Movie Ratings & Reviews
Last film added: January 25, 2021. There are currently 1678 films in the database (since 1996).
10 Things I Hate About You (1999) 6 
The Taming of the Shrew, set in a modern high school, starring Julia Stiles.
Death to 2020 (2020) 6 

Comedic retrospective of the year 2020. Mockumentary starring Samuel L. Jackson. What a fucking year.
4th Dimension, The (2008) 6 


Feels inspired by Eraserhead and Pi, but this Aphex Twin-scored meditation on reality ultimately disappoints.
50 First Dates (2004) 6 
Sandler repeatedly attempts to woo Barrymore, who can't make new memories since her accident. Silly.
9 Songs (2005) 6 


Over 69 minutes, a young couple's intense sexual encounters are interspersed with nine rock concerts.
Absolute Power (1997) 6 
Career thief Clint Eastwood witnesses a horrific crime involving ruthless U.S. President Gene Hackman.
Air Force One (1997) 6
When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, President Harrison Ford chooses between family and country.
Alice in Wonderland (1999) 6 


A made-for-TV, family-friendly version with a cast of Hollywood all stars. It's hardly worth watching.
All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (2010) 6 


A fortuneteller lives in a house crowded with ghosts at the edge of the woods.
American Pie (1999) 6 

Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night.
American Psycho (2000) 6 

Christian Bale is a wealthy serial-killer hobbyist with a passion for weapons of human mutilation.
Anger Management (2003) 6 
Adam Sandler is sentenced to an anger-management program led by aggressive instructor Jack Nicholson.
Anon (2018) 6 

Stylish but contrived. Amanda Seyfried is fun as the mystery hacker. DFE (delete fucking everything).
Another Year (2010) 6 
British dramedy of weak, ordinary characters. Every dull statement is a rhetorical question, isn't it?
Any Given Sunday (1999) 6 

Oliver Stone explores the world of professional football. Look for the eyeball on the field.
Anywhere But Here (1999) 6 
Susan Sarandon and daughter Natalie Portman try to start a new life in Beverly Hills.
Arlington Road (1999) 6 
Widowed professor Jeff Bridges begins to suspect that his neighbor Tim Robbins is a terrorist.
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) 6 

Mini-me, we do not gnaw on the kitty. Just pet him, stroke him, love him.
Austin Powers 3: Goldmember (2002) 6 

Have you got any idea how many anonymous henchmen I've killed over the years?
Awakening, The (2012) 6 

In 1921 England, a boarding school reports sightings of a child ghost. Unresolved, muddled plot.
Babysitter, The (2017) 6 

A 12-year-old trying to spy on his hot babysitter learns too much and is imperiled.
Bandits (2001) 6 
Two bank robbers fall in love with Cate Blanchett, the bored housewife they've taken hostage.
Beat Hotel, The (2012) 6 

Collects fragments of 1950s-era Ginsberg, Corso, Burroughs and Gysin living in a rundown Paris hotel.
Beowulf (2007) 6 

I am Beowulf! My lips don't move right and my eyes are dead. Corny, unsatisfying.
Besieged (1998) 6 

Housekeeper Thandie Newton goes into exile in Italy after her African husband is jailed.
Best Man, The (1999) 6 

A marriage causes a reunion of college friends. Taye Diggs and Nia Long star.
Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019) 6 
Galifianakis takes his fake celebrity talk show on the road. Expectedly pointless, charming sketch comedy.
BFG, The (2016) 6 
Spielberg-directed adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl book about giants and a 10-year-old British girl.
Big Daddy (1999) 6 
Would-be lawyer Adam Sandler adopts a six-year-old boy, hoping to win Joey Lauren Adams back.
Blood: The Last Vampire (2001) 6 


A vampire horror anime set in 1966 on a U.S. Air Force base in Japan.
Blood Work (2002) 6
Retired FBI profiler Clint Eastwood returns to service following clues from his own heart transplant.
Blow (2001) 6 

