The 200 Freshest Movies of the Last 20 Years

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"Can you remember a time without Rotten Tomatoes? Those sightless days of people reaching out and bumping into movies at random, like wandering through a Blockbuster with all the lights off. Those were dark and undirected times. Since the launch of RT in August of 1998, though – the site went live on August 18 of that year – movie fans have had immediate access to the largest accumulation of film reviews ever, distilled for one purpose: to get you watching the best kind of movies you want to see. (Or if you only want to watch bad movies, the site can help you find those more quickly, too.)

"As we mark our 20th birthday, we’re looking back on the past two decades with this guide to the 200 best-reviewed movies released since that fateful day in August of 1998. To keep the competition tight, we only included movies that had at least 80 reviews, the number at which wide-release movies qualify for Certified Fresh status; applying that rule, and limiting the total list to 200 titles, the lowest Tomatometer score you’ll find is 95%. The criteria also meant that no films from 1998 made the cut (Shakespeare in Love did come awfully close)."

-List was released in August of 2018
-Unranked; listed chronologically

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  1. 95 new

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  2. 180 new

    120 battements par minute

    2017 — a.k.a. BPM (Beats Per Minute), in 4 top lists
    Check
  3. 156 new

    13th

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 41 new

    4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile

    2007 — a.k.a. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 140 new

    45 Years

    2015, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 89 new

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 159 new

    Ah-ga-ssi

    2016 — a.k.a. The Handmaiden, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 64 new

    Animal Kingdom

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 53 new

    Anvil: The Story of Anvil

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 157 new

    Aquarius

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 83 new

    Argo

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 76 new

    The Artist

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 111 new

    The Babadook

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 155 new

    The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  15. 86 new

    Before Midnight

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 30 new

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 173 new

    The Big Sick

    2017, in 2 top lists
    Check
  18. 46 new

    Bikur Ha-Tizmoret

    2007 — a.k.a. The Band's Visit, in 1 top list Check
  19. 189 new

    Black Panther

    2018, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 88 new

    Blackfish

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 200 new

    BlacKkKlansman

    2018, in 5 top lists
    Check
  22. 101 new

    Blue Ruin

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 186 new

    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

    2017, in 0 top lists
    Check
  24. 17 new

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 105 new

    Boyhood

    2014, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 133 new

    Brooklyn

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 188 new

    Call Me by Your Name

    2017, in 11 top lists
    Check
  28. 154 new

    Cameraperson

    2016, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 25 new

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 136 new

    Carol

    2015, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 19 new

    Catch Me If You Can

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 69 new

    Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 6 new

    Chicken Run

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 108 new

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 172 new

    City of Ghosts

    2017, in 0 top lists
    Check
  36. 121 new

    Cobain: Montage of Heck

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
  37. 185 new

    Coco

    2017, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 175 new

    Columbus

    2017, in 1 top list
    Check
  39. 29 new

    Control Room

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
  40. 137 new

    Creed

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 37 new

    The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

    2005 — a.k.a. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 191 new

    The Death of Stalin

    2017, in 1 top list
    Check
  43. 114 new

    Deux jours, une nuit

    2014 — a.k.a. Two Days, One Night, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 10 new

    The Dish

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 150 new

    Don't Think Twice

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 160 new

    The Edge of Seventeen

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 57 new

    An Education

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  48. 199 new

    Eighth Grade

    2018, in 3 top lists
    Check
  49. 141 new

    El abrazo de la serpiente

    2015 — a.k.a. Embrace of the Serpent, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 39 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
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