Best of the Best: All Oscar Winners for Best Picture, Ranked

There are over 10,000 professionals who make up the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and they all play a role in the decision-making process of the Oscars. Membership is limited to those who work in the film industry but not all members need to work in a creative capacity (like writers and actors). Some members serve as artists’ representatives.

There isn’t an application process to join AMPAS. Instead, membership is handled via sponsorship. There are 18 branches in AMPAS and for a member to be welcomed, they must be sponsored by two existing members in the branch they wish to become a part of. There is an exception to the sponsorship process, however. Those who are nominated for an award are automatically invited to join AMPAS.

Nominations for Best Picture are limited to 10 films, and they are open to all voting members. However, when it comes to deciding on the winner of awards, the deciding votes come from members of each respective branch (for instance, directors cast their votes for other directors). These votes are processed online, but the winner for Best Picture has a slightly more complex process than other categories.

Considering this is the most important award of the evening, it makes sense that the process is a bit more technical. With other categories, the nominee with the most votes wins. It’s cut and dried. With Best Picture, voting is preferential, meaning voters rank their choices. Once more than 50% of the first-place votes are the same, the winner is decided. This doesn’t always occur with the first vote, so it may take several rounds before the winning vote is finalized.

Final results often stir up controversy, but AMPAS has a process in place that they don’t deviate from. Even though stringent, mistakes are possible when awards are announced (remember the “La La Land” confusion in 2017?). Nevertheless, any confusion is always clarified, and the winners take their Oscar awards home. Below, we share the best of the best over the last 95 years since the very first Oscars award ceremony in 1929.

To determine the best Best Picture winners, 24/7 Tempo developed an index using average ratings on IMDb, an online movie database owned by Amazon, and a combination of audience scores and Tomatometer scores on Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator, as of February 2024, weighting all ratings equally. Films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture were ranked based on total index score. Data on Oscar nominations and wins is from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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95. The Broadway Melody (1929)

• IMDb user rating: 5.7/10 (6,910 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 21% (1,823 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 33% (24 reviews)
• Directed by: Harry Beaumont

94. Cimarron (1931)

• IMDb user rating: 5.9/10 (5,881 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 25% (1,521 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 52% (29 reviews)
• Directed by: Wesley Ruggles

93. Cavalcade (1933)

• IMDb user rating: 5.9/10 (4,982 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 26% (1,037 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 64% (33 reviews)
• Directed by: Frank Lloyd

92. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

• IMDb user rating: 6.6/10 (13,865 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 54% (6,209 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 48% (40 reviews)
• Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille

90. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

• IMDb user rating: 6.8/10 (26,110 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 57% (33,457 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 69% (42 reviews)
• Directed by: Michael Anderson

89. Tom Jones (1963)

• IMDb user rating: 6.4/10 (13,326 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 58% (5,000 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 80% (41 reviews)
• Directed by: Tony Richardson

88. Out of Africa (1985)

• IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (81,162 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (40,375 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 62% (87 reviews)
• Directed by: Sydney Pollack

87. Gigi (1958)

• IMDb user rating: 6.7/10 (21,886 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (20,998 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 81% (37 reviews)
• Directed by: Vincente Minnelli

86. Going My Way (1944)

• IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (11,237 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 74% (5,796 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 81% (31 reviews)
• Directed by: Leo McCarey

85. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

• IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (8,424 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 73% (2,362 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (34 reviews)
• Directed by: William Dieterle

84. Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)

• IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (15,646 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 78% (5,640 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 76% (45 reviews)
• Directed by: Elia Kazan

83. Chariots of Fire (1981)

• IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (61,896 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (25,000 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 83% (113 reviews)
• Directed by: Hugh Hudson

82. Terms of Endearment (1983)

• IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (57,738 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (36,375 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 78% (54 reviews)
• Directed by: James L. Brooks

81. The Shape of Water (2017)

• IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 (393,136 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 72% (26,084 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (459 reviews)
• Directed by: Guillermo del Toro

80. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

• IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (105,134 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (53,773 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 82% (65 reviews)
• Directed by: Bruce Beresford

79. Grand Hotel (1932)

• IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (18,375 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 77% (7,036 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (42 reviews)
• Directed by: Edmund Goulding

78. Titanic (1997)

• IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (1,181,693 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 69% (35,797,635 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (193 reviews)
• Directed by: James Cameron

77. Crash (2004)

• IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (427,361 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (442,396 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 74% (242 reviews)
• Directed by: Paul Haggis

76. Chicago (2002)

• IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (232,547 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (439,615 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (258 reviews)
• Directed by: Rob Marshall

