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For 1,771 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 48% higher than the average critic
  • 4% same as the average critic
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On average, this publication grades 6.2 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 71
Highest review score: 100 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Lowest review score: 20 Victoria and Abdul
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,013 out of 1771
  2. Mixed: 727 out of 1771
  3. Negative: 31 out of 1771
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  1. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Throughout Long Day’s Journey into Night, there is reference to a spell which makes a house spin, and in many ways, the technical accomplishment (cinematographer David Chizallet) of the second half puts the viewer under a spell of joy: this smooth-flowing dreaminess combined with the mystery of the first half makes for a sensuous, visually stunning, eerie tale, and it is compelling viewing.
  2. The Lion King
    The Lion King remains one of the strongest Disney efforts of the 1990s, and arguably its last great, traditionally animated feature.
  3. The Gift
    The Gift might not smash the boundaries of genre filmmaking but therein lies its appeal; a smart, well-made thriller that balances high-minded cinema with genre thrills.
  4. Lord of the Flies
    William Golding’s tale of public schoolboys stranded on a desert island is an iconic depiction of fundamental savagery. More than fifty years on, Peter Brook’s 1963 Lord of the Flies remains the definitive film, its hallucinogenic brutality as terrifying as ever.
  5. Love Is Strange
    Sachs and Love Is Strange co-writer Mauricio Zacharias craft an intergenerational love story believably told and immaculately acted.
  6. Mudbound
    Though Mudbound represent a period of injustice consigned to history, its examination of a toxic, racist masculinity stuck in the past could hardly be more relevant today.
  7. To the Ends of the Earth
    To the Ends of the Earth is a light, airy and fun journey with flashes of poetry.
  8. Thor: Ragnarok
    Impressively, Waititi manages to retain his unique brand of humour while fulfilling his obligations to the franchise with Thor: Ragnarok.
  9. Winter Flies
    It’s a coming-of-age tale without summer sun that feels all the more formative because of it.
  10. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
    On its own terms, M:I-7 is a superbly-crafted action thriller.
  11. Armageddon Time
    What elevates Armageddon Time to something more than a piece of indulgent navel gazing is the way that Paul’s coming-of-age is reflected in the national story which closes a chapter on Jimmy Carter to turn a new page into Reaganite 1980s selfishness, reactionary politics and feral capitalism.
  12. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
    Even magnificent scenery like this can get dull if there’s no invention or novelty to proceedings, but fortunately the six tales collected in the dusty old hardback book The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Other Tales of the Wild West, complete with colour plates and tracing paper, are packed with originality, poetry and glorious wit.
  13. Custody
    With Custody, Legrand has created a family drama that plays out as social realism, but it is as intense as a thriller and, with no generic get outs, far more terrifying than Kubrick's The Shining.
  14. The Work
    The Work is a rousing, arresting and ultimately cathartic call-to-arms for the power and value of rehabilitation.
  15. Tower
    Stylistically it is an indisputable triumph.
  16. Li'l Quinquin
    Not only does Li'l Quinquin's procedural strand evoke countless laughs both macabre - the body that incites the story is found chopped up inside a cow - and slapstick, but also provides the context the exploration of deeper themes.
  17. Chile '76
    As historical noir, Martelli’s film is thrilling, but as a document of the comforts of complicity and the terror of resistance, 1976 is visceral.
  18. Lucy
    This undeniably silly, but raucously entertaining, off-the-wall transhumanist actioner is an absolute riot.
  19. What Keeps You Alive
    What Keeps You Alive is a gorgeous rural revenge featuring two strong lead performances, a blood-stained, thicketed idyll, and some moments of dark humour – or cathartic victory – depending on how you view your current or past relationships.
  20. One Night in Miami
    No doubt thanks to her own wealth of acting experience, King elicits outstanding performances from her cast, proving that big boys do cry when the stakes are high enough and love, respect and hope triumph over hate.
  21. A Woman Under the Influence
    An exceptional film anchored by love and set alight with the unpredictability of mental health, this is a must for Cassavetes fans and newcomers alike.
  22. MLK/FBI
    MLK/FBI is an insightful, adroitly constructed documentary which seeks to mine new truths from a recent, tangible past. Filmmaker Sam Pollard pits the aspirations, endeavours and character of a great, but flawed humanitarian against the racially-driven, underhand tactics of a tyrannical government organisation.
  23. The Hunt for Planet B
    Humbling, awe-inspiring and frequently head-scratching, like a solar system mobile, Kahn’s film has a bewildering number of moving pieces.
  24. Showing Up
    Just as we learn to grudgingly like Lizzie, we also see the value in her work as it slowly comes together, emerging from the kiln with new colours and finally being displayed among her family and friends.
  25. Infinite Football
    Ginghină makes for a wonderfully eccentric subject, and the ardour with which he elucidates the intricacies of his project to Porumboiu is both hilarious and tragic.
  26. A Faithful Man
    A Faithful Man may tip its hat to the conventions of film noir – Abel as the patsy, Marianne as the femme fatale – but Garrel’s winking sensibility is far too fun for real darkness. Instead, he gives us a wonderful soufflé of a film – light, airy, and a rare treat.
  27. Dear Comrades!
    Dear Comrades! works well as an historical drama, a political satire and even a cold-war thriller. It’s brilliance, however, lies in its study of the profound cognitive dissonance that comes of all totalitarian systems.
  28. Euthanizer
    Teemu Nikki's Euthanizer reveals itself to be an affecting examination of cruelty.
  29. Mank
    The film conjures a man who is fundamentally, simplistically decent, while his demons only intrude on his integrity in the most superficial ways. Yet, in the end, Mank is not about capturing the totality of a person, but leaving an impression of one, and in that it is certainly successful.
  30. Old
    With Old, Shyamalan appears to have embraced a devil-may-care attitude fitting for a filmmaker known to astound and dismay audiences in equal measure. Whisper it quietly, but it may be his best work in over a decade.
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