Movies for Movie Buffs series
I watch a lot of movies: good, bad, indifferent; all genres; English and non-English speaking; and, occasionally, I write a few comments about those I enjoyed. Below is a list of my reviews so far posted. The percentage/numerical ratings in the title fields are from the review-aggregation website, Rotten Tomatoes (where I look for 60% or higher), and the internet movie database, IMDb (where I look for 6.0 or higher).
Update. The first one hundred Movies for Movie Buffs reviews are now available in paperback form: details here.
1. 7 Boxes (7 Cajas), Thriller/Action/Comedy, Directors Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori , 2012 Paraguay, 97%/7.1
2. Amanda, Drama, Director Mikhaël Hers, 2018 France, 96%/7.0
3. Dara of Jasenovac, War/History/Drama, Director Predrag Antonijevic, 2021 Serbia, 57%/8.3
4. Frozen River, Crime/Drama, Director Courtney Hunt, 2008 USA, 88%/7.1
5. Godzilla vs. Kong, Monster, Director Adam Wingard, 2021 USA, 75%/6.5
6. I Saw the Devil (Ang-ma-reul bo-at-da), Horror/Thriller, Director Kim Jee-woon, 2010 Korean, 81%/7.8
7. Judas and the Black Messiah, Biographical Drama, Director Shaka King, 2021 USA, 96%/7.5
8. Meadowland, Drama, Director Reed Morano, 2015 USA, 96%/5.8
9. My Octopus Teacher, Documentary, Directors Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, 2020 South Africa, 97%/8.1
10. Neon Bull (Boi Neon), Drama, Director Gabriel Mascaro, 2015 Brazil, 88%/6.8
11. News of the World, Western/Drama, Director Paul Greengrass, 2020 USA, 88%/6.8
12. Nobody, Action/Thriller, Director Ilya Naishuller, 2021 USA, 83%/7.4
13. Nomadland, Drama, Director Chloé Zhao, 2020 USA, 94%/7.4
14. Penguin Bloom, Drama/Family, Director Glendyn Ivin, 2020 Australia, 67%/6.8
15. Shadow in the Cloud, Action/Horror/War, Director Roseanne Liang, 2020 USA, 78%/4.8
16. The Family Friend (L’amico di famiglia), Drama, Director Paolo Sorrentino, 2006 Italy, 75%/7.1
17. The Father, Drama, Director Florian Zeller, 2020 UK, 98%/8.3
18. Cash Truck (Le Convoyeur), Action/Thriller, Director Nicolas Boukhrief, 2004 French, 62%/6.6 and Wrath of Man, Action/Thriller, Director Guy Ritchie, 2021 UK, 66%/7.3
19. The Night Comes for Us, Action/Martial Arts/Thriller, Director Timo Tjahjanto, 2018 Indonesia, 7.0/91%
20. Wildcat, Drama/Thriller, Director Jonathan W. Stokes, 2021 USA, 58%/4.7%
21. The Year of the Jellyfish (L’année des Méduses), Drama, Director Christopher Frank, 1984 France, 58%/5.6 and Suntan, Drama, Director Argyris Papadimitropoulos, 2016 Greece, 72%/6.6
22. Zombi 2 (Zombie Flesh Eaters), Horror, Director Lucio Fulci, 1979 Italy, 42%/6.8
23. The Oak Room, Mystery/Thriller, Director Cody Calahan, 2020 USA, 90%/5.4
24. Stowaway, Sci-Fi/Drama, Director Joe Penna, 2021 USA, 77%/5.6
25. The Mauritanian, Drama/Legal, Director Kevin Macdonald, 2021 USA, 75%/7.4
26. The Vanished (Sarajin bam), Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Director Lee Chang-hee, 2018 Korea, 85%/6.6
27. The Suicide Theory, Drama, Director Dru Brown, 2014 Australia, 79%/6.6
28. Confidential Assignment (Gongjo), Action/Drama/Comedy, Director Kim Sung-hoon, 2017 Korea, 63%/6.6
