🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 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.

A Complete Unknown (2024)

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A Complete Unknown (2024)

Bob Dylan and mainstream are like electric and folk.

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Monster (2023)

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Monster (2023)

Constantly shifting perspectives that might just shift yours.

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Yojimbo (1961)

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Yojimbo (1961)

Samurai epic meets spaghetti western.

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Harakiri (1962)

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Harakiri (1962)

Cinematography as sharp as samurai steel.

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Braveheart (1995)

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Braveheart (1995)

When heart matters more than historical accuracy.

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Scarface (1983)

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Scarface (1983)

Shakespearean downfall of a charismatic drug lord.

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Anora (2024)

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Anora (2024)

An unexpectedly auteur romcom.

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Heretic (2024)

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Heretic (2024)

Bible school for the disbelievers.

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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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A Star Is Born (2018)

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A Star Is Born (2018)

Lady Gaga can sing, but can she act?

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Global archeological adventure awaits!

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Die Hard (1988)

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Die Hard (1988)

All I want for Christmas is an action blockbuster.

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Silence (2016)

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Silence (2016)

Silence has never been so pitiful.

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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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Unbreakable (2000)

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Unbreakable (2000)

What superhero movies could have been.

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Amadeus (1984)

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Amadeus (1984)

The Mozart effect applies to movies too.

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The Last Samurai (2003)

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

The Last Samurai (2003)

Bringing Japan to western audiences.

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Jaws (1975)

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Jaws (1975)

Spielberg makes a generation afraid of the beach.

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Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (2019)

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Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (2019)

When a supporting lead steals the show.

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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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Forrest Gump (1994)

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Forrest Gump (1994)

Life is like a box of chocolates.

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Enemy (2013)

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Enemy (2013)

Denis Villeneuve’s artistic validation.

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Blade Runner (1982)

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Blade Runner (1982)

Why science fiction should exist.

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Annihilation (2018)

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Annihilation (2018)

A failed attempt to expand the zeitgeist of Solaris.

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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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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

A typical, yet effectively entertaining blockbuster.

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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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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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It (2017)

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It (2017)

As though we weren’t already scared enough of clowns.

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Insomnia (2002)

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Insomnia (2002)

You shouldn’t have any problems falling asleep.

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Gladiator (2000)

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Gladiator (2000)

Definitely entertained.

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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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In Cold Blood (1967)

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In Cold Blood (1967)

A masterclass in cinematography.

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Solaris (1972)

Marko Li 11/8/24 Marko Li 11/8/24

Solaris (1972)

A philosophical odyssey venturing into our cosmic subconscious.

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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

Marko Li 11/2/24 Marko Li 11/2/24

A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

Some Hollywood franchises need to die.

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Speak No Evil (2024)

Marko Li 11/2/24 Marko Li 11/2/24

Speak No Evil (2024)

Great, vacations are ruined too.

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Star Trek (2009)

Marko Li 11/1/24 Marko Li 11/1/24

Star Trek (2009)

A sci-fi space film that has no right being this good.

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Looper (2012)

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Looper (2012)

Time travel, cyberpunk, everything sci-fi fans will love.

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Django Unchained (2012)

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Django Unchained (2012)

Glorious gunslinging in this awesome Tarantino western.

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Ford V Ferrari (2019)

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Ford V Ferrari (2019)

Right on track to our hearts.

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Strange Darling (2023)

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Strange Darling (2023)

Unsophisticated subversion.

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Babylon (2022)

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Babylon (2022)

A vapid love letter to Hollywood filmmaking.

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Kinds of Kindness (2024)

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Kinds of Kindness (2024)

The absurdity of loyalty.

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The Theory of Everything (2014)

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The Theory of Everything (2014)

Everything Stephen Hawking, except the theory.

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Alien (1979)

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Alien (1979)

The alien movie that really started it all.

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Blue Velvet (1986)

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Blue Velvet (1986)

Some masterpieces don’t age well.

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Apocalypse Now (1979)

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Apocalypse Now (1979)

The greatest war film ever made.

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Vertigo (1958)

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Vertigo (1958)

Hitchcock’s masterpiece disorients audiences for the worse.

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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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