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For 4,534 reviews, this publication has graded:
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  • 41% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 65
Highest review score: 100 The Wolf of Wall Street
Lowest review score: 0 Joe Versus the Volcano
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,923 out of 4534
  2. Mixed: 982 out of 4534
  3. Negative: 629 out of 4534
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  1. Rampart
    Yup, it could have been a bucket of bleak. But the electric talent of Harrelson and Moverman is too exciting to be anything but exhilarating.
  2. Collateral
    No crime film in years boasts a cooler vibe than Michael Mann's dazzling Collateral.
  3. Red Lights
    Darroussin is killer good and director Cedric Kahn turns Georges Simenon's seminal novel into a darkly comic spellbinder that pins you to your seat.
  4. Shine a Light
    This you-are-there spellbinder is a master director shining his light on the best rock band on the planet.
  5. The LEGO Movie
    A wickedly smart and funny free-for-all, and sassy enough to shoot well-aimed darts at corporate branding.
  6. Miami Vice
    If you're looking for a crime story that sizzles with action, sex and the visceral jolt of life on the edge, Miami Vice is the one.
  7. I, Daniel Blake
    I, Daniel Blake, a new Loach landmark which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival last year, sums up everything that has kept he muckraking motor running for decades.
  8. Frost/Nixon
    Director Ron Howard has turned Peter Morgan's stage success into a grabber of a movie laced with tension, stinging wit and potent human drama.
  9. American Gangster
    Call it the black "Scarface" or "the Harlem Godfather" or just one hell of an exciting movie.
  10. The Cooler
    Wayne Kramer, who co-wrote the scrappy script with Frank Hannah, makes a potent directing debut and strikes gold with the cast.
  11. The Nightmare Before Christmas
    Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas restores originality and daring to the Halloween genre. This dazzling mix of fun and fright also explodes the notion that animation is kid stuff. The history-making stop-motion animation in this $20 million charmer transcends age. It's 74 minutes of timeless movie magic.
  12. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
    Chases so many ideas that it threatens to spin out of control. But with our multiplexes stuffed with toxic Hollywood formula, it's a gift to find a ballsy movie that thinks it can do anything, and damn near does.
  13. Zodiac
    Unique and unmissable.
  14. Captain Phillips
    It might have all been another Hollywood-formula flick with American might taking on the alien other. But Greengrass gives Phillips and Muse the time, aboard a covered lifeboat, to discover shared beliefs and fears.
  15. The Diary of a Teenage Girl
    Powley is sensational, expertly blending hilarity and heartbreak. Her scenes with Wiig, sublime in her hard-won gravity, are unique and unforgettable. Just like the movie.
  16. Don Jon
    Gordon-Levitt won't take safe for an answer. So Don Jon tends to stumble as it finds its feet. Still, you leave this movie feeling had at instead of had. The experience is elating.
  17. Michael Clayton
    Deliberate, demanding and character-driven, Michael Clayton flies in the face of what sells at the multiplex. I couldn't have liked it more.
  18. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
    It's implausible as hell, but no less fun for that.
  19. Rabbit Hole
    Nicole Kidman is just astonishing in Rabbit Hole - subtle, fierce, brutally funny, tender when you least expect it, and battered by the feelings that hit her when she forgets to duck.
  20. Shaun the Sheep Movie
    The movie is a world-class winner.
  21. James White
    Some movies are so good and true and tough-to-the-core they should just sneak up on you. James White is one of them.
  22. 20th Century Women
    Despite its grandiose title, 20th Century Women unfolds as series of small moments – some hilarious and heartfelt, other silly and sorrowful – that help define the characters and their time.
  23. 127 Hours
    Like the A.R. Rahman score that drives the movie, the triumphant 127 Hours pays fitting tribute to Aron by being thrillingly alive.
  24. Fences
    The movie of Fences doesn't need Hollywood bells and whistles. This writer, this director and these actors are all the magnificence required to grab your attention and hold it.
  25. Novitiate
    Shot through with grit and grace, Novitiate is a potent provocation. It's also something special.
  26. Cobb
    Shelton's strong, stinging film — one of the year's best — wants to get at something ingrained in the American character: the irrational desire to make saints of sports heroes.
