| LAT | RTMC | RTC | note: “~” = the film's name | |
| documentary | ||||
| McQueen | yes | 100 | 100 | *engrossing, compulsively watchable |
| The Bleeding Edge | yes | 100 | 100 | can already be called an agent of change |
| Minding the Gap | yes | 100 | 100 | an essay that never feels like an essay |
| Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape | yes | 100 | remains good, clean, relatable fun | |
| 40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie | yes | 100 | still resounds | |
| Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | yes | 97 | 100 | fun, dishy, uniquely nostalgic |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda | yes | 96 | 100 | geouslooking and sounding productio |
| Crime + Punishment | yes | 94 | 100 | alleged NYPD quota policy and the cops who fight it |
| Dark Money | yes | 93 | 100 | a genuine political detective story |
| Far From the Tree | yes | 91 | 87 | Moving tales of human nature |
| 93Queen | yes | 91 | Intimate, engaging | |
| Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story | yes | 86 | rich, deeply dimensional | |
| Path of Blood | yes | 83 | 83 | where the inexplicable and mundane mix |
| Love, Cecil | yes | 82 | 88 | nicely captures the witty, talented artist completely |
| The Oslo Diaries | yes | 78 | an insider’s look at momentous Middle East talks | |
| Constructing Albert | yes | 75 | 80 | dive[s] deep into the psyche of Albert Adrià |
| Songwriter | yes | 69 | veiled ad for Sheeran’s discography still inspires | |
| Killer Bees | yes | modest, appealing sports doc | ||
| Restoring Tomorrow | yes | earnest, moving and sometimes funny | ||
| Cielo | so-so | 77 | 80 | does not always achieve its lofty ambitions |
| Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity | so-so | awkwardly assembled but compelling mash note | ||
| Milford Graves Full Mantis | no | 80 | 67 | never quite [finds its] groove |
| Generation Wealth | no | 46 | 44 | messy, conspicuous and sporadically absorbing |
| Love Is Tolerance | no | the execution and ideas are far too vague | ||
| Citizen Clark … A Life of Principle | no | unstructured and rather amateurish | ||
| animated | ||||
| Teen Titans Go! To the Movies | yes | 90 | 89 | hits right beats while delivering laughs |
| Flavors of Youth | yes | 80 | a sensitively handled triptych | |
| Luis & the Aliens | yes | 18 | rather devastatingly sad story | |
| Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | so-so | 100 | 100 | a bit long and suffers from multiple endings |
| Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | so-so | 61 | 60 | delivers more of the same entertaining fare |
| The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl | no | 88 | One strange brew | |
| regular movies | ||||
| Night Comes On | yes | 100 | 100 | burns with a smoldering fire |
| The Spy Gone North | yes | 100 | a taut, slowly engrossing Cold War thriller | |
| The Wild Boys | yes | 100 | heady, sexually charged take on “Lord of the Flies” | |
| Eighth Grade | yes | 98 | 98 | *sharp, sensitive and enormously affecting |
| Mission: Impossible — Fallout | yes | 97 | 98 | *remains a comforting thrill |
| BlacKkKlansman | yes | 97 | 100 | *attacks racism past and present |
| Nico, 1988 | yes | 95 | 94 | has elements of farce as well as those of tragedy |
| Custody | yes | 94 | 92 | *a superb drama of a couple’s fight over a child |
| We the Animals | yes | 93 | 89 | *touching look at a family in flux |
| A Prayer Before Dawn | yes | 93 | 91 | *Prison drama hits hard, masterfully |
| Araby | yes | 92 | 80 | Migrant worker makes a lyrical trip |
| Searching | yes | 92 | 94 | ingenious mystery film |
| No Date, No Signature | yes | 92 | 100 | A penetrating diagnosis of guilt |
| Euthanizer | yes | 92 | dark and often disturbing, boundary-pushing | |
| Support the Girls | yes | 91 | 92 | *terrific sports-bar comedy |
| Good Manners | yes | 91 | 100 | Another kind of monster movie |
| Gavagai | yes | 89 | 80 | beautifully singular movie |
| Skate Kitchen | yes | 89 | 84 | *richly informed by the grit and agony of real life |
| The Wife | yes | 89 | 88 | *Dark bargains of marriage |
| Madeline’s Madeline | yes | 88 | 83 | *a feverish and mercurial brainstorm |
| Pin Cushion | yes | 88 | 100 | surreal and whimsical mother-daughter nightmare |
| The Citizen | yes | 86 | An involving, stacked deck of a story | |
| What Will People Say | yes | 85 | 75 | tough, compelling |
| The Miseducation of Cameron Post | yes | 84 | 78 | a sincere, gentle coming-of-age story |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | yes | 83 | a disarmingly effective, visually vibrant frolic | |
| Puzzle | yes | 82 | 88 | thoughtful yet pointed drama |
| Alpha | yes | 82 | 89 | *a treat for dog lovers |
| Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | yes | 80 | 88 | *lifted by ABBA-solutely infectious music |
| The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | yes | 79 | 83 | *Netflix: an old-school, old-fashioned romantic drama |
| Juliet, Naked | yes | 74 | 71 | Love in all the odd places |
| Christopher Robin | yes | 70 | 72 | CR and Pooh aren’t too grown-up to have fun |
