Metacritic: Best-Reviewed Movies

xx Adjustment Bureau, The
53 Alice in Wonderland
47 A-Team, The
84 Avatar
63 Babies
34 Back-up Plan, The
53 Book of Eli, The
22 Bounty Hunter, The
30 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
xx Chain Letter
39 Clash of the Titans
31 Cop Out
55 Crazies, The
56 Date Night
51 Death at a Funeral
72 Despicable Me
56 Diary of a Wimpy Kid
56 Dinner for Schmucks
51 Eat Pray Love
45 Expendables, The
23 Furry Vengeance
65 Get Him to the Greek
61 Green Zone
30 Grown Ups
63 Hot Tub Time Machine
74 How to Train Your Dragon
79 IMAX: Hubble 3D
74 Inception
57 Iron Man 2
33 Jonah Hex
52 Just Wright
61 Karate Kid, The
66 Kick-Ass
21 Killers
46 Knight and Day
20 Last Airbender, The
xx Last Exorcism, The
33 Last Song, the
31 Letters to God
50 Letters to Juliet
43 MacGruber
30 Marmaduke
35 Nightmare on Elm Street, A
75 Oceans
64 Other Guys, The
38 Our Family Wedding
47 Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
xx Piranha 3-D
51 Predators
50 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
56 Ramona and Beezus
40 Remember Me
53 Robin Hood
65 Salt
67 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
27 Sex and the City 2
46 She's Out of My League
58 Shrek Forever After
63 Shutter Island
46 Sorcerer's Apprentice, The
66 Splice
45 Step Up 3D
xx Takers
92 Toy Story 3
58 Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The
44 Twilight Saga: New Moon, The
43 Why Did I Get Married Too

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52 [Rec] 2
xx 12th & Delaware
xx 180° South
90 45365
55 8: The Mormon Proposition
xx Accidents Happen
62 After the Cup: The Sons of Sakhnin United
36 After.Life
73 Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector, The
55 Agora
82 Ajami
77 Alamar
78 Anton Chekhov's The Duel
63 Around a Small Mountain
57 Audrey the Trainwreck
xx Badmaash Company
xx Barking Water
75 Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
62 Behind the Burly Q
63 Best Worst Movie
31 Black Waters of Echo's Pond, The
35 Boogie Woogie
64 Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin
xx Brotherhood
24 Burzynski
51 Butcher's Son, The
xx Ca$h
67 Cairo Time
59 Cartel, The
68 Casino Jack and the United States of Money
37 Charlie St. Cloud
xx Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
48 Chloe
66 City Island
52 City of Your Final Destination, The
56 Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
58 Concert, The
xx Contenders, The
xx Convention
71 Countdown to Zero
83 Crazy Heart
51 Creation
xx Cremaster Cycle, The
73 Cropsey
73 Cyrus
74 Daddy Longlegs
64 Disappearance of Alice Creed, The
73 Dogtooth
50 Don McKay
66 Double Take
47 Dry Land, The
67 Eclipse, The
85 Exit Through the Gift Shop
56 Extra Man, The
75 Farewell
76 Father of My Children, The
30 Finding Bliss
38 Flipped
52 Formosa Betrayed
60 Fresh
xx Fruit Fly
53 Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
43 George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead
76 Get Low
68 Ghost Bird
77 Ghost Writer, The
68 Girl on the Train, The
66 Girl Who Played with Fire, The
xx Gone with the Pope
40 Good Heart, The
69 Good, The Bad, The Weird, The
49 Great Directors
45 Greatest, The
76 Greenberg
59 Handsome Harry
24 Happiness Runs
73 Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess
55 Harry Brown
80 Have You Heard From Johannesburg?: Apartheid and the Club of the West
57 Here and There
xx Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
51 Holy Rollers
54 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
32 Human Centipede (First Sequence), The
79 I Am Love
91 I Was Born, But...
33 In My Sleep
60 Infidel, The
67 It Came From Kuchar
74 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
79 Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
57 John Rabe
55 Joneses, The
55 Juche Idea, The
65 Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D
86 Kids Are All Right, The
53 Killer Inside Me, The
53 Killing Kasztner
44 Kimjongilia
xx Kings of the Evening
68 Kisses
62 Kites: The Remix
47 La Mission
xx Last Letters from Monte Rosa
xx Law, The
63 Lbs.
xx Le amiche
58 Leaves of Grass
87 Lebanon
72 Let It Rain
70 Life During Wartime
41 Lightkeepers, The
76 Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders
37 Living Wake, The
66 Looking for Eric
72 Lottery, The
37 Love Ranch
86 Mademoiselle Chambon
xx Malice in Wonderland
46 Mercy
78 Messenger, The
47 Metropia
62 Micmacs
75 Mid-August Lunch
60 Middle Men
54 Misfortunates, The
64 Mother and Child
75 Mugabe and the White African
35 Multiple Sarcasms
65 Mundo Alas
xx My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
50 My Name is Khan
41 Nature of Existence, The
71 Neshoba: The Price of Freedom
xx Nightfall
71 No One Knows About Persian Cats
59 Nobody’s Perfect
72 Oath, The
xx Ocean of Pearls
65 Ondine
59 Only When I Dance
58 OSS 117: Lost in Rio
xx Oxford Murders, The
37 Paper Man
63 Parking Lot Movie, The
68 Patrik Age 1.5
40 People I've Slept With, The
42 Perfect Game, The
47 Perrier's Bounty
48 Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
78 Please Give
31 Pornography: A Thriller
41 Princess Kaiulani
90 Prophet, A
xx Raajneeti
67 Raavan
78 Racing Dreams
xx Ramchand Pakistani
xx Red Birds
63 Reel Injun
85 Restrepo
xx Road, Movie
45 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
xx Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
43 Salt of This Sea
81 Secret in Their Eyes, The
81 Secret of Kells, The
73 See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary
57 Severe Clear
57 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
52 Shine of Rainbows, A
48 Sicilian Girl, The
77 Single Man, A
68 Smash His Camera
69 Solitary Man
45 South of the Border
56 Spoken Word
47 Spring Fever
75 Square, The
22 Standing Ovation
75 Stonewall Uprising
53 Tales from the Script
74 Terribly Happy
78 Teza
75 That Evening Sun
xx They Came to Play
49 Thorn in the Heart, The
xx Thru the Moebius Strip
60 TiMER
64 Tirador
15 To Age or Not to Age
52 Touching Home
33 Trash Humpers
59 Trotsky, The
xx Trust Us, This Is All Made Up
24 Twelve
56 Two in the Wave
62 Valhalla Rising
85 Vincere
xx Visionaries
54 Wah Do Dem
70 Warlords, The
56 What's the Matter with Kansas?
55 When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors
68 Whiz Kids
52 Who Do You Love
35 Who Killed Nancy
64 Wild Grass
xx Wild Hunt, The
56 Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, The
69 Winnebago Man
90 Winter's Bone
68 Women Without Men
xx World on a Wire

