The single best film I've ever seen
Jonathan Powers
A Record of My Cinephilia
1,966
Total Films Seen
53
Seen this Year
0.46of 1.00
Average Rating
330of 1,119
Canon Films Seen
21of 98
Collections Completed
329of 1,220
Cinephilia Score
About Me
Jonathan
Creator of cinebrats.com. Newbie Substack-er. Passionate about film literacy. Texan. Works in tech.
My favorite director of all time
The film I've seen more than any other
The one film that explains who I am
The film I saw way too young to handle
The under-seen film I push on everyone
The film I was wrong about the first time
The masterpiece I've never connected with
The film I love but won't watch again
The famous film I still haven't seen
The film I've argued about the most
The film that taught me how to watch films
Top 10
Moments
Lost in Translation — The Whisper
Bob leans in for a goodbye meant for no one but her.
Call Me by Your Name — The Fireplace
One long, unbroken take on a face holding everything unsaid.
There Will Be Blood — The Derrick Fire
The gusher ignites, and Plainview watches it burn and rise at once.
Saint Maude
God speaks.
By Decade
Films Watched
Deep Resonance (1.00 – 0.75)
2001: A Space Odyssey
24 Hour Party People
A Clockwork Orange
Adventureland
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
All This Panic
Almost Famous
American Beauty
American History X
Annie Hall
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Auto Focus
Badlands
Barry Lyndon
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Being John Malkovich
Bend It Like Beckham
Bill Cunningham New York
Boiler Room
Boogie Nights
Bully
Bye Bye Love
Call Me by Your Name
Capturing the Friedmans
Casino
Clueless
Comedian
Cruel Intentions
Crumb
Dazed and Confused
Dig!
Donnie Darko
Eagle vs Shark
Empire Records
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Eyes Wide Shut
Father of the Bride
Fear
Fight Club
Friday
Full Frontal
Ghost World
Good Will Hunting
Gosford Park
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
He Got Game
Igby Goes Down
I ♥ Huckabees
24 Hour Party PeopleA Clockwork OrangeAdventurelandA.I. Artificial IntelligenceAli: Fear Eats the SoulAll This PanicAlmost FamousAmerican BeautyAmerican History XAnnie HallA Serious ManA Single ManAuto FocusBadlandsBarry LyndonBeats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called QuestBeing John MalkovichBend It Like BeckhamBill Cunningham New YorkBoiler RoomBoogie NightsBullyBye Bye LoveCall Me by Your NameCapturing the FriedmansCasinoCluelessComedianCruel IntentionsCrumbDazed and ConfusedDig!Donnie DarkoEagle vs SharkEmpire RecordsExit Through the Gift ShopEyes Wide ShutFather of the BrideFearFight ClubFridayFull FrontalGhost WorldGood Will HuntingGosford ParkHedwig and the Angry InchHe Got GameIgby Goes DownI ♥ Huckabees
Strong Resonance (0.75 – 0.50)
Anora
A Separation
Funny Games
The Piano Teacher
(500) Days of Summer
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Aladdin
Ali
Alien
All About Eve
Amadeus
American Factory
American Graffiti
American Movie
American Splendor
A Most Violent Year
Amy
Anatomy of a Fall
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
An Education
Anything Else
Arbitrage
Argo
Back to the Future
Ballet 422
Beastie Boys Story
Beautiful Girls
Before Sunrise
Best in Show
Billy Madison
Billy the Kid
Blackfish
Black Swan
Blue Velvet
Boyhood
Braveheart
Breathless
Brokeback Mountain
Brooklyn
Bros
Brüno
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Captain Phillips
Carol
Celeste & Jesse Forever
Chef
Citizen Kane
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Closer
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
A SeparationFunny GamesThe Piano Teacher(500) Days of SummerAce Ventura: Pet DetectiveAladdinAliAlienAll About EveAmadeusAmerican FactoryAmerican GraffitiAmerican MovieAmerican SplendorA Most Violent YearAmyAnatomy of a FallAndy Warhol: A Documentary FilmAn EducationAnything ElseArbitrageArgoBack to the FutureBallet 422Beastie Boys StoryBeautiful GirlsBefore SunriseBest in ShowBilly MadisonBilly the KidBlackfishBlack SwanBlue VelvetBoyhoodBraveheartBreathlessBrokeback MountainBrooklynBrosBrünoCan You Ever Forgive Me?Captain PhillipsCarolCeleste & Jesse ForeverChefCitizen KaneClient 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot SpitzerCloserCoco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Faint Resonance (0.50 – 0.25)
Raging Bull
Dancer in the Dark
A Fistful of Dollars
Breaking the Waves
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
10 Things I Hate About You
1922
A Bigger Splash
About a Boy
About Face: Supermodels Then and Now
About Schmidt
Absence of Malice
A Civil Action
Adaptation.
