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Genre: Drama

127 Hours (2010)

4 Stars
20th Century Women (2016)

4 Stars
360 (2012)

2 Stars
50/50 (2011)

3 Stars
99 Homes (2015)

3 Stars
About Elly (2009)

Reader's Choice 3.5 Stars
The Accused (1988)

Reader's Choice 3 Stars
Ace in the Hole (1951)

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Adam (2009)

2.5 Stars
Aftermath (2017)

1 Star
Aftersun (2022)

3.5 Stars
The Age of Innocence (1993)

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Agora (2010)

2.5 Stars
Air (2023)

3 Stars
All Good Things (2010)

2 Stars
All Is Lost (2013)

3 Stars
All of Us Strangers (2023)

4 Stars
All the Money in the World (2017)

2 Stars
Aloha (2015)

1.5 Stars
Amadeus (1984)

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American Sniper (2014)

2.5 Stars
Ammonite (2020)

3 Stars
Amour (2012)

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An Education (2009)

3 Stars
Anna Karenina (2012)

2.5 Stars
Annie Hall (1977)

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Anonymous (2011)

3 Stars
Another Earth (2011)

2 Stars
Antichrist (2009)

2 Stars
Arbitrage (2012)

3 Stars
Argo (2012)

4 Stars
Armageddon Time (2022)

4 Stars
August: Osage County (2013)

3.5 Stars
Australia (2008)

2.5 Stars
Away From Her (2007)

3.5 Stars
Back to Black (2024)

1.5 Stars
Barbara (2012)

4 Stars
Barry Lyndon (1975)

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The Beanie Bubble (2023)

2 Stars
Beasts of No Nation (2015)

3.5 Stars
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

2.5 Stars
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

3 Stars
The Beguiled (1971)

3 Stars
The Beguiled (2017)

1.5 Stars
Belfast (2021)

3 Stars
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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The Beta Test (2021)

3 Stars
Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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The Big City (1963)

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Big Eyes (2014)

2.5 Stars
A Bigger Splash (2016)

4 Stars
The Bikeriders (2024)

3.5 Stars
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016)

2 Stars
Birth (2004)

4 Stars
The Birth of a Nation (2016)

2 Stars
Black Narcissus (1947)

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Black Swan (2010)

3 Stars
BlackBerry (2023)

3.5 Stars
The Blind Side (2009)

2 Stars
Blindspotting (2018)

4 Stars
Blonde (2022)

Reader's Choice 2 Stars
The Blue Angel (1930)

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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

2.5 Stars
Boyhood (2014)

4 Stars
Breaking and Entering (2006)

3.5 Stars
The Butcher Boy (1997)

4 Stars
C’mon C’mon (2021)

4 Stars
Cairo Time (2010)

2.5 Stars
Cake (2014)

Reader's Choice 2 Stars
Call Me by Your Name (2017)

4 Stars
Calvary (2014)

3.5 Stars
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

3 Stars
The Card Counter (2021)

3.5 Stars
Career Girls (1997)

3.5 Stars
Causeway (2022)

3 Stars
Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)

3.5 Stars
Chevalier (2023)

3 Stars
Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis) (1945)

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A Christmas Tale (2008)

4 Stars
Chéri (2009)

3 Stars
Citizen Kane (1941)

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Cloud Atlas (2012)

4 Stars
CODA (2021)

Reader's Choice 3 Stars
Collateral Beauty (2016)

0.5 Star
The Company Men (2011)

3 Stars
Compartment No. 6 (2021)

3 Stars
Conviction (2010)

2 Stars
Cracks (2011)

3 Stars
Crossing Over (2009)

2.5 Stars
The Crying Game (1992)

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

4 Stars
Dalíland (2023)

3 Stars
A Dangerous Method (2011)

4 Stars
The Danish Girl (2015)

2.5 Stars
Darkest Hour (2017)

2.5 Stars
Death Defying Acts (2008)

3 Stars
Demolition (2016)

2 Stars
The Devils (1971)

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Dheepan (2015)

