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29 Movies With Near-Perfect Ratings On Rotten Tomatoes
From timeless golden-age classics to modern cinematic masterworks, these 29 acclaimed films achieved near-unanimous critical praise, holding extraordinary 98% to 100% scores on Rotten Tomatoes.
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29 Movies With Near-Perfect Ratings On Rotten Tomatoes 
29. Chinatown (98%) 
28. Sunset Boulevard (98%) 
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26. Modern Times (98%) 
25. Get Out (98%) 
24. Alien (98%) 
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22. All About Eve (99%) 
21. His Girl Friday (99%) 
20. Lady Bird (99%) 
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18. Paddington 2 (99%) 
17. Parasite (99%) 
16. Rear Window (99%) 
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14. Casablanca (99%) 
13. The Maltese Falcon (100%) 
12. Laura (100%) 
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10. The Philadelphia Story (100%) 
9. Tokyo Story (100%) 
8. M (100%) 
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6. Seven Samurai (100%) 
5. Before Sunrise (100%) 
4. Toy Story 2 (100%) 
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2. Leave No Trace (100%) 
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From timeless golden-age classics to modern cinematic masterworks, these 29 acclaimed films achieved near-unanimous critical praise, holding extraordinary 98% to 100% scores on Rotten Tomatoes.
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29. Chinatown (98%)
Roman Polanski's 1974 neo-noir masterpiece 'Chinatown' holds a 98% rating across 83 reviews. Robert Towne's Oscar-winning screenplay and Jack Nicholson's gritty turn as private eye J.J. Gittes crafted a devastating portrait of corruption and municipal power in 1930s Los Angeles.
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28. Sunset Boulevard (98%)
Billy Wilder's 1950 acid-tongued drama holds a 98% Tomatometer score from 76 critics. Gloria Swanson delivered an indelible, career-defining performance as forgotten silent-screen star Norma Desmond, exposing the ruthless vanity and isolation of the studio system.
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27. On The Waterfront (98%)
Directed by Elia Kazan, this 1954 crime drama holds a 98% score over 75 reviews. Marlon Brando's raw, vulnerable performance as prize-fighter Terry Malloy revolutionized dramatic film acting, sweeping eight Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor.
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26. Modern Times (98%)
Charlie Chaplin's 1936 tour-de-force holds a 98% rating across 114 reviews. Combining timeless physical comedy with sharp social commentary on the Great Depression, Chaplin's Little Tramp character navigated conveyor belts and assembly lines in a deeply poignant farewell.
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25. Get Out (98%)
Jordan Peele's 2017 directorial debut earned a staggering 98% score across 404 reviews. Blending visceral psychological horror with blistering social satire, the film became a cultural landmark and won Peele the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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24. Alien (98%)
Ridley Scott's 1979 masterclass in atmospheric dread boasts a 98% Tomatometer score across 134 reviews. Featuring Sigourney Weaver's breakout turn as warrant officer Ellen Ripley and H.R. Giger's biomechanical creature design, it remains an untouchable benchmark.
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23. The Third Man (99%)
Carol Reed's 1949 thriller holds an elite 99% rating from 86 critics. Famous for Anton Karas's haunting zither score, Robert Krasker's tilted Dutch-angle cinematography, and Orson Welles's legendary Ferris wheel cuckoo clock speech, it remains a pillar of world cinema.
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22. All About Eve (99%)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1950 masterpiece holds a 99% rating with 104 reviews. Starring Bette Davis as aging theatrical diva Margo Channing and Anne Baxter as her scheming acolyte, the film earned a record-setting 14 Academy Award nominations that stood unbeaten for decades.
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21. His Girl Friday (99%)
Howard Hawks's 1940 screwball comedy holds a 99% score from 84 reviews. Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell as sparring newsroom exes, the film's groundbreaking overlapping dialogue and relentless pacing established the gold standard for romantic comedies.
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20. Lady Bird (99%)
Greta Gerwig's 2017 solo directorial debut holds a 99% rating across 404 reviews, famously setting a record with 196 consecutive positive reviews upon release. Saoirse Ronan's nuanced lead performance captured the turbulent, bittersweet transition out of adolescence.
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19. L.A. Confidential (99%)
Curtis Hanson's 1997 adaptation of James Ellroy's novel holds a 99% rating from 164 critics. With sensational performances from Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, and Oscar-winner Kim Basinger, the complex neo-noir captured 1950s Los Angeles police vice with absolute precision.
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18. Paddington 2 (99%)
Paul King's 2017 family adventure holds an astonishing 99% rating across 253 reviews, famously maintaining a perfect 100% score for several years. Critics universally praised its boundless empathy, inventive slapstick comedy, and Hugh Grant's dazzling comic performance.
