A five-star movie is a rare find for me. If I watch a movie and am filled with all the awe, wonder, and inspiration that the medium of moving pictures can create, then I know I’ve found one of my favorite films. Only about 10% of the movies I have reviewed have reached this 5-star pinnacle. The following list of movies (in chronological and alphabetical order) are considered some of my favorites, in my opinion:
- Oppenheimer (2023)
- Triangle of Sadness (2023)
- The Menu (2022)
- CODA (2021)
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
- 1917 (2019)
- Joker (2019)
- Toy Story 4 (2019)
- Green Book (2018)
- Mortal Engines (2018)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- The Current War: Director’s Cut (2017)
- Darkest Hour (2017)
- Get Out (2017)
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
- Arrival (2016)
- The Jungle Book (2016)
- La La Land (2016)
- The Martian (2015)
- Little Boy (2015)
- Spotlight (2015)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Interstellar (2014)
- X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
- Skyfall (2012)
- Hugo (2011)
- (500) Days of Summer (2009)
- The Lives of Others (2006)
- Oldboy (2003)
- Secondhand Lions (2003)
- Dekalog (1989)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- Alien (1979)
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
