A Quiet Place-intelligent scares

A Star is Born-authenticity pushes this above the other 3 versions

The Hate U Give-radiant brilliant melodrama

First Man-heroic brilliance

If Beale Street Could Talk-poetic masterpiece

Boy Erased-ferociously hit my tear ducts

Roma-pristine black and white memory piece

Incredibles 11-fluid seamless action

RBG-in depth study of a true super power.

Three Identical Strangers-the most shocking film of the year