29. The Trial of the Chicago 7, Courtroom Drama/History, Director Aaron Sorkin, 2020 USA, 89%/7.8
30. Wer, Horror, Director William Brent Bell, 2013 USA, 70%/5.9
31. A Bittersweet Life, Neo-Noir Thriller/Action, Director Kim Jee-woon, 2005 Korea, 100%/7.5
32. Queen to Play (Joueuse), Drama, Director Caroline Bottaro, 2009 France-Germany, 71%/6.9
33. The Silence (Das Letzte Schweigen), Thriller, Director Baran bo Odar, 2010 German, 88%/7.0
34. Fly Away Home, Adventure/Drama/Family, Director Carroll Ballard, 1996 Canada, 87%/6.8 and Spread your Wings (Donne-moi des Ailes), Adventure/Drama/Family, Director Nicolas Vanier, 2019 France, 67%/7.3
35. The East (De Oost), War/Drama, Director Jim Taihuttu, 2020 Dutch, not yet rated on Rotten Tomatoes/7.1
36. 6 Underground, Action/Comedy/Thriller, Director Michael Bay, 2019 USA, 6.1/36%
37. I Care a Lot, Black Comedy/Thriller, Director Jonathan Blakeson, 2021 USA, 78%/6.3
38. Crisis, Crime/Thriller, Director Nicholas Jarecki, 2021 USA, 66%/6.1
39. Creep, Psychological Horror, Director Patrick Brice, 2014 USA, 89%/6.3
40. Balloon, Drama, Director Pema Tseden, 2020 China (Tibet), 100%/6.9
41. My First Summer, Drama/Romance, Director Katie Found, 2020 Australia, Not yet rated/6.4
42. Je t’aime mais non plus (translated as I love you, I don’t or I love you, me not anymore), Drama/Romance, Director Serge Gainsbourg, 1976 France, 91%/6.0
43. The Cement Garden, Drama, Director Andrew Birkin, 1993 UK, 82%/7.1
44. Creep 2, Psychological Horror, Director Patrick Brice, 2017 USA, 100%/6.5
45. The Ardennes (D’Ardennen), Drama/Action, Director Robin Pront, 2015 Belgium, 58%/6.8
46. The Gangster’s Daughter (aka Shao Wu the Bad), Crime/Drama/Thriller, Director Chen Mei-Juin, 2017 Taiwan, not yet rated on Rotten Tomatoes/5.6
47. Black Widow, Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi, Director Cate Shortland, 2021 USA, 75%/7.0 and Gunpowder Milkshake, Action/Adventure/Thriller, Director Navot Papushado, 2021 USA, 67%/5.2
48. Bone Cage, Drama, Director Taylor Olson, 2020 Canada, Not yet rated on Rotten Tomatoes/5.5
49. Sold, Drama, Director Jeffrey D Brown, 2014 USA, 56%/6.9 and Innocent Voices (Voces Inocentes), War/Drama/Family, Director Luis Mandoki, 2004 El Salvador/Mexico, 72%/7.9
50. Jolt, Action/Thriller, Director Tanya Wexler, 2021 USA, 39%/5.5
51. Kick-Ass, Action/Comedy/Crime, Director Matthew Vaughn, 2010 USA, 76%/7.6 and Kick-Ass 2, Action/Comedy/Crime, Director Jeff Wadlow, 2013 USA, 32%/6.5
52. Love Crime (aka Crime d’Amour), Drama, Director Alain Corneau, 2010 France, 64%/6.5
53. Night Drive, Thriller/Drama, Directors Brad Baruh and Meghan Leon, 2019 USA, 100%/5.5
54. Get In (aka Furie), Drama/Horror/Thriller, Director Olivier Abbou, 2019 France, 50%/5.6
55. Eastern Boys, Drama/Romance/Action, Director Robin Campillo, 2013 France, 89%/6.9
56. The Major, Action/Crime, Director Yuriy Bykov, 2013 Russia, 69%/7.2
57. Meander (Méandre), Horror/Mystery/Sci-Fi, Director Mathieu Turi, 2020 France, 70%/5.8
58. June Again, Drama/Comedy, Director JJ Winlove, 2020 Australia, 100%/7.3
