Five star - Latest Top Rated Film Reviews from the Guardian

Marriage Story review – Noah Baumbach’s best film yet
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver excel in Baumbach’s bittersweet heartbreaker - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Marriage Story review – everything you always wanted to know about divorce
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson are terrific as a couple facing the awful aftermath of their relationship in Noah Baumbach’s heartfelt drama - Peter Bradshaw
Monos review – hypnotic thriller about teenage guerrillas
Inspired by the upheaval in his native Colombia, Alejandro Landes’s story of teenage guerrillas descending into anarchy is a hypnotic triumph - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Hoop Dreams review – basketball doc slam-dunks the power of hope
This heartfelt and affecting film follows two teenagers chasing scholarships that hold out the chance of a brighter future - Peter Bradshaw
Singin' in the Rain review – simply splashing
This sublime 1952 movie musical, in cinemas again, puts the artistry of Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and co on full, joyful display - Peter Bradshaw
Le Mans ‘66 review – road race biopic fires on all cylinders
Matt Damon and Christian Bale are on sparky form - Wendy Ide
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order review – the force is strong in this one
With its satisfyingly challenging lightsaber combat and on-brand recreation of the Star Wars galaxy, this is the game fans have been waiting for - Oliver Holmes
He Dreams of Giants review – Terry Gilliam's inspiring La Mancha sequel
Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe have made a compelling follow-up to their 2002 look at the disastrous production of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote - Jordan Hoffman
The Irishman review – Scorsese’s sweeping tale of crime and politics
The years roll back for De Niro, Pacino and Pesci in Scorsese’s epic tale of fading mob glamour - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Luce review - provocative examination of race in America
A young black man is lauded by his school as a model student - Wendy Ide
The Good Liar review – Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen are irresistible
The veteran pair duel hypnotically in a mystery thriller whose occasional silliness is masked by storytelling gusto - Peter Bradshaw
Extra Ordinary review – devilishly funny exorcism horror
A driving instructor with a gift for banishing demons comes to the aid of a troubled widower in this horribly enjoyable tale - Peter Bradshaw
Doctor Sleep review – The Shining sequel has its own spooky sparkle
Mike Flanagan offers a spirited rendition of Stephen King’s follow-up novel - Simran Hans
The Aeronauts review – airborne adventure weathers the storm
Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones go ballooning in a history-based tale of meteorological derring-do - Simran Hans
Yves Saint Laurent: The Last Collections review – shocking portrait of a fashion legend
This amazingly candid documentary reveals the designer in a terrible decline as he rules his studio like a latter-day Sun King - Peter Bradshaw
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound review – why Top Gun roared
The maestros of film sound reveal the secrets of their challenging job with great frankness and amazing modesty - Peter Bradshaw
Leonardo: The Works review – magnificent tour of the masterpieces
From Florence to London, Krakow to St Petersburg, galleries show off their prized paintings in this impressive, authoritative documentary - Andrew Pulver
Chained for Life review – astute satire on actors and beauty
Under the Skin’s Adam Pearson impresses in a confrontational film industry tale - Simran Hans
The Last Black Man in San Francisco review – moving tale of racial gentrification
A quirky approach gives Joe Talbot’s fact-based drama the feel of a fable - Simran Hans
Chained for Life review – clever comedy-horror toys with reality
Set in a strange and mysterious hospital, this amiably ingenious drama constantly wrong-foots the audience - Leslie Felperin
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon review – an out-of-this-world delight
Aardman send Shaun and co into orbit in another dizzyingly inventive film for everyone - Wendy Ide
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? review – powerful social documentary
How violence and discrimination affect African American communities in the deep south - Wendy Ide
Mystify: Michael Hutchence review – enlightening and affecting
Footage shot by the INXS frontman and his circle illuminates his life and death - Wendy Ide
The Peanut Butter Falcon review – an emotional ride
Shia LaBeouf and Zack Gottsagen are a dream double act in this unlikely buddy movie - Wendy Ide
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon review – a sheepquel for all ages
Aardman have upped the ante with this dotty Spielbergian sci-fi tale crammed full of sight gags, movie pastiches and charm - Cath Clarke
Official Secrets review – Keira Knightley shines as a very British whistleblower
