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#Stuck (2014) 7 Stars
3 Idiots (2009, India) 7 Stars
3 Nights in the Desert (2014) 6 Stars
4 Minute Mile (2014) 6 Stars
$5 a Day (2008) 9 Stars
12 Years a Slave (2013) 8 Stars
21 & Over (2013) 7 Stars
127 Hours (2010) 8 Stars
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About Alex (2014) 8 Stars
Accidental Love (AKA: Nailed) (2015) 7 Stars
Adam (2009) 9 Star
Admission (2013) 6 Stars
Alan Partridge (2013) 7 Stars
Aloha (2015) 6 Stars
The American (2010) 8 Stars
American Hustle (2013) 8 Stars
American Sniper (2014) 8 Stars
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) 7 Stars
Anna Karenina (2012) 10 Stars
Anonymous (2011) 5 Stars
Apart (2011) 3 Stars
Arbitratge (2012) 8 Stars
Are You Here (2013) 7 Stars
Argo (2012) 9 Stars
The Art of Getting By (2011) 5 Stars
The Art of the Steal (2009) 9 Stars
The Artist (2011, France) 9 Stars
At Any Price (2012) 6 Stars
Audrey (2014) 7 Stars
August: Osage County (2013) 9 Stars
Austenland (2013) 7 Stars
Authors Anonymous (2014) 8 Stars
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Bachelorette (2012) 6 Stars
Barefoot (AKA: The Wedding Guest) (2014) 7 Stars
Barely Lethal (2015) 5 Stars
Beautiful Boy (2010) 8 Stars
Before Midnight (2013) 8 Stars
Begin Again (2013) 8 Stars
A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010) 7 Stars
Beginners (2010) 8 Stars
Belle (2013) 8 Stars
Bernie (2011) 8 Stars
Best Man Down (2012) 9 Stars
The Best of Me (2014) 3 Stars
Better Living Through Chemistry (2014) 7 Stars
Between Us (2012) 3 Stars
Big Eyes (2014) 7 Stars
Big Fan (2009) 8 Stars
The Big Wedding (2013) 6 Stars
Birdman (2014) 9 Stars
Bitter/Sweet (2009) 7 Stars
Black Swan (2010) 7 Stars
Blancanieves (2012) 7 Stars
The Bling Ring (2013) 7 Stars
Blue Jasmine (2013) 9 Stars
The Blue Tooth Virgin (2008) 8 Stars
Blue Valentine (2010) 8 Stars
The Box (2009) 8 Stars
Boyhood (2014) 10 Stars
The Brass Teapot (2012) 6 Stars
The Breakup Girl (2015) 7 Stars
Bridesmaids (2011) 7 Stars
Brightest Star (2013) 5 Stars
Burning Bright (2010) 6 Stars
Butter (2011 with 2012 release) 6 Stars
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C.O.G. (2013) 5 Stars
The Cabin in the Woods (2011) 7 Stars
Cake (2014) 6 Stars
California Scheming (2014) 3 Stars
The Call (2013) 7 Stars
Calvary (2014, Ireland) 8 Stars
Camp Takota (2014) 7 Stars
Captain Phillips (2013) 7 Stars
The Captive (2014, Canada) 6 Stars
Carnage (2011) 9 Stars
A Case of You (2013) 5 Stars
Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012) 5 Stars
Cemetery Junction (2010, UK) 8 Stars
Ceremony (2010) 9 Stars
Certified Copy (2010, France, Italy) 9 Stars
The Chameleon (2010) 4 Stars
Chapter 27 (2007) 9 Stars
Chlorine (2013) 4 Stars
Cinderella (2015) 7 Stars
City Island (2009) 7 Stars
The City of Your Final Destination (2009) 8 Stars
Claire (2013) 7 Stars
Cloud Atlas (2012) 3 Stars
Columbus Circle (2012) 6 Stars
Compliance (2012) 7 Stars
Conception (2011) 4 Stars
The Conspirator (2010) 9 Stars
Conviction (2010) 8 Stars
Cowboys & Aliens (2011) 2 Stars
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) 8 Stars
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2009) 1 Star
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 8 Stars
Damsels in Distress (2011) 8 Stars
Danny Collins (2015) 7 Stars
Dark Shadows (2012) 4 Stars
Darling Companion (2012) 7 Stars
Date and Switch (2014) 7 Stars
Daydream Nation (2010) 9 Stars
Dear Lemon Lima (2009) 7 Stars
Dear White People (2014) 7 Stars
The Decoy Bride (2011, UK) 6 Stars
The Descendants (2011) 8 Stars
Devil's Knot (2013) 8 Stars
The Devil You Know (2013) 4 Stars
The Diary of Preston Plummer (2012) 9 Stars
Die Welle (2008, Germany, English title: The Wave) 8 Stars
Dirty Girl (2010) 7 Stars
The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009, UK) 10 Stars
Django Unchained (2012) 9 Stars
Dom Hemingway (2013) 6 Stars
Don McKay (2009) 8 Stars
Draft Day (2014) 6 Stars
Drinking Buddies (2013) 8 Stars
Drive (2011) 8 Stars
Drunk Wedding (2015) 2 Stars
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Electrick Children (2012) 5 Stars
Elvis and Anabelle (2007) 3 Stars
Enemy (2013) 4 Stars
The Entitled (2011) 7 Stars
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The F Word (AKA: What If) (2013) 7 Stars
Fading Gigolo (2013) 8 Stars
Family Weekend (2013) 7 Stars
Favor (2013) 7 Stars
Filth (2013, UK) 9 Stars
Fireflies in the Garden (2008) 3 Stars
The First Time (2012) 7 Stars
The Five-Year Engagement (2012) 6 Stars
Flight (2012) 9 Stars
Flipped (2010) 8 Stars
Flypaper (2011) 7 Stars
Focus (2015) 3 Stars
Foreverland (2011) 5 Stars
The Forger (2012) 6 Stars
For a Good Time, Call... (2012) 7 Stars
The Four-Faced Liar (2010) 2 Stars
Foxcatcher (2014) 7 Stars
Frances Ha (2012) 5 Stars
Free Samples (2012) 6 Stars
The Freebie (2010) 7 Stars
Friends with Benefits (2011) 2 Stars
Friends with Kids (2011) 9 Stars
Frozen (2013) 10 Stars
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Get Low (2009) 8 Stars
The Giant Mechanical Man (2012) 7 Stars
Girl in Progress (2012) 7 Stars
Girl Most Likely (2012) 7 Stars
The Girl Next Door (2004) 10 Stars
Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011) 6 Stars
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011, UK) 6 Stars
Goats (2012) 6 Stars
God Bless America (2011) 7 Stars
Gone Girl (2014) 8 Stars
The Good Guy (2009) 7 Stars
Good Neighbours (2010) 4 Stars
The Great Gatsby (2013) 5 Stars
The Greatest (2009) 6 Stars
Growing Op (2008) 7 Stars
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The Hangover (2009) 8 Stars
The Hangover Part II (2011) 6 Stars
The Hangover Part III (2013) 5 Stars
Hanna (2011) 9 Stars
Happily Never After (2012) 5 Stars
Happy Christmas (2014) 7 Stars
The Happy House (2013) 7 Stars
Happythankyoumoreplease (2010) 8 Stars
The Heart Machine (2014) 6 Stars
The Heat (2013) 7 Stars
Heathers (1988) 8 Stars
Helena from the Wedding (2010) 5 Stars
The Help (2011) 7 Stars
Hick (2011) 5 Stars
Hit and Run (2012) 7 Stars
Holy Motors (2012, France) 2 Stars
Home (2015) 5 Stars
Horns (2013) 6 Stars
Horrible Bosses (2011) 8 Stars
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) 7 Stars
How to Survive a Plague (2012) 8 Stars
Howl (2010) 8 Stars
Hugo (2011) 8 Stars
The Hunt (2012, Denmark) 7 Stars
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) 8 Stars
Hysteria (2011) 7 Stars
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The Iceman (2012) 6 Stars
Identity Thief (2013) 7 Stars
The Ides of March (2011) 8 Stars
If I Stay (2014) 7 Stars
I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) 10 Stars
I'm Yours (2011, Canada) 3 Stars
The Imitation Game (2014) 8 Stars
The Impossible (2012, Spain) 5 Stars
In a World... (2013) 6 Stars
Inception (2010) 8 Stars
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) 5 Stars
Ingenious (2009 with 2012 DVD release) 7 Stars
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 9 Stars
The Interview (2014) 6 Stars
Into the Storm (2014) 2 Stars
Irrational Man (2015) 7 Stars
It's a Disaster (2012) 8 Stars
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) 8 Stars
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J. Edgar (2011) 10 Stars
Jackie Brown (1997) 10 Stars
Janie Jones (2010) 8 Stars
Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011) 7 Stars
Jersey Boys (2014) 8 Stars
Jesus Henry Christ (2011) 8 Stars
Jimmy's Hall (2014) 8 Stars
John Dies at the End (2012) 6 Stars
Jolene (2008 with 2011 DVD release) 8 Stars
The Joneses (2009) 9 Stars
The Judge (2014) 7 Stars
Juko's Time Machine (2011) 7 Stars
Juno (2007) 4 Stars
Just Before I Go (2014) 5 Stars
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Kaboom (2010) 3 Stars
The Kids Are All Right (2010) 9 Stars
Kill Your Darlings (2013) 9 Stars
Killer Joe (2011) 8 Stars
Killing Them Softly (2012) 7 Stars
The King's Speech (2010, UK) 9 Stars
