Five star - Latest Top Rated Film Reviews from the Guardian

Only You review – a perfectly realised story of love and longing
The course of true love runs less than smooth in this engrossing debut feature from writer-director Harry Wootliff - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Don't Look Now review – Roeg's scary movie can still make you jump
From its red stalker to its eerie strangers, this suspenseful classic set a template for horror – but its sexual intimacy adds a dramatic counterpoint few films can match - Peter Bradshaw
Midsommar review – outrageous black-comic carnival of agony
Florence Pugh is plunged into a terrifying pagan bacchanal in a magnificent folk-horror tale from Hereditary director Ari Aster - Peter Bradshaw
Apollo 11 review – stunning return to an incredible journey
Featuring previously unseen footage, this electrifying documentary marks 50 years since the first moon landing - Peter Bradshaw
The Chills review – Martin Phillipps' triumph and tragedy told with extraordinary candour
While shooting the documentary, the frontman was told he had a 31% chance of dying within a year. He allows the film-makers in every step of the way - Andrew Stafford
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese review – passion on tour
This freewheeling doc hitches a ride in Dylan’s ‘75 tourbus, with Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and a young Sharon Stone in tow - Peter Bradshaw
Mother review – tender portrait of a charismatic carer
Kristof Bilsen’s documentary focuses on Pomm, who looks after Europeans with Alzheimer’s in Thailand while facing problems of her own - Charlie Phillips
Gwen review – chilling mystery-horror down on the farm
Maxine Peake plays a woman whose property in the wilds of 19th-century Wales is threatened by a predatory mine owner - Cath Clarke
The Brink review – queasily fascinating
This fly-on-the-wall profile of Steve Bannon is unsavoury but revealing - Wendy Ide
Okko's Inn review – come for the story, stay for the quirky characters
A traumatised child gets into the innkeeping business – with the help of some benevolent phantoms – in a perky tale from a former Studio Ghibli animator - Phil Hoad
The Brink review – self-love and satire on the Steve Bannon world tour
Alison Klayman’s intriguing documentary tracks the slippery strategist following his departure from the Trump White House - Peter Bradshaw
Only You review – a sad, tender and gloriously sexy love story
Instant attraction on New Year’s Eve – and a little white lie – lead a young couple down the poignant path from passion to heartache - Peter Bradshaw
Never Look Away review – powerful Gerhard Richter-inspired drama
A German boy who witnesses Nazi horrors grows up to become a painter in this overcooked but affecting melodrama - Mark Kermode
Knife+Heart review – thoughtful porn-star killer-thriller
Yann Gonzalez conceals stories within stories as a murderer goes on a bloody spree in late-70s Paris - Simran Hans
Ibiza: The Silent Movie review – bacchanalia ancient and modern
Julien Temple’s documentary links the island’s long history to its modern clubbing reputation - Simran Hans
Apollo 11 review – a front-row seat for the moon landing
Composed entirely of archive footage, this documentary invests the historic mission with a tense immediacy - Wendy Ide
Support the Girls review – warm comedy-drama
Andrew Bujalski’s day in the life of a sports bar is a nuanced, episodic tale of female solidarity - Wendy Ide
In Fabric review – rides a fine seam between humour and horror
A cursed red dress makes life hell for whoever wears it - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Support the Girls review – bar boss calls time on her dodgy clientele
Regina Hall is terrific as a manager looking after her young, vulnerable staff while dealing with trouble at home - Peter Bradshaw
Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows review – fascinating career re-examination
The artist’s life is essential viewing for anyone with an interest in British art, second-wave feminism or experimental cinema - Leslie Felperin
In Fabric review – haunted red dress zips in from another dimension
Set in an unearthly department store, Peter Strickland’s bizarre ghost story is utterly unlike anything else around - Peter Bradshaw
Toy Story 4 review – a franchise still very much alive
After a hesitant start, the gang gets into top gear - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
The Edge of Democracy review – to the heart of Brazilian politics