Knightley gives a sympathetic performance as Iraq war whistleblower Katharine Gun in this shrewd and relevant spy drama - Peter Bradshaw
Corpus Christi review – from parole to the priesthood
This smart plot-twister about an ex-con who takes up the identity of a new priest sidesteps a soppy trajectory to land on a much bleaker, thoughtful note - Leslie Felperin
Lost Lives review – requiem for victims of the Troubles
This powerful, elegiac documentary focuses on a monumental chronicle of 3,700 lives ended by violence in Northern Ireland - Mike McCahill
Dark Waters review – Mark Ruffalo v big business in enraging drama
The shocking true story of how corporate corruption infected the water of a small town is brought to the screen in a mostly effective drama from Todd Haynes - Benjamin Lee
Bilched review – coming-of-age teen dramedy with authentic attitude
19-year-old Hal Cumpston’s punchy film depicts a universe of scallywags in which the acquisition of alcohol and pot are tasks of monumental significance - Luke Buckmaster
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary review – an enjoyably shambolic doc
Benjamin Berman is hopelessly out of his depth following a death-defying, meth-addicted comedian - Wendy Ide
The Report review – claustrophobic tale of CIA interrogation failures
This fact-based thriller on a US Senate probe gets caught up in the detail - Wendy Ide
Frozen II review – a charming return but the thaw's setting in
Beloved heroine Elsa has a great new song as she heads into the enchanted forest in this funny, likable but underpowered sequel. Is it time to let her go? - Peter Bradshaw
The Report review – Adam Driver's battle to expose CIA torture
Driver stars as the real-life researcher who struggled to publish his study of ‘extreme interrogation techniques’ in this cool, dry look at the facts - Peter Bradshaw
Little Monsters review – school-trip kids teach zombies a lesson
A bunch of children led by teacher Lupita Nyong’o tackle a marauding army of the undead in this enjoyably silly zomcom - Peter Bradshaw
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil review – pulpy thriller packs a punch
A maverick cop and underworld boss join forces to catch a killer in this gripping mix of carnage and car chases in Korea - Leslie Felperin
Someone, Somewhere review – slow-burn Parisian therapy romance
The meet-cute is neatly postponed in this entertaining story of two next-door neighbours, both seeing therapists and looking for love - Cath Clarke
Gabriel review – plucky boxing story pulls its punches
The tale of a desperate young fighter in Lisbon features a soulful performance but is dogged by boxing movie cliches - Cath Clarke
Charlie's Angels review – ramshackle action reboot goes at half throttle
There’s intermittent fun to be had in this throwaway relaunch of the female secret agent franchise but the party is cut short by incoherent action and a clunky script - Benjamin Lee
Lady and the Tramp review – Disney's lovestruck dogs come to half-life
A slick, serviceable, streaming-only remake updates the technology but can’t quite recreate the magic of the 1955 original - Benjamin Lee
The Good Liar review – the unlikely couple
Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren star in a sparky drama steeped in deception - Wendy Ide
Meeting Gorbachev review – Werner Herzog pulls his punches
The great director quizzes the former USSR leader in a grandly presented documentary that fails to address the Putin question - Peter Bradshaw
Busby review – Manchester United's great manager remains an enigma
This profile of Matt Busby deals well with the horror of the Munich air disaster – but fails to reveal much about its subject - Andrew Pulver
Let It Snow review – festive Netflix teen comedy is a charming surprise
A tale of small town teens falling in and out of love on Christmas Eve hits familiar beats but thanks to a likable cast, it’s a gift that’s worth unwrapping - Benjamin Lee
Driven review – stranger-than-fiction tale of drugs and DeLoreans
Jason Sudeikis and Lee Pace star in a flashy thriller about the dealings of a drug-running FBI informant and the car-maker John DeLorean - Peter Bradshaw
2040 review – an optimist's guide to saving the world
Damon Gameau’s likable documentary charts the ways we tackle a climate emergency, from solar power to progressive farming - Peter Bradshaw
Polar Squad review – John Cleese dials it up for lukewarm anti-fracking fable
Jeremy Renner’s arctic fox takes on an evil entrepreneur in this wryly funny but politically toothless environmental tale - Leslie Felperin
Klaus review – animated arctic adventure with a warm heart
A postman despatched to a faraway frozen outpost befriends a vaguely familiar bearded toymaker in this festive origins story - Mike McCahill
After the Wedding review – soapy saga of privilege and philanthropy
Michelle Williams’s free-spirited fundraiser runs into trouble in New York society - Simran Hans
Brittany Runs a Marathon – fluffy, fudged feelgood flick
This indie film can’t quite square its transformative weight-loss narrative with its empowering intentions - Simran Hans
Sorry We Missed You review – a gruelling stint in the gig economy
