🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 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.

Braveheart (1995)

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Braveheart (1995)

When heart matters more than historical accuracy.

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Ratcatcher (1999)

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Ratcatcher (1999)

The art film directors wish they made.

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Delicatessen (1991)

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Delicatessen (1991)

La crème de la crème of French originality.

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Ninja Scroll (1993)

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Ninja Scroll (1993)

Legendary ninja battles are always cut short.

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Sleepy Hollow (1999)

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Sleepy Hollow (1999)

How a legendary fable should be depicted.

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The Sixth Sense (1999)

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The Sixth Sense (1999)

Suspense isn’t fully dead yet.

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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

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The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

Sometimes the realest love is the most bittersweet.

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Groundhog Day (1993)

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Groundhog Day (1993)

When the jokes are good enough to repeat again and again.

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Forrest Gump (1994)

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Forrest Gump (1994)

Life is like a box of chocolates.

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Crumb (1994)

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Crumb (1994)

Genius or pervert?

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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

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Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

An obscure vision even for open eyes.

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Gattaca (1997)

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Gattaca (1997)

We’re more than the sum of our genes.

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Ghost in the Shell (1995)

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Ghost in the Shell (1995)

The greatest animated sci-fi film.

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Fargo (1996)

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Fargo (1996)

Shakespearean level comedy, ay?

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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Snip, snip.

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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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Princess Mononoke (1997)

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Princess Mononoke (1997)

Animated storytelling perfected.

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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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Audition (1999)

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Audition (1999)

One of the most viscerally painful experiences captured on screen.

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Raise The Red Lantern (1991)

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Raise The Red Lantern (1991)

A game of patriarchy and foot massages.

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Three Colors: Blue (1993)

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Three Colors: Blue (1993)

Not as blue as you think.

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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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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

The only time you’ll want to go to prison.

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Schindler’s List (1993)

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Schindler’s List (1993)

The most poignant portrayal of the Holocaust.

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Peppermint Candy (1999)

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Peppermint Candy (1999)

A suicide you might not bother to save.

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Trainspotting (1996)

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Trainspotting (1996)

Drugs and lightning in the bottle.

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The Thin Red Line (1998)

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The Thin Red Line (1998)

Can war be poetic?

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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

When a war movie is so brutal it feels like a reenactment.

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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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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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Before Sunrise / Sunset / Midnight (1995-2013)

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Before Sunrise / Sunset / Midnight (1995-2013)

The romantic epic trilogy.

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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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Rushmore (1998)

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Rushmore (1998)

Wes Anderson without the set pieces.

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Chungking Express (1994)

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Chungking Express (1994)

Not a film, but a fleeting memory.

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The Matrix (1999)

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The Matrix (1999)

Hackers know gun-fu.

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Good Will Hunting (1997)

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Good Will Hunting (1997)

Wicked smaht.

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Fight Club (1999)

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Fight Club (1999)

We don't talk about Fight Club.

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

The triumphant cult classic marks Quentin Tarantino best film.

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American History X (1998)

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American History X (1998)

An unrestrained redemption arc of a neo-nazi.

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Se7en (1995)

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Se7en (1995)

What's in the box?

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American Beauty (1999)

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American Beauty (1999)

Ironically, the films free from commercial influence have the most influence.

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The Quick and the Dead (1995)

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The Quick and the Dead (1995)

A fun western in between different filmmaking periods.

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