Watched in 2024 (Best to Worst)
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1. May December (2023)
R | 117 min | Drama
Twenty 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.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore
Votes: 52,795
Recommended if you're interested in: Acting powerhouses, arrested development, trying to get to the truth.
2. Polite Society (2023)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Comedy
Ria 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.
Director: Nida Manzoor | Stars: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Renu Brindle, Rekha John-Cheriyan
Votes: 10,264
Recommended if you're interested in: Classic martial arts movies, saving your sister, daring heists, knowing your destiny (and not), evil mother-in-laws.
3. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
R | 148 min | Action, Drama, War
A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I.
Director: Edward Berger | Stars: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, Moritz Klaus
Votes: 246,028
Recommended if you're interested in: The brutalities and futilities of war.
4. Maestro (2023)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, History
This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Vincenzo Amato
Votes: 60,898
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.
5. Dune: Part Two (2024)
PG-13 | 166 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem
Votes: 385,018
Recommended if you're interested in: Visually gorgeous sequels that nevertheless don't quite measure up to the original, power and revenge.
6. Leave the World Behind (2023)
R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Sam Esmail | Stars: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la
Votes: 196,690
Recommended if you're interested in: Deeply unsettling movies with ambiguous endings, overhead shots, Mr. Robot easter eggs, the Friends finale, collapse.
7. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
Directors: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson | Stars: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman
Votes: 113,203
Recommended if you're interested in: Gorgeous animation, terrible joy, Cate Blanchett's finest work, Mussolini fart jokes.
8. Finding Her Beat (2022)
89 min | Documentary
For thousands of years women have been locked out of Taiko drumming. Not any more.
Directors: Dawn Mikkelson, Keri Pickett | Stars: Kaoly Asano, Michiko Todokoro Buchanan, Megan Chao-Smith, Jennifer Cho
Votes: 28
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.
9. Eileen (2023)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.
Director: William Oldroyd | Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Shea Whigham, Sam Nivola, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Votes: 10,998
Recommended if you're interested in: Messy parental relationships, longing for love, sexual shame, becoming who you are.
10. The Night House (2020)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.
Director: David Bruckner | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit
Votes: 67,218
Recommended if you're interested in: Patchily written horror scripts elevated by a great leading performance, tricking the demon, architectural faces.
11. Nyad (2023)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The 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.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Anne Marie Kempf, Carolyn McCormick
Votes: 37,035
Recommended if you're interested in: Underdog stories, achieving your dreams, learning to be part of a team, jellyfish.
12. Reality (I) (2023)
TV-MA | 83 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: Tina Satter | Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Josh Hamilton, Marchánt Davis, Benny Elledge
Votes: 20,598
Recommended if you're interested in: Movies that play like documentary re-creations, making sure the pets are OK, secrets revealed.
13. The Death of Stalin (2017)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Moscow, 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.
Director: Armando Iannucci | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 113,507 | Gross: $8.05M
Recommended if you're interested in: Pitch-black comedy, jokes interspersed with executions, weak and conniving men in power.
14. Frances Ha (2012)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A New York woman apprentices for a dance company and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.
Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen
Votes: 94,355 | Gross: $4.06M
Recommended if you're interested in: Coming-of-age stories, friendship, being in your 20s in New York.
15. Encanto (2021)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.
Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith | Stars: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo
Votes: 262,548 | Gross: $96.09M
Recommended if you're interested in: Enjoyable kids movies with catchy songs, magical houses, reuniting the family.
16. The Wave (2015)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Although 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.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande
Votes: 42,797 | Gross: $0.18M
Recommended if you're interested in: Better-than-average disaster movies produced on a non-Hollywood budget, getting to higher ground.
17. The Skeleton Twins (2014)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.
Director: Craig Johnson | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson, Ty Burrell
Votes: 44,874 | Gross: $5.28M
Recommended if you're interested in: Sad people trying to be less sad, dealing with past trauma, getting high at the dentist, goldfish.
18. La Vie En Rose (2007)
PG-13 | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biopic 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.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner
Votes: 90,769 | Gross: $10.30M
Recommended if you're interested in: Scattered musical biopics held together by an incredible lead performance, rags to riches.
19. The Creator (2023)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Against 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.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney
Votes: 160,764
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.
20. The Lure (2015)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In 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.
Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska | Stars: Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis, Andrzej Konopka
Votes: 9,800 | Gross: $0.10M
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!
21. My Week with Marilyn (2011)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama
Colin 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).
Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond
Votes: 89,611 | Gross: $14.60M
Recommended if you're interested in: Hammy acting, insecurity, people feeding off fame, a brief escape from reality.
22. Confess, Fletch (2022)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
After becoming the prime suspect in a murder, Fletch strives to prove his innocence while simultaneously searching for his girlfriend's stolen art collection.
Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Jon Hamm, Caitlin Zerra Rose, Roy Wood Jr., Ayden Mayeri
Votes: 19,996
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.
23. The Family Fang (2015)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
Director: Jason Bateman | Stars: Jason Bateman, Nicole Kidman, Kathryn Hahn, Maryann Plunkett
Votes: 10,030 | Gross: $0.24M
Recommended if you're interested in: Quirky and dysfunctional families, art above all, Jason Bateman turning in a Jason Bateman performance.
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