The Kings of Summer (2013) 6 Stars
Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) 9 Stars
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Laggies (2014) 8 Stars
Larry Crowne (2011) 5 Stars
The Last Five Years (2014) 7 Stars
A Late Quartet (2012) 8 Stars
Lay the Favorite (2012) 4 Stars
Leap Year (2010) 1 Star
Leaves of Grass (2009) 7 Stars
Let's Be Cops (2014) 5 Stars
Life After Beth (2014) 7 Stars
Life of Pi (2012) 8 Stars
The Lifeguard (2013) 7 Stars
Like Crazy (2011) 7 Stars
Like Someone in Love (2012) 6 Stars
Limitless (2011) 1 Star
Lincoln (2012) 6 Stars
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) 8 Stars
Little Fish, Strange Pond (AKA: Frenemy) (2009) 8 Stars
Little White Lies (2010, France) 7 Stars
Locke (2013) 8 Stars
Lola Versus (2012) 5 Stars
Lone Survivor (2013) 6 Stars
A Long Way Down (2014, UK) 7 Stars
The Longest Week (2014) 6 Stars
Looper (2012) 5 Stars
Love & Distrust (2009) 5 Stars
Love & Mercy (2014) 7 Stars
Lucky Them (2013) 4 Stars
Lullaby (2014) 7 Stars
Lust for Life (2014) 6 Stars
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Magic in the Moonlight (2014) 8 Stars
Magic Mike (2012) 7 Stars
Management (2008) 7 Stars
Maps to the Stars (2014) 5 Stars
Margaret (2011) 8 Stars
Margin Call (2011) 7 Stars
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) 8 Stars
The Master (2012) 8 Stars
McFarland (2015) 7 Stars
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) 6 Stars
Me and Orson Welles (2008, UK) 9 Stars
Meek's Cutoff (2010) 8 Stars
Melancholia (2011) 9 Stars
Men, Women & Children (2014) 4 Stars
Middle Men (2009 with 2011 DVD release) 7 Stars
Midnight in Paris (2011) 10 Stars
Midsummer Madness (2007) 7 Stars
Mighty Fine (2012) 5 Stars
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) 6 Stars
Mirror Mirror (2012) 7 Stars
Miss in Her Teens (2014) 5 Stars
Miss Nobody (2010) 7 Stars
Molly Maxwell (2013) 8 Stars
Moneyball (2011) 9 Stars
Monsters (2010) 6 Stars
The Monuments Men (2014) 5 Stars
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 8 Stars
Mortdecai (2014) 4 Stars
Much Ado About Nothing (2012) 8 Stars
Mud (2012) 8 Stars
Murder of a Cat (2014) 8 Stars
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010) 7 Stars
My Normal (2010) 5 Stars
My Sister's Keeper (2009) 5 Stars
My Week with Marilyn (2011) 8 Stars
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Neighbors (2014) 7 Stars
Never Let Me Go (2010, UK) 9 Stars
Newlyweds (2011) 8 Stars
Nice Guy Johnny (2010) 7 Stars
Nightcrawler (2014) 7 Stars
Night Moves (2013) 9 Stars
No Way Jose (2015) 5 Stars
The Normal Heart (2014) 8 Stars
Now You See Me (2013) 6 Stars
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Obvious Child (2014) 9 Stars
The Oh! in Ohio (2006) 5 Stars
On the Road (2012) 5 Stars
The One I Love (2014) 8 Stars
The Oranges (2011) 7 Stars
The Other Woman (2014) 5 Stars
Our Idiot Brother (2011) 7 Stars
Overnight (2011) 7 Stars
The Oxford Murders (2008, UK, Spain) 7 Stars
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Pain & Gain (2013) 6 Stars
Paper Towns (2015) 7 Stars
The Paperboy (2012) 8 Stars
Paris-Manhattan (2012) 7 Stars
Parkland (2013) 7 Stars
Peep World (2010) 8 Stars
People Like Us (2012) 5 Stars
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) 7 Stars
Philomena (2013) 9 Stars
Picture Day (2012) 3 Stars
Ping Pong Summer (2014) 4 Stars
Pitch Perfect (2012) 7 Stars
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) 7 Stars
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) 8 Stars
Playing It Cool (2014) 5 Stars
Please Give (2010) 8 Stars
Pretty Bird (2008) 7 Stars
The Pretty One (2013) 7 Stars
Pride (2014) 9 Stars
Prime of Your Life (2010) 6 Stars
Prince Avalanche (2013) 8 Stars
Prisoners (2013) 8 Stars
Prom (2011) 5 Stars
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Rabbit Hole (2010) 9 Stars
Rapture-Palooza (2013) 8 Stars
The Raven (2012) 7 Stars
Red State (2011) 8 Stars
Results (2015) 6 Stars
