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The 100 Best Free Movies on YouTube (May 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: The Grapes of Wrath, Lady Bird, The Godfather, Heathers, Night of the Living Dead, Face/Off, Bridge of Spies, Mad Max, Mr. Holmes, Heat, Official Secrets, Man Up, A River Runs Through It, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Firm, Cockneys vs Zombies, Forrest Gump, Braveheart

#1

The Terminator (1984)
100%

#1
Adjusted Score: 106141%
Critics Consensus: With its impressive action sequences, taut economic direction, and relentlessly fast pace, it's clear why The Terminator continues to be an influence on sci-fi and action flicks.
Synopsis: Disguised as a human, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill... [More]
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield
Directed By: James Cameron

#2

Lady Bird (2017)
99%

#2
Adjusted Score: 121327%
Critics Consensus: Lady Bird delivers fresh insights about the turmoil of adolescence -- and reveals writer-director Greta Gerwig as a fully formed filmmaking talent.
Synopsis: A teenager (Saoirse Ronan) navigates a loving but turbulent relationship with her strong-willed mother (Laurie Metcalf) over the course of... [More]
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Timothée Chalamet, Lucas Hedges
Directed By: Greta Gerwig

#3
#3
Adjusted Score: 112096%
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
#4
Adjusted Score: 101694%
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

Roman Holiday (1953)
95%

#5
Adjusted Score: 103440%
Critics Consensus: With Audrey Hepburn luminous in her American debut, Roman Holiday is as funny as it is beautiful, and sets the standard for the modern romantic comedy.
Synopsis: Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) takes off for a night while in Rome. When... [More]
Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert, Tullio Carminati
Directed By: William Wyler

#6

Heathers (1989)
95%

#6
Adjusted Score: 99875%
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

The Great Escape (1963)
94%

#7
Adjusted Score: 100555%
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

#8

Alien (1979)
93%

#8
Adjusted Score: 114233%
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

#9
#9
Adjusted Score: 99004%
Critics Consensus: Black's exuberant, gleeful performance turns School of Rock into a hilarious, rocking good time.
Synopsis: Overly enthusiastic guitarist Dewey Finn (Jack Black) gets thrown out of his bar band and finds himself in desperate need... [More]
Starring: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman
Directed By: Richard Linklater

#10

Hoosiers (1986)
91%

#10
Adjusted Score: 95263%
Critics Consensus: It may adhere to the sports underdog formula, but Hoosiers has been made with such loving craft, and features such excellent performances, that it's hard to resist.
Synopsis: Failed college coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to direct the basketball... [More]
Starring: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley
Directed By: David Anspaugh

#11

Alone (2020)
91%

#11
Adjusted Score: 93967%
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

Almost Famous (2000)
91%

#12
Adjusted Score: 100229%
Critics Consensus: Almost Famous, with its great ensemble performances and story, is a well-crafted, warm-hearted movie that successfully draws you into its era.
Synopsis: Set in 1973, it chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William, an unabashed music fan... [More]
Starring: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee
Directed By: Cameron Crowe

#13
#13
Adjusted Score: 103724%
Critics Consensus: With an outstanding starring performance from Benedict Cumberbatch illuminating its fact-based story, The Imitation Game serves as an eminently well-made entry in the "prestige biopic" genre.
Synopsis: In 1939, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to crack Nazi codes,... [More]
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear
Directed By: Morten Tyldum

#14

Downfall (2004)
90%

#14
Adjusted Score: 94277%
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

#15
#15
Adjusted Score: 92419%
Critics Consensus: A buoyant, clever update of the conman flick Bedtime Story, with plenty of comedic jousting resulting from a winning chemistry between Michael Caine and Steve Martin.
Synopsis: Con artist Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the fruits... [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers
Directed By: Frank Oz

