A man in a hat talks furtively to two other people.
Biography/History, Drama, Thriller
The Courier

This dramatic cold-war era spy thriller isn’t always the easiest film to watch.

Emma Stone as Cruella DeVil
Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Cruella

Being bad has rarely looked so good. Therein lies this Disney reboot’s charm … and its problems.

A lost family in Endangered Species
Action/Adventure, Drama
Endangered Species

Endangered Species is about a family running from both the animals and the people who want to kill them.

A woman in a white dress stands in front of a tree with many pictures wedged into it.
Drama, Horror
The Unholy

The Unholy, released on Good Friday of 2021, might be one of the year’s most spiritual movies.

A concerned young man and woman walk through a forest.
Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Chaos Walking

This film feels more brutal, and sounds more profane, than you would expect for a movie intended, essentially, for kids.

Two guys ride in a truck.
Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Wrath of Man

Jason Statham’s Wrath of Man might be about family—or, at least, about avenging them—but it’s certainly not for family.

Eric Bana as Aaron Falk in The Dry
Drama
The Dry

This tale of bad deeds and corrupt human failings isn’t always an easy one to sit and swelter through.

Pink in All I Know So Far
Documentary, Drama
All I Know So Far

All I Know So Far is Amazon Prime’s look into Pink’s life, courtesy of the same man who directed The …

Drama
Boogie

The predictable storyline is as bald as an ancient pair of hightops.

Matthias Schweighöfer and Dave Bautista in Army of the Dead
Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Army of the Dead

Is this movie terrifying? Not really. Obscenely grotesque? Oh, yeah.

Amy Adams as Anna in The Woman in the Window
Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Woman in the Window

Even if a film is predominantly a psychological thriller, like this one, showing physical trauma is a requirement today, it …

And older woman and a young man ride in the back of a limo.
Comedy, Drama
French Exit

Based on the novel of the same name by Patrick deWitt, French Exit is a film that wants to be …

A soldier salutes during a funeral.
Christian, Drama
My Brother’s Keeper

The heart of My Brother’s Keeper beats loud and clear: God loves us all, even when our lives have been …

Still of Kelvin Harrison Jr. in Monster
Drama
Monster

This is a gritty story that asks big questions about perception, truth and humanity.

An elderly man sits in a chair and talks to his middle-aged daughter.
Drama
The Father

The Father, of course, is a very sad movie, one that mercilessly marches through the realities of fading by inches.