L'Avventura (1960)

"A beguiling mystery that not only refuses any answers, but makes you guess repeatedly at what the question really is."

L.A. Confidential (1997)

"A wondrous troika of actors lends L.A. Confidential its slippery but distinctive erotic poignancy."

Ladykillers (2004)

"The Ladykillers just feels indulgent, without imparting any notion of whom it might be indulging. Everyone in it looks as though they're punching a timecard."

Last Night (1998)

"The film has a kind of airless, artificial quality that made it seem much longer than it actually was."

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

"It's become a punchline for early-60s artiness, but hey - this is still an entrancing piece of work."

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

"Delightful if mostly forgettable farce about an unexpected robbery, with nimble if showy multiple performance by Alec Guinness."

Lean on Me (1989)

"Freeman, as usual, infuses a standard-issue plot with extraordinary emotional conviction."

The Legend of Bagger Vance (1999)

"Sit this one out. Please."

Life Is Beautiful (1998)

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The Lion in Winter (1968)

"You'll either love or reject the idea of history as sitcom; either way, the lead performances are hard to deny."

The Lives of Others (2006)

"The formal mechanisms are so obvious and impersonal that they flatten our modes of thinking and feeling almost as much as the propaganda films that a regime like East Germany's would have approved."

Longtime Companion (1990)

"Formally unadventurous, a little PBS-y, but undeniably moving as it evolves."

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

"That such a bold, inventive artist has embraced the challenge of telling Frodo's story is cause for celebration."

Lost in Translation (2003)

"A lovely, evocative film...[but] Coppola insulates her depiction of Bob and Charlotte as earnest, delicate souls by making everyone else look pretty foolish."

Love Streams (1984)

"One of Cassavetes' most maddening films, but also one of his most wondrous and special."

Lovely & Amazing (2002)

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Lust, Caution (2007)

"Lust, Caution spins a satisfying and surprising yarn, and the formal and visual motifs are more ambitious and ambiguous here [...]than anything in Brokeback."