#16

Love & Mercy (2014)
89%

#16
Adjusted Score: 99132%
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

#17

Donnie Darko (2001)
87%

#17
Adjusted Score: 90881%
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

#18

Chicago (2002)
86%

#18
Adjusted Score: 95184%
Critics Consensus: A rousing and energetic adaptation of the Broadway musical, Chicago succeeds on the level of pure spectacle, but provides a surprising level of depth and humor as well.
Synopsis: Nightclub sensation Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones) murders her philandering husband, and Chicago's slickest lawyer, Billy Flynn (Richard Gere), is set to... [More]
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah
Directed By: Rob Marshall

#19

Imperium (2016)
84%

#19
Adjusted Score: 86827%
Critics Consensus: The unsettling Imperium boasts troublingly timely themes and a talented cast led by Daniel Radcliffe as an undercover FBI agent infiltrating a ring of white supremacists.
Synopsis: An idealistic FBI agent (Daniel Radcliffe) goes under cover to infiltrate a white supremacist group that's plotting an act of... [More]
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, Sam Trammell
Directed By: Daniel Ragussis

#20

Heat (1995)
83%

#20
Adjusted Score: 94619%
Critics Consensus: Though Al Pacino and Robert De Niro share but a handful of screen minutes together, Heat is an engrossing crime drama that draws compelling performances from its stars -- and confirms Michael Mann's mastery of the genre.
Synopsis: Master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while... [More]
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight
Directed By: Michael Mann

#21
#21
Adjusted Score: 86951%
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

#22
#22
Adjusted Score: 84118%
Critics Consensus: Though not as good as Coen brothers' classics such as Blood Simple, the delightfully loopy O Brother, Where Art Thou? is still a lot of fun.
Synopsis: Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. He scams his way off... [More]
Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman
Directed By: Joel Coen

#23

Match Point (2005)
77%

#23
Adjusted Score: 84988%
Critics Consensus: Woody Allen's sharpest film in years, Match Point is a taut, philosophical thriller about class and infidelity.
Synopsis: Tennis instructor Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) grows friendly with Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode), a wealthy student who shares an interest... [More]
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode
Directed By: Woody Allen

#24
#24
Adjusted Score: 79666%
Critics Consensus: Some Kind of Wonderful is above-average '80s teen fare for people who need as much John Hughes in their lives as possible.
Synopsis: Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones (Lea... [More]
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer
Directed By: Howard Deutch

#25

Cop Land (1997)
75%

#25
Adjusted Score: 79225%
Critics Consensus: Cop Land matches its star-studded cast with richly imagined characters while throttling the audience with carefully ratcheted suspense, although it lacks the moral complexity of classic crime thrillers.
Synopsis: When hotheaded Superboy (Michael Rapaport) accidentally gets involved in an ugly racially-motivated incident, his uncle Ray Donlan (Harvey Keitel), a... [More]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro
Directed By: James Mangold

#26
#26
Adjusted Score: 79621%
Critics Consensus: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot just about lives up to the wild promise of its title, due in no small part to Sam Elliott's world-weary work in the title role.
Synopsis: Decades after ending World War II by assassinating Adolf Hitler in an undercover operation, unsung American hero Calvin Barr is... [More]
Starring: Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner, Ron Livingston, Sean Bridgers
Directed By: Robert D. Krzykowski

#27
#27
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

#28
#28
Adjusted Score: 102536%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is... [More]
Starring: Kenneth More, David McCallum, Honor Blackman, Jill Dixon
Directed By: Roy Ward Baker

#29

Dune Drifter (2020)
100%

#29
Adjusted Score: 30533%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A stranded fighter pilot finds herself in a fight for survival against an alien soldier on a mysterious planet.... [More]
Starring: Phoebe Sparrow, Daisy Aitkens, Simon Dwyer-Thomas, Alastair Kirton
Directed By: Marc Price

#30

My Name Is Nobody (1973)
100%

#30
Adjusted Score: 81297%
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

#31

Of Mice and Men (1992)
97%

#31
Adjusted Score: 99017%
Critics Consensus: Of Mice and Men honors its classic source material with a well-acted adaptation that stays powerfully focused on the story's timeless themes.
Synopsis: Itinerant worker George (Gary Sinise) reflects on the time he spent traveling with Lennie (John Malkovich), a huge childlike man.... [More]
Starring: John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, Ray Walston, Casey Siemaszko
Directed By: Gary Sinise

