Five star - Latest Top Rated Film Reviews from the Guardian

Uncut Gems review – an exhilarating, full-blown assault of a movie
Adam Sandler gives a career-best performance as a ducking-and-diving New York diamond dealer - Wendy Ide
Uncut Gems review – this sparkler will be the most exciting film of the year
Adam Sandler gives a terrific, career-best performance as a Manhattan jeweller with a perilous gambling habit in a rollicking, high-energy thriller - Peter Bradshaw
La Dolce Vita review – a sexy, surreal masterpiece of modernity
Federico Fellini’s rereleased film brilliantly captures postwar Rome and its denizens as they tumble headlong into hedonistic excess – and secret melancholy - Peter Bradshaw
Long Day's Journey Into Night review – an exhilarating slo-mo hallucination
Mystery, passion and fear permeate the obsessive reverie of a man searching for his lost love, which takes flight in an audacious 3D dream-fantasy sequence - Peter Bradshaw
The Kingmaker review – exquisitely horrible portrait of Imelda Marcos
The former first lady of the Philippines is revealed as a monstrous, loathsome, absurdly queenly figure in Lauren Greenfield’s superb documentary - Peter Bradshaw
Ordinary Love review – Manville and Neeson excel in joyous heartbreaker
Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson are note-perfect in Owen McCafferty’s profoundly moving drama - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
So Long, My Son review – a gorgeous, melancholy masterpiece
Three decades of Chinese history are told through the lives of two couples linked by tragedy - Wendy Ide
So Long, My Son review – exquisite, agonising Chinese family saga
The epic story of two married couples enduring personal tragedy and state-imposed suffering is an almost unbearably poignant, profound masterpiece - Peter Bradshaw
The Holy Mountain review – inside the mind of a visionary provocateur
Parts of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 1973 dreamscape might look dated but its superlative weirdness remains undimmed - Peter Bradshaw
#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories review – Helen Mirren hosts a heartfelt tribute
This moving, valuable documentary marking the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz liberation draws on the testimony of many Holocaust survivors - Peter Bradshaw
What Did Jack Do? review – David Lynch's surprise Netflix short is pure, surreal style
In this two-hander, the director plays a cop interrogating a capuchin monkey accused of murder – which is as funny and absurd as it sounds - Peter Bradshaw
Midnight Traveler review – a remarkable, moving portrait of the refugee crisis
An Afghan film-maker documents his family’s three-year search for asylum - Simran Hans
Just Mercy review – death row drama with quiet power
Jamie Foxx and Michael B Jordan excel in this understated true-life story - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
A Hidden Life review – Terrence Malick's homage to an Austrian conscientious objector
Malick’s poetic – and long – tale of the lonely trials of farmer Franz Jägerstätter - Simran Hans
The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel review – a magical fantasia
A transatlantic voyage in 1910, with the silent stars onboard, is the basis of Told By An Idiot’s beguiling comedy - Brian Logan
Weathering With You review – thrillingly beautiful anime romance
A runaway teenager falls for a mysterious ‘sun girl’ who has the power to stop the rain in Japan’s highest-grossing film of 2019 - Cath Clarke
Waves review – high-school sports star wrestles with his emotions
Trey Edward Shults’ heartfelt redemption parable takes an unexpected route through the story of a teenager’s struggles at home and in class - Peter Bradshaw
Midnight Traveler review – refugees' gripping escape from Afghanistan
Filmed entirely on smartphones, Hassan Fazili’s powerful documentary charts his family’s perilous, gruelling trek to sanctuary in Europe - Peter Bradshaw
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché review – paean to a movie pioneer
This intriguing documentary shines a light on the astonishing career of the first woman to direct a film – and possibly the first director ever - Peter Bradshaw
1917 review – Sam Mendes’s unblinking vision of the hell of war
Mendes’s first world war drama plunges the viewer into the trenches, to breathless effect - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
El Topo review – Jodorowsky's weird world of occult psychedelia
The veteran director stars as a black-clad horseman on a bizarre desert quest with worrying Mansonesque overtones in his rereleased head trip of 1970 - Peter Bradshaw
We Are from Jazz review – zany Russian musical comedy
In this entertaining fantasy from the Soviet era, a brilliant pianist is expelled from the music academy because of his passion for decadent American jazz - Peter Bradshaw
Little Women review – the freshest literary adaptation of the year
Greta Gerwig brings the entire March family to life like never before in a respectful but bracingly current version - Wendy Ide
Long Day’s Journey Into Night review – some kind of sorcery at work
