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53 Australia
33 Bedtime Stories
41 Beverly Hills Chihuahua
67 Bolt
24 Bride Wars
38 Confessions of a Shopaholic
79 Coraline
36 Crossing Over
70 Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
82 Dark Knight, The
40 Day the Earth Stood Still, The
68 Doubt
31 Fired Up
36 Fly Me to the Moon
41 Four Christmases
34 Friday the 13th
72 Gran Torino
47 He's Just Not That Into You
51 Hotel for Dogs
47 Inkheart
52 International, The
46 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
61 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
50 Madea Goes to Jail
53 Marley & Me
84 Milk
51 My Bloody Valentine 3-D
29 New in Town
60 Notorious
40 Outlander
39 Paul Blart: Mall Cop
36 Pink Panther 2
36 Push
69 Revolutionary Road
49 Soul Men
30 Spirit, The
21 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
50 Taken
53 Tale of Despereaux, The
56 Twilight
30 Unborn, The
77 Under the Sea 3D
44 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
43 Uninvited, The
56 Valkyrie
70 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
35 Watchmen
46 Yes Man

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

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31 American Affair, An
76 Betrayal - Nerakhoon, The
70 Black Balloon, The
49 Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
51 Breakfast with Scot
33 Caller, The
44 Chandni Chowk to China
63 Changeling
64 Che
61 Cherry Blossoms
92 Class, The
58 Defiance
45 Delhi 6
43 Donkey Punch
27 Echelon Conspiracy
56 Eleven Minutes
66 Examined Life
45 Fanboys
69 Fear(s) of the Dark
80 Frost/Nixon
86 Gomorrah
40 Good
84 Happy-Go-Lucky
21 House of the Sleeping Beauties
50 How About You
79 I've Loved You So Long
69 Just Another Love Story
79 Katyn
57 Last Chance Harvey
82 Let the Right One In
17 Lodger, The
58 Luck by Chance
63 Medicine for Melancholy
25 Memorial Day
70 Moscow, Belgium
75 Must Read After My Death
43 Not Easily Broken
xx Objective, The
81 Of Time and the City
34 Otto; or Up with Dead People
78 Pray the Devil Back to Hell
82 Rachel Getting Married
58 Reader, The
65 Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
80 Serbis
49 Shadows
76 Silent Light
86 Slumdog Millionaire
82 Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
67 Synecdoche, New York
11 Trouble with Romance, The
75 Two Lovers
83 U2 3D
xx Velveteen Rabbit, The
91 Waltz with Bashir
80 Wendy and Lucy
81 Wrestler, The

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.

