Movie Ratings & Reviews
Last film added: May 20, 2012. There are currently 1159 films in the database (since 1996).
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 10 


A futuristic adaptation of the tale of Pinocchio, using intelligent robots with real feelings.
Adaptation. (2002) 10 



A screenwriter writes himself into the screenplay he's trying to adapt from a nonfiction book.
Amazing Screw-On Head, The (2006) 10 






A TV pilot featuring Emperor Zombie and Lincoln. Any last words before I spark it?
Amélie (2001) 10 


Shy French waitress Amélie decides to be a regular do-gooder and accidentally falls in love.
Artist, The (2011) 10 
A jaded modern audience can enjoy this silent movie like it's 1927. Remarkable and charming.
Before Sunset (2004) 10 
Richard Linklater directs the sequel to Before Sunrise, set nine years later, in Paris.
Being John Malkovich (1999) 10 


Spike Jonze directs puppeteer John Cusack who discovers a portal into John Malkovich's mind.
Big Fish (2003) 10 

A son learns about his dying storyteller father by piecing together his legends and myths.
Celebration, The (1998) 10
This Dogme 95 film, set on a grandfather's 60th birthday, spirals into forbidden family territory.
Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer, The (2005) 10 



An excellent retrospective of surreal, unsettling films from the Czech animator, dating 1965 to 1992.
Cyclo (1996) 10 

After a Vietnamese man's bicycle-taxi is stolen, he desperately turns to the mob for work.
Dark City (1998) 10 





Rufus Sewell struggles to recover his memories in a nightmarish world run by telekinetic beings.
Eraserhead 2000 (2001) 10 



David Lynch's restored first feature film. A nightmarish 1977 masterpiece of grotesque, eerie postindustrial life.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 10 



Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memories.
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) 10 

Compelling portrait of Banksy and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.
Fall, The (2008) 10 
Tarsem Singh, director of The Cell, creates a delightful fantasy based in 1920s Los Angeles.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 10 

A brilliant adaptation by Wes Anderson of the classic Roald Dahl book. Fantastic stop-motion animation.
Fargo (1996) 10
Stubborn, pregnant police officer Frances McDormand investigates a bungled crime. A Coen Brothers masterpiece.
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) 10 

A documentary about an elderly topiary gardener, a retired lion tamer and a robotics designer.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) 10 



As your attorney, I advise you watch Johnny Depp as gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Fight Club (1999) 10 


This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. Edward Norton stars.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) 10 
Forest Whitaker lives on a New York rooftop, with pigeons, and follows the Samurai code.
Ghost World (2000) 10 


A witty appraisal of America during the summer following Thora Birch's high school graduation.
Happy Accidents (2000) 10 




Marisa Tomei wonders if her boyfriend Vincent D'Onofrio is really a time-traveler, or just delusional.
Hugo (2011) 10
In the 1930s, a boy lives in the walls of a Paris train station. Extraordinary.
Hurt Locker, The (2009) 10 
An intense, complex war film. Intelligent, exhilarating psychological thriller about urban warfare in Iraq.
In the Mood for Love (2001) 10
Kar-Wai Wong's masterpiece of romantic longing and restraint that dissolves like cigarette smoke against silk.
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004) 10 


Visionary artist Henry Darger was a hospital janitor who privately authored a 15,000-page fantasy novel.
Inception (2010) 10 

Brilliant concept and direction by Christopher Nolan. A dream within a dream within a dream.
Inglourious Basterds (2009) 10 
A funny, violent Tarantino film about guerrilla soldiers in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
Inland Empire (2006) 10 


Lynch examines Hollywood and its artistic constraints in a bizarre/long jumble of movies within movies.
Junebug (2005) 10 

Childlike, awestruck Amy Adams is fantastic. Where would I be if I was a screwdriver?
Juno (2007) 10 
A whip-smart 16-year-old girl is faced with an unexpected pregnancy and makes an unusual decision.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 10 
Quentin Tarantino directs Uma Thurman as the Bride in a martial-arts quest of revenge.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 10 
Quentin Tarantino directs Uma Thurman as the murderous Bride bent on exacting vengeance against Bill.
Lost Highway (1997) 10 



