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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 AllAboutEve Joseph L. Mankiewicz 20th Century Fox 99% (100)

2. Sunset Boulevard
3. In a Lonely Place
4. Gun Crazy

1951 An American in Paris An American in Paris Vincente Minnelli Loew's Inc. 96% (94)

2. A Streetcar Named Desire
3. Rashômon
4. Strangers on a Train
5. The African Queen
6. The Day The Earth Stood Still

1952 Singin' in the Rain Singing in the rain poster Gene Kelly
Stanley Donen
Loew's Inc. 100% (65)

2. High Noon
3. The Quiet Man
4. Los Olvidados

1953 Tokyo Story TokyoStoryPoster Yasujirō Ozu Shochiku 100% (49)

2. The Wages of Fear
3. Roman Holiday
4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
5. House of Wax
6. From Here to Eternity
7. The Hitch-hiker
8. The Bad and the Beautiful

1954 Rear Window Rearwpost Alfred Hitchcock Paramount 98% (122)
1955 Panther Panchali Panther Satyajit Ray Aurora 97% (69)

2. The Night of the Hunter
3. Kiss Me Deadly
4. Marty
5. To Catch a Thief
6. Diabolique
7. Rebel Without a Cause
8. Lady and the Tramp
9. East of Eden
10. The Man with the Golden Arm

1956 Seven Samurai Seven Samurai 1954 Poster Akira Kurosawa Toho 100% (86)

2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
3. Ikiru
4. The Killing
5. The Searchers
6. Forbidden Planet
7. Rififi
8. Giant
9. The Ten Commandments
10. Around the World in 80 Days

1957 12 Angry Men Twelve-angry-men-1957 Sidney Lumet United Artists 100% (55)

2. Nights of Cabiria
3. Sweet Smell of Success
4. Paths of Glory
5. The Bridge on the River Kwai
6. Wild Strawberries
7. The Seventh Seal
8. Throne of Blood

1958 Touch of Evil Touch of Evil Poster Orson Welles Universal 95% (79)

2. Vertigo
3. Elevator to the Gallows
4. The Fly
5. The Defiant Ones
6. Horror of Dracula

1959 North by Northwest North By Northwest Poster 5446 Alfred Hitchcock Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 97% (109)

2. The 400 Blows
3. Anatomy of a Murder
4. Rio Bravo
5. Some Like It Hot
6. Pickpocket
7. Black Orpheus
8. Sleeping Beauty
9. Ben-Hur

1960s[]

Year Title Image Director Distributor RT Score/
Reviews
Top 2-10
1960 Psycho Psychoposter Alfred Hitchcock Paramount 96% (104)

2. La Dolce Vita
3. Peeping Tom
4. The Apartment
5. Spartacus
6. L'Avventura
7. The Magnificent Seven

1961 Breathless Breathlessposter Jean-Luc Godard UGC 97% (69)
1962 Lawrence of Arabia Lawr5 David Lean Columbia 93% (121)
1963 8halfposter Federico Fellini Cineriz/Columbia 98% (53)

2. The Leopard
3. The Birds
4. Charade
5. The Great Escape
6. Jason and the Argonauts
7. The Haunting

1964 A Hard Day's Night A Hard Days night movieposter Richard Lester United Artists 98% (109)

2. Dr. Strangelove
3. Goldfinger
4. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
5. Mary Poppins
6. A Fistful of Dollars
7. My Fair Lady
8. From Russia with Love
9. Mafioso
10. Band of Outsiders

1965 Chimes at Midnight ChimesatMidnightPoster Orson Welles Peppercorn-Wormser 98% (50)

2. Repulsion
3. Alphaville
4. Thunderball
5. The Sound of Music
6. Doctor Zhivago

1966 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Good the Bad and the Ugly poster Sergio Leone Produzioni Europee/United Artists 97% (77)

2. Au Hasard Balthazar
3. Masculin Feminin
4. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
5. Persona
6. Blow-Up
7. A Man for All Seasons

1967 The Battle of Algiers Battle of Algiers poster Gillo Pontecorvo Rizzoli/Rialto 99% (89)
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001spaceodyssey Stanley Kubrick Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 92% (113)
1969 Army of Shadows Army of Shadows Poster Jean-Pierre Melville Valoria/Fida Cinematografica 97% (75)

1970s[]

Year Title Image Director Distributor RT Score/
Reviews
Top 2-10
1970 The Conformist The Conformist Poster Bernardo Bertolucci Paramount 98% (56)

2. Le Cercle Rouge
3. Patton
4. Five Easy Pieces
5. M*A*S*H
6. El Topo

1971 The French Connection The French Connection postef William Friedkin 20th Century Fox 98% (83)
1972 The Godfather Godfather vhs Francis Ford Coppola Paramount 97% (132)

