Audience
79.7
Critics
94.8
Award
87.3
●BERLIN 2023●OSCAR 2024
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Films lasting 120 minutes or less with Berlinale main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Ranked by audience ratings, critics’ scores and award recognition.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 86 films in this collection.
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| 1 | PL Celine Song · South Korea; United States | 2023 | 94.4 | 79.7 | 94.8 | 87.3 | ●BERLIN 2023●OSCAR 2024 | Drama, Romance | 105 min | |
| 2 | A Carla Simón · Spain; Italy | 2022 | 93.8 | 71.9 | 88.3 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2022 | Drama | 120 min | |
| 3 | D Dag Johan Haugerud · Norway | 2024 | 93.7 | 73.6 | 84.9 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2025 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 110 min | |
| 4 | D Mati Diop · France; Senegal; Benin | 2024 | 93.6 | 69.9 | 89.2 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2024 | Documentary | 68 min | |
| 5 | OT Nicolas Philibert · France | 2023 | 93.0 | 68.5 | 83.8 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2023 | Documentary | 109 min | |
| 6 | BL Radu Jude · Romania; Luxembourg; Czech Republic; Croatia; Switzerland; United Kingdom | 2021 | 92.6 | 68.1 | 80.2 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2021 | Comedy, Drama | 106 min | |
| 7 | A Christian Petzold · Germany | 2023 | 91.1 | 72.1 | 85.8 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 102 min | |
| 8 | TB Gabriel Mascaro · Brazil; Mexico; Chile; Netherlands | 2025 | 91.1 | 72.6 | 84.7 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2025 | Drama, Sci-Fi | 85 min | |
| 9 | TN Hong Sang-soo · South Korea | 2022 | 91.1 | 69.6 | 88.5 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2022 | Drama | 92 min | |
| 10 | TM Iván Fund · Argentina; Spain | 2025 | 90.4~ | 67.2 | 84.0 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2025 | Fantasy | 91 min | |
| 11 | J Beth de Araújo · United States | 2026 | 90.3~ | 82.5 | 89.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 114 min | |
| 12 | S Emin Alper · France; Greece; Netherlands; Saudi Arabia; Sweden; Turkey | 2026 | 90.3~ | 69.4 | ~80.0 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 117 min | |
| 13 | R Markus Schleinzer · Austria; Germany | 2026 | 90.0 | 78.4 | 91.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, History | 94 min | |
| 14 | PM Céline Sciamma · France | 2021 | 89.8 | 74.8 | 94.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama, Fantasy | 73 min | |
| 15 | AT Hong Sang-soo · South Korea | 2024 | 89.7 | 67.6 | 75.3 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2024 | Drama | 90 min | |
| 16 | T Lila Avilés · Mexico; Denmark; France | 2023 | 89.4 | 72.2 | 93.3 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Drama | 95 min | |
| 17 | NR Geneviève Dulude-De Celles · Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; Italy | 2026 | 89.4~ | 85.2 | 75.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 103 min | |
| 18 | RO Natalia López · Mexico; Argentina; United States | 2022 | 89.4 | 63.6 | 77.3 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2022 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 118 min | |
| 19 | TL Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · Austria | 2026 | 89.3~ | 76.2 | 86.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music | 86 min | |
| 20 | MF Maryam Moghadam; Behtash Sanaeeha · Iran; France; Sweden; Germany | 2024 | 89.2 | 76.0 | 86.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 97 min | |
| 21 | ED Grant Gee · Ireland; United Kingdom | 2026 | 89.0~ | 72.6 | 87.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Documentary, Music | 102 min | |
| 22 | WM Frédéric Hambalek · Germany | 2025 | 89.0~ | 68.1 | 93.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Drama | 86 min | |
| 23 | B Matt Johnson · Canada | 2023 | 89.0 | 75.1 | 84.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 120 min | |
| 24 | IA Leyla Bouzid · France; Tunisia | 2026 | 88.9~ | 72.1 | 87.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, Mystery | 111 min | |
| 25 | F Fernando Eimbcke · Mexico | 2026 | 88.7~ | 76.6 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 102 min | |
| 26 | BO Maryam Moghadam; Behtash Sanaeeha · Iran; France | 2020 | 88.7~ | 73.1 | 84.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama | 105 min | |
| 27 | AC Alonso Ruizpalacios · Mexico | 2021 | 88.7 | 73.9 | 82.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Action, Crime, Documentary | 107 min | |
| 28 | IY Maria Schrader · Germany | 2021 | 88.6 | 72.3 | 84.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 108 min | |
| 29 | WD Hong Sang-soo · South Korea | 2025 | 88.6 | 73.0 | 82.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 108 min | |
