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Welcome to Filmometer! This site features sortable film ratings and "15 Word Reviews" of movies released since 1997. You will also find weekly movie polls and a growing number of movie lists. How does the ratings system work? Learn more about Filmometer.

The movie lists section contains some of my own picks, plus lists including the AFI's top 100 American films and the Academy Awards Winners for Best Picture. The links page provides additional online resources for film enthusiasts. Below you will find a random sampling of films reviewed by Filmometer. Thanks for visiting!

Featured films for Sunday, August 2, 2026 at 11:45 pm

The Babysitter A 12-year-old trying to spy on his hot babysitter learns too much and is imperiled.  Rating: 6  2017 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Tetsuo: The Bullet Man The third film in Tsukamoto's series about technology's dehumanizing influence. Human bodies as weapons.  Rating: 6  2010 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New... Surreal black comedy from master storyteller Werner Herzog. Nicolas Cage is a drug-addled, maniacal detective.  Rating: 7  2009 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: The Lifeguard Lovable Kristen Bell's sensitive, sympathetic performance saves this uninspired movie. But she's actually too likable.  Rating: 6  2013 English IMDb Page Genres/categories:

House of Pleasures Hardship and camaraderie at an upscale Parisian brothel at the turn of the 20th century.  Rating: 7  2011 Foreign IMDb Page Genres/categories: The Lobster Absurd allegory for how society regards romantic relationships and loneliness. A provocative, original love story.  Rating: 8  2016 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl A Pittsburgh high-schooler is deeply changed after befriending a classmate with cancer. Witty and heartbreaking.  Rating: 9  2015 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: The Beyond Faux-documentary of astronauts, wormholes, cybernetics, alien life. Far-fetched pseudoscience. Solid visual effects.  Rating: 5  2018 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: