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