Johnny Depp plays George Jung, who established the American cocaine market in the 1970s.
Blue Crush (2002) 6 

Blonde surfer girl Kate Bosworth prepares for a surf competition while looking extremely attractive.
Boiler Room (2000) 6 
A derivative story of stock market scammers, chop shops, and conspicuous consumption. Stars Giovanni Ribisi.
Bolt (2008) 6 


A lovable cartoon dog movie. Plus, Miley Cyrus sounds like she drinks whiskey every night.
Bottom of the World (2017) 6 

Trippy mystery of a guilty subconscious. Dreams within dreams, but falls flat in the end.
Bread and Tulips (2000) 6 

This lighthearted comedy traces a married woman's self-discovery in Venice. Contrived, sweet, and escapist.
Breast Men (1997) 6 



HBO movie follows two doctors who invented silicone breast implants through time. David Schwimmer stars.
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) 6 

Neurotic British woman Renée Zellweger is determined to improve herself while looking for love.
Brown Bunny, The (2004) 6 
An aimless, gut-wrenching film of loneliness, sexual obsession and guilt. Vincent Gallo is fearlessly narcissistic.
Burn After Reading (2008) 6 
A CIA agent's memoirs falls into the hands of opportunistic idiots. Pointless Coen Brothers farce.
Butterfly Effect, The (2004) 6 


An excellent concept. Did you really think Ashton Kutcher and friends could pull it off?
Byzantium (2013) 6 


Two mysterious women take refuge in a seaside town. An outlandish but effective vampire story.
Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary (2009) 6 

A metadocumentary. This film about making documentaries should have been richer, deeper and edited better.
Cartoon Noir (1999) 6 



Six oddball, animated shorts from five countries, featuring supernatural elements and darker themes. Mediocre.
Casa de mi Padre (2012) 6 
Anti-comedy Mexican Western, starring Spanish-speaking cowboy Will Ferrell and drug lord Gael García Bernal.
Changing Lanes (2002) 6
A fender-bender between lawyer Ben Affleck and businessman Samuel L. Jackson escalates into a feud.
Chasing Sleep (2001) 6 


An insomniac wakes up to find his wife missing and proceeds to lose his mind.
Choke (2008) 6 

Screen adaptation of the Palahniuk novel about a sex-addicted scam artist and his hospitalized mother.
City of Ember (2008) 6 

An underground city is falling apart after 200 years. Fairly dark for a kids' movie.
Civil Action, A (1998) 6 
Lawyer John Travolta stars in this courtroom drama about a company's responsibility for toxic waste.
Close Your Eyes (2002) 6 

A hypnotherapist receives visions from the inside of his patients' minds. A key to immortality?
Colony (2010) 6 

Slow and unfocused documentary about beekeeping, and the struggle to cope with colony collapse disorder.
Cop Land (1997) 6 
Sheriff Sylvester Stallone uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy. Will he cross the crooked cops?
Coyote Waits (2003) 6 
A murder mystery set on a Navajo reservation. Part of PBS's American Mystery! series.
CQ (2002) 6 



The story of a young sci-fi filmmaker in Paris. Model Angela Lindvall serves as eye-candy.
Crank (2006) 6 

An entertaining movie because it is so intentionally ridiculous. Chock full of contrived adrenaline rushes.
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013) 6 


Two rather insufferable young Americans seek the legendary hallucinogenic cactus in Chile. Anticlimactic drug trip.
Dan in Real Life (2007) 6 
A very sweet, unremarkable romantic comedy. Steve Carell is a struggling single parent and widower.
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010) 6 



Animatrix-style companion to EA's video game. Dante enters the nine circles of hell, battles demons.
Death to Smoochy (2002) 6 

When children's television show host Robin Williams is fired, he plots revenge against Edward Norton.
Deep Impact (1998) 6 
Who will survive when a comet collides with Earth? It sucks much less than Armageddon.
Déjà Vu (2006) 6 

