Probable Score Indicators

The PSI represents the rating Criticker thinks you'll give a title.
The Help
A look at what happens when a southern town's unspoken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship.
Probable Score: 80
+4
Aquaman
Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world.
Probable Score: 60
+4
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close. (imdb)
Probable Score: 96
+1
Shoplifters
A non-conventional, impoverished family in Tokyo relies on petty theft to make ends meet. When they take in a young, abused girl, the deep bonds holding their makeshift unit together are tested by the arrival of the police and the exposure of painful secrets about their true, non-biological relationships.
Probable Score: 95
+12
Wayne\
The inseparable duo try to organize a rock concert while Wayne must fend off a record producer who has an eye for his girlfriend. (imdb)
Probable Score: 63
+2
Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later
It's been twenty years since Laurie Strode escaped her brother's wrath. Now, it's time for one hell of a family reunion. (Trancas International Films)
Probable Score: 39
+4
The Three Musketeers
A Disney-ized retelling of Dumas' classic swashbuckling story of three swordsmen plus one of the disbanded French king's guard who seek to save their King from the scheming of the Cardinal Richelieu (imdb)
Probable Score: 62
+1
Edge of Tomorrow
A soldier fighting in a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle, though he becomes better skilled along the way. (imdb)
Probable Score: 85
+9
Licence to Kill
James Bond leaves Her Majesty's Secret Service to stop an evil drug lord and avenge his best friend, Felix Leiter.
Probable Score: 67
+4
Shutter Island
In 1954, a U.S. Marshal and his new partner arrive at a remote asylum for the criminally insane to investigate the disappearance of a patient. As a massive hurricane cuts the island off from the mainland, the investigation deepens into a web of dark secrets and psychological manipulation. The protagonist must confront his own traumatic past as he struggles to discern truth from illusion.
Probable Score: 89
+9
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Four teenagers discover an old video game console and are literally drawn into the game's jungle setting becoming the adult avatars they choose. (imdb)
Probable Score: 65
+8
Inland Empire
An actress's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Probable Score: 81
+7
Good Time
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in a desperate attempt to get him out. Over the course of one adrenaline-filled night, he finds himself on a downward spiral of violence and chaos as he races against time to save his brother and himself.
Probable Score: 90
+1
Hugo
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. (imdb)
Probable Score: 80
+4
Nightcrawler
When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran. (imdb)
Probable Score: 94
+5
Men of Honor
Inspired by the life of Carl Brashear (Gooding, Jr.). The setting of his journey is the little known and dangerous world of deep-sea diving in the U.S. Navy of the 1950s and 60s. (20th Century Fox Films)
Probable Score: 72
+2
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World\
To defeat Davy Jones and the East India Trading Company, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Captain Barbossa must navigate to the ends of the Earth. They seek to rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker and assemble the Brethren Court of Pirate Lords for a final stand to preserve the pirate way of life.
Probable Score: 66
+1
To Catch a Thief
Stars Cary Grant as a former thief suspected of a new series of crimes and Grace Kelly as the woman who romances him. (imdb)
Probable Score: 81
+5
Garfield
Garfield marks the long-awaited motion picture debut of America's favorite feline and the world's laziest cat. (20th Century Fox)
Probable Score: 20
+1
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York too, plotting a huge holiday heist...
Probable Score: 60
+1
The Transporter
Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked. Frank's newest transport seems no different from the countless ones he's done in the past. He has been hired by an American known only as "Wall Street" (see Rule Two) to make a delivery, but when Frank stops along route, he notices his "package" is moving... (imdb)
Probable Score: 64
+2
Saw III
With his new apprentice Amanda (Smith), Jigsaw, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police, has once again eluded capture and vanished. While two city detectives scramble to locate him, they are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard. (Lionsgate)
Probable Score: 41
+2
Night at the Museum
A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc. (imdb)
Probable Score: 52
+2
21 Grams
They say we all lose 21 grams at the moment of our death.
Probable Score: 82
The Dictator
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. (imdb)
Probable Score: 60
+4
Just Go with It
After commitment-phobic Dr. Danny Maccabee (Adam Sandler) falsely tells his young girlfriend (Brooklyn Decker) that he has a wife and family, she eventually grows suspicious and demands that he provide proof of his purported wedded state. Backed into a corner, the doctor recruits his divorced office manager (Jennifer Aniston) and her kids to perform as his wife and family -- generating a flood of farcical results and unintended consequences.
