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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 Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 7:48 pm

The City Dark Documentary about the human and global consequences of modern light pollution and the disappearing stars.  Rating: 8  2012 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Mood Indigo Gondry outwhimsied himself with this bipolar stop-motion diorama. Like Pee-wee's Playhouse plus Amélie, n'est-ce pas?  Rating: 7  2014 Foreign IMDb Page Genres/categories: The Host From the writer of Twilight comes a poorly structured alien-human romance, presumably for adolescent girls.  Rating: 5  2013 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Gnome Alone Help garden gnomes battle the Troggs and save the world? Or befriend wicked teenage girls?  Rating: 5  2017 English IMDb Page Genres/categories:

Pacific Rim Predictable monster-robot movie that's smarter than Transformers, but silly. I expected more from del Toro.  Rating: 6  2013 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Hidden Figures Spotlights NASA's black female mathematicians during the 1960s space race, especially Katherine Johnson. Vital history.  Rating: 9  2017 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Saving Capitalism Robert Reich's demoralizing yet hopeful account of how American politics became rigged by crony capitalism.  Rating: 7  2017 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Time Lapse A mysterious device takes pictures 24 hours into the future. Engaging time-machine premise, passable acting.  Rating: 7  2015 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: