| LAT | RTMC | RTC | note: “~” = the film's name. *RT fresh | |
| documentary | ||||
| Everybody’s Everything | yes | 100 | 99 | a lyrical exploration of the existential |
| Fantastic Fungi | yes | 100 | 94 | an entertaining look at an earthly wonder |
| After Parkland | yes | 100 | 61 | is that gentle exchange of a movie |
| The Bronx, USA | yes | 100 | ode to New York City’s northernmost borough | |
| Watson | yes | 100 | Chilling warning from eco-warrior | |
| Stuffed | yes | 100 | ‘Stuffed’ with significance | |
| 63 Up | yes | 98 | 94 | *completely enveloping |
| Varda by Agnès | yes | 98 | 86 | *Beloved director’s last look |
| Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound | yes | 97 | 93 | irresistible |
| The Kingmaker | yes | 97 | 90 | The Steel Butterfly’s rotten life |
| Midnight Family | yes | 97 | 81 | *electrifying |
| The Disappearance of My Mother | yes | 96 | Battle of wills with Mom | |
| The Apollo | yes | 95 | 87 | part heartfelt tribute and essential history |
| Citizen K | yes | 95 | 71 | The unlikeliest of dissidents |
| Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project | yes | 95 | 60 | *sad and finally exhilarating portrait |
| Western Stars | yes | 94 | 91 | its own special contribution to the oeuvre |
| The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash | yes | 94 | A fitting requiem for Man in Black | |
| Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops | yes | 92 | Moving, in its humanity and forceful in its pragmatism | |
| Cunningham | yes | 89 | 83 | *stunning; visual pizzazz |
| What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | yes | 88 | 55 | *New Yorker film critic at her haughty best |
| Mr. Toilet: The World’s #2 Man | yes | 86 | a compassionate and inspiring portrait | |
| 16 Bars | yes | 80 | 100 | sobering, candid, sadly profound |
| The All-Americans | yes | 80 | 75 | rousing |
| Shooting the Mafia | yes | 78 | 57 | *rollicking depiction of [Letizia] Battaglia |
| Saint Cloud Hill | yes | often dramatic; also filled with hope and admiration | ||
| When Lambs Become Lions | so-so | 94 | 67 | Fascinating and affecting if a bit sluggish |
| Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace | so-so | 86 | unremarkable in structure, but ... | |
| The Hottest August | so-so | 85 | sometimes an experiment feels like just an experiment | |
| Most Likely to Succeed | so-so | 71 | 100 | Inside look at top students’ growth |
| American Dharma | so-so | 62 | 73 | He sees himself as Trump’s Falstaff |
| Unlikely | so-so | scholarly adept yet disappoints artistically | ||
| Disco’d | so-so | could have used a bit more polish and structure | ||
| Gay Chorus Deep South | no | 100 | A missed opportunity | |
| Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer | no | 83 | 75 | caffeinated history |
| Melody Makers | no | 78 | a story without much of an arc | |
| Bruno Sammartino | no | Wrestler was a giant | ||
| animated | ||||
| Away | yes | 100 | highly personal, austere vision | |
| I Lost My Body | yes | 97 | 83 | *Give this creative, quirky gem a hand |
| Frozen II | yes | 77 | 92 | *is embracing its magic |
| Klaus | no | 95 | 96 | *Santa stuck with ho-ho-hum origin story |
| Spies in Disguise | no | 77 | 92 | *like a soap bubble pretty to watch disappears on contact |
| White Snake | no | 70 | 84 | often strikingly beautiful but confusing |
| regular movies | ||||
| Retablo | yes | 100 | 83 | measured, nearperfect tour de force |
| Mickey and the Bear | yes | 100 | 74 | a drama about stasis, disruption, but also awakening |
| Colewell | yes | 100 | 52 | a drama as endearingly demure as its leading lady |
| Knives Out | yes | 97 | 92 | *ingenious, deliriously entertaining detective tall |
| Portrait of a Lady on Fire | yes | 97 | 92 | *An exquisitely realized story about forbidden love, forgotten art |
| Queen of Hearts | yes | 97 | A complex woman's tragedy | |
| By the Grace of God | yes | 96 | 73 | *brilliantly nuanced, coolly devastating |
| Atlantics | yes | 96 | 65 | *genre-melding film is exquisite |
| Honey Boy | yes | 95 | 92 | *a searing tale of pain and forgiveness |
| A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | yes | 95 | 92 | *feels truthful within its own Neighborhood of Make-Believe |
| The Irishman | yes | 95 | 86 | *is a triumph |
| Marriage story | yes | 94 | 85 | *a nearly flawless elegy |
| Light From Light | yes | 93 | 62 | A haunted house without the horror |
| Ford v Ferrari | yes | 92 | 98 | *a finely tuned film |
