Click for casts, reviews, awards, VOR ratings.
Title on each page links to IMDb.
When world premiere precedes U.S. release, I list both.
Grades omitted for films I viewed long ago.
★ = Full Review /
★ = Capsule /
★ = Feature or Blog Post /
★ = Grain of Salt
Updated 4 Sep 2024:
Nine Months,
Natural Born Killers,
Neptune Frost, and
Nomadland
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| Nabat (2014/–) Dir. Elçin Musaoğlu Guliyev. Fatemah Motamed Arya B |
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| Naked (1993) Dir. Mike Leigh. David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge B+ |
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| Naked Amazon (1954/1955) Dir. Zigmunt Sulistrowski. Richard Olizar C+ |
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| The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) Dir. Jerry Zucker. Leslie Nielsen C+ |
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| Naked in New York (1993/1994) Dir. Dan Algrant. Eric Stoltz, Mary-Louise Parker C– |
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| The Naked Kiss (1964) Dir. Samuel Fuller. Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley C+ |
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| ★ | Naked Lunch (1991) Dir. David Cronenberg. Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm A– |
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| Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night (2005/–) Dir. Sonali Gulati. Documentary B |
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| The Name of the Rose (1986) Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud. Sean Connery — |
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| The Namesake (2006/2007) Dir. Mira Nair. Tabu, Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan C+ |
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| Nancy (2018) Dir. Christina Choe. Andrea Riseborough, J. Smith Cameron C+ |
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| The Nanny (1999/–) Dir. Marco Bellocchio. Maya Sansa, Fabrizio Bentivoglio B |
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| Nanny (2022) Dir. Nikyatu Jusu. Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Spector C+ |
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| Nanook of the North (1922) Dir. Robert J. Flaherty. Documentary about Inuits A |
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| ★ | Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Dir. Jared Hess. Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries B |
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| Nappy (1997/–) Dir. Lydia Ann Douglas. Documentary about black women's hair B |
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| Narc (2002) Dir. Joe Carnahan. Jason Patric, Ray Liotta, Krista Bridges, Chi McBride B |
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| Nashville (1975) Dir. Robert Altman. Ronee Blakley, Henry Gibson, Keith Carradine A+ |
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| Nasty Baby (2015) Dir. Sebastián Silva. Sebastián Silva, Kristen Wiig B |
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| The Nasty Girl (1990) Dir. Michael Verhoeven. Lena Stolze, Robert Giggenbach B |
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| Nasty Habits (1977) Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Glenda Jackson, Susan Penhaligon C |
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| Nasty Love (1995/–) Dir. Mario Martone. Anna Bonaiuto, Angela Luce A– |
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| ★ | National Gallery (2014) Dir. Frederick Wiseman. Documentary about the museum A– |
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| National Velvet (1944) Dir. Clarence Brown. Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney B |
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| The Nativity Story (2005) Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. Keisha Castle-Hughes C– |
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| The Natural (1984) Dir. Barry Levinson. Robert Redford, Wilford Brimley C+ |
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| Natural Born Killers (1994) Dir. Oliver Stone. Woody Harrelson A– |
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| The Natural History of Parking Lots (1990/–) Dir. Everett Lewis. Charlie Bean B– |
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| Naughty Marietta (1935) Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. Jeannette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy B |
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| ★ | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984/–) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Sumi Shimamoto B+ |
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| ★ | Navalny (2022) Dir. Daniel Roher. Documentary about the Russian dissident B |
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| Naz & Maalik (2015/2016) Dir. Jay Dockendorf. Kerwin Johnson Jr., Curtiss Cook Jr. B– |
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| Near Dark (1987) Dir. Kathryn Bigelow. Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton B |
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| Nebraska (2013) Dir. Alexander Payne. Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb D+ |
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| A Necessary Death (2008/–) Dir. Daniel Stamm. G.J. Echternkamp C |
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| Negar (2017/–) Dir. Rambod Javan. Negar Javaherian, Mohammad Reza Forutan C |
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| ★ | Neighboring Sounds (2012) Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho. Gustavo John A– |
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| Neighbors (2014) Dir. Nicholas Stoller. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne B– |
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| Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) Dir. Nicholas Stoller. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron C |
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| Nell (1994) Dir. Michael Apted. Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson C– |
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| Nénette et Boni (1996/1997) Dir. Claire Denis. Grégoire Colin, Alice Houri — |
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| The Neon Bible (1995/1996) Dir. Terence Davies. Jacob Tierney, Gena Rowlands B+ |
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| Neon Bull (2015/2016) Dir. Gabriel Marasco. Juliano Cazarré, Maeve Jinkings A– |
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| The Neon Demon (2016) Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn. Elle Fanning, Jena Malone C |
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| ★ | Neptune Frost (2021/2022) Dir. Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman. Cheryl Isheja B+ |
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| ★ | Nero, or The Fall of Rome (1909) Dir. Luigi Maggi. Alberto Capozzi B+ |
