On the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes , films that have exclusively positive reviews and have been reviewed by at least five critics have a 100% approval rating. Many of these films, particularly those with a high number of positive reviews, have achieved wide critical acclaim and are often considered among the best .[1] [2] [3] A number of these films also appear on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies lists, but there are many others and several entries with dozens of positive reviews, which are considered surprising to some experts.[4] To date, Paddington 2 holds the site's record, with an approval rating of 100% and 214 positive reviews.[5]
Only films with a Critics Consensus (staff-written summary) or at least 20 reviews are included.
Name Year No. reviewsRef The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 50 [6] The Kid 1921 28 [7] Nanook of the North 1922 23 [8] Greed 1924 22 [9] The Last Laugh 1924 26 [10] Battleship Potemkin 1925 45 [11] The Gold Rush 1925 43 [12] Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 24 [13] Un Chien Andalou 1929 21 [14] All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 42 [15] Frankenstein 1931 46 [16] M 1931 51 [17] The Public Enemy 1931 28 [18] I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932 21 [19] Scarface 1932 36 [20] Boudu Saved from Drowning 1932 23 [21] I Was Born, But... 1932 23 [22] Vampyr 1932 30 [23] The Old Dark House 1932 22 [24] The Invisible Man 1933 36 [25] L'Atalante 1934 28 [26] Bride of Frankenstein 1935 43 [27] Top Hat 1935 37 [28] Captain Blood 1935 24 [29] My Man Godfrey 1936 30 [30] Modern Times 1936 54 [31] Swing Time 1936 21 [32] Pépé le Moko 1937 31 [33] Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 21 [34] Holiday 1938 22 [35] The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 45 [36] Only Angels Have Wings 1939 25 [37] Stagecoach 1939 36 [38] Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 21 [39] Destry Rides Again 1939 21 [40] The Shop Around the Corner 1940 28 [41] The Grapes of Wrath 1940 44 [42] The Philadelphia Story 1940 56 [43] Pinocchio 1940 47 [44] Rebecca 1940 50 [45] The Great McGinty 1940 20 [46] The Bank Dick 1940 21 [47] The Thief of Bagdad 1940 25 [48] The Lady Eve 1941 32 [49] Citizen Kane 1941 78 [50] The Maltese Falcon 1941 51 [51] Sullivan's Travels 1941 32 [52] Ball of Fire 1941 26 [53] Holiday Inn 1942 24 [54] Shadow of a Doubt 1943 35 [55] Day of Wrath 1943 24 [56] Henry V 1944 25 [57] Laura 1944 60 [58] National Velvet 1944 26 [59] Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 32 [60] The Lost Weekend 1945 33 [61] Rome, Open City 1945 42 [62] The Killers 1946 34 [63] Great Expectations 1946 26 [64] My Darling Clementine 1946 30 [65] Black Narcissus 1947 29 [66] Odd Man Out 1947 30 [67] Quai des Orfèvres 1947 33 [68] The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 45 [69] The Fallen Idol 1948 33 [70] Red River 1948 26 [71] Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948 22 [72] Oliver Twist 1948 21 [73] Fort Apache 1948 20 [74] Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 39 [75] Late Spring 1949 24 [76] White Heat 1949 29 [77] Adam's Rib 1949 26 [78] All About Eve 1950 65 [79] Winchester '73 1950 21 [80] The Lavender Hill Mob 1951 28 [81] Ikiru 1952 33 [82] Singin' in the Rain 1952 50 [83] Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot 1953 27 [84] Ugetsu 1953 25 [85] Tokyo Story 1953 42 [86] The Wages of Fear 1953 43 [87] I Vitelloni 1953 24 [88] The Earrings of Madame de… 1953 33 [89] The Big Heat 1953 29 [90] Them! 1954 27 [91] Touchez pas au grisbi 1954 23 [92] Rear Window 1954 63 [93] Seven Samurai 1954 58 [94] Ordet 1955 26 [95] French Cancan 1955 21 [96] Marty 1955 32 [97] The Ladykillers 1955 23 [98] A Man Escaped 1956 32 [99] The Searchers 1956 42 [100] Night and Fog 1956 20 [101] 12 Angry Men 1957 50 [102] Witness for the Prosecution 1957 31 [103] Old Yeller 1957 20 [104] The Hidden Fortress 1958 29 [105] Jalsaghar 1958 20 [106] King Creole 1958 21 [107] The World of Apu 1959 24 [108] The 400 Blows 1959 55 [109] Anatomy of a Murder 1959 42 [110] Rio Bravo 1959 40 [111] Hiroshima mon amour 1959 33 [112] Purple Noon 1960 33 [113] Classe Tous Risques 1960 27 [114] The Misfits 1961 29 [115] Through a Glass Darkly 1961 20 [116] Victim 1961 27 [117] Knife in the Water 1962 33 [118] Ivan's Childhood 1962 21 [119] The Miracle Worker 1962 21 [120] Sanjuro 1962 21 [121] The Leopard 1963 47 [122] This Sporting Life 1963 20 [123] Red Desert 1964 24 [124] Mary Poppins 1964 46 [125] I Am Cuba 1964 33 [126] Woman in the Dunes 1964 27 [127] The Ipcress File 1965 26 [128] Repulsion 1965 60 [129] Cat Ballou 1965 21 [130] The Endless Summer 1966 20 [131] Au Hasard Balthazar 1966 39 [132] Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 1966 22 [133] El Dorado 1966 20 [134] Branded to Kill 1967 23 [135] Le Samouraï 1967 31 [136] Cool Hand Luke 1967 48 [137] Playtime 1967 44 [138] Portrait of Jason 1967 22 [139] Dont Look Back 1967 20 [140] The Odd Couple 1968 33 [141] The Swimmer 1968 21 [142] Monterey Pop 1968 24 [143] Kes 1969 31 [144] The Sorrow and the Pity 1969 27 [145] Salesman 1969 20 [146] The Wild Child 1970 26 [147] Woodstock 1970 21 [148] Gimme Shelter 1970 24 [149] A New Leaf 1971 22 [150] The Last Picture Show 1971 51 [151] Out 1 1971 22 [152] Wake in Fright 1971 51 [153] Fat City 1972 21 [154] Winter Soldier 1972 22 [155] World on a Wire 1973 23 [156] The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 24 [157] Sleeper 1973 29 [158] Day for Night 1973 33 [159] The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 38 [160] Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 33 [161] Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1975 21 [162] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977 12 [163] That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 29 [164] La Cage aux Folles 1978 19 [165] Stalker 1979 32 [166] Atlantic City 1980 32 [167] Breaker Morant 1980 22 [168] The King and the Mockingbird 1980 22 [169] Fanny and Alexander 1982 35 [170] Local Hero 1983 32 [171] Zelig 1983 25 [172] Broadway Danny Rose 1984 26 [173] The Terminator 1984 59 [174] A Room with a View 1985 30 [175] My Life as a Dog 1985 31 [176] Shoah 1985 33 [177] Tampopo 1985 50 [178] Jean de Florette 1986 22 [179] Law of Desire 1987 13 [180] Alice 1988 20 [181] Drugstore Cowboy 1989 27 [182] Henry V 1989 34 [183] Roger & Me 1989 30 [184] Cyrano de Bergerac 1990 28 [185] The Witches 1990 33 [186] La Belle Noiseuse 1991 29 [187] Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991 25 [188] Only Yesterday 1991 53 [189] Rambling Rose 1991 19 [190] Rebels of the Neon God 1992 31 [191] Incident at Oglala 1992 21 [192] Passion Fish 1992 24 [193] The Wrong Trousers 1993 25 [194] Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 38 [195] Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Trial 1963–1965 1993 18 [196] Three Colours: Red 1994 51 [197] Bandit Queen 1994 25 [198] Before Sunrise 1995 42 [199] Toy Story 1995 79 [200] Forgotten Silver 1995 10 [201] La haine 1995 25 [202] Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996 25 [203] The Sweet Hereafter 1997 58 [204] 4 Little Girls 1997 26 [205] Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. 1999 39 [206] Toy Story 2 1999 163 [207] Yana's Friends 1999 30 [208] My Voyage to Italy 1999 20 [209] The Taste of Others 2000 58 [210] Hukkle 2002 32 [211] Take Out 2004 23 [212] Twist of Faith 2004 21 [213] Live-In Maid 2004 32 [214] Street Fight 2005 22 [215] I for India 2005 22 [216] C.R.A.Z.Y. 2005 27 [217] Fireworks Wednesday 2006 43 [218] Deliver Us from Evil 2006 73 [219] Half Moon 2006 23 [220] Kenny 2006 25 [221] Taxi to the Dark Side 2007 93 [222] Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer 2007 30 [223] Moving Midway 2007 25 [224] The Order of Myths 2008 32 [225] Pray the Devil Back to Hell 2008 36 [226] Man on Wire 2008 158 [227] Still Walking 2008 64 [228] Afghan Star 2008 60 [229] Sita Sings the Blues 2008 32 [230] Boogie 2008 10 [231] Dreams with Sharp Teeth 2008 22 [232] Last Train Home 2009 55 [233] Passing Strange 2009 25 [234] Racing Dreams 2009 26 [235] Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno 2009 31 [236] Enemies of the People 2010 31 [237] Waste Land 2010 69 [238] Nostalgia for the Light 2010 45 [239] Thunder Soul 2010 28 [240] Louder Than a Bomb 2010 26 [241] Into Eternity 2010 27 [242] Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone 2011 45 [243] Poetry 2011 66 [244] We Were Here 2011 43 [245] Wild Bill 2011 25 [246] Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness 2011 39 [247] Planet of Snail 2011 26 [248] Hell and Back Again 2011 30 [249] The Snows of Kilimanjaro 2011 20 [250] It's Such a Beautiful Day 2012 30 [251] The Waiting Room 2012 34 [252] More than Honey 2012 38 [253] Everything or Nothing 2012 23 [254] Fifi Howls from Happiness 2012 20 [255] The Square 2013 62 [256] Ilo Ilo 2013 43 [257] Sound City 2013 44 [258] Of Horses and Men 2013 29 [259] The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 2013 86 [260] Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine 2013 27 [261] God Loves Uganda 2013 28 [262] Rewind This! 2013 21 [263] 7 Boxes 2014 29 [264] Maidan 2014 23 [265] Nas: Time Is Illmatic 2014 37 [266] Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem 2014 74 [267] Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me 2014 33 [268] Seymour: An Introduction 2014 66 [269] Tales of the Grim Sleeper 2014 35 [270] Kajaki: The True Story 2014 29 [271] Night Will Fall 2014 22 [272] Next Goal Wins 2014 29 [273] P'tit Quinquin 2014 21 [274] Rocks in My Pockets 2014 20 [275] Stray Dog 2014 31 [276] Democrats 2014 21 [277] The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation 2014 21 [278] Virunga 2014 21 [279] The Circle 2014 20 [280] Dreamcatcher 2015 27 [281] 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets 2015 45 [282] The Dresser 2015 14 [283] Ixcanul 2015 35 [284] SPL II: A Time for Consequences 2015 22 [285] Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story 2015 30 [286] Meadowland 2015 22 [287] Peace Officer 2015 28 [288] Behemoth 2015 23 [289] The Hard Stop 2015 21 [290] Sonita 2015 21 [291] Uncertain 2015 21 [292] Breaking a Monster 2015 22 [293] Trapped 2016 24 [294] O.J.: Made in America 2016 52 [295] For the Love of Spock 2016 29 [296] The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki 2016 52 [297] Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds 2016 56 [298] Things to Come 2016 136 [299] Chocolat 2016 22 [300] Harmonium 2016 36 [301] California Typewriter 2016 37 [302] My Journey Through French Cinema 2016 37 [303] Chicken People 2016 20 [304] The Girl Without Hands 2016 20 [305] Peter and the Farm 2016 27 [306] Off the Rails 2016 23 [307] Nowhere to Hide 2016 25 [308] Tickling Giants 2016 24 [309] One More Time with Feeling 2016 23 [310] The Age of Shadows 2016 43 [311] The Young Offenders 2016 21 [312] Hamilton's America 2016 14 [313] Sky Ladder 2016 24 [314] Older Than Ireland 2016 25 [315] The Witness for the Prosecution 2016 13 [316] Long Strange Trip 2017 30 [317] Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D 2017 24 [318] Chasing Coral 2017 29 [319] Dawson City: Frozen Time 2017 50 [320] Paddington 2 2017 214 [321] Strong Island 2017 45 [322] The Work 2017 54 [323] Mr. Roosevelt 2017 32 [324] The Departure 2017 22 [325] The Farthest 2017 26 [326] Bill Nye: Science Guy 2017 26 [327] Unrest 2017 29 [328] Destination Unknown 2017 22 [329] Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 2017 21 [330] Oh Lucy! 2017 47 [331] Keep the Change 2017 27 [332] Daphne 2017 29 [333] Earth: One Amazing Day 2017 20 [334] The Prince of Nothingwood 2017 24 [335] Montparnasse Bienvenue 2017 35 [336] Summer 1993 2017 80 [337] On the Seventh Day 2017 30 [338] Apostasy 2017 30 [339] King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen 2017 27 [340] Wajib 2017 33 [341] Liyana 2017 24 [342] One Cut of the Dead 2017 25 [343] The Judge 2017 23 [344] The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2018: Animation 2018 21 [345] Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert 2018 26 [346] Leave No Trace 2018 195 [347] Mercury 13 2018 22 [348] Nanette 2018 41 [349] Ash Is Purest White 2018 37 [350] Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms 2018 23 [351] Night Comes On 2018 42 [352] Minding the Gap 2018 54 [353] Pick of the Litter 2018 42 [354] Nothing Like a Dame 2018 64 [355] On Her Shoulders 2018 36 [356] Shirkers 2018 44 [357] Mirai 2018 32 [358] Too Late to Die Young 2018 20 [359]
FAQs
To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 252 positive reviews.