  27. Shutter Island
    DiCaprio, in his most haunting and emotionally complex performance yet, is the vessel Scorsese uses to lead us through the film’s laby­rinth.
  28. Where Is Kyra?
    Pfeiffer gives an incredible performance as a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
  29. This Is the End
    There's no way you won't have a blast. In their directing debuts, Rogen and Goldberg come up aces, mixing hilarity and horror like pros and never letting up on the killer momentum.
  30. A Fantastic Woman
    A Fantastic Woman catches a human being in the challenging and exhilarating process of inventing herself. The result is unique and unforgettable.
  31. Spider
    What catches us in Spider's web -- besides the indelible performances of Fiennes and Richardson -- is the director's sympathy with this freak man-child who struggles to order his confused memories into a kind of truth.
  32. Waiting for 'Superman'
    This movie isn't just a necessity (listen up, do-nothing politicians) - it might change your future.
  33. A Separation
    A Separation is a landmark film. No way will you be able to get it out of your head.
  34. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
    Johnny Depp, who paid for the 2005 funeral in which Thompson's ashes were fired out of a cannon, narrates with just the right mix of awe and impertinence.
  35. Che
    Che looks dazzling, whether the camera is weaving through a battle or trying to bore into Che's haunted soul. Del Toro stands up to Soderbergh's relentless scrutiny. As for the movie, it's a reward to audiences eager to break from the play-it-safe pack. Game on.
  36. The Negotiator
    This little-hyped thriller emerges as a dark-horse winner by reminding us of how pleasurably exciting a popcorn movie can be when it's populated by actors who are in it for more than an exorbitant fee.
  37. Coco
    Coco brims over with visual pleasures, comic energy and emotional wallop.
  38. I, Tonya
    I, Tonya is funny as hell, but the pain is just as real. You'll laugh till it hurts.
  39. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    This Sweeney is a bloody wonder, intimate and epic, horrific and heart-rending as it flies on the wings of Sondheim's most thunderously exciting score.
  40. Pariah
    The gifted Rees makes finding out a stirring and heartfelt journey. And Oduye is unforgettable. A star is born.
  41. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    Getting lost in the hypnotic Half-Blood Prince is what gives the movie its haunting power.
  42. Please Give
    The pitch-perfect performances help Holofcener stir up feelings that cut to the heart of what defines an ethical life. There's no movie around right now with a subject more pertinent. It'll hit you hard.
  43. The Iron Lady
    The sharp economy of Lloyd's direction allows the incontestably great Streep to take impressionistic snatches of a life and build a woman in full. This is acting of the highest order.
  44. Finding Nemo
    Leave it to a g-rated cartoon to give the live-action epics a lesson in action, fun and bracing originality.
  45. Changeling
    Jolie is inspired casting. She plays the role like a gathering storm, moving from terror to a fierce resolve. And Eastwood, at the peak of his artful powers, tightens the screws of suspense without ever forgetting where the heart of his film lies.
  46. Foxtrot
    Foxtrot makes demands on audiences and then richly rewards them. It's a riveting, deeply resonant achievement.
  47. Son of Saul
    There's nothing trivial about this Hungarian masterwork from first-time director László Nemes. You don't merely witness horror, you feel it in your bones.
  48. The Ghost Writer
    All credit to a finely tuned Brosnan for packing so much intensity and wayward wit into his scenes with McGregor. Their verbal duels make for a dazzling game of cat-and-mouse.
  49. My King
    That’s the power of My King. It sees that passion creates an unholy mess. Maïwenn doesn’t want to warm our heart, she wants to rip into it, and turn the concept of the Hollywood happy ending on its head.
  50. Tully
    Davis gives an absolutely electrifying performance that lends the movie a kick of outrageous originality. This Canadian actress, so good in Halt and Catch Fire and one of the best episodes ever of Black Mirror ("San Junipero") takes it to the next level, suggesting even more exciting things to come.
  51. Zootopia
    A tour through the byways of Zootopia is a bracing blend of color and richly detailed design.
  52. Me and You and Everyone We Know
    Performance artist Miranda July hits a grand slam as the writer, director and star of her first film. It's a moonbeam romance laced with startling wit and gravity.
