Critics Consensus: Beautifully bittersweet, The Holdovers marks a satisfying return to form for director Alexander Payne.

Synopsis: From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston

Directed By: Alexander Payne, Andrew Golov, Thom Zadra, Chris Stinson

Critics Consensus: A terrific popcorn thriller, Speed is taut, tense, and energetic, with outstanding performances from Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, and Sandra Bullock.

Synopsis: Los Angeles police officer Jack (Keanu Reeves) angers retired bomb squad member Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) by foiling his attempt at taking hostages. In revenge,… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton

Directed By: Jan de Bont, Ian Bryce

Critics Consensus: Three Kings successfully blends elements of action, drama, and comedy into a thoughtful, exciting movie on the Gulf War.

Synopsis: Just after the end of the Gulf War, four American soldiers decide to steal a cache of Saddam Hussein’s hidden gold. Led by Sergeant Major… View Full Synopsis

Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze

Directed By: David O. Russell, Bruce Berman, Gregory Goodman, Kelley Smith-Wait

Critics Consensus: The additional footage slows down the movie somewhat (some say the new cut is inferior to the original), but Apocalypse Now Redux is still a great piece of cinema.

Synopsis: Secret ops assassin Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission up a river during the Vietnam War to “terminate with extreme prejudice” the… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest

Directed By: Francis Ford Coppola

Critics Consensus: Oppenheimer marks another engrossing achievement from Christopher Nolan that benefits from Murphy’s tour-de-force performance and stunning visuals.

Synopsis: During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer and a team… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon

Directed By: Christopher Nolan

Critics Consensus: Pearl finds Ti West squeezing fresh gore out of the world he created with X — and once again benefiting from a brilliant Mia Goth performance.

Synopsis: Filmmaker Ti West returns with another chapter from the twisted world of X, in this astonishing follow-up to the year’s most acclaimed horror film. Trapped… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland

Directed By: Ti West, Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi, Dennis Cummings, Mia Goth

Critics Consensus: A delightfully postmodern fairy tale, The Princess Bride is a deft, intelligent mix of swashbuckling, romance, and comedy that takes an age-old damsel-in-distress story and makes it fresh.

Synopsis: A fairy tale adventure about a beautiful young woman and her one true love. He must find her after a long separation and save her…. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon

Directed By: Rob Reiner, Norman Lear

Critics Consensus: Featuring outstanding work from an excellent cast, The Departed is a thoroughly engrossing gangster drama with the gritty authenticity and soupy morality we come to expect from Martin Scorsese.

Synopsis: South Boston cop Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) goes undercover to infiltrate the organization of gangland chief Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). As Billy gains the mobster’s… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg

Directed By: Martin Scorsese, Roy Lee, Gianni Nunnari, Doug Davison

Critics Consensus: Brought to life by an outstanding ensemble cast, Jules uses its cute concept to grapple with poignant, universally relatable themes.

Synopsis: Jules follows Milton (Ben Kingsley) who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Zoe Winters, Jane Curtin

Directed By: Marc Turtletaub, David Bausch

Critics Consensus: The Thin Red Line is a daringly philosophical World War II film with an enormous cast of eager stars.

Synopsis: In 1942, Private Witt (Jim Caviezel) is a U.S. Army absconder living peacefully with the locals of a small South Pacific island. Discovered by his… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin

Directed By: Terrence Malick, George Stevens Jr.

Critics Consensus: A funny and clever reshaping of Emma, Clueless offers a soft satire that pokes as much fun at teen films as it does at the Beverly Hills glitterati.

Synopsis: Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher (Alicia Silverstone) is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school’s pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker,… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd

Directed By: Amy Heckerling

Critics Consensus: An effective spine-tingler despite clear budget constraints, Caveat suggests a deliciously dark filmmaking future for writer-director Damian Mc Carthy.

Synopsis: When a lone drifter with partial memory loss, Isaac, accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece, Olga, for a few days it all… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ben Caplan, Conor Dwane, Jonathan French, Leila Sykes

Directed By: Damian McCarthy

Critics Consensus: While not everyone will be entertained by Gladiator‘s glum revenge story, Russell Crowe thunderously wins the crowd with a star-making turn that provides Ridley Scott’s opulent resurrection of Rome its bruised heart.

