Perfect Movies Everyone Agrees On
Making the perfect movie is no easy task, but getting both critics and the movie going public to agree you have made the perfect movie is even harder. Only about 1 out of 5,000 movies of all IMDb rated feature films meet both these combined requirements for unqualified, universal acclaim: a Metacritic Critic Score of 90 or above and a IMDb User Rating of 8.0 or above with 15,000+ votes. Which movie achieving this rare double of universal acclaim from both critics and moviegoers would get your vote?
Which perfect movie,* as agreed on by critics and moviegoers alike, do you think is the most perfect? *equal ave. IMDb-MetaCritic score of 88.5 or above (As of 25 Jan 2017 top bolded snapshot) and updated combined averages for movies whose scores have since changed (As of 10 Feb 2018 bottom unbolded snapshot).
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Which perfect movie,* as agreed on by critics and moviegoers alike, do you think is the most perfect? *equal ave. IMDb-MetaCritic score of 88.5 or above (As of 25 Jan 2017 top bolded snapshot) and updated combined averages for movies whose scores have since changed (As of 10 Feb 2018 bottom unbolded snapshot).
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- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoJames CaanThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.Combined Average: 96.0 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 9.2
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.Combined Average: 93.0 Metacritic: 99 IMDb rating: 8.7
Recent Average: 92.5 Metacritic: 98 IMDb rating: 8.7 (As of 10 Feb 2018) - DirectorDavid LeanStarsPeter O'TooleAlec GuinnessAnthony QuinnThe story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.Combined Average: 92.0 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 8.4
Recent Average: 91.5 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 8.3 (As of 10 Feb 2018) - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Combined Average: 91.5 Metacritic: 94 IMDb rating: 8.9
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.Combined Average: 91.5 Metacritic: 94 IMDb rating: 8.9
- DirectorBarry JenkinsStarsMahershala AliNaomie HarrisTrevante RhodesA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.Combined Average: 91.5 Metacritic: 99 IMDb rating: 8.4
Recent Average: 87.0 Metacritic: 99.0 IMDb rating: 7.5 (As of Feb 10 2018, near perfect standard) - DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsBurt LancasterTony CurtisSusan HarrisonPowerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.Combined Average: 91 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 8.2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry BergmanThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.Combined Average: 91 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 8.6
Recent Average: 90.5 Metacritic: 96.0 IMDb rating: 8.5 (As of Feb 10 2018) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Combined Average: 91 Metacritic: 93 IMDb rating: 8.9
- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.Combined Average: 90.5 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 8.1
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBertil GuvePernilla AllwinKristina AdolphsonTwo young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.Combined Average: 90.5 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 8.1
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsJean-Louis TrintignantStefania SandrelliGastone MoschinA weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.Combined Average: 90.5 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 8.1
- DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsBurt LancasterAlain DelonClaudia CardinaleThe Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.Combined Average: 90.5 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 8.1
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsLino VenturaPaul MeurisseJean-Pierre CasselAn account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.Combined Average: 90.5 Metacritic: 99 IMDb rating: 8.2
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.Combined Average: 90.5 Metacritic: 98 IMDb rating: 8.3
- 19641h 35mPG8.4 (519K)97MetascoreDirectorStanley KubrickStarsPeter SellersGeorge C. ScottSterling HaydenAn unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.Combined Average: 90.5 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 8.5
- DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian GishA self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.Combined Average: 90 Metacritic: 99 IMDb rating: 8.1
Recent Average: 89.5 Metacritic: 99 IMDb rating: 8.0 (As of Feb 10 2018) - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.Combined Average: 90 Metacritic: 98 IMDb rating: 8.2
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.Combined Average: 89.5 Metacritic: 93 IMDb rating: 8.6
Recent Average: 87.0 Metacritic: 93 IMDb rating: 8.1 (As of Feb 10 2018, near perfect standard) - DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsCasey AffleckMichelle WilliamsKyle ChandlerA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.Combined Average: 89.0 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 8.2
Recent Average: 87.5 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 7.9 (As of Feb 10 2018, near perfect standard) - DirectorJules DassinStarsJean ServaisCarl MöhnerRobert ManuelFour men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...Combined Average: 89.5 Metacritic: 97 IMDb rating: 8.2
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.Combined Average: 89.5 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 8.3
Recent Average: 89.0 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 8.2 (As of 10 Feb 2018) - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.Combined Average: 89.5 Metacritic: 95 IMDb rating: 8.4
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.Combined Average: 89.5 Metacritic: 92 IMDb rating: 8.7
Recent Average: 88.0 Metacritic: 90 IMDb rating: 8.6 (As of 10 Feb 2018, near perfect standard) - DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando BloomA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.Combined Average: 89.5 Metacritic: 91 IMDb rating: 8.8
Recent Average: 90.0 Metacritic: 92 IMDb rating: 8.8 (As of Feb 10 2018) - DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.Combined Average: 89.5 Metacritic: 90 IMDb rating: 8.9
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Combined Average: 89 Metacritic: 97 IMDb rating: 8.1
Recent Average: 88.5 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 8.1 (As of Feb 10 2018) - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu IrinoDuring her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.Combined Average: 89 Metacritic: 94 IMDb rating: 8.4
Recent Average: 91.0 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 8.6 (As of Feb 10 2018) - DirectorMichael CurtizWilliam KeighleyStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandBasil RathboneWhen Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.Combined Average: 88.5 Metacritic: 97 IMDb rating: 8.0
- DirectorAndrew StantonStarsBen BurttElissa KnightJeff GarlinIn the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.Combined Average: 88.5 Metacritic: 94 IMDb rating: 8.3
Recent Average: 89.0 Metacritic: 95 IMDb rating: 8.4 (As of Feb 10 2018) - DirectorPete DocterRonnie Del CarmenStarsAmy PoehlerBill HaderLewis BlackAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.Combined Average: 88.5 Metacritic: 94 IMDb rating: 8.3
Recent Average: 88.0 Metacritic: 94 IMDb rating: 8.2 (As of Feb 10 2018, near perfect standard) - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark RylanceAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.Combined Average: 89.0 Metacritic: 94 IMDb rating: 8.4 Added 01 August 2017
Recent Average: 87.5 Metacritic: 94 IMDb rating: 8.1 (As of 10 Feb 2018, near perfect standard) - DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Combined Average: 91.5 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 8.3 Added 25 August 2017
Recent Average: 92.0 Metacritic: 100 IMDb rating: 8.4 (As of Feb 10 2018) - DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeongGreed and class discrimination threaten the newly-formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.Combined Average: 91.0 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 8.6 Added 10 January 2020
Recent Average: 91.0 Metacritic: 96 IMDb rating: 8.6 (As of Jan 10 2020)