#32

Ip Man 2 (2010)
97%

#32
Adjusted Score: 97381%
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

#33

Zulu (1964)
96%

#33
Adjusted Score: 98458%
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

#34

Hombre (1967)
94%

#34
Adjusted Score: 95095%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: John Russell (Paul Newman) finds that the world is not so welcoming when he returns to his Arizona home town... [More]
Starring: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento
Directed By: Martin Ritt

#35
#35
Adjusted Score: 94448%
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

#36
#36
Adjusted Score: 91876%
Critics Consensus: Places in the Heart is a quiet character piece with grand ambitions that it more than fulfills, thanks to absorbing work from writer-director Robert Benton and a tremendous cast.
Synopsis: In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding (Sally Field) struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to... [More]
Starring: Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, John Malkovich, Ed Harris
Directed By: Robert Benton

#37

Cooley High (1975)
89%

#37
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

#38

Mr. Majestyk (1974)
83%

#38
Adjusted Score: 84297%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) is a Vietnam War veteran trying to keep his watermelon farm afloat when he is approached... [More]
Starring: Charles Bronson, Al Lettieri, Linda Cristal, Lee Purcell
Directed By: Richard Fleischer

#39
#39
Adjusted Score: 33430%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In this animated film, M. Bison (Jôji Nakata), leader of the international crime syndicate Shadowlaw, is recruiting the world's greatest... [More]
Starring: Kôjirô Shimizu, Kenji Haga, Miki Fujitani, Masatane Tsukayama
Directed By: Gisaburo Sugii

#40

Crossroads (1986)
76%

#40
Adjusted Score: 76945%
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

#41

Child's Play (1988)
74%

#41
Adjusted Score: 78423%
Critics Consensus: Child's Play occasionally stumbles across its tonal tightrope of comedy and horror, but its genuinely creepy monster and some deft direction by Tom Holland makes this chiller stand out on the shelf.
Synopsis: Gunned down by Detective Mike Norris (Chris Sarandon), dying murderer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif) uses black magic to put... [More]
Starring: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif
Directed By: Tom Holland

#42
#42
Adjusted Score: 73530%
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

#43

Wolf Warrior II (2017)
71%

#43
Adjusted Score: 57969%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: China's deadliest special forces operative settles into a quiet life on the sea. When sadistic mercenaries begin targeting nearby civilians,... [More]
Starring: Jing Wu, Frank Grillo, Celina Jade, Gang Wu
Directed By: Jing Wu

#44

Freedom Writers (2007)
70%

#44
Adjusted Score: 74559%
Critics Consensus: Freedom Writers is a frank, formulaic entry in the inspirational inner-city teacher genre, with an energetic Hilary Swank leading the appealing cast of unknowns.
Synopsis: A dedicated teacher (Hilary Swank) in a racially divided Los Angeles school has a class of at-risk teenagers deemed incapable... [More]
Starring: Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton
Directed By: Richard LaGravenese

#45

Blades of Glory (2007)
70%

#45
Adjusted Score: 77295%
Critics Consensus: Thanks to the spirited performances of a talented cast - particularly Will Ferrell and Jon Heder as rivals-turned-teammates -- Blades of Glory successfully spoofs inspirational sports dramas with inspired abandon.
Synopsis: Figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) take their intense rivalry too far during the... [More]
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler
Directed By: Will Speck, Josh Gordon

#46
#46
Adjusted Score: 70276%
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

#47
#47
Adjusted Score: 73456%
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

#48

Point Break (1991)
69%

#48
Adjusted Score: 75623%
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

#49

mother! (2017)
68%

#49
Adjusted Score: 88986%
Critics Consensus: There's no denying that mother! is the thought-provoking product of a singularly ambitious artistic vision, though it may be too unwieldy for mainstream tastes.
Synopsis: A young woman spends her days renovating the Victorian mansion that she lives in with her husband in the countryside.... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer
Directed By: Darren Aronofsky

