Hidden Gem Movies on Metacritic Critics

Brilliant films most people have not found yet. Every title here is rated by at least 5,000 people across every site, enough to trust the score, but by fewer than the 100,000 our main rankings ask for, so none of them can appear there. Ranked by Metacritic Critics alone; the MEANRANK score beside each title is what every site together makes of it.

200 results
1 Intolerance 99/100 · 15 votes · 1916 · 10 ratings B 76 2 Rififi 97/100 · 13 votes · 1955 · 10 ratings A 84 3 Red River 96/100 · 15 votes · 1948 · 11 ratings A 82 4 Mr. Turner 94/100 · 44 votes · 2014 · 10 ratings B 70 5 No Bears 93/100 · 29 votes · 2022 · 9 ratings B 79 6 Reversal of Fortune 93/100 · 18 votes · 1990 · 9 ratings B 77 7 The Souvenir 92/100 · 45 votes · 2019 · 8 ratings C 67 8 Memoria 92/100 · 34 votes · 2021 · 9 ratings C 68 9 The Class 92/100 · 31 votes · 2008 · 10 ratings B 77 10 Timbuktu 92/100 · 31 votes · 2014 · 9 ratings B 77 11 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner 91/100 · 29 votes · 2001 · 9 ratings B 78 12 Moolaadé 91/100 · 26 votes · 2004 · 7 ratings A 82 13 Taxi 91/100 · 25 votes · 2015 · 9 ratings B 77 14 The Sweet Hereafter 91/100 · 23 votes · 1997 · 9 ratings B 79 15 After Life 91/100 · 19 votes · 1998 · 8 ratings A 80 16 Bloody Sunday 90/100 · 31 votes · 2002 · 9 ratings A 80 17 Topsy-Turvy 90/100 · 31 votes · 1999 · 9 ratings B 76 18 Sound of Falling 90/100 · 26 votes · 2025 · 8 ratings B 73 19 The Passenger 90/100 · 20 votes · 1975 · 11 ratings B 78 20 Red Beard 90/100 · 10 votes · 1965 · 8 ratings A 86 21 Phoenix 89/100 · 30 votes · 2014 · 9 ratings B 78 22 The Best of Youth 89/100 · 28 votes · 2003 · 9 ratings A 86 23 Searching for Bobby Fischer 89/100 · 23 votes · 1993 · 11 ratings B 78 24 The Madness of King George 89/100 · 19 votes · 1994 · 8 ratings B 76 25 Captain Blood 89/100 · 15 votes · 1935 · 9 ratings A 81 26 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 89/100 · 10 votes · 1970 · 7 ratings A 83 27 The Black Panther 88/100 · 55 votes · 1977 · 8 ratings C 66 28 Things to Come 88/100 · 28 votes · 2016 · 9 ratings B 74 29 About Dry Grasses 88/100 · 26 votes · 2023 · 10 ratings B 79 30 Aquarius 88/100 · 22 votes · 2016 · 9 ratings A 80 31 I'm Going Home 88/100 · 21 votes · 2001 · 7 ratings B 74 32 Life Is Sweet 88/100 · 18 votes · 1990 · 6 ratings B 77 33 Cemetery of Splendor 88/100 · 17 votes · 2015 · 9 ratings B 71 34 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 88/100 · 12 votes · 1931 · 8 ratings B 79 35 Howards End 88/100 · 11 votes · 1992 · 11 ratings B 77 36 Maria Full of Grace 87/100 · 39 votes · 2004 · 9 ratings B 78 37 Love & Friendship 87/100 · 36 votes · 2016 · 11 ratings C 66 38 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 87/100 · 34 votes · 2005 · 8 ratings A 80 39 The Kid with a Bike 87/100 · 33 votes · 2011 · 9 ratings B 77 40 Russian Ark 87/100 · 32 votes · 2002 · 9 ratings B 76 41 We Are the Best! 87/100 · 29 votes · 2013 · 9 ratings B 76 42 Poetry 87/100 · 24 votes · 2010 · 9 ratings A 82 43 The Duke of Burgundy 87/100 · 24 votes · 2014 · 8 ratings B 72 44 One False Move 87/100 · 20 votes · 1991 · 9 ratings B 74 45 The Wind Will Carry Us 87/100 · 19 votes · 1999 · 9 ratings A 80 46 Hope 87/100 · 17 votes · 2013 · 7 ratings A 85 47 I Vitelloni 87/100 · 10 votes · 1953 · 10 ratings A 80 48 Adam's Rib 87/100 · 10 votes · 1949 · 8 ratings A 80 49 The Awful Truth 87/100 · 10 votes · 1937 · 8 ratings A 80 50 Happening 86/100 · 36 votes · 2021 · 10 ratings B 79 51 In the Bedroom 86/100 · 31 votes · 2001 · 9 ratings B 77 52 Krisha 86/100 · 31 votes · 2015 · 9 ratings B 75 53 Of Gods and Men 86/100 · 29 votes · 2010 · 9 ratings B 74 54 Nobody's Fool 86/100 · 28 votes · 1994 · 8 ratings B 76 55 Sweet Sixteen 86/100 · 25 votes · 2002 · 8 ratings B 79 56 Richard III 86/100 · 24 votes · 1995 · 8 ratings B 77 57 Under the Sand 86/100 · 24 votes · 2000 · 7 ratings B 77 58 The Wild Pear Tree 86/100 · 22 votes · 2018 · 9 ratings A 80 59 Barbara 86/100 · 22 votes · 2012 · 9 ratings B 76 60 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy 86/100 · 19 votes · 2021 · 9 ratings A 80 61 Drug War 86/100 · 19 votes · 2012 · 9 ratings B 75 62 Like Water for Chocolate 86/100 · 18 votes · 1992 · 10 ratings B 73 63 The Grifters 86/100 · 18 votes · 1990 · 9 ratings B 71 64 An Elephant Sitting Still 86/100 · 16 votes · 2018 · 9 ratings A 82 65 Point Blank 86/100 · 15 votes · 1967 · 10 ratings B 76 66 Shadows 86/100 · 11 votes · 1958 · 7 ratings A 80 67 Passing 85/100 · 46 votes · 2021 · 10 ratings B 72 68 The Rider 85/100 · 43 votes · 2017 · 11 ratings B 78 69 The Past 85/100 · 41 votes · 2013 · 8 ratings B 75 70 Meek's Cutoff 85/100 · 36 votes · 2010 · 8 ratings C 68 71 The Normal Heart 85/100 · 33 votes · 2014 · 9 ratings A 82 72 You Can Count on Me 85/100 · 31 votes · 2000 · 9 ratings B 78 73 Turtles Can Fly 85/100 · 31 votes · 2004 · 8 ratings A 82 74 Atlantics 85/100 · 30 votes · 2019 · 9 ratings B 72 75 Lebanon 85/100 · 28 votes · 2009 · 9 ratings B 71 76 Before Night Falls 85/100 · 26 votes · 2000 · 9 ratings B 73 77 Offside 85/100 · 25 votes · 2006 · 9 ratings B 77 78 Girlhood 85/100 · 22 votes · 2014 · 9 ratings B 73 79 The Treasure 85/100 · 16 votes · 2015 · 3 ratings B 73 80 A Poet 85/100 · 13 votes · 2025 · 6 ratings A 85 81 City of Life and Death 85/100 · 13 votes · 2009 · 9 ratings A 81 82 Alexandra 85/100 · 13 votes · 2007 · 7 ratings B 72 83 The Last Seduction 85/100 · 12 votes · 1994 · 9 ratings B 74 84 El Dorado 85/100 · 11 votes · 1966 · 11 ratings B 79 85 Sinners 84/100 · 55 votes · 2002 · 5 ratings B 78 86 The Quiet American 84/100 · 39 votes · 2002 · 9 ratings B 72 87 Graduation 84/100 · 30 votes · 2016 · 9 ratings B 76 88 The Man Without a Past 84/100 · 29 votes · 2002 · 9 ratings A 80 89 No Man's Land 84/100 · 29 votes · 2001 · 9 ratings A 81 90 Together 84/100 · 29 votes · 2000 · 8 ratings B 79 91 Lantana 84/100 · 29 votes · 2001 · 9 ratings B 74 92 120 BPM 84/100 · 26 votes · 2017 · 8 ratings A 81 93 After the Storm 84/100 · 26 votes · 2016 · 9 ratings B 78 94 The Other Side of Hope 84/100 · 23 votes · 2017 · 9 ratings B 75 95 To Leslie 84/100 · 19 votes · 2022 · 10 ratings B 77 96 Fireworks Wednesday 84/100 · 18 votes · 2006 · 9 ratings A 80 97 The President's Cake 84/100 · 17 votes · 2026 · 6 ratings A 83 98 Limelight 84/100 · 15 votes · 1952 · 10 ratings A 82 99 Vera Drake 83/100 · 40 votes · 2004 · 9 ratings B 77 100 The Magdalene Sisters 83/100 · 38 votes · 2002 · 9 ratings A 80