The Messenger(2009)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 79

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.



The Reader(2008)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.



The Last Samurai(2003)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 71

An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.



Billy Elliot(2000)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.



Anna Karenina(2012)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

In late-19th-century Russian high society, St. Petersburg aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the dashing Count Alexei Vronsky.



Monster House(2006)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.



Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert.



My Week with Marilyn(2011)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during the production of The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).



Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest(2006)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.



Thirteen(2003)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.



Joy(2015)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Joy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.



Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps(2010)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Now out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and rebuild his empire.



Vera Drake(2004)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.



Arbitrage(2012)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.



Cars 2(2011)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.



St. Vincent(2014)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.



Carnage(2011)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.



Love Actually(2003)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.



Duplicity(2009)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Two ex-government agents turned rival industrial spies have to be at the top of their game when one of their companies prepares to launch a major product. However, they distract each other in more ways than one.



The Painted Veil(2006)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A British medical doctor fights a cholera epidemic in a small Chinese village, while being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.




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