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CriticCrunch has 7 Melissa Benoist titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Whiplash.
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Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Dir. Damien Chazelle · With Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser

The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
Dir. George Tillman Jr. · With Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Alan Alda

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.
Dir. Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Ali Adler · With Melissa Benoist, Chyler Leigh, David Harewood

The harrowing true story of the 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and the Branch Davidians, a spiritual sect led by David Koresh in Waco, TX that resulted in a deadly shootout and fire.
Dir. John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle · With Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch, Rory Culkin
A young street artist in East Los Angeles is caught between his father's obsession with lowrider car culture, his ex-felon brother and his need for self-expression.
Dir. Ricardo de Montreuil · With Gabriel Chavarria, Demián Bichir, Theo Rossi

An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.
Dir. Dan Fogelman · With Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Christopher Plummer

A comedic thriller that re-imagines Mark Twain's iconic literary characters of "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" as grown men in current day.
Dir. Aaron Nee, Adam Nee · With Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Matthew Gray Gubler