Click for casts, awards, reviews, VOR ratings.
Title on each page links to IMDb.
Grades omitted for films I viewed long ago. When world premiere precedes U.S. release, I list both.
★ = Full Review /
★ = Capsule /
★ = Feature or Blog Post /
★ = Grain of Salt
Updated: 23 Mar 2024, with reviews of Last Men in Aleppo, Life and Nothing More,
Lilly Turner
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| L.A. Confidential (1997) Dir. Curtis Hanson. Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe A |
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| La La Land (2016) Dir. Damien Chazelle. Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend B– |
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| LA Plays Itself (1972) Dir. Fred Halsted. Jim Frost, Rick Coates, Fred Halsted B– |
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| L.A. Story (1991) Dir. Mick Jackson. Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant C+ |
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| Labor Day (2013) Dir. Jason Reitman. Gattlin Griffith, Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin D |
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| A Labor of Love (1976) Dir. Robert Flaxman, Daniel Goldman. Documentary B– |
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| Lace Crater (2015/2016) Dir. Harrison Atkins. Lindsay Burdge, Andrew Ryder B+ |
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| Ladder to Damascus (2013/–) Dir. Mohamed Malas. Bilal Martini, Najla El Wa'za B+ |
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| Ladies They Talk About (1933) Dir. William Keighley, Howard Bretherton C |
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| ★ | Lady Bird (2017) Dir. Greta Gerwig. Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Beanie Feldstein B+ |
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| Lady Caroline Lamb (1972/1973) Dir. Robert Bolt. Sarah Miles, Jon Finch C |
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| Lady Chatterley (2006/2007) Dir. Pascale Ferran. Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h B+ |
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| The Lady Eve (1941) Dir. Preston Sturges. Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck A |
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| Lady for a Day (1933) Dir. Frank Capra. Warren William, May Robson, Ned Sparks B |
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| The Lady from Shanghai (1947/1948) Dir. Orson Welles. Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth B |
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| Lady in the Lake (1947) Dir. Robert Montgomery. Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter B+ |
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| ★ | Lady in the Water (2006) Dir. M. Night Shyamalan. Bryce Dallas Howard D– |
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| The Lady in White (1988) Dir. Frank LaLoggia. Lukas Haas, Katherine Helmond D– |
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| Lady Macbeth (2016/2017) Dir. William Oldroyd. Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis B |
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| Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Dir. Sidney J. Furie. Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams B– |
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| The Lady Vanishes (1938) Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Margaret Lockwood A |
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| ★ | The Ladykillers (2004) Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen. Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall D |
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| The Lake House (2006) Dir. Alejandro Agrest. Sandra Bullock, Keanu Reeves C+ |
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| Lake of Fire (2006/2007) Dir. Tony Kaye. Documentary about abortions in U.S. B+ |
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| Lake Tahoe (2008/2009) Dir. Fernando Eimbcke. Diego Cataño, Juan Carlos Lara II B– |
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| Lagaan (2001/2002) Dir. Ashutosh Gowariker. Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh B– |
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| Lake Placid (1999) Dir. Steve Miner. Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Oliver Platt B– |
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| Lan Yu (2001/2002) Dir. Stanley Kwan. Hu Jun, Liu Ye, Huatong Li, Lu Fang B |
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| Land and Freedom (1995/1996) Dir. Ken Loach. Ian Hart, Rosana Pastor, Tom Gilroy B |
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| Land of Plenty (2004/2005) Dir. Wim Wenders. Michelle Williams, John Diehl B– |
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| Land of Storms (2014/–) Dir. Ádám Császi. András Sütö, Ádám Varga C– |
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| Land of the Dead (2005) Dir. George Romero. Simon Baker, Eugene Clark B+ |
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| Land without Bread (1933/–) Dir. Luis Buñuel. Documentary about Las Hurdes B |
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| Land without God (2019/–) Dir. Gerard Mannix Flynn, Maedhbh McMahon, et al. B– |
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| Landline (2017) Dir. Gillian Robespierre. Jenny Slate, Abby Quinn, John Turturro D+ |
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| The Landlord (1970) Dir. Hal Ashby. Beau Bridges, Pearl Bailey, Mark Bey B+ |
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| The Landscape Within (2016/–) Dir. Andrea Capranico. Documentary B+ |
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| ★ | Language Lessons (2021) Dir. Natalie Morales. Mark Duplass, Natalie Morales B– |
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| Lantana (2001) Dir. Ray Lawrence. Anthony LaPaglia, Rachael Blake, Kerry Armstrong B |
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| ★ | The Laramie Project (2001/TV) Dir. Moisés Kaufman. Nestor Carbonell, Kelli Simpkins B |
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| Lars and the Real Girl (2007) Dir. Craig Gillespie. Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer C+ |
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| ★ | The Last Angel of History (1996/–) Dir. John Akomfrah. Experimental film B– |
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| The Last Angry Man (1959) Dir. Daniel Mann. Paul Muni, David Wayne, Luther Adler D |
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| The Last Autumn (2019/–) Dir. Yrsa Roca Fanberg. Documentary about ranchers B+ |
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| The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2018) Dir. Joe Talbot. Jimmie Fails B+ |
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| Last Chance Harvey (2008) Dir. Joel Hopkins. Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson B |
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| The Last Circus (2010/2011) Dir. Álex de la Iglesia. Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre C |
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| The Last Command (1928) Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent A– |