Addams Family Values
Admission
Adult Beginners
Adventures in Babysitting
A Few Good Men
Affliction
A Fish Called Wanda
Afternoon Delight
After Porn Ends
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Airborne
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
A League of Their Own
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alive
All Good Things
All Quiet on the Western Front
All the Money in the World
All the Pretty Horses
AlphaGo
Amanda Knox
American Hustle
American Pie
American Psycho
American Sniper
American Swing
American Teen
America's Sweethearts
A Mighty Heart
A Mighty Wind
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Anatomy of a Murder
Angus
An Inconvenient Truth
An Unreasonable Man
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Dancer in the DarkA Fistful of DollarsBreaking the WavesThe Killing of a Sacred Deer10 Things I Hate About You1922A Bigger SplashAbout a BoyAbout Face: Supermodels Then and NowAbout SchmidtAbsence of MaliceA Civil ActionAdaptation.Addams Family ValuesAdmissionAdult BeginnersAdventures in BabysittingA Few Good MenAfflictionA Fish Called WandaAfternoon DelightAfter Porn EndsAguirre, the Wrath of GodAirborneAi Weiwei: Never SorryA League of Their OwnAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreAliveAll Good ThingsAll Quiet on the Western FrontAll the Money in the WorldAll the Pretty HorsesAlphaGoAmanda KnoxAmerican HustleAmerican PieAmerican PsychoAmerican SniperAmerican SwingAmerican TeenAmerica's SweetheartsA Mighty HeartA Mighty WindA Million Ways to Die in the WestAnatomy of a MurderAngusAn Inconvenient TruthAn Unreasonable ManAnvil! The Story of Anvil
Little Resonance (0.25 – 0.00)
Tropical Malady
Heathers
Funny Pages
The Secret
Princess Mononoke
The Host
Under the Skin
A Beautiful Mind
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Adam's Rib
Addicted to Love
A History of Violence
Alice in Wonderland
Ali G Indahouse
All the King's Men
An American Werewolf in Paris
Any Given Sunday
Baby Driver
Big Miracle
Blade II
Bounce
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Broken Arrow
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Bruce Almighty
Captain America: Civil War
Casablanca
Charlie's Angels
Chinatown
Chocolat
City by the Sea
City Hall
City of Angels
Clerks
Coming 2 America
Conspiracy Theory
Damsels in Distress
Deck the Halls
Demonlover
Don't Say a Word
Downsizing
Gossip
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Hancock
Hard Rain
Heaven's Gate
Hereafter
Holiday Inn
Hollow Man
HeathersFunny PagesThe SecretPrincess MononokeThe HostUnder the SkinA Beautiful MindAce Ventura: When Nature CallsAdam's RibAddicted to LoveA History of ViolenceAlice in WonderlandAli G IndahouseAll the King's MenAn American Werewolf in ParisAny Given SundayBaby DriverBig MiracleBlade IIBounceBram Stoker's DraculaBrief Interviews with Hideous MenBroken ArrowBroken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the GirlBruce AlmightyCaptain America: Civil WarCasablancaCharlie's AngelsChinatownChocolatCity by the SeaCity HallCity of AngelsClerksComing 2 AmericaConspiracy TheoryDamsels in DistressDeck the HallsDemonloverDon't Say a WordDownsizingGossipHalloween H20: 20 Years LaterHancockHard RainHeaven's GateHereafterHoliday InnHollow Man
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Sep 2026 (14)
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The End of Oak Street | Watched Sep 21 |
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The Piano Teacher | Watched Sep 21 |
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Anora | Watched Sep 19 |
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Slacker | Watched Sep 17 |
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Father and Son | Watched Sep 16 |
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Funny Games | Watched Sep 11 |
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Stranger Than Paradise | Watched Sep 10 |
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Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind | Watched Sep 9 |
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The Secret | Watched Sep 8 |
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The Age of Innocence | Watched Sep 7 |
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Raging Bull | Watched Sep 5 |
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Tropical Malady | Watched Sep 4 |
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The White Ribbon | Watched Sep 3 |
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The Leopard | Watched Sep 2 |
Badges Earned (21)
Tracks
45 films
| 1 |  |
Metro | ||||
| 2 |  |
Insert Coin | ||||
| 3 |  |
First Man | ||||
| 4 |  |
Grass | ||||
| 5 |  |
The Post | ||||
| 6 |  |
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards | ||||
| 7 |  |
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story | ||||
| 8 |  |
Denial | ||||
| 9 |  |
People, Places, Things | ||||
| 10 |  |
Everest | ||||
| 11 |  |
Top Spin | ||||
| 12 |  |
Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story | ||||
| 13 |  |
Escape from Tomorrow | ||||
| 14 |  |
Delivery Man | ||||
| 15 |  |
What If | ||||
| 16 |  |
Are You Here | ||||
