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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
The Gospel of John (2003, PG-13)
Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003, PG-13)
The Aviator (2004, PG-13)
Friday Night Lights (2004, PG-13)
Hero (2004, PG-13)
Ikiru (2004, Not Rated)
The Incredibles (2004, PG)
A Man Escaped (2004, Not Rated)
Spider-Man 2 (2004, PG-13)
The Story of the Weeping Camel (2004, PG)
Vera Drake (2004, R)
Au Hasard Balthazar (2005, Not Rated)
Batman Begins (2005, PG-13)
Cinderella Man (2005, PG-13)
A History of Violence (2005, R)
The Merchant of Venice (2005, R)
Children of Men (2006, R)
L'Enfant (The Child) (2006, R)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006, R)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2006, Not Rated)
The New World (2006, PG-13)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006, R)
United 93 (2006, R)
Wordplay (2006, PG)
Gone Baby Gone (2007, R)
In the Shadow of the Moon (2007, PG)
My Best Friend (2007, PG-13)
Ratatouille (2007, G)
Rescue Dawn (2007, PG-13)
There Will Be Blood (2007, R)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008, Not Rated)
The Dark Knight (2008, PG-13)
Flight of the Red Balloon (2008, Not Rated)
WALL•E (2008, G)
Australia (2008, PG-13)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008, R)
Earth (2009, G)
Up (2009, PG)
Still Walking (2009, Not Rated)
Bright Star (2009, PG)
3½ Stars
The Bourne Supremacy (2004, PG-13)
Burying The Past: Legacy of the Mountain Meadows Massacre (2004, Not Rated)
Dogville (2004, R)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, R)
Finding Neverland (2004, PG-13)
Hotel Rwanda (2004, PG-13)
Intimate Strangers (2004, R)
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004, R)
The Least of These (2004, Not Rated)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004, R)
Ocean's Twelve (2004, PG-13)
Osama (2004, PG-13)
Ray (2004, PG-13)
Shrek 2 (2004, PG)
Sideways (2004, R)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004, PG)
Spanglish (2004, PG-13)
Super Size Me (2004, Not Rated)
The King of Kings (2004, Not Rated)
The Village (2004, PG-13)
Whistle Down the Wind (2004, Not Rated)
Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2005, PG-13)
Breaking the Da Vinci Code (2005, Not Rated)
Broken Flowers (2005, R)
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005, PG)
Dear Frankie (2005, PG-13)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005, PG)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005, PG)
Jarhead (2005, R)
Just Like Heaven (2005, PG-13)
Kicking and Screaming (2005, PG)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005, PG)
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005, PG)
Million Dollar Baby (2005, PG-13)
Millions (2005, PG)
Most ("The Bridge") (2005, Not Rated)
Paradise Now (2005, PG-13)
Pride & Prejudice (2005, PG)
The Gospel (2005, PG)
The Thing About My Folks (2005, PG-13)
An Unfinished Life (2005, PG-13)
Walk the Line (2005, PG-13)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005, G)
49 Up (2006, Not Rated)
Babel (2006, R)
Blood Diamond (2006, R)
Casino Royale (2006, PG-13)
Charlotte's Web (2006, G)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006, R)
The Fountain (2006, PG-13)
Glory Road (2006, PG)
Lassie (2006, PG)
Little Children (2006, R)
Marie Antoinette (2006, PG-13)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006, PG-13)
The Queen (2006, PG-13)
The Science of Sleep (2006, R)
Water (2006, PG-13)
We Are Marshall (2006, PG)
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? (2006, Not Rated)
300 (2007, R)
Amazing Grace (2007, PG)
Bella (2007, PG-13)
Beowulf (2007, PG-13)
The Bucket List (2007, PG-13)
The Camden 28 (2007, Not Rated)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007, R)
Dan in Real Life (2007, PG-13)
Darfur Now (2007, PG)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007, R)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007, PG-13)
Evan Almighty (2007, PG)
Fracture (2007, R)
Hairspray (2007, PG)
I'm Not There (2007, R)
Jindabyne (2007, R)
Juno (2007, PG-13)
Lars and the Real Girl (2007, PG-13)
Michael Clayton (2007, R)
Miss Potter (2007, PG)
Mr. Brooks (2007, R)
No Country for Old Men (2007, R)
The Savages (2007, R)
Sicko (2007, PG-13)
The Simpsons Movie (2007, PG-13)
Spider-Man 3 (2007, PG-13)
The Ten Commandments (2007, G)
Zodiac (2007, R)
Brideshead Revisited (2008, PG-13)
Burn After Reading (2008, R)
Cloverfield (2008, PG-13)
The Express (2008, Not Rated, PG)
The Fall (2008, R)
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008, R)
Iron Man (2008, PG-13)
The Secret Life of Bees (2008, Not Rated)
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008, PG)
Synecdoche, New York (2008, R)
Unsettled (2008, Not Rated)
The Visitor (2008, PG-13)
W. (2008, PG-13)
Frost/Nixon (2008, R)
Gran Torino (2008, R)
The Wrestler (2008, R)
Coraline (2009, PG)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, PG-13)
Defiance (2008, R)
Wendy and Lucy (2008, R)
Watchmen (2009, R)
Phoebe in Wonderland (2009, PG-13)
The Soloist (2009, PG-13)
The Brothers Bloom (2009, PG-13)
Summer Hours (2009, Not Rated)
Moon (2009, R)
The Proposal (2009, PG-13)
Public Enemies (2009, R)
The Hurt Locker (2009, R)
Julie & Julia (2009, PG-13)
Inglourious Basterds (2009, R)
The Informant! (2009, R)
The Boys Are Back (2009, PG-13)
This Is It (2009, PG)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009, R)
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