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Last film added: January 25, 2021. There are currently 1678 films in the database (since 1996).


    2012-2014 Releases

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  1. Movie DetailsBeasts of the Southern Wild (2012) 10  FantasyFilmometer Best Film of the Year
    Her father's ill, ice caps are melting and aurochs are invading six-year-old Hushpuppy's bayou. Love.
  2. Movie DetailsBefore Midnight (2013) 10  With Sex/Nudity
    Linklater's second sequel to Before Sunrise, set another nine years later, in Greece. Brilliant, believable.
  3. Movie DetailsBoyhood (2014) 10  Filmometer Best Film of the Year
    Richard Linklater's endearing, masterful 12-year epic of the life of a young man. Amazing achievement.
  4. Movie DetailsDance of Reality, The (2014) 10  FantasyObscure/RareWith Sex/NudityDocumentary/TrueI own on DVD
    Jodorowsky bares his soul through a dreamlike, mythical retelling of his childhood in Chile. Provocative.
  5. Movie DetailsEnemy (2014) 10  Mind-blowingWith Sex/Nudity
    Surreal, spider-infested portrayal of a man's subconscious war over infidelity, control by women. Haunting menace.
  6. Movie DetailsGrand Budapest Hotel, The (2014) 10  ComedyWith Sex/Nudity
    Wes Anderson crafts a wonderful pre-WWII Europe inspired by the late Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.
  7. Movie DetailsGravity (2013) 10  Sci-FiI own on DVDFilmometer Best Film of the Year
    Breathtaking masterpiece inspires profound reflection on Earth and humanity. Among the greatest films ever made.
  8. Movie DetailsHer (2014) 10  ComedySci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    Spike Jonze's ingenious, surreal meditation on being human, knowing one's self and falling in love.
  9. Movie DetailsInterstellar (2014) 10  Mind-blowingSci-Fi
    NASA explorers travel through a wormhole seeking habitable planets. Grand, quantum portrait of human endurance.
  10. Movie DetailsIt's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) 10  AnimationComedyObscure/RareI own on DVD
    Don Hertzfeldt's feature-film version of his animated philosophical trilogy about Bill and his shattered psyche.
  11. Movie DetailsMoonrise Kingdom (2012) 10  Comedy
    Wes Anderson's charming story of two 12-year-old lovers who flee their 1960s New England town.
  12. Movie DetailsPerks of Being a Wallflower, The (2012) 10  
    A coming-of-age story about a shy freshman who meets his first love. Surprisingly deep, moving.
  13. Movie DetailsSearching for Sugar Man (2012) 10  Musical/MusicDocumentary/True
    The incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest 1970s rock icon who never was. Heartwarming.

