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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.

All-Time High Scores: The Best-Reviewed 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.

Click on any title below to read all the reviews for that movie, or learn more about Metascores.

If you are looking for films from the opposite end of the quality spectrum, view our all-time low scores. You may also view high score lists by individual year.

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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