David Lynch's brilliant cinematic Möbius strip of paranoia, adultery, murder and Freudian psychology.
Lost in Translation (2003) 10 


Unhappily married movie star Bill Murray meets neglected newlywed Scarlett Johansson in Tokyo.
Memento (2000) 10 

A man with no short-term memory uses tattooed notes to hunt down his wife's killer.
Midnight in Paris (2011) 10 


A surreal, inspired masterpiece by Woody Allen about the importance of living in the present.
Moon (2009) 10 

One man and a computer run a lunar base that supplies Earth with energy. Meditative.
Mulholland Drive (2001) 10 



David Lynch directs a dark Hollywood conspiracy about the psychosis of becoming someone else.
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 10 

Guillermo del Toro presents a young girl's fantastic alternate reality, set in 1944 fascist Spain.
Persepolis (2007) 10 


Autobiographical, cinematic graphic novel of a young outspoken girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
Planet Earth (2006) 10 

Spectacular 11-part BBC documentary of the diversity of Earth's life, from the poles to deserts.
Pi (1998) 10 



A paranoid mathematician searches for a number to unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) 10 

Businessman Adam Sandler begins a romantic journey with a curious woman amidst personal chaos.
Rosetta (2000) 10 

A Dogme 95 film about young Rosetta who will do anything to maintain a job.
Scanner Darkly, A (2006) 10 



Richard Linklater, Philip K. Dick, Keanu Reeves, Radiohead and interpolated rotoscoping animation. Brilliant.
Short Films of David Lynch, The (2002) 10 


A detailed DVD collection of Lynch's six short films, dating 1966 to 1996. Horrifically odd.
Sin City (2005) 10 

Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez create a brilliant piece of ultra-violent, stylized noir. Visually stunning.
Sling Blade (1996) 10
Amazing Billy Bob Thornton film. I don't reckon I got no reason to kill nobody.
Social Network, The (2010) 10 
Fincher's chronicle of the founding of Facebook. From Harvard in 2003 to 500 million friends.
Son, The (2002) 10 
A vocational training center for troubled boys provides a story of emotional and moral complexity.
South Park - Imaginationland (2007) 10 



Epic three-part story arc from season 11 released as a standalone movie. The best ever.
Spirited Away (2001) 10 


Miyazaki animates an alternate nighttime universe of Japanese gods and spirits.
Stay (2005) 10 

The desperate psychological nightmare of a dying man. A visually rich, ghost-inhabited alternate reality.
Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) 10
Poignant tale about the redemption of a small town after a tragic school bus accident.
Trainspotting (1996) 10 
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a starter home. Choose a career. Choose a family.
Tree of Life, The (2011) 10 
Terrence Malick's insightful, gorgeous and bold vision. Sincerely explores the meaning of life and love.
Triplets of Belleville, The (2003) 10 


Visually unique animation about a Tour de France kidnapping and the bizarre rescue effort.
V for Vendetta (2006) 10 




The Wachowski Brothers present the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, starring Natalie Portman.
Waltz with Bashir (2008) 10 


Stunning. Folman interviews Israeli veterans of the 1982 Lebanon invasion to reconstruct his own memories.
You Can Count on Me (2000) 10 
Drifter Mark Ruffalo reunites with sister Laura Linney in their childhood hometown.
Rated 10 out of 10
Search returned all films with a rating of 10 out of 1159 total films.MASTERPIECES
Statistical ratings distribution of these 63 films (5.4% of total rated films):
With enough films included, it usually approximates a bell curve with a mean near 6.5...
(especially when considering that CRAP is 0-4 combined).
Average rating for these 63 films: 10.
| 10: | 100% |
| 9: | 0% |
| 8: | 0% |
| 7: | 0% |
| 6: | 0% |
| 5: | 0% |
| CRAP: | 0% |
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