| 30 | ST Tim Mielants · Ireland; Belgium | 2024 | 88.5 | 70.1 | 86.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama | 98 min | |
| 31 | R Ulrich Seidl · Austria; France; Germany | 2022 | 88.5 | 69.4 | 87.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Music | 114 min | |
| 32 | AD Aaron Schimberg · United States | 2024 | 88.5 | 71.6 | 83.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama, Thriller | 112 min | |
| 33 | LÉ Claire Burger · France; Germany; Belgium | 2024 | 88.5~ | 69.9 | 85.8 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama, Romance | 101 min | |
| 34 | G Margherita Vicario · Italy; Switzerland | 2024 | 88.4~ | 70.7 | 84.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama, History, Music | 106 min | |
| 35 | BM Richard Linklater · United States | 2025 | 88.2 | 70.3 | 82.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 100 min | |
| 36 | K' Radu Jude · Romania; Brazil; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Luxembourg | 2025 | 88.1 | 69.0 | 83.4 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Comedy, Drama | 109 min | |
| 37 | II Mary Bronstein · United States | 2025 | 88.0 | 68.2 | 83.4 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Drama, Thriller | 113 min | |
| 38 | AN Yoshitoshi Shinomiya · France; Japan | 2026 | 88.0~ | 70.3 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Animation, Drama | 76 min | |
| 39 | M Angela Schanelec · Germany; France; Serbia | 2023 | 88.0 | 70.3 | 80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Drama, Music | 108 min | |
| 40 | MB Joana Hadjithomas; Khalil Joreige · France; Lebanon; Canada; Qatar | 2021 | 88.0 | 70.1 | 80.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama | 102 min | |
| 41 | W Warwick Thornton · Australia | 2025 | 87.9~ | 62.2 | 90.3 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Adventure, Drama, Western | 100 min | |
| 42 | Y( Anna Fitch; Banker White · United States | 2026 | 87.9~ | 69.9 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Documentary | 78 min | |
| 43 | BN Kamila Andini · Indonesia | 2022 | 87.9 | 69.9 | 79.8 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Drama, History | 103 min | |
| 44 | TP Mikhaël Hers · France | 2022 | 87.9 | 72.1 | 76.8 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Drama | 111 min | |
| 45 | A Victor Kossakovsky · Germany; France; United States | 2024 | 87.8 | 64.9 | 84.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Documentary | 98 min | |
| 46 | L Ivan Sen · Australia | 2023 | 87.6 | 64.9 | 83.1 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 108 min | |
| 47 | RI Hélène Cattet; Bruno Forzani · Belgium; Luxembourg; Italy; France | 2025 | 87.5 | 65.1 | 81.8 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 87 min | |
| 48 | DB Giacomo Abbruzzese · France; Italy; Belgium; Poland | 2023 | 87.5 | 67.7 | 78.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Drama | 92 min | |
| 49 | AC Jian Liu · China | 2023 | 87.5 | 65.8 | 80.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Animation, Comedy, Drama | 118 min | |
| 50 | ST Mahamat-Saleh Haroun · Chad; France | 2026 | 87.4~ | 65.8 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 101 min | |
| 51 | I Hong Sang-soo · South Korea | 2021 | 87.4 | 65.5 | 80.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama | 65 min | |
| 52 | TS Rolf de Heer · Australia | 2022 | 87.4 | 69.9 | 73.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Drama, Mystery | 110 min | |
| 53 | TI Lucile Hadzihalilovic · France; Germany; Italy | 2025 | 87.2 | 62.2 | 82.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | 117 min | |
| 54 | D Anke Blondé · Belgium; Greece; Poland; United Kingdom | 2026 | 87.2~ | 63.6 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 109 min | |
| 55 | S Gustav Möller · Denmark; Sweden | 2024 | 87.0~ | 68.3 | 72.3 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 100 min | |
| 56 | FI Benedek Fliegauf · Hungary | 2021 | 87.0~ | 62.2 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama | 112 min | |
| 57 | A Léonor Serraille · France; Belgium | 2025 | 87.0~ | 62.2 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Drama | 88 min | |
| 58 | TS Lionel Baier · Switzerland; Luxembourg; France | 2025 | 87.0~ | 61.8 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Comedy, Drama | 90 min | |
| 59 | BS Claire Denis · France | 2022 | 87.0 | 63.1 | 78.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 116 min | |
| 60 | TE Bruno Dumont · France; Germany; Italy; Belgium; Portugal | 2024 | 86.7 | 55.0 | 59.5 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2024 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 110 min | |
| 61 | HS Eva Trobisch · Germany | 2026 | 86.7~ | 59.5 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 116 min | |
