Highest Rated Movies on Metacritic Audience

Ranked by Metacritic Audience rating alone, among titles with at least 20 Metacritic Audience votes. The mean score beside each title is what every other platform makes of it.

5170 results
1 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 10/10 · 1.8K votes · 2014 · 11 ratings A 82 2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 9.4/10 · 3.6K votes · 2003 · 12 ratings A+ 90 3 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 9.3/10 · 3.1K votes · 2001 · 12 ratings A 89 4 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 9.3/10 · 2.4K votes · 2002 · 12 ratings A 89 5 The Godfather 9.2/10 · 4.6K votes · 1972 · 12 ratings A+ 92 6 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 9.2/10 · 2.6K votes · 1980 · 12 ratings A 87 7 The Shawshank Redemption 9.2/10 · 2.2K votes · 1994 · 12 ratings A+ 91 8 12 Angry Men 9.2/10 · 914 votes · 1957 · 12 ratings A+ 92 9 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 9.2/10 · 779 votes · 1966 · 10 ratings A+ 91 10 The Dark Knight 9.1/10 · 5.4K votes · 2008 · 12 ratings A 89 11 Schindler's List 9.1/10 · 1.5K votes · 1993 · 12 ratings A+ 91 12 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 9.1/10 · 1.4K votes · 1991 · 12 ratings A 86 13 The Godfather Part II 9.1/10 · 1.3K votes · 1974 · 12 ratings A+ 90 14 Pulp Fiction 9/10 · 3.5K votes · 1994 · 12 ratings A 88 15 Goodfellas 9/10 · 1.3K votes · 1990 · 12 ratings A 88 16 Back to the Future 9/10 · 1.2K votes · 1985 · 12 ratings A 87 17 Seven Samurai 9/10 · 649 votes · 1954 · 12 ratings A 88 18 I'm Still Here 9/10 · 577 votes · 2024 · 11 ratings A 84 19 City of God 9/10 · 550 votes · 2002 · 12 ratings A 87 20 Joker 8.9/10 · 7.8K votes · 2019 · 12 ratings B 79 21 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 8.9/10 · 3.1K votes · 1977 · 12 ratings A 86 22 Fight Club 8.9/10 · 2.2K votes · 1999 · 12 ratings A 85 23 The Matrix 8.9/10 · 1.9K votes · 1999 · 12 ratings A 84 24 Forrest Gump 8.9/10 · 1.6K votes · 1994 · 12 ratings A 86 25 Alien 8.9/10 · 1.5K votes · 1979 · 12 ratings A 86 26 Saving Private Ryan 8.9/10 · 1.5K votes · 1998 · 12 ratings A 87 27 Jurassic Park 8.9/10 · 1.4K votes · 1993 · 12 ratings A 82 28 Aliens 8.9/10 · 1.2K votes · 1986 · 12 ratings A 84 29 A Separation 8.9/10 · 791 votes · 2011 · 11 ratings A 86 30 Cinema Paradiso 8.9/10 · 222 votes · 1988 · 12 ratings A 87 31 The Second Mother 8.9/10 · 126 votes · 2015 · 11 ratings A 82 32 Inception 8.8/10 · 4.2K votes · 2010 · 12 ratings A 86 33 Parasite 8.8/10 · 2.4K votes · 2019 · 12 ratings A 88 34 Whiplash 8.8/10 · 1.8K votes · 2014 · 11 ratings A 88 35 Memento 8.8/10 · 1.3K votes · 2000 · 12 ratings A 85 36 There Will Be Blood 8.8/10 · 1.2K votes · 2007 · 12 ratings A 84 37 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 8.8/10 · 1.2K votes · 2004 · 11 ratings A 86 38 Raiders of the Lost Ark 8.8/10 · 1.1K votes · 1981 · 12 ratings A 84 39 The Silence of the Lambs 8.8/10 · 1K votes · 1991 · 12 ratings A 87 40 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 8.8/10 · 920 votes · 1964 · 11 ratings A 88 41 Psycho 8.8/10 · 871 votes · 1960 · 12 ratings A 88 42 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 8.8/10 · 604 votes · 1975 · 11 ratings A 89 43 The Thing 8.8/10 · 485 votes · 1982 · 12 ratings A 82 44 It's a Wonderful Life 8.8/10 · 273 votes · 1946 · 12 ratings A 88 45 About Elly 8.8/10 · 139 votes · 2009 · 11 ratings A 82 