Movies By highest critic rating on MSPH

Red Dog: True Blue (2018)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 100/68 IMDB: 6.4 Revenue: 6.6M chan: MSPH
Directors: Kriv Stenders Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Stars: Levi Miller, Bryan Brown, Hanna Mangan Lawrence
Levi Miller (A WRINKLE IN TIME) stars in "a classic boy-and-his-dog tale, with big heart and bundles of charm" – FilmInk

Paperhouse (1989)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 100/71 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 0.2M chan: MSPH
Directors: Bernard Rose Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Stars: Charlotte Burke, Glenne Headly, Gemma Jones
Bernard Rose’s cult adult fantasy follows a young girl who discovers an increasingly dark and dangerous dream world.

The Aggression Scale (2012)

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Gone: RT: 100/50 IMDB: 5.9 chan: MSPH
Directors: Steven C. Miller Genres: Action, Thriller
Stars: Ray Wise, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears
Four heavily armed hitmen and two unusual teenagers go to war over $500,000 of stolen cash.

Project Nim (2011)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 97/84 IMDB: 7.4 chan: MSPH
Directors: James Marsh Genres: Documentary
Stars: Nim Chimpsky, Professor Herbert Terrace
From the Oscar-winning team behind MAN ON WIRE comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who became the focus of a landmark 1970s experiment to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. But as Nim's natural instincts take over and the humans around him fail to protect him.

Peeping Tom (1962)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 96/85 IMDB: 7.7 Revenue: 0.1M Budget: 0.1M chan: MSPH
Directors: Michael Powell Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama
Stars: Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
A disturbed filmmaker literally kills with his camera in this ahead-of-its-time shocker. Released in 1960, the film's combination of voyeurism, eroticism, and horror outraged critics.

The Apartment (1960)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 93/94 IMDB: 8.3 Revenue: 25.0M Budget: 3.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Billy Wilder Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray
Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray are superb in this tale of love and ambition in the world of big business that went on to garner a Best Picture Oscar.

Beast (2018)

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Gone: RT: 92/74 IMDB: 6.8 chan: MSPH
Directors: Michael Pearce Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.

In A World... (2013)

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Gone: RT: 92/71 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 3.0M Budget: 1.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Lake Bell Genres: Comedy
Stars: Lake Bell, Rob Corddry
IN A WORLD follows an underachieving vocal coach motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star.

Alphaville (English Subtitled) (1965)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 91/81 IMDB: 7.1 Budget: 0.2M chan: MSPH
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
Stars: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff
Lemmy Caution tries to bring love and poetry back to a futurist world dominated by computers.

The Producers (1968)

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Gone: RT: 90/85 IMDB: 7.6 Budget: 0.9M chan: MSPH
Directors: Mel Brooks Genres: Comedy
Stars: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn
A washed-up producer and his timid account scheme to create the greatest Broadway flop in history after they learn that it is possible to make more money from a flop than form a hit.

The Lion in Winter (1968)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 90/90 IMDB: 7.9 chan: MSPH
Directors: Anthony Harvey Genres: Drama, History
Stars: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins
The hateful family King Henry II is brought together to secure an heir. The destructive relationships in the family erupt as they scheme to determine who will be the future king.

The Wicker Man (1973)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 88/82 IMDB: 7.5 Budget: 0.8M chan: MSPH
Directors: Robin Hardy Genres: Horror
Stars: Edward Woodward, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland
A police sergeant travels to a remote Scottish island and its pagan community, in search of a missing girl.

Boy A (2008)

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Gone: RT: 88/87 IMDB: 7.6 Revenue: 1.2M chan: MSPH
Directors: John Crowley Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan
Convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman. A local newspaper finds out about his past and Jack now finds himself trying to cope with the anger and fear for the safety of their children.

