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53 Australia
34 Bedtime Stories
41 Beverly Hills Chihuahua
57 Body of Lies
68 Bolt
xx Bride Wars
63 Burn After Reading
65 Cadillac Records
58 City of Ember
69 Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
82 Dark Knight, The
39 Day the Earth Stood Still, The
27 Delgo
43 Eagle Eye
36 Fly Me to the Moon
41 Four Christmases
28 Haunting of Molly Hartley. The
57 High School Musical 3: Senior Year
35 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
57 Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D
61 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
53 Marley & Me
84 Milk
35 Mirrors
39 Nights in Rodanthe
50 Nothing Like the Holidays
45 Pride and Glory
30 Punisher: War Zone
58 Quantum of Solace
71 Revolutionary Road
36 Righteous Kill
60 Role Models
19 Saw V
57 Secret Life of Bees, The
36 Seven Pounds
49 Sex Drive
49 Soul Men
30 Spirit, The
53 Tale of Despereaux, The
51 Transporter 3
56 Twilight
xx Unborn, The
56 Valkyrie
70 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
56 W.
93 WALL-E
46 Yes Man
56 Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

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58 Adam Resurrected
64 Appaloosa
69 Ashes of Time Redux
68 August Evening
54 Battle in Seattle
76 Betrayal - Nerakhoon, The
70 Black Balloon, The
55 Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The
51 Breakfast with Scot
xx Cargo 200
63 Changeling
66 Che
84 Christmas Tale, A
93 Class, The
38 Dark Streets
57 Defiance
xx Dostana
70 Doubt
62 Duchess, The
46 Dukes, The
63 Eden
xx Extreme Movie
69 Fear(s) of the Dark
26 Filth and Wisdom
28 Fireproof
80 Frost/Nixon
43 Gardens of the Night
73 Girl Cut in Two, A
36 Good
54 Good Dick
73 Gran Torino
30 Guitar, The
84 Happy-Go-Lucky
31 Hounddog
26 House of the Sleeping Beauties
49 How About You
70 Hunger
72 I Served the King of England
70 I.O.U.S. A
40 Igor
79 I've Loved You So Long
64 JCVD
xx Just Another Love Story
29 Lake City
59 Last Chance Harvey
82 Let the Right One In
31 Let Them Chirp Awhile
xx Local Color
89 Man on Wire
74 Moscow, Belgium
36 My Name Is Bruce
28 Nobel Son
xx Not Easily Broken
64 Nothing But the Truth
40 Other End of the Line, The
34 Otto; or Up with Dead People
75 Pool, The
78 Pray the Devil Back to Hell
xx Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
82 Rachel Getting Married
58 Reader, The
56 Religulous
32 Repo! The Genetic Opera
53 RocknRolla
64 Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
77 Secret of the Grain, The
84 Silent Light
86 Slumdog Millionaire
57 Special
80 Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
67 Synecdoche, New York
82 Tell No One
68 Theater of War
65 Timecrimes
83 Trouble the Water
43 Tru Loved
83 U2 3D
88 Waltz with Bashir
59 We Are Wizards
80 Wendy and Lucy
71 What Doesn't Kill You
55 What Just Happened?
61 Where God Left His Shoes
40 While She Was Out
81 Wrestler, The
xx Yonkers Joe

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed movies.

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2008 Awards & Nominations
2008 Critic Top Ten Lists

Additional critic top ten lists, awards and nominations will be posted throughout January.

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2008
1.	4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days	97
2.	Class, The	93
3.	WALL-E	93
4.	Man on Wire	89
5.	Waltz with Bashir	88
6.	Slumdog Millionaire	86
7.	Flight of the Red Balloon, The	86
8.	Edge of Heaven, The	85
9.	Alexandra	85
10.	Christmas Tale, A	84
11.	My Winnipeg	84
12.	Up the Yangtze	84
13.	Milk	84
14.	Momma's Man	84
15.	Ballast	84
16.	Happy-Go-Lucky	84
17.	Chop Shop	83
18.	Paranoid Park	83
19.	Trouble the Water	83
20.	U2 3D	83

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2007 Awards & Nominations
2007 Critic Top Ten Lists

Additional critic top ten lists, awards and nominations will be posted throughout January.

