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★★★★☆
Roh is Emir Ezwan's spare Malaysian folk horror about a jungle family and a mysterious child, a slow-burning film of whispered omens and mounting dread.
Yes, with reservations. Patient horror fans will find it haunting and beautifully made; anyone wanting clear explanations or frequent scares may find it too opaque.
★★★★½
Roma is Alfonso Cuarón's black-and-white portrait of a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico City, an intimate family drama staged with extraordinary visual scale.
Yes. It is one of the great films of its decade, essential for anyone who values patient, observational cinema, though its slow build asks for full attention.
★★★★☆
Romance Is a Bonus Book is a gentle 16-episode K-drama set in a Seoul publishing house, where a divorced former copywriter restarts her career beside an old friend.
Yes, with reservations. It suits viewers who want a soft, grown-up workplace romance and love stories about books, though its low-key plotting drifts in the middle.
★★★★☆
Rooster is Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses's HBO campus comedy, starring Steve Carell as a best-selling novelist teaching at his daughter's New England college.
Yes, with reservations. It is a warm, gently melancholy comedy for Steve Carell fans and admirers of Bill Lawrence's feel-good shows, though its shape is familiar.
★★★★½
RRR is S. S. Rajamouli's colossal Telugu action epic about two revolutionaries in 1920s British India, a film of wild set pieces and even wilder friendship.
Yes. It is one of the most exhilarating action films of the century, for anyone who can embrace three hours of glorious excess and cartoonish villains.
★★★½☆
Run Away is Netflix's eight-part Harlan Coben thriller about a father hunting for his addicted daughter, anchored by James Nesbitt even as the twists pile up.
Mostly yes. It is a gripping, binge-friendly mystery for Harlan Coben fans and anyone who likes twisty thrillers, provided you can accept plotting that strains belief.
★★★★½
Run Lola Run is Tom Tykwer's 80-minute Berlin sprint, a German thriller in which Franka Potente races the clock again and again to save her boyfriend.
Yes. It is a dazzling, endlessly rewatchable burst of style and ideas, perfect for anyone who wants a short, kinetic film that plays games with chance and time.
★★★★½
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno sends Takeru Satoh's wandering swordsman to stop Tatsuya Fujiwara's Shishio, a bigger, darker Japanese action sequel.
Yes. It is one of the best live-action manga adaptations ever made and a superb action film, but watch Origins first and have The Legend Ends ready to follow.
★★★★½
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins turns Nobuhiro Watsuki's manga into a fast, heartfelt Meiji-era action film, with Takeru Satoh as an assassin who has sworn off killing.
Yes. It is a benchmark for live-action manga adaptations, with superb swordplay and a lovable hero, and the right place to start the five-film Rurouni Kenshin saga.
★★★★★
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning is the saga's sombre prequel, following Takeru Satoh's young assassin and Kasumi Arimura's grieving Tomoe through Bakumatsu Kyoto.
Yes. It is the finest Rurouni Kenshin film, a tragic samurai romance of real beauty, best watched after the earlier films but powerful enough to stand on its own.
★★★★½
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final pits Takeru Satoh's Kenshin against Mackenyu's vengeful Enishi, a ferocious, emotionally charged late chapter of the Japanese action saga.
Yes. It is a gripping, superbly choreographed revenge story and a strong late chapter for fans, though newcomers should start with the earlier films.
★★★★½
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends completes the Kyoto story as Takeru Satoh's Kenshin trains with his old master and faces Shishio in a thunderous finale.
Yes. It is a rousing, superbly staged conclusion to the original trilogy, essential for anyone who has seen Kyoto Inferno, though it is not a standalone film.
★★★★☆
Sabaat is a polished Pakistani Urdu romance set in contemporary Karachi, where love, marriage and class pressure collide; stylish, addictive and a little overlong.
Yes, with reservations. It suits viewers who enjoy glossy romantic serials with emotional turmoil and strong couple chemistry, if they can forgive a drawn-out middle.
★★★★☆
Sacred Games, Netflix's first Indian original, pairs a Mumbai cop's race against catastrophe with a gangster's rise; a grimy, ambitious crime epic, uneven by season two.
Yes, with reservations. It suits viewers who want a bold, adult crime saga with great performances, though the second season loses much of the first's momentum.
★★★☆☆
Saiyaara is Mohit Suri's music-driven Hindi romance introducing Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda as young artists, sincere and tuneful but built from a familiar template.
It depends. Fans of big-hearted, song-led Hindi romance will be swept along by the music and the newcomers; anyone wanting fresh storytelling will find it predictable.
★★★☆☆
Sakra stars and is co-directed by Donnie Yen as Qiao Feng, the exiled hero of Jin Yong's wuxia saga, in a film with fierce fights and a badly compressed story.
It depends. Wuxia and Donnie Yen fans will enjoy the martial-arts set pieces, but viewers wanting a coherent, emotionally rich adaptation may find it rushed.
★★★½☆
Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire is Prashanth Neel's brutal Telugu power-struggle epic starring Prabhas, strongest in its action and weakest in its crowded politics.
Yes, with reservations. Fans of large-scale Indian action will get the thunderous set pieces they came for, if they can tolerate a murky plot and nearly three hours.
★★★★½
Sang-e-Mah is Saife Hassan's visually ambitious Hum TV drama about honour and tribal custom in Pakistan's mountains, with Atif Aslam in a rare acting role.
Yes. It is one of the most striking Pakistani dramas of recent years, ideal for viewers who want serious social themes, sweeping landscapes and slow-burning family conflict.
★★★★☆
Santosh is Sandhya Suri's gripping Hindi police drama about a widow who inherits her husband's constable job, anchored by Shahana Goswami's slow-burning lead.
Yes. It is a tense, morally serious police drama for viewers who prefer character and social detail to twists, though its patient pace asks for full attention.
★★★★½
Saving Private Ryan is Steven Spielberg's Second World War epic, a harrowing rescue-mission drama whose Omaha Beach landing changed how cinema shows combat.
Yes. It remains one of the essential war films, for adults who can handle intense, graphic battle scenes and want a drama about duty that still hits hard.
★★★½☆
Scala is Ananta Thitanat's short Thai documentary about the final days of Bangkok's beloved Scala cinema, a tender elegy told through the staff who return to close it.
Yes, especially for cinephiles and anyone who misses single-screen cinemas. It is brief and quietly moving, though viewers wanting a full history may find it slight.
★★★★½
Schindler's List is Steven Spielberg's black-and-white Holocaust drama about a German industrialist who saved his Jewish workers, still his most searing film.
Yes. It is one of the essential films about the Holocaust, for adult viewers ready for three hours of harrowing, unflinching history and a complex central figure.
★★★★½
Se7en is David Fincher's rain-soaked serial-killer thriller, a bleak, meticulous procedural in which Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt hunt a murderer obsessed with sin.
Yes. It is one of the great crime thrillers of the 1990s, for adults who can take a genuinely dark, disturbing film and want atmosphere as much as mystery.
★★★★☆
Secret Mall Apartment is Jeremy Workman's funny, affectionate documentary about Rhode Island artists who hid a home inside a shopping mall for four years.
Yes. It is a warm, funny true story with a sly point about who public space is for, ideal for documentary fans and anyone who loves an audacious prank.