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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 Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 12:45 am

The Men Who Stare at Goats A reporter in Iraq learns about a secret, psychic U.S. Army unit. It's pretty amusing.  Rating: 7  2009 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Winter's Bone Powerful noir drama about a resilient 17-year-old who tries to find her missing, drug-dealing father.  Rating: 9  2010 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: None I Lost My Body A severed hand escapes a lab and searches Paris for its body. Gruesomely enchanting, touching.  Rating: 8  2019 Foreign IMDb Page Genres/categories: The Dark Knight Rises Very emotionally dark film that rises to an impressive, satisfying finale for Nolan's Batman trilogy.  Rating: 8  2012 English IMDb Page Genres/categories:

Bird Box An almost unbearable horror that the survival of four-year-olds depends on them carefully following directions.  Rating: 7  2018 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: 127 Hours Mountain climber Aron Ralston's harrowing week trapped in a canyon. Survival instincts and prophetic visions.  Rating: 9  2011 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Europa Report Six astronauts travel to Jupiter's moon in search of life. NASA-style realism through found footage.  Rating: 7  2013 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: Experimenter True story of social psychologist Stanley Milgram's experiments on human obedience, by using electric shock.  Rating: 8  2015 English IMDb Page Genres/categories: