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. 142 new

    Zootopia

    2016, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 144 new

    The Jungle Book

    2016, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 147 new

    Weiner

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 149 new

    Hunt for the Wilderpeople

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 150 new

    Don't Think Twice

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 151 new

    Little Men

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 153 new

    Kubo and the Two Strings

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 154 new

    Cameraperson

    2016, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 155 new

    The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 156 new

    13th

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 157 new

    Aquarius

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 158 new

    Moonlight

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 160 new

    The Edge of Seventeen

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 161 new

    Moana

    2016, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 162 new

    L'avenir

    2016 — a.k.a. Things to Come, in 1 top list Check
  16. 163 new

    Manchester by the Sea

    2016, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 164 new

    Paterson

    2016, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 165 new

    Forushande

    2016 — a.k.a. The Salesman, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 166 new

    I Am Not Your Negro

    2016, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 169 new

    Ma vie de Courgette

    2016 — a.k.a. My Life as a Zucchini, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 170 new

    Umi yori mo mada fukaku

    2016 — a.k.a. After the Storm, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 171 new

    Kimi no na wa.

    2016 — a.k.a. Your Name., in 12 top lists Check
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Last updated on Oct 22, 2018; source