| LAT | RTMC | RTC | note: “~” = the film's name | |
| documentary | ||||
| Dawson City: Frozen Time | yes | 100 | 100 | *does so many things so beautifully it is hard to know where to begin. |
| Food Evolution | yes | 100 | 100 | turns to reason to discuss GMO controversy |
| Legion of Brothers | yes | 100 | 100 | how 'less than 100 guys toppled the Taliban' and what happened after |
| My Journey Through French Cinema | yes | 100 | 100 | passionate, opinionated, drop-dead fascinating |
| Nowhere to Hide | yes | 100 | 100 | puts you on the ground and on the run in war-torn Iraq |
| Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan | yes | 100 | 100 | gracefully captures dancer's denouement |
| Elián | yes | 100 | a comprehensive retelling | |
| The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography | yes | 96 | 100 | reveals subject's charm |
| Night School | yes | 95 | 100 | the struggles of low-income, opportunity-challenged souls |
| Abacus: Small Enough to Jail | yes | 92 | 86 | It's not every day that you end up rooting for a bank |
| Score: A Film Music Documentary | yes | 92 | 85 | will undoubtedly score with musicians and cinephiles alike |
| Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower | yes | 92 | 83 | captures emergence of a young leader |
| In Pursuit of Silence | yes | 91 | 100 | Silence is indeed golden |
| Raising Bertie | yes | 90 | 100 | Authentic portrait of young men at risk |
| Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back | yes | 83 | 100 | a fitting tribute |
| Letters from Baghdad | yes | 83 | 69 | reveals the desert adventures of Gertrude Bell |
| The Reagan Show | yes | 80 | 63 | captures the moment when style overtook substance |
| Buena Vista Social Club: Adios | yes | 64 | 56 | both prequel and sequel |
| Blood Road | yes | a moving experience for both its subjects and the audience | ||
| Cruel and Unusual | yes | a stark depiction of the way racism functions | ||
| From the Ashes | yes | a compelling piece of advocacy journalism | ||
| The House on Coco Road | yes | the compelling story of director Damani Baker’s family | ||
| The Space in Between: Marina Abramovic and Brazil | yes | A performance artist searches for healing | ||
| Long Strange Trip: The Untold Story of the Grateful Dead | so-so | 100 | 100 | repetitive stretches and excesses. |
| Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press | so-so | 89 | 90 | lacks sweep and historical perspective |
| Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation | so-so | 83 | all-over-the-map, but fascinating | |
| Hearing Is Believing | so-so | 60 | may grow weary during [the] lengthy segments | |
| Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story | so-so | 43 | fails to fill in all of Combs’ blanks | |
| Long Live the King | so-so | big on enthusiasm, lacks depth | ||
| Good Fortune | no | 75 | A strong story; still just product | |
| The American Media & the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy | no | proves to be as long-winded as its accusatory title | ||
| animated | ||||
| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | yes | 87 | 84 | *funny, fresh and frantic |
| Cars 3 | yes | 68 | 56 | a genial, easy-going throwback |
| Despicable Me 3 | no | 61 | 48 | so bad it's almost unendurable |
| regular movies | ||||
| Sami Blood | yes | 94 | 100 | The cost of denying identity on display |
| Baby Driver | yes | 93 | 95 | *an automotive musical like no other |
| Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe | yes | 92 | 100 | beautifully captures the mysterious life of the once-famed author |
| Wonder Woman | yes | 92 | 92 | *comes to the rescue of the DC Comics universe |
| Maudie | yes | 89 | 89 | like a charmingly cracked domestic play |
| It Comes at Night | yes | 89 | 88 | finds terror in the shadows of a post-apocalyptic hideaway |
| God Of War | yes | 88 | 80 | lively, entertaining |
| The Ornithologist | yes | 87 | 82 | a transfixing spiritual and sexual odyssey |
| Moka | yes | 86 | 100 | builds tension with a grieving mother on a mission |
| Okja | yes | 85 | 89 | sensitively attuned to its moment, pushing the boundaries |
| Band Aid | yes | 85 | 85 | a charming and profoundly affecting film |
| Afterimage | yes | 84 | 92 | vividly connected to the Polish auteur's beginnings |
| The Death of Louis XIV | yes | 84 | 80 | a grim, claustrophobic procedural, a corporeal epic |
| Handsome Devil | yes | 83 | 60 | Credible characters, some nice writing and a vital message |
| The Exception | yes | 78 | 85 | a handsomely mounted World War II-era romantic thriller |
| The Beguiled | yes | 78 | 77 | has some of the spooky, suggestive magic of a fairy tale |
| Beatriz at Dinner | yes | 77 | 79 | Salma Hayek shines in the delicious Trump-era satire |
| 13 Minutes | yes | 76 | 71 | details 1939 assassination attempt on Hitler |
