Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Dramas with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Only films with a known Critics Score of 85+ are included, ordered by Critics Score.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 109 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | AW Payal Kapadia · France; India; Netherlands; Luxembourg; Italy | 2024 | 92.6 | 72.1 | 95.3 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2024 | Drama, Romance | 118 min | |
| 2 | NB Jafar Panahi · Iran | 2022 | 92.3 | 73.5 | 95.1 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2022 | Drama, Romance | 106 min | |
| 3 | PL Celine Song · South Korea; United States | 2023 | 94.4 | 79.7 | 94.8 | 87.3 | ●BERLIN 2023●OSCAR 2024 | Drama, Romance | 105 min | |
| 4 | PL Lee Chang-dong · South Korea | 2026 | 92.6 | 76.2 | 94.6 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2026 | Drama, Romance | 164 min | |
| 5 | PM Céline Sciamma · France | 2021 | 89.8 | 74.8 | 94.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama, Fantasy | 73 min | |
| 6 | WO Michal Englert; Malgorzata Szumowska · Poland; Sweden | 2023 | 89.2~ | 68.5 | 93.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama | 132 min | |
| 7 | WM Frédéric Hambalek · Germany | 2025 | 89.0~ | 68.1 | 93.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Drama | 86 min | |
| 8 | TS Kleber Mendonça Filho · Brazil; France; Mexico; Germany; Netherlands | 2025 | 93.8 | 74.8 | 93.5 | 87.6 | ●CANNES 2025●OSCAR 2026 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 161 min | |
| 9 | M Andrey Zvyagintsev · France; Latvia; Germany | 2026 | 93.6~ | 81.6 | 93.5 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2026 | Drama, War | 135 min | |
| 10 | IW Jafar Panahi · Iran; France; Luxembourg | 2025 | 95.1 | 75.3 | 93.5 | 93.1 | 🏆CANNES 2025 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 103 min | |
| 11 | DM Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · Japan | 2021 | 94.0 | 77.2 | 93.3 | 87.6 | ●CANNES 2021●OSCAR 2022 | Drama | 179 min | |
| 12 | T Todd Field · United States; Germany | 2022 | 94.6 | 75.3 | 93.3 | 90.8 | ●VENICE 2022●BAFTA 2023●OSCAR 2023 | Drama, Music | 158 min | |
| 13 | T Lila Avilés · Mexico; Denmark; France | 2023 | 89.4 | 72.2 | 93.3 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2023 | Drama | 95 min | |
| 14 | TW Joachim Trier · Norway; France; Denmark; Sweden | 2021 | 90.4 | 78.0 | 93.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 128 min | |
| 15 | TZ Jonathan Glazer · United Kingdom; Poland; United States | 2023 | 94.1 | 74.4 | 93.0 | 89.6 | ◆CANNES 2023●OSCAR 2024 | Drama, History, War | 105 min | |
| 16 | SO Alice Diop · France | 2022 | 91.5 | 67.9 | 92.8 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2022 | Drama | 122 min | |
| 17 | LC Alice Rohrwacher · Italy; France; Switzerland | 2023 | 90.1 | 75.7 | 92.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 131 min | |
| 18 | QA Lance Hammer · United Kingdom; United States | 2026 | 92.4 | 77.5 | 92.6 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2026 | Drama | 121 min | |
| 19 | F Paweł Pawlikowski · Poland; Germany; Italy; France | 2026 | 90.1 | 75.7 | 92.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, History | 82 min | |
| 20 | M Apichatpong Weerasethakul · Thailand; Colombia; United Kingdom; France; Germany; Mexico; China; Taiwan; United States; Switzerland | 2021 | 91.6 | 65.8 | 92.4 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2021 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 136 min | |
| 21 | A Sean Baker · United States | 2024 | 96.0 | 75.1 | 92.4 | 97.4 | 🏆CANNES 2024●BAFTA 2025🏆OSCAR 2025 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 139 min | |
| 22 | TB Brady Corbet · United States; Canada; Hungary; United Kingdom | 2024 | 94.3 | 73.7 | 92.4 | 90.8 | ●VENICE 2024●BAFTA 2025●OSCAR 2025 | Drama | 216 min | |
| 23 | D Ilya Khrzhanovsky · Germany; France; Sweden | 2026 | 89.5~ | 72.6 | 92.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 195 min | |
| 24 | M Lee Isaac Chung · United States | 2020 | 93.3 | 76.3 | 92.1 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Drama | 115 min | |
| 25 | NB RaMell Ross · United States | 2024 | 92.6 | 70.9 | 92.1 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2025 | Drama | 140 min | |
| 26 | SO Mascha Schilinski · Germany | 2025 | 92.4 | 72.6 | 92.1 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2025 | Drama, War | 154 min | |
| 27 | GB Agnieszka Holland · Poland; Czech Republic; France; Belgium | 2023 | 91.9 | 72.0 | 91.9 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2023 | Drama | 152 min | |
| 28 | SF Ildikó Enyedi · Germany; France; Hungary; Hong Kong | 2025 | 89.8 | 75.3 | 91.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 147 min | |
| 29 | O Christopher Nolan · United States; United Kingdom | 2023 | 96.7 | 83.0 | 91.7 | 96.6 | 🏆BAFTA 2024🏆OSCAR 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 180 min | |
| 30 | TF Florian Zeller · France; United Kingdom | 2020 | 95.0 | 83.3 | 91.5 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2021●OSCAR 2021 | Drama, Mystery | 97 min | |
| 31 | R Markus Schleinzer · Austria; Germany | 2026 | 90.0 | 78.4 | 91.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, History | 94 min | |
| 32 | TP Jane Campion · New Zealand; Australia; United Kingdom; United States; Canada | 2021 | 94.6 | 70.9 | 91.2 | 94.0 | ●VENICE 2021🏆BAFTA 2022●OSCAR 2022 | Drama, Western | 126 min | |
| 33 | MS Josh Safdie · United States; Finland | 2025 | 94.1 | 76.6 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Drama, Sport | 149 min | |
| 34 | PM Pedro Almodóvar · Spain | 2021 | 89.4 | 72.5 | 91.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 123 min | |
| 35 | LP Paul Thomas Anderson · United States | 2021 | 93.7 | 73.2 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2022●OSCAR 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 133 min | |
| 36 | KO Martin Scorsese · United States | 2023 | 94.1 | 76.6 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Crime, Drama, History | 206 min | |
| 37 | CB Zhangke Jia · China | 2024 | 89.4 | 70.7 | 91.0 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Drama | 111 min | |
| 38 | TD Clint Bentley · United States | 2025 | 93.2 | 76.6 | 90.3 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2026 | Drama | 102 min | |
| 39 | AO Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · France; Japan; Germany; Belgium | 2026 | 90.7 | 82.0 | 90.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 196 min | |
| 40 | W Warwick Thornton · Australia | 2025 | 87.9~ | 62.2 | 90.3 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Adventure, Drama, Western | 100 min | |
| 41 | H Audrey Diwan · France | 2021 | 94.6 | 75.7 | 90.3 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2021 | Drama | 100 min | |
| 42 | WO Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · Japan | 2021 | 92.0 | 76.2 | 90.3 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2021 | Drama, Romance | 121 min | |
| 43 | TB Martin McDonagh · United Kingdom; United States | 2022 | 94.6 | 77.8 | 90.3 | 90.8 | ●VENICE 2022●BAFTA 2023●OSCAR 2023 | Comedy, Drama | 114 min | |
| 44 | AD Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Turkey; France; Germany | 2023 | 90.3 | 79.3 | 90.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Drama | 197 min | |
| 45 | PT Yorgos Lanthimos · Ireland; United Kingdom; United States | 2023 | 95.8 | 79.0 | 90.1 | 95.7 | 🏆VENICE 2023●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 141 min | |
| 46 | FL Aki Kaurismäki · Finland; Germany | 2023 | 92.4 | 74.4 | 89.9 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 81 min | |
| 47 | NO Park Chan-wook · South Korea | 2025 | 89.9 | 77.5 | 89.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 139 min | |
| 48 | J Beth de Araújo · United States | 2026 | 90.3~ | 82.5 | 89.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 114 min | |
| 49 | N Chloé Zhao · United States | 2020 | 95.5 | 74.8 | 89.7 | 96.6 | 🏆BAFTA 2021🏆OSCAR 2021 | Drama | 107 min | |
| 50 | AO Justine Triet · France | 2023 | 95.8 | 78.0 | 89.7 | 96.2 | 🏆CANNES 2023●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 151 min | |
| 51 | SV Joachim Trier · Norway; Germany; Denmark; France; Sweden; United Kingdom; Türkiye | 2025 | 94.9 | 78.0 | 89.4 | 92.3 | ◆CANNES 2025●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Comedy, Drama | 135 min | |