#50

Murder by Death (1976)
68%

#50
Adjusted Score: 70053%
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

#51
#51
Adjusted Score: 77766%
Critics Consensus: While WTF is far from FUBAR, Tina Fey and Martin Freeman are just barely enough to overcome the picture's glib predictability and limited worldview.
Synopsis: In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker (Tina Fey) decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new... [More]
Starring: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina
Directed By: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

#52
#52
Adjusted Score: 67810%
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

#53

Suspect (1987)
67%

#53
Adjusted Score: 67867%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a deaf, mute and homeless war veteran, is arrested for the murder of a prominent judge's... [More]
Starring: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney
Directed By: Peter Yates

#54

Chances Are (1989)
67%

#54
Adjusted Score: 69403%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A man's love for his pregnant wife, Corinne Jeffries (Cybill Shepherd), is interrupted when a car accident sends him to... [More]
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson
Directed By: Emile Ardolino

#55
#55
Adjusted Score: 66668%
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

#56
#56
Adjusted Score: 68886%
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

#57

The Two Jakes (1990)
63%

#57
Adjusted Score: 64818%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by real estate developer Jake Berman (Harvey Keitel) for... [More]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe
Directed By: Jack Nicholson

#58
#58
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

#59
#59
Adjusted Score: 64049%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: John Milius fictionalizes the historical story of President Roosevelt's attempts to deal with the kidnapping of an American citizen by... [More]
Starring: Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith, John Huston
Directed By: John Milius

#60

The Duchess (2008)
63%

#60
Adjusted Score: 69638%
Critics Consensus: While The Duchess treads the now-familiar terrain of the corset-ripper, the costumes look great and Keira Knightley's performance is stellar in this subtly feminist, period drama.
Synopsis: Though adored by the people, the Duchess of Devonshire (Keira Knightley) is not content to sit as a pretty figurehead.... [More]
Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper
Directed By: Saul Dibb

#61

Valkyrie (2008)
62%

#61
Adjusted Score: 69888%
Critics Consensus: Given the subject matter, Valkyrie could have been an outstanding historical thriller, but settles for being a mildly entertaining, but disposable yarn.
Synopsis: Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) serves Germany with loyalty and pride but fears that Hitler will destroy his country... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson
Directed By: Bryan Singer

#62

The Last Dragon (1985)
61%

#62
Adjusted Score: 62443%
Critics Consensus: The Last Dragon is a flamboyant genre mashup brimming with style, romance, and an infectious fondness for kung fu, but audiences may find the tonal whiplash more goofy than endearing.
Synopsis: Leroy Green (Taimak), a young martial artist living in New York City, trains tirelessly to attain the same level of... [More]
Starring: Taimak, Vanity, Christopher Murney, Julius Carry
Directed By: Michael Schultz

#63

Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
60%

#63
Adjusted Score: 35018%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Country music star Buck Bonham (Willie Nelson) has spent a lot of years on the road, but despite his wife... [More]
Starring: Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon, Amy Irving, Slim Pickens
Directed By: Jerry Schatzberg

#64
#64
Adjusted Score: 65558%
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

#65

Sabrina (1995)
60%

#65
Adjusted Score: 63429%
Critics Consensus: Sydney Pollack's Sabrina doesn't do anything the original didn't do better, but assured direction and a cast of seasoned stars make this a pleasant enough diversion.
Synopsis: Sabrina Fairchild (Julia Ormond) is a chauffeur's daughter who grew up with the wealthy Larrabee family. She always had unreciprocated... [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, Nancy Marchand
Directed By: Sydney Pollack

#66

Vision Quest (1985)
60%

#66
Adjusted Score: 60594%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: High school wrestler Louden Swain (Matthew Modine) feels he must do something significant in his life shortly after turning 18.... [More]
Starring: Matthew Modine, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Schoeffling, Ronny Cox
Directed By: Harold Becker