  14. EXCELLENT
  15. Movie Details12 Years a Slave (2013) 9  With Sex/NudityDocumentary/TrueAcademy Awards Winner for Best Picture
    Gut-wrenching adaptation of the 1853 autobiography of free-born Solomon Northup who was abducted into slavery.
  16. Movie DetailsAi Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) 9  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Documentary about the life of celebrated Chinese artist and outspoken dissident Ai Weiwei. Compelling humanity.
  17. Movie DetailsAmerican Hustle (2013) 9  With Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    Fictionalization of the Abscam FBI sting operation of the early 1980s. Stylishly brilliant criminal behavior.
  18. Movie DetailsArgo (2012) 9  Documentary/TrueAcademy Awards Winner for Best Picture
    Amazing CIA-Canadian secret operation, via Hollywood, to return six Americans during the Iran hostage crisis.
  19. Movie DetailsBirdman (2014) 9  ComedyAcademy Awards Winner for Best Picture
    Washed-up movie star Keaton attempts a comeback via Broadway play while battling his ego. Surreal.
  20. Movie DetailsBlackfish (2013) 9  Documentary/True
    The horrors of SeaWorld. Shows the devastating consequences of keeping intelligent, sentient creatures in captivity.
  21. Movie DetailsBlack Mirror - Seasons 1-2 (2014) 9  ComedySci-FiWith Sex/NudityTV Shows
    Provocative sci-fi satire. Explores technology's darker ramifications on society. Gamification, limitless storage, AI. Brilliant.
  22. Movie DetailsCitizenfour (2014) 9  ConspiracyObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Whistleblower Edward Snowden releases classified info about mass global surveillance by the NSA. Gripping, chilling.
  23. Movie DetailsCutie and the Boxer (2013) 9  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    The art and 40-year marriage of Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, Japanese artists in New York.
  24. Movie DetailsDallas Buyers Club (2013) 9  With Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    In 1985, Ron Woodroof defies the FDA and helps HIV/AIDS patients get medication. Empathic, remarkable.
  25. Movie DetailsDjango Unchained (2012) 9  With Sex/Nudity
    Tarantino's story of a freed slave, German bounty hunter and brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Nuts.
  26. Movie DetailsDouble, The (2014) 9  Comedy
    Cinematic adaptation of the Dostoevsky tale, full of loneliness and paranoia. Charmingly absurd, bureaucratic dystopia.
  27. Movie DetailsEdge of Tomorrow (2014) 9  Mind-blowingSci-Fi
    Cruise is caught in a time loop as Earth battles an alien invasion. Inspired blockbuster.
  28. Movie DetailsFrances Ha (2013) 9  Comedy
    Delightful, compassionate portrait of floundering NYC hipsters by Noah Baumbach and the quirky Greta Gerwig.
  29. Movie DetailsHoly Motors (2012) 9  FantasyWith Sex/Nudity
    Limousine-traveling man assumes nine diverse identities. Dreamlike metaphor for acting/life, the masks of each genre.
  30. Movie DetailsInexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries, The (2013) 9  Mind-blowingObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Six Neil deGrasse Tyson lectures exploring what we don't know about how the universe works.
  31. Movie DetailsJiro Dreams of Sushi (2012) 9  Documentary/True
    Documentary on 85-year-old Tokyo sushi master Jiro Ono. Inspiring example of dedication to a craft.
  32. Movie DetailsJodorowsky's Dune (2014) 9  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Behind Jodorowsky's ambitious, influential mid-1970s sci-fi film failure. With Dalí, Giger, Welles, Jagger, Pink Floyd.
  33. Movie DetailsKid with a Bike, The (2012) 9  
    The Dardenne Brothers' affecting story of a young boy abandoned to a state-run youth farm.
  34. Movie DetailsLego Movie, The (2014) 9  AnimationComedy
    Irreverent, smartly funny and even subversive. Remarkable for a 100-minute toy advertisement. Well played, Lego.
  35. Movie DetailsLife of Pi (2012) 9  Fantasy
    A shipwrecked Indian boy survives on a lifeboat, with zoo animals for company. Magical fable.
  36. Movie DetailsLocke (2014) 9  
    The Tom Hardy show. An intense series of phone calls while driving to London. Gripping.
  37. Movie DetailsLooper (2012) 9  Mind-blowingSci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    In 2042, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a hired assassin who kills people sent from the future.
  38. Movie DetailsPlace Beyond the Pines, The (2013) 9  
    Motorcycle stunt rider Gosling wants to provide for his newborn son. Haunting modern Greek tragedy.
  39. Movie DetailsRoom 237 (2013) 9  ConspiracyWith Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    Explores the meaning of Kubrick's 'The Shining': Native American genocide, the Holocaust, Apollo moon landings?
  40. Movie DetailsRuby Sparks (2012) 9  ComedyFantasy
    Ingenious dissection of a man falling in love with his own idea of a woman.
  41. Movie DetailsSafety Not Guaranteed (2012) 9  ComedySci-Fi
    A man places a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel. Genuinely touching, sweet.
  42. Movie DetailsSilver Linings Playbook (2012) 9  ComedyWith Sex/NuditySport
    Warm, quirky film about dealing with mental illness (through football, dance). Jennifer Lawrence is wonderful.
  43. Movie DetailsSong of the Sea (2014) 9  AnimationFantasyI own on DVD
    Magical journey of Irish siblings to free fairy creatures trapped in the modern world. Beautiful.
  44. Movie DetailsUnder the Skin (2014) 9  HorrorSci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    Existential, visually mesmerizing film about loneliness by Jonathan Glazer, starring the otherworldly Scarlett Johansson.
  45. Movie DetailsUpstream Color (2013) 9  Mind-blowingObscure/RareSci-Fi
    Shane Carruth's fragmented, hypnotic story of lost identity. Puzzling allegory via Thoreau and psychotropic grubs.
  46. Movie DetailsWhiplash (2014) 9  Musical/Music
    Driven by his cutthroat instructor, a conservatory drummer is hellbent on becoming a jazz great.
  47. Movie DetailsWind Rises, The (2013) 9  AnimationDocumentary/True
    Miyazaki shows Jiro Horikoshi's dream of flight in Japan, passing through both world wars. Fascinating.
  48. Movie DetailsZero Dark Thirty (2012) 9  Documentary/True
    Riveting story of the decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden. Finale balances catharsis with despair.

