Special Report

76 Movies With a Perfect Score from Critics

Determining which movies are the best is at the very least a subjective — if not impossible — task. Making movies is such a vast artistic endeavor, and there are so many categories and criteria for what makes a film great. Still, there are undeniably certain productions that critics connect with more than others.

24/7 Tempo has compiled a list of the 76 movies that have a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, using information generated by the site. Only productions with a Tomatometer score of 100% were considered.

Movies that score well with reviewers tend to have a few basic characteristics in common: a coherent storyline; strong and well-acted characters; exceptional cinematography; and a satisfying ending. The productions on this list all share those virtues to a greater or lesser extent.

They span entertainment history from nearly a century ago to present day and range significantly in genre. The list includes silent films, dramas that underperformed at the box office, animated films, standup comic turns, and a number of documentaries. For a different listing of great movies, including some of the same titles, these are the 55 best movies ever made.

Some of the movies on this list will be familiar to almost anyone, while others are more obscure but well worth discovering. For those seeking lesser-known movies of quality, here are the 40 best movies you’ve probably never seen.

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Methodology

To identify the 76 movies with a perfect score from critics, 24/7 Tempo reviewed all the films rated 100% on the Tomatometer, a measure of critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator. All were also Certified Fresh, meaning that the consensus was based on at least 80 reviews for wide-release features or 40 reviews for limited release.

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1. Toy Story 2 (1999)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
> Starring: Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
> Runtime: 1 hr. 32 min.

Woody, the cowboy doll, has been stolen by a toy collector who is trying to ship him to Japan. The rest of Andy’s toys are on a mission to save him.

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2. Toy Story (1995)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): John Lasseter
> Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen
> Runtime: 1 hr. 20 min.

Woody, the cowboy doll and Andy’s favorite toy, feel threatened when Andy gets a new toy for his birthday — Buzz Lightyear, a spaceman figure, who quickly becomes Andy’s favorite.

Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

3. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Stanley Donen
> Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor
> Runtime: 1 hr. 42 min.

This “clever, incisive, and funny” movie, as the site’s Critics Consensus calls it, “is a masterpiece of the classical Hollywood musical.” It has been called the best movie musical of all time.

Courtesy of The Samuel Goldwyn Company

4. Henry V (1989)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Kenneth Branagh
> Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi
> Runtime: 2 hr. 18 min.

Based on Shakespeare’s play, this film tells the story of the ruthless King Henry V of England, who goes to war to conquer France.

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

5. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
> Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
> Runtime: 1 hr. 42 min.

Robin Hood is an outlaw leading a rebel guerilla army against Prince John who is plotting to steal the crown from his brother King Richard.

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

6. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Alfred Hitchcock
> Starring: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright
> Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min.

A young woman begins to suspect her favorite uncle is a murderer.

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7. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Isao Takahata
> Starring: J. Robert Spencer, Tsutomu Tatsumi
> Runtime: 1 hr. 28 min.

This is a Japanese animated war movie that follows a teenage boy taking care of his little sister after they’re separated from their parents following the U.S. bombing of their house during the final months of World War II.

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8. The Gold Rush (1925)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Charles Chaplin
> Starring: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain
> Runtime: 1 hr. 25 min.

This Chaplin classic follows the story of a young man’s adventures on his quest to find gold. The film blends slapstick and sentimentality into a hilarious whole accented with moments of social commentary.

Courtesy of New Yorker Films

9. Tampopo (1985)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Jûzô Itami
> Starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki
> Runtime: 1 hr. 54 min.

A Japanese comedy about how two men teach a restaurant owner how to cook noodles but also about people’s relationship to and love of food.

Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

10. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): George Cukor
> Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant
> Runtime: 1 hr. 52 min.

A romantic comedy about a socialite, her soon-to-be husband, her ex-husband, and a tabloid reporter. The socialite has feelings for all three men and can’t pick her true love.

Courtesy of Zenith International Films

11. The 400 Blows (1959)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): François Truffaut
> Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier
> Runtime: 1 hr. 37 min.

The story of a neglected boy living in Paris who is trying to make his life better by committing petty crimes but runs into trouble with the police.

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Courtesy of RKO Radio Pictures

12. Pinocchio (1940)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske
> Starring: Dick Jones, Dickie Jones
> Runtime: 1 hr. 28 min.

