Advanced Search >
Help Me Search

Movies

Weekend Box Office
Film Awards & Top 10s By Year
All-Time High Scores
All-Time Low Scores
Best / Worst of the Decade

 

Wide Releases

sort by name sort by score

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

 

Limited Releases

sort by name sort by score

xx 180° South
xx Accidents Happen
64 After the Cup: The Sons of Sakhnin United
36 After.Life
83 Ajami
76 Anton Chekhov's The Duel
xx Badmaash Company
xx Barking Water
75 Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
62 Behind the Burly Q
61 Best Worst Movie
31 Black Waters of Echo's Pond, The
35 Boogie Woogie
64 Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin
xx Ca$h
59 Cartel, The
68 Casino Jack and the United States of Money
xx Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
48 Chloe
66 City Island
52 City of Your Final Destination, The
83 Crazy Heart
51 Creation
xx Cremaster Cycle, The
xx Cyrus
73 Daddy Longlegs
50 Don McKay
67 Eclipse, The
xx Entre Nos
85 Exit Through the Gift Shop
65 Father of My Children, The
52 Formosa Betrayed
60 Fresh
68 Ghost Bird
77 Ghost Writer, The
68 Girl on the Train, The
40 Good Heart, The
68 Good, The Bad, The Weird, The
45 Greatest, The
75 Greenberg
57 Handsome Harry
24 Happiness Runs
68 Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess
54 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
52 Holy Rollers
32 Human Centipede (First Sequence), The
33 In My Sleep
61 Infidel, The
66 It Came From Kuchar
54 John Rabe
55 Joneses, The
65 Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D
53 Killing Kasztner
44 Kimjongilia
62 Kites: The Remix
46 La Mission
63 Lbs.
58 Leaves of Grass
41 Lightkeepers, The
37 Living Wake, The
66 Looking for Eric
xx Mademoiselle Chambon
xx Malice in Wonderland
46 Mercy
78 Messenger, The
47 Metropia
76 Mid-August Lunch
53 Misfortunates, The
75 Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, The
79 Mother
66 Mother and Child
35 Multiple Sarcasms
xx My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
50 My Name is Khan
71 No One Knows About Persian Cats
59 Nobody’s Perfect
71 Oath, The
xx Ocean of Pearls
56 OSS 117: Lost in Rio
xx Other Guys, The
37 Paper Man
42 Perfect Game, The
44 Perrier's Bounty
77 Please Give
31 Pornography: A Thriller
42 Princess Kaiulani
74 Prodigal Sons
90 Prophet, A
xx Racing Dreams
xx Ramchand Pakistani
xx Red Birds
xx Road, Movie
65 Runaways, The
80 Secret in Their Eyes, The
81 Secret of Kells, The
73 See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary
57 Severe Clear
60 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
52 Shine of Rainbows, A
77 Single Man, A
70 Solitary Man
74 Square, The
53 Tales from the Script
74 Terribly Happy
78 Teza
75 That Evening Sun
49 Thorn in the Heart, The
60 TiMER
51 Touching Home
33 Trash Humpers
59 Trotsky, The
56 Two in the Wave
85 Vincere
70 Warlords, The
55 When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors
52 Who Do You Love
68 Women Without Men
xx World on a Wire

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

Film Awards & Bests by Year

 

Best of 2009

What would you like to see?

2009 Awards & Nominations
2009 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 2009 are (with number of wins in parentheses):The Hurt Locker (24),Up in the Air (13),Avatar (7), Up (5), Inglourious Basterds (5), A Serious Man (5), Hunger (4), Where the Wild Things Are (3), 35 Shots of Rum (3), Summer Hours (3), Let the Right One In (3), White Ribbon (3), Precious (3), A Single Man (2), Revolutionary Road (2) (500) Days of Summer (1), Coraline (1), In the Loop (1), Adventureland (1), Hangover (1), Messenger (1),Sugar (1),Goodbye Solo (1) Antichrist (1),Gommorah (1),Star Trek (13), The Princess and the Frog (1), Exiles (1), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans;  (1) Departures (1),Bright Star (1),An Education (1), Everlasting Moments (1), District 9 (1), Seraphine (1), Slumdog Millionaire (1), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1), Moon (1), The Wrestler (1), Big Fan (1), The Limits of Control (1).

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2009
1. Hurt Locker, The 94
2. 35 Shots of Rum 92
3. Still Walking 89
4. Goodbye Solo 89
5. Tulpan 88
6. Up 88
7. Gomorrah 87
8. Beaches of Agnes, The 86
9. Ponyo 86
10. Education, An 85
11. Forbidden Lie$ 85
12. Sun, The 85
13. Passing Strange 85
14. Revanche 84
15. Seraphine 84
16. Summer Hours 84
17. Avatar 84
18. Cove, The 84
19. Crazy Heart 83
20. In the Loop 83

 

Best Movies of 2008

What would you like to see?

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 2008 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 94
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. Momma's Man 84
15. Ballast 84
16. Happy-Go-Lucky 84
17. Secret of the Grain, The 83
18. Chop Shop 83
19. Paranoid Park 83
20. U2 3D 83

 

Best Movies of 2007

What would you like to see?

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

 

Best Movies of 2006

What would you like to see?

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

 

Best Movies of 2005

What would you like to see?

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), Cach� (2), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2), Kings and Queen (2), Mysterious Skin (2), 2046 (1), Black (1), Caf� Lumi�re (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

 

Best Movies of 2004

What would you like to see?

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. Moolaadé 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

 

Best Movies of 2003

What would you like to see?

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. Last Letter, The 85
14. Love & Diane 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

 

Best Movies of 2002

What would you like to see?

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 Mamá También 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

 

Best Movies of 2001

What would you like to see?

All Awards, Nominations & Top 10s *

* This page looks funny because it utilizes our previous site design. Perhaps someday we'll get around to updating it, but don't hold your breath.

 

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

 

Best Movies of 2000

What would you like to see?

All Awards, Nominations & Top 10s *

* This page looks funny because it utilizes a very old site design. Perhaps someday we'll get around to updating it, but don't hold your breath.

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

 

 

Return to top of page
Home | FILM | DVD/VIDEO | MUSIC | GAMES | TV | Features | Forums | About Metacritic metacritic.com

Popular on CBS sites: iPhone 3G | Fantasy Football | Moneywatch | Antivirus Software | Recipes | E3 2009

About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use