In the age of streaming entertainment, it can be hard to leave the couch. But movie theaters still offer a special experience for those willing to get out of the house. Want to see what's out there? Check out this week's lineup of acclaimed movies showing on the big screen in and around San Diego.
Here are the highest rated films to catch, based on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes' Tomatometer Score, which reflects the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics.
(Movie descriptions courtesy The Movie Database; showtimes via Fandango. Movie ratings and showtimes are subject to change.)
On the Waterfront
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
Boasting a Tomatometer Score of 98 percent and an Audience Score of 91 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this old-school film has been a favorite of critics.
"This brutal, violently realistic drama, set against the sordid background of the New York waterfront, packs a terrific wallop that results in topflight entertainment," according to Jack Moffitt of the Hollywood Reporter, while the New York Daily News's Kate Cameron said, "Kazan over-emphasized the last sequence in the film, but on the whole, his fine direction shows in the strength and power of the dramatic action on the screen."
Want to see for yourself? It's playing at Angelika Film Center & Cafe Carmel Mountain (11620 Carmel Mt. Road) through Monday, May 20. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Double Indemnity
A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.
With a Tomatometer Score of 97 percent and an Audience Score of 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, this 1944 release is a critical darling.
"This shrewd, smoothly tawdry thriller, directed by Billy Wilder, is one of the high points of nineteen-forties films," noted Pauline Kael of the New Yorker, while the Village Voice's Michael Atkinson said, "This expert night of the Hollywood soul is such a genre axiom it practically scans like a mid-'40s shopper's catalogue for noiristes."
Get a piece of the action at Angelika Film Center & Cafe Carmel Mountain (11620 Carmel Mt. Road) through Wednesday, May 22. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
Avengers: Endgame
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
With a Tomatometer Score of 95 percent and an Audience Score of 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, "Avengers: Endgame" has garnered plenty of praise since its release on April 26. The Observer's Oliver Jones said, "What you will be getting when you walk into an inevitably overstuffed movie theater is something singular that reflects our age in a way that none of the MCU films that preceded it have-indeed, very few Hollywood spectacles ever have," and the San Diego Reader's Matthew Lickona noted, "The MCU will go on and on, but this chapter - and the American pragmatism vs. American ideals bromance that drove it - have well and truly come to their "Excelsior. Nuff said." moment."
In the mood for popcorn? It's playing at Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas - Del Mar (12905 El Camino Real) through Wednesday, May 22; AMC Fashion Valley 18 (7037 Friars Road) through Monday, May 20; Reading Cinemas Town Square (4665 Clairemont Drive) through Wednesday, May 22; and Angelika Film Center & Cafe Carmel Mountain (11620 Carmel Mt. Road) through Wednesday, May 22. Click here for showtimes and tickets.
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