The best movies out right now

Florence Pugh brings her indie attitude to a lovable wrestling comedy of heart and sweat.

French director Christophe Honoré returns with another distinctive story of intersecting gay lives.

The legend of King Arthur gets a kid-centric Spielbergian freshening-up courtesy fantasy director Joe Cornish.

This epic character study rewards the patient with a deep dive into questions about life, the universe and everything.

Starring John C. Reilly and an inspired Steve Coogan, this biopic about the classic comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy is a sweet end-of-year dessert.

Utterly transformed via a small phalanx of makeup artists, Christian Bale anchors Adam McKay's impressionistic biopic of Dick Cheney.

The Theory of Everything’s Felicity Jones stars in this impressively brainy dramatization of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rise to legal prominence in the 1970s.

Spanning two decades and four countries in post-WWII Europe, Pawel Pawlikowski’s epic love story is an achingly romantic and melancholic joy.

Barry Jenkins follows up Moonlight with more evidence that he’s a painter of emotional landscapes with few equals.

Emily Blunt is hypnotically charming in the year's sweetest surprise—a big-hearted contact high.

It's diminishing returns for a horror sequel that grinds the original premise into the ground while shirking on scares.

This visually stunning yet monotonous collaboration between James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez is far less than the sum of its slick parts.

French director Christophe Honoré returns with another distinctive story of intersecting gay lives.

Florence Pugh brings her indie attitude to a lovable wrestling comedy of heart and sweat.

This sequel doesn’t have the original’s breathless inspiration, but it’s still a funny and warm-hearted watch.

What does Taraji P. Henson have to do to succeed in a man's world? We think she's doing just fine, thanks.

Amid personal controversy, Liam Neeson returns in a generic, false-feeling revenge thriller that suffers from bad pacing (and worse optics).

A quietly pitched turn from Bryan Cranston offers some relief from the trite social messaging of this Hollywood remake of a hit French comedy-drama.

M. Night Shyamalan is back to heroes and villains in his deadeningly obvious latest film, for superfans only.

Orange Is the New Black's Taylor Schilling dives into Naomi Watts's rejected script pile as a parent with a possessed son.

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are the acting duo of the year in this rousingly fun period piece about a mob-connected NYC bouncer and the finicky black pianist he agrees to drive through the Jim Crow-era South on a music tour.

Jason Momoa's surf-bro superhero is a welcome addition to a ponderous genre, but his movie as a whole is waterlogged.

Nutso yet often inspired, this Spidey reboot is well worth shelving your Spider-fatigue for.

Gina Rodriguez stars in a somewhat tamer remake of a Mexican drug thriller, one that should have been as bold as its star's commitment.