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Movie Director Year Rating Review Date Martin's Ranking: Last Updated 5/31/2011
Movie Director Year Rating Review Date Martin's Ranking: Last Updated 5/31/2011
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Movie Director Year Rating Ranking Review Date
Arlington Road Mark Pellington 1999 R 5 8/15/2009
Blue Krzysztof Kieslowski 1993 R 5 3/15/2009
Braveheart Mel Gibson 1995 R 5 4/7/2009
Casablanca Michael Curtiz 1942 NR 5 1/17/2008
Departures Yojiro Takita 2008 PG-13 5 8/13/2010
Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck 2007 R 5 2/23/2008
Gran Torino Clint Eastwood 2008 R 5 10/2/2009
Heat Michael Mann 1995 R 5 3/25/2011
Inception Christopher Nolan 2010 PG-13 5 8/9/2010
It's A Wonderful Life Frank Capra 1946 NR 5 12/20/2008
Life is Beautiful Roberto Benigni 1997 PG-13 5 2/2/2008
Sophie Scholl Marc Rothemund 2005 NR 5 3/11/2008
Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope George Lucas 1977 PG 5 1/1/2010
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan 2008 PG-13 5 8/23/2008
The Iron Giant Brad Bird 1999 PG 5 3/3/2010
The King's Speech Tom Hooper 2010 R 5 2/10/2011
Roger Allers & Rob
The Lion King Minkoff 1994 G 5 8/18/2009
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring Peter Jackson 2001 PG-13 5 1/25/2010
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King Peter Jackson 2003 PG-13 5 1/31/2010
The Lord of the Rings: The Two
Towers Peter Jackson 2002 PG-13 5 1/28/2010
Andy and Larry
The Matrix Wachowski 1999 R 5 5/29/2008
The Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont 1994 R 5 2/10/2008
To Kill a Mockingbird Robert Mulligan 1962 PG 5 6/21/2009
Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich 2010 G 5 7/18/2010
Pete Docter & Bob
Up Peterson 2009 PG 5 9/9/2009
WALL-E Andrew Stanton 2008 G 5 10/11/2008
Across the Universe Julie Taymor 2007 PG-13 4.5 2/21/2008
Avatar James Cameron 2009 PG-13 4.5 1/8/2010
Bella Alejandro Monteverde 2007 PG-13 4.5 7/16/2008
Casino Royale Martin Campbell 2006 PG-13 4.5 12/1/2008
Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore 1988 R 4.5 3/17/2009
Citizen Kane Orson Welles 1941 NR 4.5 5/10/2009
Coraline Henry Selick 2009 PG 4.5 2/8/2009
District 9 Neill Blomkamp 2009 R 4.5 10/6/2009
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the
Lost Ark Steven Spielberg 1981 PG 4.5 6/23/2008
Invictus Clint Eastwood 2009 PG-13 4.5 10/1/2010
Julie and Julia Nora Ephron 2009 PG-13 4.5 2/9/2010
Juno Jason Reitman 2007 PG-13 4.5 5/6/2008
Lars and the Real Girl Craig Gillespie 2007 PG-13 4.5 5/15/2008
Memento Christopher Nolan 2000 R 4.5 7/23/2009
Terry Gilliam and
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Terry Jones 1975 PG 4.5 10/22/2009
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Milos Foreman 1975 R 4.5 4/7/2011
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill 1969 PG-13 3.5 1/19/2009
Cape Fear Martin Scorsese 1991 R 3.5 5/26/2008
Changeling Clint Eastwood 2008 R 3.5 2/22/2010
Cool Hand Luke Stuart Rosenberg 1967 PG-13 3.5 1/16/2009
Crazy Heart Scott Cooper 2009 R 3.5 1/4/2011
Eagle Eye DJ Caruso 2008 PG-13 3.5 3/8/2009
Elf Jon Favreau 2003 PG 3.5 12/3/2009
Fair Game Doug Lima 2010 PG-13 3.5 4/29/2011
Fallen Gregory Hoblit 1998 R 3.5 9/29/2009
Fight Club David Fincher 1999 R 3.5 1/27/2008
Frozen River Courtney Hunt 2008 R 3.5 2/26/2009
Gangs of New York Martin Scorsese 2002 R 3.5 8/9/2008
Get Low Aaron Schneider 2009 PG-13 3.5 5/2/2011
Get Smart Peter Seagal 2009 PG-13 3.5 4/26/2010
Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh 2008 R 3.5 4/27/2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
Part 1 David Yates 2010 PG-13 3.5 11/28/2010
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mike Newell 2005 PG-13 3.5 1/30/2009
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban Alfonso Cuaron 2004 PG-13 3.5 1/3/2009
Henry Poole is Here Mark Pellington 2008 PG 3.5 8/30/2010
