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The 100 Best Free Movies on YouTube (June 2024)
Did you know there’s an official channel for free movies on YouTube? Take one hop over and you’re immediately inside a gallery featuring hundreds ad-supported free movies! But which to watch? Using Rotten Tomatoes and our classic Tomatometer as a guide, we present the 100 best free movies on YouTube!
To create the YouTub-ular list (radical, even), we’ve taken their latest updated selection of Certified Fresh movies (movies with high critical praise), Fresh movies, and Rotten movies with over 60% Audience Scores. Check out the official YouTube page, and with our guide to the best free movies on YouTube, have a classic movie night without reaching for the credit card or answering account recovery questions like the the color of the street you got your fistfight in or your third dog’s maiden name.
Certified Fresh movies recently added: Babe, Hell or High Water, Train to Busan, Dracula (see more on Universal monster movies), Whiplash, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Back to the Future, The Sting, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Witness, The Little Prince, Hotel Rwanda, The Wolf Man, Jason and the Argonauts, The Mummy, Three Days of the Condor, Barry Lyndon (see all Stanley Kubrick movies), Dances With Wolves (Best Picture winners ranked), Coal Miner’s Daughter, Contagion, The Birdcage, Begin Again, The Natural, 42, Ray, The Dark Crystal & Labyrinth (’80s fantasy movies ranked), My Best Friend’s Wedding
#1
Adjusted Score: 102008%
Critics Consensus: The rare family-friendly feature with a heart as big as its special effects budget, Babe offers timeless entertainment for viewers of all ages.
Synopsis: Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett (James Cromwell) wins a piglet named Babe (Christine Cavanaugh) at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his… [More]
Starring: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Hugo Weaving, Mary Acres
Directed By: Chris Noonan
#2
Adjusted Score: 110827%
Critics Consensus:Hell or High Water offers a solidly crafted, well-acted Western heist thriller that eschews mindless gunplay in favor of confident pacing and full-bodied characters.
Synopsis: Toby is a divorced father who’s trying to make a better life for his son. His brother Tanner is an… [More]
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Gil Birmingham
Directed By: David Mackenzie
#3
Adjusted Score: 112135%
Critics Consensus: An engrossing look at the triumphs and travails of war veterans, The Best Years of Our Lives is concerned specifically with the aftermath of World War II, but its messages speak to the overall American experience.
Synopsis: Fred, Al and Homer are three World War II veterans facing difficulties as they re-enter civilian life. Fred (Dana Andrews)… [More]
Starring: Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright
Directed By: William Wyler
#4
Adjusted Score: 101823%
Critics Consensus: Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent features a winning combination of international intrigue, comic relief, and some of the legendary director’s most memorable set pieces.
Synopsis: Crime reporter John Jones (Joel McCrea) is turning in nothing but dull copy. His editor, unhappy with his work, hopes… [More]
Starring: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders
Directed By: Alfred Hitchcock
#5
Adjusted Score: 100540%
Critics Consensus:Train to Busan delivers a thrillingly unique — and purely entertaining — take on the zombie genre, with fully realized characters and plenty of social commentary to underscore the bursts of skillfully staged action.
Synopsis: A man (Gong Yoo), his estranged daughter and other passengers become trapped on a speeding train during a zombie outbreak… [More]
Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Choi Woo-sik
Directed By: Yeon Sang-ho
#6
Adjusted Score: 99836%
Critics Consensus: Dark, cynical, and subversive, Heathers gently applies a chainsaw to the conventions of the high school movie — changing the game for teen comedies to follow.
Synopsis: Veronica (Winona Ryder) is part of the most popular clique at her high school, but she disapproves of the other… [More]
Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk
Directed By: Michael Lehmann
#7
Adjusted Score: 104658%
Critics Consensus: Socially minded yet entertaining, The Day the Earth Stood Still imparts its moral of peace and understanding without didacticism.
Synopsis: When a UFO lands in Washington, D.C., bearing a message for Earth’s leaders, all of humanity stands still. Klaatu (Michael… [More]
Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe
Directed By: Robert Wise
#8
Adjusted Score: 101130%
Critics Consensus: Bela Lugosi’s timeless portrayal of Dracula in this creepy and atmospheric 1931 film has set the standard for major vampiric roles since.
Synopsis: The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), after hypnotizing a British soldier, Renfield (Dwight Frye), into his mindless slave, travels… [More]
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, David Manners
Directed By: Tod Browning
#9
Adjusted Score: 108761%
Critics Consensus: Intense, inspiring, and well-acted, Whiplash is a brilliant sophomore effort from director Damien Chazelle and a riveting vehicle for stars J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller.
