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Welcome to Filmometer! This site features sortable film ratings and "15 Word Reviews" of movies released since 1997. You will also find weekly movie polls and a growing number of movie lists. How does the ratings system work? Learn more about Filmometer.

The movie lists section contains some of my own picks, plus lists including the AFI's top 100 American films and the Academy Awards Winners for Best Picture. The links page provides additional online resources for film enthusiasts. Below you will find a random sampling of films reviewed by Filmometer. Thanks for visiting!

Featured films for Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 7:58 pm

Happy-Go-Lucky Poppy is a cheery North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.  Rating: 8  2008 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Kill Your Darlings A 1944 murder draws together Beat Generation greats Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.  Rating: 7  2013 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: The Wrestler Professional wrestler Mickey Rourke must retire, but life outside the ring is a dispiriting struggle.  Rating: 9  2008 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: How the Fire Fell Edward P. Davee's haunting, dreamlike portrayal of Edmund Creffield's early-1900s cult in Corvallis, Oregon.  Rating: 8  2011 English IMDb Page Genres/categories:

The Unfamiliar A British Army doctor returns from war. PTSD hallucinations? Tension wanes following 51-minute Hawai'i reveal.  Rating: 5  2020 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: How I Live Now An American teenager's visit to the English countryside changes dramatically when World War III begins.  Rating: 7  2013 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: None Hunt for the Wilderpeople Adventures of a misfit teenager and his foster 'uncle' in the wild New Zealand bush.  Rating: 8  2016 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Frances Ha Delightful, compassionate portrait of floundering NYC hipsters by Noah Baumbach and the quirky Greta Gerwig.  Rating: 9  2013 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: