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16 American Carol, An
26 Babylon A.D.
24 Bangkok Dangerous
43 Beverly Hills Chihuahua
45 Blindness
62 Burn After Reading
15 College
82 Dark Knight, The
43 Death Race
15 Disaster Movie
43 Eagle Eye
49 Family That Preys, The
57 Flash of Genius
36 Fly Me to the Moon
54 Get Smart
72 Ghost Town
49 Hancock
34 Happening, The
78 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
71 Horton Hears a Who!
55 House Bunny, The
36 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
61 Incredible Hulk, The
65 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
79 Iron Man
57 Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
73 Kung Fu Panda
46 Lakeview Terrace
52 Longshots, The
24 Love Guru, The
53 Lucky Ones, The
51 Mamma Mia!
43 Meet Dave
37 Miracle at St. Anna
35 Mirrors
31 Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The
34 My Best Friend's Girl
64 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
39 Nights in Rodanthe
64 Pineapple Express
36 Righteous Kill
53 Rocker, The
53 Sex and the City: The Movie
63 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, The
36 Space Chimps
35 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
51 Step Brothers
47 Swing Vote
60 Traitor
71 Tropic Thunder
70 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
93 WALL-E
64 Wanted
27 Women, The
47 X-Files: I Want to Believe, The
54 You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

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85 Alexandra
xx All of Us
53 Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert
57 Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela, The
40 America the Beautiful
66 American Teen
74 Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
63 Appaloosa
65 August Evening
xx Bachna Ae Haseeno
62 Baghead
81 Ballast
55 Battle in Seattle
59 Beautiful Losers
xx Beer for My Horses
47 Before the Rains
80 Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
63 Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
56 Bottle Shock
75 Boy A
55 Bra Boys
61 Brick Lane
64 Brideshead Revisited
61 Bustin' Down the Door
49 Children of Huang Shi, The
47 Choke
xx Christmas on Mars: A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips
54 CSNY: Déjà Vu
41 Cthulhu
64 Duchess, The
85 Edge of Heaven, The
66 Elegy
33 Elite Squad
52 Elsa & Fred
80 Encounters at the End of the World
26 Everybody Wants to Be Italian
64 Fall, The
28 Fireproof
86 Flight of the Red Balloon, The
65 Flow: For Love of Water
37 Forever Strong
39 Forgiveness
82 Frozen River
73 Girl Cut in Two, A
62 Girls Rock!
xx Goal II: Living the Dream
73 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
54 Hamlet 2
25 Hell Ride
44 Henry Poole is Here
31 Hounddog
53 Humboldt County
72 I Served the King of England
71 I.O.U.S. A
40 Igor
64 In Search of a Midnight Kiss
46 Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
67 Jellyfish
xx Just Buried
62 Kabluey
63 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
78 Last Mistress, The
52 Last Stop for Paul
70 Love Songs
63 Man Named Pearl, A
89 Man on Wire
62 Mister Foe
86 Momma's Man
74 Mongol
80 Moving Midway
46 My Mexican Shivah
73 Obscene
80 Order of Myths, The
67 Patti Smith: Dream of Life
xx Phoebe in Wonderland
55 Ping Pong Playa
77 Pool, The
72 Priceless
83 Rachel Getting Married
61 Red
55 Religulous
71 Roman de gare
78 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
51 Savage Grace
58 Save Me
72 Secret, A
45 Shoot on Sight
57 Sixty Six
55 Sukiyaki Western Django
16 Surfer, Dude
82 Tell No One
56 Then She Found Me
63 Thousand Years of Good Prayers, A
71 To the Limit
57 Towelhead
72 Transsiberian
83 Trouble the Water
83 U2 3D
84 Up the Yangtze
52 Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
79 Visitor, The
61 Wackness, The
xx Whaledreamers
54 What We Do Is Secret
66 When Did You Last See Your Father?
67 XXY
55 Year of the Fish
39 Young People F**king
75 Young@Heart

