| LAT | RTMC | note: “~” = the film's name | |
| documentary | |||
| Bathtubs Over Broadway | yes | 100 | charming, goofy |
| Charm City | yes | 100 | careful quilting of compassion and action |
| Mr. Fish: Cartooning From the Deep End | yes | 100 | story is told with enjoyable insight and candor |
| Shirkers | yes | 100 | *a captivating journey into a lost cinematic past |
| Shoah: Four Sisters | yes | 100 | stirring last chapter in the Holocaust project |
| The Never-Ending Man: Hayao Mayazaki | yes | 100 | a dirge and an ode to joy |
| The Panama Papers | yes | 100 | a methodical exploration |
| The Waldheim Waltz | yes | 100 | Chilling lessons of Austria |
| The World Before Your Feet | yes | 100 | enlightening, life-affirming |
| Amazing Grace | yes | 99 | *You fall effortlessly into its slipstream |
| Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | yes | 96 | *[restoring] a history that places women behind the camera |
| Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle | yes | 95 | unopened presents, fabric scraps, umbrellas |
| Of Fathers and Sons | yes | 94 | warped dream of family survival |
| The Cleaners | yes | 93 | gray areas getting skimmed over, the voices being squelched |
| The Great Buster | yes | 93 | *authoritative, amusing; beautifully restored clips |
| The Last Race | yes | 93 | A full-throttle look at stock car racing |
| Maria by Callas | yes | 92 | *an intimate revelation |
| The Price of Everything | yes | 92 | *A lot of them end up in storage |
| They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead | yes | 92 | impeccably assembled production |
| Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes | yes | 90 | *gripping, compelling but chilling |
| Under the Wire | yes | 86 | brings a vivid immediacy to this tragic event |
| Monrovia, Indiana | yes | 84 | *surprisingly companionable and enjoyable |
| Fail State | yes | 83 | cleareyed, easily digestible |
| The Price of Free | yes | 80 | compassionate heroism and hard-won hopefulness |
| Watergate | yes | 78 | rivetingly thorough account |
| Narcissister Organ Player | yes | 71 | a beautifully heartfelt and poetic tribute |
| Making the Five Heartbeats | yes | considerable passion and perseverance | |
| The Advocates | yes | straight-ahead but affecting | |
| They Fight | yes | slender but affectingly penetrating | |
| Transformer | yes | an intimate portrait | |
| Travel Ban | yes | *honest, funny and timely | |
| Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland | so-so | 100 | plays oddly |
| Searching for Ingmar Bergman | so-so | 91 | chatty and enjoyable but decidedly nondefinitive |
| Chef Flynn | so-so | 73 | occasionally feels frustratingly indulgent |
| animated | |||
| Liyana | yes | 100 | Shot through with equal parts trauma and hope |
| The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales | yes | 96 | Simple drawings land big laughs |
| Mirai | yes | 91 | *a daring jump into another universe entirely |
| Ruben Brandt, Collector | yes | 81 | *voluptuously trippy, wildly original |
| The Grinch | so-so | 59 | a gift mainly for its visuals |
| Ralph Breaks the Internet | no | 88 | like a self-serving meme |
| Liz and the Blue Bird | no | 82 | Music, fairy tale don’t quite fly |
| regular movies | |||
| A Bread Factory | yes | 100 | wondrously moving, thoughtful and inventive |
| Alanis | yes | 100 | a world of hard-won survival |
| Number 37 | yes | 100 | well-constructed thriller |
| The Grief of Others | yes | 100 | Soulful portrayal of a family’s pain |
| Vaya | yes | 100 | avoids convenient, well-trod moralizing |
| Shoplifters | yes | 99 | *wise and insightful |
| Can You Ever Forgive Me | yes | 98 | *smart, bleakly comedic |
| The Guilty | yes | 98 | *A simple story takes a gripping turn |
| Border | yes | 97 | *Refreshingly offbeat fractured fairy tale |
| Thunder Road | yes | 97 | *fully formed and startlingly confident |
| 1985 | yes | 95 | *[restoring] a history that places women behind the camera |
| Jinn | yes | 95 | A spiritual search upends status quo |
| Wildlife | yes | 94 | *keenly intelligent and quietly piercing |
| The Favourite | yes | 93 | *devious delight |
| Life and Nothing More | yes | 92 | a vital, singularly crafted film |
| The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | yes | 91 | *Into new places in the old west |
| Widows | yes | 91 | *a heist thriller with a vengeance — and a conscience |
| Happy as Lazzaro | yes | 90 | *full of surprises and radiant characters |
| A Private War | yes | 89 | *gripping, insightful |