Probable Score: 53
+7
Judge Dredd
In a standard comic book dystopian near-future Americans are ensconced in mega-cities which protect them from the desolation of the world outside, and the peace is kept by The Judges. This elite group who upholds "The Law" is police, jury, and executioner all in one. Judge Dredd, the most formidable and revered of the Street Judges, is convicted of the murder of a snooping reporter (imdb)
Probable Score: 35
+3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man crosses parallel dimensions and teams up with the Spider-Men of those dimensions to stop a threat to all reality.
Probable Score: 97
+5
You, Me and Dupree
The wildly comic story of a suburban couple (Dillon, Hudson) who are just trying to make their new marriage work when her and me unexpectedly becomes You, Me and Dupree (Wilson). (Universal Pictures)
Probable Score: 35
+1
Slither
Slither is an edgy blend of heart-stopping terror, wry humor and surprising humanity from genre-bending screenwriter James Gunn, whose "Dawn of the Dead" became one of 2004's most surprising hits. (Universal)
Probable Score: 70
Iron Man 2
Wealthy inventor and former weapons maker Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) continues to fight crime as his alter ego, Iron Man, taking on villains intent on destroying humanity in Jon Favreau's action-packed superhero sequel based on Marvel comic book characters. But Stark's battle with the bottle may be his toughest challenge yet. Don Cheadle co-stars as Col. James Rhodes, with Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as Nick Fury.
Probable Score: 64
+1
The Skeleton Key
This contemporary supernatural thrilled, set largely in the dark atmospheric backwoods just outside of New Orleans, stars Hudson as a live-in nurse hired to care for an elderly woman's (Rowlands) ailing husband (Hurt) in their home...a foreboding and decrepit mansion in the Louisiana delta. (Universal Pictures)
Probable Score: 62
+4
The Banshees of Inisherin
Two lifelong friends on a remote Irish island find their relationship inexplicably fractured when one abruptly decides to end the friendship. As attempts to mend the rift fail, the despairing friend makes an alarming ultimatum, escalating the situation into dark and absurd consequences that ripple through their small, tightly-knit community.
Probable Score: 94
+3
Falling Down
An unemployed defence worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them. (imdb)
Probable Score: 81
+1
Batman
Batman and Robin battle the combined forces of four supercriminals who have stolen an invention and intend to use it maliciously. (imdb)
Probable Score: 66
+1
Chocolat
When Vianne (Binoche), a mysterious stranger, and her child arrive in a tranquil French town in the winter of 1959, nobody could have imagined the impact that she and her spirited daughter would have on this community stubbornly rooted in tradition. (Miramax Films)
Probable Score: 74
+7
Blade II
Wesley Snipes returns as Blade, the Marvel Comics half-human, half-vampire character he vividly brought to life in the 1998 hit film of the same name. (New Line Cinema)
Probable Score: 63
+3
Transporter 3
Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, the ex-Special Forces operative who specializes in high-risk deliveries.
Probable Score: 45
+3
Bolt
Bolt, a German Shepherd, has lived his whole life on the set of his action TV show, where he believes he has superpowers. When separated from the studio by accident, he meets Mr. Mittens (actually a female cat) and a hamster named Rhino. Along the way, he learns that he doesn't have superpowers and that the show is not realistic.
Probable Score: 67
+1
No Country for Old Men
After stumbling upon the bloody aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong, a welder in rural Texas takes a suitcase containing two million dollars. This act ignites a relentless pursuit by a chilling, psychopathic killer who uses a captive bolt pistol as his weapon. An aging sheriff attempts to track them both across the desolate landscape in this stark, violent tale of fate and morality.
Probable Score: 96
+8
The Double Life of Veronique
Two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other in France. They don't know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected.
Probable Score: 96
The Insider
Balls-out "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Jeff Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honor a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, he goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court... (imdb)
Probable Score: 93
Goodfellas
Young Henry Hill grows up in working-class Brooklyn, fascinated by the glamour and influence of local mobsters. As he rises through the ranks alongside volatile associates Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito, Henry embraces a lucrative lifestyle of luxury, violent crime, and betrayal, eventually facing the dangerous consequences of his life in organized crime.
Probable Score: 98
+1
Jaws 2
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters. (imdb)
Probable Score: 47
+8
Assault on Precinct 13
To survive the night, cops and criminals alike will have to unite and fight. A classic head-to-head showdown ignites in this all-new update of the 1976 action thriller of the same name. (Rogue Pictures)
Probable Score: 61
The Walking Dead
A former police officer wakes up after a catastrophic event to find the world ravaged by the undead. He takes on the role of leader for a diverse group of survivors, guiding them through a brutal landscape of flesh-eating "walkers" and equally dangerous, morally bankrupt human factions. The series explores the deep psychological toll of survival, constantly questioning whether the group can maintain their humanity while fighting to rebuild civilization from the ashes.