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

The following list contains the 200 highest-scoring films in Metacritic's database with a minimum of seven reviews. Since our database consists mainly of more recent releases (virtually every film since the beginning of 1999, and selected films from prior years) most of the films on this list will be from that period. Periodically, we add additional films from the 1990's and prior decades to our database, and these releases will find their way onto this list as appropriate. Note that any movies labeled "re-release" are not included in the high score list since their scores are based on reviews at the time of the re-release rather than at the time of the original release.

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1.	Godfather, The	1972	100
2.	Superman II	1981	99
3.	Army of Shadows	2006	99
4.	Pan's Labyrinth	2006	98
5.	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	2008	97
6.	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb	1964	96
7.	Ratatouille	2007	96
8.	Manchurian Candidate, The	1962	94
9.	Spirited Away	2002	94
10.	Pulp Fiction	1994	94
11.	Killer of Sheep	2007	94
12.	Hurt Locker, The	2009	94
13.	Sita Sings the Blues	2010	94
14.	WALL-E	2008	94
15.	Sideways	2004	94
16.	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The	2003	94
17.	Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The	2000	93
18.	Reversal of Fortune	1990	93
19.	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	2000	93
20.	Schindler's List	1993	93
21.	Amadeus: Director's Cut	2002	93
22.	Yi Yi (A One and a Two)	2000	92
23.	Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The	2007	92
24.	Class, The	2008	92
25.	Raging Bull	1980	92
26.	35 Shots of Rum	2009	92
27.	There Will Be Blood	2007	92
28.	Toy Story	1995	92
29.	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The	2001	92
30.	Werckmeister Harmonies	2001	92
31.	Toy Story 3	2010	92
32.	Moolaadé	2004	91
33.	Fast Runner, The	2002	91
34.	Star Wars	1977	91
35.	Triplets of Belleville, The	2003	91
36.	Queen, The	2006	91
37.	Beau Travail	2000	91
38.	Do The Right Thing	1989	91
39.	Secrets & Lies	1996	91
40.	Patton	1970	91
41.	Waltz with Bashir	2008	91
42.	No Country for Old Men	2007	91
43.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	90
44.	After Hours	1985	90
45.	Crying Game, The	1992	90
46.	Saving Private Ryan	1998	90
47.	Prophet, A	2010	90
48.	Winter's Bone	2010	90
49.	L.A. Confidential	1997	90
50.	Apocalypse Now Redux	2001	90
51.	My Voyage to Italy	2001	90
52.	Bloody Sunday	2002	90
53.	Sweet Hereafter, The	1997	90
54.	Topsy-Turvy	1999	90
55.	Being John Malkovich	1999	90
56.	Incredibles, The	2004	90
57.	Before Sunset	2004	90
58.	Hannah and Her Sisters	1986	90
59.	Almost Famous	2000	90
60.	American Splendor	2003	90
61.	45365	2010	90
62.	Gosford Park	2001	90
63.	United 93	2006	90
64.	Truman Show, The	1998	90
65.	Capturing the Friedmans	2003	90
66.	Persepolis	2007	90
67.	Lost in Translation	2003	89
68.	Best of Youth, The	2005	89
69.	Lives of Others, The	2006	89
70.	4 Little Girls	1997	89
71.	House of Flying Daggers	2004	89
72.	Man on Wire	2008	89
73.	Still Walking	2009	89
74.	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	2006	89
75.	Finding Nemo	2003	89
76.	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004	89
77.	No End in Sight	2007	89
78.	Goodbye Solo	2009	89
79.	Stop Making Sense	1984	89
80.	Goodfellas	1990	89
81.	Piano, The	1993	89
82.	Letters from Iwo Jima	2006	89
83.	Once	2007	88
84.	Superman: The Movie	1978	88
