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Movie Director Year Story Look
12 Monkeys Terry Gilliam 1995 4½ 5
28 Days Later Danny Boyle 2002 5 5
30 Days of Night David Slade 2007 4 4
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Nathan Juran 1958 1 3½

A

Movie Director Year Story Look
About Schmidt Alexander Payne 2002 4 4½
Adaptation Spike Jonze 2002 5 5
The Adjustment Bureau George Nolfi 2011 3½ 4½
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Terry Gilliam 1988 4½ 5
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai W.D. Richter 1984 3½ 3½
Aguirre, The Wrath of God Werner Herzog 1972 3½ 4
AKIRA Katsuhiro Otomo 1988 4½ 6
Alice Jan Svankmajer 1988 4 4
Alien Ridley Scott 1979 4½ 6
Aliens James Cameron 1986 4½ 6
Alien3 David Fincher 1992 1 4
Alien Resurrection Jean-Pierre Jeunet 1997 4 4
Alien Prometheus Ridley Scott 2012 4½ 6
Alien Covenant Ridley Scott 2017 3½ 6
Alphaville Jean-Luc Godard 1965 2½ 4
Altered States Ken Russell 1980 4½ 4½
Amelie Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2001 4½ 6
American Psycho Mary Harron 2000 3½ 4½
American Splendor Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini 2003 4 4½
An American Werewolf in London John Landis 1981 5 5
Amos & Andrew E. Max Frye 1993 2½ 3
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Adam McKay 2004 4½ 4
Angel Heart Alan Parker 1987 3½ 4½
Animal House John Landis 1978 6 6
Animatrix various 2003 1½ 4
Annihilation Alex Garland 2018 3½ 4½
Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola 1979 6 6
Army of Darkness Sam Raimi 1992 3½ 3½
Arrival Dennis Villeneuve 2016 1½ 4
Atomic Blonde David Leitch 2017 2 4
Audition Takashi Miike 1999 4 5

B

Movie Director Year Story Look
Baby Driver Edgar Wright 2017 3½ 5
Bad Boys (1983) Rick Rosenthal 1983 4½ 4½
Bad Taste Peter Jackson 1987 2 2
The Bakerton Group The Guys from Clutch — 11 11
Bank Shot Gower Champion 1974 3 3
Barfly Barbet Schroeder 1987 6 6
Barton Fink Joel Coen 1991 3 5
Basket Case Frank Henenlotter 1982 3 3
Batman Tim Burton 1989 4½ 4½
A Bay of Blood Mario Bava 1971 3 3½
Beau is Afraid Ari Aster 2023 3½ 5½
Beerfest Jay Chandrasekhar 2006 6 6
A Better Tomorrow John Woo 1986 3½ 4
The Beyond Lucio Fulci 1981 3½ 4
Beyond Re-Animator Brian Yuzna 2003 3 3½
Beyond the Black Rainbow Panos Cosmatos 2010 2½ 4½
Bicycle Thieves Vittorio De Sica 1948 5 4½
The Big Lebowski Joel Coen 1998 5 6
Big Trouble Barry Sonnenfeld 2002 3½ 4
Big Trouble in Little China John Carpenter 1986 4 4
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage Dario Argento 1970 3 3½
Black Hawk Down Ridley Scott 2001 4 6
Black Sunday Mario Bava 1960 3½ 4
Blade Stephen Norrington 1998 4 4½
Blade Runner Ridley Scott 1982 6 6
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve 2017 3 5
Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks 1974 5 4½
Bleeders Peter Svatek 1997 1½ 1½
Blood and Black Lace Mario Bava 1964 3 3½
Blood Simple Joel & Ethan Coen 1984 3½ 4
Blow Out Brian De Palma 1981 3½ 4
Blue Thunder John Badham 1983 4½ 4½
Blue Velvet David Lynch 1986 4½ 4
Bone Tomahawk S. Craig Zahler 2015 4½ 4½
The Boondock Saints Troy Duffy 1999 5 5
The Bourne Identity Doug Liman 2002 3½ 4
Brain Dead Adam Simon 1990 3½ 3½
Brazil Terry Gilliam 1985 5½ 5½
Brick Rian Johnson 2005 4½ 5
Bride of Re-Animator Brian Yuzna 1990 2 2½
The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean 1957 5 6
Brotherhood of the Wolf Christophe Gans 2001 4½ 6
Bubba Ho-Tep Don Coscarelli 2002 5 4
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos 2025 2½ 3½
Bugsy Barry Levinson 1991 3½ 4½
Burke & Hare John Landis 2010 5 5

