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by RasmusPuggaard | created - 01 Jan 2019 | updated - 24 Jul 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Rocketman (I) (2019)
R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 194,510 | Gross: $96.37M
The obvious point of comparison is Bohemian Rhapsody - I knew a lot more about Queen going into that than I did about Elton John, so I don't know how true to reality this is, but it's loads better. The acting is similarly very good, but what I really liked was its inventive storytelling antics, which generally worked. It's a bit pushy about the musical stuff though - songs take up a lot of the running time, and often don't feel very motivated by the plot. But I still enjoyed myself a lot.
2. Fractured (I) (2019)
TV-MA | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A couple stops at a gas station, where their 6 y.o. daughter's arm is fractured. They hurry to a hospital. Something strange is going on there. The wife and daughter go missing.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe, Lucy Capri, Adjoa Andoh
Votes: 92,310
I mean, it's a typical direct-to-TV overdramatic mess. Fairly bad plot and acting, but not terrible.
3. Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
This contemporary romantic comedy based on a global bestseller follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan
Votes: 189,948 | Gross: $174.53M
This was really good, actually! Aside from some of the troubles that often accompany romcoms, the characters were fun and the ultra-rich Singapore settings are fresh enough that the tropes aren't that noticeable.
4. Christmas Star (2012)
Family
Stars: Martine Ølbye Hjejle, Rasmus Bjerg, Szhirley, August Igor Svideniouk Egholm
Votes: 219
Pilot - Surprisingly good. It gets a little cringy at times, but most fo the time it was amazingly weird and that really works to its benefit.
Series - This continues pushing all the right buttons for an advent calendar, carving a small world for itself with a host of fun, recognizable characters, and a fun, cozy plot. The sci-fi elements weren't welcomed too well, I think, but I enjoyed how fantastically weird it made everything.
5. Tinka og kongespillet (2019)
Adventure, Drama, Family
When her father, the king, unexpectedly and tragically dies before he can appoint her the crown princess, elf girl Tinka must take part in a game for her rightful throne.
Stars: Josephine Højbjerg, Albert Rosin Harson, Ellen Hillingsø, Christian Tafdrup
Votes: 349
Pilot - I couldn't stand the first Tinka advent calendar. The first episode of this second one wasn't terrible, though.
Series - Yeah nah, this is terrible. The script is a tired series of YA tropes with little internal consistency. Also, the acting is bad, the effects are bad, and the whole thing looks cheap.
6. I Lost My Body (2019)
16+ | 81 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.
Director: Jérémy Clapin | Stars: Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick d'Assumçao, Alfonso Arfi
Votes: 36,594
Very fresh, well-produced, and all-round unexpected. It's an odd idea, told with grimey and seedy details, that ends up being surprisingly moving. It's also the opposite of glamorizing.
7. Sunday (2019– )
Comedy, Drama
The football club FC Fredericia is in a crisis and needs a new star player on the team. The head coach visits Africa to discover a new star and finds "Sunday" but is about to find out that he has never played football in his life.
Stars: Melvin Kakooza, Anders Brink Madsen, Per Teglhus, Thue Ersted Rasmussen
Votes: 607
Pilot - This was legitimately pretty funny and well-produced. It's sort of shaping up to become suuuper problematic though.
8. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again in the conclusion of the Skywalker saga.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver
Votes: 493,105 | Gross: $515.20M
Ep.VII was a tired rehash of old ideas, Ep.VIII was an excellent sci-fi flick that expanded the idea of what a Star Wars film could be, and this is... somewhere in between. It looks and sounds great, there's good banter in here and I had fun, and the story is at least new. The plot and the writing just happen to be pretty bad, with little internal logic, lots of pointless added mythology, a plethora of deus ex machinae. In IMAX, though, I could suspend my disbelief enough to have a pretty good time.
9. The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Zak, a man with down syndrome, runs away from a residential nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. Later, he meets with an outlaw who becomes his friend and coach.
Directors: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz | Stars: Zack Gottsagen, Ann Pierce, Dakota Johnson, Bruce Dern
Votes: 103,127 | Gross: $13.12M
The plot is ultra-oddball, but actually sort of traditional if you look beneath the surface - even if the setting is so exotically North Carolina that it might as well be sci-fi. It's genuinely funny without relying on jokes and genuinely moving, and we're seeing a type of people represented that the world has sort of given up on. Excellent achievement, especially for a debut.
10. Marriage Story (2019)
R | 137 min | Drama, Romance
Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Greer, Azhy Robertson
Votes: 346,198 | Gross: $2.00M
This was devastating, and I'm sure I'll be emotionally broken up for a while now. We probably need a good film about divorce much more than we need another good film about new love, though - there are so many of them and they're so underrepresented. They're also dirty and unpleasant, which is definitely on display here (especially when looking at the legal industry), making it all the more impressive how real, human, warm, and full of love this ends up being.
11. Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
Director: John McPhail | Stars: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux
Votes: 15,628 | Gross: $0.55M
This is a real oddball film, going into musical and zombie antics with equal conviction. The story is classic teen dramedy (but with zombies added), with song setups that were clearly made by someone who knows what they were doing (but with zombies added). This only works because these aspects are taken equally seriously. I had a blast.
12. Watchmen (2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.
Stars: Regina King, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Tom Mison, Sara Vickers
Votes: 134,185
Pilot - Essentially Damon Lindelof shouting to the audience that he doesn't care about our expectations. Leaves a lot of open questions, but it was also good and I'm excited.
Season 1 - By now I'm extremely excited. A very complex plot with a similarly complex relation to the original comics. It unfolds very slowly, starts deep and keeps deepening. I honestly have no clue how so much material was covered in a single season of television. This is a very worthy follow-up to The Leftovers.
13. Queen of Hearts (2019)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.
Director: May el-Toukhy | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper, Liv Esmår Dannemann
Votes: 14,487
This is a very well-made film, and does a great job of making you very uncomfortable. I think I'd prefer it if the point of view had been switched though - our protagonist is such an absolute monster that I had a hard time digging out enough empathy for this to be enjoyable, especially since the film doesn't do much to let us in on her intentions.
14. Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
R | 118 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.
Director: Craig Brewer | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson
Votes: 64,940
I don't quite get the hype. Eddie Murphy is good, but the writing generally isn't great and the dialog is shoddy and forced.
15. The Good Place (2016–2020)
TV-PG | 1,303 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
Stars: Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D'Arcy Carden
Votes: 189,239
Pilot - Funny, even if I didn't necessarily like the premise. Kristin Bell could use more of a changing facial expression though.
Season 1 - After a sort of chunky start, I ended up liking this more and more as the season progressed. It's a lot more devious than you can see at first glance.
Season 2 - After the relatively straightforward season 1, this got buckets more experimental, weird, and interesting in the second season, without sacrificing any of the fun.
16. Apollo 11 (I) (2019)
G | 93 min | Documentary, History
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins.
Director: Todd Douglas Miller | Stars: Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Deke Slayton
Votes: 27,205 | Gross: $9.04M
This is hard for me to form an opinion about. There's some incredible footage here, and the restorations are stunning. But I'm not sure about the choice to exclusively use historical footage - it means that a lot of the film is composed of dialog between astronauts and rocket sciences, and for the better part I had no clue what was going on, which gets boring after a while.
17. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
G | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Santa, a.k.a. Scott Calvin, is faced with double-duty: how to keep his new family happy and how to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd
Votes: 42,652 | Gross: $84.50M
I sort of expected this to be painfully bad. It isn't, really. It's just so much of a cynical cash grab that it clearly doesn't deserve to exist.
18. St. Agatha (2018)
TV-MA | 103 min | Horror, Thriller
In the 1950s in small-town Georgia, a pregnant young woman named Agatha seeks refuge in a convent.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Carolyn Hennesy, Hannah Fierman, Courtney Halverson, Lindsay Seim
Votes: 6,178
Loads of psychological terror here, and it's certainly gross. But the cruelty on display never seems motivated or interesting - it's just cruel. And the story isn't particularly internally coherent.
19. The Dead Center (2018)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A hospital psychiatrist's own sanity is pushed to the edge when a frightened amnesiac patient insists that he has died and brought something terrible back from the other side.
Director: Billy Senese | Stars: Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan, Jeremy Childs, Bill Feehely
Votes: 3,530
The story doesn't really offer much, but the delivery is excellent. Claustrophobic, trippy, and very scary. It does a lot with very few means.
20. And Then We Danced (2019)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.
Director: Levan Akin | Stars: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Kakha Gogidze
Votes: 14,349
It's easy to get Call Me by Your Name vibes here - the actors even sort of look like Georgian Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer - but there's more going on here. It's a very interesting tale of deep specific cultural connection mixed with a universal adolescent wish for self-realization. In this case, these two happen to clash quite strongly, and the film makes great use of that.
21. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
In 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams
Votes: 85,252 | Gross: $68.95M
In the end, I think this was just too damn PG-13. It had some cool enough body horror sequences, but they just weren't actually scary. And with this kind of hand-me-down plot, being scary is really the only thing this film could have going for it.
22. Oliver! (1968)
G | 153 min | Drama, Family, Musical
After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed
Votes: 41,391 | Gross: $16.80M
Great production design, and some of the musical set pieces are very impressive. Unfortunately half of them just fatten the runtime, and none of them work very well as songs. It's a half baked version of the original plot, and the kid who plays Oliver has zero charisma and a one-note singing voice. It looks great, though.
23. Louie (2010–2015)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy, Drama
The life of Louie C.K., a divorced comedian living in New York with two kids.
Stars: Louis C.K., Hadley Delany, Ursula Parker, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 82,192
Season 4 - I really wish I'd seen this whole thing before the Louis CK's abuse became public. But it just can't change how great this show is: fantastically weird, fluid structure, genuinely insightful, so human, and just so absurdly funny. Season 4 isn't my favorite, probably because I prefer this show when it's less episodic, but it's still amazing.
24. Big Mouth (2017–2024)
TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty.
Stars: Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas
Votes: 89,355
Season 2 - I love how off-key and self-referential this is becoming. It's sometimes a bit raunchy for my taste, but the style of storytelling is extremely intriguing.
Season 3 - This keeps having excellent takes and bringing up important discussions, and it's often incredibly funny. Sometimes I'm really excited. And sometimes it's just too low and dumb. Tough balance.
25. The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.
Director: Clay Kaytis | Stars: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, Oliver Hudson
Votes: 83,474
This is a pretty dark Christmas film that starts out going in an interesting direction, but which ultimately sort of flunks because it's just very dumb. Likewise, the visuals start out rather impressive but the budget seemingly ran out after the first 10 minutes. It's not horrible, but it's very forgettable.
26. The Irishman (2019)
R | 209 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 430,874 | Gross: $7.00M
This is the most traditional Martin Scorsese has been in quite a long time. Which is probably why this mammoth-scope classical mobster drama doesn't crumble under its own weight. It has the feeling of the gang getting together for one last time and just delivering on all fronts. This feels like one for the ages.
27. The Stranger (1946)
Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Philip Merivale
Votes: 28,704
The subject matter may be almost too obvious considering the times, but it's a very competently made pitch-black noir, and Orson Welles is electric whenever he's on screen. I really enjoyed myself.
28. Judy (II) (2019)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Director: Rupert Goold | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock, Rufus Sewell
Votes: 54,824
As a biopic, this isn't really doing anything new. But with a performance this great in the center, I don't really need it to - also it's a story I didn't know, and it's pretty devastating and competently told. It's also surprisingly wholesome at times (even though I suspect the most wholesome scenes are fully made up).
29. Klaus (2019)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.
Directors: Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso
Votes: 189,531
This was a lovely take on a traditional Christmas film. Legitimately funny, the animation is very cool, and I generally liked the story - even if it was sometimes a bit on the nose.
30. What We Do in the Shadows (2019–2024)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A look into the nightly lives of four vampires who have lived together on Staten Island for over a century.
Stars: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén
Votes: 102,569
Pilot: Takes a little time to warm up, I think.
Season 1: It's more or less exactly what you'd want a show like this to be. The novelty sort of wears out, but the characters are still fun, and there are enough ideas here to keep it all very funny.
31. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
Former Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.
Stars: John Oliver, David Kaye, Ryan Barger, Noel MacNeal
Votes: 95,717
Pilot: This is really gutsy and really funny.
Season 1: It's quite an experience to rewatch this a few years after the fact. Really puts some events into perspective. Its scope is massive, it's extremely funny, and it was sorely needed on the scene (and is even more so now).
Season 2: Mostly more of the same as Season 1 (which is a great thing!) but it's clear that the host has grown more confident here (which is also a great thing!)
Season 3: Such a messed up viewing experience, because 2016 was such a messed up year and no one really needs the reminder. It was all handled expertly and hilariously by John Oliver though.
Season 4: Absolutely necessary show in the wake of Trump's presidency. It managed to stay funny while being some of the most informative journalism around.
Season 5: Continues in the same vein as before. It's great stuff.
Season 6: Not much more to say, except this is still very good and I'm still so glad to have it in my life.
32. Santa's Apprentice (2010)
G | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Santa doesn't want to retire, but rules are rules and he must train someone to replace him. The lucky winner, to be chosen from among millions of children, must be named Nicholas, be an ... See full summary »
Directors: Luc Vinciguerra, Paulette Victor Lifton | Stars: Julie Gayet, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Lorànt Deutsch, Bruno Salomone
Votes: 537
Very sweet little Christmas film with a fun visual profile and a nice plot for what it is.
33. The Death of Dick Long (2019)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don't want anybody finding out how. That's too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
Director: Daniel Scheinert | Stars: Michael Abbott Jr., Virginia Newcomb, Andre Hyland, Sarah Baker
Votes: 7,337
What an oddball film, but also genuinely hilarious. It sort of manages to sell its completely bonkers plot, and I'm still not quite sure how. Reminds me of Fargo, but where everyone is seven times more stupid.
34. The Farewell (I) (2019)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.
Director: Lulu Wang | Stars: Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo, Hong Lu
Votes: 71,098 | Gross: $16.88M
This was funny and quietly devastating, and managed to be both intensely personal and far-reaching. The acting is flawless. I occasionally had the feeling that the cultural treatment would be more interesting for people who know relatively little about China, though.
35. To the Stars (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer's daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.
Director: Martha Stephens | Stars: Kara Hayward, Jordana Spiro, Tina Parker, Shea Whigham
Votes: 2,045
You know that film where the 'nerd girl' takes off her glasses and lets her hair down, and suddenly she's prom queen and high school social order is upset? This is that film, but in black and white, with lush music, and with an LGBT-subplot that gradually takes over and becomes the main plot. Is that an improvement? Well, yes. But it's also tired and predictable, something that can't be hidden behind artsy antics.
