An interesting list was posted on Reddit, listing the movies over the last eleven years that have earned at least a 95% on RottenTomatoes and have at least an average user rating of 8 or higher on IMDB. The list, understandably, doesn’t take into account animated films and it includes some expected titles as well as a few I’ve still yet to see.
Of those I haven’t seen, they include Majid Majidi‘s The Song of Sparrows, Ki-duk Kim‘s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring and Andrey Zvyagintsev‘s The Return.
It’s interesting to see the only repeat director is Richard Linklater with Before Sunset and Before Midnight, but anyone that knows my affinity for those two films also knows I’m not arguing they are two of the greatest movies of the last eleven years.
I also find it interesting the only blockbusters included are Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and Casino Royale. Nope, no The Dark Knight, it’s only got a 94% at RottenTomatoes. There are also only two Best Picture winners, those being 12 Years a Slave and The Artist.
Obviously my headline is a bit of an exaggeration, but I like how consolidated this list is as well as how diverse the titles on the list are. You could take the time going through the entire thing and have a different experience every night. Any thoughts?
- A Separation (2011)
99% (RT) 8.5 (IMDB) - Short Term 12 (2013)
99% (RT) 8.1 (IMDB) - 12 Years A Slave (2013)
97% (RT) 8.2 (IMDB) - Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
96% (RT) 8.3 (IMDB) - Before Midnight (2013)
98% (RT) 8.0 (IMDB) - Let the Right One In (2008)
98% (RT) 8.0 (IMDB) - The Wrestler (2008)
98% (RT) 8.0 (IMDB) - The Artist (2011)
98% (RT) 8.0 (IMDB) - The Song of Sparrows (2008)
98% (RT) 8.0 (IMDB) - Gravity (2013)
97% (RT) 8.1 (IMDB) - Once (2006)
97% (RT) 8.0 (IMDB) - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
96% (RT) 8.1 (IMDB) - Before Sunset (2004)
95% (RT) 8.1 (IMDB) - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring (2003)
95% (RT) 8.1 (IMDB) - The Return (2003)
95% (RT) 8.1 (IMDB) - Star Trek (2009)
95% (RT) 8.1 (IMDB) - Casino Royale (2006)
95% (RT) 8.0 (IMDB)