| Burning Cane | yes | 92 | 37 | poetic wade into rural black Louisiana |
| In Fabric | yes | 91 | 52 | *creepy-comic possibilities; bizarre B-movie premise |
| Uncut Gems | yes | 91 | 52 | *thrillingly unpredictable |
| Tremors | yes | 90 | penetrating, mournful | |
| Dark Waters | yes | 89 | 95 | *Lawyer’s heroics run deep |
| The Two Popes | yes | 89 | 88 | *their spirit will move you |
| Les Misérables | yes | 88 | 89 | *A bold, timely descendant |
| Feast of the Seven Fishes | yes | 88 | 86 | charming and heartfelt movie |
| Synonyms | yes | 88 | 33 | *strange, thrilling portrait |
| After Class | yes | 87 | 50 | funny, warmly authentic |
| Hala | yes | 86 | 54 | A Pakistani American teen tries to reconcile cultures |
| Just Mercy | yes | 85 | 99 | *racism intense intimidation entrenched legal system |
| Ip Man 4 | yes | 85 | 95 | valuable last lesson |
| Waves | yes | 84 | 81 | *emotionally turbulent, formally exhilarating drama |
| Queen & Slim | yes | 83 | 91 | *comes roaring out of the gate |
| The Report | yes | 82 | 82 | *gripping tribute to a real-life investigator |
| I See You | yes | 79 | 73 | *A family’s terror unfolds expertly |
| Doctor Sleep | yes | 78 | 89 | successfully reconciles King, Kubrick |
| Richard Jewel | yes | 77 | 96 | *a streamlined wrong-man saga |
| Harriet | yes | 73 | 97 | A star turn worthy of a hero |
| Cubby | yes | 73 | 63 | Quirk, spunk and imaginary friends |
| Terminator: Dark Fate | yes | 70 | 82 | The ‘Terminator’ is back on track |
| Adopt a Highway | yes | 69 | 69 | an affective portrait of a unique life |
| Knives and Skin | yes | 69 | 31 | enthralls by focusing on the lives of the people left behind |
| Bombshell | yes | 68 | 84 | explodes on the screen |
| Little Joe | yes | 67 | 41 | full of rich and slippery implication underneath |
| Mrs. Lowry and Son | yes | 61 | 79 | Bio-drama pulses with vivid acting |
| Frankie | yes | 57 | 31 | lovely and pensive |
| Last Christmas | yes | 46 | 81 | a satisfying holiday flick |
| Midway | yes | 42 | 92 | its visuals are epic |
| Inside Game | yes | 38 | 73 | engaging ensemble; true crime drama |
| Countdown | yes | 27 | 72 | genuinely gnarly at times; moments of pure terror |
| Age Out | yes | 69 | lovely to look at; magnificently impressionistic | |
| Cavale | yes | finely captures the dangerous energy of being a teen | ||
| A Song of Names | yes | profound affecting and beAutifully told | ||
| Good Girls Get High | so-so | 100 | 72 | feels slightly juvenile, but ... |
| Angelfish | so-so | 86 | a tough time finding much new to say | |
| Daniel Isn’t Real | so-so | 84 | 58 | *too small and strange to be anyone’s breakout |
| A Hidden Life | so-so | 81 | 72 | falls short of sublimity, but ... |
| The Aeronauts | so-so | 72 | 95 | *Netflix: visually stunning but fitfully dramatic |
| Rabid | so-so | 56 | 29 | draws too much on clichés |
| Black and BLue | so-so | 51 | 93 | script overreaches, but... |
| Black Christmas | so-so | 39 | 31 | remake cuts away from the kill shot |
| The Great War | so-so | 17 | 36 | at times heavy-handed, anachronistic |
| Spiral Farm | no | 100 | a few dramatic vignettes | |
| 1917 | no | 88 | 88 | *mission not accomplished |
| Let It Snow | no | 81 | 46 | isn’t exactly a timeless classic |
| The Cat and the Moon | no | 78 | 91 | Troubled teens try our patience |
| My Friend the Polish Girl | no | 77 | puzzling, uber-meta | |
| Jumanji: The Next Level | no | 71 | 87 | It’s a retread, not an upgrade |
| The Kill Team | no | 71 | 42 | it almost lets Deeks off too easy |
| The Etruscan Smile | no | 70 | 74 | Cox’s salty charm flavors sappy saga |
| Motherless Brooklyn | no | 64 | 80 | a mixed bag of rich details and muddled plot |
| The Good Liar | no | 63 | 85 | from mildly unlikely to totally around the bend |
| The Current War:Director’s Cut | no | 61 | 79 | a long Wiki rabbit hole |
| Farming | no | 55 | Focus on brutality overwhelms story | |
| 21 Bridges | no | 54 | 91 | Police thriller collapses |
| Charlie’s Angels | no | 52 | 78 | More like Angels-in-training |
| Earthquake Bird | no | 49 | 54 | fails to lure us in |
| Seberg | no | 35 | 51 | overwrought and retro-fantastic |
| The Warrior Queen of Jhansi | no | 27 | 78 | Biopic cliches doom heroic tale |
| A Million Little Pieces | no | 27 | 51 | Pointless take on a disgraced novel |
| Playing With Fire | no | 24 | 77 | no fun for Cena and crew |
| The Death and Life of John F. Donovan | no | 19 | 54 | disjointed; shuffles between three story strands |
| A Fish in the Bathtub | no | 33 | Classic cast can’t save this comedy |