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| Last Dance (1996) Dir. Bruce Beresford. Rob Morrow, Sharon Stone, Peter Gallagher C– |
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| Last Days (2005) Dir. Gus Van Sant. Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Scott Green B+ |
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| The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992/1993) Dir. Gillian Armstrong. Lisa Harrow B |
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| ★ | The Last Days of Disco (1998) Dir. Whit Stillman. Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale D+ |
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| The Last Detail (1973) Dir. Hal Ashby. Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid B– |
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| The Last Emperor (1987) Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. John Lone, Joan Chen A– |
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| Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989/1990) Dir. Uli Edel. Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh B– |
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| ★ | The Last Exorcism (2010) Dir. Daniel Stamm. Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell B |
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| The Last Face (2016/2017) Dir. Sean Penn. Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem F |
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| The Last Five Years (2014/2015) Dir. Richard LaGravenese. Anna Kendrick D+ |
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| Last Flag Flying (2017) Dir. Richard Linklater. Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston B– |
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| The Last Forest (2021/–) Dir. Luiz Bolognesi. Documentary about Amazon tribe C+ |
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| The Last King of Scotland (2006) Dir. Kevin Macdonald. James McAvoy C+ |
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| The Last Laugh (1924/1925) Dir. F.W. Murnau. Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft A– |
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| Last Life in the Universe (2003/2004) Dir. Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Tadanobu Asano B– |
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| ★ | Last Men in Aleppo (2017) Dir. Feras Fayyad. Documentary. "Khalid," "Subhi" A– |
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| Last Men Standing (2016/–) Dir. Erin Bethauer, Tim Hussin. Documentary B+ |
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| The Last Mistress (2007/2008) Dir. Catherine Breillat. Asia Argenta, Fu'ad Ait Aattou C– |
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| Last Night (1998/1999) Dir. Don McKellar. Don McKellar, Sandra Oh C |
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| The Last of England (1987/–) Dir. Derek Jarman. Spring Gerrard McArthur C+ |
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| The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Dir. Michael Mann. Daniel Day-Lewis B |
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| ★ | The Last of the Unjust (2013/2014) Dir. Claude Lanzmann. Documentary A– |
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| The Last Picture Show (1971) Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. Timothy Bottoms C+ |
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| The Last Samurai (2003) Dir. Edward Zwick. Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe C– |
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| The Last Seduction (1994) Dir. John Dahl. Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg — |
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| The Last September (1999/2000) Dir. Deborah Warner. Keeley Hawes C+ |
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| The Last Shelter (2021/–) Dir. Ousmane Samassekou. Documentary about migrants B |
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| ★ | The Last Station (2009) Dir. Michael Hoffman. James McAvoy, Helen Mirren D |
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| Last Summer (1969) Dir. Frank Perry. Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas A– |
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| Last Tango in Paris (1972) Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. Marlon Brando A– |
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| The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Dir. Martin Scorsese. Willem Dafoe B+ |
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| The Last Time I Saw Macao (2012/2013) Dir. João Pedro Rodrigues, et al. B+ |
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| Last Train Home (2009/2010) Dir. Lixin Fan. Documentary about modern China B |
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| The Last Tycoon (1976) Dir. Elia Kazan. Robert De Niro, Ingrid Boulting C– |
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| Last Vegas (2013) Dir. Jon Turteltaub. Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro C |
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| Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Dir. Alain Resnais. Giorgio Albertazzi — |
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| Late August, Early September (1998/1999) Dir. Olivier Assayas. Mathieu Amalric B |
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| ★ | Late Marriage (2001/2002) Dir. Dover Kosashvili. Lior Ashkenazi, Ronit Elkabetz A |
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| Late Night (2019) Dir. Nisha Ganatra. Mindy Kaling, Emma Thompson, Reid Scott C– |
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| A Late Quartet (2012) Dir. Yaron Zilberman. Christopher Walken, Mark Ivanir C– |
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| Latter Days (2003/2004) Dir. C. Jay Cox. Steve Sandvoss, Wes Ramsey C+ |
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| The Laundromat (2019) Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman C |
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| Laura (1944) Dir. Otto Preminger. Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb A+ |
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| ★ | Laurel Canyon (2002/2003) Dir. Lisa Cholodenko. Frances McDormand, Christian Bale C |
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| Laurence Anyways (2012/2013) Dir. Xavier Dolan. Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément B– |
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| The Lavender Hill Mob (1952) Dir. Charles Crichton. Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway B |
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| Lavender Limelight (1997/–) Dir. Marc Mauceri. Documentary about lesbian directors C |
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| Law of Desire (1987) Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. Eusebio Poncela, Antonio Banderas B |
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| Lawless (2012) Dir. John Hillcoat. Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce B |
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| Lawless Heart (2001/2003) Dir. Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter. Tom Hollander B+ |
