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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
35 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
40 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
xx 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
60 Cherry Blossoms
92 Class, The
58 Defiance
45 Delhi 6
43 Donkey Punch
xx 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
74 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
13 Trouble with Romance, The
75 Two Lovers
83 U2 3D
xx Velveteen Rabbit, The
91 Waltz with Bashir
81 Wendy and Lucy
81 Wrestler, The

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

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2008 Awards & Nominations
2008 Critic Top Ten Lists

Additional critic top ten lists, awards and nominations will be posted throughout January.

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2007 are (with number of wins in parentheses): WALL-E (14.5), Slumdog Millionaire (12.5), Milk(6), The Dark Knight (6), A Christmas Tale (5), Rachel Getting Married (4), Synecdoche, New York (3), Waltz with Bashir (3), Wendy and Lucy (3), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2), Frozen River (2), The Wrestler (2), The Visitor (2), Happy-Go-Lucky (2), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (1), Iron Man (1), Frost Nixon (1), Gran Torino (1), Ballast (1), Man on Wire (1), Tell No One (1), 4 Month, 3 Days and 2 Weeks (1), Defiance (1)
Let the Right One In (1), The Fall (1), Young@Heart (1), Revolutionary Road (1), Encounters at the End of the World (1), Flight of the Red Balloon (1), Still Life (0.5)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2008
1.	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	97
2.	WALL-E	93
3.	Class, The	92
4.	Waltz with Bashir	91
5.	Man on Wire	89
6.	Slumdog Millionaire	86
7.	Flight of the Red Balloon, The	86
8.	Edge of Heaven, The	85
9.	Alexandra	85
10.	Christmas Tale, A	84
11.	My Winnipeg	84
12.	Up the Yangtze	84
13.	Milk	84
14.	Secret of the Grain, The	84
15.	Momma's Man	84
16.	Ballast	84
17.	Happy-Go-Lucky	84
18.	Chop Shop	83
19.	Paranoid Park	83
20.	U2 3D	83

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2007 Awards & Nominations
2007 Critic Top Ten Lists

Additional critic top ten lists, awards and nominations will be posted throughout January.

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2007 are (with number of wins in parentheses): No Country for Old Men (21), There Will Be Blood (13), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (9.5), Atonement (4), I'm Not There (4), The Assassination of Jesse James (3), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (3), Michael Clayton (3), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2), Juno (3), The Lives of Others (2), Once (2), Ratatouille (2), Zodiac (2), The Savages (1.5), 12:08 East of Bucharest (1), Across the Universe (1), Bamako (1), The Bourne Ultimatum (1), Breach (1), Children of Men (1), Eastern Promises (1), Into the Wild (1)
Knocked Up (1), Waitress (1), No End in Sight (1), Southland Tales (1), Syndromes And A Century (1), Adam's Apple (0.5), Absolute Wilson (0.5), Casa de Lava (0.33), Colossal Youth (0.33), Where Lies Your Hidden Smile (0.33)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2007
1.	Ratatouille	96
2.	Killer of Sheep	94
3.	Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The	92
4.	There Will Be Blood	92
5.	No Country for Old Men	91
6.	Persepolis	90
7.	No End in Sight	89
8.	Once	88
9.	Away from Her	88
10.	This Is England	86
11.	Bourne Ultimatum, The	85
12.	Savages, The	85
13.	Offside	85
14.	Knocked Up	85
15.	Atonement	85
16.	Host, The	85
17.	In the Shadow of the Moon	84
18.	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	84
19.	King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The	83
20.	Triad Election	83

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2006 Awards & Nominations
2006 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2006 are (with number of wins in parentheses): United 93 (10), The Departed (9), Army of Shadows (7), Pan's Labyrinth (7), Letters from Iwo Jima (6.5), Children of Men (5), Babel (4), The Queen (4), Flags of our Fathers (3.5), Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (3), The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2), Little Children (2), V for Vendetta (2), Casino Royale (1), Climates (1), Dreamgirls (1), Happy Feet (1), Inland Empire (1), Little Miss Sunshine (1), A Prairie Home Companion (1), Quinceanera (1), Shortbus (1), Cafe Lumiere (0.5), Three Times (0.5)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2006
1.	Army of Shadows	99
2.	Pan's Labyrinth	98
3.	Queen, The	91
4.	United 93	90
5.	Lives of Others, The	89
6.	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	89
7.	Letters from Iwo Jima	89
8.	Overlord	88
9.	L'Enfant (The Child)	87
10.	Fateless	87
11.	Deliver Us from Evil	86
12.	Our Daily Bread	86
13.	Departed, The	86
14.	Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film	86
15.	Half Nelson	85
16.	Street Fight	85
17.	Neil Young: Heart of Gold	85
18.	Children of Men	84
19.	49 UP	84
20.	Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The	84

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2005 Awards & Nominations
2005 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2005 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Brokeback Mountain (15), A History Of Violence (8), Capote (4), Crash (4), The Squid And The Whale (4), King Kong (3), Munich (3), The Best of Youth (2.5), Caché (2), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2), Kings and Queen (2), Mysterious Skin (2), 2046 (1), Black (1), Café Lumière (1), The Century Of The Self (1), Grizzly Man (1), Head-On (1), Hustle & Flow (1), Jarhead (1), Junebug (1), Kung Fu Hustle (1), Murderball (1), The New World (1), Oldboy (1), Pride & Prejudice (1), Saraband (1), The Sea Inside (1), Walk The Line (1), The White Diamond (1), The World (1), Duma (0.5)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2005
1.	Best of Youth, The	89
2.	Capote	88
3.	Nobody Knows	88
4.	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	87
5.	Brokeback Mountain	87
6.	Murderball	87
7.	Grizzly Man	87
8.	Turtles Can Fly	85
9.	Intruder, The	85
10.	Darwin's Nightmare	84
11.	Kings and Queen	84
12.	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	83
13.	Cache (Hidden)	83
14.	White Diamond, The	83
15.	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	82
16.	Duma	82
17.	Constant Gardener, The	82
18.	Memories of Murder	82
19.	Pride & Prejudice	82
20.	Squid and the Whale, The	82