Petra Costa’s powerful documentary charts the state’s descent into populism and the fraying of its democratic fabric - Leslie Felperin
Child's Play review – a razor-sharp and exquisitely gruesome toy story
The knife-wielding doll is updated for the digital era in a horror reboot that shrewdly skewers western consumerism - Peter Bradshaw
Mari review – Georgia Parris' stirring drama about a pregnant dancer
Bobbi Jene Smith is excellent as a dancer attempting to reconcile motherhood, performance and family in this promising indie film - Mike McCahill
Diego Maradona review – a gripping game of two halves
The public and private faces of the Argentinian striker are sharply contrasted in a revealing documentary from the director of Senna - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
The Hummingbird Project review – software, stocks, and surprising thrills
Jesse Eisenberg and Salma Hayek turn a story of financial tech into a gripping drama of many parts - Wendy Ide
Sometime Always Never review – a triple-word score of a movie
Bill Nighy is a Scrabble-obsessed father grieving for a missing son - Wendy Ide
We the Animals review – one of the discoveries of the year
An outstanding coming-of-age drama - Wendy Ide
The Italian Job review – cockneys, car chases and a 50-year cliffhanger
Michael Caine is still enormously charismatic as a cheeky con in a release that confirms the enduring brio of this crime caper - Peter Bradshaw
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf review – art of a Dutch master
This intriguing doc details the maverick landscape gardener’s visions in all their florid glory - Peter Bradshaw
The Edge review – the glorious reinvention of English cricket
With its closeup duels and aerial shots of teeming stadiums, this perfectly timed doc plugs into the sport’s cinematic power - Mike McCahill
My Friend the Polish Girl review – a fiction boldly reframed as fact
A faux video diary about a young woman living alone in London casts a compassionate light on migrant workers - Peter Bradshaw
Making Noise Quietly review – snapshots of home in the shadow of war
Dominic Dromgoole’s unusual, thoughtful drama threads together intimate scenes spanning half a century - Peter Bradshaw
Lisbon Beat review – energetic musical odyssey to the city's edge
This brief but engaging documentary celebrates Lisbon’s vibrant African-Portuguese music scene - Peter Bradshaw
The Night of the Iguana review – Clive Owen joins menagerie of lost souls
Owen is a disgraced priest, Anna Gunn a widowed hotel keeper in Tennessee William’s languorous hymn to human endurance - Michael Billington
Our Time review – raw scenes from a failing marriage
A love-triangle drama featuring director Carlos Reygadas and his wife as fictional counterparts is intense, if a tad self-indulgent - Wendy Ide
Crawl review – brutal alligator horror is a snappy summer surprise
Piranha 3D director Alexandre Aja returns to the water for a lean, suspenseful tale of a father and daughter trapped in a flooding, predator-filled house - Benjamin Lee
The Lion King review – deepfake copycat ain't so grrreat
Disney’s reboot of its much-loved 1994 animation is a plausibly real retelling of the story of prince Simba and his struggle against wicked uncle Scar - Peter Bradshaw
Spider-Man: Far from Home review – Peter Parker’s teenage kicks
Marvel’s cinematic domination enters a new era with this winning, witty offering - Simran Hans
Vita & Virginia review – a hothouse of patrician passion
The affair between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf is winningly recreated by Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki - Peter Bradshaw
Prisoners of the Moon review – the dark side of the Apollo 11 story
This unsettling documentary focuses on an engineer from Nazi Germany who was a key player in America’s lunar programme - Leslie Felperin
The Cure: Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park London review – communal celebration
Robert Smith revives all the old goth bangers with muscular, life-affirming brio in Tim Pope’s sedate concert film - Phil Hoad
Article 15 review – no-holds-barred Indian crime thriller
A topical tale of rape and murder burns with justified anger - Wendy Ide
Robert the Bruce review – rousing return of the king of the Scots
Angus Macfadyen is the medieval monarch – a role he played in Braveheart – in this thoughtful crack at historical drama - Leslie Felperin
Thom Yorke: Anima review – angst, anguish, paranoia and … jokes?