46 Central Station 8.8/10 · 110 votes · 1998 · 11 ratings A 83 47 The Way He Looks 8.8/10 · 78 votes · 2014 · 11 ratings A 81 48 Ikiru 8.8/10 · 74 votes · 1952 · 12 ratings A 89 49 Close-Up 8.8/10 · 37 votes · 1990 · 8 ratings A 84 50 A Brighter Summer Day 8.8/10 · 28 votes · 1991 · 9 ratings A 86 51 Interstellar 8.7/10 · 5.8K votes · 2014 · 12 ratings A 85 52 Avengers: Infinity War 8.7/10 · 4.8K votes · 2018 · 12 ratings A 82 53 Spider-Man 2 8.7/10 · 2.1K votes · 2004 · 12 ratings B 79 54 2001: A Space Odyssey 8.7/10 · 1.4K votes · 1968 · 12 ratings A 83 55 The Prestige 8.7/10 · 1.4K votes · 2006 · 12 ratings A 83 56 Gladiator 8.7/10 · 1.3K votes · 2000 · 12 ratings A 83 57 The Truman Show 8.7/10 · 1.2K votes · 1998 · 12 ratings A 86 58 American Beauty 8.7/10 · 868 votes · 1999 · 12 ratings A 83 59 Apocalypse Now 8.7/10 · 849 votes · 1979 · 12 ratings A 86 60 Scarface 8.7/10 · 846 votes · 1983 · 12 ratings A 81 61 The Green Mile 8.7/10 · 786 votes · 1999 · 12 ratings A 84 62 Casablanca 8.7/10 · 761 votes · 1942 · 11 ratings A 88 63 Rear Window 8.7/10 · 753 votes · 1954 · 12 ratings A 87 64 Amadeus 8.7/10 · 442 votes · 1984 · 12 ratings A 86 65 Chinatown 8.7/10 · 426 votes · 1974 · 12 ratings A 85 66 Before Sunset 8.7/10 · 402 votes · 2004 · 12 ratings A 84 67 Singin' in the Rain 8.7/10 · 391 votes · 1952 · 11 ratings A 87 68 Before Sunrise 8.7/10 · 370 votes · 1995 · 12 ratings A 84 69 Rocky 8.7/10 · 363 votes · 1976 · 12 ratings A 80 70 The Lives of Others 8.7/10 · 306 votes · 2006 · 12 ratings A 87 71 Once Upon a Time in the West 8.7/10 · 297 votes · 1968 · 11 ratings A 87 72 Modern Times 8.7/10 · 230 votes · 1936 · 12 ratings A 88 73 The Apartment 8.7/10 · 136 votes · 1960 · 12 ratings A 87 74 The Elephant Man 8.7/10 · 130 votes · 1980 · 12 ratings A 84 75 Come and See 8.7/10 · 93 votes · 1985 · 11 ratings A 86 76 Harakiri 8.7/10 · 85 votes · 1962 · 11 ratings A 88 77 Chak De! India 8.7/10 · 30 votes · 2007 · 9 ratings A 81 78 Underground 8.7/10 · 23 votes · 1995 · 10 ratings A 81 79 Zack Snyder's Justice League 8.6/10 · 4.3K votes · 2021 · 12 ratings B 76 80 Django Unchained 8.6/10 · 2.8K votes · 2012 · 12 ratings A 85 81 Pan's Labyrinth 8.6/10 · 1.9K votes · 2006 · 12 ratings A 84 82 Blade Runner 8.6/10 · 1.4K votes · 1982 · 12 ratings A 83 83 Taxi Driver 8.6/10 · 1.4K votes · 1976 · 12 ratings A 84 84 The Departed 8.6/10 · 1.3K votes · 2006 · 12 ratings A 84 85 The Shining 8.6/10 · 1.2K votes · 1980 · 12 ratings A 82 86 The Terminator 8.6/10 · 1.2K votes · 1984 · 12 ratings A 82 87 Se7en 8.6/10 · 1.2K votes · 1995 · 12 ratings A 84 88 A Clockwork Orange 8.6/10 · 967 votes · 1971 · 12 ratings A 82 89 Jaws 8.6/10 · 881 votes · 1975 · 12 ratings A 82 90 Die Hard 8.6/10 · 792 votes · 1988 · 12 ratings A 83 91 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 8.6/10 · 711 votes · 1989 · 11 ratings A 83 92 Godzilla Minus One 8.6/10 · 642 votes · 2023 · 12 ratings A 80 93 Good Will Hunting 8.6/10 · 632 votes · 1997 · 12 ratings A 84 94 The Pianist 8.6/10 · 580 votes · 2002 · 12 ratings A 87 95 Vertigo 8.6/10 · 570 votes · 1958 · 12 ratings A 86 96 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 8.6/10 · 547 votes · 1975 · 11 ratings A 85 97 Ran 8.6/10 · 283 votes · 1985 · 12 ratings A 87 98 Memories of Murder 8.6/10 · 270 votes · 2003 · 12 ratings A 85 99 Downfall 8.6/10 · 266 votes · 2004 · 12 ratings A 84 100 Metropolis 8.6/10 · 264 votes · 1927 · 12 ratings A 85