| My Cousin Rachel | yes | 75 | 71 | Rachel Weisz beguiles in Roger Michell's romantic thriller |
| Wakefield | yes | 74 | 64 | Bryan Cranston retreats and observes in literary drama |
| Manifesto | yes | 73 | 83 | channels artistic declarations |
| Berlin Syndrome | yes | 73 | 77 | Patience is rewarded in this suspenseful film |
| Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge | yes | 71 | 63 | delivers stylish view of noted scientist |
| Moscow Never Sleeps | yes | 70 | 50 | shows Russian capital to good effect |
| Churchill | yes | 48 | 33 | propulsive, emotionally involving |
| Awakening the Zodiac | yes | 45 | Solid performances ground mystery-thriller | |
| 11:55 | yes | Contemporary drama crackles like a high-noon western | ||
| A Beginner’s Guide to Snuff | yes | more fun than appalling | ||
| Jasmine | yes | Psychological thriller vividly depicts a grief-stricken lost soul | ||
| Opening Night | yes | funny and sexy if decidedly slight | ||
| War Machine | yes | hits its mark | ||
| Lucky | so-so | 100 | a palpably gritty, if familiar, take on the immigrant experience | |
| The Big Sick | so-so | 98 | 98 | a delightful comedy and an imperfect milestone |
| Radio Dreams | so-so | 95 | 100 | the quirky setups, oddball interactions and erratic conflicts |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | so-so | 92 | 83 | the results here, as in the previous attempts, are mixed |
| Megan Leavey | so-so | 84 | 83 | tells a tale of two war heroes: a woman Marine and her bomb-sniffing K-9 |
| Past Life | so-so | 78 | 70 | Uneven but ultimately effective, despite its melodramatic plotting |
| The Hero | so-so | 77 | 79 | More clumsy than knowing in its portrait |
| 47 Meters Down | so-so | 53 | 55 | the kind of cheesy thriller that's good for a few jumps |
| Black Butterfly | so-so | 50 | engaging even when it’s ridiculous | |
| Vincent N Roxxy | so-so | 44 | 63 | uneven rural romance and thriller |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | so-so | 29 | 24 | there are no new treasures to be found in this installment |
| Transformers: The Last Knight | so-so | 15 | 17 | True, not everything makes sense. OK, nothing makes sense. |
| Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All | so-so | 13 | 0 | ultimately feels like a marketing tool for ISKCON |
| As Good as You | so-so | looks at grief in both smart and mushy ways | ||
| Can Hitler Happen Here? | so-so | Indie drama is a real curio | ||
| I Love You Both | so-so | Quirky comedy tests bond of unusually close siblings | ||
| From Hollywood to Rose | no | 100 | thin and clichéd, relying on tired gags and stereotypes for humor | |
| The Little Hours | no | 77 | 85 | Randy nuns run amok in failed nunsploitation parody |
| The Journey | no | 68 | 50 | reduces history to a contrivance |
| Miles | no | 67 | feels a bit rickety around the edges | |
| Dean | no | 63 | 67 | resembles a lot of other joke/mope/joke/emo-music movies |
| Aaron's Blood | no | 60 | little to keep its heart beating | |
| Rough Night | no | 46 | 38 | strenuously crude and crotch-obsessed |
| The Bad Batch | no | 43 | 39 | a leaner, sharper movie is trying to chew its way out |
| Reset | no | 43 | time-travel thrille could use some fast forward | |
| The Hunter's Prayer | no | 39 | 20 | Sam Worthington gets out-acted by Hungary in the dumb actioner |
| Camera Obscura | no | 29 | 14 | overloads on context |
| Drone | no | 27 | embodies its title and not in a good way | |
| Inconceivable | no | 25 | So simplistic it's almost, well. | |
| Once Upon a Time in Venice | no | 22 | 30 | Action comedy does nothing to boost Bruce Willis' career (or dog movies) |
| Book of Henry | no | 22 | 12 | execrably manipulative |
| All Eyez on Me | no | 17 | 24 | a muddled vision of Tupac |
| The House | no | 17 | 7 | It seemed like a sure bet, but ... |
| The Mummy | no | 16 | 7 | Tom Cruise's best efforts can't revive a chaotic reboot |
| Kill Switch | no | 11 | 0 | Computer graphics were turned all the way up |
| Ripped | no | 0 | 0 | slapdash filmmaking and lazy storytellingy |
| Darkness Rising | no | 0 | bland horror film | |
| 96 Souls | no | Sci-fi drama is straight-faced silly | ||
| Blue | no | Well-intended Appalachia-set drama fails to gel | ||
| Capps Crossing | no | dreadfully dumb script | ||
| Dark Signal | no | dull, poorly structured | ||
| La Granja | no | Grim Puerto Rican drama keeps audience at a distance | ||
| Middle Man | no | Dark, comedy goes on a violent crime spree with no payoff | ||
| Pray for Rain | no | Investigative thriller offers oversimplified explanation for drought | ||
| Random Tropical Paradise | no | never knows whether it's a mon movie or a raunchy comedy | ||
| Rogue Warrior: Robot Figher | no | Cheesy battle against A.I. | ||
| Tatara Samuri | no | this warrior's tale quickly loses edge | ||
| Unfallen | no | Brothers face off in woefully inept war drama | ||