2. The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
3. Aguirre, the Wrath of God 4. Cabaret
5. Deliverance
6. Frenzy
7. What's Up, Doc?
8. Duel
9. Last Tango in Paris
10. Pink Flamingos

1973 Playtime Playtime french poster Jacques Tati Unknown 98% (51)
1974 The Godfather Part II The-godfather-part-ii-1974-3e490 Francis Ford Coppola Paramount 96% (114)
1975 Jaws Jaws 1975 Poster Steven Spielberg Universal 98% (92)
1976 Taxi Driver Taxi Driver poster Martin Scorsese Columbia 96% (94)

2. Assault on Precinct 13
3. All the President's Men
4. Carrie
5. Rocky
6. Solaris
7. Network
8. The Outlaw Josey Wales
9. The Omen
10. The Man Who Fell to Earth

1977 Star Wars Star Wars 1977 Poster George Lucas 20th Century Fox 92% (133)
1978 Halloween Halloween cover John Carpenter Compass/Aquarius 96% (72)
1979 Alien Alien 1979 Poster Ridley Scott 20th Century Fox 98% (126)

1980s[]

Year Title Image Director Distributor RT Score/
Reviews
Top 2-10
1980 The Empire Strikes Back The Empire Strikes Back 1980 Poster Irvin Kershner 20th Century Fox 94% (104)
1981 The Decline of Western Civilization Decline of Western Civilization poster Penelope Spheeris Nu-Image 100% (40)
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ET Steven Spielberg Universal 98% (133)
1983 The Right Stuff The Right Stuff poster Philip Kaufman Warner Bros. 96% (50)
1984 The Terminator The-terminator-poster James Cameron Orion 100% (65)
1985 Tampopo Tampopo 1985 Poster Juzo Itami Toho 100% (55)

2. Ran
3. Back to the Future
4. Brazil
5. My Beautiful Laundrette
6. Re-Animator
7. Witness
8. The Return of the Living Dead
9. The Breakfast Club
10. After Hours

1986 Aliens Aliens James Cameron 20th Century Fox 97% (76)

2. Blue Velvet
3. The Fly
4. Ruthless People
5. Manhunter
6. Hannah and Her Sisters
7. Stand By Me
8. Something Wild
9. Hoosiers
10. Little Shop of Horrors

1987 The Princess Bride Princess bride xlg Rob Reiner 20th Century Fox/Vestron 97% (77)
1988 Big Big Poster-1- Penny Marshall 20th Century Fox 97% (75)
1989 Henry V Henry V Poster Kenneth Branagh Curzon 100% (40)

1990s[]

Year Title Image Director Distributor RT Score/
Reviews
Top 2-10
1990 GoodFellas Goodfellas-poster12 Martin Scorsese Warner Bros. 96% (103)

2. The Freshman
3. Miller's Crossing
4. The Witches
5. Arachnophobia
6. Metropolitan
7. Reversal of Fortune
8. Misery
9. Edward Scissorhands
10. The Hunt for Red October

1991 The Silence of the Lambs Silence of the lambs poster-7391 Jonathan Demme Orion 96% (104)
1992 Unforgiven Unforgiven 1992 Poster Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. 96% (106)
1993 Schindler's List 's List movie Steven Spielberg Universal 98% (128)
1994 Three Colors: Red 3 Colors Red poster Krzysztof Kieślowski MK2 100% (54)

2. The Lion King
3. Hoop Dreams
4. Bullets Over Broadway
5. Four Weddings and a Funeral
6. Quiz Show
7. Pulp Fiction
8. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
9. Speed
10. The Last Seduction

1995 Toy Story 220px-Movie poster toy story John Lasseter Disney/Buena Vista 100% (90)
1996 When We Were Kings When We Were Kings Poster Leon Gast Gramercy 98% (48)
1997 L.A. Confidential LA Confidential Poster Curtis Hanson Warner Bros. 99% (115)

2. Good Will Hunting
3. Titanic
4. The Sweet Hereafter
5. The Full Monty
6. Men in Black
7. Face/Off
8. Boogie Nights
9. Secrets & Lies
10. Ulee's Gold

1998 The Truman Show Trumanshow Peter Weir Paramount 95% (132)

2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Shakespeare in Love
4. Gods and Monsters
5. Out of Sight
6. Antz
7. Insomnia
8. A Bug's Life
9. Central Station
10. Rushmore

1999 Toy Story 2 Movie poster toy story 2 John Lasseter Disney/Buena Vista 100% (169)

2. The Iron Giant
3. The Insider
4. All About My Mother
5. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
6. Being John Malkovich
7. Three Kings
8. The Straight Story
9. Princess Mononoke
10. Election

2000s[]

Year Title Image Director Distributor RT Score/
Reviews
Top 2-10
2000 Chicken Run CR V2 Peter Lord & Nick Park Pathé/Dreamworks 97% (172)

