🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 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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Scarface (1983)

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Scarface (1983)

Shakespearean downfall of a charismatic drug lord.

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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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Sleepy Hollow (1999)

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Sleepy Hollow (1999)

How a legendary fable should be depicted.

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Unbreakable (2000)

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Unbreakable (2000)

What superhero movies could have been.

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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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Stand By Me (1986)

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Stand By Me (1986)

Pre-internet adventures of American adolescence.

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Dead Poet’s Society (1989)

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Dead Poet’s Society (1989)

Father figure not just for The Holdovers.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

The precursor to Gen Z filmmaking.

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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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Crazy Stupid Love (2011)

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Crazy Stupid Love (2011)

A romcom even men should enjoy.

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Pollock (2000)

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Pollock (2000)

Do you have to be unstable to be a great artist?

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The Last Samurai (2003)

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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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Blade Runner (1982)

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Blade Runner (1982)

Why science fiction should exist.

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Source Code (2011)

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Source Code (2011)

Fun as long as you can turn off your brain.

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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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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Snip, snip.

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Carrie (1976)

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Carrie (1976)

Catharsis for all the high school injustice.

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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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Requiem for a Dream (2000)

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Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Why you shouldn’t do drugs.

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Phone Booth (2002)

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Phone Booth (2002)

Bring phone booths back again.

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Star Trek (2009)

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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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Panic Room (2002)

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Panic Room (2002)

2000s thrillers were something else.

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The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

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The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

Likely the funniest slasher of all time.

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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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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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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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Alien (1979)

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Alien (1979)

The alien movie that really started it all.

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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 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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Mulholland Drive (2001)

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Mulholland Drive (2001)

Watch Perfect Blue instead.

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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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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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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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The Master (2012)

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The Master (2012)

Might as well read a novel instead.

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Memento (2000)

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Memento (2000)

When a film is presented backwards.

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La La Land (2016)

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La La Land (2016)

The most accessible modern musical.

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Rushmore (1998)

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Rushmore (1998)

Wes Anderson without the set pieces.

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Donnie Darko (2001)

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Donnie Darko (2001)

Though no one will believe, it’s never just teenage angst.

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