85.	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The	2002	88
86.	Ghost World	2001	88
87.	Brazil	1985	88
88.	Capote	2005	88
89.	Tulpan	2009	88
90.	Overlord	2006	88
91.	Band of Outsiders	2001	88
92.	Time Out	2002	88
93.	Thelma & Louise	1991	88
94.	Away from Her	2007	88
95.	Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut	2004	88
96.	Chicken Run	2000	88
97.	Blade Runner: The Director's Cut	1992	88
98.	Up	2009	88
99.	Y Tu Mamá También	2002	88
100.	Toy Story 2	1999	88
101.	Nobody Knows	2005	88
102.	L'Enfant (The Child)	2006	87
103.	Little Women	1994	87
104.	Shakespeare in Love	1998	87
105.	Gomorrah	2009	87
106.	Fog of War, The	2003	87
107.	Quiz Show	1994	87
108.	Howards End	1992	87
109.	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	2005	87
110.	Crumb	1995	87
111.	Maria Full of Grace	2004	87
112.	Fateless	2006	87
113.	Tootsie	1982	87
114.	Brokeback Mountain	2005	87
115.	Shine	1996	87
116.	Tarnation	2004	87
117.	Murderball	2005	87
118.	Grizzly Man	2005	87
119.	All About My Mother	1999	87
120.	English Patient, The	1996	87
121.	Lebanon	2010	87
122.	Marooned in Iraq	2003	86
123.	Wind Will Carry Us, The	2000	86
124.	sex, lies, and videotape	1989	86
125.	To Die For	1995	86
126.	Mademoiselle Chambon	2010	86
127.	Slumdog Millionaire	2008	86
128.	Million Dollar Baby	2004	86
129.	42 UP	1999	86
130.	Say Anything...	1989	86
131.	Rushmore	1999	86
132.	Straight Story, The	1999	86
133.	To Be and to Have	2003	86
134.	Dead Ringers	1988	86
135.	Boys Don't Cry	1999	86
136.	Easy Rider	1969	86
137.	I'm Going Home	2002	86
138.	In the Bedroom	2001	86
139.	Ten	2003	86
140.	Chinatown	1974	86
141.	Beaches of Agnes, The	2009	86
142.	Das Boot	1982	86
143.	Russian Ark	2002	86
144.	Deliver Us from Evil	2006	86
145.	Our Daily Bread	2006	86
146.	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	86
147.	Under the Sand	2001	86
148.	Grifters, The	1990	86
149.	Traffic	2000	86
150.	Talk to Her	2002	86
151.	This Is England	2007	86
152.	Player, The	1992	86
153.	Son, The	2003	86
154.	Sweet Sixteen	2003	86
155.	Departed, The	2006	86
156.	Ponyo	2009	86
157.	Diner	1982	86
158.	American Beauty	1999	86
159.	Fugitive, The	1993	86
160.	Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film	2006	86
161.	Kids Are All Right, The	2010	86
162.	Flight of the Red Balloon, The	2008	86
163.	Before Night Falls	2000	85
164.	Bourne Ultimatum, The	2007	85
165.	You Can Count On Me	2000	85
166.	Pianist, The	2002	85
167.	Boogie Nights	1997	85
168.	Children Underground	2001	85
169.	Edge of Heaven, The	2008	85
170.	Savages, The	2007	85
171.	Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, The	2001	85
172.	Exit Through the Gift Shop	2010	85
173.	Offside	2007	85
174.	Los Angeles Plays Itself	2004	85
175.	Knocked Up	2007	85
176.	Turtles Can Fly	2005	85
177.	Festival Express	2004	85
178.	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	2004	85
179.	Education, An	2009	85
180.	Half Nelson	2006	85
181.	Vincere	2010	85
182.	Street Fight	2006	85
183.	About Schmidt	2002	85
184.	Last Letter, The	2003	85
185.	Love & Diane	2003	85
186.	Domestic Violence	2002	85
187.	Neil Young: Heart of Gold	2006	85
188.	Last Seduction, The	1994	85
189.	Fargo	1996	85
190.	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	2001	85
191.	Intruder, The	2005	85
192.	Forbidden Lie$	2009	85
193.	Sun, The	2009	85
194.	Restrepo	2010	85
195.	Iron Giant, The	1999	85
196.	Atonement	2007	85
197.	Alexandra	2008	85
198.	Host, The	2007	85
199.	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	1988	85
200.	Out of Sight	1998	85

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