This staggeringly ambitious love story will dazzle and baffle long after the credits have rolled - Wendy Ide
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review – a thrilling, fun-filled, light-speed finale
Flying stormtroopers, lightsaber duels and a resurrected evil lord … the hugely entertaining final episode in the nine-film saga brims with euphoric energy - Peter Bradshaw
Daniel Lopatin: Uncut Gems Original Soundtrack review – vital, nerve-jangling score is a jewel
Lopatin, AKA Oneohtrix Point Never, has created a soundtrack for the Safdie brothers’ latest that brings its whole roiling humanity brilliantly to life - Ben Beaumont-Thomas
Aquarela review – cracking climate crisis documentary
The sound of splintering ice haunts this excellent and disturbing account of collapsing glaciers, violent storms, flooded landscapes and rising sea levels - Peter Bradshaw
Honey Boy review – painful honesty from Shia LaBeouf
An effectively raw account of the maverick actor’s dysfunctional upbringing - Wendy Ide
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg review – delightful Deneuve reigns supreme
Catherine Deneuve brings an unworldly, subtly erotic charm to Jacques Demy’s rereleased pastel rainbow of a musical - Peter Bradshaw
Gremlins review – Spielbergian satire still has bite
Like some evil twin of its producer’s earlier film ET, this sharp and wacky 1984 kids’ horror movie makes fun of American materialism and Christmastime commercialism - Peter Bradshaw
The Cave review – horror and hope in a Syrian hospital battered by war
This powerful, immensely moving documentary follows the courageous medical staff who must treat injured children as bombs fall around them - Cath Clarke
Honey Boy review – the Shia LaBeouf renaissance begins here
LaBeouf writes and co-stars in this heartfelt, well-performed film based on his own personal history as a troubled young actor and addict - Peter Bradshaw
Buddies review – poignant return to the dawn of HIV
A gay New Yorker is spurred to befriend a hospital patient who has Aids in this heartbreaking rereleased drama from 1985 - Leslie Felperin
Ironbark review – Benedict Cumberbatch heats up solid Cold War drama
The star turns in his most convincing performance for years in this sturdy story of accidental spy Greville Wynne and his role in averting nuclear crisis - Benjamin Lee in Park City
Zola review – stylish viral tweet-based sex and crime caper
Fantastic performances, including breakout Taylour Paige, and confident direction from Janicza Bravo lift an often bumpy ride - Benjamin Lee in Park City
Detective Chinatown 3 review – majestically madcap buddy-cop whodunnit
Martial arts star Tony Jaa joins the zany police franchise as our heroes head to Tokyo for more no-holds-barred slapstick action - Peter Bradshaw
Everything: The Real Thing Story review – endearingly told Brit-soul music doc
The story of the chart-topping 70s Merseyside band delivers a charmingly recounted piece of pop history - Leslie Felperin
Present.Perfect. review – China's livestreamers looking for love
This eerie documentary dives deep into the hundreds of millions of online attention-seekers desperate to make contact via tales of the bizarre and mundane - Peter Bradshaw
Bad Boys for Life review – odd-couple Miami cops back with a blast
The plot’s dumb but there’s plenty to enjoy as Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return after 17 years to trade jibes and blow stuff up - Jordan Hoffman
Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait review – picturing a titan of British art
Detailing an epic social life as well as an obsession with painting himself in to his own works, this is a fascinating, if limited, overview - Andrew Pulver
Seberg review – Kristen Stewart outshines flat script
Benedict Andrews’s biopic can’t live up to Jean Seberg’s dramatic real life - Wendy Ide
Jojo Rabbit review – down the rabbit hole with Hitler
Taika Waititi follows a distinguished tradition with this ‘strange art comedy’ about a boy growing up in Nazi Germany - Mark Kermode
Amanda review – muted Paris terror attack drama
Director Mikhaël Hers remains strangely neutral in this touching fictional tale of a young man appointed guardian of his orphaned niece following a terrorist attack - Simran Hans
Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters review – slime time
The director and surviving stars revisit the groundbreaking supernatural comedy in an enjoyably geeky documentary - Peter Bradshaw
Spies in Disguise review – dizzying action, so-so jokes
Will Smith and Tom Holland partner up in this pacy if imperfect animation - Wendy Ide
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review – may the ninth be with you…
JJ Abrams proves a safe pair of hands in this crowd-pleasing but unadventurous finale to the latest trilogy of the space opera - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
The Gentlemen review – Guy Ritchie returns to his signature style
Another dose of geezer-gangstery made all the more watchable by star turns from Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant - Peter Bradshaw
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker review – death is not the end in new trilogy's laborious exit