| 17 |  |
Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers | ||||
| 18 |  |
The Arrested Development Documentary Project | ||||
| 19 |  |
Very Good Girls | ||||
| 20 |  |
Girl Most Likely | ||||
| 21 |  |
Hello I Must Be Going | ||||
| 22 |  |
Caroline and Jackie | ||||
| 23 |  |
To Rome with Love | ||||
| 24 |  |
Somebody Up There Likes Me | ||||
| 25 |  |
The Sitter | ||||
| 26 |  |
My Week with Marilyn | ||||
| 27 | |
Hereafter | ||||
| 28 |  |
Brothers | ||||
| 29 |  |
Fresh | ||||
| 30 |  |
Outrage | ||||
| 31 |  |
Make Believe | ||||
| 32 |  |
Something Borrowed | ||||
| 33 |  |
Going the Distance | ||||
| 34 |  |
Love Happens | ||||
| 35 |  |
Collapse | ||||
| 36 |  |
Shrink | ||||
| 37 |  |
Valentino: The Last Emperor | ||||
| 38 |  |
Witch Hunt | ||||
| 39 | American Meth | |||||
| 40 |  |
Standard Operating Procedure | ||||
| 41 |  |
Crips and Bloods: Made in America | ||||
| 42 |  |
Arctic Tale | ||||
| 43 |  |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters | ||||
| 44 |  |
The Go-Getter | ||||
| 45 |  |
Clubland |
99 films
| 1 |  |
The Insider | ||||
| 2 |  |
Kids | ||||
| 3 |  |
The Silence of the Lambs | ||||
| 4 |  |
Lost in Translation | ||||
| 5 | |
Crumb | ||||
| 6 |  |
Sexy Beast | ||||
| 7 |  |
The September Issue | ||||
| 8 |  |
Magnolia | ||||
| 9 |  |
There Will Be Blood | ||||
| 10 | |
A Single Man | ||||
| 11 |  |
Lovely & Amazing | ||||
| 12 | |
Clueless | ||||
| 13 | |
2001: A Space Odyssey | ||||
| 14 | |
Fight Club | ||||
| 15 | |
American Beauty | ||||
| 16 |  |
Tiny Furniture | ||||
| 17 |  |
Indie Game: The Movie | ||||
| 18 | |
Ghost World | ||||
| 19 | |
Bully | ||||
| 20 | |
Dig! | ||||
| 21 |  |
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief | ||||
| 22 | |
I ♥ Huckabees | ||||
| 23 |  |
The Dreamers | ||||
| 24 | |
Dazed and Confused | ||||
| 25 |  |
Sabrina | ||||
| 26 |  |
Tombstone | ||||
| 27 |  |
Rounders | ||||
| 28 |  |
Lorenzo's Oil | ||||
| 29 |  |
The Object of My Affection | ||||
| 30 |  |
Shame | ||||
| 31 |  |
The 400 Blows | ||||
| 32 |  |
Wayne's World | ||||
| 33 |  |
Spirited Away | ||||
| 34 | |
Almost Famous | ||||
| 35 | |
Good Will Hunting | ||||
| 36 | |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch | ||||
| 37 | |
Donnie Darko | ||||
| 38 |  |
Punch-Drunk Love | ||||
| 39 | |
Boogie Nights | ||||
| 40 | |
Capturing the Friedmans | ||||
| 41 |  |
The Squid and the Whale | ||||
| 42 | |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence | ||||
| 43 |  |
Startup.com | ||||
| 44 | |
Igby Goes Down | ||||
| 45 |  |
Rachel Getting Married | ||||
| 46 |  |
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession | ||||
| 47 | |
A Serious Man | ||||
| 48 | |
Adventureland | ||||
| 49 | |
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | ||||
| 50 | |
Bill Cunningham New York | ||||
| 51 |  |
Jiro Dreams of Sushi | ||||
| 52 |  |
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills | ||||
| 53 |  |
Superbad | ||||
| 54 | |
Casino | ||||
| 55 |  |
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | ||||
| 56 |  |
Se7en | ||||
| 57 | |
Auto Focus | ||||
| 58 | |
Being John Malkovich | ||||
| 59 |  |
Romeo + Juliet | ||||
| 60 |  |
Moulin Rouge! | ||||
| 61 | |
Exit Through the Gift Shop | ||||
| 62 | |
He Got Game | ||||
| 63 |  |
One Hundred and One Dalmatians | ||||
| 64 |  |
Wonder Boys | ||||
| 65 |  |
Manhattan | ||||
| 66 | |
A Clockwork Orange | ||||
| 67 |  |
Once Upon a Time in America | ||||
| 68 |  |
Jackie Brown | ||||
| 69 |  |
Lolita | ||||
| 70 |  |
Point Break | ||||
| 71 | |
Eyes Wide Shut | ||||
| 72 |  |
The Cell | ||||
| 73 |  |
The Exorcist | ||||
| 74 | |
Boiler Room | ||||
| 75 |  |
The Royal Tenenbaums | ||||
| 76 |  |
My Father the Hero | ||||
| 77 |  |
One Fine Day | ||||
| 78 |  |
The Craft | ||||
| 79 | |
Father of the Bride | ||||
| 80 | |
Bye Bye Love | ||||
| 81 | |
Cruel Intentions | ||||
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | ||||
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Top Gun | ||||
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Empire Records | ||||
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Fear | ||||
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Bend It Like Beckham | ||||
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True Lies | ||||
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The Blair Witch Project | ||||
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit | ||||
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Friday | ||||
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24 Hour Party People | ||||
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The Shining | ||||
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Natural Born Killers | ||||
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Gosford Park | ||||
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Pulp Fiction | ||||
| 96 |  |
Inglourious Basterds | ||||
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Zodiac | ||||
| 98 |  |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona | ||||
| 99 |  |
Mallrats |
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The Zone of Interest | ||||