  53. The Death of Stalin
    Who'd have thought the demise of a kill-happy Russian dictator could leave you laughing helplessly? That's The Death of Stalin for you, a slapstick tragedy – and for the funniest, fiercest comedy of the year so far – from the fertile mind of Armando Iannucci, the British political satirist behind the HBO's Veep and the sensational, Strangelovian In the Loop (2009).
  54. Sully
    The movie earns your attention and respect by digging deep, by finding the fear and self-doubt inside a man who'd never accept being defined as a hero. It's an eye-opener.
  55. Time Out of Mind
    Gere, who has shockingly never been nominated for an Oscar, gives the performance of his career, intuitive and indelible.
  56. Dear White People
    Dear White People marks an auspicious debut for writer-director Justin Simien, an African-American who laces his satire with delicious mirth and malice.
  57. Hail, Caesar!
    Hail, Caesar! is basically a day in the life of this studio cop, whose job is his religion. And Brolin, in a heart-and-soul performance, takes this crazy quilt of a movie about a man surrounded by nut jobs and plays it for real. He's just tremendous.
  58. Speed
    If you're looking for action movie heaven, try Speed, a crackling blend of suspense and fun that gives you the rush of a runaway roller coaster.
  59. Youth
    Youth is superior cinema, ardent and artful. Sorrentino, an Oscar winner for The Great Beauty, fills every frame with ravishing images that evoke his idol, Fellini. Gloriously shot by Luca Bigazzi and scored by David Lang, the movie engulfs you like a dream.
  60. Superbad
    It helps that the fun doesn't stop. It helps even more that the pitch-perfect script doesn’t step out of character for a joke.
  61. Lost in Translation
    Don't stall about seeing Sofia Coppola's altogether remarkable Lost in Translation. It's a class-act liftoff for the fall movie season. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson give performances that will be talked about for years.
  62. The Fighter
    The Fighter, its heart full to bursting, is an emotional powerhouse that comes close to spilling over.
  63. Your Friends & Neighbors
    LaBute achieves a bracing originality by observing human folly as a means to understand rather than condemn. Love or hate his films, LaBute is one of the most challenging filmmakers to emerge in years.
  64. 20 Feet from Stardom
    Sometimes it's racism; sometimes bum luck; sometimes it's producer Phil Spector putting Love's voice in another singer's mouth. You watch. You hear the gospel spoken in the voices of these women. And you marvel.
  65. Red Army
    Red Army deserves a big boo-yah from audiences for being illuminating and hugely entertaining. And if some of the talk is in Russian, live with it.
  66. Million Dollar Baby
    The knockout punch comes from Eastwood. His stripped-down performance -- as powerful as anything he's ever done -- has a rugged, haunting beauty. The same goes for the movie.
  67. Moneyball
    Moneyball is one of the best and most viscerally exciting films of the year.
  68. The Edge of Seventeen
    If nothing else, The Edge of Seventeen should make Steinfeld a shoo-in for the teen movie young-restless-and-hilarious Hall of Fame. At the very least, the humanity she gives this young woman on the verge helps the movie teeter on the edge of being an instant classic.
  69. Mommy
    Here's the thing about Mommy: Even when Dolan gets self-indulgent and works his themes into the ground, he's a one-man fireworks display. His images jump off the screen and stick in your head.
  70. Mulan
    The film shines at capturing the watercolor delicacy of China's past.
  71. Furious 7
    Furious 7 is the best F&F by far, two hours of pure pow fueled by dedication and passionate heart.
  72. Harry Benson: Shoot First
    Bare and Miele do more than track a remarkable career here; they reveal the essentials of what makes Benson unique. Any paparazzo with moxie can get into the action and shoot first. But what this shutterbug's eye arranges, sometimes in a split second, is the work of a singular craftsman with a rare gift: raising the click of a camera shutter to the level of art.
  73. Star Trek
    A burst of pure filmmaking exhilaration that manages to pay homage to the classic 1960s TV series and still boldly go where no man, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy included, has gone before.
  74. A Quiet Passion
    Cynthia Nixon is simply magnificent as Dickinson, finding the sharp wit and searching mind of a woman out of step with the codes and formalities of her time.
  75. Driving Miss Daisy
    Freeman's nuanced acting is a marvel.
