Human Experience Stories

"Life has meaning only in the struggle.
Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the gods.
So let us celebrate the struggle!"

~ Swahili Warrior Song

~ Recent ~

50/50 (R - 2011) - score: 9
Another Earth (PG-13 - 2011) - score: 7
Beginners (R - 2011) - score: 8
Beneath Hill 60 (2010) - score: 7
Blue Valentine (NC-17 - 2010) - score: 8
Carancho (2011) - score: 7
Catfish (PG-13 - 2010) - score: 7
Certified Copy (UR - 2011) - score: 7
City of Life and Death (R - 2011) - score: 8
Contagion (PG-13 - 2011) - score: 8
The Debt (R - 2011) - score: 7
Drive (R - 2011) - score: 9
Everything Must Go (R - 2011) - score: 7
The Future (R - 2011) - score: 7
The Help (PG-13 - 2011) - score: 8
The Ides of March (R - 2011) - score: 8
Incendies (R - 2010) - score: 8
Jack Goes Boating (R - 2010) - score: 8
Jane Eyre (PG-13 - 2011) - score: 8
Margin Call (R - 2011) - score: 7
Martha Marcy May Marlene (R - 2011) - score: 8
Meek's Cutoff (PG - 2011) - score: 7
Moneyball (PG-13 - 2011) - score: 9
Mysteries of Lisbon (UR - 2011) - score: 8
Nowhere Boy (R - 2010) - score: 7
Of Gods and Men (R - 2011) - score: 8
Poetry (2011) - score: 8
A Prophet (R - 2010) - score: 8
R (NR - 2011) - score: 7
Rapt (NR - 2011) - score: 7.0
Sarah's Key (PG-13 - 2011) - score: 7
Submarine (R - 2011) - score: 8
Take Shelter (R - 2011) - score: 8
Tales from the Golden Age (UR - 2011) - score: 8
The Tree (PG-13 - 2011) - score: 7
The Tree of Life (PG-13 - 2011) - score: 8
Trust (R - 2011) - score: 7
Tuesday, After Christmas (UR - 2011) - score: 7
United Red Army (2011) - score: 7
Warrior (PG-13 - 2011) - score: 8
The Whistleblower (R - 2011) - score: 7
Win Win (R - 2011) - score: 9
Winter in Wartime (R - 2011) - score: 7
Winter's Bone (R - 2010) - score: 9

~ Timeless ~

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Not Rated - 2008) - score: 9
12 (PG-13 - 2009) - score: 7
12 and Holding (R - 2006) - score: 8
127 Hours (R - 2010) - score: 9
(500) Days of Summer (PG-13 - 2009) - score: 8
12:08 East of Bucharest (Not Rated - 2007) - score: 8
Adam's Apples (R - 2007) - score: 8
After The Wedding (R - 2007) - score: 8
Aftershock (Tangshan Dadizhen) (2010) - score: 7
Amadeus (PG - 1984) - score: 10
American History X (R - 1998) - score: 9
Animal Kingdom (R - 2010) - score: 7
Another Year (PG-13 - 2010) - score: 9
Appaloosa (R - 2008) - score: 8
Atonement (R - 2007) - score: 8
Away From Her (PG-13 - 2007) - score: 10
The Band's Visit (PG-13 - 2008) - score: 8
Barney's Version (R - 2010) - score: 7
The Beautiful Country (R - 2005) - score: 10
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (R - 2007) - score: 9
Big Fan (R - 2009) - score: 8
Beyond the Gates (aka: "Shooting Dogs") (R - 2007) - score: 8
The Boys Are Back (PG-13 - 2009 - score: 7
The Breakfast Club (R - 1984) - score: 9
Bright Star (PG - 2009) - score: 8
C.R.A.Z.Y. (R - 2005) - score: 9
California Dreamin' (2007) - score: 8
Charlie Wilson's War (R - 2007) - score: 9
City Island (PG-13 - 2010) - score: 8
City of God (R - 2003) - score: 10
The Class (PG-13 - 2008) - score: 7
The Color Purple (PG-13 - 1985) - score: 10
Crazy Heart (R - 2009) - score: 8
Cyrus (R - 2010) - score: 7
The Damned United (R - 2009) - score: 9
The Darjeeling Limited (R - 2007) - score: 8
Dead Poets Society (PG - 1989) - score: 10
Departures (PG-13 - 2009) - score: 10
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (PG-13 - 2007) - score: 9
Do the Right Thing (R - 1989) - score: 9
Doubt (R - 2008) - score: 8
An Education (PG-13 - 2009) - score: 8
Far From Heaven (PG-13 - 2002) - score: 10
The Fighter (R - 2010) - score: 9
Flame & Citron (2009) - score: 8
Freedom Writers (PG-13 - 2006) - score: 8
Frost/Nixon (R - 2008) - score: 8
Full Metal Jacket (R - 1987) - score: 10
Funny People (R - 2009) - score: 8
Get Low (PG-13 - 2010) - score: 7
The Godfather (R - 1972) - score: 10
The Godfather Part II (R - 1974) - score: 10
Gone Baby Gone (R - 2007) - score: 10
Good Night, And Good Luck (PG - 2005) - score: 10
Good Will Hunting (R - 1997) - score: 10
Goodbye Solo (R - 2009) - score: 7
Gran Torino (PG-13 - 2008) - score: 7
Greenberg (R - 2010) - score: 8
Happy-Go-Lucky (R - 2008) - score: 9
Hotel Rwanda (PG-13 - 2004) - score: 8
House of Sand (R - 2005) - score: 9
The Hurt Locker (R - 2009) - score: 9
Hustle & Flow (R - 2005) - score: 10
I Served the King of England (R - 2008) - score: 7
I've Loved You So Long (NR - 2008) - score: 8
The Illusionist (PG - 2010) - score: 8
In a Better World (R - 2010) - score: 7
In America (PG-13 - 2003) - score: 10
Into the Wild (R - 2007) - score: 8
Invictus (PG-13 - 2009) - score: 7
The Italian (PG-13 - 2007) - score: 9
Julie and Julia (PG-13 - 2009) - score: 8
The Kids Are All Right (R - 2010) - score: 7
Kisses (2008) - score: 7
The Last King of Scotland (R - 2006) - score: 8
Leaving Las Vegas (R - 1995) - score: 10
Life Is Beautiful (PG-13 - 1998) - score: 10
The Lives of Others (R - 2006) - score: 10
Looking for Eric (2009) - score: 9
Lorna's Silence (2009) - score: 7
Lost in Translation (R - 2003) - score: 9
Made in Dagenham (R - 2010) - score: 7
Me and Orson Welles (PG-13 - 2009) - score: 7
Me and You and Everyone We Know (R - 2005) - score: 9
The Messenger (R - 2009) - score: 10
Milk (R - 2008) - score: 8
Million Dollar Baby (R - 2004) - score: 9
Mister Smith Goes to Washington (Not Rated - 1939) - score: 10
Moliere (PG-13 - 2007) - score: 8
Moon (R - 2009) - score: 10
Munich (R - 2005) - score: 9
The Namesake (PG-13 - 2007) - score: 8
North Face (2008) - score: 8
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (R - 1975) - score: 10
Owning Mahowny (R - 2003) - score: 10
The Painted Veil (PG-13 - 2006) - score: 8
Paths of Glory (Not Rated - 1957) - score: 9
Persepolis (PG-13 - 2007) - score: 8
The Pianist (R - 2002) - score: 10
The Queen (R - 2006) - score: 8
Rachel Getting Married (R - 2008) - score: 9
Redbelt (R - 2008) - score: 8
Reign Over Me (R - 2007) - score: 9
Reprise (Not Rated - 2008) - score: 9
Rescue Dawn (PG-13 - 2007) - score: 9
The Robber (2010) - score: 7
Samson and Delilah (2010) - score: 8
The Savages (R - 2007) - score: 9
Saving Private Ryan (R - 1998) - score: 10
Scent of a Woman (R - 1992) - score: 9
Schindler's List (R - 1993) - score: 10
The Sea Inside (PG-13 - 2004) - score: 10
The Secret in Their Eyes (R - 2009) - score: 7
The Secret Life of Words (Not Rated - 2006) - score: 8
Secret Sunshine (2007) - score: 7
Shattered Glass (PG-13 - 2003) - score: 10
A Single Man (R - 2009) - score: 8
Slumdog Millionaire (R - 2008) - score: 9
Snow Cake (Not Rated - 2007) - score: 9
The Social Network (PG-13 - 2010) - score: 10
Solitary Man (R - 2010) - score: 8
Son of Rambow (Not Rated - 2008) - score: 9
Summer Hours (2009) - score: 7
Ten Canoes (Not Rated - 2007) - score: 8
To the Sea (2009) - score: 7
There Will Be Blood (R - 2007) - score: 9
This Is England (Not Rated - 2007) - score: 8
The Town (R - 2010) - score: 9
True Grit (PG-13 - 2010) - score: 10
Under the Same Moon (PG-13 - 2008) - score: 7
Undertow (2010) - score: 8
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (PG-13 - 2008) - score: 8
The Visitor (PG-13 - 2008) - score: 9
Volver (R - 2006) - score: 10
Waltz with Bashir (R - 2008) - score: 8
Wendy and Lucy (R - 2008) - score: 7
When We Leave (2010) - score: 7
White Material (2010) - score: 7
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Not Rated - 2007) - score: 10
The Winslow Boy (G - 1999) - score: 10
Whip It (PG-13 - 2009) - score: 9
The Wrestler (R - 2008) - score: 8
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (Not Rated - 2008) - score: 7
The Young Victoria (PG - 2009) - score: 8
Zodiac (R - 2007) - score: 9