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A Silent Voice (2016)

dir. Naoko Yamada
letterboxd ★★★ Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more to atone for his sins.

When Marnie Was There (2014)


dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
letterboxd ★★★ Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there – a girl who may or may not be real.

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)


dir. Isao Takahata
letterboxd ★★★★★ In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)


dir. Hayao Miyazaki
letterboxd ★★★½ When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

What a Girl Wants (2003)


dir. Dennie Gordon
letterboxd ★★★★ An American girl, Daphne, heads to Europe in search of the father she’s never met. But instead of finding a British version of her bohemian mother, she learns the love of her mom’s life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost dad is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne’s life miserable.

Princess Mononoke (1997)


dir. Hayao Miyazaki
letterboxd ★★★★★ Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)


dir. Hayao Miyazaki
letterboxd ★★★★★ Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.

Pain and Glory (2019)


dir. Pedro Almodóvar
letterboxd ★★★★ Salvador Mallo, a filmmaker in the twilight of his career, remembers his life: his mother, his lovers, the actors he worked with. The sixties in a small village in Valencia, the eighties in Madrid, the present, when he feels an immeasurable emptiness, facing his mortality, the incapability of continuing filming, the impossibility of separating creation from his own life. The need of narrating his past can be his salvation.

The Host (2006)

dir. Bong Joon-ho
letterboxd ★★★½ Careless American military personnel dump chemicals into South Korea's Han River. Several years later, a creature emerges from the tainted waters and sinks its ravenous jaws into local residents. When the creature abducts their daughter, a vendor and his family decide that they are the only ones who can save her.

Mother (2009)

dir. Bong Joon-ho
letterboxd ★★★ A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it’s his mother’s mission to prove him innocent.

The Aftermath (2019)

dir. James Kent
letterboxd ★★★ In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.

Snowpiercer (2013)

dir. Bong Joon-ho
letterboxd ★★★★ In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

Gattaca (1997)

dir. Andrew Niccol
letterboxd ★★★ In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

Emma. (2020)

dir. Autumn de Wilde
letterboxd ★★★½ Following the antics of a young woman, Emma Woodhouse, who lives in Georgian- and Regency-era England and occupies herself with matchmaking (in sometimes misguided, often meddlesome fashion) in the lives of her friends and family.

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020)

dir. Cathy Yan
letterboxd ★★★★½ After her breakup with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins forces with singer Black Canary, assassin Huntress, and police detective Renee Montoya to help a young girl named Cassandra, who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from crime lord Roman Sionis.

Train to Busan (2016)

dir. Yeon Sang-ho
letterboxd ★★★★★ Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes South Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival.

The Love Witch (2016)

dir. Anna Biller
letterboxd ★★★★½ Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

dir. Joe Wright
letterboxd ★★★★★ A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family’s future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.

Coco (2017)

dir. Lee Unkrich
letterboxd ★★★★★ Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)


dir. Céline Sciamma
letterboxd ★★★½ On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020)

dir. Michael Fimognari
letterboxd ★★★★ Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky have just taken their romance from pretend to officially real when another recipient of one of her love letters enters the picture.

Little Women (2019)

dir. Greta Gerwig
letterboxd ★★★★★ Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women each determined to live life on their own terms.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

dir. Marielle Heller
letterboxd ★★★★ An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel’s perspective on life is transformed.

Knives Out (2019)

dir. Rian Johnson
letterboxd ★★★★½ When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan’s dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan’s untimely death.

Marriage Story (2019)


dir. Noah Baumbach
letterboxd ★★★½ A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

Hustlers (2019)

dir. Lorene Scafaria
letterboxd ★★★★★ Based on true events, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

Bombshell (2019)

dir. Jay Roach
letterboxd ★★★½ Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

Frozen II (2019)


dir. Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee
letterboxd ★★★★ Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa's powers in order to save their kingdom.

Parasite (2019)

dir. Bong Joon-ho
letterboxd ★★★★★ Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)

dir. Joachim Rønning
letterboxd ★★★½ Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

It Chapter Two (2019)


dir. Andy Muschietti
letterboxd 27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers’ Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

Good Boys (2019)

dir. Gene Stupnitsky
letterboxd ★★★★½ Three 6th grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for a long-awaited party.

The Farewell (2019)

dir. Lulu Wang
letterboxd ★★★★½ A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family’s decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage a wedding to see grandma one last time.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

dir. Quentin Tarantino
letterboxd ★½ Faded television actor, Rick Dalton, and his stunt double, Cliff Booth, strive to achieve fame and success in the changing film industry during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

The Lion King (2019)

dir. Jon Favreau
letterboxd ★★★ After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

Midsommar (2019)

dir. Ari Aster
letterboxd ★★½ A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

Cold War (2018)

dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
letterboxd ★★★½ Set against the backdrop of the 1950s Cold War in Poland, two people of differing backgrounds and temperaments begin an almost impossible romance.

Annabelle Comes Home (2019)


dir. Gary Dauberman
letterboxd ★★ Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home. But Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target—the Warrens’ ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.

Booksmart (2019)

dir. Olivia Wilde
letterboxd ★★★★½ On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.

Aladdin (2019)

dir. Guy Ritchie
letterboxd ★★★★ A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

Avengers: Endgame (2019)


dir. Joe & Anthony Russo
letterboxd ★★★ After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’ actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

On the Basis of Sex (2018)


dir. Mimi Leder
letterboxd ★★★★ Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a struggling attorney and new mother who faces adversity and numerous obstacles in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes on a groundbreaking tax case with her husband, attorney Martin Ginsburg, she knows it could change the direction of her career and the way the courts view gender discrimination.

Us (2019)

dir. Jordan Peele
letterboxd ★★★★½ Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Captain Marvel (2019)


dir. Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
letterboxd ★★★★ The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The Favourite (2018)


dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
letterboxd ★★★★ England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah’s cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen’s favourite.

Shoplifters (2018)

dir. Hirokazu Koreeda
letterboxd ★★★★★ After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.

Vice (2018)

dir. Adam McKay
letterboxd ★★★½ George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co, to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

The Wife (2017)

dir. Björn Runge
letterboxd ★★★½ Joan and Joe remain complements after nearly 40 years of marriage. Joe enjoys his very public role as the great American novelist while Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm and diplomacy into the private role of a great man's wife. As Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work, Joan starts to think about the shared compromises, secrets and betrayals.

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)


dir. Barry Jenkins
letterboxd ★★★ In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Fonny. Friends since childhood, they dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

Mary Queen of Scots (2018)


dir. Josie Rourke
letterboxd ★★★★ In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)


dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman
letterboxd ★★★★★ Miles Morales is juggling his life between being a high school student and being a spider-man. When Wilson “Kingpin” Fisk uses a super collider, others from across the Spider-Verse are transported to this dimension.

Bird Box (2018)

dir. Susanne Bier
letterboxd ★★★★ Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

The Greatest Showman (2017)


dir. Michael Gracey
letterboxd ★★★★ Inspired by the imagination of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Widows (2018)

dir. Steve McQueen
letterboxd ★★★ Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

The Polar Express (2004)


dir. Robert Zemeckis
letterboxd ★★★★ When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

dir. Chris Columbus
letterboxd ★★★ One year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.

Home Alone (1990)

dir. Chris Columbus
letterboxd ★★★★ Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin’s house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.

Beautiful Boy (2018)


dir. Felix van Groeningen
letterboxd ★★★ Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.

A Star Is Born (2018)

dir. Bradley Cooper
letterboxd ★★★★★ Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally’s career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)


dir. Drew Goddard
letterboxd ★★★★½ Circa 1969, several strangers, most with a secret to bury, meet by chance at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one night, everyone will show their true colors - before everything goes to hell.

A Simple Favor (2018)

dir. Paul Feig
letterboxd ★★½ Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.

Wonder Woman (2017)


dir. Patty Jenkins
letterboxd ★★★★★ Raised on a sheltered island paradise, Diana meets an American pilot who tells her about the massive conflict that's raging in the outside world. Convinced that she can stop the threat, Diana leaves her home for the first time. Fighting alongside men in a war to end all wars, she finally discovers her full powers and true destiny.

Her (2013)

dir. Spike Jonze
letterboxd ★★★★★ In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.

Ex Machina (2014)

dir. Alex Garland
letterboxd ★★★★★ A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced A.I.

Requiem for a Dream (2000)


dir. Darren Aronofsky
letterboxd ★★★★★ The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)


dir. George Miller
letterboxd ★★★★★ An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)

dir. Drew Goddard
letterboxd ★★★★½ Lara Jean Covey’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she’s ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)


dir. David Frankel
letterboxd ★★★★½ Andy is a recent college graduate with big dreams. Upon landing a job at prestigious Runway magazine, she finds herself the assistant to diabolical editor Miranda Priestly. Andy questions her ability to survive her grim tour as Miranda's whipping girl without getting scorched.