The Radiohead frontman gives a glimpse of his fun side on this intriguing, infuriating solo album. But you’ll have to listen closely - Alexis Petridis
Spider-Man: Far from Home review – post-Endgame outing lacks Marvel sparkle
Tom Holland swings into Europe on a school trip that sees Prague under attack, Italy in danger – and Jake Gyllenhaal wearing a very weird helmet - Peter Bradshaw
The Hunt review – false accusation unleashes small-town savagery
Rupert Goold directs a taut adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s film about an innocent man falling prey to clannish locals - Michael Billington
Wine Calling review – woozy salute to France's natural wine movement
This passionate documentary about a DIY trend emerging in the French countryside opens with a bit of a hangover - Phil Hoad
Kurier review – Polish war hero fights through gritty spy thriller
A Polish agent follows a perilous route from London to Warsaw in this taut and arresting piece of storytelling - Phil Hoad
Anima review – Thom Yorke glimpses romance on the morning train
Paul Thomas Anderson directs the Radiohead singer in a short, dialogue-free moodscape that’s unsure of its final destination - Peter Bradshaw
The Cold Blue review – return to the deadly skies of the second world war
Erik Nelson’s absorbing new documentary uses unseen footage shot by William Wyler for his 1944 film The Memphis Belle - Peter Bradshaw
Child’s Play review – a Chucky for the techno-fear age
A new creative team has taken over the franchise with mixed results - Simran Hans
The Flood review – refugee drama fails to pick a side
An indictment of the UK’s handling of the migrant crisis raises more questions than it answers - Simran Hans
Hero review – biopic of a world-changing Trinidadian war hero
A thought-provoking drama-documentary about Ulric Cross, an RAF pilot and diplomat who was a go-between in several African countries’ independence struggles - Mike McCahill
Ordinary Time review – quietly profound joys of bringing up baby
A couple navigate the first few weeks of parenthood in Susana Nobre’s affecting, meditative drama - Phil Hoad
Boyz in the Wood review – macabre rural teen horror-comedy
A group of youngsters stuck in the Scottish countryside become the hunted in Ninian Doff’s wacky mashup - Peter Bradshaw
The Captor review – sexy true-crime melodrama
Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace star as villain and hostage in this fictionalised version of the bizarre robbery that gave birth to term Stockholm syndrome - Peter Bradshaw
Amin review – the builder, the divorcee and a forbidden love
In this sombre and thoughtful drama, a Senegalese construction worker falls for the French woman whose house he is remodelling - Peter Bradshaw
Murder Mystery review – Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston buoy fun Netflix comedy
Old-fashioned movie star charm lifts a goofy, likable film that puts a New York couple in the middle of a European whodunnit - Benjamin Lee
Toy Story 4 review – new characters but the same old Story
It may only be a repeat of earlier ideas and plotlines, but compare it to the fourth films in other franchises and Pixar’s latest is an amusing and charming gem - Peter Bradshaw
Prophecy review – mesmerising portrait of painter Peter Howson
This fascinating documentary observes Howson creating a large orgiastic scene while talking about how he banished the demons in his life - Leslie Felperin
We the Animals review – tough times in the sunshine
This coming-of-age story about three brothers growing up in backwoods America features some hard knocks but risks prettifying poverty - Cath Clarke
Twelve Cabins Twelve Vacancies review – intimate take on Hitchcock’s Psycho
Chris Durnall fuses his own story with that of the classic thriller to create a lyrical study of grief and family - Gareth Llŷr Evans
Late Night review – talk show satire with Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling
A comedy about a young Indian-American woman hired to write for a TV talkshow is likable but lacks real punch - Wendy Ide
The Wedding Guest review – Michael Winterbottom thriller runs out of fizz
Dev Patel stars as a Brit who shops for duct tape and handguns before turning up at an arranged marriage in Pakistan - Peter Bradshaw
Tell It to the Bees reviews – honey-glazed ham of a romance
Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star in this slightly silly magic-realist adaptation of Fiona Shaw’s novel - Peter Bradshaw
Loopers: The Caddie’s Long Walk review – going a round with golf's unsung heroes
Narrator Bill Murray adds some welcome merriment to this plod through the history of the sport’s bag men and women - Leslie Felperin
The Dead Don’t Die review – painfully ironic
Deadpan performances and sloppy storytelling mar Jim Jarmusch’s hip take on the zombie movie - Wendy Ide
Point Blank review – mediocre action thriller remake lands on Netflix
Anthony Mackie rises above a rickety remake of a French thriller about a nurse teaming up with a criminal after his wife is kidnapped - Benjamin Lee
Pavarotti review – syrupy tribute to the legendary tenor
From Bono to Domingo, the stars line up to sing the praises of their late friend in Ron Howard’s heart-sinking documentary - Peter Bradshaw
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords review – triad sequel makes a hash of its plot
