| LAT | RTMC | RTC | note: “~” = the film's name | |
| documentary | ||||
| Tuba to Cuba | yes | 100 | 81 | inspiring two-week trip to Cuba |
| That Way Madness Lies | yes | 100 | the price when mental illness hits close to home | |
| Who Will Write Our History | yes | 92 | 90 | the film’s emotional through line is clear and direct |
| Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened | yes | 92 | 86 | Getting burned by Fyre |
| Genesis 2.0 | yes | 80 | 82 | fascinating and somewhat frightening |
| Communion | yes | immersive, observational takes a bold leap and embeds itself | ||
| Drug$ | yes | A blistering takedown of a venal healthcare system | ||
| Parkland: Inside Building 12 | yes | Level-headed view | ||
| The Heat: A Kitchen (R) evolution | yes | Both awe-inspiring and mouth-watering | ||
| One Million American Dreams | so-so | 83 | lacks a cohesive structure | |
| The Invisibles | so-so | 71 | 80 | a bit awkward, [but] involving |
| Welcome to Marwen | so-so | 34 | 48 | muddled, misguided but weirdly compelling |
| King of Beasts | no | 83 | A little trouble tracking this hunt | |
| Jihadists | no | no off-screen voice saying “Yeah, but …” | ||
| animated | ||||
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | yes | 97 | 83 | a web of fun |
| Tito and the Birds | yes | 84 | 74 | adventurous visual imagination |
| Lego Movie 2:The Second Part | so-so | 84 | 68 | just-good-enough |
| Dragon Ball Super: Broly | so-so | 82 | 92 | newcomers may find themselves lost in places |
| Tall Tales | no | confusing plot and pedestrian visuals | ||
| regular movies | ||||
| Egg | yes | 100 | 39 | two couples converge on a Brooklyn loft |
| Kill the Monsters | yes | 100 | a bold, snappy, head-spinningly clever tale | |
| They Shall Not Grow Old | yes | 99 | 91 | a gorgeous gift |
| Birds of Passage | yes | 96 | 86 | Flipping the gangster epic; dazzling |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | yes | 95 | 71 | Lyrical love confronts ugly reality |
| The Wild Pear Tree | yes | 94 | 83 | tests your patience in the best way |
| Fighting With My Family | yes | 93 | 86 | *Rowdy playtime in and out of the ring |
| And Breathe Normally | yes | 93 | 78 | Immigration and addiction play out |
| Stan & Ollie | yes | 92 | 83 | Sweet, final shuffle of a beloved duo |
| Cold War | yes | 92 | 81 | Passion burns fiercely |
| Sicilian Ghost Story | yes | 91 | 67 | intriguing tale of being hunted, hidden and haunted |
| High Flying Bird | yes | 91 | 50 | Drives to the net and delivers |
| Capernaum | yes | 90 | 93 | a poverty saga with a heart-in-your-throat urgency |
| Arctic | yes | 90 | 78 | a stark yet exhilarating adventure drama |
| Bumblebee | yes | 90 | 74 | the best "Transformers" movie ever made |
| The Kid Who Would Be King | yes | 90 | 55 | a winningly eccentric riff on Arthurian legend |
| The Image Book | yes | 90 | 51 | *laced with Godard’s familiar end-of-civilization motifs |
| Braid | yes | 88 | 60 | creepy, candy-colored psychological horror |
| Daughter of Mine | yes | 87 | 46 | captivating family drama |
| The Golem | yes | 86 | 42 | A wellcrafted and idiosyncratic supernatural thriller |
| Rust Creek | yes | 85 | 61 | Backwoods noir hits right notes |
| West of Sunshine | yes | 85 | 59 | A winning tale of a too common loser |
| The Vanishing | yes | 85 | 48 | they do tell it well. And on such a splendid set |
| The Maestro | yes | 83 | 83 | sepia-toned mid-1940s Hollywood |
| A Twelve Year Night | yes | 80 | 88 | isn’t some superficial wallow in the art of cruelty |
| Pig | yes | 79 | 84 | A delicious roast of selfie culture |
| Holiday | yes | 78 | 51 | an audacious film that never flinches |
| Adult Life Skills | yes | 75 | 67 | funny and poignant |
| Piercing | yes | 72 | 41 | kitschy, harrowing and coolly perverse |
| The Mule | yes | 71 | 66 | Intense drive to go deep |
| Happy Death Day To You | yes | 71 | 58 | full of heart and ingenuity |
| Aquaman | yes | 65 | 73 | makes a splash with underwater spectacle |
| Vice | yes | 65 | 60 | brainy, audacious, opinionated and fun |
| Swing Kids | yes | 63 | 97 | engaging, enjoyable |
| Alita: Battle Angel | yes | 61 | 92 | blends sci-fi fun and innovation with a sweet human touch |
| Velvet Buzzsaw | yes | 61 | 36 | a wild supernatural thriller — where the killer is art itself |
| Escape Room | yes | 51 | 52 | Deadly game packs thrills |
| The Prodigy | yes | 43 | 37 | tense and gripping, persuasively acted |
| Under the Eiffel Tower | yes | 41 | 43 | light and follows a distinct formula |