Alpha (2018)

dir. Albert Hughes
letterboxd ★★★½ DescriptionYoung Keda tries to survive alone in the wilderness after he's left for dead during his first hunt with his Cro-Magnon tribe. He soon forms an unlikely alliance with a lone wolf that was abandoned by its pack. Facing overwhelming odds and nonstop danger, Keda and the wolf must now trek through a harsh and unforgiving landscape to make it home before winter.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

dir. Mike Newell
letterboxd ★★★ Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

dir. Spike Lee
letterboxd ★★★★½ Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

dir. Jon M. Chu
letterboxd ★★★★½ Rachel Chu accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick, to his best friend's wedding in Singapore. She's surprised to learn that Nick's family is extremely wealthy. Thrust into the spotlight, Rachel must now contend with jealous socialites, quirky relatives and something far, far worse — Nick's disapproving mother.

The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)


dir. Susanna Fogel
letterboxd ★★★★ Audrey and Morgan, two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

The Little Mermaid (1989)


dir. Ron Clements & John Musker
letterboxd ★★★★ This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters – including the villainous sea witch Ursula.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)


dir. Christopher McQuarrie
letterboxd ★★★½ When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

Enchanted (2007)

dir. Kevin Lima
letterboxd ★★★★★ A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.

Tully (2018)

dir. Jason Reitman
letterboxd ★★★★ Marlo is a New York suburbanite who's about to give birth to her third child. When the baby is born, Marlo's wealthy brother hires a nighttime nanny named Tully to help his sister handle the workload. Hesitant at first, Marlo soon learns to appreciate all that Tully does – forming a special bond with her new, lifesaving friend.

Eighth Grade (2018)

dir. Bo Burnham
letterboxd ★★★★½ Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)


dir. Kathryn Bigelow
letterboxd ★★★★★ A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.

Short Term 12 (2013)


dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
letterboxd ★★★★★ Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, works with her boyfriend and colleague, Mason, to help at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace’s tough exterior begins eroding.

Mamma Mia! (2008)

dir. Phyllida Lloyd
letterboxd ★★★★ Donna, an independent hotelier in the Greek islands, is preparing for her daughter's wedding with the help of two old friends. Meanwhile Sophie, the spirited bride, has a plan. She secretly invites three men from her mother's past in hope of meeting her real father and having him escort her down the aisle on her big day.

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)

dir. Ol Parker
letterboxd ★★★★ Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna as she learns more about her mother's past.

Woman Walks Ahead (2017)


dir. Susanna White
letterboxd ★★ In 1890, Catherine Weldon, a painter from New York, travels to North Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes involved in the struggle of the Lakota people to get the Government respects their rights over the land where they live.

Blue Jasmine (2013)

dir. Woody Allen
letterboxd ★★★★ A New York socialite, deeply troubled and in denial, arrives in San Francisco to impose upon her sister. She looks a million, but isn't bringing money, peace, or love...

Hereditary (2018)

dir. Ari Aster
letterboxd ★★★★ After the family matriarch passes away, a grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences, and begin to unravel dark secrets.

A Bigger Splash (2015)


dir. Luca Guadagnino
letterboxd ★★★½ The vacation of a famous rock star and her boyfriend in Italy is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter.

Set It Up (2018)

dir. Claire Scanlon
letterboxd ★★★ Two young assistants in New York City realize they can make their lives easier by setting up their workaholics bosses to date. While trying to perpetuate this romantic ruse between their nightmare bosses, the assistants realize they might be right for each other.

Good Time (2017)


dir. Benny & Josh Safdie
letterboxd ★★★ After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in an increasingly desperate—and dangerous—attempt to get his brother Nick out of jail. Over the course of one adrenalized night, Connie finds himself on a mad descent into violence and mayhem as he races against the clock to save his brother and himself, knowing their lives hang in the balance.

Hostiles (2017)

dir. Scott Cooper
letterboxd ★★★★ In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.

Ocean's Eight (2018)

dir. Gary Ross
letterboxd ★★★★½ Debbie Ocean and Lou Miller recruit a crew of specialists, including jeweler Amita, street con Constance, suburban mom Tammy, hacker Nine Ball, and fashion designer Rose. Their target — a necklace that's worth more than $150 million.

Gemini (2017)

dir. Aaron Katz
letterboxd ★★ A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.

The Edge of Seventeen (2016)


dir. Kelly Fermon Craig
letterboxd ★★★★ Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine, who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian starts dating her best friend Krista. All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until an unexpected friendship with a thoughtful teen gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.

Flower (2017)

dir. Max Winkler
letterboxd ★★★½ Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom’s new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. When Bob’s mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher’s dark secret.

Unsane (2018)

dir. Steven Soderberg
letterboxd ★★★½ A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear--but is it real or a product of her delusion?

Les Misérables (2012)

dir. Tom Hooper
letterboxd ★★★★★ After 19 years as a prisoner, Jean Valjean is freed by officer Javert. Valjean uses money from stolen silver to reinvent himself as a mayor and factory owner. Javert vows to bring Valjean back to prison. Eight years later, Valjean becomes the guardian of a child named Cosette after her mother's death, but Javert continues to relentlessly pursue him.

