Here’s Every Single Movie & TV Show Steven Soderbergh Watched in 2022

Well, it’s January and you know what that means. It means Steven Soderbergh has come out with his annual “Seen/Read” list. Let me explain for the uninitiated — the Oscar-winning director keeps track of every single movie, TV show, book, play, and short story he consumes every year, and if you’re a cinephile, it serves as an excellent must-watch list.

So, let’s hop on over to the Soderblog and find out what kinds of media piqued the interest of Steven Soderbergh.

Here’s how Steven Soderbergh breaks everything down:

• All caps, bold: MOVIE
• All caps, bold, asterisk: SHORT*
• All caps: TV SERIES
• Italics: Book
• Quotation marks: “Play”
• Italics, quotation marks: “Short Story”

Got it? Okay, let’s check out Steven Soderbergh’s list!

Steven Soderbergh’s 2022 Seen/Read List

01/01 Lemon, Kwon Yeo-sun, Creative Types, Tom Bissell, WEST SIDE STORY (’21), TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM

01/02 BRITAIN’S MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES

01/03 THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

01/04 God Lives in St. Petersburg, Tom Bissell, BELOW DECK, THE LOST DAUGHTER

01/05 DESIGNING WOMAN

01/06 BRITAIN’S MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES

01/07 Five Decembers, James Kestrel, SEARCH PARTY (2), THAT’S DANCING!

01/08 When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamin Labutat, Hell of a Book, Jason Mott, A HERO

01/09 SEARCH PARTY (2), The Maid, Nita Prose

01/11 BELOW DECK, SEARCH PARTY

01/12 CHEER (2)

01/13 CHEER, SEARCH PARTY

01/14 CHEER (2), Lost in the Valley of Death, Harley Rustad

01/16 CHEER (4)

01/17 SEARCH PARTY (2)

01/18 BELOW DECK, SEARCH PARTY (2)

01/19 BRITAIN’S MOST EXPENSIVE HOMES

01/20 THE PUPPET MASTERS (3)

01/21 No One Left to Come Looking For You, Sam Lipsyte, INCIDENT AT OGLALA

01/23 Chasing History, Carl Bernstein

01/24 Aftermath, Preti Taneja, TELL ME WHO I AM, AMERICAN POP

01/25 PIG

01/28 THREE STRANGERS, SERVANT

01/29 The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything, Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry, THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE

02/03 Box 88, Charles Cummings

02/04 THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS, BELOW DECK, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY (4)

02/05 Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor, NEYMAR: THE PERFECT CHAOS, Vladimir, Julia May Jonas

02/07 THE TINDER SWINDLER

02/08 MEDDLING (2), RANDOM HARVEST

02/09 MEDDLING (2)

02/11 MARKED WOMAN, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, ALIEN 3

02/12 ROONEY

02/13 Joan is Okay, Weike Wang

02/14 SEVEN DAYS IN MAY (’64)

02/15 THE DUKE, CATCHING KILLERS (2)

02/16 CATCHING KILLERS (3)

02/17 THE FOUNTAINHEAD (’46)

02/18 RAT RACE, MILLER’S CROSSING

02/19 CATCHING KILLERS, HE RAN ALL THE WAY

02/21 A Game of Hide and Seek, Elizabeth Taylor, ASCENSION

02/22 TUCKER: A MAN AND HIS DREAM

02/23 Angel, Elizabeth Taylor, “Annunciation”, Lauren Groff

02/24 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid

02/26 A MOST WANTED MAN, Blood, Sweat & Chrome, Kyle Buchanan

02/27 MEGA MANSION HUNTERS, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

03/02 THE COUNTERFEITERS, THE STORY OF A THREE DAY PASS

03/04 WORST ROOMMATE EVER, WHIRLPOOL

03/05 WORST ROOMMATE EVER (3)

03/10 Checkout 19, Claire-Louise Bennett

03/11 F1: DRIVE TO SURVIVE, MAD MAX

03/12 TAYLOR TOMLINSON: QUARTER LIFE CRISIS, The Murder of Roger Aykroyd, Agatha Christie

03/16 FRENCH DRESSING

03/17 The Exhibitionist, Charlotte Mendelson

03/18 Tell Her Everything, Erika Krouse, ALL THAT JAZZ

03/19 SWEET CHARITY, THE ROAD WARRIOR

03/20 All His Jazz, Martin Gottfried, THE BOY FRIEND

03/21 Fosse, Sam Wasson

03/22 Begin principal photography on MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE

03/26 ATLANTA (2)

04/01 The Violin Conspiracy, Brendan Slocum

04/10 The Long Weekend, Gilly MacMillan

04/12 CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT, NOTORIOUS, ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, SUNSET BLVD.