Synopsis: Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) is an ambitious young jazz drummer, in pursuit of rising to the top of his elite… [More]
Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser
Directed By: Damien Chazelle
#10
Adjusted Score: 100515%
Critics Consensus: With its impeccably slow-building story and a cast for the ages, The Great Escape is an all-time action classic.
Synopsis: Imprisoned during World War II in a German POW camp, a group of Allied soldiers are intent on breaking out,… [More]
Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson
Directed By: John Sturges
#11
Adjusted Score: 96855%
Critics Consensus:Alone‘s minimalistic approach makes this heightened thriller a gripping and suspenseful experience.
Synopsis: A cold-blooded killer hunts a widow in the wilderness after she escapes from his remote cabin in the Pacific Northwest…. [More]
Starring: Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald, Jonathan Rosenthal
Directed By: John Hyams
#12
Adjusted Score: 103805%
Critics Consensus: Inventive, funny, and breathlessly constructed, Back to the Future is a rousing time-travel adventure with an unforgettable spirit.
Synopsis: In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into the ’50s when… [More]
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
#13
Adjusted Score: 104839%
Critics Consensus: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and director George Roy Hill prove that charm, humor, and a few slick twists can add up to a great film.
Synopsis: Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry… [More]
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning
Directed By: George Roy Hill
#14
Adjusted Score: 107396%
Critics Consensus: Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher are worthy adversaries in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, with Miloš Forman’s more grounded and morally ambiguous approach to Ken Kesey’s surrealistic novel yielding a film of outsized power.
Synopsis: When Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) gets transferred for evaluation from a prison farm to a mental institution, he assumes… [More]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, William Redfield
Directed By: Milos Forman
#15
Adjusted Score: 114527%
Critics Consensus: A modern classic, Alien blends science fiction, horror and bleak poetry into a seamless whole.
Synopsis: In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey… [More]
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Directed By: Ridley Scott
#16
Adjusted Score: 96896%
Critics Consensus: A wonderfully entertaining thriller within an unusual setting, with Harrison Ford delivering a surprisingly emotive and sympathetic performance.
Synopsis: After witnessing a brutal murder, young Amish boy Samuel (Lukas Haas) and his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis) seek protection from… [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Alexander Godunov, Josef Sommer
Directed By: Peter Weir
#17
Adjusted Score: 96120%
Critics Consensus: Beautifully animated and faithful to the spirit of its classic source material, The Little Prince is a family-friendly treat that anchors thrilling visuals with a satisfying story.
Synopsis: The Aviator introduces a girl to a world where she rediscovers her childhood and learns that it’s human connections that… [More]
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, James Franco, Marion Cotillard
Directed By: Mark Osborne
#18
Adjusted Score: 97264%
Critics Consensus: A sobering and heartfelt tale about massacre that took place in Rwanda while most of the world looked away.
Synopsis: Hutu Paul Rusesabagina manages the Hôtel des Mille Collines and lives a happy life with his Tutsi wife and their… [More]
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte
Directed By: Terry George
#19
Adjusted Score: 96978%
Critics Consensus: A handsomely told tale with an affecting performance from Lon Chaney, Jr., The Wolf Man remains one of the classics of the Universal horror stable.
Synopsis: When his brother dies, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney) returns to Wales and reconciles with his father (Claude Rains). While there,… [More]
Starring: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers
Directed By: George Waggner
#20
Adjusted Score: 94334%
Critics Consensus: Downfall is an illuminating, thoughtful and detailed account of Hitler’s last days.
Synopsis: In 1942, young Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) lands her dream job — secretary to Adolf Hitler (Bruno Ganz) at… [More]
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes
Directed By: Oliver Hirschbiegel
#21
Adjusted Score: 94402%
Critics Consensus: Don Chaffey’s Jason and the Argonauts is an outlandish, transportive piece of nostalgia whose real star is the masterful stop-motion animation work of Ray Harryhausen.
Synopsis: After saving the life of his royal father’s usurper, Pelias (Douglas Wilmer), whom he fails to recognize, Jason (Todd Armstrong)… [More]
Starring: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Honor Blackman
Directed By: Don Chaffey
#22
Adjusted Score: 96704%
Critics Consensus: Relying more on mood and atmosphere than the thrills typical of modern horror fare, Universal’s The Mummy sets a masterful template for mummy-themed films to follow.