3.5 Stars
Disconnect (2013)

4 Stars
Dorian Gray (2009)

2.5 Stars
Doubt (2008)

4 Stars
Downloading Nancy (2009)

1 Star
Dream Horse (2021)

3 Stars
Dreamin’ Wild (2023)

2.5 Stars
Drunken Angel (1948)

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The Duchess (2008)

3 Stars
The Duellists (1977)

4 Stars
Earth Mama (2023)

Patreon Exclusive 3.5 Stars
Elizabeth (1998)

3.5 Stars
Elvis (2022)

2 Stars
Emma. (2020)

2.5 Stars
Everybody Knows (2018)

Reader's Choice 3.5 Stars
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

2.5 Stars
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

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Fair Play (2023)

3.5 Stars
Fanny and Alexander (1982)

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The Farewell (2019)

3.5 Stars
Farewell My Concubine (1993)

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The Father (2021)

3.5 Stars
The Favourite (2018)

4 Stars
Fences (2016)

3 Stars
Ferrari (2023)

2.5 Stars
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

1 Star
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

2.5 Stars
Flamin’ Hot (2023)

2.5 Stars
Flight (2012)

3.5 Stars
The Florida Project (2017)

3.5 Stars
The Forgiven (2022)

Reader's Choice 3 Stars
The Fountain (2006)

2 Stars
Freud’s Last Session (2023)

2.5 Stars
Giant (1956)

Reader's Choice 2.5 Stars
The Glass Castle (2017)

2 Stars
Gloria Bell (2019)

4 Stars
Golda (2023)

2 Stars
Gone with the Wind (1939)

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The Good Heart (2010)

3 Stars
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)

3.5 Stars
Good One (2024)

4 Stars
A Good Person (2023)

3 Stars
Gosford Park (2001)

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Gran Torino (2009)

3.5 Stars
Green Book (2018)

3 Stars
The Handmaiden (2016)

4 Stars
Happy End (2017)

3.5 Stars
Hereafter (2010)

3.5 Stars
A Hero (2021)

3 Stars
Hit Man (2024)

3.5 Stars
Hitchcock (2012)

2.5 Stars
Honey Boy (2019)

3.5 Stars
House of Gucci (2021)

3 Stars
House of Pleasures (2011)

Patreon Exclusive 4 Stars
I Am Love (2010)

4 Stars
The Ice Storm (1997)

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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

3.5 Stars
Ikiru (1952)

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Into the Wild (2007)

3.5 Stars
Io Capitano (2024)

Short Take 3.5 Stars
The Iron Lady (2011)

2 Stars
J. Edgar (2011)

2 Stars
Jackie (2016)

3.5 Stars
Jane Eyre (2011)

4 Stars
JFK (1991)

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Joe (2011)

3 Stars
Joy (2015)

2.5 Stars
The Judge (2014)

2.5 Stars
Judy (2019)

2 Stars
The Killer Inside Me (2010)

3 Stars
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

4 Stars
The Killing of Two Lovers (2021)

3 Stars
Kin (2018)

2 Stars
Knight of Cups (2016)

4 Stars
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

Reader's Choice 2.5 Stars
La strada (1954)

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Labor Day (2013)

2 Stars
The Land of Steady Habits (2018)

3.5 Stars
The Last Duel (2021)

4 Stars
Last Flag Flying (2017)

3 Stars
The Last King of Scotland (2006)

3.5 Stars
Leave No Trace (2018)

3.5 Stars
Legend (2015)

2 Stars
Les enfants terribles (1950)

4 Stars
Let Them All Talk (2020)

3.5 Stars
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

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The Light Between Oceans (2016)

