentino
10/20JUDEX, GAMBIT(’66)
10/25LET THEM ALL TALK
10/27Sycamore Row,John Grisham, BELOW DECK, SILICON VALLEY
10/28 BELOW DECK (3)
10/31SARIA*,BELOW DECK
11/01 BELOW DECK (4)
11/02 BELOW DECK (4)
11/03 BELOW DECK (2), BACK TO LIFE, SILICON VALLEY
11/04 BELOW DECK
11/05 SETH MEYERS: LOBBY BABY,THE SHINING
11/06Grand Union, Zadie Smith, “The Fears”, Emma Sheanshang,HAVING A WILD WEEKEND
11/08LET THEM ALL TALK
11/09THE FAREWELL
11/11 “A Raisin in the Sun”, Lorraine Hansberry
11/12LE DUEXIEME SOUFFLE,L’ECLISSE
11/13JANE DIGBY*, PARKING*, IF ONLY NOTHINGNESS WAS A THING*, A PERFECTLY HEALTHY SITUATION*, LA NOSTRA INTERSEZIONE*, TAIPEI CITY*, SILICON VALLEY
11/14 BELOW DECK
11/15FARGO, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
11/16OFFICIAL SECRETS, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
11/17Country Girls, Edna O’Brien,PARASITE
11/18 BELOW DECK, TOM SEGURA: MOSTLY STORIES
11/20The LonelyGirl, Edna O’Brien, SUCCESSION (2),SUNSET BOULEVARD
11/21Coventry, Rachel Cusk,Girls in Their Married Bliss, Edna O’Brien, SUCCESSION (3)
11/22 SUCCESSION (5),NOTORIOUS
11/23THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
11/24 BACK TO LIFE
11/27THE FALL*, OFFICE SPACE, IDIOCRACY
11/28MARRIAGE STORY,SERVANT (3),THE IRISHMAN
11/29Crime in Progress, Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch,SEXY BEAST, DATELINE
11/30THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE, MILDRED PIERCE(’45)
12/01DARK WATERS, THE ANDERSON TAPES,SILICON VALLEY
12/02SHE DIES TOMORROW,RICHARD JEWELL
12/03 “Moulin Rouge!”, John Logan
12/06 SERVANT, THE CONFESSION KILLER (2), DATELINE
12/07 THE CONFESSION KILLER (2)
12/12The Need, Helen Phillips,KNIVES OUT
12/13 SILICON VALLEY, SERVANT,FORD V FERRARI
12/14HONEY BOY, ALL ABOUT EVE
12/16Blowout, Rachel Maddow,UNCUT GEMS, BELOW DECK
12/18THE LIGHTHOUSE
12/20 SERVANT, DON’T FUCK WITH CATS,THE SERVANT
12/21Clyde Fans, Seth,Sabrina, Nick Drnaso,PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
12/22PAIN AND GLORY, THE STANDUPS: BETH STELLING
12/23 BELOW DECK, MICHELLE WOLF: JOKE SHOW
12/24 JOHN MULANEY & THE SACK LUNCH BUNCH,THE KINGMAKER,Life Isn’t Everything, Ash Carter & Sam Kashner
12/25Rusty Brown, Chris Ware,MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE,ZODIAC
12/26THE SOCIAL NETWORK,IN FABRIC
12/27LITTLE WOMEN(’19), WHO KILLED LITTLE GREGORY (2),The Topeka School, Ben Lerner, SERVANT
12/28KENOBI*,ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, WHO KILLED LITTLE GREGORY (3),PAULETTE*
12/29GIVE ME LIBERTY,THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
12/30LET THEM ALL TALK, BELOW DECK
12/31THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS,DODSWORTH
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