| 52 | A Dea Kulumbegashvili · Georgia; Italy; France | 2024 | 91.4 | 69.9 | 89.4 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2024 | Drama | 134 min | |
| 53 | TP Sergey Loznitsa · France; Germany; Romania; Latvia; Netherlands; Lithuania | 2025 | 89.5 | 72.6 | 89.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 118 min | |
| 54 | TL Maggie Gyllenhaal · Greece; United States | 2021 | 88.8 | 68.7 | 89.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 121 min | |
| 55 | TT Tran Anh Hung · France | 2023 | 89.8 | 75.3 | 89.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Drama, History, Romance | 135 min | |
| 56 | IS Walter Salles · Brazil; France | 2024 | 94.2 | 82.0 | 89.2 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2024●OSCAR 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 137 min | |
| 57 | R Bi Gan · China; France | 2025 | 89.7 | 75.1 | 89.2 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2025 | Drama, Sci-Fi | 160 min | |
| 58 | E Jerzy Skolimowski · Poland; Italy | 2022 | 91.7 | 69.4 | 89.0 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2022 | Drama | 88 min | |
| 59 | LB Javier Ambrossi; Javier Calvo · Spain; France | 2026 | 90.8 | 84.3 | 88.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama | 155 min | |
| 60 | R Valentyn Vasyanovych · Ukraine | 2021 | 89.0 | 70.8 | 88.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, War | 125 min | |
| 61 | S Ryan Coogler · United States | 2025 | 94.0 | 77.5 | 88.5 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 137 min | |
| 62 | DT Park Chan-wook · South Korea | 2022 | 89.7 | 75.3 | 88.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 139 min | |
| 63 | TN Hong Sang-soo · South Korea | 2022 | 91.1 | 69.6 | 88.5 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2022 | Drama | 92 min | |
| 64 | MD Todd Haynes · United States | 2023 | 89.0 | 69.8 | 88.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama | 117 min | |
| 65 | OO Stéphane Brizé · France | 2023 | 88.5~ | 67.2 | 88.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama | 115 min | |
| 66 | TS Mohammad Rasoulof · Germany; Iran; France | 2024 | 90.0 | 77.5 | 88.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 167 min | |
| 67 | JA Shaka King · United States; Canada | 2021 | 92.9 | 76.1 | 88.3 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 126 min | |
| 68 | A Carla Simón · Spain; Italy | 2022 | 93.8 | 71.9 | 88.3 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2022 | Drama | 120 min | |
| 69 | V Maura Delpero · Italy; France; Belgium | 2024 | 91.6 | 72.6 | 88.3 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2024 | Drama, History | 119 min | |
| 70 | LB Saeed Roustayi · Iran | 2022 | 90.2 | 79.8 | 88.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Drama | 165 min | |
| 71 | SU Kelly Reichardt · United States | 2022 | 88.4 | 64.5 | 88.1 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Comedy, Drama | 107 min | |
| 72 | TF Steven Spielberg · United States | 2022 | 93.1 | 78.0 | 88.1 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2023 | Biography, Drama | 151 min | |
| 73 | WU May el-Toukhy · Denmark; Sweden; Latvia | 2026 | 93.9~ | 71.7 | 87.9 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2026 | Drama | 124 min | |
| 74 | CV Alexey Chupov; Natasha Merkulova · Russia; Estonia; France | 2021 | 89.3 | 73.5 | 87.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Thriller | 126 min | |
| 75 | WS Steven Spielberg · United States | 2021 | 92.5 | 73.1 | 87.9 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2022 | Crime, Drama, Musical | 156 min | |
| 76 | IA Leyla Bouzid · France; Tunisia | 2026 | 88.9~ | 72.1 | 87.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Drama, Mystery | 111 min | |
| 77 | L Mahamat-Saleh Haroun · France; Chad; Germany; Belgium | 2021 | 89.1 | 70.7 | 87.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Drama | 87 min | |
| 78 | L Dag Johan Haugerud · Norway | 2024 | 89.1 | 72.6 | 87.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 120 min | |
| 79 | SO Darius Marder · United States | 2019 | 93.2 | 79.3 | 87.2 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Drama, Music | 120 min | |
| 80 | AH Asghar Farhadi · Iran; France | 2021 | 92.4 | 76.6 | 87.2 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2021 | Drama | 127 min | |