Synopsis: Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) takes power and strips rank from Maximus (Russell Crowe), one of the favored generals of his predecessor and father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius,… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed

Directed By: Ridley Scott, Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, Steven Spielberg

Critics Consensus: A sort of Blair Witch Project crossed with Godzilla, Cloverfield is economically paced, stylistically clever, and filled with scares.

Synopsis: As a group of New Yorkers (Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman) enjoy a going-away party, little do they know that they will soon face… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Annable, Lizzy Caplan

Directed By: Matt Reeves, Guy Riedel, Sherryl Clark

Critics Consensus: If you’re seeking a stylish modern western with a solid story and a well-chosen ensemble cast, Tombstone is your huckleberry.

Synopsis: Wyatt Earp and his brothers, Morgan and Virgil, have left their gunslinger ways behind them to settle down and start a business in the town… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe

Directed By: George P. Cosmatos, Buzz Feitshans, Andrew G. Vajna

Critics Consensus: A raw and unsettling morality piece on modern angst and urban disconnect, Crash examines the dangers of bigotry and xenophobia in the lives of interconnected Angelenos.

Synopsis: Writer-director Paul Haggis interweaves several connected stories about race, class, family and gender in Los Angeles in the aftermath of 9/11. Characters include a district… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito

Directed By: Paul Haggis, Sven Clement, Marina Grasic, Jan Korbelin

Critics Consensus: Beautiful animation and entertaining work from a talented voice cast help Migration take flight in spite of a story that doesn’t quite stand out from the flock.

Synopsis: This holiday season, Illumination, creators of the blockbuster Minions, Despicable Me, Sing and The Secret Life of Pets comedies, invites you to take flight into… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Kumail Nanjiani, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key

Directed By: Benjamin Renner

Critics Consensus: Gifted isn’t quite as bright as its pint-sized protagonist, but a charming cast wrings respectably engaging drama out of a fairly predictable premise.

Synopsis: Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) – in a coastal town… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer

Directed By: Marc Webb, Glen Basner, Ben Browning, Molly Allen

Critics Consensus: Visually inventive and gleefully over the top, Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element is a fantastic piece of pop sci-fi that never takes itself too seriously.

Synopsis: The Earth is about to be destroyed by a huge ball of fire racing toward the planet. Cornelius, an old monk, knows how to stop… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich

Directed By: Luc Besson

Critics Consensus: Trolls Band Together serves up another amusing, eye-catching outing that should entertain young fans of the franchise while remaining perfectly painless for parents.

Synopsis: After two films of true friendship and relentless flirting, Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake) are now officially, finally, a couple (#broppy)! As they… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Camila Cabello, Eric André

Directed By: Walt Dohrn

Critics Consensus: All about the splashy kills, Terrifier artfully introduces the unpredictable massacrer mime Art, yet fails to carve an entertaining story worthy of his wrath.

Synopsis: A maniacal clown terrorizes three women on Halloween night.

Starring: Jenna Kanell, Catherine Corcoran, David Howard Thornton, Margaret Reed

Directed By: Damien Leone, Lisa Falcone

Critics Consensus: Reese Witherspoon is charming enough, but the road to Alabama is well-traveled.

Synopsis: Separated from her Southern husband, an engaged New York fashion designer confronts him about a divorce.

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen

Directed By: Andy Tennant, Jon Jashni, Wink Mordaunt, Michael Fottrell

Critics Consensus: This Adam Sandler vehicle borrows shamelessly from It’s A Wonderful Life and Back To The Future, and fails to produce the necessary laughs that would forgive such imitation.

Synopsis: Michael Newman seems to have it all but his wife, Donna, is increasingly frustrated by the amount of time he has to spend at work…. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Sean Astin

Directed By: Frank Coraci, Doug Belgrad, Barry Bernardi, Todd Garner

Critics Consensus: Technically proficient yet creatively moribund, Free Birds begs unfortunate comparisons with the dim-witted fowl that inspired it.

Synopsis: Pardoned by the president, a lucky turkey (Owen Wilson) named Reggie gets to live a carefree lifestyle, until fellow fowl Jake (Woody Harrelson) recruits him… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei

Directed By: Jimmy Hayward, Aron Warner, John J. Strauss, David I. Stern

Critics Consensus: Without compelling characters or heart, Godzilla stomps on everything that made the original (or any monster movie worth its salt) a classic.

Synopsis: During a nuclear test, the French government inadvertently mutates a lizard nest; years later, a giant lizard makes its way to New York City. Dr…. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria

Directed By: Roland Emmerich, Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, William Fay