  49. VERY GOOD
  50. Movie Details5 Broken Cameras (2012) 8  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Intimate study of a small West Bank village's protests against Israeli soldiers. Injustice, violence, resolve.
  51. Movie DetailsAvengers, The (2012) 8  FantasySci-FiComic Book/Superhero
    Nick Fury brings together Marvel superheroes to save the Earth from Loki. Very balanced effort.
  52. Movie DetailsBabadook, The (2014) 8  Horror
    A single mother and her troubled boy find a creepy children's book. Slowly enveloping dread.
  53. Movie DetailsBig Hero 6 (2014) 8  AnimationComedySci-Fi
    A robotics prodigy and inflatable robot Baymax become covert heroes of San Fransokyo. High-tech Pixar.
  54. Movie DetailsChicken with Plums (2012) 8  Comedy
    Melancholic, humorous fable about a violinist's last days, and passionate love lost in 1950s Iran.
  55. Movie DetailsChronicle (2012) 8  Sci-Fi
    Don't abuse your children or they might grow up to destroy Seattle with powerful telekinesis.
  56. Movie DetailsCity Dark, The (2012) 8  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Documentary about the human and global consequences of modern light pollution and the disappearing stars.
  57. Movie DetailsCloud Atlas (2012) 8  Sci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    An ambitious, sprawling epic from the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer. Complex, spectacular, gimmicky and disjointed.
  58. Movie DetailsComet (2014) 8  ComedyMind-blowingSci-Fi
    Bittersweet, jumbled retelling of moments from a couple's six-year relationship. Dreamlike references to parallel universes.
  59. Movie DetailsComputer Chess (2013) 8  ComedyObscure/Rare
    Bizarre story about artificial intelligence via 1980s chess programmers. It's like 'Pi' meets 'Napoleon Dynamite'.
  60. Movie DetailsCongress, The (2014) 8  AnimationMind-blowingSci-Fi
    Ambitious, futuristic amalgam of Hollywood actor digitization and animated illusory utopia. Trippy. Robin Wright stars.
  61. Movie DetailsConjuring, The (2013) 8  HorrorDocumentary/True
    Creepy-as-hell 1971 paranormal investigation of a haunted Rhode Island farmhouse by Ed and Lorraine Warren.
  62. Movie DetailsCosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey - Episodes 1-7 (2014) 8  Documentary/TrueTV Shows
    Neil deGrasse Tyson picks up where Carl Sagan left off. The story of our universe.
  63. Movie DetailsDark Knight Rises, The (2012) 8  FantasySci-FiComic Book/Superhero
    Very emotionally dark film that rises to an impressive, satisfying finale for Nolan's Batman trilogy.
  64. Movie DetailsDawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) 8  Sci-Fi
    Ten years after the simian flu pandemic, human survivors and apes are drawn into battle.
  65. Movie DetailsEast, The (2013) 8  
    Private intelligence agent Brit Marling infiltrates an anarchist group that attacks her firm's corporate clients.
  66. Movie DetailsEverything is a Remix (2012) 8  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Four-part video series by Kirby Ferguson about the culture of copying, transforming and combining media.
  67. Movie DetailsFinding Vivian Maier (2013) 8  Documentary/True
    Fascinating investigation into the mysteries of an eccentric, secretive nanny with a prolific photographic legacy.
  68. Movie DetailsFrom Up on Poppy Hill (2013) 8  Animation
    Lovely but mundane parable about preserving history from the Miyazakis/Studio Ghibli. Set in post-WWII Japan.
  69. Movie DetailsGone Girl (2014) 8  With Sex/Nudity
    Embrace media hysteria and lose faith in marriage and justice with Fincher's dark psychological thriller.
  70. Movie DetailsGrandmaster, The (2013) 8  Documentary/True
    Kar-Wai Wong's dazzling tale of Ip Man, the legendary kung-fu master who trained Bruce Lee.
  71. Movie DetailsImitation Game, The (2014) 8  ConspiracyDocumentary/True
    How Alan Turing helped crack Germany's Enigma code during WWII and saved millions of lives.
  72. Movie DetailsIndie Game: The Movie (2012) 8  Documentary/True
    Follows the emotional journeys of independent game development, featuring Super Meat Boy, Fez and Braid.
  73. Movie DetailsInside Llewyn Davis (2013) 8  Musical/MusicDocumentary/True
    Coen Brothers adaptation about a young singer navigating the Greenwich Village folk scene in 1961.