C

Movie Director Year Story Look
C.H.U.D. Douglas Cheek 1984 3 3
The Cabin in the Woods Drew Goddard 2012 4½ 4½
Caliber 9 Fernando Di Leo 1972 3½ 3½
Call Girl of Cthulhu Chris LaMartina 2014 2½ 3½
The Call of Cthulhu Andrew Leman 2005 3½ 2
Cannibal! The Musical Trey Parker 1993 3½ 3½
Casablanca Michael Curtiz 1942 4½ 4
Cast a Deadly Spell Martin Campbell 1991 3½ 4
Cat 'O' Nine Tails Dario Argento 1971 3 4½
Catch Me If You Can Steven Spielberg 2002 5 5½
Cemetery Man Michele Soavi 1994 4 4
Chicago Rob Marshall 2002 2½ 4½
Chicken Run Peter Lord & Nick Park 2000 4½ 5½
Un Chien Andalou Luis Buñuel 1929 ? 4
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things Benjamin “Bob” Clark 1972 2½ 2½
Chinatown Roman Polanski 1974 5 5½
City of the Living Dead Lucio Fulci 1980 3½ 3½
The City of Lost Children Jean-Pierre Jeunet 1995 6 6
Clash of the Titans (1981) Desmond Davis 1981 4½ 5
Clerks Kevin Smith 1994 5 3
A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick 1971 5½ 6
Cocaine Bear Elizabeth Banks 2023 3½ 4
Code 46 Michael Winterbottom 2003 3½ 5
The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer: Volume One Jan Svankmajer — 3½ 5
The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer: Volume Two Jan Svankmajer — 4 5
The Color Out of Space Richard Stanley 2020 3½ 4½
Colossal Nacho Vigalondo 2016 1½ 3½
Confess, Fletch Greg Mottola 2022 4 4
Constantine Francis Lawrence 2005 4½ 4½
The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola 1974 5 4½
Cowboys & Aliens John Favreau 2011 3½ 4½
Coyote Ugly David McNally 2000 1 4
La Cravate Alejandro Jodorowsky 1957 1 2
Creature From the Black Lagoon Jack Arnold 1954 2½ 3½
Creepshow George A. Romero 1982 1 3½
Cronos Guillermo del Toro 1993 3½ 4½
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee 2000 6 6

