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For 1,847 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 66% higher than the average critic
  • 2% same as the average critic
  • 32% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.6 points higher than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 68
Highest review score: 100 Asteroid City
Lowest review score: 0 The Divergent Series: Insurgent
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,361 out of 1847
  2. Mixed: 317 out of 1847
  3. Negative: 169 out of 1847
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  1. Spotlight
    Keaton, who deserved an Oscar for his performance in “Birdman,” brings to Robinson a bracing blend of humor and authority. Ruffalo is the essence of the newsman who just won’t quit, and McAdams is just as effective as his more low-key colleague.
  2. 35 Shots of Rum
    Involves the gradual revelation of the hopes, fears and insecurities of well-observed characters.
  3. Timbuktu
    The movie Timbuktu is as fresh as today’s headlines, but it’s paced and photographed like a timeless slice of life. It’s an exquisite, wise and even funny film, easily the best of the year.
  4. Toy Story 3
    It's a well-earned curtain call for some of the most beloved characters in one of the best-sustained feats of recent cinema.
  5. Her
    Her may be the most technologically astute movie since Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: a Space Odyssey.” And as the friendly ghost in the machine, Samantha is a more inviting companion for the great leap forward than HAL9000 could ever dream of being.
  6. Stories We Tell
    This is the kind of film that benefits from being experienced with as little prior knowledge as possible. As one watches it, certain questions may arise. But don’t worry — the answers are fascinating.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Bringing Up Baby
    A one-of-a-kind concoction. [1 June 1989, p.4E]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  8. The Gatekeepers
    Although The Gatekeepers lacks the stylistic inventiveness of “Fog,” it is nonetheless a compelling account of what can go wrong when power is unrestrained.
  9. Mad Max: Fury Road
    This is analog filmmaking at its most daring.
  10. Winter's Bone
    Winter's Bone is the best film of the year.
  11. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
    One of the best films of the year, Gett: the Trial of Viviane Amsalem is bound to be compared to the Oscar-winning Iranian drama “A Separation”; but if anything, Gett is an even more artful evocation of a bureaucratic nightmare.
  12. Blue Is the Warmest Color
    I’m pretty sure it would still be one of the best films of the year if the explicit lesbian sex scenes were censored, but it wouldn’t earn a penny in Peoria.
  13. Phantom Thread
    Acting opposite Day-Lewis must give even the most confident actor pause, but Krieps proves to be up to the challenge. And Manville, perhaps best known for her work with director Mike Leigh, is spellbinding. This film will haunt you.
  14. A Prophet
    Essential viewing for art-film buffs and crime-flick fans, but also for anyone who's looking for a great story, terrific acting and masterful filmmaking.
  15. Paterson
    It’s a perfect vehicle for Driver, who endearingly captures the hangdog humility of his character. It’s a portrayal that might encourage more people to write poetry. And as the quirky but cheerful Laura, Farahani is just right.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    The Gold Rush (1925)
    You will get enough laughs out of "The Gold Rush" to make the picture worth while. [14 Sep 1925, p.17]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
      • Posted Jun 25, 2025
  17. American Hustle
    As much as anything, the wildly entertaining ’70s flashback American Hustle is a triumph of style.
  18. The Age of Innocence
    Great works of literature seldom become great movies, as witness the competent but plodding recent screen adaptation of Wharton's "Ethan Frome." The Age of Innocence is a brilliant exception. [17 Sept 1993, p.3F]
    • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  19. Whiplash
    In a stunning performance, Teller resists the impulse to sugarcoat Andrew’s egocentricity. Simmons is equally impressive, lending Fletcher just enough humanity to render his monstrousness all the more shocking.
  20. Two Days, One Night
    Cotillard gets so persuasively inside Sandra’s skin that it’s not at all surprising that this performance has earned her another Oscar nomination. And she does so without resorting to shameless, award-baiting grandstanding.
  21. Elle
    One of the best films of the year.
  22. Still Walking
    A miniaturist's masterpiece, the ebb and flow of familial love distilled to its essence.
  23. The Artist
    May be too cute to qualify as high art, but it's highly entertaining.
  24. Anomalisa
    With spot-on vocal performances from Thewlis, Leigh and Tom Noonan, the film is nothing less than mesmerizing — and must viewing for serious cinephiles.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 75 Critic Score
    Paddington 2
    The sequel has the same tone as the original but is livelier and funnier, mostly due to Hugh Grant, who gleams as the bad guy.
  26. A Serious Man
    A comedy of discomfort -- and one of their (Coen brothers) best, most insightful and most provocative films.
  27. The Death of Stalin
    Although the film is frequently brilliant, it’s not quite as clever as it thinks it is. The cast, however, is terrific. Particularly good is Buscemi, who’s engagingly cranky as Khrushchev.
  28. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    Entertaining in a way that’s practically unheard of these days. It’s about the sheer exhilaration of expressing yourself, no matter what anybody thinks.
  29. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    After feeding on this sweet buffet, sated cinephiles will want to call the front desk to extend their stay.
  30. Citizenfour
    The message of the movie is as clear as Siberian ice: Whether you’re a Tea Partier, an Occupier or just an ordinary Joe, you might be the next citizen who’s stranded in limbo.
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