🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Spicy - A must watch
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Hot - Recommended
🌶️🌶️🌶️ Mild - Could be good
🌶️🌶️ Bland - Don’t bother
🌶️ Rotten - Disaster

Which movies are worth watching? These ratings serve as recommendations for cinema enjoyers based on cinematography/story/fun and to discover similar films. Reviews/analysis are spoiler protected.

Shoplifters (2018)

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Shoplifters (2018)

Stealing our hearts in the process.

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High and Low (1963)

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High and Low (1963)

Hollywood film noir doesn’t seem that high up anymore.

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Scarface (1983)

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Scarface (1983)

Shakespearean downfall of a charismatic drug lord.

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Juror #2 (2024)

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Juror #2 (2024)

If they made Law and Order into a movie.

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Delicatessen (1991)

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Delicatessen (1991)

La crème de la crème of French originality.

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M (1931)

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M (1931)

If there was ever the case for why classic films are more cinematic.

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Victoria (2015)

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Victoria (2015)

They actually filmed a one-shot movie.

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All the Money in the World (2017)

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All the Money in the World (2017)

…and Ridley Scott still misses.

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You Were Never Really Here (2017)

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You Were Never Really Here (2017)

A violent metaphor on burden, trauma and guilt.

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Elephant (2003)

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Elephant (2003)

Making sense of a school shooter.

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Captain Phillips (2013)

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Captain Phillips (2013)

Look at me, I’m the captain now.

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Buster’s Mal Heart (2016)

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Buster’s Mal Heart (2016)

Mr. Robot without the hacking.

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Silly caucasian girl likes to play with samurai swords.

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Taxi Driver (1976)

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Taxi Driver (1976)

You talking to me?

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Hotel Artemis (2018)

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Hotel Artemis (2018)

Is stylish world building enough to make a movie?

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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

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Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Wes Anderson’s funniest film.

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Fargo (1996)

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Fargo (1996)

Shakespearean level comedy, ay?

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Hell or High Water (2016)

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Hell or High Water (2016)

Nothing like a Texas western heist.

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The Boondock Saints (1999)

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The Boondock Saints (1999)

A cult classic that gives fans everything they want in an action crime movie.

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Phone Booth (2002)

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Phone Booth (2002)

Bring phone booths back again.

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Memories of Murder (2003)

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Memories of Murder (2003)

South Korea’s first Zodiac killer.

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In Cold Blood (1967)

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In Cold Blood (1967)

A masterclass in cinematography.

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

An overly long film befitting of its title.

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Panic Room (2002)

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Panic Room (2002)

2000s thrillers were something else.

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The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

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The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

Hannibal Lecter is best watched with a side of fava beans.

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The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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The Maltese Falcon (1941)

An entertaining detective film noir mystery even by modern standards.

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Longlegs (2024)

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Longlegs (2024)

The longer the legs, the harder they fall.

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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

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Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

In the courts of 2023, men fall so women can rise.

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Collateral (2004)

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Collateral (2004)

When a psychopathic hitman is just like any other person.

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The Big Lebowski (1998)

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The Big Lebowski (1998)

A stoner movie for intellectuals?

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The Green Mile (1999)

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The Green Mile (1999)

Can a prison movie have too much heart?

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L.A. Confidential (1997)

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L.A. Confidential (1997)

Everything we love about noir crime classics.

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Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

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Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

An iconic cast leads this future heist classic.

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12 Angry Men (1957)

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12 Angry Men (1957)

A historically relevant film in cinema on human bias.

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Léon: The Professional (1994)

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Léon: The Professional (1994)

The unlikeliest pair is the most iconic.

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Goodfellas (1990)

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Goodfellas (1990)

As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster.

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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

An ambitious potential masterpiece falls short.

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The Godfather Part II (1974)

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The Godfather Part II (1974)

Perhaps the best gangster epic of all time.

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Green Room (2015)

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Green Room (2015)

If Fincher made a slasher.

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I Saw the Devil (2010)

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I Saw the Devil (2010)

Korean revenge in a nutshell.

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Blue Velvet (1986)

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Blue Velvet (1986)

Some masterpieces don’t age well.

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The Usual Suspects (1995)

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The Usual Suspects (1995)

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled.

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Reservoir Dogs (1992)

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Reservoir Dogs (1992)

When you think you sound cooler than you really are.

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Heat (1995)

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Heat (1995)

Pacino and De Niro’s face-off lays the foundation for the heist genre.

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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

Nihilism portrayed through Japan’s lost teens.

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Fallen Angels (1995)

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Fallen Angels (1995)

Nostalgia for a time that has never been known.

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The Gentlemen (2019)

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The Gentlemen (2019)

Gangsters don’t care for your political correctness.

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Gran Torino (2008)

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Gran Torino (2008)

You don’t want to be in Clint Eastwood’s crosshairs.

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The Dark Knight (2008)

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The Dark Knight (2008)

One of the most iconic crime films happens to be a man running around in a cape.

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A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Glimpse into delinquency.

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