#67

Secondhand Lions (2003)
60%

#67
Adjusted Score: 64362%
Critics Consensus: A wholesome but schmaltzy movie.
Synopsis: A shy adolescent boy, Walter (Haley Joel Osment), is taken by his greedy mother (Kyra Sedgwick) to spend the summer... [More]
Starring: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick
Directed By: Tim McCanlies

#68
#68
Adjusted Score: 60281%
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

#69

A Bridge Too Far (1977)
59%

#69
Adjusted Score: 61431%
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

#70

The Perfect Game (2008)
58%

#70
Adjusted Score: 58921%
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

#71

City of Angels (1998)
58%

#71
Adjusted Score: 61142%
Critics Consensus: City of Angels may not tug the heartstrings as effortlessly as it aims to, but the end results will still leave more than a few viewers in tears.
Synopsis: This is the story of Seth (Nicolas Cage), an angel who wanders the Los Angeles area invisible to humans. As... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz
Directed By: Brad Silberling

#72
#72
Adjusted Score: 57511%
Critics Consensus: A gothic, campy, raunchy comedy elevated by Cassandra Peterson's iconic persona yet driven off course by one-note jokes, this isn't the best — or worst — introduction to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
Synopsis: The cult-movie TV hostess (Phil Rubenstein) inherits an old New England house, a poodle and a black-magic cookbook.... [More]
Starring: Phil Rubenstein, Larry "Flash" Jenkins, Cassandra Peterson, Damita Jo Freeman
Directed By: James Signorelli

#73

55 Steps (2017)
50%

#73
Adjusted Score: 23327%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A workaholic lawyer helps a psychiatric patient sue a hospital for mistreating its patients.... [More]
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Tambor, Richard Riddell
Directed By: Bille August

#74

Up in Smoke (1978)
47%

#74
Adjusted Score: 48280%
Critics Consensus: Oft-quoted but undeniably flawed, Up In Smoke is a seminal piece of stoner cinema thanks to the likability of its two counterculture icons.
Synopsis: An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner (Tommy Chong) ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually... [More]
Starring: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Stacy Keach, Edie Adams
Directed By: Lou Adler

#75

Bloodsport (1988)
46%

#75
Adjusted Score: 47812%
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

#76

Tank Girl (1995)
45%

#76
Adjusted Score: 47928%
Critics Consensus: While unconventional, Tank Girl isn't particularly clever or engaging, and none of the script's copious one-liners have any real zing.
Synopsis: After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year... [More]
Starring: Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T, Naomi Watts
Directed By: Rachel Talalay

#77
#77
Adjusted Score: 44847%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In this animated feature, canine casino owner Charlie (Burt Reynolds) is killed by gambler Carface (Vic Tayback), but returns to... [More]
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Daryl Gilley, Candy Devine
Directed By: Don Bluth

#78
#78
Adjusted Score: 48632%
Critics Consensus: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is more melodramatic than emotionally truthful, and uneven in its mixture of time periods, actresses, laughter and tears.
Synopsis: A classic Southern tale of hilarious sadness set in a sleepy Louisiana parish. A group of lifelong friends stage a... [More]
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner
Directed By: Callie Khouri

#79
#79
Adjusted Score: 47133%
Critics Consensus: Too broad to make any real statements, But I'm a Cheerleader isn't as sharp as it should be, but a charming cast and surprisingly emotional center may bring enough pep for viewers looking for a light social satire.
Synopsis: Megan (Natasha Lyonne) considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome... [More]
Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Cathy Moriarty, Bud Cort, Mink Stole
Directed By: Jamie Babbit

#80
#80
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

#81

Cadence (1990)
42%

#81
Adjusted Score: 42121%
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

#82

The Majestic (2001)
42%

#82
Adjusted Score: 46911%
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

#83
#83
Adjusted Score: 40594%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Though she's a talented gymnast, Janey (Sarah Jessica Parker) has always followed the orders of her strict Army colonel father... [More]
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Helen Hunt, Lee Montgomery, Morgan Woodward
Directed By: Alan Metter