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| The Lawnmower Man (1992) Dir. Brett Leonard. Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Fahey D– |
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| ★ | Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Dir. David Lean. Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif A– |
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| Laws of Gravity (1992) Dir. Nick Gomez. Peter Greene, Adam Trese, Edie Falco B |
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| Layla M. (2016/–) Dir. Mijke de Jong. Nora El Koussour, Ilias Addab B |
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| Lazy Eye (2016) Dir. Tim Kirkman. Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Aaron Costa Ganis B– |
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| ★ | Le Havre (2011) Dir. Aki Kaurismäki. André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Kati Outinen B– |
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| A League of Their Own (1992) Dir. Penny Marshall. Geena Davis, Lori Petty B+ |
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| Lean on Pete (2017/2018) Dir. Andrew Haigh. Charlie Plummer, Travis Fimmel A– |
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| ★ | Leap Year (2010/2011) Dir. Michael Rowe. Mónica del Carmen, Gustavo Sánchez Parra B |
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| Leave Her to Heaven (1945) Dir. John M. Stahl. Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde — |
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| Leave No Trace (2018) Dir. Debra Granik. Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Ben Foster B+ |
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| Leaves of Grass (2009/2010) Dir. Tim Blake Nelson. Edward Norton, Tim Blake Nelson D+ |
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| Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Dir. Mike Figgis. Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands B+ |
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| ★ | Lebanon (2009/2010) Dir. Samuel Maoz. Yoav Donat, Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran B |
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| Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) Dir. Lee Daniels. Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey C– |
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| ★ | Legally Blonde (2001) Dir. Robert Luketic. Reese Witherspoon, Victor Garber C |
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| Legend (1985/1986) Dir. Ridley Scott. Tom Cruise, Tim Curry, Mia Sara, David Bennent C– |
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| ★ | The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) Dir. Robert Redford. Matt Damon, Will Smith F |
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| The Legend of the Ugly King (2017/–) Dir. Hüseyin Tabak. Documentary B |
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| Legendary (2010) Dir. Mel Damski. Devon Graye, John Cena, Patricia Clarkson C– |
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| The LEGO Movie (2014) Dir. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller. Animated C+ |
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| Leila (1997/1999) Dir. Dariush Mehrjui. Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa, Jamileh Sheikhi A– |
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| Leitis in Waiting (2018/–) Dir. Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson. Documentary B– |
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| Lemming (2005/2006) Dir. Dominik Moll. Laurent Lucas, Charlotte Gainsbourg B– |
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| Lemon Tree (2008/2009) Dir. Eran Riklis. Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman B– |
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| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) Dir. Brad Silberling B– |
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| Lenny (1974) Dir. Bob Fosse. Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck C+ |
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| Léon Morin, Priest (1961/–) Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville. Emmanuelle Riva A |
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| The Leopard (1963) Dir. Luchino Visconti. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa A– |
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| Less Than Zero (1987) Dir. Marek Kanievska. Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz — |
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| ★ | Let It Rain (2008/2010) Dir. Agnès Jaoui. Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui C+ |
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| Let Me Dream Again (1900) Dir. George Albert Smith. Laura Bayley, Tom Green B |
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| Let Me In (2010) Dir. Matt Reeves. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz B+ |
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| Let the Fire Burn (2013) Dir. Jason Osder. Documentary about the MOVE bombing B |
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| Let the Right One In (2008) Dir. Tomas Alfredson. Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson B |
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| Let the Sun Shine In (2017/2018) Dir. Claire Denis. Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois B |
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| Let Them All Talk (2020) Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen B– |
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| Let There Be Light (2019/–) Dir. Marko Skop. Milan Ondrík, František Beleš B |
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| The Letter (1929) Dir. Jean de Limur. Jeanne Eagels, Reginald Owen, O.P. Heggie B |
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| The Letter (1940) Dir. William Wyler. Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson A |
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| The Letter (1999/–) Dir. Manoel de Oliveira. Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa B |
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| Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) Dir. Max Ophüls. Joan Fontaine A |
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| A Letter to Three Wives (1949) Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell A |
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| Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Dir. Clint Eastwood. Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya B+ |
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| Leviathan (2012/2013) Dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel. Documentary B+ |
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| Leviathan (2014) Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev. Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova B |
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| Levity (2003) Dir. Ed Solomon. Billy Bob Thornton, Holly Hunter, Morgan Freeman C |
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| Lianna (1983) Dir. John Sayles. Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, John DeVries C+ |
