A list of all the great and interesting films and shows I’ve seen recently.
List is ordered chronologically backwards.
★★★★★ Masterpiece / Classic / Favourite
★★★★½ Exceptional
★★★★ Great
★★★½ Good but some flawed elements
★★★ Interesting but flawed
★★½ Major flaws but some good ideas
★★ Disappointing
The Tree of Life
★★★★½
dir. Terrence Malick
Experimental Coming-of-Age Drama
[USA, 2011]
The Fallout
★★★½
dir. Megan Park
Drama
[USA, 2021]
Aftershock
★★★
dir. Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee
Documentary
[USA, 2022]
Top Gun: Maverick
★★★½
dir. Joseph Kosinski
Action Drama
[USA, 2022]
Zero Dark Thirty
★★★★★
dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Thriller
[USA, 2012]
Zero Day
★★★½
dir. Ben Coccio
Found Footage Drama
[USA, 2003]
Ponyo
★★★★½
dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese Animated Fantasy
[Japan, 2008]
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
★★★
dir. Rian Johnson
Mystery
[USA, 2022]
The Good Nurse
★★★½
dir. Tobias Lindholm
Drama
[USA, 2022]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
★★
dir. Ryan Coogler
Superhero
[USA, 2022]
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
★★★★½
dir. Chantal Akerman
[Belgium / France, 1975]
Pride & Prejudice
★★★★
dir. Joe Wright
Romantic Period Drama
[UK / USA / France, 2005]
Avatar: The Way of Water
★★★½
dir. James Cameron
Epic Science Fiction
[USA, 2022]
Lenox Hill: Pandemic – Special Episode
★★★½
created by Ruthie Shatz and Adi Barash
Documentary
[USA, 2020]
The White Lotus: Season 2
★★★★½
created by Mike White
Black Comedy-Drama Anthology
[USA, 2022]
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
★★★
dir. Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson
Stop-Motion Animated Musical Fantasy
[USA / Mexico, 2022]
Raging Bull
★★★★½
dir. Martin Scorsese
Biographical Sports Drama
[USA, 1980]
The Worst Person in the World
★★★★
dir. Joachim Trier
Romantic Comedy-Drama
[Norway / France / Denmark / Sweden, 2021]
Superbad
★★★½
dir. Greg Mottola
Coming-of-Age Teen Buddy Comedy
[USA, 2007]
Final Account
★★★½
dir. Luke Holland
Documentary
[USA / UK, 2020]
Death Proof
★★★½
dir. Quentin Tarantino
Action-Thriller
[USA, 2007]
The Social Network
★★★★★
dir. David Fincher
Biographical Drama
[USA, 2010]
A Prophet
★★★★½
dir. Jacques Audiard
Prison Crime
[France / Italy, 2009]
Manakamana
★★★★
dir. Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
Documentary
[USA, 2013]
A Most Violent Year
★★★★
dir. J. C. Chandor
Crime Drama
[USA, 2014]
Prisoners
★★★
dir. Denis Villeneuve
Thriller
[USA, 2013]
These lists might also be of interest:
Watch-List 05/22
Film Lists Archives