59. In Bloom (Grdzeli Nateli Dgheebi), Drama, Directors Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, 2013 Georgia, 90%/7.5 and My Happy Family (Chemi Bednieri Ojakhi), Directors Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, 2017 Georgia, 100%/7.4
60. Instinct, Drama/Thriller, Director Halina Reijn, 2019 Dutch, 80%/6.1
61. Hyena, Crime/Drama/Thriller, Director Gerard Johnson, 2014 UK, 78%/6.2 and Tony, Drama/Horror/Thriller, Director Gerard Johnson, 2009 UK, 58%/6.2
62. In the Fog (B Tumane), Drama/History/War, Director Sergey Loznitsa, 2012 Russia, 87%/6.8
63. My First Client (Eorin Uiroein), Crime/Drama, Director Kyu-sung Jang, 2019 S. Korea, -/7.3
64. Pig, Drama/Thriller, Director Michael Sarnoski, 2021 USA, 97%/7.0
65. Retribution (El Desconocido), Crime/Thriller, Director Dani de la Torre, 2015 Spain, 100%/6.6
66. With A Girl Of Himalaya/Himalaya, Where The Wind Dwells (Himalayaeui Sonyowa), DocuDrama, Director Soo-il Jeon, 2008 Korea/Nepal, -/6.4
67. Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Comedy/Drama, Director Amy Heckerling, 1982 USA, 77%/7.2
68. Free Guy, Action/Comedy/Adventure, Director Shawn Levy, 2021 USA, 80%/7.4
69. After Love, Drama, Director Aleem Khan, 2020 UK, 7.2/96%
70. Valley of Souls (Tantas Almas), Drama, Director Nicolás Rincón Gille, 2019 Colombia, Not yet rated on Rotten Tomatoes/7.2
71. Battle Royale (Batoru Rowaiaru), Action/Thriller/Drama, Director Kinji Fukasaku, 2000 Japan, 88%/7.6
72. The Trip (I Onder Dage (In Bad Days)), Action/Black Comedy/Horror, Director Tommy Wirkola, 2021 Norway, 83%/7.0
73. 7 Prisoners (7 Prisioneiros), Crime/Drama, Director Alexandre Moratto, 2021 Brazil, 98%/7.2
74. Blue Bayou, Drama, Director Justin Chon, 2021 USA, 77%/7.1
75. Coming Home in the Dark, Thriller/Horror, Director James Ashcroft, 2020 New Zealand, 92%/5.7
76. Complicit, TV Drama, Director Niall MacCormick, 2013 UK, Not rated on Rotten Tomatoes/6.2
77. Don’t Breathe, Crime/Horror/Thriller/Drama, Director Fede Alvarez, 2016 USA, 88%/7.1
Don’t Breathe 2, Action/Drama/Horror, Director Rodo Sayagues, 2021 USA, 45%/6.1
78. The Stronghold (BAC Nord), Action/Crime/Thriller, Director Cédric Jimenez, 2020 France, 50%/6.9
79. Boiling Point, Drama/Comedy, Director Philip Barantini, 2021 UK, 98%/7.4
80. The Power of the Dog, Drama and more, Director Jane Campion, 2021 USA/New Zealand/UK/Canada/Australia, 96%/7.0
81. The Terror Live (Deu tae-ro ra-i-beu), Action/Crime/Thriller, Director Byung-woo Kim, 2013 Korea, Not yet rated on Rotten Tomatoes/7.1
82. Hush, Horror/Thriller, Director Mike Flanagan, 2016 USA, 93%/6.6
83. Escape from Mogadishu, Action/Drama/Thriller, Director Seung-wan Ryoo, 2021 Korea, 92%/7.2
84. The Harder They Fall, Western/Action/Drama, Director Jeymes Samuel, 2021 USA, 87%/6.6
85. Help, Drama, Director Marc Munden, 2021 UK, 100%/7.8
86. How I Ended This Summer, Drama, Director Alexei Popogrebski, 2012 Russia, 79%/7.0
87. The Artist and the Model (El Artista y la Modelo), Drama, Director Fernando Trueba, 2012 Spain, 70%/6.7
88. The Outpost, War/Drama/Action, Director Rod Lurie, 2020 USA, 92%/6.8