  74. Movie DetailsInvisible War, The (2012) 8  Documentary/True
    Investigation of the rape epidemic in the U.S. military and its profound consequences. Tragic, appalling.
  75. Movie DetailsLincoln (2012) 8  Documentary/True
    Spielberg's portrait of a deeply conflicted Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. Incredibly well-written dialogue.
  76. Movie DetailsMaster, The (2012) 8  With Sex/Nudity
    Directionless WWII Navy veteran meets the charismatic leader of The Cause. Draws from Scientology's origins.
  77. Movie DetailsMoon Man (2012) 8  AnimationFantasyObscure/Rare
    Moon Man hitches a ride to Earth on a comet and discovers children need him.
  78. Movie DetailsNightcrawler (2014) 8  
    Chilling satire of tabloid TV news culture. Chasing ratings mutually supports chasing ambulances. Genius Gyllenhaal.
  79. Movie DetailsNymphomaniac: Volume I (2014) 8  With Sex/Nudity
    Lars von Trier overlays explicit sexual encounters (via porn doubles) with philosophy, religion, biology, math.
  80. Movie DetailsOne I Love, The (2014) 8  ComedyMind-blowingObscure/Rare
    Weekend getaway of a married couple on the brink of separation becomes clever plot twist.
  81. Movie DetailsOnly Lovers Left Alive (2014) 8  HorrorWith Sex/Nudity
    Jim Jarmusch's stylish vampires are an ancient source of creativity for human culture. Clever, cool.
  82. Movie DetailsPainting, The (2013) 8  AnimationFantasyObscure/Rare
    Characters in an incomplete painting seek their creator. Charming parable about God and social status.
  83. Movie DetailsParaNorman (2012) 8  AnimationComedyFantasyHorror
    Norman survives stop-motion ghosts, zombies and grownups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
  84. Movie DetailsPrisoners (2013) 8  
    Two little girls are abducted. Can the detective or father-turned-vigilante solve the puzzle in time?
  85. Movie DetailsPrometheus (2012) 8  HorrorSci-Fi
    Waxes philosophical and connects the Aliens franchise with Chariots of the Gods and Jesus Christ.
  86. Movie DetailsPurge (2013) 8  Obscure/RareWith Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    A young woman running from Russian sex-traffickers meets an older version of herself. Gut-wrenching.
  87. Movie DetailsRoom on the Broom (2012) 8  AnimationComedyFantasyObscure/RareTV Shows
    A gentle witch offers rides to a variety of animals on her increasingly crowded broom.
  88. Movie DetailsSnowpiercer (2014) 8  Sci-FiComic Book/Superhero
    Earth's remaining inhabitants are confined to a class-divided train circling the frozen globe. Stylish allegory.
  89. Movie DetailsSpectacular Now, The (2013) 8  ComedyWith Sex/Nudity
    The unlikely high-school romance between a hard-partying boy and an introverted, hardworking girl. Bittersweet, wistful.
  90. Movie DetailsStar Trek: Into Darkness (2013) 8  Sci-Fi
    Well-crafted Abrams sequel explores the bromance between Kirk and Spock, introduces their most famous nemesis.
  91. Movie DetailsTale of the Princess Kaguya, The (2014) 8  AnimationFantasy
    Watch a magical moon nymph be bored by 10th-century Japanese nobility. Pastel-toned Studio Ghibli folktale.
  92. Movie DetailsTerms and Conditions May Apply (2013) 8  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Documentary examines the erosion of privacy in the digital age. How corporations and governments spy.
  93. Movie DetailsTheory of Everything, The (2014) 8  Documentary/True
    Touching biography of physicist Stephen Hawking. Explores his personal life as ALS ravages his body.
  94. Movie DetailsTim's Vermeer (2013) 8  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Ingenious. Inventor Tim Jenison works to replicate the painting techniques of Dutch master Johannes Vermeer.
  95. Movie DetailsTrance (2013) 8  Mind-blowingWith Sex/Nudity
    An art heist gone wrong, or was the whole thing meticulously planned? Hypnotizing psychological thriller.
  96. Movie DetailsTruth About Romance, The (2013) 8  ComedyObscure/Rare
    Losing what you thought you wanted can reveal a new adventure. Danielle Jackson is magnetic.
  97. Movie DetailsWhat We Do in the Shadows (2014) 8  ComedyFantasyHorror
    The real lives of vampire roommates in a New Zealand flat. Funny interactions with werewolves.
  98. Movie DetailsWreck-It Ralph (2012) 8  AnimationComedy
    Charming pixel-art story of an arcade video game villain who wants to be a hero.