Retreat (2011) 6 Stars
Revenge for Jolly (2012) 3 Stars
Revolution Summer (2007) 3 Stars
Ricki and the Flash (2015) 6 Stars
Rid of Me (2011) 7 Stars
The Right Kind of Wrong (2013) 5 Stars
Rock of Ages (2012) 6 Stars
The Romantics (2010) 5 Stars
The Roommate (2011) 2 Stars
A Royal Affair (2012, Denmark) 9 Stars
Ruby Sparks (2012) 6 Stars
Runner Runner (2013) 5 Stars
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Safe Haven (2013) 5 Stars
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) 7 Stars
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011, UK) 8 Stars
The Sapphires (2012, Australia) 8 Stars
Sarah's Key (2011, France) 6 Stars
Savages (2012) 5 Stars
Scalene (2011) 6 Stars
See Girl Run (2012) 4 Stars
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) 7 Stars
Selma (2014) 8 Stars
Serious Moonlight (2009 with 2010 DVD release) 7 Stars
The Sessions (2012) 6 Stars
Seven Psychopaths (2012) 8 Stars
Sexy Evil Genius (2013) 5 Stars
Shame (2011, UK) 8 Stars
She Loves Me Not (2013) 5 Stars
She's Funny That Way (2014) 7 Stars
Short Term 12 (2013) 8 Stars
Shutter Island (2010) 9 Stars
Side Effects (2013) 9 Stars
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) 9 Stars
The Skeleton Twins (2014) 6 Stars
The Skin I Live In (2011, Spain) 7 Stars
Smashed (2012) 6 Stars
Snowpiercer (2013) 8 Stars
The Social Network (2010) 9 Stars
Somewhere (2010) 8 Stars
Soul Surfer (2011) 5 Stars
The Spectacular Now (2013) 6 Stars
Spring Breakers (2012) 8 Stars
Spy (2015) 7 Stars
Squatters (2014) 3 Stars
St. Vincent (2014) 6 Stars
Stoker (2013) 7 Stars
Straight A's (2013) 6 Stars
Straw Dogs (2011) 2 Stars
Stretch (2014) 5 Stars
Stuck Between Stations (2011) 8 Stars
Stuck in Love (2013) 7 Stars
Submarine (2010, UK) 8 Stars
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Take Care (2014) 7 Stars
Take Me Home (2011) 6 Stars
Take Me Home Tonight (2011) 5 Stars
Take Shelter (2011) 8 Stars
Take This Waltz (2011) 9 Stars
Tamara Drewe (2010, UK) 8 Stars
Tanner Hall (2009) 5 Stars
Ted (2012) 6 Stars
Ted 2 (2015) 6 Stars
Thank You for Smoking (2005) 9 Stars
Thanks for Sharing (2012) 7 Stars
That Awkward Moment (2014) 6 Stars
That's What I Am (2011) 8 Stars
The Theory of Everything (2014) 7 Stars
They Came Together (2014) 8 Stars
This Is 40 (2012) 4 Stars
This Is the End (2013) 8 Stars
TiMER (2009) 8 Stars
The To Do List (2013) 5 Stars
To Rome with Love (2012) 9 Stars
To the Wonder (2012) 4 Stars
The Town (2010) 9 Stars
Trainwreck (2015) 7 Stars
Trance (2013) 3 Stars
The Tree of Life (2011) 6 Stars
The Trotsky (2010, Canada) 8 Stars
Trouble with the Curve (2012) 6 Stars
True Story (2015) 6 Stars
Trust (2010) 7 Stars
Two Night Stand (2014) 7 Stars
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010, Thailand) 6 Stars
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Veronica Mars (2014) 7 Stars
Very Good Girls (2013) 4 Stars
Virginia (2010) 8 Stars
The Voices (2014) 4 Stars
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Wake (2009) 7 Stars
Walk of Shame (2014) 6 Stars
Walter (2015) 6 Stars
Wanderlust (2012) 5 Stars
The Waterhole (2009) 7 Stars
The Way Way Back (2013) 7 Stars
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 6 Stars
We're the Millers (2013) 7 Stars
Weather Girl (2009) 9 Stars
The Wedding Guest (AKA: Barefoot) (2014) 7 Stars
West of Pluto (2008) 7 Stars
What If (AKA: The F Word) (2013) 7 Stars
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) 5 Stars
While We're Young (2014) 5 Stars
Whiplash (2014) 9 Stars
Why Stop Now (2012) 6 Stars
Wild (2014) 7 Stars
The Winning Season (2009) 7 Stars
Winter's Bone (2010) 4 Stars
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) 8 Stars
Woman in Gold (2015) 8 Stars
Won't Back Down (2012) 6 Stars
The Words (2012) 5 Stars
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) 8 Stars
Young Adult (2011) 8 Stars
Your Sister's Sister (2011) 6 Stars
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