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2007 are (with number of wins in parentheses): No Country for Old Men (21), There Will Be Blood (13), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (9.5), Atonement (4), I'm Not There (4), The Assassination of Jesse James (3), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (3), Michael Clayton (3), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2), Juno (3), The Lives of Others (2), Once (2), Ratatouille (2), Zodiac (2), The Savages (1.5), 12:08 East of Bucharest (1), Across the Universe (1), Bamako (1), The Bourne Ultimatum (1), Breach (1), Children of Men (1), Eastern Promises (1), Into the Wild (1)
Knocked Up (1), Waitress (1), No End in Sight (1), Southland Tales (1), Syndromes And A Century (1), Adam's Apple (0.5), Absolute Wilson (0.5), Casa de Lava (0.33), Colossal Youth (0.33), Where Lies Your Hidden Smile (0.33)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2007
1.	Ratatouille	96
2.	Killer of Sheep	94
3.	Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The	92
4.	There Will Be Blood	92
5.	No Country for Old Men	91
6.	Persepolis	90
7.	No End in Sight	89
8.	Once	88
9.	Away from Her	88
10.	This Is England	86
11.	Bourne Ultimatum, The	85
12.	Savages, The	85
13.	Offside	85
14.	Knocked Up	85
15.	Atonement	85
16.	Host, The	85
17.	In the Shadow of the Moon	84
18.	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	84
19.	King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The	83
20.	Triad Election	83

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2006 Awards & Nominations
2006 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2006 are (with number of wins in parentheses): United 93 (10), The Departed (9), Army of Shadows (7), Pan's Labyrinth (7), Letters from Iwo Jima (6.5), Children of Men (5), Babel (4), The Queen (4), Flags of our Fathers (3.5), Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (3), The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2), Little Children (2), V for Vendetta (2), Casino Royale (1), Climates (1), Dreamgirls (1), Happy Feet (1), Inland Empire (1), Little Miss Sunshine (1), A Prairie Home Companion (1), Quinceanera (1), Shortbus (1), Cafe Lumiere (0.5), Three Times (0.5)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2006
1.	Army of Shadows	99
2.	Pan's Labyrinth	98
3.	Queen, The	91
4.	United 93	90
5.	Lives of Others, The	89
6.	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	89
7.	Letters from Iwo Jima	89
8.	Overlord	88
9.	L'Enfant (The Child)	87
10.	Fateless	87
11.	Deliver Us from Evil	86
12.	Our Daily Bread	86
13.	Departed, The	86
14.	Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film	86
15.	Half Nelson	85
16.	Street Fight	85
17.	Neil Young: Heart of Gold	85
18.	Children of Men	84
19.	49 UP	84
20.	Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The	84

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2005 Awards & Nominations
2005 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2005 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Brokeback Mountain (15), A History Of Violence (8), Capote (4), Crash (4), The Squid And The Whale (4), King Kong (3), Munich (3), The Best of Youth (2.5), Caché (2), Good Night, and Good Luck. (2), Kings and Queen (2), Mysterious Skin (2), 2046 (1), Black (1), Café Lumière (1), The Century Of The Self (1), Grizzly Man (1), Head-On (1), Hustle & Flow (1), Jarhead (1), Junebug (1), Kung Fu Hustle (1), Murderball (1), The New World (1), Oldboy (1), Pride & Prejudice (1), Saraband (1), The Sea Inside (1), Walk The Line (1), The White Diamond (1), The World (1), Duma (0.5)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2005
1.	Best of Youth, The	89
2.	Capote	88
3.	Nobody Knows	88
4.	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	87
5.	Brokeback Mountain	87
6.	Murderball	87
7.	Grizzly Man	87
8.	Turtles Can Fly	85
9.	Intruder, The	85
10.	Darwin's Nightmare	84
11.	Kings and Queen	84
12.	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	83
13.	Cache (Hidden)	83
14.	White Diamond, The	83
15.	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room	82
16.	Duma	82
17.	Constant Gardener, The	82
18.	Memories of Murder	82
19.	Pride & Prejudice	82
20.	Squid and the Whale, The	82

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2004 Awards & Nominations
2004 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2004 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Sideways (26), Million Dollar Baby (7), Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (5), The Aviator (4), Before Sunset (3), Bad Education (2), House Of Flying Daggers (2), Notre Musique (1.5), Star Spangled To Death (1.5), The Assassination Of Richard Nixon (1), The Big Red One (1), Dogville (1), Finding Neverland (1), Hero (1), I Heart Huckabees (1), The Incredibles (1), Maria Full Of Grace (1), Tarnation (1), A Very Long Engagement (1), Zero Day (1)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2004
1.	Sideways	94
2.	MoolaadÃ©	91
3.	Incredibles, The	90
4.	Before Sunset	90
5.	House of Flying Daggers	89
6.	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	89
7.	Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut	88
8.	Maria Full of Grace	87
9.	Tarnation	87
10.	Million Dollar Baby	86
11.	Los Angeles Plays Itself	85
12.	Festival Express	85
13.	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring	85
14.	Since Otar Left	85
15.	Distant	84
16.	Hero	84
17.	Springtime in a Small Town	84
18.	Osama	83
19.	Spider-Man 2	83
20.	Kill Bill: Volume 2	83