89. Don’t Look Up, Comedy/Drama, Director Adam McKay, 2021 USA, 55%/7.3
90. CODA, Comedy/Drama/Music, Director Sian Heder, 2021 USA, 96%/8.1
91. Honey Cigar (Cigare au Miel, Drama, Director Kamir Aïnouz, 2020 France, 67%/5.9
92. Hydra, Action/Crime/Drama, Director Kensuke Sonomura, 2019 Japan, 80%/6.0
93. The Novice, Drama/Sport, Director Lauren Hadaway, 2021 USA, 92%/6.5
94. The Ledge, Action/Thriller, Director Howard J Ford, 2022 USA, -/5.0
95. A Hero (Ghahreman), Drama, Director Asghar Farhadi, 2021 Iran, 96%/7.5
96. Piper, Drama/Animation, Director Alan Barillaro, 2016 USA, 100%/8.4
Movies for Movie Buffs: 97–100
97. A Shot Through The Wall, Crime/Drama/Thriller, Director Aimee Long, 2021 USA, 80%/5.2
98. Hog Wild, Comedy/Short, Director James Parrott, 1930 USA, 80%/7.6
99. Kimi, Crime/Drama/Thriller, Director Steven Soderbergh, 2022 USA, 90%/6.3
100. Luzzu, Drama, Director Alex Camilleri, 2021 Malta, 100%/7.0
Movies for Movie Buffs: 101–105
101. Mass, Drama, Director Fran Kranz, 2021 USA, 95%/7.7
Carnage, Black Comedy, Director Roman Polanski, 2011 Franco-German, 70%/7.2
102. Peppermint Soda (Diabolo Menthe), Comedy/Drama, Director Diane Kurys, 1977 France, 90%/6.
103. I Served the King of England, Comedy, Director Jiří Menzel, 2006 Czech Republic, 80%/7.4
104. The Miser (L’Avare), Comedy, Directors Louis de Funès, Jean Girault, 1980 France, -/6.6
105. Elle, Crime/Drama/Thriller, Director Paul Verhoeven, 2016 France, 91%/7.1
Movies for Movie Buffs: 106–110
106. A Dangerous Method, Biography/Drama/Romance, Director David Cronenberg, 2011 UK, 78%/6.4
107. Ballad of a White Cow, Drama, Directors Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha, 2020 Iran, 88%/7.0
Huda’s Salon, Thriller, Director Hany Abu-Assad, 2021 Palestine, 75%/5.8
108. Drunk Bus, Drama/Comedy, Directors John Carlucci, Brandon LaGanke, 2020 USA, 98%/6.2
109. Please Hold, Sci-Fi/Comedy, Director K.D. Dávila, 2020 USA, -/7.2
110. Motherly, Horror/Thriller, Director Craig David Wallace, 2021 Canada, 86%/5.1
Movies for Movie Buffs: 111–115
111. All My Friends Hate Me, Comedy/Horror, Director Andrew Gaynord, 2021 UK, 92%/5.8
112. Green Room, Horror/Thriller, Director Jeremy Saulnier, 2015 USA, 90%/7.0
Blue Ruin, Horror/Thriller, Director Jeremy Saulnier, 2013 USA, 96%/7.1
113. Bajo La Rosa (Under the Rose), Drama/Mystery/Suspense, Director Josué Ramos, 2017 Spain, -/6.3
114. Fresh, Horror/Thriller, Director Mimi Cave, 2022 USA, 81%/6.7
115. Nitram, Drama/Thriller, Director Justin Kurzel, 2021 Australia, 90%/7.2
Movies for Movie Buffs: 116–120
116. Malcolm & Marie, Drama, Director Sam Levinson, 2021 USA, 57%/6.6
117. Ambulance (Ambulancen), Action/Crime/Drama, Director Laurits Munch-Petersen 2005 Denmark, -/5.3 and Ambulance, Action/Crime/Drama, Director Michael Bay, 2022 USA, 69%/6.2
118. Raging Fire, Action/Crime, Director Benny Chan, 2021 Hong Kong/Chinese, 91%/6.6
119. Winter’s Bone, Drama, Director Debra Granik, 2010 USA, 94%/7.1
120. Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu), Drama, Director Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, 2020 Canada, -/6.8
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