| Bodied | yes | 89 | *words spew, stutter and startle |
| Prospect | yes | 89 | *thoughtful sci-fi drama |
| The Great Buddha+ | yes | 88 | As savagely satirical as it is gorgeously surreal |
| What They Had | yes | 88 | *Do not forget this jewel |
| Creed II | yes | 84 | *packs an effective 1-2 punch |
| Instant Family | yes | 82 | *richly funny |
| Overlord | yes | 81 | *energetic, Tarantino-esque B-movie splatterfest |
| Unlovable | yes | 81 | gets just the right level of twee |
| At Eternity’s Gate | yes | 80 | *you’ve not really seen Van Gogh on screen before |
| Dovlatov | yes | 79 | soulful, superbly shot and designed |
| Anna and the Apocalypse | yes | 77 | *At last, a Christmas zombie musical |
| Never Look Away | yes | 77 | *an absorbing, ruminative |
| The Clovehitch Killer | yes | 77 | brings some spooky atmosphere to a smart script |
| The Party’s Just Beginning | yes | 77 | a conduit for grief and grit |
| El Angel | yes | 74 | a portrait of [a] real life devil |
| The Long Dumb Road | yes | 73 | a terrifically entertaining odd couple comedy |
| Indivisible | yes | 72 | grounded and real |
| The Delinquent Season | yes | 70 | maintains a vitality and timelessness |
| Suspiria | yes | 66 | A hoot, a folly and a marvel |
| The Christmas Chronicles | yes | 65 | Netflix: a sleighful of energy, humor and gusto |
| The New Romantic | yes | 64 | Sense, sensibility, sure. But love? |
| Weightless | yes | 64 | What’s left unsaid speaks volumes |
| Outlaw King | yes | 63 | Nfx Ripsnorting epic entertains |
| Vox Lux | yes | 61 | a mesmerizing brew of pop-star psychodrama and cultural history |
| The Front Runner | yes | 60 | smart, fast and funny |
| Mobile Homes | yes | 58 | Scruffy, charming road drama |
| Burning | yes | 55 | Anger, confusion and desire simmer deep inside |
| Cam | yes | An engaging peek at ‘cam girls’ | |
| Green Book | yes | a savvy and super-effective piece of popular entertainment | |
| Halloween | yes | Nasty and nimble and stumbles only occasionally | |
| Here and Now | yes | well-observed moments | |
| Martyr | yes | simultaneously beautiful and bleak | |
| Robin Hood | yes | a little anarchy in the uk | |
| Roma | yes | Based on Alfonso Cuaro'ns childhood | |
| The Marriage | yes | gratefully nonfarcical | |
| Time Freak | yes | fun and surprisingly poignant science-fiction | |
| Becoming Astrid | so-so | 96 | revealing early-years biopic |
| Lez Bomb | so-so | 89 | A heavy dinner, but fun is still had |
| Dumplin’ | so-so | 85 | A tad undercooked, but fun |
| Ben Is Back | so-so | 82 | a clumsy yet gutsy drama |
| Boy Erased | so-so | 81 | a thoughtful but muted drama |
| Hunter Killer | so-so | 36 | laughably clichéd but lively |
| Viper Club | so-so | 36 | ambitious but uneven tale |
| The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | so-so | 33 | muted a bit by the overly complex plot |
| Mid90s | no | 81 | hangs with a cool posse yet bails on what it means |
| Everybody Knows | no | 78 | promises to compel but feels oddly mechanical |
| Blue My Mind | no | 76 | Body horror, teen angst a mixed bag |
| Anchor and Hope | no | 75 | gets lost amid idiosyncratic filmmaking |
| Back Roads | no | 71 | a sensitive film done in by a potboiler plot |
| Galveston | no | 71 | muted crime drama runs out of plot too soon |
| Song of Back and Neck | no | 69 | why does this often amusing comedy feel so thin? |
| Jonathan | no | 65 | High concept but low connection |
| Mary Queen of Scots | no | 62 | Monarchs rule pulpy domain |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | no | 61 | will not rock you |
| Swimming With Men | no | 55 | a lazily formulaic male-bonding comedy |
| 55 Steps | no | 50 | the story is just not that interesting |
| Postcards From London | no | 50 | proves pretty much a bore |
| Write When You Get Work | no | 44 | Heist caper takes every wrong turn |
| The Girl in the Spider’s Web | no | 40 | bland reboot loses steam quickly |
| Don’t Go | no | 39 | Familiar territory in dreary mystery |
| Silencio | no | 38 | bogged down in all the family drama |
| Johnny English Strikes Again | no | 37 | but really, we’d rather he not |
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindenwald | no | 36 | it's a fantastic bore |
| Head Full of Honey | no | 0 | humor misfires |
| Astral | no | low on novelty — not to mention jolts | |
| Miss Dalí | no | oddly clunky, egregiously overlong biopic | |
| Texas Cotton | no | Mystery takes itself too seriously | |
| The Divide | no | Sincere family drama lacks focus | |
| The Perfect Kiss | no | is so bad it’s … no, not good | |