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| Neruda (2016) Dir. Pablo Larraín. Luis Gnecco, Gael García Bernál B+ |
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| ★ | Network (1976) Dir. Sidney Lumet. William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch A– |
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| ★ | Network (1976) Dir. Sidney Lumet. William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch A– |
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| Never Been Kissed (1999) Dir. Raja Gosnell. Drew Barrymore, David Arquette B |
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| Never Forever (2007/2008) Dir. Gina Kim. Vera Farmiga, David Lee McInnis C+ |
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| ★ | Never Gonna Snow Again (2020/2021) Dir. Małgorzata Szumowksa. Alec Utgoff B+ |
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| ★ | Never Let Me Go (2010) Dir. Mark Romanek. Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield C+ |
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| Never Look Away (2018) Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Tom Schilling D– |
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| Never on Sunday (1960) Dir. Jules Dassin. Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin C+ |
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| The NeverEnding Story (1984) Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. Barret Oliver B– |
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| Nevrland (2020/2021) Dir. Gregor Schmidinger. Simon Frühwirth, Paul Forman D+ |
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| The New Age (1994) Dir. Michael Tolkin. Peter Weller, Judy Davis B |
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| New Jack City (1991) Dir. Mario Van Peebles. Wesley Snipes, Ice-T B– |
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| New Order (2020/2021) Dir. Michel Franco. Samantha Yazareth Anaya B+ |
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| The New World (2005) Dir. Terrence Malick. Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher A |
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| New York, New York (1977) Dir. Martin Scorsese. Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro A |
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| Newlyweeds (2013) Dir. Shaka King. Amari Cheatom, Trae Harris, Tone Tank B– |
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| ★ | News from Home (1976/1989) Dir. Chantal Akerman. Epistolary essay film B |
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| News of the World (2020) Dir. Paul Greengrass. Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel C |
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| Newsies (1992) Dir. Kenny Ortega. Christian Bale, David Moscow, Marty Belafsky D |
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| ★ | The Next Best Thing (2000) Dir. John Schlesinger. Rupert Everett, Madonna C– |
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| Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) Dir. Paul Mazursky. Lenny Baker A– |
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| The Next Three Days (2010) Dir. Paul Haggis. Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks C |
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| Next to Her (2014/–) Dir. Asaf Korman. Liron Ben-Shlush, Dana Ivgy B |
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| ★ | Niagara (1953) Dir. Henry Hathaway. Marilyn Monroe, Jean Peters B– |
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| ★ | Niagara, Niagara (1997/1998) Dir. Bob Gosse. Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney C |
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| The Nice Guys (2016) Dir. Shane Black. Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling C+ |
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| Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. Michael Jayston C– |
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| The Nickel Ride (1974) Dir. Robert Mulligan. Jason Miller, John Hillerman B– |
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| Nico and Dani [Krámpack] (2000/2001) Dir. Cesc Gay. Fernando Ramallo C |
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| Night and Fog (1955/–) Dir. Alain Resnais. Documentary about the Shoah A |
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| Night and the City (1992) Dir. Irwin Winkler. Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange B– |
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| A Night at the Opera (1935) Dir. Sam Wood. The Marx Brothers B+ |
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| Night Catches Us (2010) Dir. Tanya Hamilton. Anthony Mackie B |
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| ★ | The Night Listener (2005/2006) Dir. Patrick Stettner. Robin Williams C+ |
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| Night Moves (1975) Dir. Arthur Penn. Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren A– |
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| Night Moves (2013/2014) Dir. Kelly Reichardt. Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning D+ |
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| Night Must Fall (1937) Dir. Richard Thorpe. Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell B |
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| Night Nurse (1931) Dir. William Wellman. Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell B |
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| A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021/–) Dir. Payal Kapadia. Bhumisuta Das B |
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| Night of the Demon (1957/1958) Dir. Jacques Tourneur. Dana Andrews B |
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| The Night of the Hunter (1955) Dir. Charles Laughton. Robert Mitchum A– |
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| The Night of the Iguana (1964) Dir. John Huston. Richard Burton C |
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| Night of the Kings (2020/2021) Dir. Philippe Lacôte. Koné Bakary B |
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| ★ | Night of the Living Dead (1968) Dir. George A. Romero. Duane Jones A– |
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| The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982/1983) Dirs. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani B |
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| Night on Earth (1991/1992) Dir. Jim Jarmusch. Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands C– |
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| The Night Porter (1974) Dir. Liliana Cavani. Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling B+ |
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| A Night to Remember (1958) Dir. Roy Ward Baker. Kenneth More A |
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| The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) Dir. William Friedkin. Britt Ekland B– |
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| Nightbreed (1990) Dir. Clive Barker. Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg D+ |
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| The Nightcomers (1971) Dir. Michael Winner. Marlon Brando, Christopher Ellis B– |
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| Nightcrawler (2014) Dir. Dan Gilroy. Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo B– |
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| Nighthawks (1978) Dir. Ron Peck. Ken Robertson, Rachel Nicholas James A– |
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| The Nightingale (2018/2019) Dir. Jennifer Kent. Aisling Franciosi B– |
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| Nightmare Alley (1947) Dir. Edmund Goulding. Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell B |
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| ★ | Nightmare Alley (2021) Dir. Guillermo del Toro. Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara B– |
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| A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Dir. Wes Craven. Heather Langenkamp B– |
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| A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) Dir. Jack Sholder B– |
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| A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) Dir. Charles Russell B– |
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| Nights in Rodanthe (2008) Dir. George C. Wolfe. Diane Lane, Richard Gere D+ |
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| Nights of Cabiria (1957) Dir. Federico Fellini. Giulietta Masina, François Périer A– |
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| Nightwatching (2007/–) Dir. Peter Greenaway. Martin Freeman, Eva Birthistle C |
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| Nine (2009) Dir. Rob Marshall. Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench D+ |
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| Nine Lives (2005) Dir. Rodrigo García. Elpidia Carrillo, Robin Wright Penn B+ |
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| The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) Dir. Robert Taylor. Animated C– |
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| ★ | Nine Months (1995) Dir. Chris Columbus. Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore D |
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| ★ | Nine to Five (1980) Dir. Colin Higgins. Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton B |
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| Ninotchka (1939) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire B+ |
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| Nitram (2021/2022) Dir. Justin Kurzel. Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis B+ |
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| ★ | Nixon (1995) Dir. Oliver Stone. Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods A– |
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| ★ | Nixon (1995) Dir. Oliver Stone. Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods A– |
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| Nō (1998/1999) Dir. Robert Lepage. Anne-Marie Cadieux, Alexis Martin B |
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| No (2012/2013) Dir. Pablo Larraín. Gael García Bernal, Alfredo Castro B |
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| ★ | No Bears (2022) Dir. Jafar Panahi. Jafar Panahi, Reza Heydari, Vashid Mobasheri B+ |
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| No Country for Old Men (2007) Dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen. Josh Brolin B |
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| No Date, No Signature (2017/2018) Dir. Vahid Jalilvand. Amir Aghaee B+ |
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| No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005/TV) Dir. Martin Scorsese. Documentary B– |
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| No End in Sight (2007) Dir. Charles Ferguson. Documentary about Iraq War B+ |
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| No Fear, No Die (1990/1992) Dir. Claire Denis. Isaach de Bankolé, Alex Descas A– |
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| No Hard Feelings (2020/–) Dir. Faraz Shariat. Benny Radjaipour B– |
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| No Home Movie (2015/2016) Dir. Chantal Akerman. Personal essay film B+ |
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| No Man of Her Own (1950) Dir. Mitchell Leisen. Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund B |
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| ★ | No Man's Land (2001) Dir. Danis Tanović. Branko Djurić, Rene Bitorajać B– |
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| No One Writes to the Colonel (1999/–) Dir. Arturo Ripstein. Fernando Luján B– |
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| ★ | No Ordinary Man (2020/2021) Dir. Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt. Documentary B+ |
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| No Sudden Move (2021) Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro C+ |
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| No Time to Die (2021) Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga. Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux C |
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| No Way Out (1987) Dir. Roger Donaldson. Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman B |
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| Noah (2014) Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly D+ |
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| Nobody Has to Know (2021/–) Dir. Bouli Lanners. Bouli Lanners C |
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| Nobody Knows (2004/2005) Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda. Yuuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura B– |
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| Nobody's Fool (1994) Dir. Robert Benton. Paul Newman, Melanie Griffith A– |
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| Nobody's Fool (2018) Dir. Tyler Perry. Tika Sumpter, Tiffany Haddish D– |
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| Una Noche (2013/2014) Dir. Lucy Molloy. Javier Núñez Florián, Dariel Arrechaga B |
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| Nocturama (2016/2017) Dir. Bertrand Bonello. Finnegan Oldfield, Jamil McCraven B+ |
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| Nocturnal Animals (2016) Dir. Tom Ford. Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal D |
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| Noir et blanc (1986/1991) Dir. Claire Devers. François Frappat, Jacques Martial B+ |
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| Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2019/2020) Dir. Werner Herzog B |
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| ★ | Nomadland (2020) Dir. Chloé Zhao. Frances McDormand, Linda May, Swankie A– |
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| ★ | Nomadland (2020) Dir. Chloé Zhao. Frances McDormand, Linda May, Swankie A– |
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| Non-Fiction (2018/2019) Dir. Olivier Assayas. Guillaume Canet, Vinent Macaigne C |
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| Non-Stop (2014) Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra. Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore C+ |
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| None But the Lonely Heart (1944) Dir. Clifford Odets. Cary Grant B– |
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| Nope (2022) Dir. Jordan Peele. Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea C+ |
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| Nora Highland (2020/–) Dir. Ryan Spahn. Marin Ireland, Michael Hsu Rosen C– |
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| Norma Rae (1979) Dir. Martin Ritt. Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges C |
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| Normal (2003/TV) Dir. Jane Anderson. Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson B– |
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| The Normal Heart (2014/TV) Dir. Ryan Murphy. Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer B– |
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| El Norte (1983/1984) Dir. Gregory Nava. David Villalpando, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez A– |
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| ★ | Norte, the End of History (2013/2014) Dir. Lav Diaz. Sid Lucero, Angeli Bayani A |
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| ★ | North by Current (2021) Dir. Angelo Madsen Minax. Documentary/essay film B+ |
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| North by Northwest (1959) Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint A– |
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| North Country (2005) Dir. Niki Caro. Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand C |
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| ★ | The Northman (2022) Dir. Robert Eggers. Alexander Skarsgård, Claes Bang B |
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| Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) Dir. F.W. Murnau. Max Schreck A |
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| Nostalghia (1983/1984) Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky. Oleg Yankovsky, Erland Josephson A |
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| ★ | Nostalgia for the Light (2010/2011) Dir. Patricio Guzmán. Documentary A– |
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| Not Fade Away (2012) Dir. David Chase. John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill B |
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| Not I (2000) Dir. Neil Jordan. Julianne Moore A– |
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| The Notebook (2004) Dir. Nick Cassavetes. Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling B |
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| The Notebook (2013/2014) Dir. János Szász. András Gyémánt, László Gyémánt C+ |
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| Notes on a Scandal (2006) Dir. Richard Eyre. Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy C |
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| Notes Toward an African Orestes (1970/1981) Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini B+ |
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| Nothing But a Man (1964) Dir. Michael Roemer. ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln A |
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| Nothing But the Truth (2008) Dir. Rod Lurie. Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon C |
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| The Nothing Factory (2017/–) Dir. Pedro Pinho. José Smith Vargas, Njamy Sebastião B |
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| ★ | Nothing Sacred (1937) Dir. William Wellman. Fredric March, Carole Lombard C+ |
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| Notorious (1946) Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Claude Rains A |
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| Notorious (2009) Dir. George Tillman, Jr. Jamal Woolard, Derek Luke C |
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| The Notorious Bettie Page (2005/2006) Dir. Mary Harron. Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor B |
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| The Notorious C.H.O. (2002) Dir. Lorene Machado. Margaret Cho B– |
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| Notre musique (2004) Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Nade Dieu, Sarah Adler A– |
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| ★ | Notting Hill (1999) Dir. Roger Michell. Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans B |
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| Notturno (2020/2021) Dir. Gianfranco Rosi. Documentary about the Middle East A |
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| November (2017/–) Dir. Rainer Sarnet. Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Heino Kalm B |
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| Novitiate (2017) Dir. Maggie Betts. Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson B |
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| Now, Voyager (1942) Dir. Irving Rapper. Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Gladys Cooper B+ |
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| Nowhere Boy (2009/2010) Dir. Sam Taylor-Wood. Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas C |
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| The Nude Restaurant (1967) Dir. Andy Warhol. Viva, Julian Burrough, Louis Waldon B– |
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| The Nun (2013/–) Dir. Guillaume Nicloux. Pauline Etienne, Françoise Lebrun B– |
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| The Nun's Story (1959) Dir. Fred Zinnemann. Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch B+ |
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| Nurse Betty (2000) Dir. Neil LaBute. Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock B– |
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| Nuts (1987) Dir. Martin Ritt. Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton — |
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| The Nutty Professor (1996) Dir. Tom Shadyac. Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett B+ |
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| NYAD (2023) Dir. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin. Annette Bening, Jodie Foster C |
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| Nymphomaniac, Vol. 1 (2013/2014) Dir. Lars von Trier. Stacy Martin C |
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| Nymphomaniac, Vol. 2 (2013/2014) Dir. Lars von Trier. Charlotte Gainsbourg C |
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