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| Liar Liar (1997) Dir. Tom Shadyac. Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Jennifer Tilly C |
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| Libeled Lady (1936) Dir. Jack Conway. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy A– |
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| Liberté (2019/2020) Dir. Albert Serra. Baptiste Pinteaux, Helmut Berger, Marc Susini B |
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| The Libertine (2004/2005) Dir. Laurence Dunmore. Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton B– |
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| ★ | The Lickerish Quartet (1970) Dir. Radley Metzger. Silvana Venturelli, Frank Wolff B– |
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| Licorice Pizza (2021) Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman B+ |
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| L.I.E. (2001) Dir. Michael Cuesta. Paul Dano, Brian Cox, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay B |
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| Lie with Me (2005/–) Dir. Clément Virgo. Lauren Lee Smith, Eric Balfour B– |
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| The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928/–) Dir. Robert Florey, et al. A |
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| Life (1999) Dir. Ted Demme. Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé C+ |
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| Life, Above All (2010/2011) Dir. Oliver Schmitz. Khomotso Manyaka, Lerato Mvelase B– |
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| The Life Ahead (2020) Dir. Edoardo Ponti. Ibrahima Gueye, Sophia Loren C |
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| ★ | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004/TV) Dir. Stephen Hopkins. Geoffrey Rush C+ |
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| ★ | Life and Nothing More (2017/2018) Dir. Antonio Méndez Esparza. Andrew Bleechington A |
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| Life, Animated (2016) Dir. Roger Ross Williams. Documentary. Owen Suskind B+ |
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| The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) Dir. Wes Anderson. Bill Murray B– |
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| Life as a House (2001) Dir. Irwin Winkler. Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas D+ |
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| ★ | Life During Wartime (2009/2010) Dir. Todd Solondz. Shirley Henderson B– |
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| Life Is a Miracle (2004/–) Dir. Emir Kusturica. Slavko Stimac, Natasa Tapuskovic C+ |
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| ★ | Life Is Beautiful (1997/1998) Dir. Roberto Benigni. Roberto Benigni, Giorgio Cantarini C |
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| Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009) Dir. Buddy Giovinazzo. Evan Ross, Victor Rasuk D+ |
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| ★ | Life Is Sweet (1990/1991) Dir. Mike Leigh. Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent B |
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| Life Itself (2014) Dir. Steve James. Documentary about life and work of Roger Ebert B |
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| The Life of an American Fireman (1903) Dir. Edwin S. Porter. Arthur White A |
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| ★ | The Life of Émile Zola (1937) Dir. William Dieterle. Paul Muni, Joseph Schildkraut C+ |
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| Life of Jesus (1997/1998) Dir. Bruno Dumont. David Douche, Marjorie Cottreel B+ |
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| The Life of Oharu (1952/1964) Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi. Kinuyo Tanaka, Ichirō Sugai A– |
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| Life of Pi (2012) Dir. Ang Lee. Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Kahn, Rafe Spall, Adil Hussain B+ |
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| Life on Earth (1998/1999) Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako. Abderrahmane Sissako A– |
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| Life with Father (1947) Dir. Michael Curtiz. William Powell, Irene Dunne, Jimmy Lydon C |
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| Lifeboat (1944) Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Tallulah Bankhead, Walter Slezak, John Hodiak B |
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| Lifelong (2013/–) Dir. Asli Özge. Defne Halman, Hakan Çimenser, Gizem Akman C+ |
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| The Light Between Oceans (2016) Dir. Derek Cianfrance. Michael Fassbender C+ |
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| Light Sleeper (1992) Dir. Paul Schrader. Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon B |
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| The Lighthouse (2019) Dir. Robert Eggers. Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe B– |
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| Lights Out (2016) Dir. David F. Sandberg. Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman D |
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| Like Crazy (2011) Dir. Drake Doremus. Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence B |
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| Like Father, Like Son (2013/2014) Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda. Masaharu Fukuyama B– |
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| ★ | Like Someone in Love (2012/2013) Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. Rin Takanashi B+ |
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| Like Water for Chocolate (1992/1993) Dir. Alfonso Arau. Lumi Cavazos B– |
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| Like You Mean It (2015/–) Dir. Philipp Karner. Philipp Karner, Denver Milord B |
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| Li'l Quinquin (2014/2015) Dir. Bruno Dumont. Alane Delhaye, Bernard Pruvost A– |
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| Lila and Eve (2015) Dir. Charles Stone III. Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, She Whigham D+ |
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| Lili (1953) Dir. Charles Walters. Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean-Pierre Aumont — |
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| Lilies (1996/1997) Dir. John Greyson. Danny Gilmore, Jason Cadieux B– |
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| Lilies of the Field (1963) Dir. Martin Ritt. Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Isa Crino C+ |
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| Lilith (1964) Dir. Robert Rossen. Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda, Kim Hunter B– |
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| Lilja 4-ever (2002/2003) Dir. Lukas Moodysson. Oksana Akinshina — |
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| ★ | Lilly Turner (1933) Dir. William Wellman. Ruth Chatterton, Frank McHugh B+ |
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| Lilo & Stitch (2002) Dir. Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders. Voice of Daveigh Chase B+ |