2. The Taste of Others
3. Yi Yi
4. Memento
5. The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
6. You Can Count on Me
7. Traffic
8. Not One Less
9. High Fidelity
10. Best in Show

2001 Monsters, Inc. Movie poster monsters inc 2 Pete Docter Disney/Buena Vista 96% (197)

2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. The Dish
5. With a Friend Like Harry...
6. Werckmeister Harmonies
7. Ghost World
8. In the Bedroom
9. Time Out
10. I'm Going Home

2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Lord of the rings the two towers 2002 intl original film art 2000x Peter Jackson New Line Cinema 95% (255)

2. Spirited Away
3. Catch Me If You Can
4. Spellbound
5. Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time
6. The Man Without a Past
7. The Pianist
8. Bowling for Columbine
9. Read My Lips
10. About a Boy

2003 Finding Nemo Finding Nemo 2003 Poster Andrew Stanton Disney/Buena Vista 99% (268)

2. Lost in Translation
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
4. Capturing the Friedmans
5. The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
6. American Splendor
7. Sweet Sixteen
8. Raising Victor Vargas
9. Chavez: Inside the Coup
10. Winged Migration

2004 The Incredibles The Incredibles Brad Bird Disney/Buena Vista 97% (248)

2. Sideways
3. Spider-Man 2
4. Maria Full of Grace
5. Moolaadé
6. The Twilight Samurai
7. Hero
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
9. Before Sunset
10. Osama

2005 Murderball Murderball 2005 Poster Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro THINKFilm 98% (141)

2. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
3. Good Night, and Good Luck
4. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
5. March of the Penguins
6. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
7. Kung Fu Hustle
8. The Squid and the Whale
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
10. Grizzly Man

2006 Pan's Labyrinth Pan Labyrinth Poster Guillermo del Toro Warner Bros. 95% (239)

2. Casino Royale
3. The Queen
4. Deliver Us from Evil
5. Children Of Men
6. The Departed
7. The War Tapes
8. Mountain Patrol
9. Blindsight
10. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

2007 Ratatouille Ratatouille Brad Bird Disney 96% (251)

2. No Country for Old Men
3. Taxi to the Dark Side
4. Once
5. The Band's Visit
6. Juno
7. The Bourne Ultimatum
8. Persepolis
9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
10. Killer of Sheep

2008 The Dark Knight B507E765-A70A-40A7-9C75-DCDE3415E5F2 Christopher Nolan Warner Bros. 94% (344)

2. The Wrestler
3. Man on Wire
4. Let the Right One In
5. WALL-E
6. Iron Man
7. Frost/Nixon
8. Milk
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. Still Walking

2009 Up Th Pete Docter Disney 98% (298)

2. The Hurt Locker
3. Star Trek
4. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
5. Afghan Star
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. Drag Me to Hell
8. District 9
9. Inglourious Basterds
10. Precious

2010s[]

Year Title Image Director Distributor RT Score/
Reviews
Top 2-10
2010 Toy Story 3 ToyStory32010Poster Lee Unkrich Disney 98% (309)

2. The Social Network
3. How to Train Your Dragon
4. True Grit
5. The King's Speech
6. Inside Job
7. Waste Land
8. Last Train Home
9. A Prophet
10. 127 Hours

2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 HarryPotterDeathlyHallows2 David Yates Warner Bros. 96% (331)

2. The Artist
3. A Separation
4. Moneyball
5. The Muppets
6. Poetry
7. Drive
8. Le Havre
9. The Interrupters
10. Project Nim

2012 Argo Argo 001 Ben Affleck Warner Bros. 96% (359)
2013 12 Years a Slave Twelve years a slave xlg Steve McQueen Fox Searchlight/eOne/
Summit
95% (372)
2014 Selma Selma poster Ava DuVernay Paramount/20th Century Fox 99% (313)
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Mad-Max Fury-Road Poster 003 George Miller Warner Bros. 97% (434)
2016 Moonlight Moonlight Poster Barry Jenkins A24 98% (393)
2017 Lady Bird LadyBird Greta Gerwig A24/Universal/Focus 99% (398)
2018 Black Panther BlackPanther Ryan Coogler Disney/Marvel 96% (525)
2019 Parasite Parasite 2019 Poster Bong Joon-ho CJ 98% (464)

2020s[]

Year Title Image Director Distributor RT Score/
Reviews
Top 2-10
2020 One Night in Miami One Night in Miami poster Regina King Amazon Studios 98% (335)

2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
3. Minari
4. The Invisible Man
5. Soul
6. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
7. 1917
8. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
9. Sound of Metal
10. Promising Young Woman

2021 Nomadland NomadlandPoster Chloe Zhao Searchlight 93% (420)


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