Are you ready for the space-time continuum to get Bruckheimered? Explosions! Insulted intelligence! More explosions!
Devil's Advocate, The (1997) 6 
Hotshot lawyer Keanu Reeves learns that his new boss, Al Pacino, is the Devil himself.
Devil's Own, The (1997) 6
New York cop Harrison Ford discovers that houseguest Brad Pitt is an IRA terrorist.
Edge, The (1997) 6
Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin are stranded, dangerously unequipped, after their plane crashes in Alaska.
Embers (2015) 6 


Survivors of a global neurological epidemic, unable to make memories, live entirely in the present.
Enemy at the Gates (2001) 6 
Two Russian and German snipers play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Erin Brockovich (2000) 6 

Single mother Julia Roberts becomes a legal assistant and brings down a toxic power company.
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (2018) 6 

Depicts a Basque fable about a cunning blacksmith who makes a pact with the devil.
Equilibrium (2002) 6 
In a super-serious fascist future, Christian Bale has mastered the technique of the gun kata.
Exterminating Angels, The (2007) 6 


A provocative, high-minded exercise about sexual pleasure in film. It's self-indulgent and oh so French.
Extraordinary Tales (2015) 6 


Animated anthology of five stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe. Disjointedly connected via Death character.
Face/Off (1997) 6 
Undercover agent John Travolta and terrorist Nicolas Cage assume each other's identities by exchanging faces.
Faculty, The (1998) 6 


High school students Jordana Brewster and Clea DuVall suspect that their teachers are becoming aliens.
Family Man, The (2000) 6 

On Christmas morning, investment broker Nicolas Cage wakes up in a life-altering Dickensian parallel universe.
Fast and the Furious, The (2001) 6 

Welcome to the underworld subculture of Los Angeles street-racers and car hijacking, starring Vin Diesel.
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005) 6 


Beautifully rendered CGI could not hold my interest. For Final Fantasy video game fans only.
Forest for the Trees, The (2005) 6 
An awkward German schoolteacher is basically unprepared for life. Her alienation is painful to watch.
Forgotten, The (2004) 6 


Julianne Moore is told that her nine-year-old son never existed. Who is fabricating reality?
Foxfire (1996) 6 
Five wild teenage girls (including Angelina Jolie) become friends after sexual harassment by a teacher.
Frailty (2002) 6
Bill Paxton's chilling study of a family's disintegration. The plot twists and payoff underwhelmed me.
Freeway (1996) 6 
Little Red Riding Hood adapted into a corrosive, white-trash, road-crime movie. Stars Reese Witherspoon.
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) 6 

A fictionalized, metaphorical account of the formation of artist Diane Arbus. Nicole Kidman is brilliant.
Get Smart (2008) 6 
Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway are super-secret spies or whatever. Can their gadgets defeat KAOS?
G.I. Jane (1997) 6
Demi Moore gets a crewcut and perseveres through rigorous Navy SEALS training, flotation devices intact.
Giant Mechanical Man, The (2012) 6 
Jenna Fischer is charming in this offbeat celebration of confused, aimless adults. Annoying supporting characters.
Girl, Interrupted (1999) 6 
Account of an 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the 1960s, starring Winona Ryder.
Girl Asleep (2016) 6 


Vibrant and fantastical. Chaotic caricature of a teenage girl coming of age in 1970s Australia.
Give 'em Hell, Malone (2009) 6 

Mediocre, ultraviolent detective noir in need of a better director. Ridiculous villains in second-rate makeup.
Gladiator (2000) 6 
Set in digitized ancient Rome, this epic spaghetti Western-style movie stars army general Russell Crowe.
Glass House, The (2001) 6
Leelee Sobieski and Stellan Skarsgård manage to make this a reasonably decent movie.
Godzilla (2014) 6 
Godzilla rises again in this nuclear-powered remake that spans the Pacific. Awesome monsters, dull humans.
Great Expectations (1998) 6
Modernization of classic Charles Dickens story, starring New York painter Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Haiku Tunnel (2001) 6 

A comedy about tempness versus permness, both in the workplace and in life.
Haunter (2013) 6 
A 1985 teenager's stuck in a time loop. Predictable yet illogical 'Groundhog Day' with ghosts.
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020) 6 


The benefits and hazards of hallucinogens, mostly related via celebrity stoner tales and goofy reenactments.
Havoc (2005) 6 
Two affluent suburban girls clash with Latino gang culture. Stars Anne Hathaway and Bijou Phillips.
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) 6 





A samurai sword sends Hellboy into a dangerous realm of Japanese legends, ghosts and monsters.
Heroes - Seasons 1-3 (2009) 6 



Cleverly structured graphic novel in TV-show format about people with diverse superpowers. It became unwatchable.
Hidalgo (2004) 6 

American Viggo Mortensen and his horse enter a 3,000 mile survival race across Arabia.
Hideous Kinky (1998) 6 

A hippie British woman travels to Morocco with her two young daughters. Stars Kate Winslet.
Holy Smoke! (1999) 6 

While traveling in India, Kate Winslet falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru.
Homegrown (1998) 6 


Small-time marijuana-grower Billy Bob Thornton and Kelly Lynch try to get rich following a murder.
Hot Girls Wanted (2015) 6 


Superficial documentary of lost and confused young women being exploited in the amateur porn industry.
How Beer Saved the World (2011) 6 


Simplifies human history to exaggerate the importance of beer to civilization. BEER! Extreme hyperbole!
Hubie Halloween (2020) 6 

Adam Sandler the good-hearted simpleton, accompanied by SNL cast members past and present. Familiar, goofy.
Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, The (2014) 6 

Jennifer Lawrence's charisma is the only thing holding this trilogy together. Sadly underdeveloped, yet overdone.
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) 6 

On the eve of WWII, Bill Murray is FDR and Laura Linney is his mistress.
Ice Harvest, The (2005) 6 

Mob lawyer Cusack and strip-club owner Thornton attempt to embezzle $2 million on Christmas Eve.
Imagination (2007) 6 


Eric Leiser's surreal experiment with puppetry, stop-motion sketches and claymation. And unconvincing actors.
Immortals (2011) 6 

Tarsem's Greek epic succeeds at being a gorgeous, self-important spectacle. It's less enjoyable than 300.
In Time (2011) 6 

Promising concept plays like a contrived mishmash of Logan's Run, Robin Hood, Bonnie and Clyde.
Incredible Hulk, The (2008) 6 

Too bad the awkward computer-generated creatures killed the movie, despite Edward Norton. Noisy and boring.
Independence Day (1996) 6 

Gigantic spaceships piloted by a mysterious alien species approach Earth. Then the White House explodes.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 6 

Indy battles the Soviets in 1957. Spielberg/Lucas feature Area 51 and interdimensional cosmic Mayan nonsense.
Ingenious (2009) 6 


Likable rags-to-riches comedy based on the true story of an Arizona inventor of novelty items.
International, The (2009) 6 
Worth watching for the Guggenheim Museum shootout, but this globetrotting thriller is fairly unremarkable.
Into the Forest (2016) 6 

Post-apocalyptic survivalist story with surprisingly limited hardship. The sisterhood of the talented Page and Wood.
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) 6 
A tale of class division and forbidden love set in the 1950s, starring Liv Tyler.
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2014) 6 



Strange, vivid fantasy about a boy with a mechanical heart. Disjointed script, uncanny valley characters.
John Carter (2012) 6 