Synopsis: A team of British archaeologists led by Sir Joseph Whemple (Arthur Byron) discover the mummified remains of the ancient Egyptian… [More]
Starring: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan
Directed By: Karl Freund
#23
Adjusted Score: 99141%
Critics Consensus: As unconventional and unwieldy as the life and legacy it honors, Love & Mercy should prove moving for Brian Wilson fans while still satisfying neophytes.
Synopsis: In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson stops touring, produces “Pet Sounds” and begins to lose his grip… [More]
Starring: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti
Directed By: Bill Pohlad
#24
Adjusted Score: 92928%
Critics Consensus: This post-Watergate thriller captures the paranoid tenor of the times, thanks to Syndey Pollack’s taut direction and excellent performances from Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway.
Synopsis: On a seemingly ordinary day, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a quiet CIA codebreaker, walks into his workplace and finds that… [More]
Starring: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow
Directed By: Sydney Pollack
#25
Adjusted Score: 96778%
Critics Consensus: Cynical, ironic, and suffused with seductive natural lighting, Barry Lyndon is a complex character piece of a hapless man doomed by Georgian society.
Synopsis: How does an Irish lad without prospects become part of 18th-century English nobility? For Barry Lyndon (Ryan O’Neal) the answer… [More]
Starring: Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger
Directed By: Stanley Kubrick
#26
Adjusted Score: 98255%
Critics Consensus:Dances with Wolves suffers from a simplistic view of the culture it attempts to honor, but the end result remains a stirring western whose noble intentions are often matched by its epic grandeur.
Synopsis: A Civil War soldier develops a relationship with a band of Lakota Indians. Attracted by the simplicity of their lifestyle,… [More]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
Directed By: Kevin Costner
#27
Adjusted Score: 90928%
Critics Consensus: Richard Kelly’s debut feature Donnie Darko is a daring, original vision, packed with jarring ideas and intelligence and featuring a remarkable performance from Jake Gyllenhaal as the troubled title character.
Synopsis: In a funny, moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through suburban America, one extraordinary but disenchanted teenager is about to take… [More]
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, James Duval
Directed By: Richard Kelly
#28
Adjusted Score: 92378%
Critics Consensus: Like a classic traditional country song, Coal Miner’s Daughter draws on time-tested formula — and undeniable talent — to tell a solidly affecting story.
Synopsis: Raised in rural Kentucky poverty and married at the age of 13, Loretta Lynn (Sissy Spacek) begins writing and singing… [More]
Starring: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D’Angelo, Levon Helm
Directed By: Michael Apted
#29
Adjusted Score: 96454%
Critics Consensus: Tense, tightly plotted, and bolstered by a stellar cast, Contagion is an exceptionally smart — and scary — disaster movie.
Synopsis: When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels… [More]
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law
Directed By: Steven Soderbergh
#30
Adjusted Score: 87965%
Critics Consensus: Mike Nichols wrangles agreeably amusing performances from Robin Williams and Nathan Lane in this fun, if not quite essential, remake of the French comedy La Cage aux Folles.
Synopsis: In this remake of the classic French farce “La Cage aux Folles,” engaged couple Val Goldman (Dan Futterman) and Barbara… [More]
Starring: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest
Directed By: Mike Nichols
#31
Adjusted Score: 90444%
Critics Consensus: Writer-director John Carney’s return to musical drama isn’t quite as potent as it was with Once, but thanks to charming work from its well-matched leads, Begin Again is difficult to resist.
Synopsis: Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her songwriting partner/lover Dave (Adam Levine) head for New York when he lands a record deal… [More]
Starring: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld, Adam Levine
Directed By: John Carney
#32
Adjusted Score: 86822%
Critics Consensus: Though heavy with sentiment, The Natural is an irresistible classic, and a sincere testament to America’s national pastime.
Synopsis: On the way to a tryout with the Chicago Cubs, young baseball phenom Roy Hobbs (Robert Redford) is shot by… [More]
Starring: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger
Directed By: Barry Levinson
#33
Adjusted Score: 87015%
Critics Consensus: Overcomes its formulaic storyline thanks to Anthony Hopkins’ warm and endearing portrayal of an age-defying thrill seeker.