D

Movie Director Year Story Look
DMR#100: Behind the Drunken Movie Reviews Drunken Movie Reviewer — * *
DMR#200: Cage Match! Nicolas Cage vs. ... Drunken Movie Reviewer — * *
DMR#300: BEERSHOW Drunken Movie Reviewer — * *
Dagon Stuart Gordon 2001 4½ 4½
Dark Star John Carpenter 1974 2½ 2½
Darkness Falls Jonathon Liebesman 2003 3½ 4
Dawn of the Dead (1978) George Romero 1978 4 3½
Dawn of the Dead (2004) Zack Snyder 2004 3 4½
Day of the Dead George Romero 1985 2 3½
The Day of the Dolphin Mike Nichols 1973 4 4½
Dazed and Confused Richard Linklater 1993 5 5
Dead Alive Peter Jackson 1992 4½ 4½
Dead & Breakfast Matthew Leutwyler 2004 3 3
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Carl Reiner 1982 3½ 3
Dead Snow Tommy Wirkola 2009 2½ 4
Deadpool & Wolverine Shawn Levy 2024 4 4
Death Machine Stephen Norrington 1994 3 4
Death Race 2000 Paul Bartel 1975 2 2½
Deep Red Dario Argento 1975 2½ 4
Deepstar Six Sean S. Cunningham 1989 3½ 3½
Delicatessen Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro 1991 5 6
Demonlover Olivier Assayas 2002 1 2½
Deranged Jeff Gillen 1974 1½ 2½
The Descent Neil Marshall 2005 4 5
Desperado Robert Rodriguez 1995 4 5
The Devil's Advocate Taylor Hackford 1997 4 4½
Diary of the Dead George A. Romero 2007 1 2½
Die Hard John McTiernan 1988 6 6
Dirty Duck Charles Swenson 1974 1 2
Dirty Harry Don Siegel 1971 4½ 3½
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry John Hough 1974 2 3½
Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick 1964 5½ 5
Dogma Kevin Smith 1999 4½ 4½
Dog Soldiers Neil Marshall 2002 4½ 4½
Donnie Darko Richard Kelly 2001 6 6
Don't Torture a Duckling Lucio Fulci 1972 3½ 4½
Doomsday Neil Marshall 2008 2 4½
Drag Me to Hell Sam Raimi 2009 3 3½
Dredd Pete Travis 2012 1½ 3½
The Driller Killer Abel Ferrara 1979 3 3½
Drive Nicolas Winding Refn 2011 3½ 4½
Drive Angry Patrick Lussier 2011 3½ 3½
The Driver Walter Hill 1978 3½ 4
Drugstore Cowboy Gus Van Sant 1989 5 5
Drunken Master Yuen Woo-ping 1978 3½ 4
Dune (2021) Denis Villeneuve 2021 4 6
The Dunwich Horror (1970) Daniel Haller 1970 1½ 3
The Dunwich Horror (2009) Scott Leigh 2009 2 2½

E

Movie Director Year Story Look
Eddington Ari Aster 2025 4 5
Edge of Tomorrow Doug Liman 2014 5 5
The Endless Justin Benson & Aaron Moorehead 2017 4½ 5
Enemy of the State Tony Scott 1998 3½ 4½
Enter the Dragon Robert Clouse 1973 3½ 4½
Equilibrium Kurt Wimmer 2002 3½ 4½
Eraserhead David Lynch 1977 1½ 4½
Escanaba in da Moonlight Jeff Daniels 2001 2 2
Escape From New York John Carpenter 1981 4 4
Even Dwarfs Started Small Werner Herzog 1970 ? 4
Evil Dead 2 Sam Raimi 1987 6 6
Ex Machina Alex Garland 2014 4½ 5
eXistenZ David Cronenberg 1999 3½ 4
The Exorcist William Friedkin 1973 4 5
The Experiment Oliver Hirschbiegel 2001 4 4½

F

Movie Director Year Story Look
Face/Off John Woo 1997 1 4
Factotum Bent Hamer 2005 3½ 3
The Fall Guy David Leitch 2024 4 6
Fallen Gregory Hoblit 1998 3½ 3½
Falling Down Joel Schumacher 1993 4 5
Fando y Lis Alejandro Jodorowsky 1968 3 3½
Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson 2009 4 5½
Fargo Joel Coen 1996 6 6
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Terry Gilliam 1998 5½ 6
The Fearless Vampire Killers Roman Polanski 1967 4 4
La Femme Nikita Luc Besson 1990 5 6
The Fifth Element Luc Besson 1997 3½ 4½
Fight Club David Fincher 1999 5½ 6
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Some Japanese Guys 2001 3½ 5½
The Fisher King Terry Gilliam 1991 5½ 5½
Fitzcarraldo Werner Herzog 1982 3½ 4
Five Deadly Venoms Chang Cheh 1978 3½ 4
Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson 1970 3½ 3½
Fletch Michael Ritchie 1985 4 4
The Fountain Darren Aronofsky 2006 2 4
Four Rooms 4 Directors 1995 3½ 3½
Frankenstein James Whale 1931 2½ 2½
Frantic Roman Polanski 1988 4½ 4
The French Connection William Friedkin 1971 4 4
The Frighteners Peter Jackson 1996 4½ 4½
From Beyond Stuart Gordon 1986 4 4½
From Dusk Till Dawn Robert Rodriguez 1996 5½ 5½
Fury David Ayer 2014 4 4½