Some familiar – and some surprising – franchise favourites return for a final fling in JJ Abrams’s whoppingly comprehensive galaxy quest - Steve Rose
Spies in Disguise review – Will Smith brings pecks appeal to animated caper
A secret agent ruffles feathers in the espionage world when he is accidentally transformed into a pigeon in this entertaining family adventure - Peter Bradshaw
Jumanji: The Next Level review – an upbeat, frenetic adventure
In this latest lively instalment of the video game adventure, two old curmudgeons join the kids in a battle against tyranny - Mark Kermode
Citizen K review – from filthy rich to Kremlin foe
Alex Gibney’s documentary about a Russian oligarch turned Putin critic struggles to penetrate the man’s slick exterior - Simran Hans
The Kingmaker review – a damning portrait of Imelda Marcos
Lauren Greenfield’s documentary finds the former Philippines first lady to be a truly dangerous force - Simran Hans
Sons of Denmark review – provocative and chilling
Far-right hatred and radicalised youth are explored in this passionate Danish drama - Simran Hans
6 Underground review – Michael Bay's high-octane caper is a blast
Ryan Reynolds leads a shadowy team of mercenaries on a mission to topple a super-bad tyrant in this loud, frenetic and goofy thriller - Peter Bradshaw
Gorillaz: Reject False Icons review – a swing through Damon Albarn's circus
Denholm Hewlett’s documentary is a snappy scrapbook of behind-the-scenes moments captured at the band’s recording sessions and on a world tour - Phil Hoad
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles review – story that raised the roof everywhere
Surprising revelations and praise from famous fans add to the appeal of this documentary about the world-conquering Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof - Leslie Felperin
The Bikes of Wrath review – cyclists take the dustbowl migrants' road
Five friends with limited experience in the saddle ride 2,600 miles across the US in an endearingly honest documentary - Cath Clarke
Pink Wall review – time travellers on romance's rocky road
Director Tom Cullen reshuffles events in an intimate drama about how the messiness of life jeopardises a new relationship - Peter Bradshaw
Jumanji: The Next Level review – Dwayne Johnson ups his comedy game
The old gang re-enter the video game fantasy world for more body-swap hijinks and Indiana Jones-ish adventures, and Johnson levels-up his comedy stylings - Peter Bradshaw
Bombshell review – Fox News abuse drama pulls its hardest punches
Roger Ailes’ victims fight back in a film where the odious media mogul looms large … before Rupert Murdoch saves the day - Peter Bradshaw
Motherless Brooklyn review – over-egged hardboiled noir
Edward Norton tries too hard in an atmospheric but overambitious detective thriller - Wendy Ide
The Wolf's Call review – lots of sweaty sub-on-sub action
This French mashup of Dr Strangelove and The Hunt for Red October features lots of tense silence, sweaty faces and all the other tropes of submarine movies - Peter Bradshaw
Solid Gold review – sluggish Polish crime thriller
A tough-nut ex-cop is lured back to her old job to help bring down a drug baron in this overlong and unengaging drama - Phil Hoad
The Last Right review – comfortably contrived Irish Rain Man
This Christmas homecoming story about a lawyer and his autistic brother is predictable but fits like a well-worn onesie - Mike McCahill
Undocument review – dogged journey along the migration trail
Desperate asylum-seekers confront people smugglers and border officials in this laudable but hesitant drama - Phil Hoad
Miss Americana review – Taylor Swift doc is too stage-managed to truly sing
The singer emerges as charming and undeniably talented in this Netflix documentary but it’s too slick for genuine insight - Benjamin Lee in Park City
Aisha and Abhaya review – modern fairytale driven by dark techno
This experiment by film-maker Kibwe Tavares and choreographer Sharon Eyal brims with talent but is ultimately frustrating - Lyndsey Winship
The Grudge review – the deathly curse of a franchise that refuses to die
Andrea Riseborough does her best in a horror reboot that offers murders, maggots, corpses, a haunted house … and zero scares - Cath Clarke
The Turning review – ham-fisted trickery saps a classic ghost story
This new, jump-scary adaptation of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw is a contrived and spiritless disappointment - Peter Bradshaw
Paw Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue! review – 48 minutes in the pits
This barely feature-length spin-off from the TV cartoon takes our gang to the racetrack and sends them skidding into tedium - Cath Clarke
The Rescue review – turbulent Chinese air-rescue adventure
Despite some dazzling, nail-biting chopper stunts, there’s an excess of pointless rushing around in this hymn to China’s emergency services - Mike McCahill
No Fathers in Kashmir review – flat drama doesn't do its subject justice
The turmoil in Indian-administered Kashmir is an urgent topic but Ashvin Kumar’s coming-of-age film feels lifeless and leaden - Peter Bradshaw
Waves review – bombastic family drama
