The one movie so far this year that every filmgoer should see, if only to get a big dose of what we've been missing from Hollywood.

Whenever Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon resorts to flying fists or soaring sword battles, the Force is definitely with it.

No other movie released this year is as much of a filmgoing necessity as Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux.

Witty portrait of a troubled community.

The ride is remarkable.

So intensely funny that the viewer must hang on every word: comic gems spill forth almost continuously.

Director Martin Scorsese's spectacular, irreverent picture.

See L.A. Confidential. Be astonished at discovering anew how very, very satisfying movies can still be. And how fine that can feel.

The characters are barely characters, the story barely a story, and the elliptical filmmaking style that so besots Denis' many fans could drive you to drink.

The results are both savagely funny and poignant for anyone who's ever had a friendship that felt like their only connection to the outside world.

No Hollywood film within recent memory has achieved such richness and originality of texture, such a compelling amalgam of passionate human drama and awesome technique.

Topsy-Turvy is flawless, borne along by a savagely witty screenplay that Leigh directs like the gears of a clock.

An ingenious, incredibly entertaining, Rorschach-blot meta-comedy based on a spec script (by first-timer Charlie Kaufman) that is completely unlike anything anyone has ever seen before.

Crowe's script is a thing of wonder, and he again proves himself to be an outstanding director of actors.

The Truman Show is one of the films for which the '90s will be remembered, and it is not to be missed.

Flock (don't walk) to the theater to see Chicken Run.

The Coens are masters at striking a tone and holding it.

A technologically marvelous animated movie that's just as funny and inventive as the first, but also more emotionally engaging than most live-action films. This is clearly a sequel in name only.

It's a film which aims to persuade us of its truth without props or signposts--and it does so with unforgettable beauty.

Her (Cheung) gorgeously sad face and slow, lithe frame are the movie's hammer and chisel. One shot of her walking away from a rented room down a hallway is, all by itself, twice the movie of anything else currently in theaters.

Amid the chaos of this marvelous, uncategorizable film squirms one of the year's best performances.

The result is a film that is as witty, astute, and romantic as its timeless subject.

The most heartfelt tribute to women -- specifically, actresses -- he's (Almodovar) ever made.

It's the funniest, saddest performance of the year in a film of uncompromising wit and heart.

The best film we'll see this year.

Astonishingly deep and moving.

Ozon -- has finally hit a home run, and Rampling is his most remarkable RBI.

42 Up is filled with truth and poignancy as these people reflect on their first half of their lives, their goals, ambitions, and how they, for the most part, succeeded in reinventing them.