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34 10,000 B.C.
55 Baby Mama
62 Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The
36 College Road Trip
xx Dark Knight, The
31 Deception
41 Drillbit Taylor
57 Forbidden Kingdom, The
67 Forgetting Sarah Marshall
54 Get Smart
49 Hancock
34 Happening, The
57 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
xx Hellboy II: The Golden Army
71 Horton Hears a Who!
61 Incredible Hulk, The
65 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
79 Iron Man
35 Jumper
73 Kung Fu Panda
24 Love Guru, The
37 Made of Honor
xx Mamma Mia!
58 Mist, The
48 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
55 Nim's Island
22 Postal
69 Redbelt
44 Ruins, The
53 Sex and the City: The Movie
76 Shine a Light
37 Shutter
37 Speed Racer
61 Stop Loss
47 Strangers, The
55 Street Kings
33 Superhero Movie
93 WALL-E
64 Wanted
36 What Happens in Vegas...
54 You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

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83 Alexandra
80 Band's Visit, The
76 Beauty in Trouble
47 Bella
80 Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
59 Blind Mountain
55 Bra Boys
60 Brick Lane
70 Caramel
49 Children of Huang Shi, The
83 Chop Shop
83 Chris & Don. A Love Story
78 Counterfeiters, The
52 Diminished Capacity
64 Dreams with Sharp Teeth
73 Duchess of Langeais, The
84 Edge of Heaven, The
52 Elsa & Fred
79 Encounters at the End of the World
62 Expired
64 Fall, The
51 Finding Amanda
57 Flawless
86 Flight of the Red Balloon, The
63 Foot Fist Way, The
60 Fugitive Pieces
45 Full Grown Men
55 Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
69 Go-Getter, The
74 Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
63 Gunnin for that #1 Spot
68 Heartbeat Detector
34 Holding Trevor
68 Honeydripper
55 Irina Palm
69 Jellyfish
60 Jihad for Love, A
68 Kabluey
62 Kiss the Bride
63 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
82 Last Mistress, The
38 Life Before Her Eyes, The
70 Love Songs
64 Married Life
30 Meet Bill
33 Miss Conception
53 Mister Lonely
74 Mongol
52 Mother of Tears, The
52 My Blueberry Nights
71 My Brother Is an Only Child
84 My Winnipeg
61 On the Rumba River
69 Operation Filmmaker
61 OSS 117: Cairo - Nest of Spies
83 Paranoid Park
72 Priceless
51 Promotion, The
55 Quid Pro Quo
29 Red Roses and Petrol
79 Reprise
71 Roman de gare
56 Sangre de mi sangre
51 Savage Grace
76 Shotgun Stories
66 Son of Rambow
70 Standard Operating Procedure
62 Stuck
72 Surfwise
81 Tell No One
56 Then She Found Me
xx Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
71 To the Limit
54 Tracey Fragments, The
70 Trumbo
72 Tuya's Marriage
83 U2 3D
56 Unknown Woman
86 Up the Yangtze
79 Visitor, The
62 Wackness, The
37 War, Inc.
64 Water Lilies
66 When Did You Last See Your Father?
55 Without the King
72 Woman on the Beach
64 XXY
67 Year My Parents Went on Vacation, The
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.

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

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