Kajang Botongui Yeonae (Crazy Romance) (2019)
Alcohol and office gossip provide potent brew for combative, wary relationship between jaded Kong Hyo-jin and broken Kim Rae-won. Immensely likeable leads and fluid style make for easy if unremarkable comedy, with drama grounded by characters' past scars.
Kampen om Narvik (Narvik) (2022)
Produced with expansive vistas and atmospheric visuals, true history background of German invasion and local resistance at start of World War II meets painful social politics yet misses on making felt personal issues of sacrifice and betrayal which ache at the centre of Kristine Hartgen and Carl Martin Eggesbø's story.
Karigurashi no Arietti (Arrietty) (2010)
Delicately, dramatically rendered visuals support leisurely paced adventure that concentrates on simple narrative beats, while touching on themes of loneliness, loss, and wonders of outside world. Eponymous character is part of four inch high family discovered by sickly young boy. Emotionally enveloping conclusion.
Kärlek fårever (Love Forever) (2025)
Assured Matilda Källström's plans for low-key, bucolic wedding undone by groom Charlie Gustafsso's parents, with tradition and rural community out in force. Unsympathetic characters flounder amid wearisome comic contrivances. Solid production, totally forgettable.
Kate (2021)
Relentlessly derivative and violent, clinical assassin Mary Elizabeth Winstead has 24 hours to seek blood-soaked revenge on whoever poisoned her. Neon blasted images provide moments of interest and heroine is compelling, yet action is tiresome and story drained of tension.
Kateu (Cart) (2014)
Persuasive style keeps an eye on both the social and personal as supermarket workers strike and battle to establish a union and respect. Moments lapse into broad histrionics, yet involving performances as politics maintain bittersweet investment.
Katie Says Goodbye (2016)
As cruel to the audience as its heroine, a warm-hearted Olivia Cooke finds herself abused and exploited in progressively demeaning ways even as she dreams of escape. A fine supporting cast flounders and a committed, touching lead turn can't compensate.
The Keeper (2019)
Handsome production values provide romantic backdrop for biopic of German POW who became famed Manchester goalkeeper. Central character remains elusive amid society prejudice and personal tragedy, while welcome sense of humour adds bite to well-paced structure.
Keeping Up With The Joneses (2016)
Dull suburban couple Isla Fisher and Zach Galifianakis soon suspect impossibly stylish neighbors Gal Gadot and Jon Hamm. Action spy confusion follows. Despite skilled cast and polished production, lack of laughs and narrative surprises dampen involvement.
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Spirited adventure as bullied teen Louis Serkis pulls Excalibur from London building site and is urged by Angus Imrie's youthful Merlin to battle Rebecca Ferguson's enjoyably wicked Morgana. Amid variable VFX, some comedy sparks, though emotional connection flails.
Kill Me Again (1989)
Committed to noir foundations, efficiently twisted thriller centers on manipulative Joanne Whalley-Kilmer double-crossing Michael Madson over stolen mob money and persuading desperate private investigator Val Kilmer to fake her death. Appropriately seedy atmosphere infuses uneven pacing.
The Killer (2023)
Gorgeously textured and detailed, icy thriller defines psychology and technique of assassin Michael Fassbender before revealing his controlled rage as he becomes the target. Sly humor and precise style elevates violent action, though surfeit of voice over and unflinching approach is suffocating.
Killer Heat (2024)
Bleached Grecian settings and appealing cast only compensate so much as jaded private investigator Joseph Gordon-Levitt is hired by conflicted Shailene Woodley to find truth behind brother-in-law Richard Madden's death. Corrupt, noirish core lacks wit and tension to make twists more than moderately intriguing.
The Killer's Game (2024)
Despite romance with dancer Sofia Boutella, clinical assassin Dave Bautista orders contract on himself, until misdiagnosis of terminal illness means fighting off legion of killers out to fulfill original hit. Anonymous polish blurs misguided tone and tired, comically stylized violence.
The Killers (1946)
After hired guns carry out brutal contract on ex-boxer Burt Lancaster, insurance investigator Edmond O'Brien pieces together trail of murder and double-crossing robbers that leads to femme fatale Ava Gardner. Bracing, stylish noir, taut rhythms driven by menacing Miklós Rózsa score.
Killing Me Softly (2001)
Patrick Doyle's intoxicating, sweeping score and some isolated visuals can't compensate for misjudged hysteria of passion between staid website designer Heather Graham and posturing mountaineer Joseph Fiennes. Much nudity, little heat, while preposterous thriller revelations elicit more laughs than danger.
The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie (1976)
Challenging drama of messy relationships and strip club owner Ben Gazarra's sentimental principles, exposed beneath grimy crime framework of paying off gambling debt with mob hit. Alternately infuriating and gripping, disposing of plot with fuzzy visuals and off-kilter voice.
Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka (The Boy And The Heron) (2023)
Fluidly imaginative visuals matched with tenderly playful Joe Hisaishi score as boy must survive world between life and death to rescue his mother. Though imagery and ideas often perplex, themes of guilt, loss and duty are entwined with expansive emotional reach.
A Kind Of Murder (2016)
Alluring visual trappings establish noirish sixties background for bleak tale of cracked relationships and murder, as suspicions grow about aspiring crime writer Patrick Wilson and copycat killing of neurotic wife Jessica Biel. Shifting plot and indefinable characters neuter rather than enrich drama.
The King And I (1956)
Allied to lush design and elegant staging, Yul Brynner brings formidable charisma to ruler struggling with tradition and changing world as headstrong teacher Deborah Kerr arrives to tutor his children. Gorgeously realized song score deepens character and culminates with rich emotion.
King Kong (1933)
Forever potent visuals conjure mystical jungle beasts and action thrills as manipulative filmmaker Robert Armstrong heads for Skull Island and depression hit New York suffers a monstrous rampage. Struggling Fay Wray leads the regal ape to his demise. Max Steiner delivers thunderous score.
King Kong (1976)
Suffused with John Barry's gorgeous score, a lighter, more knowing tone moves story from monster horror to sentimental adventure with eco warrior Jeff Bridges, aspiring actress Jessica Lange and oil exec Charles Grodin exploring mysterious island. Breezy diversion.
King Kong (2005)
Meticulous, burnished detail of Depression-era New York sends fast-talking film maker Jack Black to gorgeously realized landscapes and monsters of Skull Island. A cracking Naomi Watts is the tap-dancing beauty who brings down the beast. Numbing overlength and bludgeoning style dissipates involvement.
King Kong Lives (1984)
Batty mishmash of monster fury & family emotion sees hunt for titular ape & lady friend mirrored by frantic scientist Linda Hamilton & bland adventurer Brian Kerwin. Dynamic John Scott score shines. Effects & production flail without cohesive sense of tone.
The King Of Staten Island (2021)
Winningly pitched blend of comedy and drama with unwilling Pete Davidson forced to face his insecurities when mother Marisa Tomei and girlfriend Bel Powley give ultimatums. Loose style and firm sense of community add immeasurably to character empathy.
King Of The Khyber Rifles (1953)
Widescreen heroics sees daring captain Tyrone Power confront heritage and duty as mixed parentage provokes British prejudice and Indian doubts in battle against merciless Guy Rolfe's rebel tribes. Colorful imperialistic action spurred by Bernard Herrmann score with spirited Terry Moore providing love interest.
King Richard (2021)
Designed with crowd-pleasing style and fluid technique, origins of Williams sisters' tennis legacy benefits from appealing cast, yet suffers lack of tangible drama, indulging in father Will Smith's life plan. Expansive visuals aid sporting tension, details more intriguing than character growth.
Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (2024)
Expansive production spins gripping action of future ape-controlled world as young Owen Teague journeys to save village and learn past alongside secretive human Freya Allan. Though narrative leans on echoes from previous stories, immaculate visuals effects and driven characters sustain involving, emotive thrills.
Kings Row (1942)
Glorious melodrama elevated by lush visuals and Erich Wolfgang Korngold's transporting score, as murder and brutality expose sordid underbelly of picturesque American small town. Inspired by tragedy, Robert Cummings crusades for psychiatry against medicine based on class and prejudice, while practical, wrong side of the tracks Ann Sheridan supports cruelly maimed playboy Ronald Reagan.
Kipps (1941)
Frothy mix of gentle humour and sly social satire, a delightfully designed and visualized production with Michael Redgrave's appealing draper's clerk looking to improve himself. Some lively set pieces aside, the narrative tends to drift. Always enjoyable without being memorable.
Kiseki (I Wish) (2012)
Gorgeously observed view of childhood dreams and friendship that sings in its detail and humanist view of everyday life. Two brothers split by their parents' separation decide the new bullet train will unify their world. Natural and emotional, facing realism and hope with grace.
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Packed with a succession of Cole Porter hits and exuberant dance scenes, a colorful play on Shakespeare and behind the scenes theatrics. Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson provide the sexual sparring, Anne Miller and Bob Fosse the kicks, even without the 3D.