| 62 | WD Meryam Joobeur · Tunisia; Canada; France; Norway; Qatar; Saudi Arabia | 2024 | 86.6~ | 69.0 | 66.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama | 120 min | |
| 63 | PV François Ozon · France | 2022 | 86.2 | 63.7 | 69.4 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Drama | 85 min | |
| 64 | ND Daniel Brühl · Germany; United States | 2021 | 86.1 | 69.9 | 60.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Comedy, Drama | 92 min | |
| 65 | MB Johanna Moder · Austria; Switzerland; Germany | 2025 | 86.1~ | 62.7 | 69.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Mystery, Thriller | 108 min | |
| 66 | IB Margarethe von Trotta · Switzerland; Austria; Germany; Luxembourg | 2023 | 86.0 | 65.4 | 65.1 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Biography, Drama, History | 111 min | |
| 67 | N Hanna Bergholm · Finland; France; Lithuania; United Kingdom | 2026 | 85.8 | 62.1 | 67.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 91 min | |
| 68 | NL Dénes Nagy · Hungary; Latvia; France; Germany | 2021 | 85.6 | 61.8 | 65.1 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama, History, War | 103 min | |
| 69 | ST Olivier Assayas · France | 2024 | 85.6 | 58.2 | 69.4 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Comedy, Drama | 105 min | |
| 70 | D Michel Franco · Mexico; United States | 2025 | 85.5 | 62.6 | 62.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 98 min | |
| 71 | TL Ursula Meier · Switzerland; France; Belgium | 2022 | 85.4 | 61.1 | 64.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Drama | 101 min | |
| 72 | AE Nicolette Krebitz · Germany; France | 2022 | 85.4~ | 60.4 | 64.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 105 min | |
| 73 | A Xavier Beauvois · France | 2021 | 85.4 | 62.3 | 61.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama | 115 min | |
| 74 | AE Piero Messina · Italy; France; United Kingdom | 2024 | 85.3 | 69.0 | 51.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 119 min | |
| 75 | RK Andreas Dresen · Germany | 2022 | 85.0~ | 68.5 | 48.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Biography, Comedy, Crime | 119 min | |
| 76 | MW Angela Schanelec · Germany; France | 2026 | 85.0~ | 45.1 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 92 min | |
| 77 | HM Rebecca Lenkiewicz · Greece; United Kingdom | 2025 | 84.8 | 61.7 | 55.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Drama | 92 min | |
| 78 | BT Abderrahmane Sissako · France; Mauritania; Luxembourg; Taiwan; Ivory Coast | 2024 | 84.4 | 60.9 | 52.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama, Romance | 110 min | |
| 79 | GO Vivian Qu · China | 2025 | 84.3~ | 57.7 | 56.1 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Drama | 115 min | |
| 80 | TP Philippe Garrel · France; Switzerland | 2023 | 84.1~ | 61.3 | 48.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Drama, Family | 96 min | |
| 81 | LA Paolo Taviani · Italy | 2022 | 83.9~ | 68.1 | 38.1 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Drama | 90 min | |
| 82 | M John Trengove · United States; United Kingdom | 2023 | 83.7 | 54.5 | 53.4 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Drama, Thriller | 95 min | |
| 83 | RP Karim Aïnouz · Germany; Italy; Spain; United Kingdom | 2026 | 83.6 | 60.4 | 44.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 97 min | |
| 84 | EW Rithy Panh · France; Cambodia | 2022 | 83.0~ | 59.1 | 39.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Documentary, Fantasy | 98 min | |
| 85 | AT Kornél Mundruczó · United States; Hungary | 2026 | 82.8~ | 62.7 | 32.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 112 min | |
| 86 | TT Christoph Hochhäusler · Germany | 2023 | 82.0~ | 60.9 | 26.4 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Crime, Drama, Romance | 120 min |
This collection contains 86 films with Berlinale main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Every film runs for 120 minutes or less. The shortest is 65 minutes and the longest is 120 minutes. Only main competition films and their recorded awards are covered; other festival sections are outside this selection.
Past Lives leads this Total Score ranking with 94.4. Nina Roza has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (85.2). Past Lives has one of the highest known Critics scores (94.8). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Celine Song · 2023 · 105 min
Audience 79.7 · Critics 94.8 · Total 94.4
Berlin 2023: Main Competition
Carla Simón · 2022 · 120 min
Audience 71.9 · Critics 88.3 · Total 93.8
Berlin 2022: Golden Bear
Dag Johan Haugerud · 2024 · 110 min
Audience 73.6 · Critics 84.9 · Total 93.7
Berlin 2025: Golden Bear
Total combines 40% audience ratings, 30% critic ratings and 30% original award points, with a bonus for recognition by additional institutions. Scores shown to one decimal place can be tied while their unrounded ranking differs. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.