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The Wolfpack | ||||
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Call Me by Your Name | ||||
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All This Panic | ||||
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Midsommar | ||||
| 6 |  |
The Vast of Night | ||||
| 7 |  |
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | ||||
| 8 |  |
Moneyball | ||||
| 9 |  |
Phantom Thread | ||||
| 10 |  |
Rocco | ||||
| 11 |  |
The End of the Tour | ||||
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Chef | ||||
| 13 |  |
The Master | ||||
| 14 |  |
Take Shelter | ||||
| 15 |  |
Past Lives | ||||
| 16 |  |
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters | ||||
| 17 |  |
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters | ||||
| 18 |  |
Man vs. Snake | ||||
| 19 |  |
Her | ||||
| 20 |  |
Whiplash | ||||
| 21 | |
Ballet 422 | ||||
| 22 |  |
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | ||||
| 23 |  |
Frances Ha | ||||
| 24 |  |
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present | ||||
| 25 |  |
Margin Call | ||||
| 26 |  |
Senna | ||||
| 27 |  |
The Social Network | ||||
| 28 |  |
The Art of the Steal | ||||
| 29 |  |
Little Children | ||||
| 30 |  |
loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies | ||||
| 31 |  |
Marie Antoinette | ||||
| 32 | |
American Splendor | ||||
| 33 |  |
The Birdcage | ||||
| 34 | |
An Education | ||||
| 35 | |
Black Swan | ||||
| 36 |  |
The Truth About Cats & Dogs | ||||
| 37 |  |
Greenberg | ||||
| 38 |  |
The Witch | ||||
| 39 | |
Badlands | ||||
| 40 |  |
Son in Law | ||||
| 41 |  |
The Triplets of Belleville | ||||
| 42 | |
Once Upon a Time in America | ||||
| 43 |  |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? | ||||
| 44 |  |
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom |
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Lost in Translation | |||||
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Call Me by Your Name | |||||
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Past Lives | |||||
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The Usual Suspects | |||||
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Se7en | |||||
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Manhattan | |||||
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Stranger Than Paradise | |||||
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The Witch |
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American Splendor | |||||
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Burning | |||||
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Finding Vivian Maier | |||||
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Hell or High Water | |||||
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Inherent Vice | |||||
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Locke | |||||
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Melancholia | |||||
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Modern Romance | |||||
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mother! | |||||
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Mother | |||||
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Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer | |||||
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Notorious | |||||
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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | |||||
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Palm Springs | |||||
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Past Lives | |||||
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Phantom Thread | |||||
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire | |||||
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Roma | |||||
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Saint Maud | |||||
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Secretary | |||||
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Senna | |||||
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Synecdoche, New York | |||||
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The Asphalt Jungle | |||||
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The Blackcoat's Daughter | |||||
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The Brutalist | |||||
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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | |||||
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The Killer | |||||
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The Power of the Dog | |||||
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The Tree of Life | |||||
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The Wolfpack | |||||
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The Woodsman | |||||
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Uncut Gems | |||||
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Welcome to Leith | |||||
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Taking Woodstock | |||||
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The Favourite |
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