Good Night, and Good Luck.Movie2005The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
The AviatorMovie2004A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal EngagementMovie2004Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Her best friend Lilly also joins her for the summer. Mia continues her 'princess lessons'- riding horses side-saddle, archery, and other royal. But her complicated life is turned upside down once again when she not only learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected...Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
SeabiscuitMovie2003True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Catch Me If You CanMovie2002A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.Overall55Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept55Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
69MovieNerd ScoreMen in Black IIMovie2002Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.Overall65Story65Acting70Cinematography68Concept59Entertaining73Uniqueness72Family Friendly68
The Princess DiariesMovie2001A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Almost FamousMovie2000In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
PleasantvilleMovie1998Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
ContactMovie1997A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
74MovieNerd ScoreThat Thing You Do!Movie1996A 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.Overall78Story73Acting72Cinematography70Concept60Entertaining78Uniqueness72Family Friendly—
Apollo 13Movie1995The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.Overall75Story70Acting75Cinematography75Concept75Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly80
Star Trek: GenerationsMovie1994Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Body BagsMovie1993A woman working the late shift at a gas station while a killer is on the loose; a man who can't stand the thought of losing his hair; a baseball player that submits to an eye transplant. An anthology of terror.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Life StinksMovie1991A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with a homeless woman.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
One Good CopMovie1991When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds his life – and that of his newfound family – on the line. That's when the guilty crime-lord comes face to face with one man's rage, one man's fury, one man's justice.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
ArachnophobiaMovie1990A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Stranger in Our HouseMovie1979A country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, though teenaged daughter Rachel grows suspect that she has an alternative agenda; one that possibly includes witchcraft.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Good Night, and Good Luck.Movie2005The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
The AviatorMovie2004A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal EngagementMovie2004Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Her best friend Lilly also joins her for the summer. Mia continues her 'princess lessons'- riding horses side-saddle, archery, and other royal. But her complicated life is turned upside down once again when she not only learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected...Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
SeabiscuitMovie2003True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Catch Me If You CanMovie2002A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.Overall55Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept55Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
69MovieNerd ScoreMen in Black IIMovie2002Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.Overall65Story65Acting70Cinematography68Concept59Entertaining73Uniqueness72Family Friendly68
The Princess DiariesMovie2001A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Almost FamousMovie2000In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
PleasantvilleMovie1998Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
ContactMovie1997A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
74MovieNerd ScoreThat Thing You Do!Movie1996A 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.Overall78Story73Acting72Cinematography70Concept60Entertaining78Uniqueness72Family Friendly—
Apollo 13Movie1995The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.Overall75Story70Acting75Cinematography75Concept75Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly80
Star Trek: GenerationsMovie1994Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Body BagsMovie1993A woman working the late shift at a gas station while a killer is on the loose; a man who can't stand the thought of losing his hair; a baseball player that submits to an eye transplant. An anthology of terror.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Life StinksMovie1991A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with a homeless woman.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
One Good CopMovie1991When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds his life – and that of his newfound family – on the line. That's when the guilty crime-lord comes face to face with one man's rage, one man's fury, one man's justice.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
ArachnophobiaMovie1990A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—
Stranger in Our HouseMovie1979A country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, though teenaged daughter Rachel grows suspect that she has an alternative agenda; one that possibly includes witchcraft.Overall—Story—Acting—Cinematography—Concept—Entertaining—Uniqueness—Family Friendly—