A delivery driver is ground down by the system in Ken Loach’s bleak melodrama - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Brittany Runs a Marathon review – on the funny road to fitness
Jillian Bell is delightful as a woman who takes up running in a sweet, amusing film that also turns a few dark corners - Cath Clarke
Holiday in the Wild – festive Netflix rom-com is stupid but charming
Kristin Davis and Rob Lowe fall in love while taking care of elephants in Zambia in a colossally silly yet oddly likable festive time-filler - Stuart Heritage
Earthquake Bird review – psych-noir with aftershocks
Wash Westmoreland’s crime-mystery about a love triangle turned obsessive, starring Alicia Vikander, delivers a few real tremors - Peter Bradshaw
Tales from the Lodge review – schlocky country cabin scares
A group of grieving friends gather at a remote lakeside and start telling spooky stories in this effective comedy-horror - Leslie Felperin
Campo review – salute to a beekeeping band of brothers
This elegant documentary about a bucolic Portuguese military base offers surprising glimpses of the soldiers’ off-duty pursuits - Peter Bradshaw
The Beach Bum – Harmony Korine stoner comedy
Matthew McConaughey is watchable but his lowbrow antics are an acquired taste - Simran Hans
By the Grace of God review – thoughtful abuse drama
An unvarnished account of three men preyed upon by a Catholic priest in Lyon - Simran Hans
Black and Blue review – cop thriller mixes cliches with righteous anger
Naomie Harris is a cop fighting corruption in a by-the-numbers action film that comes to life when it aims to do more than simply thrill - Benjamin Lee
Western Stars review – Springsteen's nuggets of cowboy wisdom
In a barn with his wife, an orchestra and a new set of cowboy-inflected songs, the Boss reflects magnetically on past demons and meditates on age - Cath Clarke
By the Grace of God review – Ozon's incendiary Catholic Church child-abuse drama
François Ozon’s painful, sombre story of an ongoing child sexual abuse scandal in France is strongest when it foregrounds the victims’ themselves - Peter Bradshaw
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find review – gritty Northern Ireland crime thriller
Vivid performances power the story of a single mother faced with terrifying choices when a drug dealer invades her home - Phil Hoad
Official Secrets review – Keira Knightley excels in Iraq war whistleblower drama
Knightley stars as the GCHQ translator who leaked a classified memo to the Observer exposing the US plot to spy on the UN in 2003 - Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
Non-Fiction review – intriguing publishing drama
Olivier Assayas draws the viewer in with flawed but fascinating characters - Wendy Ide
Looking for Alaska review – is this Dawson's Creek throwback too wholesome for Gen Z?
This adaptation of John Green’s young-adult hit is funny and endearing, but its pre-smartphone setting and manic pixie plot feel strangely out of sync with today’s teen hits - Rebecca Nicholson
The Peanut Butter Falcon review – Shia LaBeouf brings soul to odd-couple adventure
A child in care finds himself on the run with a criminal, with Dakota Johnson’s nurse on their trail, in an innocently charming adventure story - Peter Bradshaw
Living With Yourself review – are two Paul Rudds better than one?
Rudd is doubly charming in this cloning comedy-drama on Netflix, which riffs on identity, self-sabotage and the lives we wish we were leading - Lucy Mangan
Ladyworld review – teen sleepover descends into apocalyptic delirium
A gang of girls sheltering from an earthquake turn on each other in Amanda Kramer’s boldly stylish feminist thriller - Phil Hoad
Tell Me Who I Am review – amnesia documentary is like a psychological thriller
An amnesiac man and his twin brother come to terms with their troubled childhood in this involving but upsetting film - Cath Clarke
Darkness Visible review – mystery and murder on the streets of Kolkata
A son hunts for his mother after her unexplained return to her home town in this intriguingly inventive horror story - Leslie Felperin
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? review – African American life in the south
Robert Minervini brings together four stories about black life in this subtle but strikingly elegiac documentary - Phil Hoad
Home review – gutsy doc charts harrowing, heroic journey by sea
Like Cheryl Strayed in Wild, Sarah Outen bravely explores mental health issues and grief as she chronicles her four-year round-the-world adventure - Cath Clarke
Here for Life review – odd odyssey through the city streets
Part documentary, part drama, this uncompromising film blurs the boundaries between fake and real, truth and fiction - Leslie Felperin
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary review – less than amazing
The cult stage magician – who may or may not have been faking a heart condition – proves an evasive subject in this tiresome film - Peter Bradshaw
The Mandalorian review – splashy Star Wars show is a dusty disappointment
Jon Favreau’s foray into the Star Wars universe for Disney+ fails to impress in a first episode that aims to be a ‘spaghetti western in space’ - Charles Bramesco
A Dog Called Money review – PJ Harvey suffers for her art...
