Metacritic's "All-Time Highest-Scoring Films"

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"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."

Wherever possible, the items on this list match the specific edition that appears on Metacritic’s list. (Examples: Donnie Darko: The Director’s Cut and Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut as opposed to the original theatrical releases.)

(Last update: Sep. 9, 2010)

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  1. 1.
    The Godfather
    by Francis Ford Coppola

  2. 2.
    Superman II

  3. 4.
    Pan's Labyrinth
    by Guillermo Del Toro

  4. 5.
    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
    by Cristian Mungiu

  5. 7.
    Ratatouille
    by Brad Bird

  6. 9.
    Spirited Away
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  7. 10.
    Pulp Fiction
    by Quentin Tarantino

  8. 11.
    Killer of Sheep
    by Charles Burnett

  9. 12.
    The Hurt Locker
    by Kathryn Bigelow

  10. 13.
    Sita Sings The Blues
    by Nina Paley

  11. 14.
    WALL·E
    by Andrew Stanton

  12. 15.
    Sideways (Widescreen Edition)

  13. 18.
    Reversal of Fortune
    by Barbet Schroeder

  14. 19.
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    by Ang Lee

  15. 20.
    Schindler's List

  16. 21.
    Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Milos Forman

  17. 22.
    Yi Yi: A One and a Two
    by Edward Yang

  18. 23.
    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
    by Julian Schnabel

  19. 24.
    The Class (Entre Les Murs)
    by Laurent Cantet

  20. 25.
    Raging Bull (Single Disc Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

  21. 26.
    35 Shots of Rum
    by Claire Denis

  22. 27.
    There Will be Blood

  23. 28.
    Toy Story
    by John Lasseter

  24. 30.
    Werckmeister Harmonies

  25. 31.
    Toy Story 3
    by Lee Unkrich

  26. 32.
    Moolaadé (Original Bambara Version - With English Subtitles)
    by Ousmane Sembene

  27. 33.
    The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)

  28. 34.
    Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (Widescreen Edition)
    by George Lucas

  29. 35.
    The Triplets of Belleville
    by Sylvain Chomet

  30. 36.
    The Queen
    by Stephen Frears

  31. 37.
    Beau Travail
    by Claire Denis

  32. 38.
    Do the Right Thing

  33. 39.
    Secrets and Lies
    by Mike Leigh

  34. 40.
    Patton (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Franklin J. Schaffner

  35. 41.
    Waltz with Bashir
    by Ari Folman

  36. 42.
    No Country for Old Men (2007)
    by Joel and Ethan Coen

  37. 43.
    Raiders of the Lost Ark - Widescreen Version (1981)
    by Steven Spielberg

  38. 44.
    After Hours
    by Martin Scorsese

  39. 45.
    The Crying Game
    by Neil Jordan

  40. 46.
    Saving Private Ryan (Single-Disc Special Limited Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

  41. 47.
    Un Prophete (A Prophet)
    by Jacques Audiard

  42. 48.
    Winter's Bone
    by Debra Granik

  43. 49.
    L.A. Confidential (Snap Case)

  44. 50.
    Apocalypse Now Redux
    by Francis Ford Coppola

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List update — 1 year ago

Added movies:

  • Sita Sings The Blues
  • Toy Story 3
  • A Prophet (Un Prophéte)
  • Winter’s Bone
  • 45365
  • Toy Story 2
  • Lebanon
  • Mademoiselle Chambon
  • The Kids Are All Right
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
  • Vincere
  • The Sun (Solntse)
  • Restrepo

Omissions:

  • Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Passing Strange
  • 24 Hour Party People
  • Paragraph 175
  • The Circle
  • Sound and Fury
  • Since Otar Left
  • Halloween (1978)
  • Sling Blade
  • Calle 54
  • A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
  • In the Shadow of the Moon

Also updated the list source link and removed Apollo 13 from the examples because of its disappearance from the list.




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