Love, Simon (2018)

dir. Greg Berlanti
letterboxd ★★★½ Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it’s a little more complicated: he’s yet to tell his family or friends he’s gay and he doesn’t know the identity of the anonymous classmate he’s fallen for online.

Mary Shelley (2017)


dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour
letterboxd ★★½ Mary Wollstonecraft's family disapproves when she and poet Percy Shelley announce their love for each other. The family is horrified when it finds that the couple has eloped. While staying in the home of Lord Byron at Lake Geneva, the guests are challenged to write a ghost story, which leads Mary to conceive her novel "Frankenstein."

Tomb Raider (2018)

dir. Roar Uthaug
letterboxd ★★★★ Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished years earlier. Hoping to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance, Croft embarks on a perilous journey to his last-known destination — a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan.

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)


dir. Ron Howard
letterboxd ★★★ During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.

Breathe (2014)

dir. Mélanie Laurent
letterboxd ★★★½ Charlie is a seventeen-year-old who does well in school and seems to have everything going for her. But when the much more sophisticated Sarah moves to town, Charlie finds herself drawn to the world girl. The two become fast friends, but soon Sarah makes Charlie uncomfortable with her wilder ways. When Sarah Charlie learns a secret about Sarah, their relationship takes a sinister turn.

A Quiet Place (2018)

dir. John Krasinski
letterboxd ★★★★½ A family of four must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threaten their survival. If they hear you, they hunt you.

Deadpool 2 (2018)

dir. David Leitch
letterboxd ★★½ Wade Wilson brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy with supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling cyborg, Cable.

The Florida Project (2017)


dir. Sean Baker
letterboxd ★★★★★ Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.

Rust and Bone (2012)


dir. Jacques Audiard
letterboxd ★★★★ Put in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.

Revenge (2017)

dir. Coralie Fargeat
letterboxd ★★★½ Jen’s romantic getaway with her wealthy (married) boyfriend is disrupted when his friends arrive for an impromptu hunting trip. Tension mounts at the house until the situation culminates in an unexpected way.

Terminal (2018)

dir. Vaughn Stein
letterboxd ★½ A film noir taking place in a train terminal at night. Add two male assassins, female assassin, waitress, teacher, janitor and crime boss. Add revenge.

A Royal Affair (2012)

dir. Nikolaj Arcel
letterboxd ★★★½ A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls in love with her physician and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Ella Enchanted (2004)


dir. Tommy O'Haver
letterboxd ★★★ Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince, her friend for whom she's falling.

Spotlight (2015)

dir. Tom McCarthy
letterboxd ★★★½ The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese.

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)


dir. Joe & Anthony Russo
letterboxd ★★★ The Avengers must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Romeo + Juliet (1996)


dir. Baz Luhrmann
letterboxd ★★★★★ The Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed.

Amélie (2001)

dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
letterboxd ★★★ At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?

Mulan (1998)


dir. Tony Bancroft & Barry Cook
letterboxd ★★★★★ To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

Wind River (2017)

dir. Taylor Sheridan
letterboxd ★★★★★ Cory Lambert is a wildlife officer who finds the body of an 18-year-old woman on an American Indian reservation in snowy Wyoming. When the autopsy reveals that she was raped, FBI agent Jane Banner arrives to investigate. Teaming up with Lambert as a guide, the duo soon find that their lives are in danger while trying to solve the mystery of the teen's death.

Pocahontas (1995)


dir. Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg
letterboxd ★★★★★ A romance between a young Native American woman named Pocahontas and Capt. John Smith, who journeyed to the New World with other settlers to begin fresh lives. Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan, disapproves of their relationship and wants her to marry a native warrior. Meanwhile, Smith's fellow Englishmen hope to rob the Native Americans of their gold.

Isle of Dogs (2018)

dir. Wes Anderson
letterboxd ★★★★★ In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that’s a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

Your Name. (2016)

dir. Makoto Shinkai
letterboxd ★★★★ High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

The Duchess (2008)

dir. Saul Dibb
letterboxd ★★★ A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

The Shape of Water (2017)


dir. Guillermo del Toro
letterboxd ★★★★★ At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

Red Sparrow (2018)


dir. Francis Lawrence
letterboxd ★★★½ Ballerina Dominika Egorova suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

Troy (2004)

dir. Wolfgang Petersen
letterboxd ★★★★★ An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.