The singer’s visit to war zones for musical inspiration feels ill-judged - Wendy Ide
Midway review – sinks like a depth charge
Impressive aerial battle scenes haven’t a hope of rescuing this jaw-jutting, second world war tosh - Wendy Ide
Rise of the Footsoldier 4: Marbella review – another round of cheery nastiness
The fourth instalment of the franchise presents a further unedifying parade of guns, geezers and gore - Leslie Felperin
A Dog Called Money review – globetrotting PJ Harvey keeps her distance
This documentary about the making of the singer-songwriter’s album The Hope Six Demolition Project provides few insights - Cath Clarke
Midway review – a long, loud and tedious history lesson
Roland Emmerich’s version of the second world war Pacific battle is a drearily earnest monument to CGI mayhem - Cath Clarke
Luce review – hard lessons for a high-school star
In this strange and muddled drama, Octavia Spencer plays a teacher who makes an unsettling discovery about one of her pupils - Peter Bradshaw
Last Christmas review – Emma Thompson's romcom is an overstuffed turkey
An attempt to pay tribute to the music of George Michael and the fandom of Love Actually fails on both counts and at many more things along the way - Benjamin Lee
Doctor Sleep review – sedate Shining sequel battles a new evil … boredom
Ewan McGregor as grownup Danny Torrance fights his own demons and others in this meandering follow-up to The Shining - Peter Bradshaw
Terminator: Dark Fate review – Arnie’s back, as backup
With flying debris and strong female leads, the franchise’s opportunistic sixth film gets the job done - Simran Hans
The Addams Family review – ooky animation can't find a heartbeat
The latest incarnation of the mysterious and spooky household, from the directors of Sausage Party, is not creepy and not kooky – it’s bland - Cath Clarke
Saand Ki Aankh review – women take aim at Indian convention
The true story of ageing champion sharpshooters is told with warmth, though relies heavily on quickfire montage to hit its targets - Mike McCahill
The Pilgrim’s Progress review – tiring trudge to the Celestial City
This animated adaptation of Bunyan’s 17th-century religious allegory features some scary demons but the rest is pretty tame - Cath Clarke
Connect review – a GP waiting-room pamphlet brought to life
Marilyn Edmond’s film is a well-meaning but unconvincing dramatisation of the problems of loneliness and suicide among men under 45 in the UK - Leslie Felperin
Terminator: Dark Fate review – Arnie's back, and it's never going to stop
James Cameron co-produces the latest in the humans v machines odyssey – featuring a fierce Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg Grandpa Walton - Peter Bradshaw
The Laundromat review – Steven Soderbergh gets caught in a spin
The Panama Papers story arrives on the big screen as a star-studded romp full of smarm and short of focus - Peter Bradshaw
Eli review – schlocky Netflix horror devolves into supernatural silliness
A boy questions the veracity of some nasty experimental treatment in a promisingly twisty tale that ultimately crashes and burns - Benjamin Lee
Zombieland: Double Tap review – a fan service sequel for fans who barely exist
A belated sequel to the 2009 sleeper hit brings back the main cast but can’t quite conjure up enough humour or charm to justify its existence - Benjamin Lee
Non-Fiction review – tale of literary passions loses the plot
Olivier Assayas’s drama, set in the world of publishing, strains in vain to make zeitgeisty points about the future of books - Peter Bradshaw
Last Christmas review – cliched festive failure
George Michael’s music is wasted in Paul Feig’s comedy of excruciating life lessons - Wendy Ide
Last Christmas review – a grisly, sub-Richard Curtis festive pudding
This shameless attempt by screenwriter Emma Thompson to siphon off the eggnog flavour from Love Actually is clunky and weird - Peter Bradshaw
Red Devil review – sex, drugs and far from droll
A lamentable dearth of laughs infects this comedy-fantasy set in a nightmarish dystopia where everyone is high on something - Leslie Felperin
After the Wedding review – basically, it's Eat Pray Love 2
An insufferable, implausible and treacly romantic-drama, with Michelle Williams running an orphanage in India and Julianne Moore as her benefactor - Peter Bradshaw
The Beach Bum review – Harmony Korine reaches a Zen state of unfunny
Matthew McConaughey is insufferable as a stoner poet in Korine’s awful non-comedy, which also features Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg, Jonah Hill and Zac Efron - Peter Bradshaw
Rattlesnake review – disposable supernatural Netflix thriller lacks bite
Carmen Ejogo is a mother forced to make a horrifying sacrifice in a staggeringly dull film bereft of suspense, creativity and purpose - Benjamin Lee
Countdown review – hapless haunted app horror should be uninstalled
Final Destination gets an unofficial smartphone reboot in a lazy and entirely unscary slab of schlock focused on an app that predicts your time of death - Benjamin Lee