Maggie Nichols in Athlete A.
Rotten Tomatoes is one of the most trusted sites for reviews—the Tomatometer rates movies and TV shows on a 100 percent scale based on critics' consensus. There are quite a few that have achieved the 100% rating and we've picked out a selection of those films you should immediately add to your queue before diving into the full list just below. Read on for cinema classics, Oscar winners and cult favorites.
12 Angry Men is adirected by Sidney Lumet about an 18 year-old Puerto Rican boy whose future hangs in the hands of 12 jury men. A guilty verdict for the boy would result in an immediate death penalty in the capital murder case. The 12 men must come to a unanimous decision, but are caught in a distraught decision making process with personal issues and conflicting beliefs arising in the confined jury room.
This documentary exposé directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk focuses on the reporters from The Indianapolis Star who helped expose Dr. Larry Nassar's sexual abuse of many young gymnasts in America.
Celine, a student returning to Paris, runs into Jesse, an American who will be returning on his flight the following morning. They encounter each other on a train and an impressionable conversation have them wandering together in the city of Vienna throughout the night. However, in the morning they will be forced to face the difficult decision about separating or staying together.
After being sentenced to two years in prison, petty criminal Luke Jackson refuses to fall under the harsh conditions of prison warden Strother Martin. Jackson’s perseverance catches the attention of an infamous inmate named Dragline who later helps him become a rebel hero.
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution tells the story of young people at a summer camp surrounded by one wholesome community on a similar journey. Together they create history by unveiling their truths of disability activism.
Frankenstein is an iconic classic horror film that set the tone for modern creature creations in film. When mad scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to defy the laws of human life by creating a creature from body parts of the deceased, he is faced with consequences as he realizes what he’s done in the name of humanity. He and his loyal assistant, Fritz, lose sight of their creation and must search for the confused creature as it causes mayhem among the countryside.
Hannah Gadsby is an Australian stand up comedian who unveils personal revelations on gender, sexuality and childhood life in this Netflix special. Gadsby fuses dry humor, comedy and life lessons to overcome unfamiliar territories and becomes the person she wished to have seen on screen growing up.
In an attempt to understand the Los Angeles punk scene, director Penelope Spheeris captures the city at its wildest in the late 70’s and a number of infamous bands from the local scene : X, Black Flag, Fear, Germs, Catholic Discipline and Alice Bag Band. Law enforcement demanded to withhold showings, but the seminal film has become widely known as one of the best documentaries ever made.
See Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg assassin disguised as a human. The Terminator travels from the year 2029 to 1984 and is sent on a mission to kill Sarah Connor whose unborn son will save mankind from extinction in the future. For the sake of Skynet, an artificial intelligence group, The Terminator must complete his mission at all costs.
Pixar's family-friendly film tells the adventures of toys behind closed doors when they are not being played with. Woody, a wild west cowboy belonging to a young boy named Andy, falls apart when his position as favorite toy is threatened by modern space action figure Buzz Lightyear. The two learn to come together, settling their differences under Andy’s unbreakable love for his toys.
See below for all of the movies with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
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3 ½ Minutes, Ten Bullets (2015)
12 Angry Men (1957)
76 Days (2020)
Acasa, My Home (2020)
The Adventure of Robin Hood (1938)
Afghan Star (2009)
The Age of Shadows (2016)
All In: The Fight For Democracy (2020)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Athlete A (2020)
Azor (2021)
Balthazar (1966)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)
California Typewriter (2016)
Chained for Life (2018)
Changing The Game (2019)
Coded Bias (2020)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Coup 53 (2019)
Crip Camp (2020)
Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Deliver Us From Evil (2006)
Dick Johnson is Dead (2020)
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2010)
Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
Frankenstein (1931)
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Grave of The Fireflies (1988)
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (2018)
Henry V (1989)
His House (2020)
Honeyland (2019)
Hive (2021)
Host (2020)
Ilo Ilo (2013)
The Kid (1921)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Last Train Home (2009)
Laura (1944)
Leave No Trace (2018)
M (1931)
Maedchen In Uniform (1931)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Man on Wire (2008)
Mayor (2020)
Mickey and The Bear (2019)
Minding The Gap (2018)
More Than Honey (2012)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr. (1999)
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020)
My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Mystify Michael Hutchence (2019)
Night of Cabiria (1957)
Nostalgia For The Light (2010)
O.J.: Made In America (2016)
One Cut of The Dead (2017)
Only Yesterday (1991)
Open City (1945)
Paper Spiders (2021)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
Poetry (2010)
Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
Rebecca (1940)
Rewind (2019)
Sabaya (2021)
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)
Searching For Bobby Fischer (1993)
A Secret Love (2020)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seymour: An Introduction (2014)
Shadow of A Doubt (1943)
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in THe Darkness (2011)
Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
Slalom (2020)
Slay The Dragon (2019)
Sound City (2013)
The Square (2013)
Stagecoach (1939)
Stalker (1979)
Still Walking (2008)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Strong Island (2017)
Sugar Cane Alley (1983)
Summer 1993 (2017)
Tampopo (1985)
Taxi To The Dark Side (2007)
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
The Terminator (1984)
A Thousand Cuts (2020)
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Top Hat (1935)
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
The Treasure of The Sierra Madre (1948)
The Wages of Fear (1953)
Waste Land (2010)
We Were Here (2011)
Welcome To Chechnya (2020)
White Riot (2019)
The Woman Who Ran (2019)
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
The Work (2017)
Grab some popcorn because it will be a long night of good movies!
Photography by: Photo by Melissa J. Perenson for AP / Netflix
