Every year, NeoGAF has a 50 books and 50 movies challenge, in which you have to read 50 new books and watch 50 new movies before the start of the next year. There is also a game equivalent, in which you have to beat 52 new video games. These challenges provide that extra motivation to do/finish the things you already wanted to anyway and can lead you to checking out stuff you otherwise may not have (this is especially true with books).
I got pretty close to completing the challenge, but ended up eight movies short. Microsoft had an awesome sale near the end of the year where you could rent new releases for only ten cents, which helped me get a lot closer than I otherwise would have.
My ratings are done on a 5-star scale (no halfsies).
★ - Hated it
★★ - Disliked it
★★★ - Liked/enjoyed/didn't actively dislike it
★★★★ - Really liked it
★★★★★ - Loved it
I'm not very critical of most of the media I consume, so it's not often I give something less than three stars.
Here are the 42 movies I watched in 2015:
22 Jump Street - ★★★
This is the End - ★★★
Peter Pan Live! - ★★★★
Rocky - ★★★★
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues - ★★★
Horns - ★★★
Wreck-It Ralph - ★★★★★
Mad Max - ★★★
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - ★★★★
Mad Mad Beyond Thunderdome - ★★★
Mad Max: Fury Road - ★★★★★
Avengers: Age of Ultron - ★★★★
Timer - ★★★
Rocky II - ★★★★★
Kung Fury - ★★★★
Nightcrawler - ★★★★
Inside Out - ★★★★★
Spirited Away - ★★★★
Rocky III - ★★★★★
Wet Hot American Summer - ★★★★
Rocky IV - ★★★
7 Days in Hell - ★★★★★
Obvious Child - ★★★★★
Song of the Sea - ★★★★★
It Follows - ★★★★
Beasts of No Nation - ★★★★★
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 - ★★★
Ex Machina - ★★★★★
Pitch Perfect 2 - ★★★
Trainwreck - ★★★★★
Spy - ★★★★★
Jurassic World - ★★★★
Terminator Genisys - ★★★
The Age of Adaline - ★★★★
Cinderella (2015) - ★★★★
Pixels - ★★★
San Andreas - ★★★★★
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - ★★★
Magic Mike XXL - ★★★★★
Tomorrowland - ★★★★
Top Five - ★★★★★
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - ★★★★★
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - ★★★★★
The Snowman - ★★★
Completing the movie challenge in 2016 is almost a sure thing, as I've already seen 40 so far. Then maybe I'll spend more time reading books!