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.

New movie added to the list: Sinners

1.

97% The Godfather (1972)

2.

100% Seven Samurai (1954)

3.

99% Casablanca (1942)

4.

99% Rear Window (1954)

5.

99% L.A. Confidential (1997)

6.

99% On the Waterfront (1954)

7.

98% Chinatown (1974)

8.

98% Modern Times (1936)

9.

99% The Battle of Algiers (1966)

10.

98% Schindler's List (1993)

(Photo by ourtesy Everett Collection. SEVEN SAMURAI.)

11.

100% 12 Angry Men (1957)

12.

99% All About Eve (1950)

13.

99% Parasite (2019)

14.

100% Singin' in the Rain (1952)

15.

100% Stop Making Sense (1984)

16.

98% Sunset Boulevard (1950)

17.

100% Toy Story (1995)

18.

99% The Third Man (1949)

19.

100% Toy Story 2 (1999)

20.

96% Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

21.

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

22.

99% Godzilla Minus One (2023)

23.

100% Cool Hand Luke (1967)

24.

100% The Philadelphia Story (1940)

25.

99% How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

26.

100% M (1931)

27.

99% Citizen Kane (1941)

28.

96% The Godfather, Part II (1974)

29.

100% Three Colors: Red (1994)

30.

100% The Decalogue (1989)

31.

99% A Separation (2011)

32.

100% The Kid (1921)

33.

99% Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

34.

98% Toy Story 3 (2010)

35.

99% Finding Nemo (2003)

36.

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

37.

99% Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)

38.

97% Sinners (2025)

39.

98% Up (2009)

40.

100% The Wages of Fear (1953)

41.

99% The Maltese Falcon (1941)

42.

97% Spotlight (2015)

43.

99% The Wrestler (2008)

44.

100% Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

45.

97% North by Northwest (1959)

46.

97% Psycho (1960)

47.

99% Bicycle Thieves (1948)

48.

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

49.

98% The Wizard of Oz (1939)

50.

98% The Father (2020)

(Photo by courtesy Everett Collection. THE WIZARD OF OZ.)

51.

98% It Happened One Night (1934)

52.

96% Spirited Away (2001)

53.

100% The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

54.

99% The 400 Blows (1959)

55.

98% Zootopia (2016)

56.

97% Double Indemnity (1944)

57.

97% Annie Hall (1977)

58.

100% Man on Wire (2008)

59.

100% Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)

60.

97% Coco (2017)

61.

97% The Wild Robot (2024)

62.

98% Inside Out (2015)

63.

100% The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

64.

99% Shoplifters (2018)

65.

100% Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

66.

100% Tampopo (1985)

67.

98% Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

68.

100% Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

69.

100% Tokyo Story (1953)

70.

100% Before Sunrise (1995)

71.

97% Jaws (1975)

72.

99% Wolfwalkers (2020)

73.

100% Nights of Cabiria (1957)

74.

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

75.

93% Alien (1979)

76.

99% Selma (2014)

77.

97% I'm Still Here (2024)

78.

97% Metropolis (1927)

79.

99% Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)

80.

100% A Man Escaped (1956)

81.

99% Paddington 2 (2017)

82.

98% All About My Mother (1999)

83.

100% Fanny and Alexander (1982)

84.

98% The Last Picture Show (1971)

85.

98% Pather Panchali (1955)

86.

100% Stalker (1979)

87.

98% A Hard Day's Night (1964)

88.

100% Minding the Gap (2018)

89.

100% Laura (1944)

90.

98% Let the Right One In (2008)

91.

100% No Other Land (2024)

92.

100% Crip Camp (2020)

93.

98% The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

94.

98% All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

95.

99% The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

96.

100% Rome, Open City (1945)

97.

98% Ikiru (1952)

98.

99% His Girl Friday (1940)

99.

97% Knives Out (2019)

100.

98% The Gold Rush (1925)

(Photo by courtesy Everett Collection. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.)

101.

98% Short Term 12 (2013)

102.

100% Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

103.

99% Ghostlight (2024)

104.

99% Apollo 11 (2019)

105.

98% Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)

106.

98% Your Name (2016)

107.

99% They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

108.

98% La Strada (1954)

109.

97% The Holdovers (2023)

110.

97% Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

111.

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

112.

100% The Terminator (1984)

113.

100% Sanjuro (1962)

114.

98% Rebecca (1940)

115.

98% Inside Job (2010)

116.

100% Night and Fog (1955)

117.

97% The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)

118.

100% Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

119.

99% 007: Goldfinger (1964)

120.

98% Murderball (2005)

121.

97% High and Low (1963)

122.

100% Woman in the Dunes (1964)

123.

99% The Lady Eve (1941)

124.

98% The Last Waltz (1978)

125.

100% Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

126.

100% Ugetsu (1953)

127.

98% Get Out (2017)

128.

97% Army of Shadows (1969)

129.

97% Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

130.

98% The Big Sick (2017)

131.

100% The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

132.

98% Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)

133.

97% Good Will Hunting (1997)

134.

98% Maiden (2018)

135.

100% I Am Cuba (1964)

136.

98% The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

137.

96% Argo (2012)

138.

98% Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

139.

95% The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

140.

93% Goodfellas (1990)

141.

99% Collective (2019)

142.

97% Safety Last (1923)

143.

96% Toy Story 4 (2019)

144.

97% Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

145.

95% The Pianist (2002)

146.

99% My Life as a Zucchini (2016)

147.

100% The Ascent (1977)

148.

97% Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

149.

99% Faces Places (2017)

150.

98% Minari (2020)

(Photo by Warner Bros./ Courtesy Everett Collection. THE IRON GIANT.)

151.

97% BlackBerry (2023)

152.

100% The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

153.

98% Das Boot (1981)

154.

97% Once (2007)

155.

94% The Dark Knight (2008)

156.

100% Ivan's Childhood (1963)

157.

98% Rashomon (1950)

158.

100% Kes (1969)

159.

99% Wadjda (2012)

160.

95% Beauty and the Beast (1991)

161.

100% Top Hat (1935)

162.

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

163.

100% Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

164.

98% Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)

165.

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

166.

100% When We Were Kings (1996)

167.

98% Life Itself (2014)

168.

96% The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

169.

100% Woodstock (1970)

170.

100% Winter Soldier (1972)

171.

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

172.

97% Waltz With Bashir (2008)

173.

94% Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

174.

100% Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

175.

98% Hamilton (2020)

176.

100% Honeyland (2019)

177.

98% The Red Shoes (1948)

178.

97% The Promised Land (2023)

179.

98% Corpus Christi (2019)

180.

98% Children of Paradise (1945)

181.

97% The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

182.

96% The Fog of War (2003)

183.

98% Blackfish (2013)

184.

100% Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976)

185.

97% Sound of Metal (2019)

186.

97% Flow (2024)

187.

96% The Rescue (2021)

188.

97% Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

189.

98% Flee (2021)

190.

98% Hoop Dreams (1994)

191.

99% Tower (2016)

192.

97% Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

193.

100% The Mirror (1975)

194.

99% Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

195.

100% Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)

196.

100% Ordet (1955)

197.

98% The Conformist (1970)

198.

98% Strangers on a Train (1951)

199.

97% Free Solo (2018)

200.

96% Ran (1985)

(Photo by courtesy Everett Collection. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.)

201.

97% Sing Sing (2023)

202.

98% Sunrise (1927)

203.

100% 76 Days (2020)

204.

96% Aladdin (1992)

205.

96% The Social Network (2010)

206.

96% In the Heat of the Night (1967)

207.

99% Eighth Grade (2018)

208.

100% Late Spring (1949)

209.

96% Paths of Glory (1957)

210.

96% Persepolis (2007)

211.

100% Sullivan's Travels (1941)

212.

98% For Sama (2019)

213.

97% Hell or High Water (2016)

214.

94% Saving Private Ryan (1998)

215.

96% Monsters, Inc. (2001)

216.

100% Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

217.

97% The Quiet Girl (2022)

218.

100% The Cameraman (1928)

219.

98% Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

220.

95% 12 Years a Slave (2013)

221.

97% King Kong (1933)

222.

100% L'Atalante (1934)

223.

100% Day of Wrath (1943)

224.

100% Captain Blood (1935)

225.

100% Quai des Orfevres (1947)

226.

95% Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

227.

98% A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

228.

96% The Iron Giant (1999)

229.

96% Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

230.

100% The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

231.

100% The Endless Summer (1966)

232.

99% Lady Bird (2017)

233.

97% Halloween (1978)

234.

96% Unforgiven (1992)

235.

97% Brooklyn (2015)

236.

96% Catch Me if You Can (2002)

237.

100% I Vitelloni (1953)

238.

99% I Am Not Your Negro (2016)

239.

93% Memento (2000)

240.

96% The Insider (1999)

241.

97% Monster (2023)

242.

98% The Thin Man (1934)

243.

100% Love and Death (1975)

244.

96% La Haine (1995)

245.

100% Forbidden Games (1952)

246.

97% The Lost Weekend (1945)

247.

100% The Killers (1946)

248.

94% Star Trek (2009)

249.

100% The Fallen Idol (1948)

250.

100% Jalsaghar (1960)

(Photo by courtesy Everett Collection. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA.)

251.

100% Black Narcissus (1947)

252.

96% Ratatouille (2007)

253.

97% Maria Full of Grace (2004)

254.

96% Life of Brian (1979)

255.

100% Holiday (1938)

256.

96% Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

257.

94% Whiplash (2014)

258.

100% Battleship Potemkin (1925)

259.

100% Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

260.

97% Quiz Show (1994)

261.

100% Salesman (1969)

262.

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

263.

95% WALL-E (2008)

264.

96% The Princess Bride (1987)

265.

97% The Farewell (2019)

266.

100% Simon of the Desert (1965)

267.

97% Grand Illusion (1937)

268.

96% Suzume (2022)

269.

100% Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

270.

98% Umberto D (1952)

271.

100% A Night to Remember (1958)

272.

96% The Handmaiden (2016)

273.

98% The Band's Visit (2007)

274.

97% The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

275.

96% Touch of Evil (1958)

276.

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

277.

100% Stray Dog (1949)

278.

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

279.

98% The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

280.

99% BPM (Beats Per Minute) (2017)

281.

94% The King's Speech (2010)

282.

98% Brazil (1985)

283.

100% Local Hero (1983)

284.

96% The Red Circle (1970)

285.

100% I Was Born, But ... (1932)

286.

92% Pulp Fiction (1994)

287.

97% The French Connection (1971)

288.

98% Robot Dreams (2023)

289.

94% Aliens (1986)

290.

96% Yojimbo (1961)

291.

98% Playtime (1967)

292.

98% My Left Foot (1989)

293.

97% 8 1/2 (1963)

294.

96% Sling Blade (1996)

295.

98% God's Own Country (2017)

296.

93% Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

297.

97% Dolemite Is My Name (2019)

298.

100% The Ladykillers (1955)

299.

100% Leave No Trace (2018)

300.

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

(Alex Vo)

Comments are closed.

Movie & TV News