A list of all the great and interesting films and shows I’ve seen recently.
★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Good (Minor Flawed Elements)
★★★ – Interesting (Flawed Elements)
★★½ – Major Flaws but Some Interesting Ideas
★★ – Disappointing
Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will)
★★★★★
dir. Leni Riefenstahl
Nazi Propaganda
[Nazi Germany, 1935]
Asteroid City
★★★
dir. Wes Anderson
Comedy-Drama
[USA, 2023]
Budget: $25 million
Saving Private Ryan
★★★★★
dir. Steven Spielberg
Epic War
[USA, 1998]
Budget: $65–$70 million
The Thin Red Line
★★★★½
dir. Terrence Malick
Epic War
[USA, 1998]
Budget: $52 million
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
★★★★★
dir. Irvin Kershner
Epic Space Opera
[USA, 1980]
Budget: $30.5 million
Futurama: Season 1
★★★★
created by Matt Groening
Animated Science Fiction Sitcom
[USA, 1999]
The Grand Budapest Hotel
★★★★½
dir. Wes Anderson
Comedy-Drama
[USA / Germany, 2014]
Budget: $25 million
The Devil Wears Prada
★★★
dir. David Frankel
Comedy-Drama
[USA, 2006]
Budget: $35–41 million
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
★★★
dir. Chris Columbus
Christmas Comedy
[USA, 1992]
Budget: $28 million
The Descendants
★★★★
dir. Alexander Payne
Tragicomedy
[USA, 2011]
Budget: $20 million
Crazy Heart
★★★★
dir. Scott Cooper
Drama
[USA, 2009]
Budget: $7 million
The Territory
★★★½
dir. Alex Pritz
Documentary
[USA / UK / Brazil / Denmark, 2022]
Playing with Sharks
★★★
dir. Sally Aitken
Documentary
[USA, 2021]
The Banshees of Inisherin
★★★★½
dir. Martin McDonagh
Black Tragicomedy
[UK / USA, 2022]
Budget: $20 million
Encanto
★★★★
dir. Jared Bush and Byron Howard
Computer-Animated Musical Fantasy Comedy
[USA, 2021]
Budget: $120–150 million
Citizenfour
★★★★½
dir. Laura Poitras
Documentary
[USA / Germany, 2014]
Budget: $1 million
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
★★★★½
dir. Joaquim de Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
Computer-Animated Superhero
[USA, 2023]
Budget: $100 million
Retrograde
★★★½
dir. Matthew Heineman
Documentary
[USA, 2022]
Spider-Man 3
★★½
dir. Sam Raimi
Superhero
[USA, 2007]
Budget: $258–350 million
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
★★★½
dir. Peter Weir
Epic Period War Drama
[USA, 2003]
Budget: $150 million
Phone Booth
★★★½
dir. Joel Schumacher
Psychological Thriller
[USA, 2002]
Budget: $13 million
Thirteen
★★★½
dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Teen Drama
[USA, 2003]
Budget: $2 million
Kingdom of Heaven
★★★½
dir. Ridley Scott
Epic Historical Drama
[UK / Germany / USA, 2005]
Budget: $130 million
Pearl Harbor
★★½
dir. Michael Bay
Romantic War Drama
[USA, 2001]
Budget: $140 million
The Village
★★½
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Period Thriller
[USA, 2004]
Budget: $60 million
Signs
★★½
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Science Fiction Horror
[USA, 2002]
Budget: $72 million
X2: X-Men United
★★½
dir. Bryan Singer
Superhero
[USA, 2003]
Budget: $110–125 million
The Day After Tomorrow
★★½
dir. Roland Emmerich
Science Fiction Disaster
[USA, 2004]
Budget: $125 million
I, Robot
★★½
dir. Alex Proyas
Science Fiction Action
[USA, 2004]
Budget: $120 million
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
★★★½
dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
Documentary
[France / Switzerland, 2022]
Wild Isles
★★★½
narrated by Sir David Attenborough
Nature Documentary Miniseries
[UK, 2023]
Eismayer
★★★½
dir. David Wagner
Drama
[Austria, 2022]
Der Rhein fließt ins Mittelmeer (The Rhine Flows to the Mediterranean Sea)
★★★½
dir. Offer Avnon
Documentary
[Israel, 2021]
Das Lehrerzimmer (The Teacher’s Lounge)
★★★½
dir. İlker Çatak
Drama
[Germany, 2023]