3 Stars
The Lighthouse (2019)

3 Stars
Lincoln (2012)

3.5 Stars
Lion (2016)

3 Stars
The Little Stranger (2018)

3.5 Stars
Little Woods (2019)

3 Stars
Living (2022)

3 Stars
Lizzie (2018)

3.5 Stars
Lost River (2015)

2 Stars
Love & Friendship (2016)

4 Stars
The Lovely Bones (2009)

1.5 Stars
Lust, Caution (2007)

3.5 Stars
Maestro (2023)

3 Stars
Malcolm & Marie (2021)

3 Stars
Manchester by the Sea (2016)

4 Stars
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

2 Stars
Margin Call (2011)

3.5 Stars
Marriage Story (2019)

4 Stars
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

2.5 Stars
The Master (2012)

4 Stars
Matewan (1987)

Reader's Choice 4 Stars
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

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The Mauritanian (2021)

3 Stars
May December (2023)

4 Stars
Me and Orson Welles (2009)

3 Stars
Medicine for Melancholy (2009)

3 Stars
Milk (2008)

3.5 Stars
The Mill & the Cross (2011)

2.5 Stars
Minari (2020)

3.5 Stars
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

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Molly’s Game (2017)

3 Stars
Monsoon Wedding (2001)

Reader's Choice 4 Stars
Moolaadé (2004)

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Moonlight (2016)

4 Stars
Mothering Sunday (2022)

3 Stars
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)

3.5 Stars
Mud (2013)

3.5 Stars
Mudbound (2017)

3.5 Stars
Mulholland Dr. (2001)

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The Music Room (1958)

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My Little Sister (2021)

3.5 Stars
My Sister’s Keeper (2009)

2.5 Stars
Napoleon (2023)

3.5 Stars
The Nest (2020)

4 Stars
Night Moves (2013)

3.5 Stars
The Nightingale (2019)

4 Stars
Nocturnal Animals (2016)

3.5 Stars
Nomadland (2021)

2.5 Stars
Nothing But the Truth (2008)

3.5 Stars
Notorious (2009)

2 Stars
Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1 (2014)

2.5 Stars
Nymphomaniac: Vol. 2 (2014)

2 Stars
Odd Man Out (1947)

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Once Were Warriors (1994)

Reader's Choice 3.5 Stars
Ondine (2010)

3.5 Stars
One Fine Morning (2022)

Reader's Choice 4 Stars
Oppenheimer (2023)

3.5 Stars
Ordinary People (1980)

Reader's Choice 4 Stars
The Other Man (2009)

1.5 Stars
The Other Woman (2011)

2 Stars
Our Friend (2021)

3 Stars
The Pale Blue Eye (2022)

2 Stars
Parallel Mothers (2021)

4 Stars
Passages (2023)

3.5 Stars
Passion Play (2011)

0.5 Star
The Past (2013)

Reader's Choice 3.5 Stars
Patriots Day (2016)

2 Stars
The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

3 Stars
Perfect Days (2023)

Reader's Choice 4 Stars
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

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Peterloo (2019)

4 Stars
Phantom Thread (2017)

4 Stars
Pig (2021)

4 Stars
Pompeii (2014)

0.5 Star
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

4 Stars
Precious (2009)

4 Stars
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

1.5 Stars
Priscilla (2023)

4 Stars
Private Life (2018)

2.5 Stars
The Program (2016)

2 Stars
Pulp Fiction (1994)

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Puzzle (2018)

3 Stars
Queen of the Desert (2017)

1.5 Stars
Rachel Getting Married (2008)

4 Stars
Radioactive (2020)

2.5 Stars
Raging Bull (1980)

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Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

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Rashomon (1950)

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The Raven (2012)

2 Stars
The Reader (2008)

3.5 Stars
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

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The Reckoning (2021)

1 Star
The Red Shoes (1948)

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Redemption (2013)

2.5 Stars
Rembrandt (1936)

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Respect (2021)

2 Stars
Revolutionary Road (2008)

4 Stars
Ricki and the Flash (2015)

2 Stars
Right at Your Door (2007)

3 Stars
River of Grass (1994)

3.5 Stars
Rocketman (2019)

3 Stars
Roma (2018)

4 Stars
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017)

2 Stars
Room (2015)

4 Stars
Rules Don’t Apply (2016)

2 Stars
The Rules of the Game (1939)

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The Runaways (2010)