Synopsis: New Zealander Burt Munro spent years perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle. The year is 1967, and Burt takes his machine… [More]
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Paul Rodriguez, Bruce Greenwood
Directed By: Roger Donaldson
#34
Adjusted Score: 84397%
Critics Consensus:Back to the Future Part III draws the trilogy to a satisfying close with a simpler, sweeter round of time-travel antics.
Synopsis: In this final chapter, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) obtains a 70-year-old message from the time-traveling Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher… [More]
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Tom Wilson
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
#35
Adjusted Score: 89703%
Critics Consensus:42 is an earnest, inspirational, and respectfully told biography of an influential American sports icon, though it might be a little too safe and old-fashioned for some.
Synopsis: In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), legendary manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, defies major league baseball’s notorious color barrier by… [More]
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni
Directed By: Brian Helgeland
#36
Adjusted Score: 85756%
Critics Consensus: An engrossing and energetic portrait of a great musician’s achievements and foibles, Ray is anchored by Jamie Foxx’s stunning performance as Ray Charles.
Synopsis: Legendary soul musician Ray Charles is portrayed by Jamie Foxx in this Oscar-winning biopic. Young Ray watches his 7-year-old brother… [More]
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell
Directed By: Taylor Hackford
#37
Adjusted Score: 82681%
Critics Consensus:The Dark Crystal‘s narrative never quite lives up to the movie’s visual splendor, but it remains an admirably inventive and uniquely intense entry in the Jim Henson canon.
Synopsis: Jen (Stephen Garlick), raised by the noble race called the Mystics, has been told that he is the last survivor… [More]
Starring: John Baddeley, Stephen Garlick, David Buck, Barry Dennen
Directed By: Jim Henson, Frank Oz
#38
Adjusted Score: 81977%
Critics Consensus: While it’s arguably more interesting on a visual level, Labyrinth provides further proof of director Jim Henson’s boundless imagination.
Synopsis: Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah (Jennifer Connelly), a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins… [More]
Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson
Directed By: Jim Henson
#39
Adjusted Score: 77737%
Critics Consensus: Thanks to a charming performance from Julia Roberts and a subversive spin on the genre, My Best Friend’s Wedding is a refreshingly entertaining romantic comedy.
Synopsis: Childhood friends Julianne Potter (Julia Roberts) and Michael O’Neal (Dermot Mulroney) had a deal to marry each other if they… [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
Directed By: P.J. Hogan
#40
Adjusted Score: 100525%
Critics Consensus:Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms anchors its colorfully imaginative fantasy setting in universal — and deeply poignant — real-world themes.
Synopsis: … [More]
Starring: Manaka Iwami, Miyu Irino, Ai Kayano, Yuuki Kaji
Directed By: Mari Okada
#41
Adjusted Score: 81721%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: An anonymous gunfighter (Terence Hill) follows a retired outlaw (Henry Fonda) from Santa Fe to New Orleans for one last… [More]
Starring: Henry Fonda, Terence Hill, Jean Martin, R. G. Armstrong
Directed By: Tonino Valerii
#42
Adjusted Score: 97385%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In this film inspired by a true story, Wing Chun martial arts master Ip Man (Donnie Yen) and his family… [More]
Starring: Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Simon Yam, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Directed By: Wilson Yip
#43
Adjusted Score: 101331%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Enigmatic gunslinger Shane (Alan Ladd) rides into a small Wyoming town with hopes of quietly settling down as a farmhand…. [More]
Starring: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde
Directed By: George Stevens
#44
Adjusted Score: 98494%
Critics Consensus:Zulu patiently establishes a cast of colorful characters and insurmountable stakes before unleashing its white-knuckle spectacle, delivering an unforgettable war epic in the bargain.
Synopsis: In 1879, the Zulu nation hands colonial British forces a resounding defeat in battle. A nearby regiment of the British… [More]
Starring: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Caine
Directed By: Charles De Latour
#45
Adjusted Score: 98270%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Heartless tycoon Bart Jason (Edward Asner) hires a group of thugs to force the MacDonald family out of El Dorado… [More]
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Arthur Hunnicutt
Directed By: Howard Hawks
#46
Adjusted Score: 96737%
Critics Consensus: Clint Eastwood’s sophomore outing as director sees him back in the saddle as a mysterious stranger, and the result is one of his most memorable Westerns.
Synopsis: In this Western, a drifter with no name (Clint Eastwood) wanders into a small town, where his gun-slinging abilities are… [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitch Ryan
Directed By: Clint Eastwood
#47
Adjusted Score: 94489%
Critics Consensus:Judgment at Nuremberg dramatizes historical atrocity with thoughtfulness and vitality, interrogating complicity and genocide with an all-star cast at the peak of their respective powers.
