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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 Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 4:00 pm

Takers Stylish but clichéd, with hyperactive camera work. Seasoned bank robbers go after an armored car.  Rating: CRAP  2010 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: None Blank City Snapshot of late 1970s underground/punk filmmaking in New York during the No Wave movement.  Rating: 7  2011 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Up An old man ties thousands of balloons to his house, flies to South America. Poignant.  Rating: 9  2009 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Salinger Invades the privacy of J. D. Salinger. Engaging speculation, but trumpeted through a flawed, self-important lens.  Rating: 6  2013 English IMDb Page Genres/categories:

Room A loving mother raising her boy within the confines of a small shed. Incredibly moving.  Rating: 9  2016 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: None Enemy Surreal, spider-infested portrayal of a man's subconscious war over infidelity, control by women. Haunting menace.  Rating: 10  2014 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Terms and Conditions May Apply Documentary examines the erosion of privacy in the digital age. How corporations and governments spy.  Rating: 8  2013 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Under the Shadow Distinctively creepy genre film that's also an allegory of female oppression in 1980s Iran. Djinn!  Rating: 8  2016 Foreign IMDb Page Genres/categories: