North America
North American Films
A complete list of North American films watched in 2023
Drive (2011) dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Synopsis: A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbour's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Magnolia (1999) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Synopsis: An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
IMDb Rating: 8/10
No Culture Club Rating: 8/10
Memento (2000) dir. Christopher Nolan
Synopsis: A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
Tár (2022) dir. Todd Field
Synopsis: Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a major German orchestra.
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
No Culture Club Rating: 10/10
Killing Them Softly (2012) dir. Andrew Dominik
Synopsis: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse..
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 (2023) dir. James Gunn
Synopsis: Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
No Culture Club Rating: 4/10
Heat (1995) dir. Michael Mann
Synopsis: A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.
IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
The Fabelmans (2022) dir. Steven Spielberg
Synopsis: Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
No Culture Club Rating: 7/10
Da Five Bloods (2020) dir. Spike Lee
Synopsis: Four African-American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Taxi Driver (1976) dir. Martin Scorsese
Synopsis: A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
No Culture Club Rating: 9/10
Rear Window (1954) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis: A photographer in a wheelchair spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Whiplash (2014) dir. Damien Chazelle
Synopsis: A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
No Culture Club Rating: 10/10
No Hard Feelings (2023) dir. Gene Stupnitsky
Synopsis: On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or die trying.
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Carol (2015) dir. Todd Haynes
Synopsis: Aspiring photographer Therese spots the beautiful, elegant Carol perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a fast bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences..
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
No Culture Club Rating: 10/10
Asteroid City (2023) dir. Wes Anderson
Synopsis: Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004) dir. Robert Vince
Synopsis: Two sisters at an orphanage find a puppy and hide it. When they are adopted by a couple at Central Park, they bring it secretly with them. Even in a big apartment, it's a problem hiding and feeding a growing Great Dane.
IMDb Rating: 5.7/10
No Culture Club Rating: 1/10
Unsane (2018) dir. Steven Soderbergh
Synopsis: A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear - but is it real or a product of her delusion?
IMDb Rating: 6.4/10
Thelma & Louise (1991) dir. Ridley Scott
Synopsis: Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
No Culture Club Rating: 8.5/10
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Synopsis: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.
IMDb Rating: 8/10
Barbie (2023) dir. Greta Gerwig
Synopsis: Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence.
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
No Culture Club Rating: 7/10
Oppenheimer (2023) dir. Christopher Nolan
Synopsis: The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Babylon (2022) dir. Damien Chazelle
Synopsis: A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood..
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
No Culture Club Rating: 7/10
Joy Ride (2023) dir. Adele Lim
Synopsis: Follows four Asian American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel through China in search of one of their birth mothers.
IMDb Rating: 6.5/10
Collateral (2004) dir. Michael Mann
Synopsis: A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
No Culture Club Rating: 7/10
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) dir. Daniel Goldhaber
Synopsis: A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.
IMDb Rating: 7/10
There Will Be Blood (2007) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Synopsis: A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
No Culture Club Rating: 8/10
The King of Comedy (1982) dir. Martin Scorsese
Synopsis: Rupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) dir. Martin Scorsese
Synopsis: Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
No Culture Club Rating: 9/10
Past Lives (2022) dir. Celine Song
Synopsis: Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
I'm Not There (2007) dir. Todd Haynes
Synopsis: Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
No Culture Club Rating: 7/10
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) dir. Halina Reijn
Synopsis: When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.
IMDb Rating: 6.2/10
Shiva Baby (2020) dir. Emma Seligman
Synopsis: At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy and ex girlfriend.
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
No Culture Club Rating: 8/10
Serpico (1973) dir. Sidney Lumet
Synopsis: An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) dir. Wes Anderson
Synopsis: With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, Oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
No Culture Club Rating: 6/10
Women Talking (2022) dir. Sarah Polley
Synopsis: Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Incendies (2010) dir. Denis Villenueve
Synopsis: Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
No Culture Club Rating: 9/10
Arrival (2016) dir. Denis Villeneuve
Synopsis: A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
Roma (2018) dir. Alfonso Cuarón
Synopsis: A year in the life of a middle-class family's maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
No Culture Club Rating: 8/10
I Have Electric Dreams (2022) dir. Valentina Maurel
Synopsis: Eva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