Hectic, violent CGI epic about Mars. Sort of fun, but I was never emotionally invested.
Ju-on: The Grudge (2004) 6 
Japanese horror movie features a vengeful spirit that marks and pursues anybody entering its house.
Keeping the Faith (2000) 6 
Priest Edward Norton and rabbi Ben Stiller both fall in love with Jenna Elfman.
Killshot (2009) 6 
Diane Lane is placed in the witness protection program. Is she safe from Mickey Rourke?
Kingdom, The (2007) 6 
FBI agents are sent to investigate a Saudi bombing. It's really just a revenge movie.
Last Night (2011) 6
Tense study of whether tempted spouses will actually commit adultery. Knightley glows, Worthington is dull.
Laurel Canyon (2002) 6 

An uptight young man moves in with Frances McDormand and experiences a clash of lifestyles.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) 6 

A young owl is abducted, but he escapes and seeks out the legendary Guardians.
Life as a House (2001) 6 

Terminally ill Kevin Kline takes custody of his teenage son. Jena Malone is charming.
Lifeguard, The (2013) 6 

Lovable Kristen Bell's sensitive, sympathetic performance saves this uninspired movie. But she's actually too likable.
Limbo (2005) 6 
A bullet sends a man into a repeating time loop. Afterlife as low-budget film noir.
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012) 6 



Hyperactive disservice to Seuss. Teaches how to blindly consume and toss marshmallows to adorable bears.
Love (2012) 6 

Lonely astronaut stranded aboard the ISS develops cabin fever, becomes one with the universe. Posthumanism.
Lovelace (2013) 6 

Superficially explores the story of one-time porn star Linda Lovelace and her sleazy, abusive husband.
Lulu on the Bridge (1999) 6 

After Jazz saxophonist Harvey Keitel is accidentally shot, he enters into a hallucinatory, obsessive affair.
Mad City (1997) 6
Museum guard John Travolta takes hostages. TV newsman Dustin Hoffman leads the sensational media frenzy.
Majestic, The (2001) 6
In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer loses his memory. Predictable, sentimental and syrupy, but charming.
Man 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.
Marie from the Bay of Angels (1997) 6 

Nubile teenager Vahina Giocante spends her holidays on the French Riviera, picking up American sailors.
Meet Joe Black (1998) 6 
We have Brad Pitt as Death, media tycoon Anthony Hopkins, and intriguing daughter Claire Forlani.
Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The (1999) 6 
Young Milla Jovovich receives a vision to rid 15th century France of its oppressors. Stylish.
Million Dollar Hotel (2000) 6
A dilapidated California hotel plays host to mentally ill people unable to afford medical insurance.
Mirror Mirror (2012) 6 


Visually stunning like all Tarsem movies, and Julia Roberts was cast appropriately, but jarringly jokey/dopey.
Mission: Impossible II (2000) 6 
Secret agent Tom Cruise seeks a German-manufactured virus before it falls into the wrong hands.
Mr. Brooks (2007) 6 
A surprisingly likable and engaging Hollywood serial killer movie, especially with Costner as the lead.
Multiplicity (1996) 6 


Michael Keaton never has enough time, and so he has himself cloned. Andie MacDowell costars.
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) 6 
A lame wedding-based romantic comedy, with musical numbers, starring Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz.
Mystery Men (1999) 6 

A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save their city from supervillian destruction.
Night at the Museum (2006) 6 

New night security guard Ben Stiller discovers that museum exhibits come to life at night.
Night Watch (2006) 6 


First chapter of a derivative Russian fantasy epic featuring warring forces of daytime and nighttime.
Ninja Assassin (2009) 6
A ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him. So much CGI blood.
Ninth Gate, The (1999) 6 


Rare book dealer Johnny Depp seeks out the last two copies of a demon text.
New World, The (2005) 6 
Malick depicts Pocahontas's life in 1600s Virginia. It's epic, sluggish, and burdened by disjointed voiceovers.
Next (2007) 6 

Nicholas Cage can see the future. An unsatisfying Philip K. Dick adaptation of slow-mo explosions.
Nothing to Lose (1997) 6 
Tim Robbins kidnaps would-be carjacker Martin Lawrence and schemes to repair his miserable life.
Novocaine (2001) 6 

Dentist Steve Martin is manipulated into a practice-threatening disaster by crafty seductress Helena Bonham Carter.
On the Road (2012) 6 

I struggled to get into this disappointing yet interesting-enough adaptation of the 1957 Kerouac novel.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) 6 
The finale of Robert Rodriguez's Mariachi trilogy. Johnny Depp redeems this overstuffed spaghetti Western.
One Hour Photo (2002) 6 
Robin Williams is a one-hour photo lab employee who becomes obsessed with a suburban family.
Orange County (2002) 6 
Jack Black tries to help smart highschooler Colin Hanks get admitted into Stanford.
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2007) 6 


In a post-apocalyptic anime future, cell-animated humans battle sentient forests with CG war machines.
OtherLife (2017) 6 
Biological software can induce time-compressed virtual realities, or make false memories. A lonely, cautionary tale.
Pacific Rim (2013) 6 
Predictable monster-robot movie that's smarter than Transformers, but silly. I expected more from del Toro.
Parallels (2015) 6 


A mysterious building is the gateway to infinite parallel Earths. Interesting concept, but mediocre execution.
Peacemaker, The (1997) 6 
George Clooney and Nicole Kidman investigate a nuclear explosion in Russia, unraveling a terrorist conspiracy.
Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016) 6 

A Netflix revival of Pee-wee Herman's childlike antics and fun-house sketch humor. Fulfills 1980s nostalgia.
Permanent Midnight (1998) 6 



Ben Stiller plays desperate comedy writer and heroin addict Jerry Stahl. Maria Bello also stars.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) 6 

An overlong cartoonish setup to the third movie in the Disney franchise. Johnny Depp shines.
PU-239: The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2007) 6 

A nuclear plant worker with radiation poisoning tries to sell stolen plutonium to Moscow gangsters.
Pumpkin (2002) 6 
College sorority girl Christina Ricci is drawn into a relationship with a young disabled man.
Push (2009) 6 
Dakota Fanning was the only compelling part of this telekinetic incoherence set in Hong Kong.
Pushing Tin (1999) 6 


John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton are air traffic controllers playing a game of one-upmanship.
Puss in Boots (2011) 6 


Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek are swashbuckling cats in this Shrek spinoff. Generally cute, fun.
Replacement Killers, The (1998) 6
Professional killer Chow Yun-Fat betrays a crime boss. Document forger Mira Sorvino offers her help.
Revolt (2017) 6 
Amnesiac soldier Lee Pace wakes up during a cataclysmic alien invasion in the Kenyan countryside.
Revolver (2007) 6 


This stylish Guy Ritchie art film about con-men feels jumbled, pretentious and psychoanalytical. But intriguing.
Ricky (2009) 6 



French parable about a bizarre baby's physical development, his precocious sister and his irresponsible mother.
Rid of Me (2011) 6 

A socially awkward newlywed's emotional breakdown and rebirth in Laurelwood, Oregon. A hard-to-watch indie.
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) 6 
Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow create fabrications of their lives at their high school reunion.
Rubber (2011) 6 

Dupieux's surreal grindhouse spoof and commentary on the absurdity of cinema, starring a homicidal tire.
Rules of Attraction, The (2002) 6 

Mean-spirited film about shallow, spoiled kids at Camden College. Artful rewinds, vulgarity and Shannyn Sossamon.
Rundown, The (2003) 6 
Mob thug The Rock is sent to the Amazon to retrieve treasure-hunting Seann William Scott.
Rush Hour (1998) 6 
Jackie Chan and comedian Chris Tucker partner to rescue a kidnapped daughter. A paint-by-numbers formula.
Salinger (2013) 6 