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.	Pulp Fiction	1994	94
10.	Killer of Sheep	2007	94
11.	Spirited Away	2002	94
12.	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The	2003	94
13.	Sideways	2004	94
14.	Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The	2000	93
15.	WALL-E	2008	93
16.	Reversal of Fortune	1990	93
17.	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	2000	93
18.	Schindler's List	1993	93
19.	Amadeus: Director's Cut	2002	93
20.	Yi Yi (A One and a Two)	2000	92
21.	Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The	2007	92
22.	Raging Bull	1980	92
23.	Class, The	2008	92
24.	There Will Be Blood	2007	92
25.	Toy Story	1995	92
26.	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The	2001	92
27.	Werckmeister Harmonies	2001	92
28.	Moolaadé	2004	91
29.	Fast Runner, The	2002	91
30.	Star Wars	1977	91
31.	Triplets of Belleville, The	2003	91
32.	Queen, The	2006	91
33.	Beau Travail	2000	91
34.	Do The Right Thing	1989	91
35.	Secrets & Lies	1996	91
36.	Patton	1970	91
37.	Waltz with Bashir	2008	91
38.	No Country for Old Men	2007	91
39.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	90
40.	After Hours	1985	90
41.	Crying Game, The	1992	90
42.	Saving Private Ryan	1998	90
43.	L.A. Confidential	1997	90
44.	Apocalypse Now Redux	2001	90
45.	My Voyage to Italy	2001	90
46.	Bloody Sunday	2002	90
47.	Sweet Hereafter, The	1997	90
48.	Topsy-Turvy	1999	90
49.	Being John Malkovich	1999	90
50.	Incredibles, The	2004	90
51.	Before Sunset	2004	90
52.	Hannah and Her Sisters	1986	90
53.	Almost Famous	2000	90
54.	American Splendor	2003	90
55.	Gosford Park	2001	90
56.	United 93	2006	90
57.	Truman Show, The	1998	90
58.	Capturing the Friedmans	2003	90
59.	Persepolis	2007	90
60.	Lost in Translation	2003	89
61.	Best of Youth, The	2005	89
62.	Lives of Others, The	2006	89
63.	4 Little Girls	1997	89
64.	House of Flying Daggers	2004	89
65.	Man on Wire	2008	89
66.	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	2006	89
67.	Finding Nemo	2003	89
68.	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004	89
69.	No End in Sight	2007	89
70.	Stop Making Sense	1984	89
71.	Goodfellas	1990	89
72.	Piano, The	1993	89
73.	Letters from Iwo Jima	2006	89
74.	Once	2007	88
75.	Superman: The Movie	1978	88
76.	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The	2002	88
77.	Ghost World	2001	88
78.	Brazil	1985	88
79.	Capote	2005	88
80.	Overlord	2006	88
81.	Band of Outsiders	2001	88
82.	Time Out	2002	88
83.	Thelma & Louise	1991	88
84.	Away from Her	2007	88
85.	Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut	2004	88
86.	Chicken Run	2000	88
87.	Blade Runner: The Director's Cut	1992	88
88.	Y Tu Mamá También	2002	88
89.	Toy Story 2	1999	88
90.	Nobody Knows	2005	88
91.	L'Enfant (The Child)	2006	87
92.	Little Women	1994	87
93.	Shakespeare in Love	1998	87
94.	Fog of War, The	2003	87
95.	Quiz Show	1994	87
96.	Howards End	1992	87
97.	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	2005	87
98.	Crumb	1995	87
99.	Maria Full of Grace	2004	87
100.	Fateless	2006	87
101.	Tootsie	1982	87
102.	Brokeback Mountain	2005	87
103.	Shine	1996	87
104.	Tarnation	2004	87
105.	Murderball	2005	87
106.	Grizzly Man	2005	87
107.	All About My Mother	1999	87
108.	English Patient, The	1996	87
109.	Marooned in Iraq	2003	86
110.	Wind Will Carry Us, The	2000	86
111.	sex, lies, and videotape	1989	86
112.	To Die For	1995	86
113.	Slumdog Millionaire	2008	86
114.	Million Dollar Baby	2004	86
115.	42 UP	1999	86
116.	Say Anything...	1989	86
117.	Rushmore	1999	86
118.	Straight Story, The	1999	86
119.	To Be and to Have	2003	86
120.	Dead Ringers	1988	86
121.	Boys Don't Cry	1999	86
122.	Easy Rider	1969	86
123.	I'm Going Home	2002	86
124.	In the Bedroom	2001	86
125.	Ten	2003	86
126.	Chinatown	1974	86
127.	Gomorrah	2009	86
128.	Das Boot	1982	86
129.	Russian Ark	2002	86
130.	Deliver Us from Evil	2006	86
131.	Our Daily Bread	2006	86
132.	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	86
133.	Under the Sand	2001	86
134.	Grifters, The	1990	86
135.	Traffic	2000	86
136.	Talk to Her	2002	86
137.	This Is England	2007	86
138.	Player, The	1992	86
139.	Son, The	2003	86
140.	Sweet Sixteen	2003	86
141.	Departed, The	2006	86
142.	Diner	1982	86
143.	American Beauty	1999	86
144.	Fugitive, The	1993	86
145.	Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film	2006	86
146.	Flight of the Red Balloon, The	2008	86
147.	Before Night Falls	2000	85
148.	Bourne Ultimatum, The	2007	85
149.	You Can Count On Me	2000	85
150.	Pianist, The	2002	85
151.	Boogie Nights	1997	85
152.	Children Underground	2001	85
153.	Edge of Heaven, The	2008	85
154.	Savages, The	2007	85
155.	Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, The	2001	85
156.	Offside	2007	85
157.	Los Angeles Plays Itself	2004	85
158.	Knocked Up	2007	85
159.	Turtles Can Fly	2005	85
160.	Festival Express	2004	85
161.	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	2004	85
162.	Half Nelson	2006	85
163.	Street Fight	2006	85
164.	About Schmidt	2002	85
165.	Last Letter, The	2003	85
166.	Love & Diane	2003	85
167.	Domestic Violence	2002	85
168.	Neil Young: Heart of Gold	2006	85
169.	Last Seduction, The	1994	85
170.	Fargo	1996	85
171.	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	2001	85
172.	Intruder, The	2005	85
173.	Iron Giant, The	1999	85
174.	Atonement	2007	85
175.	Alexandra	2008	85
176.	Host, The	2007	85
177.	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	1988	85
178.	Out of Sight	1998	85
179.	Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience	2002	85
180.	In the Mood for Love	2001	85
181.	24 Hour Party People	2002	85
182.	Paragraph 175	2000	85
183.	Circle, The	2001	85
184.	Sound and Fury	2000	85
185.	Since Otar Left	2004	85
186.	Halloween	1978	85
187.	Sling Blade	1996	84
188.	Calle 54	2000	84
189.	Christmas Tale, A	2008	84
190.	In the Shadow of the Moon	2007	84
191.	My Winnipeg	2008	84
192.	Children of Men	2006	84
193.	Man Without a Past, The	2003	84
194.	American Movie	1999	84
195.	Up the Yangtze	2008	84
196.	Bus 174	2003	84
197.	Lantana	2001	84
198.	Lion King, The	1994	84
199.	Cinema Paradiso: The Director's Cut	2002	84
200.	49 UP	2006	84

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