G

Movie Director Year Story Look
The Game David Fincher 1997 4 4½
Garden State Zach Braff 2004 4 4
Gattaca Andrew Niccol 1997 4 4
Get the Gringo Adrian Grunberg 2012 3½ 4
Ghost Ship Steve Beck 2002 1½ 4
Ghost Warrior J. Larry Carroll 1984 3½ 3½
Ghostbusters Ivan Reitman 1944 5½ 4½
The Girl Who Knew Too Much Mario Bava 1963 1½ 3½
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Niels Arden Oplev 2009 4 5
Gods of the Deep Charlie Steeds 2023 2 2
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) Dominic Sena 2000 1½ 4
The Good, the Bad, the Weird Kim Jee-woon 2008 3½ 5
Goodfellas Martin Scorsese 1990 5 5
Gozu Takashi Miike 2003 3½ 3½
The Greatest Beer Run Ever Peter Farrelly 2022 4 4½

H

Movie Director Year Story Look
Halloween (1978) John Carpenter 1978 3½ 3
Hamburger Hill John Irvin 1987 4 4
Happy, Texas Mark Illsey 1999 2½ 2½
The Happytime Murders Brian Henson 2018 3½ 4
Hard Bastard Godfrey Ho 1988 2½ 2½
Hard Boiled John Woo 1992 4½ 5
Hardware Richard Stanley 1990 3 3
Harry and Tonto Paul Mazursky 1974 4 3½
The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino 2015 4½ 6
Heat Michael Mann 1995 4 6
Hellboy Guillermo Del Toro 2004 4 5
Hellboy (2019) Neil Marshall 2019 3 4
Hellboy: The Crooked Man Brian Taylor 2024 4 3½
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer John McNaughton 1986 4 3½
Hereditary Ari Aster 2018 4½ 5½
Hi, Mom! Brian De Palma 1970 1½ 2½
High Noon Fred Zinnemann 1952 4½ 5
Highlander Russell Mulcahy 1986 4 5
History of the World, Part I Mel Brooks 1981 3½ 3
Hitch-Hike Pasquale Festa Campanile 1977 4 4
The Hitcher Robert Harmon 1986 3 4½
Hollywood Knights Floyd Mutrux 1980 3½ 2½
Holy Motors Leos Carax 2012 ½ 4
The Holy Mountain Alejandro Jodorowsky 1973 4 6
Hot Fuzz Edgar Wright 2007 5 5
The Hot Rock Peter Yates 1972 4 4
House Nobuhiko Obayashi 1977 2 3½
The House By the Cemetery Lucio Fulci 1981 1 3½
How to Get Ahead in Advertising Bruce Robinson 1989 3 4½
Hudsucker Proxy Joel Coen 1994 4 5½
Humanoids From the Deep Barbara Peeters 1980 2½ 2½

I

Movie Director Year Story Look
I, Robot Alex Proyas 2004 4 4½
Idiocracy Mike Judge 2006 7 4
If Chins Could Kill Bruce Campbell 2001 * *
The Illusionist Neil Burger 2006 2½ 4
In the Mouth of Madness John Carpenter 1994 5 4½
Inception Christopher Nolan 2010 5 6
Inferno Dario Argento 1980 2½ 3½
Insomnia Christopher Nolan 2002 2½ 4
Interstellar Christopher Nolan 2014 5 6
Iron Sky Timo Vuorensola 2012 2 4½
Ichi the Killer Takashi Miike 2001 3½ 5

J

Movie Director Year Story Look
Jacob's Ladder Adrian Lynn 1990 5 5½
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back Kevin Smith 2001 4 4½
The Jerk Carl Reiner 1979 3½ 3
John Dies at the End Don Coscarelli 2012 5 4½
John Wick Chad Stahelski 2014 4 6
Johnny Dangerously Amy Heckerling 1944 3½ 4
Juan of the Dead Alejandro Brugués 2011 3½ 3½
Junk Head Takehide Hori 2017 6 6

K

Movie Director Year Story Look
Kelly’s Heroes Brian G. Hutton 1970 4 4
The Kentucky Fried Movie John Landis 1977 3½ 3
The Killer John Woo 1989 3½ 4½
The King of Comedy Martin Scorsese 1982 4 4
King of New York Abel Ferrara 1990 4 5
King Kong (1933) Merian C. Cooper 1933 4 4½
King of the Ants Stuart Gordon 2003 3½ 4
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Shane Black 2005 5 5
Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts 2017 3½ 5
Kung Fu Hustle Stephen Chow 2004 4½ 5

