Action/Adventure, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
21 Bridges

If you saw Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther and want more of King T’Challa, you’ll not find him here.

Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep doesn’t just want to scare you: It wants to shock and even sicken you.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn aspires to be a retro-noir thriller along the lines of 1974’s Chinatown.

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Parasite

Whatever warmth and hope we find here is buried under seriously troubling behavior.

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War
Terminator: Dark Fate

Unlike the last two PG-13 flicks in this franchise, Dark Fate ratchets things back up to R-rated levels.

Action/Adventure, Drama, War
6 Underground

Michael Bay’s Netflix debut is little more than endless explosions, an unbelievable plot and explicit content. Oh, and Ryan Reynolds.

Drama
Waves

Grace is found here. But for our purposes, it’s bought with a price.

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
The Good Liar

The Good Liar isn’t great. In fact, it has more cutting edges and caustic bits than you would expect, or …

Drama, War
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi

This period piece focuses on Rani Lakshmibai, a brave Indian queen willing to sacrifice all for her people.

Drama
Honey Boy

This former child star’s path to redemption is obviously a painful one, filled with excesses and extremes onscreen.

Drama
Marriage Story

Perhaps the most important message we can take away from Marriage Story is quite simple: Divorce is horrible.

Drama
The Irishman

Director Martin Scorsese’s Netflix-based The Irishman feels a little like a particularly bloody version of Forrest Gump.

Drama, War
The King

For a film that preaches peace so vehemently, there’s an awful lot of fighting going on here. Blood pours by …

Drama, Horror
The Lighthouse

This cinematic nor’easter is more disheartening and spiritually oppressive than nearly anything you’re apt to find on a theater screen.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Black and Blue

While the surprisingly earnest message here is refreshing, it’s still submerged in a stew of violence and profanity.