  76. The Libertine
    This one-of-a-kind spellbinder from first-time director Laurence Dunmore is not afraid to shock. Depp is a raunchy wonder, especially in a time-capsule-worthy opening monologue.
  77. Children of Men
    Cuarón has a gift only the greatest filmmakers share: He makes you believe.
  78. All Is Lost
    Redford, who can play intelligence, wit and nuance to a camera like nobody's business, holds us in his grip. It's a master class in acting.
  79. I'm Not There.
    So what if nothing is revealed. Todd Haynes is a mischievous visionary who puts the music and the myth of Bob Dylan before us in I'm Not There and dares us not to revel in the troubadour's poetic, contentious, ever-changing essence. It's a feast for the eyes, the ears and the Dylanologist scratching around our minds and hearts.
  80. Fahrenheit 9/11
    Moore has marshaled what's on the record and off into a stinging indictment of where we're going. In a multiplex filled with Hollywood cotton candy, we need him more than ever.
  81. The Door in the Floor
    You can't shut the door on this spellbinder. It gets into your head.
  82. Broken Embraces
    Cruz exudes a sensual aura of mystery that holds you spellbound. And Almodóvar, a true poet of cinema, creates images -- horrifying and healing -- that live inside your head like a waking dream. You want to miss a movie like that? I didn’t think so.
  83. The Best of Youth
    The acting is electric. By the end of this haunting, hypnotic film, you feel you have watched lives being lived, not just imagined.
  84. Oldboy
    As always with Park Chanwook, you just hold on and let him rip.
  85. The Passenger (re-release)
    The script, co-written by Antonioni and Peter Wollen, focuses on a TV journalist (a superb Jack Nicholson).
  86. The Help
    A deeply touching human story filled with humor and heartbreak is rare in any movie season, especially summer. That's what makes The Help an exhilarating gift.
  87. Paterson
    Adam Driver gives one of the loveliest and least likely to be rewarded performances of the year in Paterson. Why least likely, you ask? Because Driver's indelibly moving portrayal is so lived-in and lyrical you hardly recognize it as acting.
  88. Isle of Dogs
    As for the animation, it's spectacular in every sense of the word and lifted by a superb Alexandre Desplat score, featuring taiko drums, that marks a new career peak for the Oscar-winning composer of "The Shape of Water."
  89. The Woodsman
    It's Bacon who overcomes all obstacles.
  90. Revolutionary Road
    DiCaprio is in peak form, bringing layers of buried emotion to a defeated man. And the glorious Winslet defines what makes an actress great, blazing commitment to a character and the range to make every nuance felt.
  91. Born to be Blue
    Everything that makes Ethan Hawke an extraordinary actor — his energy, his empathy, his fearless, vanity-free eagerness to explore the deeper recesses of a character — is on view in Born to Be Blue.
  92. Inception
    In this wildly ingen­ious chess game, grandmaster Nolan plants ideas in our heads that disturb and dazzle. The result is a knockout. But be warned: Inception dreams big. How cool is that?
  93. Once
    It's a magical, beguiling wonder.
  94. Moon
    Moon is a potent provocation that relies on ideas instead of computer tricks to stir up excitement.
  95. Under the Skin
    A brave experiment in cinema that richly rewards the demands it makes. The result is an amazement, a film of beauty and shocking gravity.
  96. Midnight Special
    Go with it. Let Nichols turn your head around. He sure as hell will. One caveat: Nichols drops you into the action, no backstory road map. What you see is what you get. Luckily, what you get is extraordinary.
  97. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
    In Kill Bill, Tarantino brings delicious sin back to movies -- the thrill you get from something down, dirty and dangerous.
  98. Pride
    Pride naively thinks it can change the world with a single movie. Talk about fighting spirit. I couldn't have liked it more.
  99. A Most Wanted Man
    Every move Hoffman makes subtly rivets attention. There's the uncanny German accent, the boozing, the chain-smoking, the glances at his assistant (Nina Hoss), the secret life he keeps hidden and the betrayals even Günther can't see coming. Hoffman is simply magnificent. Face it. We won't see his like again.
  100. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
    The Star Wars universe is the best toy box a fanboy could ever wish for, and Johnson makes sure that Jedi is bursting at the seams with knockout fun surprises, marvelous adventure and shocking revelations that will leave your head spinning.
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