L

Movie Director Year Story Look
The Lair of the White Worm Ken Russell 1988 2½ 2½
Land of the Dead George A. Romero 2005 4½ 4½
Last House on the Left Wes Craven 1972 3½ 2½
The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu Henry Saine 2009 4 4
The Last Man On Earth Ubaldo Ragona, Sidney Salkow 1964 2 2½
Last Tango in Paris Bernardo Bertolucci 1972 3½ 4
The Last Temptation of Christ Martin Scorsese 1988 4½ 5½
Late Night with the Devil Colin & Cameron Cairnes 2023 4 4
The Legend of Boggy Creek Charles B. Pierce 1972 1½ 2
The Legend of Drunken Master Lau Kar-leung 1994 3½ 4
Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson 2008 5 4
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers 2019 4 5
Like Water For Chocolate Alfonso Arau 1992 3 3
Little Nicky Steven Brill 2000 1½ 1½
Little Otik Jan Svankmajer 2000 3½ 4
The Lives of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 2006 6 6
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue Jorge Grau 1974 3½ 4½
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin Lucio Fulci 1971 2½ 4
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels Guy Ritchie 1998 6 5
Lockout Stephen Saint Leger & James Mather 2012 1½ 3½
Logan Lucky Steven Soderbergh 2017 3 3½
Logan's Run Michael Anderson 1976 3½ 3½
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence 2026 4.5 4.5
Longlegs Osgood Perkins 2024 4 4½
Looper Rian Johnson 2012 4½ 5
Lord of Illusions Clive Barker 1995 2½ 4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson 2001 5½ 6
The Losers Sylvain White 2010 2½ 4
Lost In La Mancha Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe 2002 4 3½
Lucky Steve Cuden 2002 4 2½
Lunacy Jan Svankmajer 2005 3½ 4½

M

Movie Director Year Story Look
The Mad Butcher Guido Zurli 1971 2 3½
Mad God Phil Tippett 2021 2½ 4½
Mad Heidi Johannes Hartmann, Sandro Klopfstein 2022 ½ 3½
Mad Max George Miller 1979 2½ 3½
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome George Miller & George Ogilvie 1985 3½ 4
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller 2015 4 5
Magic Richard Attenborough 1978 3 3½
The Magic Christian Joseph McGrath 1969 3½ 2½
Mallrats Kevin Smith 1995 3½ 3
The Maltese Falcon (1941) John Huston 1941 4 3½
Mandy Panos Cosmatos 2018 2 4
Manhunter Michael Mann 1986 4 4
El Mariachi Robert Rodriguez 1992 4 2½
Marihuana Dwain Esper 1936 1 1
Mars Attacks! Tim Burton 1996 3 5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Peter Weir 2003 3½ 5
The Matrix The Wachowski Brothers 1999 5½ 6
The Matrix Reloaded The Wachowski Brothers 2003 4 5½
The Matrix Revolutions The Wachowskis 2003 4 5
May Lucky McGee 2002 3 5
Meet the Feebles Peter Jackson 1989 3/3 2½/3½
Memento Christopher Nolan 2000 4 4
Menno's Mind Jon Kroll 1997 1 2
Metropolis (1926) Fritz Lang 1926 2½ 2½
Midsommar Ari Aster 2019 4½ 5½
Miller's Crossing Joel & Ethan Coen 1990 3½ 4½
Minority Report Steven Spielberg 2002 4 5
Monty Python and the Holy Grail Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones 1975 6 6
Moon Duncan Jones 2009 5 5
Ms .45 Abel Ferrara 1981 2½ 3½
My Best Fiend Werner Herzog 1999 4 3½