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| Lilting (2014) Dir. Hong Khaou. Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei-Pei, Andrew Leung C+ |
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| Limbo (1999) Dir. John Sayles. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, David Strathairn B |
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| The Limey (1999) Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Terence Stamp, Peter Fonda B |
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| The Limits of Control (2009) Dir. Jim Jarmusch. Isaach de Bankolé, Paz de la Huerta B+ |
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| ★ | Lincoln (2012) Dir. Steven Spielberg. Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones B+ |
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| The Lincoln Lawyer (2012) Dir. Brad Furman. Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe C+ |
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| The Line (2017/–) Dir. Peter Bebjak. Tomáš Maštalír, Eugen Libezňuk, Andrej Hryc B+ |
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| ★ | Lingua Franca (2019/2020) Dir. Isabel Sandoval. Isabel Sandoval, Eamon Farren B |
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| Lingui: The Sacred Bonds (2021/2022) Dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun B |
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| Lion (2016) Dir. Garth Davis. Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham B– |
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| ★ | The Lion in Winter (1968) Dir. Anthony Harvey. Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn B+ |
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| The Lion King (1994) Dir. Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers. Animated — |
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| Lions for Lambs (2007) Dir. Robert Redford. Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep D+ |
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| Lisbon Story (1994/1997) Dir. Wim Wenders. Rüdiger Vogler, Teresa Salgueiro C+ |
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| Listen Up Philip (2014) Dir. Alex Ross Perry. Jason Schwartzman, Jonathan Pryce C |
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| Little (2019) Dir. Tina Gordon. Issa Rae, Marsai Martin, Regina Hall, Tone Bell C+ |
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| Little Big Man (1970) Dir. Arthur Penn. Dustin Hoffman, Chief Dan George C– |
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| Little Boy Lost (1953) Dir. George Seaton. Bing Crosby, Christian Fourcade B– |
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| Little Caesar (1931) Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. B+ |
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| Little Children (2006) Dir. Todd Field. Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson D+ |
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| A Little Closer (2011/–) Dir. Matt Petock. Eric Baskerville, Parker Lutz, Sayra Player B |
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| The Little Colonel (1934) Dir. David Butler. Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore B |
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| Little Dorrit (1987) Dir. Christine Edzard. Derek Jacobi, Sarah Pickering B+ |
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| ★ | The Little Drummer Girl (1984) Dir. George Roy Hill. Diane Keaton, Yorgos Voyagis C |
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| Little Fish (2005/2006) Dir. Rowan Woods. Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving C– |
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| The Little Foxes (1941) Dir. William Wyler. Bette Davis, Teresa Wright B+ |
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| Little Girl (2020/2021) Dir. Sébastien Lifshitz. Documentary about trans child B– |
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| Little Joe (2019) Dir. Jessica Hausner. Emily Beecham, Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw D |
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| Little Man Tate (1991) Dir. Jodie Foster. Adam Hann-Byrd, Jodie Foster C |
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| Little Man, What Now? (1934) Dir. Frank Borzage. Douglass Montgomery A– |
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| Little Men (2016) Dir. Ira Sachs. Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri, Greg Kinnear B |
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| ★ | The Little Mermaid (1989) Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements. Animated B– |
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| Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. Abigail Breslin B– |
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| Little Murders (1971) Dir. Alan Arkin. Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia B |
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| Little Odessa (1994/1995) Dir. James Gray. Tim Roth, Edward Furlong — |
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| A Little Princess (1995) Dir. Alfonso Cuarón. Liesl Matthews, Liam Cunningham B+ |
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| Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Dir. Frank Oz. Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene B– |
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| The Little Thief (1988/1989) Dir. Claude Miller. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bezace B |
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| Little Tich and His Funny Feet (1900) Dir. Alice Guy Blaché. Harry Relph B+ |
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| Little Voice (1998) Dir. Mark Herman. Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine C |
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| Little Women (1933) Dir. Geroge Cukor. Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett B+ |
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| Little Women (1994) Dir. Gillian Armstrong. Winona Ryder, Trini Alvarado B+ |
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| ★ | Little Women (2019) Dir. Greta Gerwig. Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh A– |
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| Little Woods (2018/2019) Dir. Nia DaCosta. Tessa Thompson, Lily James C |
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| Live Flesh (1997/1998) Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. Liberto Rabal, Francesca Neri B+ |
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| The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) Dir. Henry Hathaway. Gary Cooper B– |
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| ★ | The Lives of Others (2006/2007) Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Ulrich Mühe C |
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| ★ | Living (2022) Dir. Oliver Hermanus. Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp B |
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| The Living Desert (1953) Dir. James Algar. Documentary about life in Death Valley B+ |