  99. GOOD
  100. Movie Details2 Days in New York (2012) 7  ComedyWith Sex/Nudity
    Artist Julie Delpy's neurotic French family visits New York for the weekend. A likable farce.
  101. Movie DetailsAbout Time (2013) 7  Fantasy
    Sweet tale of a man from a family of time-travelers. Sentimental tearjerker, but inspires reflection.
  102. Movie DetailsBefore I Disappear (2014) 7  Obscure/Rare
    Circumstances cause a suicidal man to drag his young, precocious niece across Manhattan one night.
  103. Movie DetailsBig Sur (2013) 7  Obscure/RareWith Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    Depressed alcoholic Beat writer Jack Duluoz/Kerouac retreats to a small cabin in California's Big Sur.
  104. Movie DetailsBoxtrolls, The (2014) 7  AnimationComedyFantasy
    An orphan raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from extermination.
  105. Movie DetailsBrief History of Graphics, A (2014) 7  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Five-part series by Stuart Brown of XboxAhoy covering the history/milestones of video game graphics/techniques.
  106. Movie DetailsCabin in the Woods, The (2012) 7  ConspiracyFantasyHorrorWith Sex/Nudity
    Turns the horror genre on its head, but crammed with excessive wink-wink cleverness and CGI.
  107. Movie DetailsCalles Hablan, Las (2013) 7  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Documentary about graffiti art in Barcelona, Spain, pitting an artistic community versus a restrictive government.
  108. Movie DetailsCat in Paris, A (2012) 7  AnimationObscure/Rare
    Charming, attractive animated feature centered on cat burgling. Made with traditional ink and paint cartooning.
  109. Movie DetailsDark Star: H.R. Giger's World (2014) 7  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    The dark surrealism of Swiss artist H.R. Giger interspersed with documentation of his final years.
  110. Movie DetailsDisappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them, The (2014) 7  Obscure/Rare
    The tragic dissolution of a romantic relationship, told from two perspectives in two independent chapters.
  111. Movie DetailsElysium (2013) 7  Sci-Fi
    In 2154, only the wealthy are citizens of a space station orbiting the ruined Earth.
  112. Movie DetailsEuropa Report (2013) 7  Sci-Fi
    Six astronauts travel to Jupiter's moon in search of life. NASA-style realism through found footage.
  113. Movie DetailsFL: Unpremeditated Movie (2013) 7  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    No-budget documentary by MTO that chronicles his controversial graffiti art and intervention in Sarasota, Florida.
  114. Movie DetailsFor No Good Reason (2014) 7  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Depp visits Ralph Steadman to discuss the motivation/process behind his deranged/Gonzo art. A bit congratulatory.
  115. Movie DetailsFrankenweenie (2012) 7  AnimationComedyHorrorSci-Fi
    Tim Burton's stop-motion love story between a boy and his (undead) dog. Classic horror homage.
  116. Movie DetailsFrequencies (2014) 7  Obscure/RareSci-Fi
    Ambitiously explores philosophical notions of fate and free will in an alternate reality of frequencies.
  117. Movie DetailsFrom One Second to the Next (2013) 7  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Short documentary chronicling the devastating consequences of texting and driving, directed by Werner Herzog.
  118. Movie DetailsGod Forgive Us (2014) 7  Obscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    Parallel stories of four struggling strangers build to an unexpected collision. Engaging indie. Acting is passable.
  119. Movie DetailsGreat Gatsby, The (2013) 7  
    Luhrmann's anachronistic telling of the Fitzgerald novel. It works, despite hyperactive production design and Jay-Z.
  120. Movie DetailsGuardians of the Galaxy (2014) 7  Sci-FiComic Book/Superhero
    Goofy, formulaic Marvel Universe blockbuster. Can an oddball group of intergalactic criminals save the galaxy?
  121. Movie DetailsHow I Live Now (2013) 7  
    An American teenager's visit to the English countryside changes dramatically when World War III begins.
  122. Movie DetailsHunger Games, The (2012) 7  ConspiracySci-Fi
    Jennifer Lawrence's soulfulness carries this televised survival competition in which teenagers fight to the death.
  123. Movie DetailsHunger Games: Catching Fire, The (2013) 7  ConspiracySci-Fi
    Jena Malone helps Jennifer Lawrence carry the sequel about rebellion following the 74th Hunger Games.
  124. Movie DetailsIn Your Eyes (2014) 7  Obscure/Rare
    Two seemingly unconnected people have an unexplainable telepathic bond that allows them to share experiences.
  125. Movie DetailsJesus Henry Christ (2012) 7  ComedyObscure/Rare
    Measured quirkiness that evokes Wes Anderson's style about a 10-year-old prodigy. Toni Collette is great.
  126. Movie DetailsJust Like Being There (2012) 7  Musical/MusicObscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Celebrates gig posters by contemporary artists nearly 50 years after the first iconic concert posters.
  127. Movie DetailsKeyhole (2012) 7  Obscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    Guy Maddin's surreal take on Homer's Odyssey. A mysterious, dreamlike journey of Ulysses and ghosts.
  128. Movie DetailsKill Your Darlings (2013) 7  Documentary/True
