| Title | Score | Year | Director | Cast | Comments | IMDB | Times seen | Favorite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raging Bull | 8.50 | 1981 | SCORCESE, Martin | Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci, Nicholas Colasanto, Cathy Moriarty, Frank Vincent, Theresa Saldana | Tour de force. Wonderful in every way | 1 | No | |
| Rainmaker | 8.50 | 1997 | COPPOLA, Frances Ford | DAMON, Matt; DANE, Claire; VOIGHT, Jon; DeVITO, Danny | Excelent courtroom, moral drama. Not overplayed. (But why did 'Bruiser' help??) | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119978 | 1 | No |
| Raising Victor Vargas | 9.00 | 2002 | SOLLETT, Peter | RASUK, Victor; MARTE, Judy; DIAZ, Melonie; GUZMAN, Altagracia; RASKUK, Silvestre; RODRIGUEZ, Krystal | Brilliant and refreshing. Poignant. Incredible performances by allegedly almost amateur actors | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0316188 | 1 | No |
| Ransom | 8.25 | 0 | ? | GIBSON, Mel | Well made, hardly overdone, excelent plot and quite predictable thriller. Genuinely moving emotions. | 1 | No | |
| Rashomon | 8.25 | 1952 | KUROSAWA, Akira | Toshiro Mifune, Masaguki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Takash Shiimura | Interesting multiple recount of murder/suicide (?) rape, questions judicial system | 1 | No | |
| Rat Race | 7.75 | 2001 | ZUCKER, Jerry | ATKINSON, Rowan; CLEESE, John and many more | Surprisingly good slap-stick. Some gags silly, but all original. | http://us.imdb.com/Details?0250687 | 1 | No |
| Reality Bites | 8.00 | 1994 | STILLER, Ben | RYDER, Winnona; HAWKE, Ethan; GARAFALO, Janeane Garofalo; ZAHN, Stever; STILLER, Ben | Very perceptive, well-made drama. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Reality+Bites+(1994) | 1 | No |
| Rebel Without a Cause | 8.25 | 1955 | RAY, Nicholas | DEAN, James; WOOD, Natalie; MINEAO, Sal; BACKUS, Jim; DORAN, Ann; ALLEN, Corey; HOPPER, William; HUDSON, Rachel; | Teenage angst meets Beverley Hills 90210. Dean looked too old for the part. (He was 24) | http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Rebel+Without+a+Cause+(1955) | 1 | No |
| Reckless | 7.50 | 1995 | RENE, Norman | Mia Farrow, Scott Glenn, Mary-Louise Parker, Tony Goldwyn | Funny symbolist motif-filled | 1 | No | |
| Recruit, The | 8.25 | 2003 | DONALDSON, Roger | PACINO, Al; FARRELL, Colin; MOYNAHAN, Bridget | Clever and exciting thriller | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0292506 | 1 | No |
| Red Corner | 7.50 | 1997 | AVNET, John | GERE, Richard;LING, Bai; WHITFORD, Bradley; MANN, Byron | One of Richard Gere's best. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Red+Corner+(1997) | 1 | No |
| Red Eye | 7.75 | 2005 | CRAVEN, Wes | McADAMS, Rachel; MURPHY, Cillian; COX, Brian | Quite a good thriller - not too unbelievable. | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0421239/ | 1 | No |
| Red Planet | 7.25 | 2000 | HOFFMAN, Antony | KILMER, Val; MOSS, Carrie-Anne; BRATT, Benjamin; SIZEMORE, Tom; BAKER (I), Simon; STAMP, Terence | Surprisingly good. Notice minimal cast. Dumbious science, but not unusually so. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0199753 | 1 | No |
| Red Road | 8.75 | 2006 | ARNOLD, Andrea | DICKIE, Kate; CURRAN, Tony; COMPSTON, Martin; ARMOUR, Andrew | Really powerful, moody. Nicely paced. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471030/ | 1 | No |
| Red Violin, The | 8.75 | 1998 | GIRARD, Francois | JACKSON, Samuel L; McKellar, Non; SATCHI, Greta | Exquisit and cleverly designed film - Tarentino-esque editing. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120802 | 2 | Yes |
| Reds | 8.75 | 1981 | BEATTIE, Warren | Dianne Keaton, Warren Beattie, Marcia Mason, Jack Nicholson, George Plimpton | Wonderful epic, almost flawless. Photography, performances, direction. | 2 | No | |
| Renaissance Man | 7.75 | 1994 | MARSHAL, Penny | DeVITO, Danny; HINES, Gregory | Thoughtful but too slow | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110971 | 1 | No |
| Repulsion | 8.50 | 1965 | POLANSKI, Roman | Catherine Deneuve | Moody, Hitchcockian photography | 1 | No | |
| Resevoir Dogs | 8.00 | 1992 | TARENTINO, Quenten | Harvey Kietel, Eric Stoltz, Quenten Tarentino, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth | [upgraded from 5 on second viewing] Horribly violent, somewhat stylish, but what is the point of the bloodbath? (sure, so there's no honour among theives) | 2 | No | |
| Return to Never Land | 7.00 | 2002 | BUDD, Robin; COOK, Donovan | WEAVER, Blayne; OWEN, Harriet; BURTON, Corey | Quite nice comic cartoon. Interesting London scenes | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0280030 | 1 | No |
| Richard III | 7.50 | 1955 | OLIVER, Lawrence | Alec Guinness??, Lawrence Olivier; RICHARDSON, Ralph; BLOOM, Claire | Nicely set, well acted. | 1 | No | |
| Riff Raff | 7.75 | 1990 | LOACH, Kenneth | CARLYLE, Robert; McCOURT, Emer | Politically sharp, realistic | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100491 | 1 | No |
| Rock, The | 7.25 | 1996 | ? | Ed Harris, Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery | ? | 1 | No | |
| Rocky | 6.50 | 1976 | John Avildson | Sylvester Stallone. Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Burt Young | Not such a bad thriller film. Better than the sequels I've seen. | http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/70442 | 2 | No |
| Rocky Horror Picture Show, The | 7.00 | 1975 | Jim Sharman | Tim Curry, Susan Sarando, Barry Bostwick, MEATLOAF | Fun campy musical; great music, style etc. [not my first time!!!] | 6 | No | |
| Roger and Me | 8.00 | 1989 | MOORE, Michael | MOORE, Roger | Groundbreaking documentary style. Important forerunner to 'Bowling for Columbine'. (Mari: sorry about the bunnies.) | http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0098213/ | 1 | No |
| Romance | 8.50 | 0 | BREILLAT, Catherine | q | Somewhat erotic, woman-empowering | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0194314 | 1 | No |
| Romeo and Juliette | 8.25 | 1968 | ZEFFERELLI, Franco | Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussy, Milo O'Shea, John McEney, Robert Stephens, Michael York, Pat Heyward, & Lawrence Olivier | ? | 1 | No | |
| Romeo is Bleeding | 8.00 | 1993 | MEDAK, Peter | OLDMAN, Gary; LEWIS, Juliette; OLIN, Lena; SCIORRA, Annabella | Clever, brutal psychological thriller | http://us.imdb.com/Title?Romeo+Is+Bleeding+(1993) | 1 | No |
| Romy & ... High School Reunion | 6.00 | 1996 | ? | ? | Pretty bad, but actually subtly done ditzy blondes. | 1 | No | |
| Room With a View, A | 8.50 | 1985 | IVORY, James | Helen Bonham-Carter, Maggie Smith, Julien Sands | Very good. Not as subtle as Ivory's later, better films. Sands marginally better in this one. | 1 | No | |
| Royal Tenenbaums, The | 9.00 | 2001 | ANDERSON, Wes | HACKMAN, Gene; HUSTON, Anjelica; STILLER, Ben; PALTROW, Gwyneth, WILSON, Luke; WILSON, Owen; GLOVER, Danny; MURRAY, Bill | Clever and hilarious and stylish and audatious | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0265666 | 2 | No |
| Rules of Engagement | 7.75 | 2000 | FRIEDKIN, William | JONES, Tommy Lee; JACKSON, Samuel L., KINGSLEY, Ben; UNDERWOOD, Blair | Not quite as captivating as the overal production probably expected | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0160797 | 1 | No |
| Rules of the Game, The | 8.25 | 1939 | Jean Renoir | Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Roland Tutain, Pauletter Dubost, Gaston Modot, Julien Carette (Jean Renoir) | Very active, filled-screen, scinematographicly beautiful | 1 | No | |
| Run Lola Run | 9.25 | 1998 | TYKWER, Tom | POTENTE, Franka; BLEIBTREU, Moritz | Fantastic three-scenario/version hip movie - clever, superbly edited. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0130827 | 2 | No |
| Rushmore | 8.50 | 1998 | ANDERSON, Wes | SCHWARTZMAN, Jacon; MURRAY; Bill; WILLIAMS, Olivia; CASSEL, Syemour | Stylish - very much Wes Anderson (and that's good). Funny too. | http://us.imdb.com/Title?0128445 | 2 | No |
| Ryan's Daughter | 8.00 | 0 | q | q | q | 1 | No |
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