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| The Living End (1992) Dir. Gregg Araki. Craig Gilmore, Mike Dytri, Darcy Marta — |
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| Living in Oblivion (1995) Dir. Tom DiCillo. Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener D+ |
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| Living Out Loud (1998) Dir. Richard LaGravenese. Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito B– |
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| Liza with a "Z" (1972) Dir. Bob Fosse. Performance documentary B+ |
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| La Llorona (2019/2020) Dir. Jayro Bustamante. Margarita Kenéfic B+ |
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| ★ | The Lobster (2015/2016) Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz A– |
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| Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrells (1998/1999) Dir. Guy Ritchie B– |
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| Locke (2013) Dir. Steve Knight. Tom Hardy, voices of Andrew Scott, Ruth Wilson C+ |
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| Logan (2017) Dir. James Mangold. Hugh Jackman, Dafne Keen, Patrick Stewart B |
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| Logan Lucky (2017) Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Channing Tatum, Adam Driver B– |
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| Lola (2019/–) Dir. Laurent Micheli. Mya Bollaers, Benoît Magimel, Sami Outalbali B– |
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| Lola and Billy the Kid (1999) Dir. Kutluğ Ataman. Baki Davrak, Erdal Yıldız C |
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| Lola Montès (1955/1959) Dir. Max Ophüls. Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Ivan Desny B |
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| Lolita (1962) Dir. Stanley Kubrick. James Mason, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters B |
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| Lolita (1997/1998) Dir. Adrian Lyne. Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith C– |
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| The Lone Ranger (2013) Dir. Gore Verbinski. Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer C |
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| Lone Star (1996) Dir. John Sayles. Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Kris Kristofferson A– |
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| Lone Survivor (2013) Dir. Peter Berg. Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster C+ |
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| The Lonedale Operator (1911) Dir. D.W. Griffith. Blanche Sweet, Francis J. Grandon A |
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| The Loneliest Planet (2011/2012) Dir. Julia Loktev. Hani Furstenberg B |
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| Lonely Are the Brave (1962) Dir. David Miller. Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands A– |
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| Lonelyhearts (1958) Dir. Vincent J. Donehue. Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan B– |
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| Lonesome Cowboys (1968) Dir. Andy Warhol. Viva, Tom Hompertz, Eric Emerson B+ |
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| A Long and Happy Life (2013/–) Dir. Boris Khlebnikov. Aleksandr Yatshenko A– |
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| The Long Day Closes (1992/1993) Dir. Terence Davies. Leigh McCormack A– |
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| Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) Dir. Sidney Lumet. Katharine Hepburn A |
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| Long Day's Journey into Night (2018/2019) Dir. Bi Gan. Huang Jue, Tang Wei B |
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| Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908) Dir. Georges Méliès. Georges Méliès A– |
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| The Long Goodbye (1973) Dir. Robert Altman. Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt B+ |
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| ★ | The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Dir. Renny Harlin. Geena Davis C+ |
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| Long Shot (2019) Dir. Jonathan Levine. Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen B– |
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| The Long Voyage Home (1940) Dir. John Ford. John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell B+ |
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| The Long Walk Home (1990) Dir. Richard Pearce. Whoopi Goldberg, Sissy Spacek B– |
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| The Longest Day (1962) Dir. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, et al. A– |
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| Longing (2006/2007) Dir. Valeska Grisebach. Andres Müller, Ilka Welz B+ |
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| Longtime Companion (1990) Dir. Norman René. Campbell Scott, Stephen Caffrey B |
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| Look at Me (2004) Dir. Agnès Jaoui. Marilou Berry, Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri C+ |
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| Look at Me (2018/–) Dir. Néjib Belkhadi. Nidhal Saadi, Idryss Kharroubi C+ |
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| Look Back in Anger (1989/TV) Dir. Judi Dench, David Jones. Kenneth Branagh C– |
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| ★ | The Look of Silence (2014/2015) Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer. Documentary A– |
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| Looking for Grace (2015/–) Dir. Sue Brooks. Odessa Young, Radha Mitchell C+ |
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| ★ | Looking for Langston (1989) Dir. Isaac Julien. Ben Ellison, Matthew Baidoo A– |
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| Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) Dir. Richard Brooks. Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld B– |
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| Looking for Richard (1996/1997) Dir. Al Pacino. Documentary about Richard III C– |
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| The Lookout (2007) Dir. Scott Frank. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode C |
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| Looper (2012) Dir. Rian Johnson. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt A– |
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| Lord Love a Duck (1966) Dir. George Axelrod. Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld B |
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| ★ | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Dir. Peter Jackson A– |
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| ★ | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Dir. Peter Jackson B– |
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| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Dir. Peter Jackson B |
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| Lore (2012/2013) Dir. Cate Shortland. Saskia Rosendahl, Philip Wiegratz, André Frid C |