75. The English Patient (1996)

• IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (184,116 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 83% (81,769 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 85% (89 reviews)
• Directed by: Anthony Minghella

74. Shakespeare in Love (1998)

• IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (219,028 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (227,053 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (141 reviews)
• Directed by: John Madden

72. Rocky (1976)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (539,768 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 69% (33,403,994 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (67 reviews)
• Directed by: John G. Avildsen

71. An American in Paris (1951)

• IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (32,085 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (26,481 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (94 reviews)
• Directed by: Vincente Minnelli

70. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

• IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (601,125 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 78% (93,449 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (355 reviews)
• Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu

69. Wings (1927)

• IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (12,269 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (3,550 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (59 reviews)
• Directed by: William A. Wellman & Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast

68. How Green Was My Valley (1941)

• IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (22,844 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (7,969 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (47 reviews)
• Directed by: John Ford

67. All the King’s Men (1949)

• IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (14,335 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 78% (4,880 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (43 reviews)
• Directed by: Robert Rossen

66. Nomadland (2020)

• IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (126,891 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (573 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (416 reviews)
• Directed by: Chloé Zhao

65. West Side Story (1961)

• IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (101,722 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (169,051 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (79 reviews)
• Directed by: Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise

64. Braveheart (1995)

• IMDb user rating: 8.4/10 (1,041,328 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 85% (32,708,456 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 79% (84 reviews)
• Directed by: Mel Gibson

63. From Here to Eternity (1953)

• IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (45,202 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (14,909 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (62 reviews)
• Directed by: Fred Zinnemann

62. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

• IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (936,399 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (491,108 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 74% (213 reviews)
• Directed by: Ron Howard

61. Moonlight (2016)

• IMDb user rating: 7.4/10 (288,673 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 79% (45,830 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (392 reviews)
• Directed by: Barry Jenkins

60. Dances with Wolves (1990)

• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (250,448 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (213,805 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 83% (76 reviews)
• Directed by: Kevin Costner

59. Gladiator (2000)

• IMDb user rating: 8.5/10 (1,399,053 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (34,128,168 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 77% (201 reviews)
• Directed by: Ridley Scott

58. Green Book (2018)

• IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (496,895 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (10,494 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 77% (360 reviews)
• Directed by: Peter Farrelly

57. Hamlet (1948)

• IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (17,294 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 80% (5,000 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (48 reviews)
• Directed by: Laurence Olivier

56. The Last Emperor (1987)

• IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (104,898 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (25,000 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (119 reviews)
• Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci

55. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

• IMDb user rating: 7.6/10 (23,465 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (8,083 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (42 reviews)
• Directed by: Frank Lloyd

54. A Man for All Seasons (1966)

• IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (35,132 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (5,000 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (81 reviews)
• Directed by: Fred Zinnemann

53. Midnight Cowboy (1969)

• IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (106,459 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (40,059 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (78 reviews)
• Directed by: John Schlesinger

52. Ordinary People (1980)

• IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (49,514 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (23,252 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (55 reviews)
• Directed by: Robert Redford

50. The Sound of Music (1965)

• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (215,991 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (606,531 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 83% (71 reviews)
• Directed by: Robert Wise

49. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

• IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (139,028 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (43,532 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 88% (52 reviews)
• Directed by: Robert Benton

48. The Hurt Locker (2008)

• IMDb user rating: 7.5/10 (455,104 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 84% (96,200 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (289 reviews)
• Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow

47. Forrest Gump (1994)

• IMDb user rating: 8.8/10 (1,905,676 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (1,244,237 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 71% (104 reviews)
• Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

46. Ben-Hur (1959)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (228,610 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (106,248 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 86% (51 reviews)
• Directed by: William Wyler

45. Gandhi (1982)

• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (233,479 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (49,867 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 85% (62 reviews)
• Directed by: Richard Attenborough

44. Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

• IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (514,620 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (5,000 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (403 reviews)
• Directed by: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

43. Rain Man (1988)

• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (490,155 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (314,261 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (80 reviews)
• Directed by: Barry Levinson

42. You Can’t Take It with You (1938)

• IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (24,573 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (9,416 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (46 reviews)
• Directed by: Frank Capra

41. No Country for Old Men (2007)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (900,943 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (399,547 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (288 reviews)
• Directed by: Joel & Ethan Coen

40. The Artist (2011)

• IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (235,905 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (58,691 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (320 reviews)
• Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius

39. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (818,017 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (1,155,878 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 91% (289 reviews)
• Directed by: Danny Boyle

38. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (657,818 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (405,182 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (271 reviews)
• Directed by: Clint Eastwood

37. Platoon (1986)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (395,356 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (240,012 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (69 reviews)
• Directed by: Oliver Stone