The film tells the story of a naive and trusting puppet-turned-human.

Courtesy of Lionsgate

13. Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Scott Derrickson
> Starring: Bob Jyono, Ann Jyono
> Runtime: 1 hr. 41 min.

A documentary about a Catholic priest whose crimes of molesting children in the 1970s have been covered up by his superiors and the Catholic Church.

Courtesy of Grasshopper Film

14. Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Asghar Farhadi
> Starring: Pantea Bahram, Hamid Farokhnezhad
> Runtime: 1 hr. 44 min.

On the first day at her new job, a woman finds herself in the middle of a domestic dispute between her boss and his wife.

Courtesy of THINKFilm

15. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Alex Gibney
> Starring: Moazzam Begg, Willie Brand
> Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min.

The documentary exposes the torture practices used by the U.S. military during the Afghanistan War.

Courtesy of Film Movement

16. Ilo Ilo (2013)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Anthony Chen
> Starring: Angeli Bayani, Koh Jia Ler
> Runtime: 1 hr. 39 min.

“Ilo Ilo” follows a family during the Asian recession of the late 1990s. As the overstressed parents are working, a nanny takes care of their son and the two form a close bond.

Courtesy of GathrFilms

17. The Square (2013)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Jehane Noujaim
> Starring: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmed Hassan
> Runtime: 1 hr. 44 min.

The documentary depicts the Egyptian Revolution that started in 2011 at Tahrir Square and the harsh day-to-day realities revolutionaries faced in its aftermath.

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18. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2014)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Isao Takahata
> Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mary Steenburgen
> Runtime: 2 hr. 17 min.

An animated film about a miniature girl who, as she grows to become a beautiful young woman, enthralls everyone around her and tasks her potential suitors with almost impossible jobs.

Courtesy of Music Box Films

19. GETT: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Shlomi Elkabetz
> Starring: Ronit Elkabetz, Menashe Noy
> Runtime: 1 hr. 55 min.

The story of a woman’s three-year-long struggle to get a divorce from her devout Jewish husband.

Courtesy of Sundance Selects

20. Seymour: An Introduction (2015)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Ethan Hawke
> Starring: Seymour Bernstein, Kimball Gallagher
> Runtime: 1 hr. 24 min.

A documentary about the career and life of legendary classical pianist Seymour Bernstein, who retired from performing to teach.

Courtesy of Home Box Office

21. Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens
> Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher
> Runtime: 1 hr. 35 min.

A documentary about “Star Wars” series star Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, both of whom are considered Hollywood royalty.

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22. My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Bertrand Tavernier
> Starring: Bertrand Tavernier
> Runtime: 3 hr. 15 min.

Filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier tells his personal story of rising to stardom through the eyes of great French directors, actors, writers, composers, and cinematographers.

Courtesy of Netflix

23. Strong Island (2017)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Yance Ford
> Starring: Yance Ford
> Runtime: 1 hr. 47 min.

In this documentary, filmmaker Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young black man — his brother.

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

24. Paddington 2 (2018)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Paul King
> Starring: Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw
> Runtime: 1 hr. 45 min.

The story of the sweet-natured bear Paddington, now happily settled in the community, who embarks on an adventure to retrieve the gift he picked for his aunt’s 100th birthday.

Courtesy of Bleecker Street Media

25. Leave No Trace (2018)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Debra Granik
> Starring: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie
> Runtime: 1 hr. 49 min.

A veteran father suffering from PTSD and his young daughter live a seemingly perfect and isolated life near Portland, Oregon, until a small mistake changes their lives forever.

Courtesy of Public Broadcasting Service

26. Rewind (2019)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Sasha Joseph Neulinger
> Starring: Sasha Joseph Neulinger, Jacqui Neulinger
> Runtime: 1 hr. 26 min.

A documentary about a young man who remembers his childhood and exposes the abuse he suffered through.

Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

27. Slay the Dragon (2019)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Chris Durrance, Barak Goodman
> Starring: Stephen Wolf, Rick Pluta, Charles Williams II
> Runtime: 1 hr. 41 min.

A documentary about political activists who work to get rid of gerrymandering.

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28. Anima (2019)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Paul Thomas Anderson
> Starring: Thom Yorke, Dajana Roncione
> Runtime: 15min

This is a short musical film starring Thom Yorke of Radiohead. “Anima” is his third solo album.

Courtesy of The End Productions

29. Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Roman Chimienti, Tyler Jensen
> Starring: Mark Patton, Robert Rusler
> Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min.

A documentary about Mark Patton, who tells his story of being a closeted gay man.

Courtesy of Film Movement

30. White Riot (2019)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Rubika Shah
> Starring: Topper Headron, Red Saunders
> Runtime: 1 hr. 20 min.

A documentary about the political influence of punk music at its height in the 1970s.

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31. Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Nicole Newnham
> Starring: James Lebrecht, Lionel Je’Woodyard, Joseph O’Conor
> Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min.

“Crip Camp” is a documentary that tells the story of activists who attend a summer camp for teenagers with disabilities where they launch, and become leaders of, a disability rights movement.

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Courtesy of Synapse

32. Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): David France
> Starring: Olga Baranova
> Runtime: 1 hr. 47 min.

A documentary that follows several activists who risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ rights and people who identify as gay or lesbian in the republic in southwestern Russia.

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

33. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Steven Zaillian
> Starring: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna
> Runtime: 1 hr. 49 min.

“Searching For Bobby Fischer,” which is based on a true story, follows 7-year-old chess prodigy Joshua Waitzkin who doesn’t want his talent to consume his life.

Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

34. Before Sunrise (1995)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Richard Linklater
> Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
> Runtime: 1 hr. 41 min.

Two people with strong feelings for each other spend just a day together before going their separate ways.

Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

35. The Last Picture Show (1971)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Peter Bogdanovich
> Starring: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges
> Runtime: 2 hr. 5 min.

A group of high school students comes of age in a small, dying Texas town.

Courtesy of United Artists

36. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Joseph Sargent
> Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw
> Runtime: 1 hr. 44 min.

A gang in New York City hijacks a subway car and threatens to start shooting a person every 10 minutes until they get $1 million cash.

Courtesy of Orion Pictures

37. The Terminator (1984)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): James Cameron
> Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton
> Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min.

A cyborg (part man, part machine) travels back from the future to kill a woman whose unborn son will lead the revolution against machines. Another robot from the future travels back to protect her.

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38. Seven Samurai (1954)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Akira Kurosawa
> Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
> Runtime: 3 hr. 24 min.

The story of warriors tasked with defending a village under siege from bandits.

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

39. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): John Huston
> Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
> Runtime: 1 hr. 41 min.

The ultimate film noir, with Humphrey Bogart playing Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled San Francisco private detective Sam Spade.

Courtesy of Warner Bros.

40. Rio Bravo (1959)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Howard Hawks
> Starring: John Wayne, Dean Martin
> Runtime: 2 hr. 22 min.

A sheriff seeks help from an alcoholic, a disabled deputy, and a young gunfighter to bring a murderer to justice.

Courtesy of United Artists

41. Stagecoach (1939)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): John Ford
> Starring: John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell
> Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min.

Passengers on a stagecoach travel through hostile territory occupied by Native Americans.

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Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

42. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Otto Preminger
> Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick
> Runtime: 2 hr. 40 min.

A courtroom drama based on a book by Michigan supreme court justice John D. Voelker — written under a pen name — that details a real-life trial for which he served as defense attorney.

Courtesy of Cinecom Pictures

43. Stop Making Sense (1984)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Jonathan Demme
> Starring: The Talking Heads
> Runtime: 1 hr. 39 min.

Jonathan Demme’s concert movie about the rock band Talking Heads. According to Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times, what sets the movie apart is “the intimate look at that brilliant talking head, lead singer David Byrne.”

Courtesy of First National Pictures

44. The Kid (1921)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Charles Chaplin
> Starring: Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan
> Runtime: 1 hr. 0 min.

The Tramp (Chaplin) finds an abandoned newborn and takes care of the orphan for five years until his mother reclaims him.

Courtesy of Miramax

45. Three Colors: Red (1994)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Krzysztof Kieslowski
> Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irène Jacob
> Runtime: 1 hr. 35 min.

“Three Colors: Red” is the last installment of the Three Colors trilogy. In “Red,” a model forms a bond with a retired judge who is invading people’s privacy by listening in on their phone conversations.

Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures

46. Man on Wire (2008)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): James Marsh
> Starring: Philippe Petit, Alan Welner
> Runtime: 1 hr. 34 min.

