Films

Films I enjoy and recommend, sorted by release year.

Home Alone (1990). A boy accidentally left behind at Christmas defends his home against two bumbling burglars.
Friends (1994). Six friends navigate life, love and careers in New York City.
Titanic (1997). A young couple from different social classes fall in love aboard the ill-fated maiden voyage.
Air Force One (1997). The President of the United States fights to retake his hijacked plane from terrorists.
The Game (1997). A wealthy banker receives a mysterious gift that plunges his life into a dangerous and unpredictable game.
The Sixth Sense (1999). A troubled boy who sees dead people finds help from a child psychologist.
The Lord of the Rings (2001). A hobbit and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy a powerful ring and save Middle-earth.
Harry Potter (2001). A young orphan discovers he is a wizard and begins his journey at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The Island (2005). Two residents of a utopian facility discover the disturbing truth about their existence.
Match Point (2005). A former tennis pro marries into a wealthy London family but risks everything for a dangerous affair.
The Da Vinci Code (2006). A symbologist uncovers a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci.
The Illusionist (2006). A magician uses his abilities to win back the woman he loves from a corrupt prince.
The Prestige (2006). Two rival magicians engage in an escalating battle of tricks that turns dangerous and obsessive.
Angels & Demons (2009). A symbologist races to stop a secret brotherhood from destroying the Vatican with a stolen antimatter weapon.
Star Trek (2009). A young James Kirk and Spock come together to save the galaxy from a vengeful Romulan.
Sherlock Holmes (2009). The legendary detective and his partner Watson unravel a plot that could destroy all of England.
Avatar (2009). A paraplegic marine is sent to an alien moon where he becomes torn between two worlds.
Law Abiding Citizen (2009). A man takes justice into his own hands after the legal system fails to punish his family's killers.
The Experiment (2010). A group of men are paid to take part in a simulated prison experiment that spirals out of control.
Inception (2010). A thief who steals secrets through dream invasion is offered a chance to have his criminal record erased.
Margin Call (2011). An investment bank discovers its assets are nearly worthless, triggering a desperate overnight scramble to survive.
The Hunger Games (2012). In a dystopian future, teenagers are forced to fight to the death in a televised annual event.
Her (2013). A lonely man falls in love with an intelligent operating system that evolves beyond his expectations.
House of Cards (2013). A ruthless politician and his ambitious wife stop at nothing to conquer Washington.
The Imitation Game (2014). The story of Alan Turing and his team cracking the Nazi Enigma code during World War II.
Interstellar (2014). A team of explorers travels through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). A new generation takes up the fight against the dark side as old heroes return.
The Big Short (2015). A group of outsiders predict the 2008 financial crisis and bet against the housing market.
Ex Machina (2015). A programmer is invited to administer the Turing test to an AI with a human form.
Get Out (2017). A young Black man visits his white girlfriend's family estate, where things take a sinister turn.
All the Money in the World (2017). The true story of the kidnapping of a Getty heir and the family's refusal to pay the ransom.
The Lion King (2019). A young lion prince must overcome betrayal and exile to reclaim his rightful throne.
The Platform (2019). Prisoners in a vertical facility must ration food that descends floor by floor, exposing humanity's greed.
Formula 1: Drive to Survive (2019). A behind-the-scenes look at the drivers and teams competing in the Formula 1 World Championship.
Ready or Not (2019). A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her new in-laws force her into a deadly game.
Oxygen (2021). A woman wakes in a cryogenic pod with no memory and must find a way out before her oxygen runs out.
Society of the Snow (2023). The true story of a Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the Andes after a plane crash.