Synopsis: In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer… [More]
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Directed By: Stanley Kramer
#48
Adjusted Score: 90305%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Richard “Cochise” Morris (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs), a local basketball hero, and Leroy “Preach” Jackson (Glynn Turman), who dreams of a career… [More]
Starring: Glynn Turman, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis
Directed By: Michael Schultz
#49
Adjusted Score: 90017%
Critics Consensus: Aye-yip-aye-yo-ee-ay! The critics are sayin’ you’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma, O.K.!
Synopsis: There’s a box social coming up, and Curly (Gordon MacRae) asks Laurey (Shirley Jones) if she’ll be his date. Trouble… [More]
Starring: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame
Directed By: Fred Zinnemann
#50
Adjusted Score: 89080%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In 1944, the U.S. Army and Allied forces plan a huge invasion landing in Normandy, France. Despite bad weather, General… [More]
Starring: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger
Directed By: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
#51
Adjusted Score: 81397%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: On a luxurious cruise on the Nile River, a wealthy heiress, Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles), is murdered. Fortunately, among the… [More]
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, David Niven, Jane Birkin
Directed By: John Guillermin
#52
Adjusted Score: 80822%
Critics Consensus:Mississippi Burning draws on real-life tragedy to impart a worthy message with the measured control of an intelligent drama and the hard-hitting impact of a thriller.
Synopsis: When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, FBI agents Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe)… [More]
Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif
Directed By: Alan Parker
#53
Adjusted Score: 76946%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A guitar student (Ralph Macchio) tours the Deep South with an old blues man (Joe Seneca), chasing a lost song… [More]
Starring: Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton
Directed By: Walter Hill
#54
Adjusted Score: 73541%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Classic tale of the wild man raised by apes in the African jungle after his explorer parents are shipwrecked and… [More]
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm
Directed By: Hugh Hudson
#55
Adjusted Score: 82618%
Critics Consensus: First-time writer/director George Nolfi struggles to maintain a consistent tone, but The Adjustment Bureau rises on the strong, believable chemistry of its stars.
Synopsis: Just as he is on the brink of winning a Senate seat, politician David Norris (Matt Damon) meets a ballerina… [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery
Directed By: George Nolfi
#56
Adjusted Score: 78198%
Critics Consensus: Despite some iffy plot elements, The Italian Job succeeds in delivering an entertaining modern take on the original 1969 heist film, thanks to a charismatic cast.
Synopsis: After a heist in Venice, Steve turns on his partners in crime, killing safecracker John Bridger and keeping all the… [More]
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Ed Norton, Seth Green
Directed By: F. Gary Gray
#57
Adjusted Score: 70277%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Blue-collar buddies (Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby) search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup…. [More]
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson
Directed By: Sidney Poitier
#58
Adjusted Score: 73377%
Critics Consensus: While it doesn’t quite hit the heights of the original, this remake of the 1950 classic is pleasantly enjoyable, thanks in large part to winning performances from Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Synopsis: George Banks (Steve Martin) and his wife, Nina (Diane Keaton), are the proud parents of Annie (Kimberly Williams), but when… [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Kieran Culkin
Directed By: Charles Shyer
#59
Adjusted Score: 73758%
Critics Consensus: If it doesn’t reach the heights of director James Cameron’s and star Arnold Schwarzenegger’s previous collaborations, True Lies still packs enough action and humor into its sometimes absurd plot to entertain.
Synopsis: Secretly a spy but thought by his family to be a dull salesman, Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is tracking down… [More]
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton
Directed By: James Cameron
#60
Adjusted Score: 73428%
Critics Consensus: It’s long, frantic, and stuffed to the gills with comic actors and set pieces — and that’s exactly its charm.
Synopsis: The story begins during a massive traffic jam, caused by reckless driver Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante), who, before kicking the… [More]
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Jimmy Durante
Directed By: Stanley Kramer
#61
Adjusted Score: 56440%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Told he wasn’t good enough to play Division I football, Brandon Burlsworth took a risk and walked on in 1994,… [More]
Starring: Christopher Severio, Neal McDonough, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Parks
Directed By: David Hunt
#62
Adjusted Score: 75660%
Critics Consensus: Absurd, over-the-top, and often wildly entertaining, Point Break is here to show you that the human spirit is still alive.
