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Critic-certified, audience-approved! That’s one catchy way to describe a movie that’s both Certified Fresh and Verified Hot, a dual-threat piece of creative art and entertainment that’s won the world over. And now we’re collecting them all in one ultimate recommendation list!

The Certified Fresh award has been around since 2004, given out to movies that have maintained at least a 75% Tomatometer after a minimum number of reviews from critics (40 reviews for streaming and limited movies, and 80 for wide releases). 20 years later, we introduced the audience equivalent Verified Hot badge in 2024 after unveiling our newly christened Popcornmeter. Similar to its sibling award, Verified Hot movies must maintain 90% on the Tomatometer from verified ratings of users who purchased tickets through our theatrical partners like Fandango. The minimum number of verified ratings vary from movie to movie; you can learn more in our explainer article.

We introduced verified ratings in 2019, so that’s where we’re starting with our guide, with movies like Pixar’s Toy Story 4, Best Picture Oscar-winner Parasite, the classic car competition of Ford v Ferrari, and Disney sequel Frozen II. The pandemic impacted 2020, but we managed Onward and came out Bad Boys for Life on the other side.

We celebrated 2021 with a return to theaters through sci-fi epic Dune, kaiju claw fight Godzilla vs Kong, and record-breaking Spider-Man: No Way Home. 2022 saw a few inescapable blockbusters like Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water, along with sleeper hits like RRR and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.

Barbenheimer was the 2023 phenomenon, and though Barbie took the box office crown between the two, Oppenheimer got the dual award badges on Rotten Tomatoes, plus an incidental Best Picture Oscar. Along for the ’23 ride were returning champs Tom Cruise and Godzilla, with Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and Minus One. Respectively, of course.

We actually saw fewer Certified Fresh & Verified Hot winners in 2024 than in the year before, but you know their names: Wicked, Dune: Part Two, Deadpool & Wolverine, Inside Out 2, Twisters and Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

We’ll keep this list fresh as more movies ascend the Certified Fresh and Verified Hot summit!

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Adjusted Score: 125023%

Synopsis: Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan….
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Adjusted Score: 110386%

Synopsis: Japan is already devastated by the war when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster….
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Adjusted Score: 107625%

Synopsis: Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint,…
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Adjusted Score: 122351%

Synopsis: The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there’s one thing that renowned Detective Benoit…
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Adjusted Score: 121624%

Synopsis: Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the gang embark on a road trip with Bonnie and a new toy…
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Adjusted Score: 117766%

Synopsis: From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who…
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Adjusted Score: 114913%

Synopsis: In 1770 the young daughter of a French countess develops a mutual attraction to the female artist commissioned to paint…
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Adjusted Score: 112514%

Synopsis: The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot–ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an…
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Adjusted Score: 123049%

Synopsis: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is…
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Adjusted Score: 121036%

Synopsis: In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most…
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Adjusted Score: 114410%

Synopsis: FBI informant William O’Neal infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader,…
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Adjusted Score: 112123%

Synopsis: An aging Spanish film director in the middle of a creative crisis revisits memorable events of his past….
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Adjusted Score: 106467%

Synopsis: Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice…
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Adjusted Score: 102880%

Synopsis: 17-year-old Suzume’s journey begins in a quiet town in Kyushu when she encounters a young man who tells her, “I’m…
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Adjusted Score: 101116%

Synopsis: Freedom fighters Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju join forces against British colonialists in the 1920s….
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Adjusted Score: 118673%

Synopsis: In the years after the Civil War, Jo March lives in New York and makes her living as a writer,…
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Adjusted Score: 117450%

Synopsis: Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time,…
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Adjusted Score: 115317%

Synopsis: Lloyd Vogel is an investigative journalist who receives an assignment to profile Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers. He approaches the…
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Adjusted Score: 112880%

Synopsis: Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two…
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Adjusted Score: 114243%

Synopsis: Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner ANORA is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Mikey…
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Adjusted Score: 109152%

Synopsis: After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New…
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Adjusted Score: 107316%

Synopsis: When 12-year-old Otis begins to find success as a television star, his abusive, alcoholic father returns and takes over as…
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Adjusted Score: 106644%

Synopsis: After running away from a residential nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a pro wrestler, a man who…
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Adjusted Score: 105342%

Synopsis: This fall, everyone’s favorite leche-loving, swashbuckling, fear-defying feline returns. For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation…
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Adjusted Score: 101048%

Synopsis: Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a…
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Adjusted Score: 115969%

Synopsis: John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick…
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Adjusted Score: 113164%

Synopsis: The creator of “Hamilton” and the director of “Crazy Rich Asians” invite you to the event of the summer, where…
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Adjusted Score: 109230%

Synopsis: The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom…
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Adjusted Score: 103467%

Synopsis: In partnership with the House of Dior, MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS tells the story of a widowed cleaning lady…
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Adjusted Score: 122605%

Synopsis: During World War II, Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves Jr. appoints physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to work on the top-secret Manhattan…
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Adjusted Score: 115255%

Synopsis: For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero’s identity is revealed, bringing his Super…
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Adjusted Score: 108479%

Synopsis: Long ago, in the fantasy world of Kumandra, humans and dragons lived together in harmony. But when sinister monsters known…
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Adjusted Score: 109317%

Synopsis: AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey…
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Adjusted Score: 102710%

Synopsis: “Juror #2” follows family man Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) who, while serving as a juror in a high profile murder…
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Adjusted Score: 97315%

Synopsis: The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly…
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Adjusted Score: 122162%

Synopsis: “Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while…
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Adjusted Score: 111253%

Synopsis: American automotive designer Carroll Shelby and fearless British race car driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics…
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Adjusted Score: 109647%

Synopsis: Marvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past…
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Adjusted Score: 102384%

Synopsis: The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the…
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Adjusted Score: 115568%

Synopsis: Peter Parker’s relaxing European vacation takes an unexpected turn when Nick Fury shows up in his hotel room to recruit…
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Adjusted Score: 115521%

Synopsis: Benoit Blanc returns to peel back the layers in a new Rian Johnson whodunit. This fresh adventure finds the intrepid…
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#42

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Adjusted Score: 111195%

Synopsis: Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City….
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Adjusted Score: 109894%

Synopsis: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world as they…
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Adjusted Score: 111834%

Synopsis: The little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out–but next summer, everything changes when Disney and Pixar’s Inside…
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Adjusted Score: 109001%

Synopsis: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things…
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#46

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Adjusted Score: 105425%

Synopsis: Armed with a clear vision and a brazen 78-page plan, Richard Williams is determined to write his daughters, Venus and…
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Adjusted Score: 97719%

Synopsis: Based on the book If It’s Not Impossible…: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, ONE LIFE tells…
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#48

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Adjusted Score: 95357%

Synopsis: From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of “Sound of Freedom”, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who…
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Adjusted Score: 108504%

Synopsis: After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) has been thriving in both his career and family life….
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#50

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Adjusted Score: 104535%

Synopsis: The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling…
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#51

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Adjusted Score: 102603%

Synopsis: Javed is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987. He writes…
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#52

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Adjusted Score: 101204%

Synopsis: A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world’s…
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#53

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Adjusted Score: 101466%

Synopsis: Universal Pictures proudly presents the first romantic comedy from a major studio about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling…
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#54

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Adjusted Score: 99539%

Synopsis: TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were…
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#55

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Adjusted Score: 111943%

Synopsis: Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s…
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#56

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Adjusted Score: 108460%

Synopsis: Teenage elf brothers Ian and Barley embark on a magical quest to spend one more day with their late father….
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#57

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Adjusted Score: 97055%

Synopsis: In the new action comedy from DreamWorks Animation, based on the New York Times best-selling book series, a crackerjack criminal…
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#58

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Adjusted Score: 95839%

Synopsis: When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for…
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#59

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Adjusted Score: 95101%

Synopsis: The film tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan…
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#60

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Adjusted Score: 105208%

Synopsis: Experience the day the world went quiet….
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#61

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Adjusted Score: 94254%

Synopsis: Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and…
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Adjusted Score: 102996%