04/13 The Idiot, Elif Batuman, ATLANTA (2), The Candy House, Jennifer Egan

04/14 THE INVISIBLE PILOT

04/15 FRANCE, ATLANTA, BAD VEGAN (3)

04/16 BAD VEGAN, THE INVISIBLE PILOT, DEAR MURDERER

04/17 The Dorito Effect, Mark Schatzker, A Black Gaze, Tina M. Campt

04/18 THE RED SHOES

04/19 THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! III, WEST SIDE STORY (’21), THE BATMAN

04/23 THE THIRD MAN

04/27 THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! II, “Cabaret” Masteroff/Kander/Ebb

05/02 ATLANTA (2), GASLIT

05/03 THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI

05/17 The Last Days of Roger Federer, Geoff Dyer

05/19 RICH AND SHAMELESS: WHERE DID NBA STAR BRIAN WILLIAMS GO?

05/22 A View of the Harbor, Elizabeth Taylor

05/23 ATLANTA (2), LD+R “Bad Traveling”

05/24 MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE

05/25 RICKY GERVAIS: SUPERNATURE, ATLANTA

05/26 HACKS, BETTER CALL SAUL (2)

05/27 Either/Or, Elif Batuman, HOT ROD, HACKS, BETTER CALL SAUL (2)

05/28 HACKS, BETTER CALL SAUL (3), SORCERER

05/29 HACKS, GASLIT

05/30 HACKS (2), GASLIT (3)

05/31 GASLIT

06/01 MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE

06/02 HACKS (2)

06/03 BORGEN (2), STATION SIX SAHARA, ELECTRIC DREAMS (’84)

06/04 TOP GUN: MAVERICK, BORGEN (4)

06/05 The Latecomer, Jean Hanff Korelitz, BORGEN (2), GASLIT

06/06 “The Boy Upstairs” Joshua Ferris, CAMERA*, BILL BURR PRESENTS: FRIENDS WHO KILL, FRENCH CONNECTION II

06/07 IRMA VEP

06/10 THIS WOMAN IS DANGEROUS, ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN

06/11 Here Goes Nothing, Steve Toltz, DEEP WATER, GASLIT, AMY SCHUMER: PARENTAL ADVISORY

06/12 Counterfeit, Kristin Chen, HUSTLE

06/14 ALONE TOGETHER

06/16 Watergate: A New History, Garrett M. Graff

06/17 THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT

06/19 WATERGATE: HIGH CRIMES IN THE WHITE HOUSE

06/20 IRMA VEP

06/24 MIND OVER MURDER

06/25 CHLOE (2)

06/26 SORRY, WRONG NUMBER, RARE OBJECTS, CHLOE, MEN

06/27 IRMA VEP

06/28 MIND OVER MURDER

06/29 SECRETS OF THE OLIGARCH WIVES

07/03 THE CAINE MUTINY (’54), THE RIVER’S EDGE (’57)

07/04 BELOW DECK, CHLOE, IRMA VEP, SORCERER, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Theatrical)

07/05 CHLOE, MIND OVER MURDER

07/07 MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE

07/08 THE THING (’82), INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (’78)

07/09 THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE

07/10 THE ASSASSINATION AND MRS. PAINE

07/11 BELOW DECK, WHO IS GHISLAINE MAXWELL?, IRMA VEP

07/12 WHO IS GHISLAINE MAXWELL? (2)

07/14 D.B. COOPER: WHERE ARE YOU?

07/15 D.B. COOPER: WHERE ARE YOU?

07/16 THE REHEARSAL, MIND OVER MURDER, ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDONGRAD, FOREIGN INTRIGUE

07/23 How the World Really Works, Vaclav Smil, BELOW DECK, MIND OVER MURDER

07/24 The Spy Who Knew Too Much, Howard Blum

07/25 Begin principal photography on THE PENDULUM PROJECT, CITY OF GOD

07/26 BELOW DECK, BETTER CALL SAUL, IRMA VEP (2), THE REHEARSAL, THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS

07/27 MIND OVER MURDER

07/28 THE MOST HATED MAN ON THE INTERNET (3)

07/29 BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO THE UNIVERSE

07/30 THE REHEARSAL, THE RESORT (2), NOWHERE TO GO

07/31 THE RESORT (2), NIKKI GLASER: GOOD CLEAN FILTH

08/01 BELOW DECK, NSFW, Isabel Kaplan

08/02 BETTER CALL SAUL

08/03 THE RESORT (2), THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER: DEVIL IN DISGUISE (3)

08/04 THE RESORT (2), THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER: DEVIL IN DISGUISE

08/05 THE KILLER 

08/06 THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT

08/07 LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON, THE REHEARSAL, THE KILLER

08/08 BELOW DECK

08/09 BETTER CALL SAUL, THE KILLER

08/11 THE KILLER

08/12 THE REHEARSAL

08/13 If Nietzsche Were A Narwhal, Justin Gregg, WHO STOLE TAMARA ECCLESTONE’S DIAMONDS?