Synopsis: After a string of bizarre bank robberies in Southern California, with the crooks donning masks of various former presidents, a… [More]
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty
Directed By: Kathryn Bigelow
#63
Adjusted Score: 70078%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Five diverse, infamous private eyes, including Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Sidney Wang (Peter Sellers) and Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lanchester), are… [More]
Starring: Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Truman Capote, Eileen Brennan
Directed By: Robert Moore
#64
Adjusted Score: 21647%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A strange old woman allows a teenage runaway and a young orphan to stay in an abandoned house that overlooks… [More]
Starring: Madeleine Morris, Risa Mei, Pam Dougherty, Casey Casper
Directed By: Shinya Kawatsura
#65
Adjusted Score: 71098%
Critics Consensus: Although its urgent subject matter warrants less a deliberate pace, The Andromeda Strain brings Michael Crichton’s techno-thriller to the big screen with striking intelligence and an engrossing sense of paranoia.
Synopsis: Chilling tale about a US research satellite carrying a deadly extraterrestrial microscopic organism that crashes into a small town in… [More]
Starring: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid
Directed By: Robert Wise
#66
Adjusted Score: 67820%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Crysta (Samantha Mathis) is a fairy who lives in FernGully, a rainforest in Australia, and has never seen a human… [More]
Starring: Tim Curry, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Jonathan Ward
Directed By: Bill Kroyer
#67
Adjusted Score: 71548%
Critics Consensus: Pleasant to a fault, Million Dollar Arm is a middle-of-the-plate pitch that coasts on Jon Hamm’s considerable charm without adding any truly original curves to Disney’s inspirational sports formula.
Synopsis: In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent J.B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm) plans to find baseball’s next star… [More]
Starring: Jon Hamm, Aasif Mandvi, Bill Paxton, Suraj Sharma
Directed By: Craig Gillespie
#68
Adjusted Score: 66656%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Based on Thomas Hardy’s renowned novel, this British drama focuses on Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie), a beautiful young woman who… [More]
Starring: Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp
Directed By: John Schlesinger
#69
Adjusted Score: 79197%
Critics Consensus:The Magnificent Seven never really lives up to the superlative in its title — or the classics from which it draws inspiration — but remains a moderately diverting action thriller on its own merits.
Synopsis: Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With… [More]
Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio
Directed By: Antoine Fuqua
#70
Adjusted Score: 72502%
Critics Consensus: Formulaic and often jarringly violent, 2 Guns rests its old-school appeal on the interplay between its charismatic, well-matched stars.
Synopsis: For the past year, DEA agent Bobby Trench (Denzel Washington) and U.S. Navy intelligence officer Marcus Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) have… [More]
Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton
Directed By: Baltasar Kormákur
#71
Adjusted Score: 73226%
Critics Consensus: Old-fashioned to a fault, The Finest Hours will satisfy those seeking a traditional rescue drama – but may leave more adventurous viewers wanting more.
Synopsis: On Feb. 18, 1952, a massive storm splits the SS Pendleton in two, trapping more than 30 sailors inside the… [More]
Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger
Directed By: Craig Gillespie
#72
Adjusted Score: 68897%
Critics Consensus:The Man Who Knew Infinity might be a tad too conventional to truly do its subject justice, but Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons elevate the end result beyond mere biopic formula.
Synopsis: In 1913, brilliant East Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) travels to Trinity College in England to work with professor… [More]
Starring: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Devika Bhise, Kevin R. McNally
Directed By: Matthew Brown
#73
Adjusted Score: 68553%
Critics Consensus:Back to the Future II is far more uneven than its predecessor, but its madcap highs outweigh the occasionally cluttered machinations of an overstuffed plot.
Synopsis: In this zany sequel, time-traveling duo Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) return from saving… [More]
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Tom Wilson
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
#74
Adjusted Score: 63185%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: American Lt. Col. Dan Kiley (Henry Fonda), a military intelligence whiz, discovers that the Nazis are planning to attack Allied… [More]
Starring: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews
Directed By: Ken Annakin
#75
Adjusted Score: 65594%
Critics Consensus: A gripping drama even though the filmmakers have taken liberties with the facts.
Synopsis: Follows Captain Alexi Vostrikov (Harrison Ford) who, at the height of the Cold War, is ordered to take over command… [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joss Ackland
Directed By: Kathryn Bigelow
#76
Adjusted Score: 67775%
Critics Consensus: It’s a tale tastefully told and beautifully filmed, but Water for Elephants suffers from a pronounced lack of chemistry between its leads.