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17. Parasite (99%)
Bong Joon-ho's 2019 black comedy thriller holds a 99% score across 478 reviews. The film made history as the first non-English-language movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, universally lauded for its razor-sharp commentary on wealth inequality.
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16. Rear Window (99%)
Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 claustrophobic thriller boasts a 99% score from 135 critics. Confined entirely to a single courtyard apartment set, James Stewart and Grace Kelly delivered peak performances in a brilliant exploration of obsession, curiosity, and cinematic voyeurism.
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15. Citizen Kane (99%)
Orson Welles's 1941 debut holds a 99% rating across 127 reviews. Renowned for Gregg Toland's deep-focus camerawork, non-linear flashback structure, and Welles's thunderous performance as media baron Charles Foster Kane, it is widely considered one of cinema's crowning achievements.
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14. Casablanca (99%)
Michael Curtiz's 1942 wartime drama maintains a 99% rating with 142 reviews. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman as star-crossed lovers in Vichy-controlled Morocco, its timeless balance of romance, cynicism, and moral duty earned it three Oscars, including Best Picture.
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13. The Maltese Falcon (100%)
John Huston's 1941 directorial debut maintains a flawless 100% score across 64 reviews. Humphrey Bogart's cynical portrayal of private eye Sam Spade set the template for hardboiled detective fiction, anchored by an eccentric cast hunting for the fabled jewel-encrusted statuette.
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12. Laura (100%)
Otto Preminger's 1944 noir classic holds a perfect 100% rating over 64 reviews. Starring Gene Tierney as the elusive titular woman and Dana Andrews as the detective who falls in love with her portrait during a murder investigation, the film won praise for its elegant sophistication.
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11. Singin' In The Rain (100%)
Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen's 1952 musical holds a pristine 100% rating across 67 reviews. Featuring dazzling choreography, exuberant performances from Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor, and infectious optimism, it is celebrated as the pinnacle of movie musicals.
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10. The Philadelphia Story (100%)
George Cukor's 1940 romantic comedy boasts a 100% rating from 66 reviews. Featuring an all-star trio in Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart, the film's sparkling wit and chemistry rescued Hepburn from 'box office poison' status and earned Stewart Best Actor.
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9. Tokyo Story (100%)
Yasujiro Ozu's 1953 drama holds a perfect 100% score from 50 reviews. Following aging parents visiting their busy adult children in Tokyo, Ozu's low-angle static camera and gentle observational style created a heartbreaking, universally relatable reflection on time and family.
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8. M (100%)
Fritz Lang's 1931 thriller holds a 100% score across 64 reviews. Peter Lorre's chilling performance as a tormented child killer hunted by both police and criminals pioneered creative sound design and procedural investigative techniques that shaped all modern crime cinema.
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7. Bicycle Thieves (99%)
Vittorio De Sica's 1948 neorealist landmark holds a 99% score across 73 reviews. Filmed on the bombed streets of Rome using non-professional actors, this simple story of a poor father searching for his stolen bicycle earned an Honorary Academy Award for foreign film excellence.
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6. Seven Samurai (100%)
Akira Kurosawa's 1954 epic holds a flawless 100% rating across 98 reviews. Clocking in at over three hours, the tale of seven ronin defending an impoverished village against bandits pioneered dynamic multi-camera action filming and influenced generations of filmmakers.
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5. Before Sunrise (100%)
Richard Linklater's 1995 indie romance maintains a pristine 100% rating from 51 reviews. Starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as strangers wandering Vienna overnight, the film relied purely on philosophical conversation and electric naturalism to craft a timeless romantic portrait.
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4. Toy Story 2 (100%)
Pixar's 1999 animated triumph holds a 100% rating across 174 reviews. Rebuilt from scratch in just nine months, the sequel deepened Woody and Buzz's universe while introducing Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl in an emotionally resonant exploration of abandonment and loyalty.
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3. Toy Story (100%)
John Lasseter's 1995 classic holds a perfect 100% rating over 97 reviews. As the first entirely computer-animated feature film in history, its brilliant buddy-comedy dynamic between Tom Hanks and Tim Allen proved that technology was merely a tool for heartfelt, character-driven storytelling.
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2. Leave No Trace (100%)
Debra Granik's 2018 quiet masterpiece holds an astonishing 100% rating across 251 reviews, making it one of the most-reviewed films in Rotten Tomatoes history to never receive a single negative review. Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie delivered deeply affecting performances.
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1. 12 Angry Men (100%)
Sidney Lumet's 1957 courtroom drama holds a flawless 100% score from 61 critics. Set almost entirely within a sweltering jury deliberation room, Henry Fonda's lone holdout juror systematically dismantles prejudice with reason, creating the undisputed pinnacle of cinematic tension.
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