ROTTEN TOMATOES: 300 Best Movies of All Time

Welcome to the 300 highest-rated movies of all time, as reviewed and championed by Tomatometer-approved critics and Rotten Tomatoes users.

How are the movies ranked? First, every movie here is Certified Fresh. (Learn more on the About page.) Then we applied our recommendation formula, which considers a movie’s Tomatometer rating with assistance from your votes on the Popcornmeter, illuminating beloved sentiment from all sides. Critics-certified, audience-approved!

Other factors weighing into the recommendation formula: a movie’s number of critics reviews, the number of Popcornmeter votes, and its year of release. An editorial pass is reserved to finesse the final list, which includes minimum thresholds for each of the data categories.

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97% The Godfather (1972)

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99% Casablanca (1942)

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99% L.A. Confidential (1997)

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100% Seven Samurai (1954)

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99% Parasite (2019)

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98% Schindler's List (1993)

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96% Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

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98% Chinatown (1974)

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99% On the Waterfront (1954)

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100% Toy Story 2 (1999)

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99% Rear Window (1954)

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99% The Battle of Algiers (1966)

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98% Modern Times (1936)

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99% Finding Nemo (2003)

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99% How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

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98% Toy Story 3 (2010)

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98% Up (2009)

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99% All About Eve (1950)

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99% Godzilla Minus One (2023)

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100% Toy Story (1995)

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100% Singin' in the Rain (1952)

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99% The Wrestler (2008)

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97% Spotlight (2015)

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99% A Separation (2011)

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97% Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

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100% 12 Angry Men (1957)

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100% The Philadelphia Story (1940)

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96% Spirited Away (2001)

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98% Inside Out (2015)

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99% The Third Man (1949)

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97% Coco (2017)

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98% Zootopia (2016)

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98% Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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99% Citizen Kane (1941)

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96% The Godfather, Part II (1974)

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99% Selma (2014)

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98% Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

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100% Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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96% Toy Story 4 (2019)

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99% Shoplifters (2018)

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100% Three Colors: Red (1994)

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97% Annie Hall (1977)

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97% Knives Out (2019)

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98% Let the Right One In (2008)

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99% Paddington 2 (2017)

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98% The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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98% Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

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97% Jaws (1975)

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100% M (1931)

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95% The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

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97% Psycho (1960)

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99% The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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93% Alien (1979)

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97% North by Northwest (1959)

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97% The Holdovers (2023)

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97% Double Indemnity (1944)

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98% It Happened One Night (1934)

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96% The Wild Robot (2024)

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98% All About My Mother (1999)

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100% The Kid (1921)

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99% Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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98% Short Term 12 (2013)

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98% Get Out (2017)

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99% The 400 Blows (1959)

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97% Metropolis (1927)

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98% Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

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100% The Wages of Fear (1953)

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100% Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

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96% Argo (2012)

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97% Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

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96% Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

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100% Before Sunrise (1995)

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98% The Last Picture Show (1971)

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94% The Dark Knight (2008)

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97% Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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100% The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

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98% The Big Sick (2017)

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97% The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

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100% Tampopo (1985)

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98% The Gold Rush (1925)

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98% A Hard Day's Night (1964)

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98% Your Name (2016)

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95% The Pianist (2002)

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100% Tokyo Story (1953)

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96% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

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98% Pather Panchali (1955)

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98% The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

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100% Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

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98% All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

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95% Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

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97% Once (2007)

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100% Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

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99% His Girl Friday (1940)

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99% The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

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100% Nights of Cabiria (1957)

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100% Laura (1944)

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100% Fanny and Alexander (1982)

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96% The Social Network (2010)

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100% Stalker (1979)

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100% A Man Escaped (1956)

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97% Army of Shadows (1969)

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100% Rome, Open City (1945)

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97% Good Will Hunting (1997)

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98% La Strada (1954)

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94% Goodfellas (1990)

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98% Rebecca (1940)

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95% The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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100% The Terminator (1984)

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98% Ikiru (1952)

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92% Le Samouraï (1967)

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95% Beauty and the Beast (1991)

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100% Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

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96% Monsters, Inc. (2001)

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99% Eighth Grade (2018)

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95% 12 Years a Slave (2013)

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95% Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

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99% The Lady Eve (1941)

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97% Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

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99% 007: Goldfinger (1964)

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99% Lady Bird (2017)

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96% Persepolis (2007)

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94% Star Trek (2009)

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97% Hell or High Water (2016)

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94% Memento (2000)

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96% Catch Me if You Can (2002)

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94% Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

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100% Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

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97% Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

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96% Ratatouille (2007)

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97% Brooklyn (2015)

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94% Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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100% The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

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94% Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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95% WALL-E (2008)

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100% I Am Cuba (1964)

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97% Maria Full of Grace (2004)

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100% Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

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96% The Iron Giant (1999)

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98% The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

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94% The King's Speech (2010)

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93% Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

