Genre Action
Ran (1985)
★★★★★ — Ran (1985)
Genre History
History on film ranges from the sincerely researched to the gloriously mythologised, and both modes can produce great cinema. Alain Resnais's Night and Fog remains one of the most morally serious short films ever made, while Kurosawa's Ran shows how feudal Japan could become a lens for timeless tragedy. Macca's reviews across the genre are worth a good browse.
Genre Crime
Serpico (1973)
★★★★½ — Serpico (1973)
Genre Animation
The Tragedy of Man (2011)
★★★★ — The Tragedy of Man (2011)
Genre History
Anthropoid (2016)
★★★½ — Anthropoid (2016)
Genre War
Number 55 (2014)
★★ — Number 55 (2014)
Genre Drama
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
★★★★ — The Battle of Algiers (1966)
Genre Drama
Nickel Boys (2024)
★★★½ — Nickel Boys (2024)
Genre Drama
Raging Bull (1980)
★★★★ — Raging Bull (1980)
Genre Drama
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
★★★★½ — Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Genre Action
Braveheart (1995)
★★★★ — Braveheart (1995)