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For 4,670 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 61% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 36% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 1.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 64
Highest review score: 100 Fruitvale Station
Lowest review score: 0 Amos & Andrew
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,963 out of 4670
  2. Mixed: 1,021 out of 4670
  3. Negative: 686 out of 4670
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  1. Gosford Park
    The movie is so fun that it wouldn't need the mystery to be top-notch entertainment.
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  2. His Girl Friday
    The greatest newspaper comedy and one of the greatest screwball comedies ever made. [24 Nov 2000]
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  3. Before Sunset
    A movie this diminutive can be easily oversold, but we might see it on some year-end best lists. It eats at you, just like renewed love.
  4. Hotel Rwanda
    Emerges as an African version of "Schindler's List."
  5. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
    The mesmerizing, heart-tugging concert film Heart of Gold confirms Neil Young's stature as a national treasure.
  6. The Stunt Man
    Director Richard Rush's unique moviemaking saga is one of the consummate screen treats of its day, though its offbeat subject matter and tone caused it some problems. [23 Nov 2001, p.8E]
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  7. A Star Is Born
    Simultaneously an immersive concert film, enchanting romance and tear-jerking rock fantasy, A Star Is Born is a dynamic multifaceted showcase for Gaga and Cooper, who makes his directing debut a thing of melodic, masterful beauty. Together, they form an electrifying duo in one of the best movies of 2018 and the finest musical since 2002’s “Chicago.”
  8. The Straight Story
    The best news the G rating has had since the ratings system was instituted in 1968.
  9. The Birth of a Nation
    Parker creates a fascinating portrait of Nat Turner as neither hero nor villain. In the end, he’s portrayed as a man faced with tough decisions.
  10. Up in the Air
    Timeliness can be tricky to pull off convincingly in movies. It's tough to capture an era while it's still happening, yet Up in the Air does so brilliantly, with wit and humanity.
  11. Good Night, and Good Luck.
    The only things missing from making this showdown worthy of a Western is Murrow's sheriff's badge, a dusty street and maybe a spittoon for McCarthy's infamous invectives.
  12. Titanic
    His (Cameron) movie may not be perfect, but visually and viscerally, it pretty well is.
    • 93 Metascore
    • 100 Critic Score
    Duck Soup
    A few years ago, the American Film Institute had the audacity to name Duck Soup (1933) merely one of the top five comedies ever made. I have no idea what they could have been thinking; it clearly is number one. [1 July 2004, p.75]
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  14. Cinderella
    A timeless story. [07 Oct 2005, p.8E]
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  15. Goodfellas
    Great cinema - and also a whopping good time. [19 September 1990, Life, p.1D]
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  16. Killers of the Flower Moon
    The villains are fairly obvious in “Flower Moon,” but Scorsese asks audiences to take a wider look at systemic racism, historical injustice and the corruptive influence of power and money, intriguingly tying together our past and present.
  17. The Last of the Mohicans
    Michael Mann , directs with his standard prejudice toward the sheer physical. The result, almost musical, has only a couple recent movie precedents. [25 Sep 1992, p.1D]
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  18. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    As good as each individual movie is, the third film vaults the work into the stratosphere of classic movies. Key characters are enhanced, new civilizations visited and battles fought more intensely, while feelings and motivations are plumbed more deeply and movingly.
  19. Volver
    With this, possibly his most subdued film, Almodo´var reinforces his status as one of the most distinctive and talented filmmakers working today.
  20. Bugsy
    Bugsy is a gangster film around the edges, a '40s love song down the middle, and the year's breeziest live-actor movie through and through. [13 Dec 1991, p.1D]
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  21. The Crucible
    The Crucible shrewdly saves its most potent ammo for the end, audience-friendly showmanship to further signify a bang-up movie. [27 Nov 1996]
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  22. Beauty and the Beast
    It's at once funny, exciting, tearful and tuneful. [13 Nov 1991, p.1D]
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  23. Black Rain
    Rain is a 126-minute genre movie stacked for effect; when you see Douglas racing his motorcycle at the beginning, you know what the climax will be. Scott, though, may be the definitive state-of-the-art moviemaker right now - and violent Rain is the most aggressively cinematic movie in a while. [22 Sep 1989, p.1D]
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  24. Saving Private Ryan
    The rawest, most sustained screen portrayal of 20th century combat.
  25. The Triplets of Belleville
    Both a nostalgic throwback to the silent-picture era and an ultra-modern animated tale, the slyly humorous Triplets of Belleville is artful, engrossing and oddly touching.
  26. The Whale
    The Whale is an exquisitely soulful tale that avoids forgettable sentimentality.
  27. A Ghost Story
    While at times bleak, A Ghost Story isn't devoid of hope. More essentially, the best film so far this year is a thought-provoking, singularly special masterpiece about love, mortality and how our heart keeps beating even after it stops.
  28. Argo
    A superbly crafted and darkly funny real-life political thriller, with pitch-perfect performances.
  29. Nebraska
    Bruce Dern gives the performance of his career as the headstrong Woody in the brilliant, wisely observed and wryly funny Nebraska. What stands out is the fullness of the character, with mannerisms and expressions that make him wholly dimensional.
  30. Blade Runner 2049
    Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic Blade Runner popularized the cyberpunk movement (a gritty mix of neo-noir and hardcore sci-fi) back in the day, but 2049 perfects it. Super-stylish and deeply human — even with androids and holograms around — the spectacular follow-up takes the detective story of the first film and turns it into a grand mythology of identity, memory, creation and revolution.
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