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Note: A high rating does not necessarily equal a "recommendation" to see the movie. Our star ratings are only assessments of the quality of filmmaking, acting, cinematography, screenwriting, etc. A high rating is neither an endorsement nor a gauge of the "moral acceptability" of the subject matter.
As for the R-rated films in this list, we review films that are important to the culture at large, regardless of their MPAA rating. Again, a positive review does not necessarily constitute a recommendation, nor agreement with the film's message.
4 Stars
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008, Not Rated)
The Aviator (2004, PG-13)
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966, Not Rated)
Batman Begins (2005, PG-13)
Cinderella Man (2005, PG-13)
Flight of the Red Balloon (2008, Unrated)
Friday Night Lights (2004, PG-13)
Gone Baby Gone (2007, R)
The Gospel of John (2003, PG-13)
Hero (2004, PG-13)
A History of Violence (2005, R)
Ikiru (1952, Not Rated)
The Incredibles (2004, PG)
In the Shadow of the Moon (2007, PG)
L'Enfant (The Child) (2006, R)
A Man Escaped (1957, Not Rated)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, PG-13)
The Merchant of Venice (2004, R)
My Best Friend (2007, PG-13)
The New World (2006, PG-13)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006, R)
Ratatouille (2007, G)
Rescue Dawn (2007, R)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994, R)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2006, Unrated)
Spider-Man 2 (2004, PG-13)
The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, PG)
There Will Be Blood (2007, R)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006, R)
United 93 (2006, R)
Vera Drake (2004, R)
Wordplay (2006, PG)
3½ Stars
300 (2007, R)
Amazing Grace (2007, PG)
A Very Long Engagement (2004, R)
Babel (2006, R)
Bella (2007, PG-13)
Beowulf (2007, PG-13)
Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2005, PG-13)
Blood Diamond (2006, R)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004, PG-13)
Breaking the Da Vinci Code (2005, Not Rated)
Broken Flowers (2005, R)
Bucket List, The (2007, PG-13)
Burying The Past: The Mountain Meadows Massacre (2004, Not Rated)
The Camden 28 (2007, Not Rated)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007, PG-13)
Charlotte's Web (2006, G)
Children of Men (2006, R)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005, PG)
Cloverfield (2008, PG-13)
Dan in Real Life (2007, PG-13)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007, R)
Dear Frankie (2004, PG-13)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007, PG-13)
Dogville (2004, R)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, R)
Evan Almighty (2007, PG)
The Fall (2008, R)
Finding Neverland (2004, PG-13)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006, R)
The Fountain (2006, PG-13)
Fracture (2007, R)
Glory Road (2006, PG)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005, PG)
The Gospel (2005, PG)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005, PG)
Hairspray (2007, PG)
Hotel Rwanda (2004, PG-13)
I'm Not There (2007, R)
Intimate Strangers (2004, R)
Iron Man (2008, PG-13)
Jarhead (2005, R)
Jindabyne (2007, R)
Juno (2007, PG-13)
Just Like Heaven (2005, PG-13)
Kicking and Screaming (2005, PG)
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004, R)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, PG-13)
Lassie (2006, PG)
The Least of These (2004, Not Rated)
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005, PG)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004, R)
Michael Clayton (2007, R)
Million Dollar Baby (2004, PG-13)
Millions (2005, PG)
Miss Potter (2006, PG)
Most ("The Bridge") (2003, Not Rated)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004, R)
Mr. Brooks (2007, R)
Ocean's Twelve (2004, PG-13)
Paradise Now (2005, PG-13)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006, PG-13)
Pride & Prejudice (2005, PG)
The Queen (2006, PG-13)
Ray (2004, PG-13)
The Savages (2007, R)
The Science of Sleep (2006, R)
Shrek 2 (2004, PG)
Sicko (2007, PG-13)
Sideways (2004, R)
The Simpsons Movie (2007, PG-13)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004, PG)
Spanglish (2004, PG-13)
Spider-Man 3 (2007, PG-13)
Spiderwick Chronicles, The (2008, PG)
Super Size Me (2004, Not Rated)
The Ten Commandments (2004, G)
The Thing About My Folks (2005, PG-13)
An Unfinished Life (2005, PG-13)
Unsettled (2008, Not Rated)
The Village (2004, PG-13)
The Visitor (2008, PG-13)
Walk the Line (2005, PG-13)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005, G)
Water (2006, PG-13)
Zodiac (2007, R)
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