36. The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
R | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.
Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Steve Terada
Votes: 40,896 | Gross: $2.41M
Fantastic, pitch-black satire about light matters such as violence and toxic masculinity. It was hilarious from start to finish except for those moments when it really wasn't, and that balance was managed very well.
37. The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)
Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A crime boss teams up with a cop to track down a serial killer.
Director: Lee Won-tae | Stars: Ma Dong-seok, Jeon Bae-soo, Kim Mu-yeol, Kim Sungkyu
Votes: 22,589 | Gross: $0.22M
South Korea is really good at tossing out these great crime/action films. This one is surprisingly traditional, but the action, editing, music all conspire to make it an extremely thrilling ride. I had tons of fun.
38. The House of Us (2019)
92 min | Drama, Family
A girl from a troubled family befriends two younger girls and begins to feel a sense of normalcy as they go adventuring at the seaside.
Director: Yoon Ga-eun | Stars: Kim Na-yeon, Kim Si-Ah, Joo Ye-rim, Ahn Ji-ho
Votes: 263
Sweet and wholesome story about kids making do in a world with completely absent adults. Excellent child acting on display here.
39. Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
Hoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Mcgowan, Katie Proctor
Votes: 25,825
Ken Loach has become a true master of telling these terrifying stories about the state of England. This one is all the more horrifying for its intimacy, which really captures the consequences of the conditions of the working class. It draws you in, makes you care for this family, in order to make the inevitable collapse all the more devastating. It's excellent.
40. Le daim (2019)
77 min | Comedy, Horror
A man's obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime.
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy, Coralie Russier
Votes: 11,654
This film was really and truly mad, and if there was a message, I don't think I got it. But this was a really fun take on the idea of the realistic self-shot slasher film, and I had a blast.
41. The Souvenir (2019)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
Director: Joanna Hogg | Stars: Neil Young, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen, Frankie Wilson
Votes: 14,480 | Gross: $1.04M
Slowmotion car crash. I liked what this was going for in the beginning, and there was an interesting duality in the intentions of the protagonist. But it runs a bit on autopilot in the second half, and the director's apparent intention to tell a "real" story without traditional narrative structure gets in the way of her, you know, telling a story.
42. Parasite (2019)
R | 132 min | Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-sik
Votes: 958,340 | Gross: $53.37M
This pulled the rug out from under me so many times I'm still dizzy. I could never get a solid grasp of what movie I was watching, but I loved all of them, and the transitions were so seamless it never mattered. It provides a very interesting #eattherich type social commentary that's hard to shake.
43. Jojo Rabbit (2019)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A young German boy in the Hitler Youth whose hero and imaginary friend is the country's dictator is shocked to discover that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Taika Waititi
Votes: 441,098 | Gross: $33.37M
Wholesome film, even if the philosophy is a bit vague. Hilarious, great acting, does an exceptional job of not becoming overly bleak. It's no Hunt for the Wilderpeople, though.
44. The Report (I) (2019)
R | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.
Director: Scott Z. Burns | Stars: Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Ted Levine
Votes: 50,796
Fantastic political thriller. Non-partisan, non-expositional, not particularly viewer-friendly, but extremely strong, even legitimately moving.
45. Our Friend (2019)
R | 124 min | Drama, Romance
After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Jason Segel, Isabella Kai, Violet McGraw, Casey Affleck
Votes: 15,275
It was devastating, but I'm not sure it really deserved it. There were multiple timelines that didn't really work in service of the story, it was juggling too many plotlines, and I'm not sure Dakota Johnson really pulled her weight. But the final section is legitimately and very effectively heartbreaking, making it a difficult film to score.
46. Vivarium (2019)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.
Director: Lorcan Finnegan | Stars: Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann, Jesse Eisenberg
Votes: 73,863
The perfect horror film for people who are absolutely terrified of suburbia. It was fun, fantastically weird, and legitimately scary. It's hamfisted, but it's very much supposed to be.
47. Calm with Horses (2019)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
Director: Nick Rowland | Stars: Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Liam Carney, David Wilmot
Votes: 7,076
It's sort of been done plot-wise, but it's still a very competent crime drama. It aims for real rather than over-the-top, but can't always help itself. Particularly the quiet parts, showcasing the protagonists' issues with squaring his life in crime with his life with his son are very good.
48. Beats (II) (2019)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two teenage boys in Scotland in 1994, best friends with no control over their lives, risk everything to attend an illegal rave, hoping for the best night of their boring lives.
Director: Brian Welsh | Stars: Cristian Ortega, Lorn Macdonald, Laura Fraser, Brian Ferguson
Votes: 4,767
Super cheap period piece with a fresh take on a classic plot. It's a coming-of-age film about trying to get to a rave in small-town Scotland in the mid-90s, and the conviction of everyone involved feels downright revolutionary. It's filthy, gritty, loud, and very real.
49. Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory
Votes: 649,001
Season 5 - This show can be a bit full of itself, but the fifth season really was a true return to form after the forgettable fourth season. The new elements added here were intriguing, and I'm excited for what's coming.
50. Barry (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
Stars: Bill Hader, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan
Votes: 122,346
Pilot - Bleak and funny. I'm very interested in seeing where this is going.
Season 1 - Really gets to you. It balances its heartbreaking and its funny in an even more off-key manner than other shows doing the same thing recently, meaning that it's both slapstick and unbelieveably bleak. Highly watchable.
Season 2 - Came really far in the second season, boosting everything I loved about the first and about other comedy shows right now such as BoJack Horseman and Atlanta. The humor is darker, the feelings are more complex and real, and the whole thing is just funnier.
51. Arctic (2018)
PG-13 | 98 min | Adventure, Drama
A man stranded in the Arctic after a plane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.
Director: Joe Penna | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir, Tintrinai Thikhasuk
Votes: 58,320 | Gross: $2.41M
Super bleak Man vs Nature film with some great acting and some really cool shots, but nothing really new to bring to the table except pain.
52. Riphagen (2016)
131 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story about Riphagen, a cunning Dutch traitor during WW2 who helped Nazi round up Jews, stealing their treasures for himself. He destroyed Resistance groups, making many who pursued justice after the war look like fools.
Director: Pieter Kuijpers | Stars: Steef de Bot, Huub Smit, Sigrid ten Napel, Anna Raadsveld
Votes: 8,710
Like Zwartboek before it, this film makes oddly glib entertainment out of horrifying historical material. Also like Zwartboek, it's very gripping and satisfying.
53. The Laundromat (I) (2019)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A widow investigates an insurance fraud, chasing leads to a pair of Panama City law partners exploiting the world's financial system.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, AJ Meijer, Arsenio Castellanos
Votes: 54,907
Like too many of Netflix' originals, it feels a bit rushed. All the individual parts work fine, but they're combined in an increasingly random haphazard way.
54. The Equalizer (2014)
R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him cannot stand idly by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour
Votes: 419,795 | Gross: $101.53M
Cartoonishly evil villains, and an even more cartoonishly Messianic hero with borderline superpowers. Oh, and the plot is dumb, and the action scenes are spread way too thin across its inflated runtime.
55. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Votes: 109,369 | Gross: $3.76M
This was a stunner. It's technically amazing, with cinematography that really captures very dark settings, and amazing sound design. It's also an absolute masterclass in acting for everyone involved, and its emotional build-up is so gradual that I was surprised just how moved I was by the pay-off. It's minimal and quintessentially French, bu don't let that scare you away.
56. Mindhunter (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
Stars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross
Votes: 335,527
Season 2 - The show is being taken forward in a very competent manner. I preferred the character focus in Season 1 a bit, but I still appreciate that they're switching it up so it doesn't get stale.
57. Ozark (2017–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.
Stars: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner
Votes: 346,470
Pilot: My interest is caught. It's a compelling plot, and good acting, even if I'm not too into the grimy color scheme.
Season 1: Very bingeable, but the frantic pace of the plot development along with the overlong episodes means that it somehow feels simultaneously too fast and too slow.
58. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
TV-MA | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Fugitive Jesse Pinkman runs from his captors, the law, and his past.
Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Aaron Paul, Jonathan Banks, Matt Jones, Charles Baker
Votes: 291,430
This is perfectly competent, enjoyable, well-acted. It's not a bad addition to the Breaking Bad franchise. But still not quite good enough to justify its existence.
59. Joker (I) (2019)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy
Votes: 1,487,192 | Gross: $335.45M
Joaquin Phoenix is such a powerhouse, and his performance almost carries this film singlehandedly (although I also enjoyed the music, scenography etc). It's incessantly bleak, and the jury's still out on whether it's politically justifiable, but it was definitely effective while watching.
60. Thor: The Dark World (2013)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When the Dark Elves attempt to plunge the universe into darkness, Thor must embark on a perilous and personal journey that will reunite him with doctor Jane Foster.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 724,816 | Gross: $206.36M
Not as bad as I thought. It's competent, it's just so terribly joyless. A cool thing about later versions of Thor is that the filmmakers would embrace the inherent silliness of the character, whereas here they're bogged down by it.
61. Lonesome Ghosts (1937)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey, Donald and Goofy run the "Ajax Ghost Exterminators" agency. They receive a call from lonely and bored ghosts to come to their house where they are scared silly by the hilarious haunts and taunts of these spirited pranksters.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash
Votes: 3,367
The visual transformation that Disney went through in their first 10 years was pretty stunning. That said, this is dumb fun and not much else. The restoration is pretty stunning though.
62. Steamboat Willie (1928)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
Directors: Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney | Star: Walt Disney
Votes: 11,244
Testing out the new Disney+. This is a very fun, inventive little film.