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2004 Awards & Nominations
2004 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2004 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Sideways (26), Million Dollar Baby (7), Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (5), The Aviator (4), Before Sunset (3), Bad Education (2), House Of Flying Daggers (2), Notre Musique (1.5), Star Spangled To Death (1.5), The Assassination Of Richard Nixon (1), The Big Red One (1), Dogville (1), Finding Neverland (1), Hero (1), I Heart Huckabees (1), The Incredibles (1), Maria Full Of Grace (1), Tarnation (1), A Very Long Engagement (1), Zero Day (1)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2004
1.	Sideways	94
2.	MoolaadÃ©	91
3.	Incredibles, The	90
4.	Before Sunset	90
5.	House of Flying Daggers	89
6.	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	89
7.	Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut	88
8.	Maria Full of Grace	87
9.	Tarnation	87
10.	Million Dollar Baby	86
11.	Los Angeles Plays Itself	85
12.	Festival Express	85
13.	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	85
14.	Since Otar Left	85
15.	Distant	84
16.	Hero	84
17.	Springtime in a Small Town	84
18.	Osama	83
19.	Spider-Man 2	83
20.	Kill Bill: Volume 2	83

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2003 Awards & Nominations
2003 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2003 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (22), Lost In Translation (14), American Splendor (7), Mystic River (5), Cold Mountain (2), Finding Nemo (2), In America (2), Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2), Spider (2), Blue Car (1), The Fog Of War (1), Gerry (1), House Of Fools (1), In The Cut (1), Love and Diane (1), Medea (1), Monster (1), Pirates Of The Caribbean (1), Platform (1), 25th Hour (0.5), Crimson Gold (0.5)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2003
1.	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The	94
2.	Triplets of Belleville, The	91
3.	American Splendor	90
4.	Capturing the Friedmans	90
5.	Lost in Translation	89
6.	Finding Nemo	89
7.	Fog of War, The	87
8.	Marooned in Iraq	86
9.	To Be and to Have	86
10.	Ten	86
11.	Son, The	86
12.	Sweet Sixteen	86
13.	Love & Diane	85
14.	Last Letter, The	85
15.	Man Without a Past, The	84
16.	Bus 174	84
17.	Mystic River	84
18.	Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary	84
19.	Raising Victor Vargas	83
20.	Magdalene Sisters, The	83

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2002 Awards & Nominations
2002 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2002 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Far From Heaven (8.5), The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers (5), The Pianist (5), Talk to Her (4.5), Y Tu Mama Tambien (3.5), About Schmidt (3), Adaptation (3), Chicago (3), Spirited Away (2.5), The Hours (2), Bloody Sunday (1.5), Dahmer (1), Domestic Violence (1), Gangs of New York (1), Ivansxtc (1), Minority Report (1), Rabbit-Proof Fence (1), We Were Soldiers (1), and The Good Girl (0.5).

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2002
1.	Spirited Away	94
2.	Amadeus: Director's Cut	93
3.	Fast Runner, The	91
4.	Bloody Sunday	90
5.	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The	88
6.	Time Out	88
7.	Y Tu MamÃ¡ TambiÃ©n	88
8.	I'm Going Home	86
9.	Russian Ark	86
10.	Talk to Her	86
11.	Pianist, The	85
12.	About Schmidt	85
13.	Domestic Violence	85
14.	Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience	85
15.	24 Hour Party People	85
16.	Cinema Paradiso: The Director's Cut	84
17.	Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India	84
18.	Far from Heaven	84
19.	Quiet American, The	84
20.	Pinochet Case, The	84

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All Awards, Nominations & Top 10s *

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The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2001 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Mulholland Drive (10.5), Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (6), Memento (5.5), A Beautiful Mind (3), In The Bedroom (3), Moulin Rouge (3), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2), Apocalypse Now Redux (2), The Royal Tenenbaums (2), The Circle (1), In The Mood For Love (1), Kandahar (1), L.I.E. (1), Monster's Ball (1), Shrek (1), Time Out (1), Werckmeister Harmonies (1)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2001
1.	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The	92
2.	Werckmeister Harmonies	92
3.	My Voyage to Italy	90
4.	Apocalypse Now Redux	90
5.	Gosford Park	90
6.	Ghost World	88
7.	Band of Outsiders	88
8.	In the Bedroom	86
9.	Under the Sand	86
10.	Children Underground	85
11.	Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, The	85
12.	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	85
13.	In the Mood for Love	85
14.	Circle, The	85
15.	Lantana	84
16.	No Man's Land	84
17.	Shrek	84
18.	Day I Became a Woman, The	84
19.	Together	84
20.	Fighter	83

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The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2000
1.	Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The	93
2.	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	93
3.	Yi Yi (A One and a Two)	92
4.	Beau Travail	91
5.	Almost Famous	90
6.	Chicken Run	88
7.	Wind Will Carry Us, The	86
8.	Traffic	86
9.	Before Night Falls	85
10.	You Can Count On Me	85
11.	Sound and Fury	85
12.	Paragraph 175	85
13.	Calle 54	84
14.	Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen, The	82
15.	Dream of Light, The	82
16.	One Day in September	82
17.	Filth and the Fury, The	82
18.	George Washington	81
19.	Blood Simple: The Director's Cut	81
20.	I'm The One That I Want	81

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