Under the Skin

Admiration and affection do not always arrive together. These acclaimed films offer substantial craft, ideas and performances, yet their distance, repetition or carefully controlled worlds may...

For adult viewers who want science fiction to expand both imagination and understanding, this ranking values speculative ideas, distinctive filmmaking and human consequences. It includes alien...

For the evenings when you want fear that stays in the room after a moment has passed. These films build their force through sustained scrutiny, uneasy relationships, sound, space or an...

A ranking of the year's most rewarding films across intimate drama, comic music-making, animation and more demanding experiments. The order favours precise direction and performances that give...