Lady Macbeth (2016) (2017)

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Gone: RT: 88/71 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 5.2M chan: MSPH
Directors: William Oldroyd Genres: Drama
Stars: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton
Lust, power, and murder collide in this critically acclaimed thriller about the awakening of a young woman’s desire.

Roger Dodger (2002)

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Gone: RT: 88/76 IMDB: 6.9 Revenue: 1.3M chan: MSPH
Directors: Dylan Kidd Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg, Isabella Rossellini
After cynical New York advertising copywriter Roger Swanson (Campbell Scott) is dumped by his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Joyce (Isabella Rossellini), who is also his boss, his painful workday is further complicated by the unexpected arrival of his 16 year-old nephew, Nick (Jesse Eisenberg). After asking to spend the night at Roger's, Nick reveals that he has come to ask for help--in hopes of ditching his virginal status, Nick begs Roger for a lesson in the art of seduction.

The Graduate (1967)

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Gone: RT: 87/90 IMDB: 8.0 Revenue: 104.9M Budget: 3.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Mike Nichols Genres: Comedy, Drama
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross
A recent college graduate returns to his family home where he begins an affair with the wife of his father's business partner.

Arbitrage (2012)

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Gone: RT: 87/62 IMDB: 6.6 Revenue: 35.5M Budget: 12.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Nicholas Jarecki Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth
Robert Miller is a New York hedge-fund magnate who has it all but his fortunes turn when a deadly error threatens to destroy his financial empire and his family.

The Three Musketeers (1973) (1974)

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Gone: RT: 87/77 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 22.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Richard Lester Genres: Adventure, Comedy, History
Stars: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain
The Musketeers are called upon to help the Queen, while trying to ward off the evil plans Cardinal Richelieu.

Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

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Gone: RT: 86/77 IMDB: 7.1 chan: MSPH
Directors: Joss Whedon Genres: Comedy
Stars: Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion
Joss Whedon's sexy and contemporary spin on Shakespeare's classic comedy about the story of sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick.

The Skeleton Twins (2014)

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Gone: RT: 86/69 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 5.3M chan: MSPH
Directors: Craig Johnson Genres: Drama
Stars: Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson
Maggie and Milo, Saturday Night Live alumni Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, are estranged twins reunited after 10 years apart.

All of Me (1984)

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Gone: RT: 85/67 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 36.4M chan: MSPH
Directors: Carl Reiner Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Stars: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant
A dying millionaire has her soul transferred into the body of a younger, willing woman. But hilarity ensues when she finds herself sharing her lawyer's body.

The Girl With All the Gifts (2017)

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Gone: RT: 85/67 IMDB: 6.6 Budget: 5.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Colm McCarthy Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine, Glenn Close
Six-time Academy Award® nominee Glenn Close stars in a post-apocalyptic story about a devastating disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating "hungries."

A Most Wanted Man (2014)

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Gone: RT: 85/65 IMDB: 6.8 Revenue: 31.6M Budget: 15.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Anton Corbijn Genres: Thriller
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe
Philip Seymour Hoffman leads an all-star cast in his final starring performance in an international spy thriller from spymaster John le Carré that "keeps you on edge through every twist and turn" (TIME).

Excision (2012)

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Gone: RT: 85/61 IMDB: 6.1 chan: MSPH
Directors: Richard Bates, Jr. Genres: Drama, Horror
Stars: Annalynne McCord, Traci Lords, Roger Bart
A disturbed high school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother in this twisted coming-of-age shocker.

Shivers (1976)

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Gone: RT: 85/59 IMDB: 6.4 Revenue: 1.0M Budget: 0.2M chan: MSPH
Directors: David Cronenberg Genres: Horror
Stars: Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry
An early film by acclaimed filmmaker David Cronenberg. Residents of a high rise building are infected with a parasite that turn them into sex-crazed and violent hosts.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

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Gone: RT: 85/85 IMDB: 7.2 chan: MSPH
Directors: Val Guest Genres: Science Fiction, Romance
Stars: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd
Simultaneous nuclear tests at the north and south poles of the planet throw Earth off axis and hurl it towards the sun.

