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#1 in cinemas: The Odyssey (89% Celluloid Score). Best new release: The Odyssey.

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The Odyssey

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Celluloid Score Recommended

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critic Drive My Car

Drive My Car (2021) Review: Hamaguchi’s Hiroshima Grief Engine

Hidetoshi Nishijima and Tōko Miura in a red Saab — Uncle Vanya, a dead wife’s tapes, and the rare three-hour film that earns every silent kilometre. Cannes Best Screenplay, Oscar Best International Feature.

Essential — the 2020s Japanese film that made patience feel like plot.

Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor
critic High and Low

High and Low (1963) Review: Kurosawa’s Class Thriller in a Yokohama House

Toshiro Mifune’s shoe executive faces a ransom for the wrong child — a two-act masterpiece that turns a living room into a moral cliff and then into a police procedural.

Essential — still one of the best films ever made about money, duty, and a city.

Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor
critic Ikiru

Ikiru (1952) Review: Kurosawa’s Instruction to Live

Takashi Shimura’s dying bureaucrat tries to mean something — a playground, a stack of forms, and still one of the most moving films ever made about wasted time.

Essential — a humanist landmark, not a homework assignment.

Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor
critic Lady Vengeance

Lady Vengeance (2005) Review: Park Chan-wook’s Ice-Cold Finale

Lee Young-ae plans thirteen years of retribution in the close of the Vengeance Trilogy — pastry, prison, and a moral geometry colder than Oldboy’s hallway.

Essential if you are walking the trilogy — a masterpiece of control, not of warmth.

Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor
critic Shoplifters

Shoplifters (2018) Review: Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or Family on the Margin

A makeshift Tokyo household survives on theft and odd jobs until a neglected girl makes their love visible — and therefore prosecutable. Gentle, devastating, unforgettable.

Essential — the Japanese film of the 2010s, and Kore-eda’s peak.

Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor
critic The Chaser

The Chaser (2008) Review: Na Hong-jin’s Pulverizing Clock

Kim Yun-seok’s dirty ex-cop chases Ha Jung-woo’s killer through Seoul in something close to real time — the Korean crime film that still feels like a panic attack.

Essential Korean thriller — brutal, precise, and not for the faint-hearted.

Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor
critic The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox (2013) Review: Mumbai’s Tenderest Wrong Delivery

Ritesh Batra, Irrfan Khan, and Nimrat Kaur — a mistaken dabba becomes one of Indian independent cinema’s great epistolary romances, and a Cannes Un Certain Regard breakout.

Essential — the Hindi film to show someone who thinks Bollywood is only stadiums.

Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor
critic Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep (2014) Review: Ceylan’s Palme d’Or in a Cappadocia Hotel

Haluk Bilginer as a retired actor who owns the rooms and the arguments — a 196-minute moral weather system, and still the peak of contemporary Turkish cinema on Celluloid.

Essential for anyone who wants Turkish cinema beyond the popular comedies — demanding, and worth it.

Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor
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Agent Kim Reactivated Review: So Ji-sub’s 2026 Netflix Action Hit

2026’s Korean action export proof-point — Agent Kim Reactivated put So Ji-sub atop Netflix’s global non-English Top 10, extending K-drama’s streaming dominance beyond romance. Kaiser Khan’s Celluloid review covers scores, cultural scale, and where Agent Kim Reactivated sits among South Korea and global streaming hits.

Recommended South Korea drama — Agent Kim Reactivated matters for K-drama action thriller topping Netflix global non-English charts.

Kaiser Khan Founder & Editor

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Quick Answers

What is the best new movie to watch?

The Odyssey is our highest-rated 2026 release so far, with a 89% Celluloid Score.

What is the number-one movie at the box office?

The Odyssey currently leads our reported domestic box-office chart and has a 89% Celluloid Score.

Where can I read new movie reviews?

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How is the Celluloid Score calculated?

It combines available Celluloid editorial, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb inputs. Audience sentiment is displayed separately and does not affect the score. See the complete scoring policy .

What does “worth watching” mean on Celluloid?

A Celluloid Score of 60% or higher is Recommended; 90% or higher earns Celluloid Pick status. See all recommended movies .

Does Celluloid score unreleased movies?

No. Upcoming films show release and preview information, but no Celluloid Score or aggregate rating markup until ratings exist. Browse upcoming movies .