| Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
| Gravity | 2013 | 100 | 1 | (full review) |
| Promising Young Woman | 2020 | 100 | 1 | (full review) |
| Scream | 1996 | 100 | 1 | (full review) |
| Silence of the Lambs, The | 1991 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - Perfect |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 2017 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - A gift from Martin McDonagh to us all. |
| Brooklyn | 2015 | 95 | 6 | (full review) - Sensitive tale with no villain in sight...a lovely film. |
| Terms of Endearment | 1983 | 95 | 6 | (full review) |
| Carol | 2015 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - Carol shows a beauty of a relationship damaged by societal norms, and the fight to reclaim what’s true. |
| Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The | 2013 | 90 | 8 | (full review) |
| Jackie | 2016 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - A focused portrait of the woman behind the president. |
| Room | 2015 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - An intense watch...an important one too. |
| Sicario | 2015 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - From start to finish, a solid exercise in sustained suspense. |
| Spy | 2015 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - A hilarious bit of globe-trotting fun. |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 2017 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - The effects are top notch, the score from Williams sounds as glorious as ever, and try not to get a little choked up every time Fisher’s on screen. |
| The Favourite | 2018 | 90 | 8 | (full review) |
| The Shape of Water | 2017 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - del Toro reaches new heights (or depths?) with The Shape of Water. |
| Wonder Woman | 2017 | 90 | 8 | (full review) - A better movie than we all deserve... |
| Atomic Blonde | 2017 | 85 | 18 | (full review) - Even if Atomic Blonde doesn’t necessarily turn the Cold War spy thriller on its head, it sure gives it a helluva decent set of stylish somersaults. |
| Bombshell | 2019 | 85 | 18 | (full review) |
| Carrie (1976) | 1976 | 85 | 18 | (full review) - Still bloody good... |
| Wonder Woman 1984 | 2020 | 85 | 18 | (full review) |
| Zero Dark Thirty | 2012 | 85 | 18 | (full review) |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | 2016 | 80 | 23 | (full review) - A nice jolt of giddy old-fashioned movie-going fun. |
| Erin Brockovich | 2000 | 80 | 23 | (full review) |
| Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, The | 2015 | 80 | 23 | (full review) - A thrilling end...but leave the kiddies at home. |
| I, Tonya | 2017 | 80 | 23 | (full review) - Margot Robbie will triple-axel into your heart... |
| Lady Bird | 2017 | 80 | 23 | (full review) - When it flies, it soars. Metcalf and Ronan are award ready/worthy. |
| Sixteen Candles | 1984 | 80 | 23 | (full review) |
| Maleficent | 2014 | 75 | 29 | (full review) - Too CGI-y for my taste, but Jolie is deliciously fun. |
| Mermaids | 1990 | 75 | 29 | (full review) |
| Single White Female | 1992 | 75 | 29 | (full review) - No need to evict this one. |
| Sisters | 2015 | 75 | 29 | (full review) - Still waiting for that perfect Poehler and Fey pairing. |
| The Shallows | 2016 | 75 | 29 | (full review) - Shark looks nice but in general there should be less talking and more swimming. |
| Under the Skin | 2014 | 75 | 29 | (full review) |
| Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | 2016 | 75 | 29 | (full review) - Fey can do it all...even drama. |
| Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | 2020 | 70 | 36 | (full review) |
| Girls Trip | 2017 | 70 | 36 | (full review) - Probably the best of the recent batch of Raunchy Lady comedies |
| Gunpowder Milkshake | 2021 | 70 | 36 | (full review) |
| Miss Sloane | 2016 | 70 | 36 | (full review) - A nice movie for a nasty woman. |
| Molly's Game | 2017 | 70 | 36 | (full review) - Created by a one-eyed Jack, ruled by a commanding Queen. |
| Captain Marvel | 2019 | 65 | 41 | (full review) |
| Little Women | 2019 | 65 | 41 | (full review) |
| 47 Meters Down | 2017 | 60 | 43 | (full review) - Decent little bite of fun. |
| Florence Foster Jenkins | 2016 | 60 | 43 | (full review) - Like it's subject, slightly off-key. |
| Hello, My Name Is Doris | 2016 | 60 | 43 | (full review) - If you can handle squirming uncomfortably for 95 minutes, two good performances will be your reward. |
| Lucy | 2014 | 60 | 43 | (full review) - Looney tunes and totally nutso...but never boring. |
| Carrie (2013) | 2013 | 55 | 47 | (full review) |
| Joy | 2015 | 55 | 47 | (full review) - Better than American Hustle...so there's that. |
| To Do List, The | 2013 | 55 | 47 | (full review) |
| Tomb Raider | 2018 | 55 | 47 | (full review) - Sporadically entertaining but doesn't dig deep enou |
| Big Eyes | 2014 | 50 | 51 | (full review) - Big Eyes...little impact. |
| Bling Ring, The | 2013 | 50 | 51 | (full review) |
| Frances Ha | 2013 | 50 | 51 | (full review) - At 86 minutes this isn’t something you’ll be checking your watch through, but it’s also nothing that demands your attention either when there are so many other independent features that have the script, performances, and insight to give you better bang for your buck. |
| Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, The | 2012 | 50 | 51 | (full review) |
| Pitch Perfect 2 | 2015 | 40 | 55 | (full review) - A low note, though not without some decent harmony. |
| Pitch Perfect 3 | 2017 | 40 | 55 | (full review) - Plug your ears... |
| Ghostbusters | 2016 | 35 | 57 | (full review) - Not great...but then again neither is the original if you're being totally honest with your childhood self. |
| Bad Moms | 2016 | 30 | 58 | (full review) - Like the recent Ghostbusters reboot, here is a movie that doesn’t know what to do with its perfectly capable but script stymied stars. |
| Mother! | 2017 | 30 | 58 | (full review) - Come for Pfeiffer. Stay for...actually, don't stay. |
| Heat, The | 2013 | 20 | 60 | (full review) |
| A Bad Moms Christmas | 2017 | 10 | 61 | (full review) - Coal for all involved with this stinker. |