N

Movie Director Year Story Look
Natural Born Killers Oliver Stone 1994 3½ 4
Near Dark Kathryn Bigelow 1987 3½ 4½
Necronomicon: Book of the Dead Cristophe Gans, Shusuke Kaneko, Brian Yuzna 1993 2½ 3½
Network Sidney Lumet 1976 5 4
Next Lee Tamahori 2007 3½ 4
The Nice Guys Shane Black 2016 5 6
Night of the Creeps Fred Dekker 1986 3½ 4
The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton 1955 4 4
Night of the Living Dead George Romero 1968 4 3
Night Watch Timur Bekmambetov 2004 4 4½
The Nightmare Before Christmas (v2003) Henry Selick 1993 5½ 6
The Nightmare Before Christmas (v2024) Henry Selick 1993 4 5½
A Nightmare on Elm Street Wes Craven 1984 4½ 4½
The Ninth Configuration William Peter Blatty 1980 3½ 4
The Ninth Gate Roman Polanski 1999 3½ 4
No Country for Old Men Joel & Ethan Coen 2007 6 6
Nosferatu (2024) Robert Eggers 2024 4½ 6
Nosferatu the Vampyre Werner Herzog 1979 3½ 4

O

Movie Director Year Story Look
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel Coen 2000 5½ 6
Office Space Mike Judge 1999 5 3
Oldboy Park Chanwook 2003 4½ 6
On The Waterfront Elia Kazan 1954 5½ 4½
The One James Wong 2001 3 3½
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Milos Forman 1975 6 6
One Hour Photo Mark Romanek 2002 5½ 5½
One Crazy Summer Savage Steve Holland 1986 2 3

P

Movie Director Year Story Look
Panic Room David Fincher 2002 4½ 5½
Parker Taylor Hackford 2013 3½ 3½
Payback: Straight Up Brian Helgeland 2006 4 3½
Paycheck John Woo 2003 3½ 4
Phantasm Don Coscarelli 1979 3½ 3½
Phantasm II Don Coscarelli 1988 3 4
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead Don Coscarelli 1994 2½ 3½
Phantasm IV: Oblivion Don Coscarelli 1998 3½ 4
Phantasm V: Ravager David Hartman 2016 3½ 3½
Phantoms Joe Chappelle 1998 3½ 4
Phase IV Saul Bass 1974 3½ 4
Phenomena Dario Argento 1985 3½ 4
π (Pi) Darren Aronofsky 1998 5 4
Pig Michael Sarnoski 2021 5 5
Planet of the Apes Franklin J. Schaffner 1968 3½ 3½
Platoon Oliver Stone 1986 5 5
Point Blank John Boorman 1967 3½ 3½
Point Break Kathryn Bigelow 1991 4 4½
Poltergeist Tobe Hooper 1982 4 4½
The Pope of Greenwich Village Stuart Rosenberg 1944 3½ 4
Possession Andrzej Żuławski 1981 4 4
Poultrygeist Lloyd Kaufman 2006 2½ 2½
Predator John McTiernan 1987 3½ 4½
The Prestige Christopher Nolan 2006 3½ 4½
Primer Shane Carruth 2004 3½ 3½
Prince of Darkness John Carpenter 1987 3 3½
The Prophecy Gregory Widen 1995 3½ 4½
The Psychic Lucio Fulci 1977 2 3½

Q

Movie Director Year Story Look
Quiz Show Robert Redford 1994 4 4½

R

Movie Director Year Story Look
R.I.P.D. Robert Schwentke 2013 4 3½
Rabid David Cronenberg 1977 3½ 3½
Radio Free Albemuth John Alan Simon 2010 3½ 3½
Raising Arizona The Coen Brothers 1987 6 6
Ravenous Antonia Bird 1999 4½ 5½
Raw Meat Gary Sherman 1972 2 3
Re-Animator Stuart Gordon 1985 4 4
Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock 1954 2 3½
Repo Man Alex Cox 1984 4½ 4½
Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino 1992 6 6
Resident Evil Paul W.S. Anderson 2002 3½ 4
The Resurrected Dan O'Bannon 1991 4½ 4½
The Return of the Living Dead Dan O'Bannon 1985 4 4
The Revenant Alejandro González Iñárritu 2015 6 6
The Ring Gore Verbinski 2002 4 6
River's Edge Tim Hunter 1986 4½ 4
Road To Perdition Sam Mendes 2002 3½ 5
The Road Warrior George Miller 1981 4 5½
Robocop Paul Verhoeven 1987 5 4½
Romeo is Bleeding Peter Medak 1993 3 3
Rosemary's Baby Roman Polanski 1968 4 4½
Rubber Quentin Dupieux 2010 4 4½
Run Lola Run Tom Tykwer 1998 4 4
The Running Man Paul Michael Glaser 1987 3½ 3½
The Running Man (2025) Edgar Wright 2025 4 4½