| What Keeps You Alive | yes | 69 | 75 | It all starts with a trip to a cabin ... |
| The Forest of Lost Souls | yes | 63 | A haunting tale that will surprise | |
| The Bookshop | yes | 60 | 67 | a profoundly resonant parable |
| The Motive | yes | 58 | A darkly intriguing take on the creative process | |
| The Equalizer 2 | yes | 49 | 37 | brooding, effective, violent, action melodrama |
| Skyscraper | yes | 48 | 50 | blissfully stupid and thoroughly irresistible |
| The Spy Who Dumped Me | yes | 44 | 41 | a fast, funny Europetrotting buddy caper |
| Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti | yes | 40 | 43 | Atmospheric biopic |
| Occupation | yes | 40 | Derivative but lively, engaging | |
| Arizona | yes | 36 | 20 | darkly comic film noir |
| The Island | so-so | 100 | Cleverly conceived, if somewhat overwrought | |
| What Still Remains | so-so | 100 | the movie overall is a bit too sedate | |
| To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before | so-so | 95 | 82 | honest and heartfelt even when it’s fumbling |
| Crazy rich Asians | so-so | 94 | 95 | Flawed, exuberant |
| Winter Brothers | so-so | 89 | 100 | impressively audacious — and not for everyone |
| The Swan | so-so | 87 | 83 | occasionally overwrought in its ethereal tangents |
| The Third Murder | so-so | 82 | 50 | can be as frustrating as it is fascinating |
| Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot | so-so | 75 | 76 | flawed but captivating addiction biopic |
| BuyBust | so-so | 73 | 67 | the violence is a hard pill to swallow |
| Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich | so-so | 70 | 71 | It’s got puppets, it’s got gore |
| Never Goin’ Back | so-so | 69 | 80 | a sweaty, silly summer adventure |
| Dog Days | so-so | 60 | 59 | too safe and unsurprising for its own good |
| Our House | so-so | 53 | 50 | more realistic family drama than a spookfest |
| Down a Dark Hall | so-so | 52 | 63 | Mild thrills, chills for the YA crowd |
| Hot Summer Nights | so-so | 42 | 24 | Chalamet & Co. crackle. The plot, not so much. |
| Damascus Cover | so-so | 14 | serviceable but astonishingly generic | |
| Poor Boy | so-so | A wild and wooly fable meanders | ||
| Blindspotting | no | 94 | 85 | race, violence — and results are uneven |
| Cocote | no | 81 | 33 | prefers to be willfully enigmatic than fully engaged |
| A Whale of a Tale | no | 78 | 60 | story just treads water |
| The Night Eats the World | no | 75 | 57 | Nothing to chew on in zombie tale |
| The Captain | no | 73 | 55 | mesmerizes then turns shallow |
| The Devil’s Doorway | no | 73 | Irish horror film steeped in clichés | |
| Memoir of War | no | 68 | 56 | primarily a valiant misfire |
| Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings | no | 63 | gets too strange for its own good | |
| Operation Finale | no | 60 | 54 | muted drama in nazi hunt |
| Unfriended: Dark Web | no | 59 | 65 | gruesome horror sequel will make you want to log off |
| Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days | no | 57 | does eventuality build up momentum | |
| Papillon | no | 55 | 38 | it seldom engagingly takes flight |
| The Meg | no | 49 | 24 | silly, stilted, giganto-shark thriller |
| Elizabeth Harvest | no | 40 | 17 | the arty-dumb dialogue wears out its welcome |
| Blue Iguana | no | 27 | 13 | Caper can’t talk its way to comedy |
| The Happytime Murders | no | 22 | 9 | Warm and fuzzy? Not this puppet show |
| Mile 22 | no | 20 | 26 | completely cinematically hog-wild |
| I Am Vengeance | no | 20 | Fighting aplenty, thrills few. Blimey. | |
| The Little Mermaid | no | 20 | a middling, live-action fantasy | |
| The Darkest Minds | no | 18 | 14 | forgettably “safe” YA dystopia |
| Slender Man | no | 15 | 0 | profoundly not-scary horror film |
| 14 Cameras | no | 13 | tedious exploitation not sleazy enough to find offensive | |
| Siberia | no | 6 | 9 | starts out promising but can’t really deliver |
| An L.A. Minute | no | 0 | Failure comes in ~ | |
| Breaking & Exiting | no | 0 | Much more like meet-really-weird | |
| 7 Splinters in Time | no | Sci-fi indie is a pretentious mess | ||
| Angels on Tap | no | Throwback lacks comedic punch | ||
| Benched | no | It should have stayed on the pine | ||
| Broken Star | no | Indie drama burns out in the end | ||
| Brotherly Love | no | Dramedy a test of faith and patience | ||
| Dead Envy | no | Stalker thriller doesn’t rock out | ||
| Devil’s Cove | no | Lovers on the run aren’t much fun | ||
| Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks | no | uninvolving, ill-conceived comedy | ||
| Heels | no | never fully unites its various elements | ||
| Hell Mountain | no | Cannibalism can’t redeem this mess | ||
| Last Curtain Call | no | Little to like save for a love of music | ||
| Like Father | no | Netflix: feels like an ad for a cruise | ||
| Making a Killing | no | feels like a cheap Nevada Barr knockoff | ||
| Snapshots | no | The words don’t do pictures justice | ||
| The Row | no | A sorority slasher that’s barely there | ||
| Urban Country | no | Familiar ride full of faith not for all |