The Top 10 Movies
Our critic's ranking, best first.
The Shawshank RedemptionA machine for delivering earned catharsis, and every part is load-bearing.Read the review
Django UnchainedTarantino's spaghetti-western revenge fantasy, powered by two career-best villains and a bounty hunter for the ages.
The OdysseyNolan takes on the oldest story ever told and makes it feel like the newest.
The GodfatherAmerican cinema's high-water mark; a corruption arc told in candlelight and doorways.
Inglourious BasterdsFive chapters of weaponized conversation, and the best opening scene of its century.
InterstellarThe rare blockbuster that stakes everything on sincerity and wins.
Pulp FictionThe film that rewired 1990s cinema and still talks faster than its imitators.
ParasiteA perfect con movie that rings a doorbell at the midpoint and becomes something far worse.
The DepartedScorsese's nastiest entertainment, a two-mole thriller that keeps tightening until the elevator opens.
The Dark KnightThe superhero film that stopped being one and became a crime epic instead.