63. Pain and Glory (2019)
R | 113 min | Drama
A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as the past and present come crashing down around him.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas
Votes: 63,094
Has an odd flow to it, particularly because the emotional climax comes around the middle. But it's a really strong emotional climax, and at the end the whole plot is tied together very nicely. It's intensely personal, and all actors are bringing their A game.
64. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,420
Slowburn courtroom drama that takes its time pondering some very complicated moral questions, attacking them from different angles, before presenting a solution. It's almost like an old-timey philosophical thesis presented in film-form. You may not agree with the outcome, but the format was very effective.
65. The Birds (1963)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Votes: 204,424 | Gross: $11.40M
Hitchcock can be a bit hit-or-miss for me. The background story and the characters themselves are good here, but the story is sort of abandoned when the horror really begins. The effects are very dated, making that horror pretty ineffective.
66. Christine (1983)
R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller
A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky
Votes: 92,398 | Gross: $21.20M
So the premise was kinda lame and it's all very 80s, but the transformation of Keith Gordon in this film is actually really impressive. Moreover, it's good fun and the effects are surprisingly good.
67. The Remains of the Day (1993)
PG | 134 min | Drama, Romance
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve
Votes: 84,392 | Gross: $22.95M
It may be a slow-burn but it builds up to an impressive and surprising emotional payoff. Anthony Hopkins is a force of nature.
68. Legion (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 1,316 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
David Haller is a troubled young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, but after a strange encounter he discovers special powers that will change his life forever.
Stars: Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Irwin
Votes: 97,165
Season 2 - This is quite often the director's playground - it feels as if there's been no oversight at all. This isn't necessarily a good thing, but it is here. So much fun stuff is being tried out, yet the show still manages to carry a certain emotional weight. Also, crucially, I start out every episode having absolutely no clue where it's going to end up, and that's very refreshing.
Season 3 - Still excellent, and still completely bonkers. It's a bit less terrifying than previous seasons, but it's hard not to get to get swept up in the joy of unbridled creativity on display here. I particularly loved the way musical numbers were used for dramatic effect, where I often laughed out loud but was still completely swept up. If the golden age of tv is still ongoing, it may be because of Noah Hawley.
69. Ad Astra (2019)
PG-13 | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 260,376 | Gross: $50.19M
It certainly looks stunning, and some of its visions of how we manage space in the future are really interesting. The acting is generally good. But it's also kind of flat and way too self-serious - it builds toward an emotional release that just never really comes, and Brad Pitt's production credit suggests that it's somewhat of a vanity project. Most of the time, it has the script of a silly b-movie that lost all the fun somewhere in the production process.
70. Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000 TV Movie)
Unrated | 130 min | Documentary, Crime
The case of the West Memphis Three, its questionable circumstances and the parties involved are followed up years later.
Directors: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | Stars: Damien Wayne Echols, Melissa Byers, Norris Deajon, Tim Sullivan
Votes: 9,642
Doesn't hold up nearly as well as the first one. It seems to be treading water for most of its running time, and chooses to focus a lot on one of the parents who lost a kid mostly because he's unstable and allows the crew to film him, it seems.
71. Our Planet (2019–2023)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary
Explores and unravels the mystery of how and why animals migrate, showing some of the most dramatic and compelling stories in the natural world through spectacular and innovative cinematography.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 50,918
Pilot - Wow. Previous David Attenborough series have seemed awe-inspiring, but I wouldn't even know how to classify this.
Full show - It's visually stunning, and the things they have caught on camera here are unprecedented. But more importantly, it's hugely political, and works as the strongest call to arms for the climate movement that I'm familiar with.
72. Fast Color (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Director: Julia Hart | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, Saniyya Sidney, David Strathairn
Votes: 7,016 | Gross: $0.08M
This was a very pleasant view. Small scale sci-fi, but with gorgeous visuals and a nice story that doesn't over-explain itself.
73. Avengement (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Crime
After years of assaults on him in prison, convicted felon Cain Burgess escapes for avengement on those responsible.
Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran
Votes: 20,609
It's not exactly art, but I do have a guilty pleasure for this sort of thing. It's a by the numbers revenge thriller, but it's charmingly small-scale in its production and the fight scenes are very satisfying.
74. Rolling Thunder Revue (2019)
TV-MA | 142 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In an alchemic mix of fact and fantasy, Martin Scorsese looks back at Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour and a country ripe for reinvention.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, Martin von Haselberg
Votes: 7,706
So, the concerts are fantastic and so are the restorations, and the clips that were sourced from the time are all cool. But with regards to what's added here, I'd say... weird flex but ok? It's well-done, but outside of the great interviews with Dylan himself, I have a hard time seeing the point.
75. It Chapter Two (2019)
R | 169 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.
Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa
Votes: 301,813 | Gross: $211.59M
The filmmakers are clearly trying so hard to make this a "real epic", much like King did with the book - in large part they succeed, but it does also lead to some tone confusion because of the inherent silliness of the source material, and it makes it prone to over-mythologizing and indulgency. All in all though, I had a blast - it was very well-done and its selfseriousness pays off.