36. The French Connection (1971)

• IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (124,768 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (44,428 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (83 reviews)
• Directed by: William Friedkin

35. Marty (1955)

• IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (23,015 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (6,787 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (42 reviews)
• Directed by: Delbert Mann

34. Argo (2012)

• IMDb user rating: 7.7/10 (617,860 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (208,987 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (359 reviews)
• Directed by: Ben Affleck

33. My Fair Lady (1964)

• IMDb user rating: 7.8/10 (90,701 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (187,112 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (61 reviews)
• Directed by: George Cukor

31. American Beauty (1999)

• IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (1,104,561 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (660,797 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 87% (190 reviews)
• Directed by: Sam Mendes

30. CODA (2021)

• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (136,026 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 91% (1,000 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (291 reviews)
• Directed by: Sian Heder

29. The Deer Hunter (1978)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (324,627 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (103,588 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 92% (78 reviews)
• Directed by: Michael Cimino

28. Patton (1970)

• IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (103,341 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (43,344 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (49 reviews)
• Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner

27. In the Heat of the Night (1967)

• IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (70,923 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (23,226 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (55 reviews)
• Directed by: Norman Jewison

26. The King’s Speech (2010)

• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (683,883 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (144,700 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (298 reviews)
• Directed by: Tom Hooper

25. 12 Years a Slave (2013)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (704,537 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (140,524 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (373 reviews)
• Directed by: Steve McQueen

24. The Lost Weekend (1945)

• IMDb user rating: 7.9/10 (35,404 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (8,890 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (45 reviews)
• Directed by: Billy Wilder

23. Annie Hall (1977)

• IMDb user rating: 8.0/10 (258,110 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (153,824 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (84 reviews)
• Directed by: Woody Allen

22. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (59,343 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 89% (18,059 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (81 reviews)
• Directed by: Lewis Milestone

21. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (211,273 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (54,763 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 95% (61 reviews)
• Directed by: David Lean

20. The Departed (2006)

• IMDb user rating: 8.5/10 (1,241,061 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (738,191 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (283 reviews)
• Directed by: Martin Scorsese

19. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

• IMDb user rating: 8.9/10 (1,710,236 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (34,679,773 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (275 reviews)
• Directed by: Peter Jackson

18. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

• IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (296,218 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (50,000 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (132 reviews)
• Directed by: David Lean

17. The Apartment (1960)

• IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (172,183 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (38,259 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (72 reviews)
• Directed by: Billy Wilder

16. Spotlight (2015)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (473,059 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (70,627 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (375 reviews)
• Directed by: Tom McCarthy

15. Unforgiven (1992)

• IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (391,927 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (122,861 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (106 reviews)
• Directed by: Clint Eastwood

14. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (60,985 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 93% (10,855 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (91 reviews)
• Directed by: William Wyler

13. The Sting (1973)

• IMDb user rating: 8.3/10 (250,672 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (61,793 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (63 reviews)
• Directed by: George Roy Hill

12. Amadeus (1984)

• IMDb user rating: 8.4/10 (403,732 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (180,242 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 93% (100 reviews)
• Directed by: Milos Forman

11. Rebecca (1940)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (131,069 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 92% (39,605 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 100% (94 reviews)
• Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

9. Parasite (2019)

• IMDb user rating: 8.5/10 (810,722 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 90% (5,000 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 99% (475 reviews)
• Directed by: Bong Joon Ho

8. On the Waterfront (1954)

• IMDb user rating: 8.1/10 (148,492 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (52,268 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 99% (105 reviews)
• Directed by: Elia Kazan

7. All About Eve (1950)

• IMDb user rating: 8.2/10 (125,888 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 94% (45,297 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 99% (103 reviews)
• Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

6. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

• IMDb user rating: 8.6/10 (1,332,128 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (847,443 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (104 reviews)
• Directed by: Jonathan Demme

5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

• IMDb user rating: 8.7/10 (954,220 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 96% (279,963 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 94% (83 reviews)
• Directed by: Milos Forman

4. Casablanca (1942)

• IMDb user rating: 8.5/10 (542,975 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 95% (357,759 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 99% (124 reviews)
• Directed by: Michael Curtiz

3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

• IMDb user rating: 9.0/10 (1,183,912 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 97% (411,793 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 96% (114 reviews)
• Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola

2. Schindler’s List (1993)

• IMDb user rating: 9.0/10 (1,359,268 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 97% (411,879 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 98% (128 reviews)
• Directed by: Steven Spielberg

1. The Godfather (1972)

• IMDb user rating: 9.2/10 (1,704,373 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 98% (734,439 reviews)
• Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 97% (133 reviews)
• Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola