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Best-Reviewed Films/Year (40+ Reviews)[]
1950s[]
| Year | Title | Image | Director | Distributor | RT Score/ Reviews |
Top 2-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | All About Eve |
|
Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 20th Century Fox | 99% (100) | |
| 1951 | An American in Paris |
|
Vincente Minnelli | Loew's Inc. | 96% (94) | 2. A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1952 | Singin' in the Rain |
|
Gene Kelly Stanley Donen |
Loew's Inc. | 100% (65) | 2. High Noon |
| 1953 | Tokyo Story |
|
Yasujirō Ozu | Shochiku | 100% (49) | 2. The Wages of Fear |
| 1954 | Rear Window |
|
Alfred Hitchcock | Paramount | 98% (122) | 2. On the Waterfront |
| 1955 | Panther Panchali |
|
Satyajit Ray | Aurora | 97% (69) | 2. The Night of the Hunter |
| 1956 | Seven Samurai |
|
Akira Kurosawa | Toho | 100% (86) | 2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men |
|
Sidney Lumet | United Artists | 100% (55) | 2. Nights of Cabiria |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil |
|
Orson Welles | Universal | 95% (79) | |
| 1959 | North by Northwest |
|
Alfred Hitchcock | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 97% (109) | 2. The 400 Blows |
1960s[]
| Year | Title | Image | Director | Distributor | RT Score/ Reviews |
Top 2-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Psycho |
|
Alfred Hitchcock | Paramount | 96% (104) | 2. La Dolce Vita |
| 1961 | Breathless |
|
Jean-Luc Godard | UGC | 97% (69) | 2. One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia |
|
David Lean | Columbia | 93% (121) | 2. Eyes Without a Face |
| 1963 | 8½ |
|
Federico Fellini | Cineriz/Columbia | 98% (53) | 2. The Leopard |
| 1964 | A Hard Day's Night |
|
Richard Lester | United Artists | 98% (109) | 2. Dr. Strangelove |
| 1965 | Chimes at Midnight |
|
Orson Welles | Peppercorn-Wormser | 98% (50) | 2. Repulsion |
| 1966 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
|
Sergio Leone | Produzioni Europee/United Artists | 97% (77) | 2. Au Hasard Balthazar |
| 1967 | The Battle of Algiers |
|
Gillo Pontecorvo | Rizzoli/Rialto | 99% (89) | |
| 1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey |
|
Stanley Kubrick | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 92% (113) | 2. Night of the Living Dead |
| 1969 | Army of Shadows |
|
Jean-Pierre Melville | Valoria/Fida Cinematografica | 97% (75) | 2. Z |
1970s[]
| Year | Title | Image | Director | Distributor | RT Score/ Reviews |
Top 2-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | The Conformist |
|
Bernardo Bertolucci | Paramount | 98% (56) | 2. Le Cercle Rouge |
| 1971 | The French Connection |
|
William Friedkin | 20th Century Fox | 98% (83) | 2. The Last Picture Show |
| 1972 | The Godfather |
|
Francis Ford Coppola | Paramount | 97% (132) | 2. The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie |
| 1973 | Playtime |
|
Jacques Tati | Unknown | 98% (51) | 2. Don't Look Now |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II |
|
Francis Ford Coppola | Paramount | 96% (114) | |
| 1975 | Jaws |
|
Steven Spielberg | Universal | 98% (92) | 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver |
|
Martin Scorsese | Columbia | 96% (94) | 2. Assault on Precinct 13 |
| 1977 | Star Wars |
|
George Lucas | 20th Century Fox | 92% (133) | 2. Annie Hall |
| 1978 | Halloween |
|
John Carpenter | Compass/Aquarius | 96% (72) | |
| 1979 | Alien |
|
Ridley Scott | 20th Century Fox | 98% (126) |
1980s[]
| Year | Title | Image | Director | Distributor | RT Score/ Reviews |
Top 2-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back |
|
Irvin Kershner | 20th Century Fox | 94% (104) | |
| 1981 | The Decline of Western Civilization |
|
Penelope Spheeris | Nu-Image | 100% (40) | 2. Das Boot |
| 1982 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
|
Steven Spielberg | Universal | 98% (133) | 2. Blade Runner |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff |
|
Philip Kaufman | Warner Bros. | 96% (50) | |
| 1984 | The Terminator |
|
James Cameron | Orion | 100% (65) | 2. Stop Making Sense |
| 1985 | Tampopo |
|
Juzo Itami | Toho | 100% (55) | 2. Ran |
| 1986 | Aliens |
|
James Cameron | 20th Century Fox | 97% (76) | 2. Blue Velvet |
| 1987 | The Princess Bride |
|
Rob Reiner | 20th Century Fox/Vestron | 97% (77) | 2. Wings of Desire |
| 1988 | Big |
|
Penny Marshall | 20th Century Fox | 97% (75) | 2. Grave of the Fireflies |
| 1989 | Henry V |
|
Kenneth Branagh | Curzon | 100% (40) |
1990s[]
| Year | Title | Image | Director | Distributor | RT Score/ Reviews |
Top 2-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | GoodFellas | File:Goodfellas-poster12.jpg | Martin Scorsese | Warner Bros. | 96% (103) | 2. The Freshman |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | File:Silence of the lambs poster-7391.jpg | Jonathan Demme | Orion | 96% (104) | 2. Only Yesterday |
| 1992 | Unforgiven |
|
Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. | 96% (106) | |
| 1993 | Schindler's List |
|
Steven Spielberg | Universal | 98% (128) | 2. Searching for Bobby Fischer |
| 1994 | Three Colors: Red |
|
Krzysztof Kieślowski | MK2 | 100% (54) | 2. The Lion King |
| 1995 | Toy Story |
|
John Lasseter | Disney/Buena Vista | 100% (90) | |
| 1996 | When We Were Kings |
|
Leon Gast | Gramercy | 98% (48) | 2. Fargo |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential |
|
Curtis Hanson | Warner Bros. | 99% (115) | 2. Good Will Hunting |
| 1998 | The Truman Show |
|
Peter Weir | Paramount | 95% (132) | 2. Saving Private Ryan |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 |
|
John Lasseter | Disney/Buena Vista | 100% (169) | 2. The Iron Giant |
2000s[]
| Year | Title | Image | Director | Distributor | RT Score/ Reviews |
Top 2-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Chicken Run |
|
Peter Lord & Nick Park | Pathé/Dreamworks | 97% (172) | 2. The Taste of Others |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. |
|
Pete Docter | Disney/Buena Vista | 96% (197) | 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
|
Peter Jackson | New Line Cinema | 95% (255) | 2. Spirited Away |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo |
|
Andrew Stanton | Disney/Buena Vista | 99% (268) | 2. Lost in Translation |
| 2004 | The Incredibles |
|
Brad Bird | Disney/Buena Vista | 97% (248) | 2. Sideways |
| 2005 | Murderball |
|
Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro | THINKFilm | 98% (141) | 2. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit |
| 2006 | Pan's Labyrinth |
|
Guillermo del Toro | Warner Bros. | 95% (239) | 2. Casino Royale |
| 2007 | Ratatouille |
|
Brad Bird | Disney | 96% (251) | 2. No Country for Old Men |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight |
|
Christopher Nolan | Warner Bros. | 94% (344) | 2. The Wrestler |
| 2009 | Up |
|
Pete Docter | Disney | 98% (298) | 2. The Hurt Locker |
2010s[]
| Year | Title | Image | Director | Distributor | RT Score/ Reviews |
Top 2-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 |
|
Lee Unkrich | Disney | 98% (309) | 2. The Social Network |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 |
|
David Yates | Warner Bros. | 96% (331) | 2. The Artist |
| 2012 | Argo |
|
Ben Affleck | Warner Bros. | 96% (359) | 2. Skyfall |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave |
|
Steve McQueen | Fox Searchlight/eOne/ Summit |
95% (372) | 2. Gravity |
| 2014 | Selma |
|
Ava DuVernay | Paramount/20th Century Fox | 99% (313) | 2. Boyhood |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road |
|
George Miller | Warner Bros. | 97% (434) | |
| 2016 | Moonlight |
|
Barry Jenkins | A24 | 98% (393) | |
| 2017 | Lady Bird |
|
Greta Gerwig | A24/Universal/Focus | 99% (398) | 2. Get Out |
| 2018 | Black Panther |
|
Ryan Coogler | Disney/Marvel | 96% (525) | |
| 2019 | Parasite |
|
Bong Joon-ho | CJ | 98% (464) |
2020s[]
| Year | Title | Image | Director | Distributor | RT Score/ Reviews |
Top 2-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | One Night in Miami |
|
Regina King | Amazon Studios | 98% (335) | 2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire |
| 2021 | Nomadland | File:NomadlandPoster.jpeg | Chloe Zhao | Searchlight | 93% (420) | 2. Judas and the Black Messiah |




































