The Inside (2008)

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Gone: RT: 85/75 IMDB: 6.8 Budget: 3.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Alexandre Bustillo Genres: Horror
Stars: Béatrice Dalle, Alysson Paradis
A pregnant woman is tormented by a strange woman four months after her husband's death, the strange woman wants her unborn baby.

The Ghost Writer (2010)

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Gone: RT: 84/70 IMDB: 7.2 Revenue: 60.3M Budget: 45.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Roman Polanski Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Jon Bernthal
When a gifted ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever. Co-starring Olivia Williams and Kim Cattrall, it's a taut and shocking thriller from acclaimed director Roman Polanski (The Pianist).

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 81/74 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 96.4M Budget: 15.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Woody Allen Genres: Drama, Romance
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, fully unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he still has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

Near Dark (1987)

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Gone: RT: 81/74 IMDB: 7.0 Budget: 5.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Kathryn Bigelow Genres: Horror
Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen
Before there was TWILIGHT and "True Blood,” there was NEAR DARK – the stylishly violent vampire love story.

Crimes of the Heart (1986)

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Gone: RT: 81/65 IMDB: 6.4 Revenue: 22.9M chan: MSPH
Directors: Bruce Beresford Genres: Drama, Family
Stars: Diane Keaton, Jessica Lang, Sissy Spacek
Three sisters with quite different personalities and lives reunite when the youngest of them, Babe, has just shot her husband. The oldest sister, Lenny, takes care of their grandfather and is turning into an old maid, while Meg, who tries to make it in Hollywood as a singer/actress, has had a wild life filled with many men. Their reunion causes much joy, but also many tensions.

The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 81/69 IMDB: 6.7 Budget: 1.5M chan: MSPH
Directors: Nicolas Roeg Genres: Drama, Science Fiction
Stars: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark
Nicolas Roeg’s cult sci-fi stars David Bowie as an alien attempting to amass a fortune to save his home planet, but unable to escape his decadent earthly lifestyle.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2010)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 81/67 IMDB: 6.7 Revenue: 0.9M Budget: 0.8M chan: MSPH
Directors: J. Blakeson Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stars: Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston, Eddie Marsan
Can a cheap apartment become a prison? Two men kidnap the daughter of a rich man, and hold her ransom for a sum of her father's money, in this unrelentingly intense thriller.

Joshy (2016)

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Gone: RT: 81/54 IMDB: 5.9 chan: MSPH
Directors: Jeff Baena Genres: Drama, Comedy
Stars: Thomas Middleditch, Adam Pally, Alex Ross Perry
Joshy and his friends turn a getaway into a weekend of debauchery in this wickedly amusing portrayal of male bonding and emotional incompetence.

My Blind Brother (2016)

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Gone: RT: 81/56 IMDB: 6.1 chan: MSPH
Directors: Sophie Goodhart Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: Jenny Slate, Nick Kroll, Zoe Kazan
A slacker (Nick Kroll) and his blind athlete brother (Adam Scott) compete for the love of the same woman (Jenny Slate) in this hilarious comedy.

Laid to Rest (2009)

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Gone: RT: 80/38 IMDB: 5.3 chan: MSPH
Directors: Robert Hall Genres: Thriller, Horror
Stars: Bobbi Sue Luther, Lena Headey, Kevin Gage
A young woman wakes up inside a locked casket with no memory of who she is or how she got there.

Bad Turn Worse (2014)

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Gone: RT: 80/51 IMDB: 5.5 chan: MSPH
Directors: Zeke Hawkins, Simon Hawkins Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Stars: Mackenzie Davis, William Devane, Logan Huffman
A weekend of partying with stolen money leaves three Texas teens indebted to a dangerous criminal. Things go from bad to worse when he forces them to rob his boss to pay off the debt.