Thoroughbreds (2017)

dir. Cory Finley
letterboxd ★★★★½ Childhood friends Lily and Amanda reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily has turned into a polished upper-class teenager. Amanda has developed a sharp wit but is a social outcast. Though they initially seem completely at odds, the pair eventually bond and hatch a plan to solve both of their problems.

A Wrinkle in Time (2018)


dir. Ava DuVernay
letterboxd ★★½ Meg Murry has been without her scientist father for five years, ever since he discovered a new planet and used the concept known as a tesseract to travel there. Guided by three mysterious astral travelers, Meg braves a journey to a planet that possesses all of the evil in the universe.

Black Panther (2018)

dir. Ryan Coogler
letterboxd ★★★★★ T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

Phantom Thread (2017)


dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
letterboxd ★★★★ Renowned British dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock comes across Alma, a young, strong-willed woman, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover.

Ingrid Goes West (2017)

dir. Matt Spicer
letterboxd ★★★★ Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor’s friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.

Lady Bird (2017)

dir. Greta Gerwig
letterboxd ★★★★★ A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York, much to the disapproval of her strong-willed mother.

La La Land (2016)

dir. Damien Chazelle
letterboxd ★★★★★ While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

dir. Jake Kasdan
letterboxd ★★★★ Four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji’s world – pitted against an endless variety of traps and puzzles. To survive, they’ll play as characters from the game.

The Post (2017)

dir. Steven Spielberg
letterboxd Katharine Graham is the first female publisher of major American newspaper, The Washington Post. With help from editor Ben Bradlee, Graham races to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spans three decades and four U.S. presidents.

All the Money in the World (2017)

dir. Ridley Scott
letterboxd ★★★½ The story of the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his mother to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom.

Wonder (2017)

dir. Stephen Chbosky
letterboxd ★★★★ The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

I, Tonya (2017)

dir. Craig Gillespie
letterboxd ★★★★★ Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Molly's Game (2017)

dir. Aaron Sorkin
letterboxd ★★★★★ The true story of Molly Bloom, a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.

Raw (2016)

dir. Julia Ducournau
letterboxd ★★★½ In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school. There, hazing starts right away. Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life. Unexpected consequences emerge as her true self begins to form.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

dir. Martin McDonagh
letterboxd ★★★ After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes paints three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town’s revered chief of police. The battle between Mildred and Ebbing’s law enforcement continues to be exacerbated.

Call Me by Your Name (2017)


dir. Luca Guadagnino
letterboxd ★★★ Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.

Drakest Hour (2017)

dir. Joe Wright
letterboxd ★½ In May 1940, the fate of Western Europe hangs on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean a humiliating defeat for Britain and its empire.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

dir. Irvin Kershner
letterboxd ★★★★½ After the Rebels are brutally overpowered by the Empire on Hoth, Luke Skywalker begins Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader.

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

dir. George Lucas
letterboxd ★★★★ Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

dir. Irvin Kershner
letterboxd ★★★½ Three years into the Clone Wars, the Jedi rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. As Obi-Wan pursues a new threat, Anakin acts as a double agent between the Jedi Council and Palpatine and is lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy.

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

dir. Kenneth Branagh
letterboxd ★★★½ A lavish trip through Europe quickly unfolds into a race against time to solve a murder aboard a train. When an avalanche stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks, the world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot, arrives to interrogate all passengers and search for clues before the killer can strike again.

Fargo (1996)

dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
letterboxd ★★★ Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Jackie (2016)

dir. Pablo Larraín
letterboxd ★★½ After her husband's assassination, Jackie Kennedy must console their two young children, vacate the home she painstakingly restored, and plan her husband's funeral. Jackie quickly realizes that the next seven days will determine how history will define her husband's legacy and how she herself will be remembered.

Hidden Figures (2016)


dir. Theodore Melfi
letterboxd ★★★★ The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.

Justice League (2017)

dir. Zack Snyder
letterboxd ★★★ Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of Diana Prince to face an even greater enemy.

Before Midnight (2013)


dir. Richard Linklater
letterboxd ★★½ On the last night of their idyllic Greek vacation, longtime lovers Jesse and Céline reminisce about their lives together and what different choices might have brought.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
letterboxd ★★★★★ Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor’s life in gradually unsettling ways.

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

dir. Taika Waititi
letterboxd ★★★★ Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)


dir. Denis Villeneuve
letterboxd ★★★½ A young blade runner's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.

Stronger (2017)

dir. David Gordon Green
letterboxd ★★★★½ Jeff Bauman loses both of his legs when two bombs explode during the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. With unwavering support from his family and girlfriend, Bauman embarks on a long and heroic journey to physical and emotional rehabilitation.