Invades the privacy of J. D. Salinger. Engaging speculation, but trumpeted through a flawed, self-important lens.
Salton Sea, The (2002) 6
After his wife is murdered, Val Kilmer drifts into a world of speed junkies.
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020) 6 


Cooper parlays her viral Trump lip-synching into an SNL-style variety special about 2020. Trippy finale.
Saw (2004) 6 
Cary Elwes wakes up in the secure lair of a serial killer nicknamed Jigsaw. Grisly.
Secret Life of Pets, The (2016) 6 

The silly escapades of some Manhattan pets and a psychotic rabbit. Both cute and annoying.
Secret Life of Pets 2, The (2019) 6 

Slightly better than the first movie. What pets do when humans aren't looking. Relatable, charming.
Secret Window (2004) 6 
You stole my story! This combination of Johnny Depp and Stephen King should've been better.
Self/less (2015) 6 
Explores the premise of transplanting minds into new bodies. Turns into a conventional action movie.
Shallow Hal (2001) 6 

Shallow Jack Black falls in love with 300-pound Gwyneth Paltrow because of her inner beauty.
Siege, The (1998) 6
Martial law is declared in New York City after an Islamic religious leader is abducted.
Silent House (2012) 6 
Thrilling performance from Elizabeth Olsen. Shot to mimic one continuous real-time take. Letdown by ending.
Six Days Seven Nights (1998) 6 
Cargo pilot Harrison Ford and New Yorker Anne Heche become stranded on a tropical island.
Sleeping Beauty (2011) 6 
Detached, calculating portrait of a directionless, unaware student drawn into a mysterious world of desires.
Small Soldiers (1998) 6 



When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys go to war.
Snakes on a Plane (2006) 6 


A cheesy Samuel L. Jackson horror-comedy that knows it's ridiculous and plays it refreshingly well.
Soloist, The (2009) 6 

Downey Jr., Foxx and Keener are great, but this biography feels slightly heavy-handed and exploitive.
Southland Tales (2007) 6 




Richard Kelly's dystopian, genre-defying mess of destruction and pop-culture doom. Bad actors cast on purpose?
Space Cowboys (2000) 6 

A humorous bunch of geriatric NASA astronauts take turns bickering, apologizing, and being implausibly heroic.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 6 

Jar Jar is muzzled, Yoda breaks out his light-saber, and Natalie Portman bares her midriff.
Stigmata (1999) 6 

Hairdresser Patricia Arquette shows signs of stigmata, the wounds of Christ. A Vatican priest investigates.
Student Services (2011) 6 



A 19-year-old freshman in France, desperate for cash, is enticed into a life of prostitution.
Sunshine Cleaning (2009) 6 
Cash-strapped single mother Amy Adams works as a maid, but is looking for new opportunities.
Super (2011) 6 


A depressed everyday guy transforms himself into the superhero Crimson Bolt. Ellen Page is great.
Super Troopers (2001) 6 


You must have eaten, like, a hundred bucks worth of pot. Am I saying meow?
Taking of Pelham 123, The (2009) 6
Another generic, disposable Tony Scott thriller. This one has subway trains and stars Denzel Washington.
Tangled (2010) 6 



Disney's story of Rapunzel. A bland, computer-animated corporate musical that made me borderline suicidal.
Tell Me Something (2001) 6 

Black garbage bags filled with dismembered human body parts are showing up around the city.
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2010) 6 



The third film in Tsukamoto's series about technology's dehumanizing influence. Human bodies as weapons.
These Final Hours (2015) 6 

Just hours before a global extinction event, most people go crazy. One man finds redemption.
Thirteenth Floor, The (1999) 6 

A sci-fi thriller about computer-simulated universes where people only believe they are real.
Thor (2011) 6 

The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of Asgard and sent to Earth.
Tideland (2006) 6 