76. Monos (2019)
R | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
On a remote mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.
Director: Alejandro Landes | Stars: Sofia Buenaventura, Julián Giraldo, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón
Votes: 18,910
A very interesting and absolutely terrifying view of what happens with humanity under the wrong circumstances, with some amazing cinematography of some glorious scenery, and a fantastic score by Mica Levi. The characters and the scenery follow each other in becoming gradually more horrifying.
77. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The apparently-perfect lives of upper-class mothers of students at a prestigious elementary school unravel to the point of murder when a single mother moves to their quaint California beach town.
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Adam Scott
Votes: 224,095
Pilot - I like the storytelling gimmick, and the acting is great. I'm very curious as to where it goes. I'm also a bit worried that spending time with all these appalling characters can become a bit much.
Season 1 - Played out roughly as I expected - in that this is a really tough watch, in large part because most everyone is so unpleasant. But I did manage to rack up a lot of sympathy for (some of) these characters and their predicaments. Also, the plot moves forward nicely, it's suspenseful, and it has some great music choices in there.
78. In Fabric (2018)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences.
Director: Peter Strickland | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Julian Barratt, Steve Oram
Votes: 13,940
Delightfully odd film. It swerves between hilarious and terrifying, sometimes at the same time. I can't say I fully understand it, but who cares when the imagery and the music is this delicious, the acting is this excellent, and your expectations are constantly being dodged. The first half admittedly cuts a bit deeper than the second, but both are so good that I can't say I mind.
79. Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy (2018)
Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Biography, Crime
While keeping a low profile after his defeat by Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi gets into trouble after getting in a fight with a powerful foreigner.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jin Zhang, Dave Bautista, Yan Liu, Michelle Yeoh
Votes: 9,814 | Gross: $0.21M
This... wasn't good. The action is good, but that's it. The story is tired and worn out. The acting is choppy, and the child actors are downright awful. The villains are painfully cartoonish. Even given the waning standards of this series, this is kind of embarassing.
80. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
Not Rated | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.
Director: Issa López | Stars: Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Nery Arredondo, Hanssel Casillas
Votes: 9,033 | Gross: $0.13M
Extraordinarily dark, but there's still a lot of humanity on display here. The acting is impressive, the visuals are impressive, and it was very moving. I didn't completely buy into the occasional horror antics at first, but I was converted by the knock-out closing sequence.
81. Dune (1984)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino
Votes: 179,227 | Gross: $30.93M
I'd expected this to at least be interesting. But for every inspired David Lynch-visual, there are 10 horribly dated 80s sci-fi visuals. The mythology is absurdly intricate and isn't really served well here, the acting is clunky, and all of this is bogged down further by annoying constant whispered voice-overs of unnecessary exposition.
82. A Vigilante (2018)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After escaping her violent husband, Sadie makes it her life's mission to help free others in danger. After months of rigorous training in survival skills, boxing, and lethal martial arts, she is back with a vengeance.
Director: Sarah Daggar-Nickson | Stars: Olivia Wilde, Morgan Spector, Kyle Catlett, Estefania Tejeda
Votes: 10,468
This wasn't bad, and there were great storytelling moments and occasionally also great acting in here. But it also set itself a difficult task with such heavy subject matter, a task it often didn't feel fully capable of lifting.
83. Lost Highway (1997)
R | 134 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Anonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius, Louis Eppolito
Votes: 153,127 | Gross: $3.80M
I can't say that I fully understood this, but it still gave off an effective feeling of dread. It was kind of like a very short Twin Peaks: The Return without the backstory.
84. Woodstock (1970)
R | 184 min | Documentary, History, Music
Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
Director: Michael Wadleigh | Stars: Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Roger Daltrey, Joe Cocker
Votes: 18,456 | Gross: $50.00M
This was an extended anniversary edition. It's not particularly skillful film making, much like the festival wasn't particularly skillfully organized. As a documentary it's somewhat randomly structured and more than a little voyeuristic, and it doesn't come close to justifying its almost 4-hour duration. Most performances are great though, and the material is very interesting regardless.
85. Train to Busan (2016)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an
Votes: 258,420 | Gross: $2.13M
Fresh, inventive take on the zombie genre. The characters are a bit tired, but the settings work great and the action is very cool.
86. Sex Education (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Stars: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey
Votes: 351,041
Pilot - Eccentrically British, and mostly pretty funny, even if it's a bit over the top at times.
Season 1 - Given time, this really ended up being moving. It's a complex web of personal relations, and the way these kids are being portrayed as unsupervised and simultaneously very competent and completely incompetent just feels so real.
87. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, Crime
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
Directors: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky | Stars: Tony Brooks, Diana Davis, Terry Wood, Dick Clay
Votes: 18,134
It can feel a little dated, cheesy, and voyeuristic, but it's also a film that has to be judged for its (partial) achievement more than just film value, and it's doing very important work. Also I was constantly furious, so something is definitely being done right.