An Oscar-winning documentary about tightrope walker Philippe Petit, who illegally walked on a high rope between the Twin Towers of New York City’s World Trade Center in 1974.

Courtesy of New Yorker Films

47. Tokyo Story (1953)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Yasujirô Ozu
> Starring: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama
> Runtime: 2 hr. 14 min.

Japanese drama “Tokyo Story” follows an old married couple as they visit their children, who lead very busy lives and who don’t set much time aside to spend with their parents.

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Courtesy of Zeitgeist Films

48. Afghan Star (2009)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Havana Marking
> Starring: Rafi Nabzaada, Rafi Naabzada
> Runtime: 1 hr. 27 min.

A look at the risks two female contestants on the popular program “Pop Idol” in Afghanistan — the local version of American Idol — take, including to their lives, to compete on the show.

Courtesy of Zeitgeist Films

49. Last Train Home (2009)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Lixin Fan
> Starring: Changua Zhang, Suqin Chen
> Runtime: 1 hr. 25 min.

A documentary about a married Chinese couple who goes home for Chinese New Year to reunite and reconnect with their children.

Courtesy of Icarus Films

50. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Patricio Guzmán
> Starring: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez de Arco
> Runtime: 1 hr. 30 min.

A documentary about the search in the Chilean Atacama Desert for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet’s regime.

Courtesy of Kino International

51. Poetry (2010)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Chang-dong Lee
> Starring: Yun Junghee, David Lee
> Runtime: 2 hr. 19 min.

A woman who has early stage Alzheimer’s finds purpose and new meaning after she enrolls in a poetry class.

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Courtesy of Red Flag Releasing

52. We Were Here (2011)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): David Weissman, Bill Weber
> Starring: Ed Wolf, Paul Boneberg
> Runtime: 1 hr. 30 min.

A story about love and loss in 1970s San Francisco — a city where gay men and women lived openly without worrying about discrimination, but a place that later became the center of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S.

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53. Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2010)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler
> Starring: Angelo Moore, Norwood Fisher
> Runtime: 1 hr. 43 min.

A documentary about the rise of Fishbone, an all African-American rock band who created a blend of funk, metal, ska, and punk.

Courtesy of International Film Circuit

54. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Joseph Dorman
> Starring: Joseph Dorman
> Runtime: 1 hr. 33 min.

A documentary about the life and legacy of Sholem Aleichem — real name Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich — a rebellious Yiddish humorist, novelist, and playwright who used the vernacular of the common man.

Courtesy of Netflix

55. Shirkers (2018)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Sandi Tan
> Starring: Jasmine Kin Kia Ng
> Runtime: 1 hr. 36 min.

A woman tells the story of how she started working on a road movie two decades ago with an American mentor who stole all of the footage.

Courtesy of Netflix

56. Chris Rock: Tamborine (2018)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Bo Burnham
> Starring: Chris Rock
> Runtime: 1 hr. 4 min.

Chris Rock’s first stand-up special in a decade.

Courtesy of Netflix

57. John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (2018)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Alex Timbers
> Starring: John Mulaney
> Runtime: 1 hr. 4 min.

A standup comedy act in which John Mulaney relays stories from his childhood and from “Saturday Night Live.”

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58. Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife (2018)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Jay Karas
> Starring: Ali Wong
> Runtime: 1 hr. 0 min.

Comedian Ali Wong performs her live stand-up set in which she talks about the joys and struggles of motherhood.

Courtesy of Netflix

59. Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Jon Olb, Madeleine Parry
> Starring: Hannah Gadsby
> Runtime: 1 hr. 9 min.

Australian comic Hannah Gadsby’s standup in which she shares personal revelations on gender, sexuality, and childhood trauma

Courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment

60. House of Hummingbird (2018)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Bora Kim
> Starring: Park Ji-hu, Kim Sae-byeok
> Runtime: 2 hr. 18 min.

A 14-year-old girl in 1994 Seoul — when the Seongsu Bridge collapses — is searching for love.

Courtesy of FilmRise

61. Driveways (2019)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Andrew Ahn
> Starring: Hong Chau, Lucas Jaye
> Runtime: 1 hr. 23 min.

A lonely boy goes with his mother to help clean her late sister’s house and becomes friends with a retired man who lives next door.

