It’s been five years since I first combined IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes scores to build a list of the year’s most highly rated films. I thought generating a cumulative list might be fun too, and it turns out I’ve omitted several well-liked films over the years because IMDb and RT didn’t agree on what year the film was released and/or what it was named. Anyway, below are the top 20% of all films having more than 2000 votes at IMDb and more than 10 pro reviews at Rotten Tomatoes, ranked by the product of their scores on both sites. There are around 300 non-documentaries followed by around 100 documentaries, all scoring 6.0 and above.
Non-documentaries: 8.316 A Separation (2011; imdb) 8.134 Inside Out (2015; imdb) 8.118 Song Of The Sea (2014; imdb) 8.100 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013; imdb) 7.990 Whiplash (2014; imdb) 7.920 Short Term 12 (2013; imdb) 7.872 Spotlight (2015; imdb) 7.857 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015; imdb) 7.840 Boyhood (2014; imdb) 7.802 The Hunt (2012; imdb) 7.802 Room (2015; imdb) 7.800 Aferim! (2015; imdb) 7.776 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011; imdb) 7.776 12 Years a Slave (2013; imdb) 7.760 The Artist (2011; imdb) 7.742 Before Midnight (2013; imdb) 7.728 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015; imdb) 7.700 GETT: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014; imdb) 7.695 Wild Tales (2014; imdb) 7.623 Leviathan (2014; imdb) 7.584 Son of Saul (2015; imdb) 7.566 Gravity (2013; imdb) 7.546 Oslo, August 31st (2011; imdb) 7.524 Wadjda (2012; imdb) 7.520 Dallas Buyers Club (2013; imdb) 7.520 Her (2013; imdb) 7.505 Nightcrawler (2014; imdb) 7.488 The Lunchbox (2013; imdb) 7.488 The LEGO Movie (2014; imdb) 7.488 Argo (2012; imdb) 7.480 Django Unchained (2012; imdb) 7.452 The Martian (2015; imdb) 7.452 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014; imdb) 7.452 Marvel's The Avengers (2012; imdb) 7.425 Selma (2014; imdb) 7.400 Nosotros los Nobles (2013; imdb) 7.395 The Dark Knight Rises (2012; imdb) 7.387 Winter Sleep (2014; imdb) 7.371 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014; imdb) 7.360 Durak (2014; imdb) 7.347 Amour (2012; imdb) 7.347 Captain Phillips (2013; imdb) 7.332 Creed (2015; imdb) 7.332 In Bloom (2013; imdb) 7.326 Starred Up (2013; imdb) 7.326 Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015; imdb) 7.315 Weekend (2011; imdb) 7.300 Ilo Ilo (2013; imdb) 7.298 Rush (2013; imdb) 7.296 Mustang (2015; imdb) 7.296 What We Do In The Shadows (2014; imdb) 7.290 The Imitation Game (2014; imdb) 7.280 X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014; imdb) 7.280 The Way He Looks (2014; imdb) 7.275 Brooklyn (2015; imdb) 7.275 Monsieur Lazhar (2011; imdb) 7.254 Moonrise Kingdom (2012; imdb) 7.254 Skyfall (2012; imdb) 7.252 Mud (2012; imdb) 7.238 50/50 (2011; imdb) 7.209 Mommy (2014; imdb) 7.200 Dheepan (2015; imdb) 7.200 Kilo Two Bravo (2014; imdb) 7.200 Wild Bill (2011; imdb) 7.200 The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011; imdb) 7.189 How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014; imdb) 7.178 Two Days, One Night (2014; imdb) 7.178 Tomboy (2011; imdb) 7.176 Pride (2014; imdb) 7.176 Silver Linings Playbook (2012; imdb) 7.176 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011; imdb) 7.176 Drive (2011; imdb) 7.161 Sicario (2015; imdb) 7.161 Midnight in Paris (2011; imdb) 7.154 Phoenix (2014; imdb) 7.144 Metro Manila (2013; imdb) 7.144 Moneyball (2011; imdb) 7.144 Hugo (2011; imdb) 7.128 Timbuktu (2014; imdb) 7.128 Gone Girl (2014; imdb) 7.128 Le Havre (2011; imdb) 7.125 The Dance of Reality (2013; imdb) 7.110 Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (2014; imdb) 7.104 Ida (2013; imdb) 7.104 The Rocket (2013; imdb) 7.104 The Kid with a Bike (2011; imdb) 7.098 Beasts of No Nation (2015; imdb) 7.098 Birdman (2014; imdb) 7.098 Nebraska (2013; imdb) 7.084 Ex Machina (2015; imdb) 7.081 Theeb (2014; imdb) 7.081 The Selfish Giant (2013; imdb) 7.056 Paddington (2014; imdb) 7.050 Fruitvale Station (2013; imdb) 7.050 Blancanieves (2012; imdb) 7.040 Straight Outta Compton (2015; imdb) 7.031 Big Hero 6 (2014; imdb) 7.020 When Marnie Was There (2014; imdb) 7.020 Blue Is The Warmest Color (2013; imdb) 7.007 The Great Beauty (2013; imdb) 7.000 Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed (2013; imdb) 6.992 Bridge of Spies (2015; imdb) 6.992 Philomena (2013; imdb) 6.992 Headhunters (2011; imdb) 6.984 We Are the Best! (2013; imdb) 6.975 Child's Pose (2013; imdb) 6.956 Carol (2015; imdb) 6.956 The History Of Future Folk (2012; imdb) 6.956 I Wish (2011; imdb) 6.952 The Big Short (2015; imdb) 6.942 The Wind Rises (2013; imdb) 6.942 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014; imdb) 6.916 Omar (2013; imdb) 6.916 Delhi Belly (2011; imdb) 6.912 '71 (2014; imdb) 6.912 The Muppets (2011; imdb) 6.900 Anomalisa (2015; imdb) 6.900 Source Code (2011; imdb) 6.887 Tangerine (2015; imdb) 6.887 45 Years (2015; imdb) 6.882 Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011; imdb) 6.882 Still Mine (2012; imdb) 6.882 Inside Llewyn Davis (2013; imdb) 6.882 Frances Ha (2012; imdb) 6.882 No (2012; imdb) 6.882 Zero Dark Thirty (2012; imdb) 6.882 Looper (2012; imdb) 6.880 Life of Pi (2012; imdb) 6.864 The Turin Horse (2011; imdb) 6.862 The Guard (2011; imdb) 6.840 A Hijacking (2012; imdb) 6.840 Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014; imdb) 6.840 Beyond The Hills (2012; imdb) 6.825 Stations of the Cross (2014; imdb) 6.825 The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013; imdb) 6.816 Enough Said (2013; imdb) 6.816 Blue Ruin (2013; imdb) 6.800 Frequencies (2013; imdb) 6.800 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012; imdb) 6.790 Blind (2014; imdb) 6.789 American Hustle (2013; imdb) 6.786 Like Father, Like Son (2013; imdb) 6.786 Star Trek Into Darkness (2013; imdb) 6.786 X-Men: First Class (2011; imdb) 6.768 Good Vibrations (2012; imdb) 6.768 Win Win (2011; imdb) 6.764 A Royal Affair (2012; imdb) 6.764 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; imdb) 6.764 Frozen (2013; imdb) 6.762 Mr. Turner (2014; imdb) 6.745 War Witch (2012; imdb) 6.745 Sister (2012; imdb) 6.734 The End Of The Tour (2015; imdb) 6.734 Take Shelter (2011; imdb) 6.724 The Revenant (2015; imdb) 6.724 Warrior (2011; imdb) 6.716 Force Majeure (2014; imdb) 6.708 Wreck-it Ralph (2012; imdb) 6.708 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011; imdb) 6.696 Copenhagen (2014; imdb) 6.696 A Touch of Sin (2013; imdb) 6.696 Barbara (2012; imdb) 6.696 Teddy Bear (2012; imdb) 6.696 The Sessions (2012; imdb) 6.696 Pariah (2011; imdb) 6.696 Sleep Tight (2011; imdb) 6.693 It Follows (2014; imdb) 6.674 Spy (2015; imdb) 6.674 Lore (2012; imdb) 6.674 The Rabbi's Cat (2011; imdb) 6.664 The Babadook (2014; imdb) 6.660 The Witch (2015; imdb) 6.660 Love & Mercy (2014; imdb) 6.660 Lincoln (2012; imdb) 6.650 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014; imdb) 6.650 Snowpiercer (2013; imdb) 6.643 Blue Jasmine (2013; imdb) 6.643 Caesar Must Die (2012; imdb) 6.633 Gloria (2013; imdb) 6.624 The Lobster (2015; imdb) 6.624 99 Homes (2014; imdb) 6.624 Girlhood (2014; imdb) 6.603 The Gift (2015; imdb) 6.603 Diplomacy (2014; imdb) 6.603 The Spectacular Now (2013; imdb) 6.600 Still Alice (2014; imdb) 6.596 Housebound (2014; imdb) 6.586 Calvary (2014; imdb) 6.586 Bears (2014; imdb) 6.586 In the House (2012; imdb) 6.580 Drug War (2012; imdb) 6.570 Winnie the Pooh (2011; imdb) 6.561 Prisoners (2013; imdb) 6.555 The Diary Of A Teenage Girl (2015; imdb) 6.545 End of Watch (2012; imdb) 6.532 Arthur Christmas (2011; imdb) 6.525 What Maisie Knew (2012; imdb) 6.512 The Good Lie (2014; imdb) 6.497 The Descendants (2011; imdb) 6.486 All Is Lost (2013; imdb) 6.474 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015; imdb) 6.461 Locke (2013; imdb) 6.461 The Sapphires (2012; imdb) 6.461 Holy Motors (2012; imdb) 6.460 The Raid: Redemption (2011; imdb) 6.450 The Conjuring (2013; imdb) 6.450 The Intouchables (2011; imdb) 6.440 Slow West (2015; imdb) 6.440 Frank (2014; imdb) 6.440 The Cabin in the Woods (2012; imdb) 6.438 Tabu (2012; imdb) 6.432 Sleepless Night (2011; imdb) 6.424 Dope (2015; imdb) 6.424 The Tribe (2014; imdb) 6.424 In Darkness (2011; imdb) 6.417 Stranger by the Lake (2013; imdb) 6.408 Venus in Fur (2013; imdb) 6.392 Love Is Strange (2014; imdb) 6.390 Wild (2014; imdb) 6.390 Footnote (2011; imdb) 6.370 Mia Madre (2015; imdb) 6.365 The Wonders (2014; imdb) 6.351 Polisse (2011; imdb) 6.348 The Lady In The Van (2015; imdb) 6.324 Journey To The West (2013; imdb) 6.324 Our Children (2012; imdb) 6.320 The Fault In Our Stars (2014; imdb) 6.320 The Raid 2 (2014; imdb) 6.319 Bone Tomahawk (2015; imdb) 6.319 The Drop (2014; imdb) 6.318 The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012; imdb) 6.314 The Wolf of Wall Street (2013; imdb) 6.308 Laurence Anyways (2012; imdb) 6.308 Tyrannosaur (2011; imdb) 6.300 Safety Not Guaranteed (2012; imdb) 6.300 The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011; imdb) 6.290 Zero Motivation (2014; imdb) 6.290 The Walk (2015; imdb) 6.290 The Way Way Back (2013; imdb) 6.278 Chef (2014; imdb) 6.278 Only Lovers Left Alive (2013; imdb) 6.278 Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012; imdb) 6.264 The Peanuts Movie (2015; imdb) 6.264 Rango (2011; imdb) 6.256 Grandma (2015; imdb) 6.248 Coherence (2013; imdb) 6.248 Hannah Arendt (2012; imdb) 6.248 Margin Call (2011; imdb) 6.237 Victoria (2015; imdb) 6.232 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011; imdb) 6.231 The Duke Of Burgundy (2014; imdb) 6.231 I'll See You in My Dreams (2015; imdb) 6.230 A Most Violent Year (2014; imdb) 6.230 The World's End (2013; imdb) 6.216 Predestination (2014; imdb) 6.216 Jane Eyre (2011; imdb) 6.210 Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011; imdb) 6.205 Steve Jobs (2015; imdb) 6.177 The Attack (2012; imdb) 6.164 In a World... (2013; imdb) 6.160 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014; imdb) 6.160 The Angels' Share (2012; imdb) 6.160 Foxcatcher (2014; imdb) 6.160 Breathing (2011; imdb) 6.156 The Impossible (2012; imdb) 6.156 The Help (2011; imdb) 6.156 The Skin I Live In (2011; imdb) 6.142 Belle (2013; imdb) 6.132 The Hunger Games (2012; imdb) 6.120 Kon Tiki (2012; imdb) 6.120 John Wick (2014; imdb) 6.120 Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013; imdb) 6.120 Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011; imdb) 6.120 Bernie (2011; imdb) 6.120 A Better Life (2011; imdb) 6.120 Bridesmaids (2011; imdb) 6.120 21 Jump Street (2012; imdb) 6.106 Boy Meets Girl (2014; imdb) 6.106 Far From the Madding Crowd (2015; imdb) 6.106 Interstellar (2014; imdb) 6.106 The Patience Stone (2012; imdb) 6.106 Robot & Frank (2012; imdb) 6.090 Mr. Holmes (2015; imdb) 6.090 ParaNorman (2012; imdb) 6.090 Frankenweenie (2012; imdb) 6.083 The Theory of Everything (2014; imdb) 6.075 Ip Man 3 (2015; imdb) 6.075 Red Dog (2011; imdb) 6.072 Queen of Earth (2015; imdb) 6.072 White God (2014; imdb) 6.072 Sunshine on Leith (2013; imdb) 6.059 The Lincoln Lawyer (2011; imdb) 6.052 Clouds of Sils Maria (2014; imdb) 6.052 Obvious Child (2014; imdb) 6.052 Cheap Thrills (2013; imdb) 6.048 Much Ado About Nothing (2012; imdb) 6.035 22 Jump Street (2014; imdb) 6.035 Chronicle (2012; imdb) 6.035 The Ides of March (2011; imdb) 6.035 The Master (2012; imdb) 6.030 Spring (2014; imdb) 6.030 Faults (2014; imdb) 6.030 The Guest (2014; imdb) 6.030 Paradise: Hope (2013; imdb) 6.020 Declaration of War (2011; imdb) 6.016 The Survivalist (2015; imdb) 6.004 Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015; imdb) 6.003 The Skeleton Twins (2014; imdb) 6.000 The Hateful Eight (2015; imdb) Documentaries: 8.100 The Square (2013; imdb) 8.051 The Look of Silence (2014; imdb) 7.980 Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015; imdb) 7.980 The Salt of the Earth (2014; imdb) 7.954 Listen To Me Marlon (2015; imdb) 7.938 Jodorowsky's Dune (2013; imdb) 7.938 Citizenfour (2014; imdb) 7.938 Blackfish (2013; imdb) 7.938 Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God (2012; imdb) 7.872 The Act of Killing (2012; imdb) 7.872 The Crash Reel (2013; imdb) 7.800 Sound City (2013; imdb) 7.708 Searching for Sugar Man (2012; imdb) 7.700 Twinsters (2015; imdb) 7.663 Life Itself (2014; imdb) 7.614 Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015; imdb) 7.600 More Than Honey (2012; imdb) 7.600 Marley (2012; imdb) 7.600 5 Broken Cameras (2011; imdb) 7.546 Beware Of Mr. Baker (2012; imdb) 7.533 The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014; imdb) 7.524 How to Survive a Plague (2012; imdb) 