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| Lorenzo's Oil (1992) Dir. George Miller. Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov B |
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| Lorna's Silence (2008/2009) Dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Arta Dobroshi A– |
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| Losing Ground (1982/–) Dir. Kathleen Collins. Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones B |
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| Losing Isaiah (1995) Dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal. Jessica Lange, Halle Berry — |
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| The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1998/1999) Dir. Mike Figgis. Saffron Burrows D |
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| Lost and Delirious (2001) Dir. Léa Pool. Mischa Barton, Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré C+ |
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| The Lost Boys (1987) Dir. Joel Schumacher. Corey Haim, Jason Patric C+ |
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| The Lost City of Z (2016/2017) Dir. James Gray. Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller B+ |
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| ★ | The Lost Daughter (2021) Dir. Maggie Gyllenhaal. Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson A– |
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| Lost Highway (1997) Dir. David Lynch. Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette C+ |
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| Lost Horizon (1937) Dir. Frank Capra. Ronald Colman, John Howard, H.B. Warner B+ |
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| Lost in America (1985) Dir. Albert Brooks. Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty A– |
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| Lost in New Mexico: The Strange Tale of Susan Hero Dir. Jason Rosette D |
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| ★ | Lost in Translation (2003) Dir. Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson B |
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| Lost in Yonkers (1993) Dir. Martha Coolidge. Mercedes Ruehl, Richard Dreyfuss C |
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| The Lost Moment (1947) Dir. Martin Gabel. Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward B |
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| The Lost Weekend (1945) Dir. Billy Wilder. Ray Milland, Jane Wyman C |
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| The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Dir. Steven Spielberg. Jeff Goldblum C |
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| Lot in Sodom (1933/–) Dir. James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber B+ |
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| Louder than Bombs (2015/2016) Dir. Joachim Trier. Gabriel Byrne, Devin Druid B– |
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| ★ | Lourdes (2009/2010) Dir. Jessica Hausner. Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Gilette Barbier B+ |
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| Love (1971/1973) Dir. Károly Makk. Mari Törõcsik, Lili Darvas, Erzsi Orsolya B |
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| Love (2015) Dir. Gaspar Noé. Karl Glusman, Aomi Muyock, Klara Kristin C+ |
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| Love Actually (2003) Dir. Richard Curtis. Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson B– |
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| Love Affair (1939) Dir. Leo McCarey. Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Maria Ouspenskaya B+ |
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| Love Affair (1994) Dir. Glenn Gordon Caron. Annette Bening, Warren Beatty D+ |
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| Love Affair, or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967/1968) B+ |
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| Love Among the Ruins (1975/TV) Dir. George Cukor. Laurence Olivier — |
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| Love and Anarchy (1973/1974) Dir. Lina Wertmüller. Giancarlo Giannini B+ |
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| Love & Basketball (2000) Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood. Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps B |
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| Love and Death (1975) Dir. Woody Allen. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Zvee Scooler — |
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| ★ | Love and Death on Long Island (1997/1998) Dir. Richard Kwietniowski. John Hurt B |
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| Love and Diane (2002/2003) Dir. Jennifer Dworkin. Documentary about poor family A– |
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| Love & Friendship (2016) Dir. Whit Stillman. Kate Beckinsale, Xavier Samuel B |
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| Love & Mercy (2015) Dir. Bill Pohlad. Paul Dano, John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks B |
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| Love & Other Drugs (2010) Dir. Edward Zwick. Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway D+ |
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| Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973) Dir. Alan J. Pakula. Maggie Smith C– |
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| Love Child (2019/–) Dir. Eva Mulvad. Documentary about Iranian asylum seekers B+ |
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| Love Crazy (1941) Dir. Jack Conway. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick C |
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| Love Field (1992) Dir. Jonathan Kaplan. Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis Haysbert C |
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| Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) Dir. Mike Newell. Giovanna Mezzogiorno C– |
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| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) Dir. Henry King. Jennifer Jones D+ |
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| Love Is in the Air (2011/–) Dir. Simon Staho. Emma Sehested Høeg, Gustav Hintze C– |
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| Love Is Strange (2014) Dir. Ira Sachs. John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Charlie Tahan B+ |
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| Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) Dir. John Maybury B+ |
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| Love Jones (1997) Dir. Theodore Witcher. Nia Long, Larenz Tate, Lisa Nicole Carson B |
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| The Love Letter (1999) Dir. Peter Ho-Sun Chan. Kate Capshaw, Tom Everett Scott D |
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| Love Letters (1945) Dir. William Dieterle. Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, Ann Richards C– |
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| Love Lies Bleeding (2024) Dir. Rose Glass. Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris B+ |