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2003 Awards & Nominations
2003 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2003 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (22), Lost In Translation (14), American Splendor (7), Mystic River (5), Cold Mountain (2), Finding Nemo (2), In America (2), Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2), Spider (2), Blue Car (1), The Fog Of War (1), Gerry (1), House Of Fools (1), In The Cut (1), Love and Diane (1), Medea (1), Monster (1), Pirates Of The Caribbean (1), Platform (1), 25th Hour (0.5), Crimson Gold (0.5)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2003
1.	Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The	94
2.	Triplets of Belleville, The	91
3.	American Splendor	90
4.	Capturing the Friedmans	90
5.	Lost in Translation	89
6.	Finding Nemo	89
7.	Fog of War, The	87
8.	Marooned in Iraq	86
9.	To Be and to Have	86
10.	Ten	86
11.	Son, The	86
12.	Sweet Sixteen	86
13.	Love & Diane	85
14.	Last Letter, The	85
15.	Man Without a Past, The	84
16.	Bus 174	84
17.	Mystic River	84
18.	Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary	84
19.	Raising Victor Vargas	83
20.	Magdalene Sisters, The	83

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2002 Awards & Nominations
2002 Critic Top Ten Lists

The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2002 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Far From Heaven (8.5), The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers (5), The Pianist (5), Talk to Her (4.5), Y Tu Mama Tambien (3.5), About Schmidt (3), Adaptation (3), Chicago (3), Spirited Away (2.5), The Hours (2), Bloody Sunday (1.5), Dahmer (1), Domestic Violence (1), Gangs of New York (1), Ivansxtc (1), Minority Report (1), Rabbit-Proof Fence (1), We Were Soldiers (1), and The Good Girl (0.5).

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2002
1.	Spirited Away	94
2.	Amadeus: Director's Cut	93
3.	Fast Runner, The	91
4.	Bloody Sunday	90
5.	Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The	88
6.	Time Out	88
7.	Y Tu MamÃ¡ TambiÃ©n	88
8.	I'm Going Home	86
9.	Russian Ark	86
10.	Talk to Her	86
11.	Pianist, The	85
12.	About Schmidt	85
13.	Domestic Violence	85
14.	Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience	85
15.	24 Hour Party People	85
16.	Cinema Paradiso: The Director's Cut	84
17.	Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India	84
18.	Far from Heaven	84
19.	Quiet American, The	84
20.	Pinochet Case, The	84

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The films receiving Best Picture awards and #1 movie of the year rankings from publications, critics, and organizations tracked by Metacritic in 2001 are (with number of wins in parentheses): Mulholland Drive (10.5), Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (6), Memento (5.5), A Beautiful Mind (3), In The Bedroom (3), Moulin Rouge (3), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2), Apocalypse Now Redux (2), The Royal Tenenbaums (2), The Circle (1), In The Mood For Love (1), Kandahar (1), L.I.E. (1), Monster's Ball (1), Shrek (1), Time Out (1), Werckmeister Harmonies (1)

The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2001
1.	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The	92
2.	Werckmeister Harmonies	92
3.	My Voyage to Italy	90
4.	Apocalypse Now Redux	90
5.	Gosford Park	90
6.	Ghost World	88
7.	Band of Outsiders	88
8.	In the Bedroom	86
9.	Under the Sand	86
10.	Children Underground	85
11.	Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, The	85
12.	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	85
13.	In the Mood for Love	85
14.	Circle, The	85
15.	Lantana	84
16.	No Man's Land	84
17.	Shrek	84
18.	Day I Became a Woman, The	84
19.	Together	84
20.	Fighter	83

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The Best-Reviewed Movies of 2000
1.	Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The	93
2.	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	93
3.	Yi Yi (A One and a Two)	92
4.	Beau Travail	91
5.	Almost Famous	90
6.	Chicken Run	88
7.	Wind Will Carry Us, The	86
8.	Traffic	86
9.	Before Night Falls	85
10.	You Can Count On Me	85
11.	Sound and Fury	85
12.	Paragraph 175	85
13.	Calle 54	84
14.	Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen, The	82
15.	Dream of Light, The	82
16.	One Day in September	82
17.	Filth and the Fury, The	82
18.	George Washington	81
19.	Blood Simple: The Director's Cut	81
20.	I'm The One That I Want	81

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