Bylined reviews with verdicts and scores — most recently published or updated first. Showing 385–408 of 621 movie reviews.
★★★½☆
Munafik 2 is Syamsul Yusof's Malaysian horror sequel, an openly religious ghost story about faith and hypocrisy that scares effectively despite its melodrama.
★★★½☆
Munjya is Aditya Sarpotdar's Hindi horror-comedy about a lovesick spirit from Konkan folklore, a lively, funny ride held back by a formulaic second half.
★★★★☆
Mustang is Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Turkish-language debut about five orphaned sisters locked away ahead of arranged marriages: vivid, angry and full of life.
★★★★☆
My Neighbor Totoro is Hayao Miyazaki's gentle Studio Ghibli fantasy about two sisters, a country house and a giant forest spirit, a film of pure, unhurried wonder.
★★★★½
Naga Bonar is the beloved Indonesian comedy about a con man who makes himself a guerrilla commander in the independence war, powered by Deddy Mizwar's iconic lead.
★★★★★
Ne Zha 2 is Jiaozi's record-breaking Chinese animated sequel, a vast, funny and thunderous myth about two outcast boys taking on heaven and the dragon clans.
★★★★½
Ne Zha is Jiaozi's rowdy, big-hearted Chinese animated reinvention of a classic myth, in which a boy branded a demon at birth sets out to prove fate wrong.
★★★★½
Nefes: Vatan Sağolsun is Levent Semerci's tense Turkish war drama about soldiers holding a remote mountain outpost, a stylish, claustrophobic study of endurance.
★★★★☆
Nightcrawler is Dan Gilroy's queasy Los Angeles thriller about a ruthless freelance crime cameraman, driven by one of Jake Gyllenhaal's most unsettling performances.
★★★½☆
No More History Without Us is Priscilla Brasil's angry, essayistic documentary about how the Amazon was invented as an empty Eden, told by filmmakers from the region.
★★★★½
No Other Choice is Park Chan-wook's pitch-black comedy thriller about a laid-off paper-industry veteran, with Lee Byung-hun superb as a decent man turning desperate.
★★★★★
Nowhere Special is Uberto Pasolini's restrained drama about a dying single father choosing a new family for his small son, with James Norton at his very best.
★★★★☆
October 1 is Kunle Afolayan's period crime thriller about a police inspector hunting a killer as Nigeria nears independence, ambitious and handsomely made.
★★★★½
Oldboy is Park Chan-wook's feverish revenge thriller about a man freed after 15 years of unexplained captivity, with Choi Min-sik unforgettable in the lead.
★★★½☆
Om Shanti Om is Farah Khan's lavish reincarnation musical about 1970s Hindi cinema, with Shah Rukh Khan in full star mode and Deepika Padukone's dazzling debut.
★★★★★
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is Rungano Nyoni's wry, unsettling Zambian drama about a family funeral that exposes what everyone has agreed not to say.
★★★★☆
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is Nuri Bilge Ceylan's hypnotic crime drama about a night-long search for a body, where small talk slowly exposes deeper truths.
★★★½☆
Once Upon a Time in China is Tsui Hark's sweeping kung fu epic, with Jet Li as folk hero Wong Fei-hung facing foreign powers in 19th-century Canton.
★★★★½
Once Upon a Time in the West is Sergio Leone's monumental western about a widow, a railroad and three gunmen, an operatic farewell to the frontier myth.
★★★★½
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is Miloš Forman's funny, furious drama about a rebel in a psychiatric ward, with Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher at their peak.
★★★★☆
One Two Jaga is Namron's tough Malaysian crime drama about police corruption and exploited migrant workers, an angry, compact portrait of a system on the take.
★★★½☆
Ong-Bak is the Thai martial arts film that made Tony Jaa a star, a thin revenge story carried by bone-crunching Muay Thai stunts performed for real.
★★★★☆
Pabrik Gula karya Awi Suryadi mengangkat utas viral SimpleMan tentang pekerja musiman di pabrik gula tua di Jawa. Horor yang kuat berkat lokasi dan suasana.
★★★★½
Paddington 2 is Paul King's warm, witty family comedy in which the marmalade-loving bear is framed for theft, a sequel that outshines the charming original.