American Heart (1993)

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Gone: RT: 80/69 IMDB: 6.7 chan: MSPH
Directors: Martin Bell Genres: Crime, Drama
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong, Lucinda Jenney
A newly released convict tries to rebuild his life.

Enemies Closer (2014)

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Gone: RT: 79/29 IMDB: 5.2 Budget: 5.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Peter Hyams Genres: Thriller, Action
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Orlando Jones, Tom Everett Scott
Action legend Jean Claude Van Damme is a maniacal drug cartel lord looking for a lost shipment in this fast-paced deadly game of hide and seek.

Get Santa (2015)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 79/53 IMDB: 6.3 chan: MSPH
Directors: Christopher Smith Genres: Comedy, Family
Stars: Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Kit Connor
A hilarious and heartwarming Christmas adventure for the whole family!

Z For Zachariah (2015)

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Gone: RT: 79/45 IMDB: 6.0 Revenue: 0.1M chan: MSPH
Directors: Craig Zobel Genres: Science Fiction
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Chris Pine
HD. An unlikely love triangle develops in a desolate post-apocalyptic world.

Secretary (2002)

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Gone: RT: 78/82 IMDB: 7.0 Revenue: 9.3M Budget: 4.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Steven Shainberg Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies
A young woman prone to harming herself gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, and their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2015)

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Gone: RT: 78/69 IMDB: 7.1 Revenue: 9.5M Budget: 33.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Genres: Adventure, Drama, Family
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie
A ten-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch and travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive a prestigious award at the Smithsonian Institute.

Murph: The Protector (2013)

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Gone: 2022-03-01RT: 78/89 IMDB: 6.7 chan: MSPH
Directors: Scott Mactavish Genres: Documentary
Stars: Michael P. Murphy, John McElhone, Owen O'Callaghan
The critically acclaimed documentary of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, the first posthumously awarded Medal Of Honor recipient who was slain while protecting his battalion against the Taliban.

The Four Musketeers (1975)

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Gone: RT: 76/74 IMDB: 7.0 chan: MSPH
Directors: Richard Lester Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Stars: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain
Now a full-fledge Musketeer, d’ Artagnan and his brothers in arms must bring the infamous Cardinal Richelieu, the dastardly Count of Rochefort, and the perfidious Milady to justice.

The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

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Gone: RT: 73/50 IMDB: 6.0 Revenue: 3.5M Budget: 15.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Ryûhei Kitamura Genres: Horror, Mystery, Fantasy
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields
Struggling photographer Leon Kaufman's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany, the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters -- ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable.

Intacto (2002)

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Gone: RT: 73/82 IMDB: 6.9 chan: MSPH
Directors: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
Stars: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López
A select few have the cryptic power to steal other people’s good luck.

Sarah's Key (2011)

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Gone: RT: 72/82 IMDB: 7.5 Revenue: 17.5M Budget: 10.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Gilles Paquet-Brenner Genres: Drama, War
Stars: Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup
An American journalist (Kristin Scott Thomas) discovers a mysterious family story related to the French Vel'd'Hiv Roundup in 1942. Sixty years later, the truth remains unknown.

The Future (2011)

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Gone: RT: 72/54 IMDB: 6.2 Budget: 1.0M chan: MSPH
Directors: Miranda July Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Stars: Miranda July, Oona Mekas, Kathleen Gati
The Future tells the story of a thirty-something couple who, on deciding to adopt a stray cat, change their perspective on life, literally altering the course of time and testing their faith in each other and themselves.

The Bedroom Window (1987)

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Gone: RT: 70/49 IMDB: 6.4 Revenue: 12.6M Budget: 8.3M chan: MSPH
Directors: Curtis Hanson Genres: Drama, Thriller
Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Elizabeth McGovern, Isabelle Huppert
Terry’s mistress witnesses a murder and in order to keep their affair a secret, he agrees to report the murder to the police as if he witnessed the murder himself.