Kelvin Harrison Jr’s middle-class jock discovers the all-too obvious cracks in the American dream in this simplistic story - Simran Hans
Bombshell review – redacted notes on a scandal
A retelling of the Fox News sexual harassment case avoids inconvenient political truths - Simran Hans
Dolittle review – Robert Downey Jr's middling talking-animals pantomime
The Avengers star opts for a dodgy Welsh accent in an uninspiring if not entirely unwatchable new take on the animal-friendly doctor - Benjamin Lee
Lullaby review – a no-thrills thriller
A middle-class French family is terrorised by the nanny from hell - Wendy Ide
The Runaways review – confused family tragicomedy
This tale of three vulnerable siblings just can’t find the right tone - Wendy Ide
Seberg review – flawed study of a star hounded by Hollywood
Kristen Stewart gives a heartfelt performance as actor Jean Seberg, harassed by the FBI for supporting the Black Panthers - Peter Bradshaw
Lullaby review – bad-nanny thriller up past its bedtime
A young couple make a terrible childcare choice in this strained, unsatisfying drama based on Leïla Slimani’s bestselling novel - Peter Bradshaw
The Runaways review – a bumpy escape … by donkey
The gently comic story of three children fleeing their sinister uncle across the Yorkshire moors is hampered by tougher, more disturbing scenes - Peter Bradshaw
Underwater review – Kristen Stewart's soggy, silly monster movie
A much-delayed attempt to resurrect the Alien formula underwater has some effective moments but fails to justify its own existence - Benjamin Lee
In the Line of Duty review – haphazard action thriller
A trigger-happy cop is the hero in this ill-judged US satire - Simran Hans
The Gentlemen review – Guy Ritchie’s dated gangster romp
Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Dockery and Hugh Grant are amusingly cast, but that doesn’t excuse the casual racism - Simran Hans
In the Line of Duty review – race-against-time cop thriller
Troubled detective Aaron Eckhart is forced to team up with a young citizen journalist in this run-of-the-mill action spectacle - Peter Bradshaw
Merry Men 2 review – low-budget Fast & Furious-style shenanigans
The criminal fringe meets sexy high-stakes espionage in this rough-and-ready Nollywood action sequel - Phil Hoad
Playing With Fire review – firefighters v kids comedy fails to ignite
In this ropey family movie, a crew of burly ‘smoke jumpers’ are terrorised by three children they rescue from a burning building - Peter Bradshaw
Ip Man 4 review – kung fu master gives America a kicking
In the solemn fourth film about the real-life martial arts teacher, Ip Man takes on a racist bully in the US marine corps - Peter Bradshaw
Pink Wall review – an American love story in Wales
Unconvincing dialogue mars this cleverly shot romance, with a star turn by Tatiana Maslany - Simran Hans
Sons of Denmark review – conspiracy thriller takes a shocking turn
A misjudged scene depicting an acid attack fatally undermines this drama about radicalisation and anti-Muslim nationalism - Peter Bradshaw
Lucy in the Sky review – earthbound tale of an obsessed astronaut
Natalie Portman shines but Noah Hawley’s fact-based drama lacks the right stuff - Wendy Ide
StarDog and TurboCat review – laboured time-travel animation
A canine astronaut crashes back to Earth 50 years into the future in this relentless, sentimental adventure for younger kids - Cath Clarke
The Whistleblower review – mining industry thriller stuck in a hole
This energetic, pan-Pacific adventure lurches from one exotic location to another, jettisoning logic at every turn - Mike McCahill
Invasion Planet Earth review – ludicrously ambitious low-cost sci-fi
A suburban London psychiatrist and his patients are kidnapped by aliens in this clunky, on-a-budget adventure - Leslie Felperin
The Goop Lab review – so Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t know what a vagina is
Like the star’s wellness brand, this whole show is a demented paean to self-indulgence. And for someone peddling health treatments, she seems alarmingly ignorant about anatomy - Lucy Mangan
Playing With Fire review – so unfunny it will extinguish your will to live
A mix of gung-ho firefighting, cutesy kids and inept comic timing extinguishes the will to live - Wendy Ide
Cats review – will haunt viewers for generations
No amount of A-list stars can save Tom Hooper’s dire adaptation - Simran Hans
Jojo Rabbit review – Taika Waititi's Hitler comedy is intensely unfunny
A bullied 10-year-old makes imaginary friends with a cheeky Führer with no hilarious consequences in this schmaltzy satire - Peter Bradshaw
Cats review – a purr-fectly dreadful hairball of woe
The queasy fears prompted by one of the most disturbing movie trailers ever seen are realised in full in Tom Hooper’s jaw-dropping feline folly - Peter Bradshaw
The Courier review – dreary action-thriller fails to deliver
After saving the life of a trial witness, biker Olga Kurylenko goes on the run from Gary Oldman’s super-dull supervillain - Peter Bradshaw
Black Christmas review – woke slasher remake is an unholy, unscary mess
The second attempt to resurrect the 1974 campus-set horror is a well-intentioned yet ultimately unconvincing modernisation - Benjamin Lee