🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 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.

Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

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Y Tu Mamá También (2001)

Sex, politics, road trip.

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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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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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Ratcatcher (1999)

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Ratcatcher (1999)

The art film directors wish they made.

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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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Forrest Gump (1994)

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Forrest Gump (1994)

Life is like a box of chocolates.

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In Cold Blood (1967)

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In Cold Blood (1967)

A masterclass in cinematography.

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Days of Heaven (1978)

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Days of Heaven (1978)

When Terrence Malick makes a film rather than a diary.

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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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Three Colors: Blue (1993)

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Three Colors: Blue (1993)

Not as blue as you think.

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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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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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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Perhaps the vastest epic of all time.

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Psycho (1960)

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Psycho (1960)

The father of horror/thrillers.

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Seven Samurai (1954)

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Seven Samurai (1954)

The blade doesn’t cut deep for this Japanese epic.

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Casablanca (1942)

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Casablanca (1942)

The pinnacle of classic cinema.

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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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Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The real war is the fragility of the mind.

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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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Rear Window (1954)

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Rear Window (1954)

A glimpse of what visual storytelling is all about.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Crazy is never out of fashion.

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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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Blue Velvet (1986)

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Blue Velvet (1986)

Some masterpieces don’t age well.

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Barry Lyndon (1975)

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Barry Lyndon (1975)

An epic character study underneath all the powered wigs.

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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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The Third Man (1949)

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The Third Man (1949)

The king of classic film noir.

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Citizen Kane (1941)

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Citizen Kane (1941)

A revolution in filmmaking no longer revolutionary.

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The Master (2012)

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The Master (2012)

Might as well read a novel instead.

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Paris, Texas (1984)

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Paris, Texas (1984)

When slow burn erupts into a volcano.

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In The Mood For Love (2000)

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In The Mood For Love (2000)

Sexy, mature, sophisticated, but no love.

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Spirited Away (2001)

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Spirited Away (2001)

The best introduction into anime film.

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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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