Are there any 100% shows on Rotten Tomatoes? ›
Other recent series with multiple seasons in the 100% club: The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, One Day at a Time, Veep, Fleabag, Jane the Virgin, and Feel Good. Only Murders in the Building season 1 has the most reviews on its perfect 100% score.
What movies are 99% on Rotten Tomatoes? ›
10 Nearly Perfect Movies With a 99% Score on Rotten Tomatoes
10 'Finding Nemo' (2003) Directed by Andrew Stanton. ... 9 'Lady Bird' (2017) Directed by Greta Gerwig. ... 8 'Goldfinger' (1964) ... 7 'How to Train Your Dragon' (2010) ... 6 'The Third Man' (1949) ... 5 'All About Eve' (1950) ... 4 'On the Waterfront' (1954) ... 3 'Paddington 2' (2017)
Which is the 100% liked film? ›
Critics Consensus: Arguably Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece, The Seven Samurai is an epic adventure classic with an engrossing story, memorable characters, and stunning action sequences that make it one of the most influential films ever made.
What Netflix movie is rated 100 Rotten Tomatoes? ›
- - 100% Mon Laferte, te amo Streaming Aug 1, 2024. ... - - 100% Living With Leopards Streaming May 10, 2024. ... - - 100% Michael Streaming Apr 10, 2017. ... - - 100% Camp Courage Streaming Oct 15, 2023. ... - - 100% The Dads Streaming Nov 17, 2023. ... - - 100% The Push Streaming Mar 7, 2019. ... - - 100% ... - - 100%
What is considered the best movie of all time? ›
Citizen Kane (1941) stood at number 1 for five consecutive polls, with 22 votes in 1962, 32 votes in 1972, 45 votes in 1982, 43 votes in 1992, and 46 votes in 2002. It also topped the first two directors' polls, with 30 votes in 1992 and 42 votes in 2002.
What is arguably the best movie of all time? ›
The 11 arguably best movies of all time
2001: A Space Odyssey. 19682h 29mG. 8.3 (727K) Rate. ... The Fountain. 20061h 37mPG-13. 7.2 (250K) Rate. ... Fight Club. 19992h 19mR. ... Baraka. 19921h 36mNot Rated. ... Apocalypse Now. 19792h 27mR. ... Terminator 2: Judgment Day. 19912h 17mR. ... Casablanca. 19421h 42mPG. ... Requiem for a Dream. 20001h 42mNC-17.
Do any movies have 0% on Rotten Tomatoes? ›
On the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, films that every surveyed critic considered bad have a 0% rating . As of 2023, only 40 films with more than 20 reviews have received this rating.
What is the lowest rated movie of all time? ›
7 worst-ranked movies of all time—according to IMDb
Saving Christmas, 2014 (IMDb rating 1.3) ... Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, 2004 (IMDb rating 1.5) ... Manos: The Hands of Fate, 1966 (IMDb rating 1.6) ... Birdemic: Shock and Terror, 2010 (IMDb rating 1.7) ... Disaster Movie, 2008 (IMDb rating 1.9) ... Radhe, 2021 (IMDb rating 1.9)
What is the #1 movie of all time? ›
Six films in total have grossed in excess of $2 billion worldwide, with Avatar ranked in the top position.
"The Godfather ," probably comes closest to a mass consensus. It's at #2 on the ubiquitous IMDB top 250. "The Shawshank Redemption" is #1, but you'll get plenty of critics who disapprove of 'Shawshank,' which wasn't universally liked back in 1994.
What is the most liked film ever? ›
1. Titanic . A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S.
What is the highest rating for a movie? ›
NC-17 . The NC-17 rating is the highest rating (even higher than the R-rating) that a film can be given, and it means the movie is for adults only (ages 18 and older) and no one age 17 or younger will be admitted.
Is a 97% good on Rotten Tomatoes? ›
So when a movie such as “Black Panther” gets a certified “fresh” 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, we interpret it as a film that is near perfection , while a film such as last year's “The Emoji Movie” that lands around 9 percent, must be a steaming pile of garbage.
Is 95% Rotten Tomatoes good? ›
As the reviews of a given film accumulate, the Rotten Tomatoes score measures the percentage that are more positive than negative, and assigns an overall fresh or rotten rating to the movie. Scores of over 60 percent are considered fresh, and scores of 59 percent and under are rotten .
What movie has the highest rating on IMDb? ›
1. The Shawshank Redemption . A Maine banker convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover in 1947 gradually forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
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