Jimmy Hayward &
Horton Hears a Who Steve Martino 2008 G 3.5 1/5/2009
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino 2009 R 3.5 3/21/2010
Into the Wild Sean Penn 2007 R 3.5 3/29/2008
Junebug Phil Morrison 2005 R 3.5 10/31/2008
Knight and Day James Mangold 2010 PG-13 3.5 7/8/2010
Mark Osborne & John
Kung Fu Panda Stevenson 2008 PG 3.5 12/9/2008
Life of Brian Terry Jones 1979 R 3.5 1/23/2009
Like Dandelion Dust Jon Gunn 2010 PG-13 3.5 3/28/2011
Prince of Persia (The Sands of Time) Mike Newell 2010 PG-13 3 11/12/2010
RED Robert Schwentke 2010 PG-13 3 11/19/2010
Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the
Clones George Lucas 2002 PG 3 1/12/2010
Summer Hours (L'heure d'ete) Olivier Assayas 2008 NR 3 9/24/2010
Synecdoche New York Charlie Kaufman 2008 R 1/2/1900 5/3/2010
Taken Pierre Morel 2008 R 3 6/2/2009
The Accidental Tourist Lawrance Kasdan 1988 PG 3 4/4/2010
The Brave One Neil Jordan 2007 R 3 3/13/2008
The Brothers Bloom Rian Johnson 2008 PG-13 3 4/7/2010
The Counterfeiters Stefan Ruzowitzky 2007 R 3 1/28/2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher 2008 PG-13 3 6/5/2009
The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson 2007 R 3 6/17/2008
The Fountain Darren Aronofsky 2006 PG-13 3 9/26/2008
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Niels Arden Oplev 2009 R 3 9/3/2010
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il
Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo) Sergio Leone 1966 R 3 1/19/2011
The Italian Job F. Gary Gray 2003 PG-13 3 7/31/2010
The Jacket John maybury 2005 R 3 5/30/2011
The Joneses Derrick Borte 2009 R 3 10/4/2010
The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko 2010 R 3 3/18/2011
The King of Masks Tian-Ming Wu 1999 NR 3 5/8/2008
The Music Man Jeff Bleckner 2003 NR 3 7/17/2009
The Official Story Luis Puenzo 1985 R 3 5/5/2009
The Princess and the Warrior Tom Twyker 2000 R 3 2/6/2009
The Reader Stephen Daldry 2008 R 3 8/16/2010
The Road Home Yimou Zhang 1999 PG 3 4/21/2009
The Verdict Sidney Lumet 1982 R 3 5/5/2010
The Village M. Night Shyamalan 2004 PG-13 3 3/24/2010
Top Gun Tony Scott 1986 PG 3 8/6/2009
Wolves in the Snow Michel Welterlin 2002 NR 3 10/28/2008
Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 1974 PG 3 7/30/2009
27 Dresses Anne Fletcher 2008 PG-13 2.5 7/27/2008
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Chris Columbus 2001 PG 2.5 12/22/2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo del Toro 2008 PG-13 2.5 2/4/2009
High Sierra Raoul Walsh 1941 NR 2.5 8/4/2009
Imagine That Karey Kirkpatrick 2009 PG 2.5 6/14/2009
Jet Lag Daniele Thompson 2002 R 2.5 7/8/2009
Martian Child Menno Meyjes 2007 PG 2.5 3/6/2008
Monsieur Hire Patrice Leconte 1989 PG-13 2.5 4/2/2010
Rob Letterman &
Monsters vs Aliens Conrad Vernon 2009 PG 2.5 3/27/2009
No Reservations Scott Hicks 2007 PG 2.5 4/11/2008
Pandorum Christian Alvart 2009 R 2.5 5/27/2011
Phoebe in Wonderland Daniel Barnz 2008 PG-13 2.5 8/6/2010
Rendition Gavin Hood 2007 R 2.5 4/22/2008
Reversal of Fortune Barbet Schroeder 1990 R 2.5 3/18/2010
Run Fatboy Run David Schwimmer 2007 R 2.5 5/24/2008
Se7en David Fincher 1995 R 2.5 2/13/2008
Seven Pounds Gabriele Muccino 2008 PG-13 2.5 9/20/2010
Shallow Grave Danny Boyle 1995 R 2.5 12/16/2008
Smart People Naom Murro 2008 R 2.5 8/6/2008
Terminator Salvation McG 2009 PG-13 2.5 5/21/2009
The Age of Innocence Martin Scorsese 1993 PG 2.5 12/29/2009
The Animatrix Peter Chung 2003 PG-13 2.5 4/18/2008
The Big Lebowski Joel Coen 1998 R 2.5 3/1/2009
The Game David Fincher 1998 R 2.5 8/27/2008
The Golden Compass Chris Weitz 2007 PG-13 2.5 9/26/2009
The Incredible Hulk Louis Leterrier 2008 PG-13 2.5 1/12/2009
The Kingdom Peter Berg 2007 R 2.5 4/30/2008
The Notebook Nick Cassavetes 2004 PG-13 2.5 10/18/2008
The Proposal Anne Fletcher 2009 PG-13 2.5 6/19/2009
The Rage in Placid Lake Tony McNamara 2003 NR 2.5 10/25/2008