    A 1944 murder draws together Beat Generation greats Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
  129. Movie DetailsLawless (2012) 7  With Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    The bootlegging Bondurant gang were outlaw heroes during Prohibition. Brutal violence. Tom Hardy is indestructible.
  130. Movie DetailsLoneliest Planet, The (2012) 7  Obscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    A pivotal, instinctive reaction divides a couple's hiking trek in Georgia's Caucasus Mountains. Slow, stunning.
  131. Movie DetailsLove & Teleportation (2013) 7  Mind-blowingObscure/RareSci-Fi
    A disgraced quantum mechanics professor invents a teleportation machine in his garage. Clever, charming ending.
  132. Movie DetailsLucy (2014) 7  Sci-Fi
    Stylish, fast-paced existential thriller. But you must concede the utter nonsense about 10% brain capacity.
  133. Movie DetailsMonster in Paris, A (2012) 7  AnimationComedyFantasy
    In 1910 Paris, a monster from an eccentric scientist's greenhouse meets a beautiful cabaret singer.
  134. Movie DetailsMood Indigo (2014) 7  AnimationComedyFantasyWith Sex/Nudity
    Gondry outwhimsied himself with this bipolar stop-motion diorama. Like Pee-wee's Playhouse plus Amélie, n'est-ce pas?
  135. Movie DetailsNo No: A Dockumentary (2014) 7  Obscure/RareSport
    The story of baseball star Dock Ellis, most famous for his 1970 no-hitter on LSD.
  136. Movie DetailsNymphomaniac: Volume II (2014) 7  With Sex/Nudity
    Lars von Trier further explores one woman's tragic life story and sexuality. Quite bleak, intellectual.
  137. Movie DetailsOblivion (2013) 7  Mind-blowingSci-Fi
    A dazzling, futuristic Tom Cruise space vehicle. Sadly overexplains the post-apocalyptic mystery. Fuck you, Sally.
  138. Movie DetailsOculus (2014) 7  HorrorMind-blowing
    Explores if inanimate objects can manifest supernatural violence. Trippy psychological horror via a reality-bending mirror.
  139. Movie DetailsPerfect Sense (2012) 7  Sci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    Follows Ewan McGregor and Eva Green as an epidemic robs people of their sensory perceptions.
  140. Movie DetailsPhantom (2013) 7  Obscure/Rare
    A Tokyo couple's all-night philosophical conversation about their precarious lives and place in the world.
  141. Movie DetailsRewind This! (2013) 7  Obscure/RareWith Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape. How home video changed the world.
  142. Movie DetailsRobot & Frank (2012) 7  ComedySci-Fi
    An aging ex-jewel thief bonds with a robot butler programmed to look after him. Predictable.
  143. Movie DetailsRosewater (2014) 7  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is jailed in Iran under suspicion of espionage. Jon Stewart directs.
  144. Movie DetailsSecret Life of Walter Mitty, The (2013) 7  ComedyFantasy
    In this remake, daydreaming photo manager Ben Stiller finds himself in an extraordinary real-life adventure.
  145. Movie DetailsSeeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) 7  ComedySci-Fi
    As a deadly asteroid approaches, neighbors Steve Carell and Keira Knightley end up traveling together.
  146. Movie DetailsSin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) 7  With Sex/NudityComic Book/Superhero
    The Eva Green show. Visually stunning and gritty like the Miller/Rodriguez original, but less compelling.
  147. Movie DetailsSpring Breakers (2013) 7  With Sex/Nudity
    Harmony Korine's latest artsy trainwreck/portrait of American cultural dysfunction, loaded with topless party girls.
  148. Movie DetailsStarlet (2012) 7  Obscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    The unlikely friendship between a 21-year-old actress and a lonely elderly woman in Los Angeles.
  149. Movie DetailsStoker (2013) 7  HorrorWith Sex/Nudity
    A mysterious uncle appears in the life of a grieving, impressionable teenager. Dark and stylish.
  150. Movie DetailsThird Contact (2012) 7  ConspiracyMind-blowingObscure/RareSci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    Psychological thriller explores madness, depression, quantum suicide and immortality. It's a dark, puzzling poem.
  151. Movie DetailsWall, The (2013) 7  FantasyObscure/Rare
    A woman becomes trapped in her mountain cabin by an invisible wall. Human survival metaphor.
  152. Movie DetailsWhen Time Becomes a Woman (2013) 7  Obscure/RareSci-Fi
    Dialogue-driven sci-fi filmed at Jordan's Dead Sea. Mysterious narrative about how the world could end.
  153. Movie DetailsWho is Dayani Cristal? (2014) 7  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Moving portrait of border-crossing migrant workers. Begins with an unidentified body in the Arizona desert.
  154. Movie DetailsWorld War Z (2013) 7  HorrorSci-Fi
    U.N. employee Brad Pitt races around the world trying to stop the deadly zombie pandemic.
  155. Movie DetailsWrong (2013) 7  ComedyObscure/Rare
    Absurdist Dupieux film about a man changing others' lives while looking for his lost dog.
  156. Movie DetailsYoung & Beautiful (2014) 7  With Sex/Nudity
    Both male fantasy and moving coming-of-age story. A sexually curious French girl takes up prostitution.
  157. Movie DetailsZero Theorem, The (2014) 7  FantasySci-FiWith Sex/Nudity
    A computer hacker trying to discover the meaning of life keeps being interrupted by Management.