#84

The Mechanic (1972)
40%

#84
Adjusted Score: 40548%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Arthur Bishop (Charles Bronson) is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem... [More]
Starring: Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland
Directed By: Michael Winner

#85
#85
Adjusted Score: 10744%
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

#86
#86
Adjusted Score: 40236%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Aquatic life fanatic Henry Limpet (Don Knotts) falls into the sea and transforms into a fish, quickly becoming pals with... [More]
Starring: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan
Directed By: Arthur Lubin

#87

Hannibal (2001)
39%

#87
Adjusted Score: 45060%
Critics Consensus: While superbly acted and stylishly filmed, Hannibal lacks the character interaction between the two leads which made the first movie so engrossing.
Synopsis: Seven years have passed since Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) escaped from custody. The doctor is now at large in... [More]
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta
Directed By: Ridley Scott

#88
#88
Adjusted Score: 42036%
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

#89
#89
Adjusted Score: 39294%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After being released from jail, Percy Talbott (Alison Elliott) travels to a town in Maine looking for a new beginning.... [More]
Starring: Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn, Marcia Gay Harden, Will Patton
Directed By: Lee David Zlotoff

#90

The Robe (1953)
38%

#90
Adjusted Score: 40004%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In this biblical epic, a drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton), wins Jesus' robe in a dice game... [More]
Starring: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie
Directed By: Henry Koster

#91

Joyful Noise (2012)
32%

#91
Adjusted Score: 37623%
Critics Consensus: Joyful Noise's musical numbers are solidly entertaining, and it benefits from Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton's sizable chemistry; unfortunately, they aren't enough to make up for the rest of the film.
Synopsis: Hard times have fallen on Pacashau, Ga., but the townspeople have faith that the Divinity Church Choir will lift their... [More]
Starring: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan
Directed By: Todd Graff

#92

Kiss the Girls (1997)
32%

#92
Adjusted Score: 33609%
Critics Consensus: Detective Alex Cross makes his inauspicious cinematic debut in Kiss the Girls, a clunky thriller that offers few surprises.
Synopsis: Successful forensic psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) discovers that his niece has gone missing. Once he consults with police Detective... [More]
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn
Directed By: Gary Fleder

#93

Wyatt Earp (1994)
32%

#93
Adjusted Score: 37996%
Critics Consensus: Easy to admire yet difficult to love, Wyatt Earp buries eye-catching direction and an impressive cast in an undisciplined and overlong story.
Synopsis: The epic biography of western lawman Wyatt Earp, who at an early age, is taught that nothing matters more than... [More]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Jeff Fahey
Directed By: Lawrence Kasdan

#94

8 Seconds (1994)
31%

#94
Adjusted Score: 31070%
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

#95
#95
Adjusted Score: 32100%
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

#96

Black Sheep (1996)
28%

#96
Adjusted Score: 29532%
Critics Consensus: Chris Farley and David Spade reunite to diminishing returns in Black Sheep, a comedic retread that succumbs to a woolly plot and sophomoric jokes.
Synopsis: Mike (Chris Farley), a slovenly gym teacher, has a terrible habit of showing up at the wrong time and embarrassing... [More]
Starring: Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole
Directed By: Penelope Spheeris

#97

Eagle Eye (2008)
26%

#97
Adjusted Score: 33173%
Critics Consensus: Eagle Eye is a preposterously plotted thriller that borrows heavily from other superior films.
Synopsis: Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) and Rachel Holloman (Michelle Monaghan) are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by... [More]
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis
Directed By: D.J. Caruso

#98

For Keeps (1988)
17%

#98
Adjusted Score: 17205%
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

#99
#99
Adjusted Score: 16134%
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

#100
#100
Adjusted Score: 14083%
Critics Consensus: A short sketch's worth of jokes stretched into a full-length feature.
Synopsis: Writer-director Steve Oedekerk acquired the little known 1976 Hong Kong karate flick "Savage Killers," then seamlessly blended portions of the... [More]
Starring: Steve Oedekerk, Lung Fai, Leo Lee, Ling-ling Hsieh
Directed By: Steve Oedekerk

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