Free Solo
One of the most nerve-shredding films ever made: a climber, a wall, no ropes.
Encanto
A joyful, visually inventive musical about family pressure and the child who keeps everyone together by being invisible.
The Lion King
The Disney Renaissance at its apex: a Shakespearean tragedy disguised as a children's film, executed to perfection.
Spirited Away
The greatest animated film ever made: a dreamlike masterpiece of imagination and courage.
Soul
Pixar's most philosophically ambitious film, asking what a life is actually for with genuine seriousness.
Coco
Pixar's most visually spectacular and most emotionally devastating film about memory and who we remember.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The most technically inventive animated film ever made: a love letter to comics and to everyone who needed a hero.
Zodiac
Fincher's most mature film: a meditation on obsession that denies catharsis and earns it.
Prisoners
A relentless crime thriller that takes morality seriously: what a father does when the rules stop working.
Gone Girl
A clinical, darkly funny thriller about marriage, media, and performance: Fincher at his most controlled.