A young girl with drug-addicted parents creates a half-fantasy world with doll heads, deranged neighbors.
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 6
Pierce Brosnan is James Bond. This time Michelle Yeoh and Teri Hatcher are Bond girls.
Training Day (2001) 6 
As a rookie narcotics officer, Ethan Hawke is partnered with rogue detective Denzel Washington.
Trainwreck (2015) 6
Commitment-phobic career woman Amy Schumer grows up. An irreverent and candid comedy about relationships.
Trekkies (1999) 6 


A somewhat affectionate documentary about the phenomenon of Star Trek fandom in its many-splendored geekiness.
Trick 'r Treat (2009) 6 


Four interwoven Halloween stories. It doesn't rely on lame CGI ghouls and jack-o'-lanterns! Pretty decent.
Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) 6 

A made-for-TV movie with sportswriter Hank Azaria and retired professor Jack Lemmon, dying of ALS.
Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story, The (2003) 6 


This Peter Greenaway multimedia project is too ambitious, difficult, and intertextual. Caroline Dhavernas still shines.
U-571 (2000) 6
During WWII, American submariners board a German submarine trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.
Upside Down (2013) 6 

If you can somehow accept the ludicrous science/impossible physics, it's charming. An ambitious love story.
Vanilla Sky (2001) 6 



Tom Cruise's useless remake of Open Your Eyes. Penélope Cruz reprises her role, in English.
VANish (2015) 6 

A drug lord's daughter is taken hostage by amateurs. Entertaining mayhem ensues inside their van.
Veronica Guerin (2003) 6 

Irish journalist Cate Blanchett is murdered by drug dealers she exposed in her newspaper articles.
Wanted (2008) 6 
A young man finds out his long-lost father is an assassin. Then hyperkinetic bullet-bending ensues.
Way, The (2011) 6 
A grieving father embarks on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. Sincere, but too explanatory, awkward.
We Were Soldiers (2002) 6 
Details a major battle in the Vietnam War, starring Mel Gibson and trout-lipped Madeleine Stowe.
Weather Man, The (2005) 6 

Successful Chicago weatherman Nicolas Cage's personal life is a failure. So he takes up archery.
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) 6 
A spoof composed of loosely related comedy sketches set at a summer camp in 1981.
Wedding Singer, The (1998) 6 

Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore star. Now get out of my Van Halen t-shirt.
What Lies Beneath (2000) 6 
Professor Harrison Ford totally freaks out. Michelle Pfeiffer and model Amber Valletta are quite stunning.
What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004) 6 
Life is a quantum world of possibility. It's spoiled by less-than-credible talking heads and soundbites.
Wheelman (2017) 6
A getaway driver is double-crossed. Top-speed BMW driving plus cell-phone cursing. 'Locke' it is not.
Whisker Away, A (2020) 6 


A spastic junior-high girl transforms into a cat, hoping to receive a classmate's affection.
Wild Blue Yonder, The (2005) 6 



Werner Herzog fashions a boring sci-fi documentary from beautiful undersea Antarctica footage and NASA video.
Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic (2008) 6 


Irritating modern opera rehearsals dominate the story of Oppenheimer and the 1945 Trinity atomic test.
World Is Not Enough, The (1999) 6
Pierce Brosnan is James Bond and the ever-cerebral Denise Richards plays a nuclear scientist. Cough.
XX (2017) 6 
Four-part anthology of short horror films directed and written by women, including musician St. Vincent.
Yesterday Was a Lie (2010) 6 


Ambitious indie that explores the sci-fi film noir genre. Packed with Jung and consciousness theories.
Zathura (2005) 6 


A fairly charming family movie that explores childhood adventure. It's basically Jumanji in outer space.
Rated 6 out of 10
Search returned all films with a rating of 6 out of 1678 total films.FAIR
Statistical ratings distribution of these 244 films (14.5% 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 244 films: 6.
| 10: | 0% |
| 9: | 0% |
| 8: | 0% |
| 7: | 0% |
| 6: | 100% |
| 5: | 0% |
| CRAP: | 0% |
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