88. The Sopranos (1999–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
Votes: 470,609
Season 1 - This holds up so well. It's funny, exciting, extremely fresh and really well-structured. Considering that this came out in 1999, it feels positively revolutionary.
Season 2 - Not as good as the first season, because it doesn't really seem to be going anywhere. It's mostly just Sopranos on autopilot - which isn't bad, but also isn't mindbreakingly brilliant.
89. Tremors (2019)
Unrated | 107 min | Drama
The coming out of an evangelical father shatters his family, his community and uncovers a profoundly repressive society.
Director: Jayro Bustamante | Stars: Juan Pablo Olyslager, Diane Bathen, Mauricio Armas Zebadúa, Rui Frati
Votes: 1,515
Well, this was painful to was. I was furious, and not really sure who I should be furious at (but probably the church). It showcases brilliant acting from all sides with a very broad perspective. The terror and love on display both manage to creep under your skin.
90. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Lily Collins, Zac Efron, Angela Sarafyan, Sydney Vollmer
Votes: 103,355
This is competently made, and the acting is very good, especially on Zac Efron's side. But it also feels kind of hollow and pared down, like it doesn't have much of a focus or a point. Something tells me Berlinger could have made a better documentary from this.
91. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
R | 161 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch
Votes: 847,182 | Gross: $142.50M
This one is really swimming around my head, probably because its pace is so idiosyncratic. But the acting is just back-to-back excellent, it's both hilarious and very moving, and the way the historical context is pictured is very interesting. And Quentin Tarantino-revisionism is one of my favorite genres of fairytale.
92. Sleepy Hollow (1999)
R | 105 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon
Votes: 383,786 | Gross: $101.07M
Pretty dated, but also good fun. I liked Johnny Depp in it. Striking the right balance between Hollywood and oddball slasher seemed hard at times.
93. The Secret (2016)
TV-MA | 45 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
The true-crime story of a respectable dentist and pillar of the community who became a killer in partnership with a Sunday school teacher.
Stars: James Nesbitt, Genevieve O'Reilly, Patrick O'Kane, Nina Woods
Votes: 3,674
It's difficult to judge. Starts out way too British-miniseries-y, but the acting and the conviction in the last episodes actually really elevates it above camp. Something consistently feels off in the pacing and choice of perspective though.
94. Ghost (1990)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn
Votes: 235,839 | Gross: $217.63M
This was pretty wacky, but I had fun! I can't at all see a version of this with any capacity to take itself seriously be released in 2019, and that's honestly kind of a shame.
95. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing the huge new threat of Lego Duplo, invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.
Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish
Votes: 76,617 | Gross: $105.81M
This is getting needlessly underrated. Sure, it's similar to the first one, but it also has an extremely creative visual profile, great action, and humor that's great enough to make you forget the occasional stumbles in coherence. It even made me feel feelings. Once again, I'm very impressed.
96. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
PG | 104 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek the Hidden World, a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.
Director: Dean DeBlois | Stars: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 150,459 | Gross: $160.80M
As for the other entrances in the franchise, the animation is fantastic, the action is cool, and the design of the dragons is amazing. The story is serviceable, even if it's starting to feel a bit tired.
97. So Long, My Son (2019)
185 min | Drama
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Director: Xiaoshuai Wang | Stars: Jingchun Wang, Mei Yong, Xi Qi, Roy Wang
Votes: 5,275
This is slow, methodical, thought-out, and beautiful in its humanity if not really in its scenery. It can be a bit hard to follow in the beginning because of the multiple timelines, but everything ends up fitting together neatly. It's devoid of moralizing when it comes to its characters, but does a great job of presenting the inhumane systemic reasons for it all. I'm surprised that the PRC even allowed this to be released.
98. The Purge (I) (2013)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.
Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane
Votes: 239,909 | Gross: $64.47M
The idea is good, and this isn't the hot mess I feared it would be even if it is kind of a hot mess. It's sloppy, but it's fun action.
99. When They See Us (2019)
TV-MA | 296 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
Stars: Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez
Votes: 137,753
This was decidedly soulcrushing. The acting was excellent, some cool production choices were made, and the story just badly needed to be told. Also Ava Duvernay has this knack for making me very angry in the best possible sense. A relatively minor negative point is that the dialog often felt a bit too scripted.
100. Midsommar (2019)
R | 148 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper
Votes: 402,554 | Gross: $27.33M
If you've seen Hereditary, it should be clear that Ari Aster didn't invite you here to have a good time. This is so bleak, but there's so much artistic value to be found here, particularly in the excellent cinematography and score. For the lion's share of the film, it has zero interest in horror conventions - it's living, breathing cinema and you have no idea where it's going next. After it's done though, I do have the slight feeling that it's a little bit hollow, but I just didn't notice during the ride. Oh, and the opening sequence is one of the best I've seen in any genre.
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