| Heartlock | yes | 40 | 65 | lean, stylish and confidently crafted |
| Donnybrook | yes | 39 | 33 | frustratingly opaque intense, viseral tone poem |
| Lionheart | so-so | 100 | 66 | a sleepy charmer |
| Don’t Come Back From The Moon | so-so | 88 | 70 | atmospheric, uneven |
| The Unicorn | so-so | 85 | 71 | isn’t mining any new ground, but … |
| The Standoff at Sparrow Creek | so-so | 78 | 67 | an efficient, mechanical fivefinger exercise |
| Isn't It Romantic | so-so | 70 | 47 | walks the line between subversive and sendup |
| Bird Box | so-so | 64 | 57 | Netflix There isn’t much to see here |
| Yucatán | so-so | 55 | 56 | like most vacations — delightful and exhausting |
| Ashes in the Snow | so-so | 53 | 83 | [no] fresh angle on genocide and widespread cruelty |
| The Last Laugh | so-so | 53 | 35 | senior buddy flick could use a little pep |
| Second Act | so-so | 44 | 43 | J.Lo: harmlessly charming |
| State Like Sleep | so-so | 37 | 16 | dense thriller |
| Serenity | so-so | 21 | 30 | off-kilter, colorful, cartoonish |
| The Aspern Papers | so-so | 19 | 38 | A tricky path to navigate |
| The Brawler | so-so | 61 | ~ isn’t terrible, but … | |
| Alone in the Dead of Night | so-so | 60 | meager plot; not bad improv | |
| Beyond the Night | no | 88 | 71 | Suspense falls flat in a dreary setting |
| To Dust | no | 87 | 72 | comedy routine wrapped in a philosophical inquiry |
| Girl | no | 84 | 72 | Trans teen tale missteps |
| All These Small Moments | no | 83 | 69 | quiet interludes, great turmoil; stultifying |
| Extreme Job | no | 82 | 82 | A good setup with slapstick overload |
| Mary Poppins Returns | no | 80 | 65 | flubs her return, but not for lack of trying |
| Buffalo Boys | no | 79 | 39 | Western takes a sloppy turn |
| Pledge | no | 77 | 65 | No mercy or plot in frat house horror |
| The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot | no | 75 | 51 | A mouthful but lacking in the end |
| Destroyer | no | 74 | 50 | bleakness, savage amorality |
| On the Basis of Sex | no | 72 | 76 | polished but intellectually slight |
| All Is True | no | 72 | 66 | Perchance to dream — but not of this |
| Lords of Chaos | no | 72 | 62 | a loose, thin and bloody romp |
| Cold Pursuit | no | 68 | 49 | Vengeance tale loses its way |
| The Final Wish | no | 67 | 24 | like a decent anthology TV series episode |
| Dead Ant | no | 64 | 43 | no picnic |
| The House That Jack Built | no | 61 | 64 | The real killer is frustration |
| Tyrel | no | 60 | 32 | a clinical dead-end |
| A Dog’s Way Home | no | 59 | 70 | hijacked by silly, overly broad narration |
| Ánimas | no | 57 | 47 | turns out to be a bit sparse |
| Maine | no | 55 | 35 | A curious ramble with no clear end |
| The Upside | no | 43 | 82 | interracial buddy pic is flat, clichéd |
| Untogether | no | 42 | 25 | Real-life sister act in muddled drama |
| What Men Want | no | 41 | 33 | Henson’s efforts fall short |
| Close | no | 37 | 34 | jittery action picture |
| Glass | no | 36 | 67 | treads familiar cinematic ground, alas |
| King of Thieves | no | 33 | 27 | leaves something to be desired |
| Between Worlds | no | 32 | 82 | It’s Nicolas Cage at his weirdest |
| Mortal Engines | no | 26 | 48 | Stunning visuals but little else |
| Sgt. Will Gardner | no | 22 | 88 | Message weighs down PTSD tale |
| I Hate Kids | no | 22 | 79 | silly, slapdash, overly broad comedy |
| Miss Bala | no | 21 | 54 | Beauty pageant goes bad |
| Polar | no | 19 | 69 | Toxic brew sparks few thrills |
| An Acceptable Loss | no | 12 | 71 | Spy thriller a net 'Loss' |
| Replicas | no | 11 | 32 | completely ludicrous sci-fi cloning flick |
| Berlin, I Love You | no | 11 | 26 | Stars don’t align for uneven drama |
| Holmes & Watson | no | 10 | 25 | loony sleuths misfire |
| Being Rose | no | 43 | awkwardly constructed, herky-jerky | |
| Mojin: The Worm Valley | no | 40 | Fun treasure hunt lacks literary zing | |
| El Potro: Unstoppable | no | 36 | an eminently missable, cliché-ridden affair | |
| Against the Clock | no | Your mission will be to figure it out | ||
| American Renegades | no | This search for gold is dull as dirt | ||
| Delaware Shore | no | There's a new worst movie-ever in town | ||
| Goodnight, Charlene | no | The film doesn’t just look cheap... | ||
| In Like Flynn | no | Not much like the film star after all | ||
| Solo | no | a semi-involving, redemptive survival drama | ||
| Split Lip | no | ultimately too slight and derivative | ||
| The Bellwether | no | suffers from intense self-importance | ||
| The Bounty Killer | no | not the best of the West |