La La Land(2016)

Combined Rating:
96
Combined Critics Rating: 96

While waiting for their big breaks, two proper L.A. dreamers, a suavely- charming, soft-spoken jazz pianist and a brilliant, vivacious playwright, attempt to reconcile aspirations and relationship in a magical old-school romance.



Manchester by the Sea(2016)

Combined Rating:
95
Combined Critics Rating: 95

A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.



The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)

Combined Rating:
95
Combined Critics Rating: 93

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.



If Beale Street Could Talk(2018)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 91

A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child.



The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.



Paterson(2016)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.



Cold War(2018)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold ...



The Big Sick(2017)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 89

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.



The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.



Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.



Licorice Pizza(2021)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 88

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.



Knocked Up(2007)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.



Sicario(2015)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 87

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.



Sorry to Bother You(2018)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 87

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed.



The Northman(2022)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 87

From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder.



Fruitvale Station(2013)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 86

The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.



Ida(2013)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 86

Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.



The Handmaiden(2016)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 86

A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.



Fences(2016)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.



Bridesmaids(2011)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.




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