| Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
| Poor Things | 2023 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - Imagine a woman’s sense of self forming without shame, without the stifling existence of it. Lanthimos, McNamara and Gray have done just that, and the result is exhilarating. |
| 28 Days Later | 2002 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - The vision, the writing, and the performances all help him transcend genre trappings without abandoning the genre. |
| A Quiet Place Part II | 2020 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - This film fits so beautifully into that American cinematic tradition of emotional, thrilling, deeply human road picture: one relationship changes and deepens with the landscape as America itself is more clearly revealed. |
| Everything Everywhere All at Once | 2022 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - At the heart of the insanity lurks a spot-on depiction of a midlife crisis, and Michelle Yeoh’s depiction of that crisis is revelatory. |
| Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | 2024 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - Again wielding his patented punch-in closeups like a heavy metal power chord, Miller keeps a palpable sense of frenzied motion. |
| Mad God | 2022 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - It’s like a Bosch painting and a Tool video accusing each other of being too lighthearted. |
| Mickey 17 | 2025 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - But what fuels every scene, however lunatic or sweet or absurd, is the heat of Bong’s rage. |
| Mist, The (2007) | 2007 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - Regardless, it’s the provocative ending that guarantees this one will sear itself into your memory. |
| Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - This third installment showcases the naïve optimism and youthful sweetness that has made Watt’s first two episodes such a great time |
| The Wild Robot | 2024 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - The film’s delight is only deepened by its sadness, and you may find yourself bawling repeatedly during this film. I know I did. |
| 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | 2026 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - There is more visceral horror in the first three scenes of DaCosta’s film than in the entire hour and fifty-five minutes of the previous installment. |
| A Quiet Place | 2018 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - A Quiet Place works your nerves like few films can. |
| A Quiet Place: Day One | 2024 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Any time you can watch a film with giant extra-terrestrials bearing ear drums where a face should be and you find yourself fully believing anything, you’re watching a pretty good movie. A Quiet Place: Day One is a pretty good movie. |
| Companion | 2025 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - The dark sense of humor that flows through this thriller as surely as blood consistently strikes the right chord. |
| Crimes of the Future | 2022 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Crimes of the Future is so Cronenberg it’s almost meta. |
| Infinity Pool | 2023 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Goth proves once again to be a seductive menace and a force to be reckoned with. |
| Mondocane | 2021 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - The unnerving nearness to modern reality sets Mondocane apart from the earlier, clearly futuristic fables. |
| Neptune Frost | 2021 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Rich with symbolism that brings past to present and reinterprets it for the future, the film speaks of resilience and power. And it does it like no film you’ve seen before. |
| Overlord | 2018 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Plus, Nazi zombies, which is never not awesome! |
| PG (Psycho Goreman) | 2021 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - How much fun is this movie?! |
| Strawberry Mansion | 2021 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Smart, whimsical and decidedly analog, Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney’s Strawberry Mansion turns dystopian dreamscape into retro children’s television. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | 2023 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Rogan and Goldberg bring the sophomoric but undeniable wit they always do, and Lowe channels that into something inventive, giddy and family-friendly. |
| The Bride! | 2026 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Her tale is hyperliterate with surreal flourishes, dazzlingly filmed, constantly surprising and yet charmingly inevitable, and fueled by a glorious, contagious rage. |
| The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | 2023 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Davis and Dinklage are characteristically wonderful, Davis a particular delight in a weirdly sinister role while Dinklage offers a mournful, broken soul for the film. |
| The Matrix Resurrections | 2021 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - The strange synergy between the logical evolution of Anderson/Neo’s story and Wachowski’s rage is what makes The Matrix Resurrection strangely satisfying. |
| Things Will Be Different | 2024 | 85 | 11 | (full review) - Thanks to sharp writing, stylish direction and a couple of well-crafted performances, he further separates his time travel fantasy from the scores of others and keeps you guessing until the last, powerful frame. |
| 28 Weeks Later | 2007 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - will leave you astonished at Heger’s level of emotion and control. |
| 28 Years Later | 2025 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Circling back to see how humanity’s getting along a generation later is interesting, sometimes gorgeous, awfully bloody, and frequently very sweet. It’s just not very scary. |
| 40 Acres | 2025 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - R.T. Thorne’s post-apocalyptic horror/thriller feature debut 40 Acres benefits early and often from inspired framing, gorgeous shot making, and one remarkable performance. |