S

Movie Director Year Story Look
Sacrifice Andy Collier and Tor Mian 2020 2½ 4
Safe Men John Hamburg 1998 5½ 4½
Salem's Lot Tobe Hooper 1979 3½ 4
Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg 1998 6 6
A Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater 2006 4½ 5
Scanners David Cronenberg 1981 3½ 3
Scotland, PA Billy Morrissette 2001 4 4
SE7EN David Fincher 1995 6 6
Seven Samurai Akira Kurosawa 1954 5 5½
Sharknado Anthony C. Ferrante 2013 1or5 1½
Shaun of the Dead Edgar Wright 2004 4½ 4½
The Shining Stanley Kubrick 1980 5 6
Sisu: Road to Revenge Jalmari Helander 2022 3½ 4½
The Slammin' Salmon Kevin Heffernan 2009 4½ 4½
Smokey and the Bandit Hal Needham 1977 3½ 3
Snakes on a Plane David R. Ellis 2006 3½ 4
Snowden Oliver Stone 2016 5 5
Snowpiercer Bong Joon-ho 2013 3½ 4
Society Brian Yuzna 1989 3½ 4
Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky 1972 3½ 4
Something in the Dirt Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead 2022 3½ 4
Sorcerer William Friedkin 1977 4½ 4½
Southland Tales Richard Kelly 2006 3½ 4½
Spawn Mark A.Z. Dippé 1997 3 4½
Spider David Cronenberg 2002 4½ 5½
Spring Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead 2014 3½ 4½
Spring Breakers Harmony Korine 2012 3½ 4½
Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones George Lucas 2002 3 4½
Strange Brew Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas 1983 6 6
Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock 1951 3½ 4
A Streetcar Named Desire Elia Kazan 1951 4 4
The Substance Coralie Fargeat 2024 4 4½
Super Mario Bros. 4 Different People(!) 1993 1 1
Super Troopers Jay Chandrasekhar 2001 4 4
Super Troopers 2 Jay Chandrasekhar 2018 4½ 4½
Support Your Local Sheriff! Burt Kennedy 1969 3½ 3
Survival of the Dead George A. Romero 2009 2½ 3
Suspiria Dario Argento 1977 4 6
Sympathy for the Devil Yuval Adler 2023 2 3
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Park Chan-wook 2002 3½ 4
Synchronic Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead 2019 3½ 4

T

Movie Director Year Story Look
Take Shelter Jeff Nichols 2011 5 4½
The Tenant Roman Polanski 1976 2½ 3½
Tenebrae Dario Argento 1982 3 4
The Terminator James Cameron 1984 4½ 4½
Terribly Happy Henrik Ruben Genz 2008 4½ 5
Terrifier (1-3) Damion Leone 2016 * *
TerrorVision Ted Nicolaou 1986 3 3
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Tobe Hooper 1974 3 4
Them Crooked Vultures (4/19/2010) Them Crooked Vultures 2010 6 *
They Live John Carpenter 1988 3½ 4
The Thing (1982) John Carpenter 1982 6 6
The Thing From Another World! James Whale 1951 2 2
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Gary Fleder 1995 2½ 3
Three Kings David O. Russell 1999 5 5½
Three on a Meathook William Girdler 1972 1 1½
THX 1138: Director's Cut George Lucas 1971 3 4½
Time Bandits Terry Gilliam 1981 4½ 5½
Timecop Peter Hyams 1994 3½ 3½
Timecrimes Nacho Vigalondo 2007 3½ 3½
To Live and Die in LA William Friedkin 1985 4 4½
Tomb Raider Simon West 2001 1½ 3
El Topo Alejandro Jodorowsky 1970 3½ 5
Total Recall Paul Verhoeven 1990 5 5
A Town Called Panic Stephane Aubier & Vincent Patar 2009 4 4
Transmission Michael Hurst 2006 2½ 3½
Trees Lounge Steve Buscemi 1996 3½ 3
Troll Hunter André Øvredal 2010 3½ 4½
Tron Steven Lisberger 1982 4 5
Tron: Ares Joachim Rønning 2025 4 5
True Romance Tony Scott 1993 5 5
Twisted Nerve Roy Boulting 1968 3½ 3½
The Two Jakes Jack Nicholson 1990 2½ 3½
Two-Lane Blacktop Monte Hellman 1971 3 2½
The Twonky Arch Oboler 1953 2½ 2½