  158. FAIR
  159. Movie DetailsAwakening, The (2012) 6  HorrorWith Sex/Nudity
    In 1921 England, a boarding school reports sightings of a child ghost. Unresolved, muddled plot.
  160. Movie DetailsBeat Hotel, The (2012) 6  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Collects fragments of 1950s-era Ginsberg, Corso, Burroughs and Gysin living in a rundown Paris hotel.
  161. Movie DetailsByzantium (2013) 6  FantasyHorrorWith Sex/Nudity
    Two mysterious women take refuge in a seaside town. An outlandish but effective vampire story.
  162. Movie DetailsCasa de mi Padre (2012) 6  Comedy
    Anti-comedy Mexican Western, starring Spanish-speaking cowboy Will Ferrell and drug lord Gael García Bernal.
  163. Movie DetailsCrystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013) 6  ComedyObscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    Two rather insufferable young Americans seek the legendary hallucinogenic cactus in Chile. Anticlimactic drug trip.
  164. Movie DetailsGiant Mechanical Man, The (2012) 6  Comedy
    Jenna Fischer is charming in this offbeat celebration of confused, aimless adults. Annoying supporting characters.
  165. Movie DetailsGodzilla (2014) 6  Sci-Fi
    Godzilla rises again in this nuclear-powered remake that spans the Pacific. Awesome monsters, dull humans.
  166. Movie DetailsHaunter (2013) 6  Horror
    A 1985 teenager's stuck in a time loop. Predictable yet illogical 'Groundhog Day' with ghosts.
  167. Movie DetailsHunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The (2014) 6  ConspiracySci-Fi
    Jennifer Lawrence's charisma is the only thing holding this trilogy together. Sadly underdeveloped, yet overdone.
  168. Movie DetailsHyde Park on Hudson (2012) 6  ComedyDocumentary/True
    On the eve of WWII, Bill Murray is FDR and Laura Linney is his mistress.
  169. Movie DetailsJack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014) 6  AnimationFantasyMusical/MusicObscure/Rare
    Strange, vivid fantasy about a boy with a mechanical heart. Disjointed script, uncanny valley characters.
  170. Movie DetailsJohn Carter (2012) 6  FantasySci-Fi
    Hectic, violent CGI epic about Mars. Sort of fun, but I was never emotionally invested.
  171. Movie DetailsLifeguard, The (2013) 6  Obscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    Lovable Kristen Bell's sensitive, sympathetic performance saves this uninspired movie. But she's actually too likable.
  172. Movie DetailsDr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012) 6  AnimationComedyFantasyMusical/Music
    Hyperactive disservice to Seuss. Teaches how to blindly consume and toss marshmallows to adorable bears.
  173. Movie DetailsLove (2012) 6  Obscure/RareSci-Fi
    Lonely astronaut stranded aboard the ISS develops cabin fever, becomes one with the universe. Posthumanism.
  174. Movie DetailsLovelace (2013) 6  With Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    Superficially explores the story of one-time porn star Linda Lovelace and her sleazy, abusive husband.
  175. Movie DetailsMan with the Iron Fists, The (2012) 6  
    RZA's martial arts thriller combines kung-fu action and hip-hop style. Saga of a Chinese blacksmith.
  176. Movie DetailsMirror Mirror (2012) 6  AnimationComedyFantasy
    Visually stunning like all Tarsem movies, and Julia Roberts was cast appropriately, but jarringly jokey/dopey.
  177. Movie DetailsOn the Road (2012) 6  With Sex/NudityDocumentary/True
    I struggled to get into this disappointing yet interesting-enough adaptation of the 1957 Kerouac novel.
  178. Movie DetailsPacific Rim (2013) 6  Sci-Fi
    Predictable monster-robot movie that's smarter than Transformers, but silly. I expected more from del Toro.
  179. Movie DetailsSalinger (2013) 6  Obscure/RareDocumentary/True
    Invades the privacy of J. D. Salinger. Engaging speculation, but trumpeted through a flawed, self-important lens.
  180. Movie DetailsSilent House (2012) 6  Horror
    Thrilling performance from Elizabeth Olsen. Shot to mimic one continuous real-time take. Letdown by ending.
  181. Movie DetailsUpside Down (2013) 6  FantasySci-Fi
    If you can somehow accept the ludicrous science/impossible physics, it's charming. An ambitious love story.