Synopsis: Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson), a veterinary student, is close to graduating when a terrible tragedy forces him to leave school…. [More]
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider
Directed By: Francis Lawrence
#77
Adjusted Score: 60280%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Milkman Clyde Williams (Sidney Poitier) and his best friend, Billy Foster (Bill Cosby), are members of a fraternal lodge, The… [More]
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Jimmie Walker, Calvin Lockhart
Directed By: Sidney Poitier
#78
Adjusted Score: 62861%
Critics Consensus: Featuring a swoon-worthy star turn by Brad Pitt, Legends of the Fall‘s painterly photography and epic sweep often compensate for its lack of narrative momentum and glut of melodramatic twists.
Synopsis: In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins) lives in the wilderness with his sons, Tristan (Brad Pitt), Alfred… [More]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond
Directed By: Edward Zwick
#79
Adjusted Score: 61478%
Critics Consensus:A Bridge Too Far is a war movie too long, although top-notch talent on both sides of the camera keeps the end result consistently watchable.
Synopsis: Late in 1944, the Allies seem to have the upper hand in the European land war. A combined British and… [More]
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery
Directed By: Richard Attenborough
#80
Adjusted Score: 60873%
Critics Consensus:Enemy Mine extracts thrilling sci-fi pulp from Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr.’s chemistry and inventive production design, but an overextended story diminishes the power of its central duo’s relationship.
Synopsis: During a war between humans and the reptilian Drac race, spaceship pilot Willis Davidge (Dennis Quaid) ends up stranded on… [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr., Brion James, Richard Marcus
Directed By: Wolfgang Petersen
#81
Adjusted Score: 58934%
Critics Consensus: It’s bogged down with an unfocused script and countless sports movie cliches, but The Perfect Game still manages to charm with its unabashed sweetness and a stirring final act.
Synopsis: Amid the poverty of Monterrey, Mexico, a ragtag group of boys discovers the joys of sandlot baseball, thanks to the… [More]
Starring: Clifton Collins Jr., Cheech Marin, Moises Arias, Jake T. Austin
Directed By: William Dear
#82
Adjusted Score: 60947%
Critics Consensus: As formulaic as sports movies get, this underdog story still triumphs on the strength of its inspiring story.
Synopsis: After being appointed the new coach of the 1966 Texas Miners, Don Haskins (Josh Lucas) decides to build a team… [More]
Starring: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Austin Nichols, Jon Voight
Directed By: James Gartner
#83
Adjusted Score: 58412%
Critics Consensus:Tora! Tora! Tora! is scrupulously accurate and lays out of the tragedy of Pearl Harbor with intricate detail, but the film’s clinical approach to the sound and fury signifies little feeling.
Synopsis: This dramatic retelling of the Pearl Harbor attack details everything in the days that led up to that tragic moment… [More]
Starring: Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Jason Robards
Directed By: Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku
#84
Adjusted Score: 58799%
Critics Consensus: Atmospheric and thrilling, Enemy at the Gates gets the look and feel of war right. However, the love story seems out of place.
Synopsis: Vassili (Jude Law) is a young Russian sharpshooter who becomes a legend when a savvy polical officer (Joseph Fiennes) makes… [More]
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins
Directed By: Jean-Jacques Annaud
#85
Adjusted Score: 57172%
Critics Consensus:Stargate has splashy visuals and James Spader to recommend it, but corny characterization and a clunky script makes this a portal to ho-hum.
Synopsis: In modern-day Egypt, professor Daniel Jackson (James Spader) teams up with retired Army Col. Jack O’Neil (Kurt Russell) to unlock… [More]
Starring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors
Directed By: Roland Emmerich
#86
Adjusted Score: 57948%
Critics Consensus: State-of-the-art special effects and an appealing performance from Warwick Davis can’t quite save Willow from its slow pace and generic story.
Synopsis: Enter the world of “Willow.” Journey to the far corners of your imagination, to a land of myth and magic,… [More]
Starring: Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh
Directed By: Ron Howard
#87
Adjusted Score: 61445%
Critics Consensus:13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is a comparatively mature and restrained effort from Michael Bay, albeit one that can’t quite boast the impact its fact-based story deserves.
Synopsis: On Sept. 11, 2012, Islamic militants attack the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and Sean… [More]
Starring: James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber
Directed By: Michael Bay
#88
Adjusted Score: 50288%
Critics Consensus: The animation is as eye-popping as ever, but Happy Feet Two‘s narrative is too noisily incoherent to recapture the Oscar-winning charm of its predecessor.
