Movies — Reviews & Rankings

Frank Darabont · 1994 · 142 min

Wrongfully imprisoned man forms a bond with a fellow inmate. The most-beloved film on IMDb.

Francis Ford Coppola · 1972 · 175 min

The Corleone family mafia saga. Possibly the greatest American film ever.

Christopher Nolan · 2008 · 152 min

Heath Ledger's Joker elevates a superhero film into a crime masterpiece.

Francis Ford Coppola · 1974 · 202 min

Parallel stories of young Vito and Michael. Rarely beaten sequels this good.

Steven Spielberg · 1993 · 195 min

A German industrialist saves over a thousand Jewish refugees. Unflinching and humane.

Quentin Tarantino · 1994 · 154 min

Non-linear LA crime tapestry. Changed indie film forever.

Peter Jackson · 2003 · 201 min

The trilogy's crowning. 11 Oscars, a victory lap earned over nine hours.

Bong Joon-ho · 2019 · 132 min

First foreign-language Best Picture winner. Class commentary as thriller.

Daniels · 2022 · 139 min

Multiverse mother-daughter tax-audit comedy epic. Best Picture 2023.

Sidney Lumet · 1957 · 96 min

Twelve jurors debate a murder case in one room. Economical genius.

Robert Zemeckis · 1994 · 142 min

A simple man witnesses half a century of American history.

Martin Scorsese · 1990 · 145 min

A gangster's 30-year rise and fall. Scorsese's pure cinema.

Damien Chazelle · 2014 · 106 min

Jazz drummer and his abusive teacher. Not quite my tempo.

Christopher Nolan · 2023 · 180 min

The architect of the atomic bomb. 3 hours of IMAX conversations that hit like nukes.

Gus Van Sant · 1997 · 126 min

A janitor at MIT is a mathematical genius. "It's not your fault."

David Fincher · 2010 · 120 min

How Facebook was born. Sorkin's razor-sharp dialogue.

Paul Thomas Anderson · 2007 · 158 min

Oil prospector's rise. Day-Lewis roars. "I drink your milkshake."

Robert Eggers · 2019 · 109 min

Two lighthouse keepers lose their minds in black and white.

Taika Waititi · 2019 · 108 min

A boy in Nazi Germany has an imaginary Hitler friend. Warm and devastating.

Barry Jenkins · 2016 · 111 min

Three chapters in a Black boy's life. Best Picture winner (after the envelope).

Christopher Nolan · 2010 · 148 min

Dream-heist thriller with a top that never stops spinning.

Christopher Nolan · 2014 · 169 min

A father leaves Earth to save humanity. Emotional sci-fi on a cosmic scale.

Wachowskis · 1999 · 136 min

There is no spoon. The film that gave philosophy bullet-time.

Denis Villeneuve · 2024 · 166 min

Paul Atreides' rise to messianic power on Arrakis. Cinematic spectacle.

Denis Villeneuve · 2017 · 164 min

Sequel to a classic, now itself a classic. Visually overwhelming.

Denis Villeneuve · 2016 · 116 min

A linguist communicates with aliens. Sci-fi that's really about grief.

David Fincher · 1999 · 139 min

Insomniac office worker meets a soap maker. First rule: you know what it is.

David Fincher · 1995 · 127 min

Two detectives hunt a serial killer inspired by the seven deadly sins.

Jordan Peele · 2017 · 104 min

Social thriller turned horror masterpiece. The sunken place.

Jonathan Demme · 1991 · 118 min

FBI trainee consults Hannibal Lecter. Best Picture winner with icy dread.

David Fincher · 2014 · 149 min

A wife disappears. What follows is media frenzy and something worse.

Coen Brothers · 2007 · 122 min

A hunter finds drug money and an assassin follows. Bleak western poetry.

Christopher Nolan · 2006 · 130 min

Rival magicians escalate. Watch closely.

Christopher Nolan · 2000 · 113 min

A man with short-term memory loss hunts his wife's killer. Told backward.

Stanley Kubrick · 1980 · 146 min

A family caretakes a haunted hotel. Here's Johnny.

Ari Aster · 2018 · 127 min

A family unravels after grandmother's death. One of horror's scariest decades.

Rian Johnson · 2019 · 130 min

A whodunit done with style. Revived the genre.

Nicolas Winding Refn · 2011 · 100 min

A getaway driver with a strict code. Synthwave aesthetics defined.