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Meandering narrative builds comic momentum with ambition, frustration and sex feeding laughs as aspiring songwriter Ray Walston hires Kim Novak to play wife Felicia Farr and seduce debauched Dean Martin. Sweet underbelly highlights coarse, desperate characters.
Kiss Of Death (1947)
Benefiting from bracing, unforgiving locations, blunt, brutish tale sees jailed robber Victor Mature seek revenge on grinning killer Richard Widmark. Though it finally backs away from bleak finality, enough grim melodrama and redemptive suspense to maintain interest.
Klute (1971)
Tense atmosphere feeds on densely calibrated visuals, capturing city threat and vice, while contriving mystery sympathetic to trapped call girl Jane Fonda whose only protection comes from dogged Donald Sutherland as he investigates missing friend. Compelling performances emerge from shadowy threat.
Knight And Day (2010)
Comedic snap of car restorer Cameron Diaz and super agent Tom Cruise sets up bickering couple amid explosions, bullets and chase for design of everlasting battery. Eccentric characters hint at more interesting romantic thriller, before rapidly consumed by outlandish visual effects.
Knight Without Armour (1937)
Reluctant hero Robert Donat is a charismatic presence, weaving and suffering through Revolutionary Russia as he saves and falls for icy Marlene Dietrich. Sweeping action drama shines with scale even if story resolves into set pieces rather than fluid narrative.
Knights Of The Round Table (1953)
Colorful, expansive production provides lush veneer to prosaic rendering of Arthurian legend, with Mel Ferrer's idealistic king facing tragedy of Ava Gardner's attraction for Robert Taylor's Lancelot. Miklós Rózsa provides rich, driving score.
Knives Out (2019)
Playful and tartly humorous with enough devious twists of narrative and perspective to propel otherwise standard whodunnit conventions. Enjoyment remains in process of revelation as quirky Daniel Craig investigates and Ana de Armas keeps secrets. A polished package.
Knock At The Cabin (2023)
Established with unsettling clarity, home invasion turned global apocalypse sees young Kristen Cui and two fathers Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge assaulted by Dave Bautista and fellow doomsday disciples. Always engrossing, yet never builds the gnawing tension and horror intended.
Kol (The Call) (2020)
Always involving, often gripping, stylish time-altering narrative sees sympathetic Park Shin-hye speak with feverish Jeon Jong-seo twenty years in the past, unknowingly letting loose a killer. Enough twists and brutal streak to heighten tension despite head-spinning plot holes.
Koma (2019)
Filled with mesmerizing, immersive visuals to create a disorientating world of collided, disorientating architecture and geography, the belated attempt at narrative structure deadens originality. The basics of a designer being used in his dream world features striking action scenes.
Kona fer í stríð (Woman At War) (2018)
Principled, obsessive choir director and activist Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir becomes rebel legend, sabotaging pylons to knock out electricity and protest ecological destruction. Prospect of adopting Ukrainian orphan creates emotional dilemma. Fluid, polished telling and expressive lead sell soulful drama and quirky comedy, including on-screen three-piece band and female chorus.
Kong Skull Island (2023)
Pacy monster nonsense maintains dense seventies aesthetic as researchers and US army unit discover unchartered island where prehistoric creatures are kept in check by eponymous ape. Struggle for survival features appealing if broadly defined cast and expressive visual effects.
En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair) (2012)
The changing order of 18th century Denmark is provoked by the doomed affair between Alicia Vikander's queen and court doctor Mads Mikkelsen. Elegantly produced and designed, with expressive use of location, skillfully combining emotion and intelligence.
Kongens nei (The King's Choice) (2016)
Controlled and persuasively told, cleanly established 1940 German invasion of Norway mirrors national psyche through emotion of royal family. King's central decision is gripping and character psychology moving, highlighted by fine score.
KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
Vivid, breezy animation aligns with snappy humor and infectious songs as superstar girl group Huntr/x sell out stadiums while combating demons to save fans. Evil influence of rival boy band fuels dramatics and social asides with fun characterization rounding out bright package.
Kreuz des Südens (The Village) (2015)
Clean visuals and keen sense of location set up past secrets against contemporary prejudices, as physically and mentally hurt detective Andreas Lust returns to his childhood home to find murder and a mistrustful Franziska Weisz. Solidly engaging.
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Buzzy, whiplash comedy and extravagant action set in 1940s Shanghai as violent Axe Gang comes up against surprising fight talents of Pigsty Alley while failed gangster Stephen Chow finds true calling. Fresh, energetic pace allied to colorful production results in giddy entertainment.