Watched in 2024 (Best to Worst)
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- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.Recommended if you're interested in: Self-discovery, beautiful scenery, metaphors for discovering the world, cads, being held prisoner.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsNatalie PortmanChris TenzisCharles MeltonTwenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.Recommended if you're interested in: Acting powerhouses, arrested development, trying to get to the truth.
- DirectorNida ManzoorStarsPriya KansaraRitu AryaRenu BrindleRia Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting her friends' help, she attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.Recommended if you're interested in: Classic martial arts movies, saving your sister, daring heists, knowing your destiny (and not), evil mother-in-laws.
- DirectorEdward BergerStarsFelix KammererAlbrecht SchuchAaron HilmerA young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.Recommended if you're interested in: The brutalities and futilities of war.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsRooney MaraClaire FoyJessie BuckleyDo nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.Recommended if you're interested in: Women talking, debates about weighty decisions, having a voice.
- DirectorBradley CooperStarsCarey MulliganBradley CooperMatt BomerThis love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.Recommended if you're interested in: Biopics that benefit from simply incredible acting performance but don't get too deep into their characters, so many cigarettes.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametZendayaRebecca FergusonPaul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.Recommended if you're interested in: Visually gorgeous sequels that nevertheless don't quite measure up to the original, power and revenge.
- DirectorSam EsmailStarsJulia RobertsMahershala AliEthan HawkeA family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.Recommended if you're interested in: Deeply unsettling movies with ambiguous endings, overhead shots, Mr. Robot easter eggs, the Friends finale, collapse.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroMark GustafsonStarsEwan McGregorDavid BradleyGregory MannA father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.Recommended if you're interested in: Gorgeous animation, terrible joy, Cate Blanchett's finest work, Mussolini fart jokes.
- DirectorDawn MikkelsonKeri PickettStarsKaoly AsanoMichiko Todokoro BuchananMegan Chao-SmithFor thousands of years women have been locked out of Taiko drumming. Not any more.Recommended if you're interested in: Taking the space you deserve, putting together a performance in two weeks while probably sick with COVID, lifelong dreams.
- DirectorWilliam OldroydStarsThomasin McKenzieShea WhighamSam NivolaA woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.Recommended if you're interested in: Messy parental relationships, longing for love, sexual shame, becoming who you are.
- DirectorDavid BrucknerStarsRebecca HallSarah GoldbergVondie Curtis-HallA widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.Recommended if you're interested in: Patchily written horror scripts elevated by a great leading performance, tricking the demon, architectural faces.
- DirectorJimmy ChinElizabeth Chai VasarhelyiStarsAnnette BeningJodie FosterAnne Marie KempfThe remarkable true story of athlete Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida.Recommended if you're interested in: Underdog stories, achieving your dreams, learning to be part of a team, jellyfish.
- DirectorTina SatterStarsSydney SweeneyJosh HamiltonMarchánt DavisA former American intelligence specialist was given the longest sentence for the unauthorized release of government information to the media about Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections via an email operation.Recommended if you're interested in: Movies that play like documentary re-creations, making sure the pets are OK, secrets revealed.
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsSteve BuscemiSimon Russell BealeJeffrey TamborMoscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.Recommended if you're interested in: Pitch-black comedy, jokes interspersed with executions, weak and conniving men in power.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsGreta GerwigMickey SumnerAdam DriverA New York woman apprentices for a dance company and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.Recommended if you're interested in: Coming-of-age stories, friendship, being in your 20s in New York.
- DirectorJared BushByron HowardCharise Castro SmithStarsStephanie BeatrizMaría Cecilia BoteroJohn LeguizamoA Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.Recommended if you're interested in: Enjoyable kids movies with catchy songs, magical houses, reuniting the family.
- DirectorRoar UthaugStarsKristoffer JonerAne Dahl TorpJonas Hoff OftebroAlthough anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.Recommended if you're interested in: Better-than-average disaster movies produced on a non-Hollywood budget, getting to higher ground.
- DirectorCraig JohnsonStarsKristen WiigBill HaderLuke WilsonHaving both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.Recommended if you're interested in: Sad people trying to be less sad, dealing with past trauma, getting high at the dentist, goldfish.
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsDenzel WashingtonRami MalekJared LetoKern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.Recommended if you're interested in: Some good acting in a cop thriller that just doesn't really do much of anything, obsessive detectives, trying to right past wrongs.
- DirectorOlivier DahanStarsMarion CotillardSylvie TestudPascal GreggoryBiopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.Recommended if you're interested in: Scattered musical biopics held together by an incredible lead performance, rags to riches.
- DirectorGareth EdwardsStarsJohn David WashingtonMadeleine Yuna VoylesGemma ChanAgainst the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.Recommended if you're interested in: Great looking but shoddily written sci-fi, war against the robots, military battles, so many secrets being revealed with such little reaction.
- DirectorAgnieszka SmoczynskaStarsMarta MazurekMichalina OlszanskaKinga PreisIn Warsaw, a pair of mermaid sisters are adopted into a cabaret. While one seeks love with humans the other hungers to dine on the human population of the city.Recommended if you're interested in: Super weird but enjoyable musical numbers, knowing you're gonna seem some guy get his throat ripped out, transplants!
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsMichelle WilliamsEddie RedmayneKenneth BranaghColin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interactions between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).Recommended if you're interested in: Hammy acting, insecurity, people feeding off fame, a brief escape from reality.
- DirectorGreg MottolaStarsJon HammCaitlin Zerra RoseRoy Wood Jr.After becoming the prime suspect in a murder, Fletch strives to prove his innocence while simultaneously searching for his girlfriend's stolen art collection.Recommended if you're interested in: Mysteries where someone has to explain the whole thing at the end, funny movies that won't quite make you laugh, giving the cops the slip.
- DirectorJason BatemanStarsJason BatemanNicole KidmanKathryn HahnA brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.Recommended if you're interested in: Quirky and dysfunctional families, art above all, Jason Bateman turning in a Jason Bateman performance.