Star Wars(1977)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee, and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.



Beauty and the Beast(1991)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A young woman whose father has been imprisoned by a terrifying beast offers herself in his place, unaware that her captor is actually a prince, physically altered by a magic spell.



Schindler's List(1993)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

In German-occupied Poland during World War II, Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazi Germans.



Saving Private Ryan(1998)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.



Toy Story 2(1999)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.



The Post(2017)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.



Chicken Run(2000)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.



Mulholland Dr.(2001)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.



About Schmidt(2002)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A man upon retirement embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.



The School of Rock(2003)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band.



Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World(2003)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.



A History of Violence(2005)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.



Little Miss Sunshine(2006)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.



Eastern Promises(2007)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.



The Simpsons Movie(2007)

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Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpson family are declared fugitives.



Michael Clayton(2007)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.



Frost/Nixon(2008)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.



(500) Days of Summer(2009)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 82

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.



An Education(2009)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.



Blue Valentine(2010)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

The relationship of a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.




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