U

Movie Director Year Story Look
UHF Jay Levey 1989 4½ 4½
Ultraviolet Kurt Wimmer 2006 1½ 2½
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Tom Gormican 2022 5 5
Unbreakable M. Night Shyamalan 2000 5½ 6
Uzumaki (aka Spiral) Akiro Higuchi 2000 2½ 4½

V

Movie Director Year Story Look
V for Vendetta James McTeigue 2005 4½ 5½
Vampire's Kiss James McTeigue 1988 3½ 3½
Vanishing Point Richard C. Sarafian 1971 3½ 4½
Versus Ryuhei Kitamura 2000 2½ 4
A Very Long Engagement Jean-Pierre Jeunet 2004 4½ 6
Videodrome David Cronenberg 1983 4½ 4
Viking Andrei Kravchuk 2016 1½ 4
The Void Steven Kostanski & Jeremy Gillespie 2016 5 5

W

Movie Director Year Story Look
Wag the Dog Barry Levinson 1997 4 4
The Wages of Fear Henri-Georges Clouzot 1953 3½ 4
Wall Street Oliver Stone 1987 4½ 4
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park & Steve Box 2005 5 6
Wallace & Gromit: The Incredible Adventures of Nick Park 2001 6 6
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Les Blank 1980 4 3½
What We Do in the Shadows Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi 2014 5 5
Where the Buffalo Roam Art Linson 1980 3½ 3½
White Sands Roger Donaldson 1992 3½ 3½
The Wild Blue Yonder Werner Herzog 2005 1½ 4
Willy's Wonderland Kevin Lewis 2021 1½ 3½
Wild at Heart David Lynch 1990 3½ 4
The Wild Bunch Sam Peckinpah 1969 4 4½
The Wild One Laszlo Benedek 1953 4 3½
Winter's Bone Debra Granik 2010 5 5
The Wizard of Gore Herschell Gordon Lewis 1970 2 2
Wizards Ralph Bakshi 1977 2 3½
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese 2013 5 6
The World's End Edgar Wright 2013 2½ 4

X

Movie Director Year Story Look
X-Men Bryan Singer 2000 5 5½

Y

Movie Director Year Story Look
Yakuza Apocalypse Takashi Miike 2015 3½ 4½
You Only Live Twice Lewis Gilbert 1967 3½ 4
Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks 1974 6 6

Z

Movie Director Year Story Look
A Zed & Two Noughts Peter Greenaway 1985 1 3½
Zombi Holocaust Marino Girolami 1980 1 2
Zombie Lucio Fulci 1979 3½ 4½

Shitheap

Ah, yes, the movies that just plain suck, for whatever reason. Movies here deserve the title of one giant whiffy pile of ShitStank. View with extreme caution...


CRAP

Movie Director Year Story Look
Carnival of Souls (1998) Adam Grossman 1998 0 2
Cats Satan 2019 0 0
Crypt of the Living Dead Ray Danton & Julio Salvador 1973 0 1
The Day After Tomorrow Roland Emmerich 2004 0 3½
The Human Centipede Tom Six 2009 * *
Jupiter Ascending The Wachowskis 2015 0 1½
Men In Black II Barry Sonnenfeld 2002 0 2½
Rabbits David Lynch 2002 0 0
Sleeper Woody Allen 1973 0 0
Trick ‘r Treat Michael Dougherty 2009 0 4
The Whole Nine Yards Jonathan Lynn 2000 0 1
Zoolander Ben Stiller 2001 0 2½

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