7.505 Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012; imdb) 7.505 West of Memphis (2012; imdb) 7.488 Chasing Ice (2012; imdb) 7.488 Undefeated (2011; imdb) 7.469 Red Army (2014; imdb) 7.448 Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck (2015; imdb) 7.448 The Invisible War (2012; imdb) 7.448 Born To Be Wild (2011; imdb) 7.426 The House I Live In (2012; imdb) 7.425 The Interrupters (2011; imdb) 7.410 Amy (2015; imdb) 7.392 Muscle Shoals (2013; imdb) 7.392 The Other Dream Team (2012; imdb) 7.372 An Honest Liar (2014; imdb) 7.372 Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012; imdb) 7.350 This Is Not a Film (2011; imdb) 7.326 The Missing Picture (2013; imdb) 7.326 20 Feet From Stardom (2013; imdb) 7.315 Finding Vivian Maier (2013; imdb) 7.315 Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012; imdb) 7.315 Pina (2011; imdb) 7.315 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011; imdb) 7.308 The Last Lions (2011; imdb) 7.290 Inequality For All (2013; imdb) 7.252 Project Nim (2011; imdb) 7.220 Last Days in Vietnam (2014; imdb) 7.200 Jafar Panahi's Taxi (2015; imdb) 7.189 Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011; imdb) 7.189 The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013; imdb) 7.161 The Central Park Five (2012; imdb) 7.161 Indie Game: The Movie (2012; imdb) 7.144 Best Of Enemies (2015; imdb) 7.144 Stories We Tell (2012; imdb) 7.125 20,000 Days on Earth (2014; imdb) 7.125 The Imposter (2012; imdb) 7.104 Particle Fever (2013; imdb) 7.084 Side by Side (2012; imdb) 7.068 The Gatekeepers (2012; imdb) 7.068 First Position (2011; imdb) 7.050 A Band Called Death (2012; imdb) 7.031 Tim's Vermeer (2013; imdb) 6.970 George Harrison: Living In The Material World (2011; imdb) 6.916 The Pervert's Guide To Ideology (2012; imdb) 6.912 Cutie And The Boxer (2013; imdb) 6.862 Monkey Kingdom (2015; imdb) 6.853 Meru (2015; imdb) 6.764 Buck (2011; imdb) 6.716 Into The Abyss (2011; imdb) 6.696 The Hunting Ground (2015; imdb) 6.674 The Queen of Versailles (2012; imdb) 6.643 Mistaken for Strangers (2013; imdb) 6.642 Bridegroom (2013; imdb) 6.586 Cartel Land (2015; imdb) 6.545 Samsara (2011; imdb) 6.532 Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013; imdb) 6.532 Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012; imdb) 6.512 The Punk Singer (2013; imdb) 6.512 Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012; imdb) 6.500 White Elephant (2012; imdb) 6.474 Klitschko (2011; imdb) 6.460 Antarctica: A Year on Ice (2013; imdb) 6.460 Knuckle (2011; imdb) 6.438 Bobby Fischer Against The World (2011; imdb) 6.408 Whores' Glory (2011; imdb) 6.399 Racing Extinction (2015; imdb) 6.384 What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015; imdb) 6.375 Dirty Wars (2013; imdb) 6.348 We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks (2013; imdb) 6.336 If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011; imdb) 6.290 Terms And Conditions May Apply (2013; imdb) 6.232 Maidentrip (2013; imdb) 6.216 Bully (2011; imdb) 6.160 Fed Up (2014; imdb) 6.160 Life in a Day (2011; imdb) 6.048 The Armstrong Lie (2013; imdb) 6.035 The Wolfpack (2015; imdb)
Christopher Pound 