| 81 | R Ulrich Seidl · Austria; France; Germany | 2022 | 88.5 | 69.4 | 87.2 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Music | 114 min | |
| 82 | TH Alexander Payne · United States | 2023 | 94.2 | 79.8 | 87.2 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Comedy, Drama | 133 min | |
| 83 | S Oliver Laxe · Spain; France | 2025 | 91.9 | 72.6 | 87.0 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2025 | Action, Adventure, Drama | 114 min | |
| 84 | TL Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · Austria | 2026 | 89.3~ | 76.2 | 86.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music | 86 min | |
| 85 | AP Michael Koch · Germany; Switzerland | 2022 | 88.3~ | 68.1 | 86.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Drama, Romance | 136 min | |
| 86 | R Cristian Mungiu · Romania; France; Belgium; Sweden | 2022 | 89.3 | 73.8 | 86.5 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2022 | Drama | 125 min | |
| 87 | ED Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · Japan | 2023 | 91.4 | 72.2 | 86.5 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2023 | Drama | 106 min | |
| 88 | D Matthias Glasner · Germany | 2024 | 89.5 | 78.0 | 86.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Comedy, Drama | 180 min | |
| 89 | 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 | |
| 90 | ST Tim Mielants · Ireland; Belgium | 2024 | 88.5 | 70.1 | 86.5 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama | 98 min | |
| 91 | F Cristian Mungiu · Romania; France; Norway; Sweden; Denmark | 2026 | 94.6 | 76.6 | 86.3 | 93.1 | 🏆CANNES 2026 | Drama | 146 min | |
| 92 | TG Magnus von Horn · Denmark; Poland; Sweden | 2024 | 89.8 | 77.8 | 86.3 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Crime, Drama, History | 123 min | |
| 93 | H Chloé Zhao · United Kingdom; United States | 2025 | 94.1 | 79.8 | 86.1 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Drama, History | 125 min | |
| 94 | AW Stéphane Brizé · France | 2021 | 88.9 | 72.2 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 96 min | |
| 95 | A Christian Petzold · Germany | 2023 | 91.1 | 72.1 | 85.8 | 80.6 | ◆BERLIN 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 102 min | |
| 96 | GT Miguel Gomes · Portugal; Italy; France | 2024 | 88.7 | 69.0 | 85.8 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2024 | Drama, History, Romance | 129 min | |
| 97 | LÉ Claire Burger · France; Germany; Belgium | 2024 | 88.5~ | 69.9 | 85.8 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama, Romance | 101 min | |
| 98 | S Min Bahadur Bham · Nepal; France; Norway; Hong Kong; China; Turkey; Taiwan; United States; Qatar | 2024 | 89.3~ | 77.1 | 85.8 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Drama | 150 min | |
| 99 | TS François Ozon · France; Belgium | 2025 | 88.9 | 72.3 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Crime, Drama | 122 min | |
| 100 | LI Xavier Giannoli · France | 2021 | 89.4 | 76.5 | 85.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Romance | 149 min |
This collection contains 109 dramas with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. The Drama label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre. Every film has a known Critics Score of at least 85. Missing critics’ ratings are excluded. Critics Score combines ratings from trusted sources; it is not an individual Rotten Tomatoes percentage or Metacritic score.
All We Imagine as Light leads this Critics Score ranking with 95.3. La Bola Negra has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (84.3). All We Imagine as Light has one of the highest known Critics scores (95.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Payal Kapadia · 2024 · 118 min
Audience 72.1 · Critics 95.3 · Total 92.6
Cannes 2024: Other major award
Jafar Panahi · 2022 · 106 min
Audience 73.5 · Critics 95.1 · Total 92.3
Venice 2022: Other major award
Celine Song · 2023 · 105 min
Audience 79.7 · Critics 94.8 · Total 94.4
Berlin 2023: Main Competition
Oscar 2024: Nominee (Best Picture)
Films are ordered by their known Critics Score. The 85-point minimum is applied before ranking. 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.
This complete ranking reflects the collection above before you change its filters or sort order.