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96% The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

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97% The Farewell (2019)

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100% The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

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94% Whiplash (2014)

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99% Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

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96% The Insider (1999)

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92% Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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98% Das Boot (1981)

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100% Pinocchio (1940)

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93% Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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96% Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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96% Aladdin (1992)

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94% Avengers: Endgame (2019)

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98% Rashomon (1950)

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97% Touch of Evil (1958)

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94% Iron Man (2008)

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95% Little Women (2019)

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96% The Handmaiden (2016)

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98% The Band's Visit (2007)

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96% Ran (1985)

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96% The Hurt Locker (2008)

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98% The Red Shoes (1948)

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100% Leave No Trace (2018)

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94% Casino Royale (2006)

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100% Top Hat (1935)

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98% The Conformist (1970)

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95% The Artist (2011)

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96% Unforgiven (1992)

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97% King Kong (1933)

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98% Strangers on a Train (1951)

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97% Halloween (1978)

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96% Paths of Glory (1957)

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96% A Prophet (2009)

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98% Children of Paradise (1945)

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94% Before Sunset (2004)

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98% Sunrise (1927)

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97% Quiz Show (1994)

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92% Pulp Fiction (1994)

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95% A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

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95% Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

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96% The LEGO Movie (2014)

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95% Soul (2020)

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93% One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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95% Creed (2015)

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98% Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

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96% La Haine (1995)

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97% Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

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96% The Princess Bride (1987)

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99% Starred Up (2013)

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94% John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

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92% Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

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98% Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

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94% Aliens (1986)

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97% Sideways (2004)

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93% The Lion King (1994)

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96% Life of Brian (1979)

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98% Before Midnight (2013)

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98% A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

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100% Sullivan's Travels (1941)

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96% BlacKkKlansman (2018)

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95% Fargo (1996)

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100% The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

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97% The Lost Weekend (1945)

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95% Sing Street (2016)

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97% Boyhood (2014)

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97% 8 1/2 (1963)

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100% Battleship Potemkin (1925)

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95% Marriage Story (2019)

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95% Lost in Translation (2003)

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97% The French Connection (1971)

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92% The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

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96% Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

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94% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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95% Moana (2016)

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97% Sling Blade (1996)

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97% Grand Illusion (1937)

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98% The Thin Man (1934)

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94% The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

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98% The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

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94% The Truman Show (1998)

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96% The Red Circle (1970)

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92% Ford v Ferrari (2019)

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97% Three Colors: Blue (1993)

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95% The Straight Story (1999)

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100% Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

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95% True Grit (2010)

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93% Room (2015)

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96% Mother (2009)

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97% Rosemary's Baby (1968)

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100% Local Hero (1983)

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93% Oppenheimer (2023)

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95% Diabolique (1955)

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93% Logan (2017)

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98% Playtime (1967)

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96% A Quiet Place (2018)

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97% A Night at the Opera (1935)

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95% Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

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92% In the Mood for Love (2000)

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96% In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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93% Hidden Figures (2016)

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98% Umberto D (1952)

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98% My Left Foot (1989)

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97% Bringing Up Baby (1938)

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97% Sense and Sensibility (1995)

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95% Call Me by Your Name (2017)

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93% Air (2023)

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98% Brazil (1985)

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92% Dune: Part Two (2024)

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92% Shaun of the Dead (2004)

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96% Yojimbo (1961)

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93% The Sting (1973)

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96% Roman Holiday (1953)

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91% The Departed (2006)

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96% Boyz N the Hood (1991)

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93% Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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97% The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

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98% Day for Night (1973)

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97% Badlands (1973)

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93% Amores perros (2000)

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94% The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

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94% It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

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92% The Lives of Others (2006)

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95% Some Like It Hot (1959)

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93% Princess Mononoke (1997)

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92% Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

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92% The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

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91% Almost Famous (2000)

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95% Young Frankenstein (1974)

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93% Back to the Future (1985)

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96% This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

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94% Wild Tales (2014)

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94% Die Hard (1988)

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96% Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)

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96% To Be or Not to Be (1942)

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93% The Apartment (1960)

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91% City of God (2002)

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94% White Heat (1949)

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96% The Big Sleep (1946)

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96% Andrei Rublev (1966)

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95% City Lights (1931)

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95% Being There (1979)

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91% Hotel Rwanda (2004)

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92% Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

285.

95% Breathless (1959)

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95% Wings of Desire (1987)

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91% Marvel's the Avengers (2012)

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94% Run Lola Run (1998)

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96% Throne of Blood (1957)

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94% All the President's Men (1976)

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92% Raging Bull (1980)

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91% Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

293.

96% The Hidden Fortress (1958)

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90% Apocalypse Now (1979)

295.

96% Beauty and the Beast (1946)

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96% The Killing (1956)

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90% Amélie (2001)

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96% Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

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94% Central Station (1998)

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89% Taxi Driver (1976)