Check Out Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched in 2022 (It's A Lot)

Ever film Steven Soderbergh watched in 2022 — Steven Soderbergh on the set of 'High Flying Bird'Credit: Netflix

January 13, 2023

Steven Soderbergh knows to make art, you have to consume art.

One of our favorite annual traditions around here is to read what Steven Soderbergh watched over the last year. He's the ultimate director with a breadth of knowledge on film and TV, plus the desire to read and watch more. Those familiar with his practice know what I mean, but for those uninitiated, Soderbergh lists all the media he consumes over the course of the year. He puts the date next to them so you can track his watching.

It's always been a goal of mine to make something he watches at some point, but for now, I'll draw inspiration from his list.

The key to understanding the list below

Here is how Soderbergh's list is arranged:

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

Everything Steven Soderbergh Watched in 2022

See the list below via his official site.

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