Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
12 Years a Slave | 2013 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - Worthy of your time and your tears |
Boyhood | 2014 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - The most satisfying film of 2014. Patricia Arquette is amazing. |
Gravity | 2013 | 100 | 1 | (full review) |
Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - A giant juggernaut of a summer blockbuster. All other summer films should bow down. |
Parasite | 2019 | 100 | 1 | (full review) |
The Martian | 2015 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - A whiz bang crowd pleaser so rarely made nowadays. |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 2017 | 100 | 1 | (full review) - A gift from Martin McDonagh to us all. |
Brooklyn | 2015 | 95 | 8 | (full review) - Sensitive tale with no villain in sight...a lovely film. |
Grand Budapest Hotel, The | 2014 | 95 | 8 | (full review) - A film of numerous superlatives, The Grand Budapest Hotel is, for my money, the finest film to date from Wes Anderson |
Amour | 2012 | 90 | 10 | (full review) |
Black Panther | 2018 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - Black Panther roars but it's the ladies that soar. |
Call Me by Your Name | 2017 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - It’s a beautiful life, to be sure, but there’s an unseen struggle that’s captured here and it makes for one of the most tantalizing movies of 2017. |
Captain Phillips | 2013 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - Not to be missed. |
Dunkirk | 2017 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - A lean, mean, Nolan machine. |
Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close | 2011 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - The movie is ultimately about healing and the setting adds to that impact – within a city that is mending itself, Oskar seeks answers that might just help to heal more than his broken heart. |
Ford v Ferrari | 2019 | 90 | 10 | (full review) |
Her | 2013 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - In a future world perhaps years away from our own when it is hard to make a live connection with someone, Phoenix finds a love that can never be returned but finds himself thrilled and reenergized. You will thrill right along with him. |
Marriage Story | 2019 | 90 | 10 | (full review) |
Nebraska | 2013 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - Hitch your wagon to this cross-country comedy and enjoy the ride. |
Phantom Thread | 2017 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - Excellent construction, masterful execution. |
Room | 2015 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - An intense watch...an important one too. |
Silver Linings Playbook | 2012 | 90 | 10 | (full review) |
The Favourite | 2018 | 90 | 10 | (full review) |
The Imitation Game | 2014 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - While maybe not an edge-of-your-seat thriller, it is absolutely one that will command you to lean forward and look harder at whats underneath it all |
The Shape of Water | 2017 | 90 | 10 | (full review) - del Toro reaches new heights (or depths?) with The Shape of Water. |
American Sniper | 2014 | 85 | 26 | (full review) - A powerfully moving tale of service and sacrifice |
Dallas Buyers Club | 2013 | 85 | 26 | (full review) - There is no Hollywood ending to be had but a real-life ending that provides a strong impact and lasting message. |
Darkest Hour | 2017 | 85 | 26 | (full review) - DarkestHour turns out to be Oscar-ready Gary Oldman's finest. |
Django Unchained | 2012 | 85 | 26 | (full review) |
Jojo Rabbit | 2019 | 85 | 26 | (full review) |
Les Miserables | 2012 | 85 | 26 | (full review) |
Life of Pi | 2012 | 85 | 26 | (full review) |
Philomena | 2013 | 85 | 26 | (full review) - This is one of those films that creeps up on you in ways you least expect it. |
Zero Dark Thirty | 2012 | 85 | 26 | (full review) |
Argo | 2012 | 80 | 35 | (full review) |
Lady Bird | 2017 | 80 | 35 | (full review) - When it flies, it soars. Metcalf and Ronan are award ready/worthy. |
Spotlight | 2015 | 80 | 35 | (full review) - What true journalism used to look like. |
The Big Short | 2015 | 80 | 35 | (full review) - McKay and co. burst some bubbles. |
The Theory of Everything | 2014 | 75 | 39 | (full review) - Though very Hallmark Hall of Fame-y, the two leading performance are stellar. |
Joker | 2019 | 70 | 40 | (full review) |
Little Women | 2019 | 65 | 41 | (full review) |
Wolf of Wall Street, The | 2013 | 60 | 42 | (full review) - Removing 30 minutes would have made Scorsese’s film truly howl and been an even better showcase for DiCaprio’s well thought out performance. |
American Hustle | 2013 | 50 | 43 | (full review) - As a fan of nearly everyone involved I wanted to like this and desperately tried to latch on to something, anything, that would allow me to recommend it to others. |