  182. ADEQUATE
  183. Movie DetailsFDR: American Badass! (2012) 5  ComedyObscure/RareWith Sex/Nudity
    As expected, the two-minute trailer was funnier than the movie. Crude/dumb humor, with Nazi werewolves.
  184. Movie DetailsHost, The (2013) 5  Sci-Fi
    From the writer of Twilight comes a poorly structured alien-human romance, presumably for adolescent girls.
  185. Movie DetailsInterview, The (2014) 5  ComedyWith Sex/Nudity
    Sophomoric Seth Rogen comedy about North Korea/dick jokes. Gained notoriety due to Sony Pictures hack.

  186. FROM BAD TO WORSE
  187. Movie DetailsC.O.G. (2013) CRAP  ComedyObscure/Rare
    A self-absorbed graduate tries living the simple life in Oregon, finds self-hatred through religion? Pointless garbage.
  188. Movie DetailsSharknado (2013) CRAP  HorrorTV Shows
    Was idiotically curious about the magnitude of this TV-movie's absurdity. It's a bloody, bad-CGI trainwreck.
  189. Movie DetailsWild Girl Waltz (2013) CRAP  ComedyObscure/Rare
    I want to support indie films, but this was almost unwatchable. Painful acting, unlikable characters.
  190. Movie DetailsWrong Cops (2013) CRAP  ComedyObscure/Rare
    Aggressively self-conscious inanity via wild, musical antics of a moronic, corrupt police force. WTF, Dupieux.


  191. Statistical ratings distribution of these 184 films (11% 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 184 films: 7.6.

    10:7.1%

    9:18.5%

    8:26.6%

    7:31.5%

    6:12.5%

    5:1.6%

    CRAP:2.2%



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