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Courtesy of Netflix

62. A Secret Love (2020)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Chris Bolan
> Starring: Terry Donahue, Pat Henschel, Diana Bolan
> Runtime: 1 hr. 22 min.

This documentary follows the secret love story of two women, one of whom is a professional baseball player, who are together for nearly seven decades. The movie mixes together in one story LGBTQ history, sports, and the joy and struggles of being with som

Courtesy of Amazon Studios

63. All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Lisa Cortes, Liz Garbus
> Starring: Stacey Abrams, Andrew Young
> Runtime: 1 hr. 42 min.

A documentary about the history and current activism against voter suppression.

Courtesy of La Aventura

64. Host (2020)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Rob Savage
> Starring: Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore
> Runtime: 56min

Six friends hold a Zoom session with a medium but accidentally attract the attention of a demonic spirit.

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

65. The Lady Eve (1941)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Preston Sturges
> Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda
> Runtime: 1 hr. 34 min.

A con artist starts to fall in love with her mark, a socially awkward millionaire.

Courtesy of Foremco Pictures Corp.

66. M (1931)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Fritz Lang
> Starring: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann
> Runtime: 1 hr. 45 min.

“M” is a German psychological thriller that follows a serial child killer who is the target not only of the entire Berlin police force but also of other criminals.

Courtesy of Amkino Corporation

67. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Sergei M. Eisenstein
> Starring: Alexander Antonov, Vladimir Barsky
> Runtime: 1 hr. 5 min.

“Battleship Potemkin” tells the story of a battleship’s crew who rise against the brutal officers commanding the vessel, and the harsh conditions under which the sailors are forced to live.

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Courtesy of Universal Pictures

68. Frankenstein (1931)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): James Whale
> Starring: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff
> Runtime: 1 hr. 10 min.

The film follows Dr. Frankenstein, who tries to create life by assembling a human monster out of dead body parts. The legendary Boris Karloff played the monster.

Courtesy of Media Transactions

69. Stalker (1979)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Andrei Tarkovsky
> Starring: Alexander Kaidanovsky, Alisa Freindlikh
> Runtime: 2 hr. 40 min.

Russian sci-fi drama “Stalker” follows an illegal guide in a post-apocalyptic wasteland who escorts two men in their search for a room that grants wishes.

Courtesy of Cinema Ventures

70. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Robert Bresson
> Starring: Anne Wiazemsky, François Lafarge
> Runtime: 1 hr. 35 min.

A young girl gets a baby donkey named Balthazar as a summertime pet. The donkey subsequently goes through a number of owners, who work him hard at best and are outright cruel to him at worst.

Courtesy of Continental Distributing

71. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Robert Hamer
> Starring: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness
> Runtime: 1 hr. 44 min.

The film is a comedy about a man who plans to murder the eight people standing ahead of him to inherit the fortune his mother married into, but from which he was cut off.

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72. Open City (1945)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Roberto Rossellini
> Starring: Vito Annicchiarico, Anna Magnani
> Runtime: 1 hr. 43 min.

The story in “Open City” takes place in Rome in 1944 during the Nazi occupation of the city. The movie follows one of the Resistance’s leaders who tries to escape from the Nazis.

Courtesy of Distributors Corporation of America

73. The Wages of Fear (1953)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Henri-Georges Clouzot
> Starring: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel
> Runtime: 2 hr. 18 min.

A thriller that follows four people — two sets of drivers — who transport urgently needed nitroglycerine to a remote South American jungle oil field.

Courtesy of Lopert Pictures Corporation

74. Nights of Cabiria (1957)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Federico Fellini
> Starring: Giulietta Masina, François Périer
> Runtime: 1 hr. 57 min.

An eternally optimistic prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love — unsuccessfully.

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Courtesy of GathrFilms

75. More Than Honey (2012)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Markus Imhoof
> Starring: Fred Jaggi, Liane Singer
> Runtime: 1 hr. 31 min.

An in-depth look at the world’s declining bee population and the potential consequences on life as we know it.

Courtesy of Variance Films

76. Sound City (2013)
> Tomato Meter rating: 100%
> Director(s): Dave Grohl
> Starring: Dave Grohl, Joe Barresi
> Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by Dave Grohl, the frontman of Foo Fighters and former drummer for Nirvana, “Sound City” is about the recording studio of the same name in Van Nuys, California, told through various artists and producers.

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