08/14 EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE, VORTEX

08/15 BELOW DECL, BETTER CALL SAUL

08/16 MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE

08/17 UNTOLD: THE GIRLFRIEND WHO DIDN’T EXIST

08/18 UNTOLD: THE GIRLFRIEND WHO DIDN’T EXIST, LD+R “Bad Travelling”

08/19 SUPERBAD

08/20 THE REHEARSAL

08/24 BELOW DECK, Bloodlands, Timothy Snyder

08/25 THE FLORENCE CASSEZ AFFAIR (3)

08/26 THE FLORENCE CASSEZ AFFAIR, BLACK SUNDAY (’76)

08/27 NOPE

08/28 The Listeners, Jordan Tannahill, BANK ROBBERS: THE LAST GREAT HEIST

08/29 BELOW DECK

08/31 An Honest Living, Dwyer Murphy

09/01 SORCERER

09/03 Post-Traumatic, Chantal V. Johnson

09/04 JAWS (3D reissue)

09/05 BELOW DECK

09/09 THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL

09/10 US OPEN WOMEN’S FINAL, FLETCH, CONFESS, WAIT UNTIL DARK

09/11 US OPEN MEN’S FINAL

09/12 Begin principal photography on FULL CIRCLE

09/18 BELOW DECK, ATLANTA, CANELO VS ALVAREZ 3

09/19 ATLANTA

09/24 BELOW DECK, SAVING THE KING (2)

09/25 SAVING THE KING, If I Survive You, Jonathan Escoffery, ATLANTA

09/27 The Unfolding, A.M. Homes

10/01 BELOW DECK, THIS ENGLAND, INTO THE DEEP: THE SUBMARINE MURDER CASE

10/02 My Phantoms, Gwendolyn Riley

10/08 BELOW DECK, ATLANTA

10/10 Steven Spielberg: A Biography, Joseph McBride

10/14 BELOW DECK

10/15 ATLANTA, THE INVISIBLE MAN (’33)

10/22 ATLANTA, The Instant, Amy Liptrot, THE MURDOCHS: EMPIRE OF INFLUENCE, TRAUMAZONE 1989-1995

10/23 Getting Lost, Annie Ernaux, BELOW DECK, STOLEN: CATCHING THE ART THIEVES (2)

10/29 ATLANTA, RUSSIA 1989-1995: TRAUMAZONE, STOLEN: CATCHING THE ART THIEVES

10/30 THE WHITE LOTUS

11/05 LOWCOUNTRY: THE MURDAUGH DYNASTY (3)

11/06 ATLANTA, THE WHITE LOTUS

11/07 KILLER SALLY

11/13 ATLANTA, DON’T WORRY DARLING, THE WHITE LOTUS

11/14 NEIL BRENNAN: BLOCKS

11/15 ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDONGRAD (3), Ghost Lover, Lisa Taddeo

11/19 FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE (2), ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDONGRAD

11/20 THE WHITE LOTUS

11/24 FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE, FIRE OF LOVE, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

11/26 BELOW DECK, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (Theatrical), DATELINE

11/27 DEATH OF A CYCLIST, THE WHITE LOTUS

11/30 The Twist of a Knife, Anthony Horowitz

12/04 THE WHITE LOTUS

12/05 MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE

12/07 FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE

12/08 FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE (2)

12/10 THE MASKED SCAMMER, THE MENU, THE FABLEMANS, DECISION TO LEAVE

12/11 THE WHITE LOTUS

12/12 The Ax, Donald E. Westlake

12/15 FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE, I HATE SUZIE TOO (2)

12/16 I HATE SUZIE TOO

12/17 TOM PAPA: WHAT A DAY

12/22 WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS, FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE

12/23 GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, WHITE NOISE

12/24 RRR, ALL ABOUT EVE

12/25 THE THICK OF IT

12/28 RUSSIA 1985-1999: TRAUMAZONE, THIS ENGLAND, THE INSPECTION, THE WINDOW (’49)

12/29 “Great Expectations” Dickens/Izzard

12/30 A Small Affair, Flora Collins, FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE, SEVEN DAYS TO NOON, LUX AETERNA

12/31 How to Raise an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi, CLOSING GAMBIT 1978: KORCHNOI VS KARPOV AND THE KREMLIN, The Bullet That Missed, Richard Osman

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Check out Steven Soderbergh’s 2022 Seen/Read list!