Probable Score: 74
+5
War Horse
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend. (imdb)
Probable Score: 68
Peeping Tom
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
Probable Score: 95
+6
Flight
An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling (imdb)
Probable Score: 75
Memento
Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard (Guy Pearce), a ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. One story line movies forward in time while the other tells the story backwards revealing more each time. (imdb) [Released at some festivals in 2000]
Probable Score: 96
+17
The Blair Witch Project
On October 21, 1994, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams hiked into Maryland's Black Hills Forest to shoot a documentary film on a local legend, "The Blair Witch." They were never heard from again. One year later, their footage was found. The Blair Witch Project is their legacy. (Artisan Entertainment)
Probable Score: 64
+5
Room
A young woman and her five-year-old son, Jack, live in a confined windowless space they call Room. For Jack, this is the entire world, but for his mother, it is a prison where she has been held captive for years. After a daring escape, the two must navigate the overwhelming complexities of the outside world as Jack experiences the reality of existence beyond four walls for the first time.
Probable Score: 92
+4
The Impossible
A family's tranquil vacation in Thailand turns into a nightmare when a devastating tsunami destroys their resort and separates them. Amidst the chaos and destruction, the survivors face physical injuries and emotional despair as they struggle to find one another. It is a harrowing story of perseverance, human connection, and the will to survive against overwhelming odds.
Probable Score: 77
+3
Daybreakers
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
Probable Score: 64
+12
Spirited Away
While moving to a new town, a sullen ten-year-old girl is trapped in a mysterious, supernatural world when her parents are transformed into pigs. To survive and save them, she must shed her former identity and take a job at a bathhouse catering to spirits and gods. A fantastical and visually rich journey of courage, identity, and environmental themes.
Probable Score: 97
+3
Captain Phillips
In 2009, an unarmed American container ship is intercepted by a small band of Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. When the attackers successfully board the vessel, the commanding officer must engage in a high-stakes psychological standoff to protect his crew. The situation escalates into a harrowing kidnapping, leading to a tense confrontation between the captors and the U.S. Navy.
Probable Score: 82
+1
Only Lovers Left Alive
A story centered on two vampires who have been in love for centuries. (imdb)
Probable Score: 83
10 Cloverfield Lane
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter by two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack. (imdb)
Probable Score: 78
+7
Quiz Show
An idealistic young lawyer (Rob Morrow) working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focusses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story. (imdb)
Probable Score: 86
+1
Dark Shadows
An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection. (imdb)
Probable Score: 49
+2
Splash
A man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/what she is. (imdb)
Probable Score: 63
+2
That Thing You Do!
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. (imdb)
Probable Score: 71
+1
Knives Out
The inquisitive Detective Benoit Blanc is called to investigate the death of a wealthy crime novelist at his New England estate. Surrounded by the victim's eccentric and dysfunctional family, Blanc must navigate a web of secrets and lies to uncover the true killer in this witty and stylish contemporary whodunit.
Probable Score: 90
+4
13 Going on 30
It is 1987 and Jenna is a 13-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood. The problem is that adulthood is just not arriving fast enough. She makes a wish on her birthday: If only she could be all grown up, she'd have the life she's always wanted. Miraculously, her wish comes true. (Columbia Pictures)
Probable Score: 51
+5
Small Soldiers
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously. (imdb)
Probable Score: 53
+5
Secretary
A powerful and unique love story that toys with our expectations of love, sexuality and intimacy. (Lions Gate)
Probable Score: 77
+13
Rush Hour
The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West when legendary martial arts daredevil Jackie Chan teams with comedic powerhouse Chris Tucker. (New Line Cinema)
Probable Score: 65
+6
Frankenstein
Obsessed scientist Henry Frankenstein constructs a living creature using body parts harvested from graves and death houses. Assisted by his hunchbacked servant Fritz, he succeeds in animating the monster through electrical energy during a thunderstorm. However, after procuring a abnormal brain by mistake, the confusion of the newly created giant leads to tragic violent clashes with society.
Probable Score: 88
+4
Attack the Block
About a teen gang in South London defending their block from an alien invasion.
Probable Score: 76
+1
The Holiday
A story about two women who trade homes for the holidays only to find that a change of address can change their lives.
Probable Score: 64
+3
Candyman
Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror (imdb)
Probable Score: 69
+3
Stripes
Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.
Probable Score: 74
Waiting...
A hilarious comedy about frustrated waiters, stingy tippers and dicey food this film focuses on a group of young employees battling boredom at Shenanigan's, a generic chain restaurant.
Probable Score: 64
+9
This Is Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap, the world's loudest band, is chronicled by hack documentarian Marti DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour (imdb)
Probable Score: 94
+3
Charlie\
A trio of elite private investigators (Diaz, Barrymore, Liu) armed with the latest in high-tech tools track down a kidnapped computer ace and keep his top-secret voice-identification software out of lethal hands. (Columbia Pictures)
Probable Score: 32
+5
Fitzcarraldo
The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of the Peruvian jungle. (imdb)
Probable Score: 97
+13
The Full Monty
Six unemployed steel workers, inspired by the Chippendale's dancers, form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity. (imdb)
Probable Score: 76
Taken 2
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter. (imdb)
Probable Score: 40
Australia
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 1,500 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Probable Score: 62
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds. (imdb)
Probable Score: 71
+3
Showgirls
Seduction, passion and power struggles unfold as the creators of "Basic Instinct" blow the lid off the seemingly glamorous world of Las Vegas showdancing in this controversial film that stars Elizabeth Berkley. (MGM)
Probable Score: 37
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct (imdb.com).
Probable Score: 42
+1
Animal House
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the Delta House Fraternity, but those roughhousers have other plans for him. (imdb)
Probable Score: 80
+2
Black Mirror
A TV series that explores modern life and its attachment to technology in bizarre ways.
Probable Score: 97
Pay It Forward
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Probable Score: 65
+1
The Gods Must Be Crazy
A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle... (imdb)
Probable Score: 77
+5
End of Days
At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him. (imdb)
Probable Score: 38
The Great Beauty
An aging socialite and writer, reflecting on his life in Rome and the city's opulent but decadent high society, searches for meaning and a return to the simple beauty he once knew, confronting the emptiness beneath the glamour. He grapples with lost love, mortality, and the fleeting nature of existence amidst a whirl of endless parties.
Probable Score: 95
+2
Bridge to Terabithia
Based on the popular Newberry Award-winning novel, Bridge to Terabithia is a fantasy/adventure story of friendship, family and the power of imagination. (Walt Disney Pictures)
Probable Score: 73
+1
Ready or Not
A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.
Probable Score: 71
+6
Spanglish
A look at cultures colliding, as a beautiful native Mexican woman becomes the housekeeper for an affluent family. Of all the horrifying pitfalls she worried about in this new culture, she never fathomed the peril of being embraced by an upscale American family.
Probable Score: 63
The Science of Sleep
The Science of Sleep is a playful romantic fantasy set inside the topsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux (Bernal) an eccentric young man whose dreams constantly invade his waking life. (Warner Independent Pictures)
Probable Score: 79
Vertigo
A former police detective who suffers from an intense fear of heights is hired to follow the troubled wife of an old acquaintance. He becomes obsessed with her and the apparent tragedy that follows. When he meets a woman who reminds him of his lost love, his psychological distress and obsession plunge him into a dangerous spiral of deception and memory.
Probable Score: 97
+1
Jumanji
When two kids play an old magic board-game they found, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game. (imdb)
Probable Score: 64
+5
Drive
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Probable Score: 90
+2
Reservoir Dogs
Six unacquainted professional criminals are brought together by a veteran thief to execute an intricately planned diamond robbery.
Probable Score: 96
+6
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
After he discovers that he's the son of the Greek god Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), 12-year-old Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) strikes out on an action-packed adventure to rescue his mortal mother and negotiate a peace treaty between his father, Zeus (Sean Bean) and Hades (Steve Coogan). Directed by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), this star-studded family tale also stars Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson and Uma Thurman.
Probable Score: 37
+2
Hanna
A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives. (imdb)
Probable Score: 74
Chronicle
Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery. Soon, though, they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides. (imdb)
Probable Score: 75
About Schmidt
Warren Schmidt (Nicholson) has arrived at several of life's crossroads all at the same time. With no job, no wife, and no family, he is desperate to find something meaningful in his thoroughly unimpressive life. He sets out on a journey of self-discovery, exploring his roots across Nebraska in a 35-foot motor home. (New Line Productions)
Probable Score: 77
+2