Mother! (2017)

dir. Darren Aronofsky
letterboxd ★★★½ Amidst a wild flat meadow encircled by an Edenic lush forest, a couple have cocooned themselves in a secluded mansion. The once famous middle-aged poet husband seems unable to break out of a creative rut. Unexpectedly, a sudden arrival of a cryptic late-night visitor and his intrusive wife will stimulate the writer's stagnant imagination.

It (2017)

dir. Andy Muschietti
letterboxd ★★★★ In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids called the Losers Club band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

The Princess Diaries (2001)


dir. Garry Marshall
letterboxd ★★★★½ A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.

Nocturnal Animals (2016)

dir. Tom Ford
letterboxd ★★★★★ Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

Loving (2016)

dir. Jeff Nichols
letterboxd ★★★½ The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia that began a legal battle leading to the Supreme Court's historic decision.

Tanner Hall (2009)

dir. Francesca Gregorini & Tatiana von Furstenberg
letterboxd ★★★ Tanner Hall is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. In a cozy, but run-down New England, the knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming-of-age stories of four teenage girls.

Logan Lucky (2017)


dir. Steven Soderbergh
letterboxd ★★★½ Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan execute an elaborate robbery during a legendary race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Free Fire (2016)

dir. Ben Wheatley
letterboxd ★★★ When a black-market arms deal in Boston in 1978 goes outrageously wrong, Justine finds herself caught in the crossfire, forced to navigate through a warehouse full of trigger-happy madmen who are all hanging on for dear life.

Annabelle: Creation (2017)


dir. David F. Sandberg
letterboxd ★★★ Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.

The Glass Castle (2017)


dir. Destin Daniel Cretton
letterboxd ★★★★ A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.

The Edge of Love (2008)


dir. John Maybury
letterboxd ★½ A love story of two feisty women and a brilliant, charismatic poet who love both women. One woman Vera Phillips who is his first love and whom he lost for ten year, while other one is his present wife Caitlin who is adventurous and felt same adventurous nature in this charismatic poet, Dylan Thomas, also.

The Lion King (1994)


dir. Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff
letterboxd ★★★★★ Simba's wicked uncle, Scar, plots to usurp Mufasa's throne by luring father and son into a stampede of wildebeests. But Simba escapes, and only Mufasa is killed. Simba returns as an adult to take back his homeland from Scar with the help of his friends Timon and Pumbaa.

Before Sunset (2004)


dir. Richard Linklater
letterboxd ★★★½ Nine years after Jesse and Céline first met, they encounter each other again on Jesse's book tour. Now they have one afternoon to find out if they belong together.

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

dir. Matt Reeves
letterboxd ★★★★½ Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Detroit (2017)

dir. Kathryn Bigelow
letterboxd ★★★★ Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.

Atomic Blonde (2017)

dir. David Leitch
letterboxd ★★½ Lorraine Broughton is the most elite spy in MI6. With the Berlin Wall about to fall, she travels into the heart of the city to retrieve a priceless dossier and take down a ruthless espionage ring. Once there, she teams up with an embedded station chief to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.

Before Sunrise (1995)


dir. Richard Linklater
letterboxd ★★★★ On his way to Vienna, American Jesse meets Céline, a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces Céline to get off the train with him in Vienna. They wander the city together, taking in the experiences of Vienna and each other.

Hell or High Water (2016)


dir. David Mackenzie
letterboxd ★★★½ Brothers Toby and Tanner plan a series of heists against the bank that's about to foreclose on their family ranch. As the siblings plot their final robbery, they must also prepare for a showdown with a crafty lawman who's not ready to ride off into the sunset.

Everything, Everything (2017)


dir. Stella Meghie
letterboxd ★½ Maddy is unable to leave the protection her house because of an illness. Olly is the boy next door who won't let that stop them from being together. Maddy and Olly form a deep bond that leads them to risk everything to be together, even if it means losing everything.

Miss Sloane (2016)

dir. John Madden
letterboxd ★★★★½ In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.

Dunkirk (2017)

dir. Christopher Nolan
letterboxd ★★★½ The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk in 1940 during World War II.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

dir. Matt Reeves
letterboxd ★★★½ A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier.

Baby Driver (2017)

dir. Edgar Wright
letterboxd ★★½ Baby, a music-loving orphan also happens to be the prodigiously talented go-to getaway driver for heist mastermind Doc. He's not in it for the long haul though, hoping to nail one last job before riding off into the sunset with beautiful diner waitress Debora.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

dir. Rupert Wyatt
letterboxd ★★★★ Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer’s, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects – especially Caesar, his pet chimpanzee.

The Big Sick (2017)


dir. Michael Showalter
letterboxd ★★★★ Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family’s expectations, and his true feelings.

Frances Ha (2012)

dir. Noah Baumbach
letterboxd ★★★½ A New York woman (who doesn't really have an apartment) apprentices for a dance company (though she's not really a dancer) and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.

Gia (1998)

dir. Michael Cristofer
letterboxd ★★ The story of the life of Gia Carangi, a top fashion model from the late 1970s, from her meteoric rise to the forefront of the modeling industry, to her untimely death.

Last Night (2010)

dir. Massy Tadjedin
letterboxd Joanna and Michael Reed are a happily married couple. However, the fate of their marriage rests on how each responds to temptation during a night apart.

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

dir. Jon Watts
letterboxd ★★★½ Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

A Most Violent Year (2014)


dir. J.C. Chandor
letterboxd ★★★½ In New York City 1981, an immigrant and his family try to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

To the Bone (2017)

dir. Marti Noxon
letterboxd ★★½ A young woman, dealing with anorexia, meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.

Camp X-Ray (2014)

dir. Peter Sattler
letterboxd ★★★★ A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. She strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees.

Nerve (2016)


dir. Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman
letterboxd ★★★★ A high schooler finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move is manipulated by anonymous "watchers."

Lovesong (2016)

dir. So Yong Kim
letterboxd ★½ Sarah embarks on an impromptu road trip with her young daughter and her best friend, Mindy. Along the way, the dynamic between the two friends intensifies before circumstances force them apart. Years later, Sarah attempts to rebuild their intimate connection days before Mindy’s wedding.

20th Century Women (2016)


dir. Mike Mills
letterboxd ★★★★ In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of Abbie and Julie to help with Jamie’s upbringing.

The Beguiled (2017)

dir. Sofia Coppola
letterboxd ★★★★½ During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.

Okja (2017)

dir. Bong Joon-ho
letterboxd ★★★★½ A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named Okja.

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)


dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
letterboxd ★½ In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

Monster (2003)

dir. Patty Jenkins
letterboxd ★★★½ An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America’s first female serial killer.

The Debt (2010)

dir. John Madden
letterboxd ★★ In 1965, three Mossad agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets the agents share come back to haunt them.

The Sixth Sense (1999)


dir. M. Night Shyamalan
letterboxd ★★★½ A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts of dead people.

Maid in Manhattan (2002)


dir. Wayne Wang
letterboxd ★★★★ Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel. Senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. The two fall madly in love, but when Marisa’s true identity is revealed, issues of class and social status threaten to separate them.

Suite Française (2014)

dir. Saul Dibb
letterboxd ★★★★½ During the early years of Nazi occupation of France in World War II, romance blooms between Lucile, a French villager, and Bruno, a German soldier.

Selma (2014)

dir. Ava DuVernay
letterboxd ★★★★ “Selma,” as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

Zodiac (2007)

dir. David Fincher
letterboxd ★★★ The true story of the investigation of the “Zodiac Killer”, a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for three men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.

The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)

dir. Garry Marshall
letterboxd ★★★ Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. But her complicated life is turned upside down once again when she not only learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected.

We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011)

dir. Lynne Ramsay
letterboxd ★★★ After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he continues to grow.

Fruitvale Station (2013)


dir. Ryan Coogler
letterboxd ★★★★ The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.

Leap Year (2010)

dir. Anand Tucker
letterboxd ★★ On February 29, Anna plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan – an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.

Moonlight (2016)

dir. Barry Jenkins
letterboxd ★★★★½ The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Cloverfield (2008)

dir. Matt Reeves
letterboxd ★★★★½ Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

Southpaw (2015)

dir. Antoine Fuqua
letterboxd ★★★★★ Reigning boxing champion, Billy Hope, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)


dir. Stephen Frears
letterboxd ½ The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

Changeling (2008)

dir. Clint Eastwood
letterboxd ★★★½ After the return of her kidnapped child, Christine Collins suspects that the boy returned to her isn’t her child. The police have her committed to an asylum.

Sicario (2015)

dir. Denis Villeneuve
letterboxd ★★★½ An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)


dir. David Lowery
letterboxd Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, an impassioned young outlaw couple on an extended crime spree, are finally apprehended by lawmen after a shootout in the Texas hills. Four years later, Bob escapes from prison and sets out to find Ruth and their daughter.

Mommy (2014)

dir. Xavier Dolan
letterboxd ★★★★★ A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

The Immigrant (2013)

dir. James Gray
letterboxd ★★★★★ The scene is New York in 1921. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister, who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

American Honey (2016)


dir. Andrea Arnold
letterboxd ★★★★ A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of fellow misfits.