2.5 Stars
Rush (2013)

2.5 Stars
Rust and Bone (2012)

4 Stars
Saint Laurent (2014)

Patreon Exclusive 3.5 Stars
The Salesman (2022)

Reader's Choice 3.5 Stars
Saltburn (2023)

2.5 Stars
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

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Seberg (2020)

2.5 Stars
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

3 Stars
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

1.5 Stars
A Separation (2011)

4 Stars
Serena (2015)

1 Star
The Sessions (2012)

2.5 Stars
The Seventh Seal (1957)

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Shame (2011)

4 Stars
Shirley (2020)

3 Stars
Silence (2016)

3.5 Stars
A Single Man (2009)

2.5 Stars
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

4 Stars
The Social Network (2010)

4 Stars
The Soloist (2009)

2.5 Stars
Sound of Metal (2020)

3.5 Stars
The Sound of Silence (2019)

2 Stars
The Souvenir (2019)

3.5 Stars
Spencer (2021)

3.5 Stars
Spider (2002)

Reader's Choice 4 Stars
Steve Jobs (2015)

4 Stars
Still Walking (2009)

4 Stars
Stoker (2013)

3.5 Stars
Straight Outta Compton (2015)

3 Stars
Summer Hours (2009)

4 Stars
Summerland (2020)

3 Stars
Suncoast (2024)

Short Take 2.5 Stars
Sunset Blvd. (1950)

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Sunshine Cleaning (2009)

2.5 Stars
Synecdoche, New York (2008)

4 Stars
Taking Woodstock (2009)

2 Stars
Tale of Tales (2016)

3.5 Stars
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

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The Taste of Things (2023)

4 Stars
Taxi Driver (1976)

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Tesla (2020)

3.5 Stars
Tetris (2023)

2.5 Stars
The Theory of Everything (2014)

2.5 Stars
There is No Evil (2021)

4 Stars
There Will Be Blood (2007)

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

3.5 Stars
Tideland (2005)

3.5 Stars
To Leslie (2022)

Reader's Choice 3 Stars
To Live (1994)

Reader's Choice 4 Stars
To the Wonder (2013)

4 Stars
Topsy-Turvy (1999)

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The Tourist (2010)

2 Stars
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

2.5 Stars
Transit (2019)

4 Stars
The Tree of Life (2011)

4 Stars
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

3.5 Stars
Trumbo (2015)

3 Stars
Tuesday (2024)

4 Stars
TÁR (2022)

4 Stars
Ugetsu (1953)

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Umberto D. (1952)

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Unfrosted (2024)

Short Take 1.5 Stars
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

Reader's Choice 2 Stars
Up in the Air (2009)

3.5 Stars
Valentino (1977)

Reader's Choice 3.5 Stars
Valhalla Rising (2010)

2.5 Stars
Volver (2006)

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The Wages of Fear (1953)

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Waiting for the Barbarians (2020)

2.5 Stars
Wall Street (1987)

3.5 Stars
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

3 Stars
War Horse (2011)

4 Stars
Water for Elephants (2011)

3 Stars
The Way Back (2011)

2 Stars
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

3.5 Stars
Welcome to Marwen (2018)

1.5 Stars
Wendy and Lucy (2008)

4 Stars
The Whale (2022)

2 Stars
Whiplash (2014)

3.5 Stars
The Wife (2019)

2.5 Stars
Wild (2014)

3 Stars
Wildlife (2018)

3.5 Stars
The Wind Rises (2014)

3.5 Stars
Winter’s Bone (2010)

3.5 Stars
Wonder Boys (2000)

Reader's Choice 4 Stars
Wonder Wheel (2017)

3 Stars
The Wrestler (2008)

3 Stars
Written on the Wind (1956)

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Wuthering Heights (2012)

3 Stars
The Young Victoria (2009)

2.5 Stars
Zama (2018)

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