| Antiviral | 2012 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Visually chilly – all washed out whites with splashes of blood red – and emotionally distant, the world of Antiviral is as antiseptic as a hospital ward. |
| Blue Beetle | 2023 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - The plot may not break new ground, but the film itself feels revolutionary. Like Nana. |
| Descendent | 2025 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Marquand’s authentic and sympathetic performance grounds the fantastical and allows the metaphor at the center of the horror to ring true. |
| Elio | 2025 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Act I doesn’t dig deep enough into Elio’s relationship with his auntie to give the film real stakes, so the emotional center that creates the Pixar gravitational pull is never as strong as it is in their best efforts. |
| Encounter | 2021 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - The filmmaker and his game lead challenge expectations both in theme and in genre, and while their gamble doesn’t entirely pay off, it’s often riveting stuff. |
| Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die | 2026 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Robinson’s greatest achievement is the alarming mix of gallows humor and rainbow colored confetti. |
| Happy Death Day | 2017 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Rothe boasts strong comic timing and a gift for physical comedy, a skill that transitions nicely to the demands of being repeatedly victimized by a slasher. |
| Hoppers | 2026 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - It’s also an honestly emotional film, and Curda makes an excellent anchor for that emotion. |
| Humane | 2024 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - An intriguing premise buoyed with darkly comedic performances, plus a brisk 90 minute runtime keep Humane entertaining, but it’s hard not to feel a bit disappointed. |
| Lilo & Stitch | 2025 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - the charming lawlessness of the story is as much fun today as it was in 2002. |
| Predator: Badlands | 2025 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - https://maddwolf.com/new-in-theaters/makes-the-dream-work/#sthash.MWSVpMRp.dpbs |
| Predator: Killer of Killers | 2025 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Each story boasts a quick, engaging, violent narrative that adds a bit of fun to the canon. |
| Slash/Back | 2022 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Innuksuk has a lot of fun reconsidering John Carpenter’s The Thing – the tale of an invasive species and the terrifying havoc it can wreak – from the perspective of four indigenous teens. |
| The Assessment | 2025 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Everything serves a purpose—each costume, dinner guest, glance and line of dialog—but none of it feels forced or false. |
| The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie | 2024 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - It gets weird, this one. But when the chips are down and the gum zombies are chewin’, these two will rise to the occasion. |
| The Toxic Avenger | 2025 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - Joyous, silly, juvenile, insanely violent, hateful of the bully, in love with the underdog—Blair’s Toxic Avenger retains the best of Troma, rejects the worst, and crafts something delirious and wonderful. |
| Venom: Let There Be Carnage | 2021 | 80 | 27 | (full review) - The result is a mish-mash of messy, frenetic fun with a higher body count than you might expect. |
| 65 | 2023 | 75 | 47 | (full review) - The Magician’s Elephant pulls plenty from its crowded hat, but has trouble conjuring anything that is truly magical. |
| Alien | 1979 | 75 | 47 | (full review) - Gracey distracts from formula with a CGI primate, although he might have been just as successful relying on his own impressive instincts for staging a musical number. |
| Color Out of Space | 2020 | 75 | 47 | (full review) - Lovecraft fans, though, have reason to be excited. |
| Dune | 2021 | 75 | 47 | (full review) - It’s a lot of very attractive waiting for something to happen, which is maybe the best Dune synopsis I can think of. |
| The End | 2024 | 75 | 47 | (full review) - The End is a bold, admirable film that’s sometimes too obvious, a bit too long, and a tad gimmicky to meet its aspirations. |
| The Long Walk | 2025 | 75 | 47 | (full review) - Mollner and Lawrence subtly draw attention to the dystopian capitalist spectacle of boys walking themselves into an early grave, all so the rest of the country can watch and learn to be good, hard workers. |
| The Seed | 2021 | 75 | 47 | (full review) - Walker wades into dark comedy/satire territory for the first two acts, then abandons it entirely for a dusty, predictable, humorless finale. |
| I.S.S. | 2024 | 70 | 54 | (full review) - The danger never feels real, and the pointlessness of success is never even addressed. It’s a misfire from a reliable filmmaker and a middling effort in the “terror in space” subgenre. |
| Jimmy and Stiggs | 2025 | 70 | 54 | (full review) - It’s a wild bit of alien fun that fades to black just before it outstays its welcome. |
| Captain America: Brave New World | 2025 | 50 | 56 | (full review) - Above all, this new world seems satisfied with playing it safe. And that’s not brave at all. |
| Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire | 2024 | 50 | 56 | (full review) - And don’t even compare it to Minus One, that just wouldn’t be fair. But for a greenscreenapalooza of dumb monster action, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is adequate. |
| Jurassic World | 2015 | 45 | 58 | (full review) - It’s basically The Lost World with more volcano and less Vince Vaughn. |
| Borderlands | 2024 | 25 | 59 | (full review) - The action is not compelling, the comic timing is way off, there’s little chemistry among his merry band, the stakes feel low, surprises are few, meaningful transitions from one set up to the next don’t exist, the FX are not great. |
| Frankenstein | 2025 | 5 | 60 | (full review) - But you don’t wander into a Guillermo del Toro film expecting less anything than glorious excess—another reason why Frankenstein and he were meant for one another. |