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| Love Like Poison (2010/–) Dir. Katell Quillévéré. Clara Augarde, Lio, Stefano Cassetti A– |
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| ★ | Love Me Forever or Never (1986/–) Dir. Arnaldo Jabor. Fernanda Torres C+ |
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| Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Dir. Charles Vidor. Doris Day, James Cagney B |
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| Love Me Tonight (1932) Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. Maurice Chevalier A– |
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| The Love Parade (1930) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald B+ |
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| Love Serenade (1996/1997) Dir. Shirley Barrett. Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith B |
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| Love, Simon (2018) Dir. Greg Berlanti. Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford C+ |
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| A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) Dir. Shainee Gabel. John Travolta D+ |
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| Love Songs (2007) Dir. Christophe Honoré. Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier B– |
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| Love Story (1970) Dir. Arthur Hiller. Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw, Ray Milland D+ |
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| ★ | Love Streams (1984) Dir. John Cassavetes. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands A– |
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| Love Will Tear Us Apart (1999/–) Dir. Nelson Yu Lik-wai. Wong Ning B– |
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| The Love Witch (2016) Dir. Anna Biller. Samantha Robinson, Laura Waddell C |
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| Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) Dir. Robert Mulligan. Steve McQueen — |
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| Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997) Dir. Joe Mantello. Stephen Bogardus B– |
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| Lovelace (2013) Dir. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman. Amanda Seyfried C+ |
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| Loveless (2017) Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev. Maryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin B |
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| ★ | Lovely & Amazing (2001/2002) Dir. Nicole Holofcener. Catherine Keener B– |
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| The Lovely Bones (2009) Dir. Peter Jackson. Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg D– |
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| ★ | Lovely, Still (2008/2010) Dir. Nik Fackler. Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Adam Scott D |
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| The Lover (1992) Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud. Jane March, Tony Leung Ka Fai C+ |
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| The Lovers (2017) Dir. Azazel Jacobs. Tracy Letts, Debra Wingers, Melora Walters B– |
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| Lovers: A True Story (1991/1992) Dir. Vicente Aranda. Jorge Sanz, Victoria Abril B |
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| Lovers and Lollipops (1956) Dir. Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin. Cathy Dunn A– |
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| Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) Dir. Cy Howard. Bea Arthur, Richard Castellano D– |
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| Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1998/1999) Dir. Julio Medem. Fele Martínez, Najwa Nimri C+ |
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| The Lovers on the Bridge (1991/1999) Dir. Leos Carax. Denis Lavant B |
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| Lovers Rock (2020) Dir. Steve McQueen. Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Micheal Ward B |
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| Love's Labour's Lost (2000) Dir. Kenneth Branagh. Alessandro Nivola D+ |
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| Lovesong (2016/2017) Dir. So Yong Kim. Riley Keough, Jena Malone, Jessie Ok Gray B |
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| Lovin' Molly (1974) Dir. Sidney Lumet. Blythe Danner, Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges D |
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| Loving (2016) Dir. Jeff Nichols. Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Terri Abney B– |
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| The Loving Story (2011) Dir. Nancy Buirski. Documentary about legal case B |
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| Loving Vincent (2017) Dir. Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman. Animated C+ |
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| The L-Shaped Room (1962/1963) Dir. Bryan Forbes. Leslie Caron, Tom Bell B |
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| Lucas (1986) Dir. David Seltzer. Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen B |
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| Luce (2019) Dir. Julius Onah. Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer D+ |
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| The Luck of the Irish (1948) Dir. Henry Koster. Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter C– |
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| Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (1993/TV) C |
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| Lucky (2017) Dir. John Carroll Lynch. Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Beth Grant B |
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| Lucky Numbers (2000) Dir. Nora Ephron. John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth C+ |
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| Lucky Star (1929) Dir. Frank Borzage. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell B+ |
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| Lucy (2014) Dir. Luc Besson. Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik C– |
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| Luk'Luk'I (2017/–) Dir. Wayne Wapeemukwa. Angel Gates, Ken Harrower C+ |
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| Lumumba (2000/2001) Dir. Raoul Peck. Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Maka Kotto B+ |
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| Lunana—A Yak in the Classroom (2019/2022) Dir. Pawo Choyning Dorji D+ |
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| The Lure (2015/2017) Dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska. Marta Mazurek, Kinga Preis B– |
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| Lust, Caution (2007) Dir. Ang Lee. Tang Wei, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wang Leehom B+ |
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| ★ | Lust for Life (1956) Dir. Vincente Minnelli. Kirk Douglas, James Donald B |
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