Synopsis: Mumble (Elijah Wood) the penguin, now called the Master of Tap, has an unusual problem: Erik, his son, is reluctant… [More]
Starring: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Pink
Directed By: George Miller
#89
Adjusted Score: 47818%
Critics Consensus: This is where it all began for the Muscles from Brussels, but beyond Van Damme’s athleticism, Bloodsport is a cliched, virtually plotless exercise in action movie recycling.
Synopsis: U.S. soldier Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) has come to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly… [More]
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton
Directed By: Newt Arnold
#90
Adjusted Score: 49209%
Critics Consensus: An ambitious mix of genres, Vanilla Sky collapses into an incoherent jumble. Cruise’s performance lacks depth, and it’s hard to feel sympathy for his narcissistic character.
Synopsis: Tom Cruise and Cameron Crowe reunite after “Jerry Maguire” for “Vanilla Sky,” the story of a young New York City… [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell
Directed By: Cameron Crowe
#91
Adjusted Score: 44555%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ (Max von Sydow) is… [More]
Starring: Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Dorothy McGuire
Directed By: George Stevens
#92
Adjusted Score: 45854%
Critics Consensus: Undisciplined, scatological, profoundly silly, and often utterly groan-worthy, Robin Hood: Men in Tights still has an amiable, anything-goes goofiness that has made it a cult favorite.
Synopsis: Crusading nobleman Robin of Loxley (Cary Elwes) escapes from prison in Jerusalem and returns home to find that the evil… [More]
Starring: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck
Directed By: Mel Brooks
#93
Adjusted Score: 42123%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A misfit soldier (Charlie Sheen) lands in a bully’s (Martin Sheen) stockade with five men united by their race and… [More]
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Laurence Fishburne
Directed By: Martin Sheen
#94
Adjusted Score: 46970%
Critics Consensus: Ponderous and overlong, The Majestic drowns in forced sentimentality and resembles a mish-mash of other, better films.
Synopsis: Rising Hollywood screenwriter Peter Appleton (Jim Carrey) is blacklisted in the early 1950s Red Scare. Following a drunken car accident,… [More]
Starring: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden, David Ogden Stiers
Directed By: Frank Darabont
#95
Adjusted Score: 10779%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When young Sara hears a preacher say faith can move mountains, she starts praying. Suddenly, people in her town are… [More]
Starring: Mira Sorvino, Austyn Johnson, Kevin Sorbo, Peter Coyote
Directed By: Richard Correll
#96
Adjusted Score: 42045%
Critics Consensus: Rebellious in spirit and anarchic in style, this Helen Slater-starring vehicle holds a certain youthful cool but is otherwise a disjointed retelling of an oft-repeated legend.
Synopsis: Restless teenager Billie Jean Davy (Helen Slater) and her brother, Binx (Christian Slater), dream of leaving oppressive Corpus Christi, Texas,… [More]
Starring: Helen Slater, Keith Gordon, Christian Slater, Richard Bradford
Directed By: Matthew Robbins
#97
Adjusted Score: 31085%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: An ex-bull rider (James Rebhorn) trains his son (Luke Perry), who becomes the world rodeo champion in 1987 Oklahoma…. [More]
Starring: Luke Perry, Stephen Baldwin, James Rebhorn, Cynthia Geary
Directed By: John G. Avildsen
#98
Adjusted Score: 32081%
Critics Consensus: Though wholesome, the Mandy Moore vehicle A Walk to Remember is also bland and oppressively syrupy.
Synopsis: Set in North Carolina, “A Walk To Remember” follows the rite of passage of a jaded, aimless high school senior… [More]
Starring: Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah
Directed By: Adam Shankman
#99
Adjusted Score: 17208%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Young high school couple Darcy Elliot (Molly Ringwald) and Stan Bobrucz (Randall Batinkoff) are one year from graduation, with promising… [More]
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars, Miriam Flynn
Directed By: John G. Avildsen
#100
Adjusted Score: 16141%
Critics Consensus: The tropes of both football and evangelical movies are gracelessly on parade in this banal, insipid drama.
Synopsis: Grant Taylor, a Christian high-school football coach (Alex Kendrick), gets some very bad news. Besides his and his wife’s (Shannen… [More]
Starring: Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, Steve Williams, Bailey Cave
Directed By: Alex Kendrick