Underworld violence plagues Hong Kong society in a second-rate import that brings frustration, agitation and fleeting highs - Leslie Felperin
Stuber review – Uber-set action-comedy gets stuck in first gear
Incapacitated cop Dave Bautista forces timid Kumail Nanjiani to help him take down the bad guys in this lame LA-set caper - Peter Bradshaw
Armstrong review – moon landing doc gets lost in space
This retelling of the Neil Armstrong story has been eclipsed by superior studies of his historic lunar mission - Cath Clarke
Our Time review – forbidden love on a bull-fighting ranch from Carlos Reygadas
Director Carlos Reygadas comes close to autobiography in this shallow and self-indulgent story of a tortured extramarital fling - Peter Bradshaw
Vita & Virginia review – leaden take on a Bloomsbury romance
Despite Elizabeth Debicki and Gemma Arterton’s best efforts, Chanya Button’s film fails to spark - Simran Hans
Midsommar review – dread-free horror
Sunny Swedish paganism tests the patience in Ari Aster’s meandering follow-up to Hereditary - Simran Hans
Ibiza: The Silent Movie review – history for hedonists in bikinis
Julien Temple’s documentary mines the Spanish island’s past for nuggets of interest, but the facts that matter are clubbing and beaches - Peter Bradshaw
The Queen’s Corgi review – palace pooch in the doghouse
Jack Whitehall voices a disgraced doggie who ends up joining a canine fight club in this mirthless animated caper - Mike McCahill
Never Look Away review – epic but uneven melodrama inspired by Gerhard Richter
This fictionalised story of the artist by the director of The Lives of Others lacks a strong central performance to match its ambition - Peter Bradshaw
Mystify: Michael Hutchence review – a heavyhearted portrait mainly for the fans
INXS frontman’s genius is implied throughout Richard Lowenstein’s choppy documentary but never given the chance to speak for itself - Luke Buckmaster
Escape Plan 3 review – Stallone back for more macho mayhem
In the predictable third instalment of this martial arts franchise, Sly heads for Latvia to bust a Chinese heiress out of prison - Leslie Felperin
Yesterday review – predictable romcom
Danny Boyle’s fantasy about a world without the Beatles turns into a Richard Curtis greatest hits show - Wendy Ide
Photograph review – restrained Mumbai romance never comes into focus
The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra returns with an enigmatic meditation on chance meetings and things unsaid - Peter Bradshaw
Arifa review – a heroine and a life too ordinary
Despite a strong central performance, the story of a British Asian woman’s everyday frustrations floats by with a weird lack of urgency - Mike McCahill
Annabelle Comes Home review – creaky funhouse horror threequel
The Conjuring universe offers up another handsomely made yet astonishingly empty chapter about the havoc-wreaking demonic doll - Benjamin Lee
Brightburn review: super-antihero fails to take flight
This violent tale of a boy with malevolent powers struggles to impress in a Marvel-dominated genre - Simran Hans
Anna review – Luc Besson's empty assassin thriller shoots blanks
A vacuous performance from model Sasha Luss sinks the director’s attempt to add a modern spin on his 1990 thriller La Femme Nikita - Benjamin Lee
Division 19 review – emo rebels run riot in a derivative dystopia
Fun turns from Clarke Peters and Alison Doody enliven this yawn-inducing vision of a futuristic surveillance state - Leslie Felperin
Bitter Wheat review – Malkovich and Mamet's monstrous misfire
John Malkovich works overtime to squeeze depth into David Mamet’s predatory Hollywood tycoon Barney Fein - Michael Billington
Blue My Mind review – something's fishy in coming-of-age horror
Luna Wedler delivers a good performance as a shy teenager navigating a new school – and a body that is radically changing - Peter Bradshaw
The Flood review – glib foray into the tragedy of migration
Lena Headey plays an immigration official overseeing the case of an Eritrean migrant whose capture at Dover sparks tabloid fury - Peter Bradshaw
Men in Black: International review – a sorry sequel
The wisecracking sci-fi franchise is revived once more, yet is distinctly lifeless - Wendy Ide
Balloon review – airborne escape caper crash lands
Michael Herbig’s overwrought drama sucks the thrills out of this story of two families fleeing communist East Germany - Phil Hoad
The Hummingbird Project review – deeply odd tunnel-digging drama
Jesse Eisenberg plays a stock trader hoping to make millions by linking Kansas and New York underground - Mike McCahill
Wild Honey Pie! review – flaky and undercooked
Jamie Adams’ rambling style hits a n emphatic dead end with this aimless and implausible drama about a fraught marriage - Peter Bradshaw
X-Men: Dark Phoenix review – cliched conclusion of the mutant saga
Writer-producer-director Simon Kinberg botches it big time - Wendy Ide
Stuber review – nothing to see here
A shortsighted cop and his put-upon Uber driver make a painfully unfunny odd couple - Wendy Ide
Shaft review – regressive sequel swaps out style for ugly homophobia
Samuel L Jackson returns in the latest take on the 70s detective to unleash a toxic stream of bigotry in a misjudged attack on millennial masculinity - Benjamin Lee
Men in Black: International review – a galactically gormless fall to earth
This latest outing for the government agents tasked with policing pesky space invaders is a charmless and pointless affair - Peter Bradshaw