Big Eyes (2014)

dir. Tim Burton
letterboxd ★★★★★ The story of the awakening of painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)


dir. Anthony Minghella
letterboxd ★★★★½ Tom Ripley is a calculating young man. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

Sing Street (2016)

dir. John Carney
letterboxd ★★★ A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

Interstellar (2014)

dir. Christopher Nolan
letterboxd ★★★★★ Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Memento (2000)

dir. Christopher Nolan
letterboxd ★★½ Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. However, he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he’s going, or why.

American Beauty (1999)


dir. Sam Mendes
letterboxd ★★★★★ Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter’s friend.

Charlie St. Cloud (2010)

dir. Burr Steers
letterboxd ★½ Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud's bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes. After his high-school classmate Tess returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love.

Blood Diamond (2006)


dir. Edward Zwick
letterboxd ★★★★ Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, two men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman’s son conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

The Prestige (2006)


dir. Christopher Nolan
letterboxd ★★★★ Two magicians' intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy – full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

dir. James Gunn
letterboxd ★★★★ The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill’s true parentage.

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

dir. Lasse Hallström
letterboxd ★★ A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik’s vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

It Follows (2014)


dir. David Robert Mitchell
letterboxd ★★★★½ A seemingly innocent physical encounter turns sour and gives Jay the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her teenage friends must find a way to escape the horror that seems to be only a few steps behind.

Superbad (2007)

dir. Greg Mottola
letterboxd ★★★★½ Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

The Handmaiden (2016)


dir. Park Chan-wook
letterboxd ★★★★½ A young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.

Colonia (2015)

dir. Florian Gallenberger
letterboxd ★★★★½ A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.

Get Out (2017)

dir. Jordan Peele
letterboxd ★★★★ Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

The Lobster (2015)


dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
letterboxd ★★ In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

Life (2017)

dir. Daniel Espinosa
letterboxd ★★★½ The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

Beauty and the Beast (2017)


dir. Florian Gallenberger
letterboxd ★★★★½ A selfish prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner.

Logan (2017)

dir. James Mangold
letterboxd ★★★★½ In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.

Kong: Skull Island (2017)


dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts
letterboxd ★★★½ After the Vietnam war, a team of scientists explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong, and must fight to escape.

Chicago (2002)

dir. Rob Marshall
letterboxd ★★★★ Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

Creed (2015)

dir. Ryan Coogler
letterboxd ★★★★ The former world champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

Midnight in Paris (2011)


dir. Woody Allen
letterboxd ★★★★½ A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

The Age of Adaline (2015)


dir. Lee Toland Krieger
letterboxd ★★★★ After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until she meets a man who changes her life.

Braveheart (1995)

dir. Mel Gibson
letterboxd ★★ Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord’s soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

Nightcrawler (2014)

dir. Dan Gilroy
letterboxd ★★★★½ When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

Manchester by the Sea (2016)


dir. Kenneth Lonergan
letterboxd ★★★★½ After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

The Words (2012)


dir. Brian Klugman & Lee Sternthal
letterboxd ★★★★ Young writer Rory Jansen finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There’s only one catch – he didn’t write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man’s work.

Equals (2015)

dir. Drake Doremus
letterboxd ★★ In an emotionless utopia, two people fall in love when they regain their feelings from a disease, causing tensions between them and their society.

V for Vendetta (2005)


dir. James McTeigue
letterboxd ★★★★½ In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

Elle (2016)

dir. Paul Verhoeven
letterboxd ★★★ When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.

Very Good Girls (2013)


dir. Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
letterboxd ★★★ Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street artist, the friends find their connection tested for the first time.

Macbeth (2015)

dir. Justin Kurzel
letterboxd ★★★★ Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

American Ultra (2015)


dir. Nima Nourizadeh
letterboxd ★★★½ Mike, a stoner whose small-town life with his girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. His secret past comes back to haunt him and Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation.

If I Stay (2014)

dir. R.J. Cutler
letterboxd ★★★½ Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined. The choice is hers if she can go on.

Palo Alto (2013)

dir. Gia Coppola
letterboxd Three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to any boy to cross her path; and the increasingly dangerous exploits of Teddy and his best friend Fred, whose behavior may or may not be sociopathic.

The Neon Demon (2016)


dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
letterboxd ★★½ When aspiring model Jesse moves to LA, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

Lion (2016)

dir. Garth Davis
letterboxd ★★★★★ A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Café Society (2016)

dir. Woody Allen
letterboxd ★★ The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

Love, Rosie (2014)

dir. Christian Ditter
letterboxd ★★★½ Rosie and Alex have been best friends since they were five, so they couldn't possibly be right for one another...or could they? When it comes to love, life and making the right choices, these two are their own worst enemies.
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