Synopsis: BELFAST is a movie straight from Branagh’s own experience. A nine-year-old boy must chart a path towards adulthood through a…
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#63

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Adjusted Score: 96702%

Synopsis: From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA. The much-anticipated cinematic return of…
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Adjusted Score: 95114%

Synopsis: Celebrating the joy of being back together with your best friends and a perfectly executed shot to the dingdong, the…
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Adjusted Score: 101344%

Synopsis: After graduating from Harvard, Bryan Stevenson heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation….
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Adjusted Score: 97234%

Synopsis: THE COURIER is a true-life spy thriller, the story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) recruited into…
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Adjusted Score: 98558%

Synopsis: Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul, The Post, Nebraska) stars as Hutch Mansell, an underestimated and overlooked dad and…
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Adjusted Score: 97547%

Synopsis: The beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from…
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Adjusted Score: 89979%

Synopsis: Based on a remarkable true story, ORDINARY ANGELS centers on Sharon Steves (Hilary Swank), a fierce but struggling hairdresser in…
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Adjusted Score: 109863%

Synopsis: Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to a…
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Adjusted Score: 90430%

Synopsis: PIECE BY PIECE is a unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural…
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Adjusted Score: 89095%

Synopsis: Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an…
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Adjusted Score: 105472%

Synopsis: In Marvel Studios “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these…
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Adjusted Score: 100722%

Synopsis: Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book…
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Adjusted Score: 94036%

Synopsis: Slim and Queen’s first date takes an unexpected turn when a policeman pulls them over for a minor traffic violation….
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Adjusted Score: 86583%

Synopsis: Twentieth Century Studios and Locksmith Animation’s “Ron’s Gone Wrong” is the story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler and Ron,…
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Adjusted Score: 95333%

Synopsis: A story of love and resilience based on the novel and the Broadway musical, THE COLOR PURPLE is a decades-spanning…
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Adjusted Score: 91845%

Synopsis: While grappling with tremendous personal tragedy, Isabel sets herself on a path of global investigation and discovery. Despite the colossal…
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Adjusted Score: 87351%

Synopsis: Devotion, an aerial war epic based on the bestselling book of the same name, tells the harrowing true story of…
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Adjusted Score: 103002%

Synopsis: Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic….
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Adjusted Score: 95045%

Synopsis: In “Free Guy,” a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, decides…
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Adjusted Score: 88402%

Synopsis: In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making…
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Adjusted Score: 105536%

Synopsis: Deadpool’s peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon…
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Adjusted Score: 99521%

Synopsis: The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship…
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#85

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Adjusted Score: 95130%

Synopsis: Elsa the Snow Queen has an extraordinary gift — the power to create ice and snow. But no matter how…
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#86

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Adjusted Score: 94700%

Synopsis: Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter….
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#87

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Adjusted Score: 92731%

Synopsis: During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, security guard Richard Jewell discovers a suspicious backpack under a bench in Centennial…
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Adjusted Score: 92535%

Synopsis: Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not…
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Adjusted Score: 84222%

Synopsis: After surviving Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre, Sienna and her brother are struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the…
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Adjusted Score: 101638%

Synopsis: Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, “Avatar: The Way of Water” begins to tell…
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Adjusted Score: 96308%

Synopsis: Legends collide in “Godzilla vs. Kong” as these mythic adversaries meet in a spectacular battle for the ages, with the…
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Adjusted Score: 91627%

Synopsis: The wife and son of a Mexican drug lord embark on a vengeful quest to kill all those involved in…
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Adjusted Score: 84981%

Synopsis: Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things…
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Adjusted Score: 84709%

Synopsis: Searching for a safer habitat, the prehistoric Crood family discovers an idyllic, walled-in paradise that meets all of its needs….
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Adjusted Score: 96550%

Synopsis: Academy Award (R) winner Emma Stone (“La La Land”) stars in Disney’s “Cruella,” an all-new live-action feature film about the…
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Adjusted Score: 100947%

Synopsis: Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her…
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Adjusted Score: 93027%

Synopsis: In acclaimed director Edgar Wright’s psychological thriller, Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where…
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Adjusted Score: 87994%

Synopsis: Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental,” an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live…
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