Please don't take my sunshine away

PROJECT HAIL MARY

2026

Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Written by Drew Goddard (based on the novel by Andy Weir)

Spoilers: moderate

2099 problems

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

2023

Directed by Jaoquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson

Written by Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Dave Callaham

Spoilers: moderate

Go ninja go ninja go

THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE

When one calls it "the worst LEGO movie," one's not bound to follow that assertion up with "but it's still pretty great!", or anything like that.  In fact, it fails often and severely enough to be called an actual disappointment; but The LEGO Ninjago Movie isn't actually bad, either, and on the rarest occasion manages some of the coolest stuff the franchise has ever done.

2017
Directed by Paul Fisher, Charlie Bean, and Bob Logan

Written by at least nine whole human beings, wow

Spoiler alert: mild

Leggo my LEGO

THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART

Much better than its lukewarm commercial reception lets on, The LEGO Movie 2 may not surpass its progenitor, but it's probably the worthiest sequel it was ever going to get.

2019

Directed by Mike Mitchell

Written by Matthew Fogel, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller

Spoiler alert: moderate

Does whatever a multiverse can

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Basically a piece of experimental animation they spent 90 million dollars on, believe the hype—Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is amazing, spectacular, and every other adjective you may have heard about it.

2018

Directed by Bob Perschietti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman

Written by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman

Spoiler alert: moderate

The young Han Solo chronicles

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

This movie is about the reward its hero received for believing in something; in a flawless example of form following function, Solo teaches its audience not to misplace its faith so easily, too.

2018

Directed by Ron Howard

"Executive produced" by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the poor bastards

Written by Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan

With Alden Ehrenreich (Han Solo), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Emilia Clarke (Qi'ra), Woody Harrelson (Tobias Beckett), Thandie Newton (Val), Jon Favreau (Rio Durant), Donald Glover (Lando Calrissian), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (L3-37), Linda Hunt (Lady Proxima), and Paul Bettany (Dryden Voss)

Spoiler alert: high

Batman is the worst person I have ever met

THE LEGO MOVIE

Without falling victim to the awful traps its very premise sets for itself, The Lego Movie is largely devoid of the gimmricky, nonsensicality, and overwrought sentimentality one might have feared; instead, even if its philosophy of life is really very terribly suspect, it never fails to deliver it with intensely beautiful, genuinely funny, and sweetly moving verve.  Plus, if you add up all the jokes at his expense, it makes fun of Batman for like a full half hour, which would be worth a pass even if the other sixty minutes were literally blank screen.

2014
Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Written by Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller
With Chris Pratt (Emmet Brickowoski), Elizabeth Banks (Wyldstyle), Will Arnett (The Bat-Man), Allison Brie (Unikitty), Charlie Day (Benny), Morgan Freeman (Vitruvius), and Will Ferrell (Lord Business)

Spoiler alert: mild, rising to high with warning (or severe; see the second paragraph after the grade, but if you're extra-sensitive just go watch the movie as soon as you see that big bold "A", for Lego is superb)