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.	There Will Be Blood	2007	92
24.	Toy Story	1995	92
25.	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The	2001	92
26.	Werckmeister Harmonies	2001	92
27.	Moolaadé	2004	91
28.	Fast Runner, The	2002	91
29.	Star Wars	1977	91
30.	Triplets of Belleville, The	2003	91
31.	Queen, The	2006	91
32.	Beau Travail	2000	91
33.	Do The Right Thing	1989	91
34.	Secrets & Lies	1996	91
35.	Patton	1970	91
36.	No Country for Old Men	2007	91
37.	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	90
38.	After Hours	1985	90
39.	Crying Game, The	1992	90
40.	Saving Private Ryan	1998	90
41.	L.A. Confidential	1997	90
42.	Apocalypse Now Redux	2001	90
43.	My Voyage to Italy	2001	90
44.	Bloody Sunday	2002	90
45.	Sweet Hereafter, The	1997	90
46.	Topsy-Turvy	1999	90
47.	Being John Malkovich	1999	90
48.	Incredibles, The	2004	90
49.	Before Sunset	2004	90
50.	Hannah and Her Sisters	1986	90
51.	Almost Famous	2000	90
52.	American Splendor	2003	90
53.	Gosford Park	2001	90
54.	United 93	2006	90
55.	Truman Show, The	1998	90
56.	Capturing the Friedmans	2003	90
57.	Persepolis	2007	90
58.	Lost in Translation	2003	89
59.	Best of Youth, The	2005	89
60.	Lives of Others, The	2006	89
61.	4 Little Girls	1997	89
62.	House of Flying Daggers	2004	89
63.	Man on Wire	2008	89
64.	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	2006	89
65.	Finding Nemo	2003	89
66.	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	2004	89
67.	No End in Sight	2007	89
68.	Stop Making Sense	1984	89
69.	Goodfellas	1990	89
70.	Piano, The	1993	89
71.	Letters from Iwo Jima	2006	89
72.	Once	2007	88
73.	Superman: The Movie	1978	88
74.	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The	2002	88
75.	Ghost World	2001	88
76.	Brazil	1985	88
77.	Capote	2005	88
78.	Overlord	2006	88
79.	Band of Outsiders	2001	88
80.	Time Out	2002	88
81.	Thelma & Louise	1991	88
82.	Away from Her	2007	88
83.	Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut	2004	88
84.	Chicken Run	2000	88
85.	Blade Runner: The Director's Cut	1992	88
86.	Y Tu Mamá También	2002	88
87.	Toy Story 2	1999	88
88.	Nobody Knows	2005	88
89.	L'Enfant (The Child)	2006	87
90.	Little Women	1994	87
91.	Shakespeare in Love	1998	87
92.	Fog of War, The	2003	87
93.	Quiz Show	1994	87
94.	Howards End	1992	87
95.	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	2005	87
96.	Crumb	1995	87
97.	Maria Full of Grace	2004	87
98.	Fateless	2006	87
99.	Tootsie	1982	87
100.	Brokeback Mountain	2005	87
101.	Shine	1996	87
102.	Tarnation	2004	87
103.	Murderball	2005	87
104.	Grizzly Man	2005	87
105.	All About My Mother	1999	87
106.	English Patient, The	1996	87
107.	Marooned in Iraq	2003	86
108.	Wind Will Carry Us, The	2000	86
109.	sex, lies, and videotape	1989	86
110.	To Die For	1995	86
111.	Million Dollar Baby	2004	86
112.	42 UP	1999	86
113.	Say Anything...	1989	86
114.	Rushmore	1999	86
115.	Straight Story, The	1999	86
116.	To Be and to Have	2003	86
117.	Momma's Man	2008	86
118.	Dead Ringers	1988	86
119.	Boys Don't Cry	1999	86
120.	Easy Rider	1969	86
121.	I'm Going Home	2002	86
122.	In the Bedroom	2001	86
123.	Ten	2003	86
124.	Chinatown	1974	86
125.	Das Boot	1982	86
126.	Russian Ark	2002	86
127.	Deliver Us from Evil	2006	86
128.	Our Daily Bread	2006	86
129.	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	86
130.	Under the Sand	2001	86
131.	Grifters, The	1990	86
132.	Traffic	2000	86
133.	Talk to Her	2002	86
134.	This Is England	2007	86
135.	Player, The	1992	86
136.	Son, The	2003	86
137.	Sweet Sixteen	2003	86
138.	Departed, The	2006	86
139.	Diner	1982	86
140.	American Beauty	1999	86
141.	Fugitive, The	1993	86
142.	Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film	2006	86
143.	Flight of the Red Balloon, The	2008	86
144.	Before Night Falls	2000	85
145.	Bourne Ultimatum, The	2007	85
146.	You Can Count On Me	2000	85
147.	Pianist, The	2002	85
148.	Boogie Nights	1997	85
149.	Children Underground	2001	85
150.	Edge of Heaven, The	2008	85
151.	Savages, The	2007	85
152.	Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, The	2001	85
153.	Offside	2007	85
154.	Los Angeles Plays Itself	2004	85
155.	Knocked Up	2007	85
156.	Turtles Can Fly	2005	85
157.	Festival Express	2004	85
158.	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	2004	85
159.	Half Nelson	2006	85
160.	Street Fight	2006	85
161.	About Schmidt	2002	85
162.	Last Letter, The	2003	85
163.	Love & Diane	2003	85
164.	Domestic Violence	2002	85
165.	Neil Young: Heart of Gold	2006	85
166.	Last Seduction, The	1994	85
167.	Fargo	1996	85
168.	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	2001	85
169.	Intruder, The	2005	85
170.	Iron Giant, The	1999	85
171.	Atonement	2007	85
172.	Alexandra	2008	85
173.	Host, The	2007	85
174.	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	1988	85
175.	Out of Sight	1998	85
176.	Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience	2002	85
177.	In the Mood for Love	2001	85
178.	24 Hour Party People	2002	85
179.	Paragraph 175	2000	85
180.	Circle, The	2001	85
181.	Sound and Fury	2000	85
182.	Since Otar Left	2004	85
183.	Halloween	1978	85
184.	Sling Blade	1996	84
185.	Calle 54	2000	84
186.	In the Shadow of the Moon	2007	84
187.	My Winnipeg	2008	84
188.	Children of Men	2006	84
189.	Man Without a Past, The	2003	84
190.	American Movie	1999	84
191.	Up the Yangtze	2008	84
192.	Bus 174	2003	84
193.	Lantana	2001	84
194.	Lion King, The	1994	84
195.	Cinema Paradiso: The Director's Cut	2002	84
196.	49 UP	2006	84
197.	Broadcast News	1987	84
198.	Remains of the Day, The	1993	84
199.	No Man's Land	2001	84
200.	Distant	2004	84

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