🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 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.

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Companion (2025)

Marko Li 4/7/25 Marko Li 4/7/25

Companion (2025)

Sci-fi silliness.

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Shoplifters (2018)

Marko Li 2/3/25 Marko Li 2/3/25

Shoplifters (2018)

Stealing our hearts in the process.

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High and Low (1963)

Marko Li 1/28/25 Marko Li 1/28/25

High and Low (1963)

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

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Yojimbo (1961)

Marko Li 1/27/25 Marko Li 1/27/25

Yojimbo (1961)

Samurai epic meets spaghetti western.

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Conclave (2024)

Marko Li 1/24/25 Marko Li 1/24/25

Conclave (2024)

Church is officially cool again.

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Heretic (2024)

Marko Li 1/23/25 Marko Li 1/23/25

Heretic (2024)

Bible school for the disbelievers.

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Juror #2 (2024)

Marko Li 1/23/25 Marko Li 1/23/25

Juror #2 (2024)

If they made Law and Order into a movie.

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Men (2022)

Marko Li 12/25/24 Marko Li 12/25/24

Men (2022)

Welcome to uncanny valley.

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M (1931)

Marko Li 12/19/24 Marko Li 12/19/24

M (1931)

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

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Die Hard (1988)

Marko Li 12/17/24 Marko Li 12/17/24

Die Hard (1988)

All I want for Christmas is an action blockbuster.

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Ninja Scroll (1993)

Marko Li 12/17/24 Marko Li 12/17/24

Ninja Scroll (1993)

Legendary ninja battles are always cut short.

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Victoria (2015)

Marko Li 12/16/24 Marko Li 12/16/24

Victoria (2015)

They actually filmed a one-shot movie.

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The Hurt Locker (2008)

Marko Li 12/16/24 Marko Li 12/16/24

The Hurt Locker (2008)

This deployment won’t really blow you away.

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Contagion (2011)

Marko Li 12/16/24 Marko Li 12/16/24

Contagion (2011)

Visions of a future novel Coronavirus.

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All the Money in the World (2017)

Marko Li 12/16/24 Marko Li 12/16/24

All the Money in the World (2017)

…and Ridley Scott still misses.

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You Were Never Really Here (2017)

Marko Li 12/16/24 Marko Li 12/16/24

You Were Never Really Here (2017)

A violent metaphor on burden, trauma and guilt.

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Candyman (2021)

Marko Li 12/16/24 Marko Li 12/16/24

Candyman (2021)

Making racial injustice feel like an urban myth.

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Split (2016)

Marko Li 12/16/24 Marko Li 12/16/24

Split (2016)

James McAvoy takes the crown for multiple-personalities.

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Unbreakable (2000)

Marko Li 12/16/24 Marko Li 12/16/24

Unbreakable (2000)

What superhero movies could have been.

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The Sixth Sense (1999)

Marko Li 12/16/24 Marko Li 12/16/24

The Sixth Sense (1999)

Suspense isn’t fully dead yet.

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Elephant (2003)

Marko Li 12/15/24 Marko Li 12/15/24

Elephant (2003)

Making sense of a school shooter.

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Captain Phillips (2013)

Marko Li 12/15/24 Marko Li 12/15/24

Captain Phillips (2013)

Look at me, I’m the captain now.

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V/H/S (2012)

Marko Li 12/14/24 Marko Li 12/14/24

V/H/S (2012)

Analog horror for those that love ghost stories.

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Jaws (1975)

Marko Li 12/13/24 Marko Li 12/13/24

Jaws (1975)

Spielberg makes a generation afraid of the beach.

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Buster’s Mal Heart (2016)

Marko Li 12/13/24 Marko Li 12/13/24

Buster’s Mal Heart (2016)

Mr. Robot without the hacking.

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Marko Li 12/13/24 Marko Li 12/13/24

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Silly caucasian girl likes to play with samurai swords.

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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Marko Li 12/13/24 Marko Li 12/13/24

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

An obscure vision even for open eyes.

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The Machinist (2004)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

The Machinist (2004)

A horror you won’t be able to look away from.

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Enemy (2013)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Enemy (2013)

Denis Villeneuve’s artistic validation.

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Blade Runner (1982)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Blade Runner (1982)

Why science fiction should exist.

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Annihilation (2018)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Annihilation (2018)

A failed attempt to expand the zeitgeist of Solaris.

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Hotel Artemis (2018)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Hotel Artemis (2018)

Is stylish world building enough to make a movie?

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Limitless (2011)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Limitless (2011)

There’s still a limit to the audience’s disbelief.

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Source Code (2011)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Source Code (2011)

Fun as long as you can turn off your brain.

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District 9 (2009)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

District 9 (2009)

Defying traditional alien tropes.

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Gattaca (1997)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Gattaca (1997)

We’re more than the sum of our genes.

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Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

The greatest animated sci-fi film.

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Akira (1988)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Akira (1988)

The cyberpunk anime that started it all.

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Paprika (2006)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Paprika (2006)

The original dream heist.

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Fargo (1996)

Marko Li 12/12/24 Marko Li 12/12/24

Fargo (1996)

Shakespearean level comedy, ay?

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Black Swan (2010)

Marko Li 12/10/24 Marko Li 12/10/24

Black Swan (2010)

Marking the cultural obsession with obsession.

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Us (2019)

Marko Li 12/10/24 Marko Li 12/10/24

Us (2019)

The scariest Peele movie, still isn’t particularly scary.

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It Comes At Night (2017)

Marko Li 12/9/24 Marko Li 12/9/24

It Comes At Night (2017)

There’s nothing in the woods.

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Insomnia (2002)

Marko Li 12/9/24 Marko Li 12/9/24

Insomnia (2002)

You shouldn’t have any problems falling asleep.

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Gerald’s Game (2017)

Marko Li 12/9/24 Marko Li 12/9/24

Gerald’s Game (2017)

A successfully triggering film.

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Hell or High Water (2016)

Marko Li 11/11/24 Marko Li 11/11/24

Hell or High Water (2016)

Nothing like a Texas western heist.

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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Marko Li 11/11/24 Marko Li 11/11/24

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

The bureaucratic hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

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Train To Busan (2016)

Marko Li 11/11/24 Marko Li 11/11/24

Train To Busan (2016)

Korean zombies infect western cinema.

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Old (2021)

Marko Li 11/11/24 Marko Li 11/11/24

Old (2021)

M. Night Shyamalan’s movies are indeed, too old.

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The Boondock Saints (1999)

Marko Li 11/11/24 Marko Li 11/11/24

The Boondock Saints (1999)

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

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