A young man with a bruise on his face looks out a truck window.
Drama
The Devil All the Time

Some movies entertain. Some movies educate. But this movie punishes the viewer.

Girls wake up in side-by-side beds.
Christian, Comedy, Drama, Kids
Switched

Think Freaky Friday, but throw in themes that talk about the need to love God and others, and you’ve got …

Four girls make pouting, selfie faces.
Drama
Cuties

Cuties gratuitously, excessively indulges in the very images and ideas it’s supposedly criticizing.

Drama
First Cow

This slow-moving, big-hearted story illustrates how we can find brotherhood in the most unlikely places.

Comedy, Drama
Bad Education

This true story of corruption tips its soiled hand early on: We know where it’s going, and we know it’s …

A woman and a man sit at a lawyer's desk in court.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love, Guaranteed

Netflix’s latest romantic comedy, Love, Guaranteed gives viewers a PG-rated, Hallmark-ish option.

A man and a woman talk at a diner.
Crime, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Frozen Ground

Just because this crime thriller is based on a true story doesn’t mean it’s easy to stomach.

Comedy, Drama
Irresistible

This movie is less interested in blue-state and red-state ideology than its suggestion that, in some ways, we’ve all been …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Black Panther

Black Panther has a good heart, and it gives us a real hero—strong and honorable and, when possible, even filled …

42
Drama, Sports
42

The number 42 is actually more than just the answer to life, the universe and everything. It is also a …

Mom and teen daughter cheer at high school game.
Drama
All Together Now

All Together Now packs inspiring messages into a story that takes some hard turns.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The New Mutants

This is, primarily, a horror movie—with a little bit of John Hughes’ Breakfast Club thrown in for good measure.

Huge, angry CGI lion.
Action/Adventure, Drama
Rogue

This is just a very bad movie.

A smiling man walks in the street in Victorian England.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Personal History of David Copperfield

While David himself may not always be a “good” person, this movie almost always is a “good” movie.

A man and a gorilla touch foreheads.
Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Kids
The One and Only Ivan

This lovely film’s minor blemishes don’t mar the positive, family-friendly lessons at the heart of this unfettered story.