Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Films lasting 90 minutes or less 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. 10 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | N Yuval Abraham; Rachel Szor · United Kingdom | 2026 | 93.5 | 82.0 | 97.3 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2026 | Documentary | 80 min | |
| 2 | PM Céline Sciamma · France | 2021 | 89.8 | 74.8 | 94.6 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Drama, Fantasy | 73 min | |
| 3 | WM Frédéric Hambalek · Germany | 2025 | 89.0~ | 68.1 | 93.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2025 | Drama | 86 min | |
| 4 | F Paweł Pawlikowski · Poland; Germany; Italy; France | 2026 | 90.1 | 75.7 | 92.4 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2026 | Drama, History | 82 min | |
| 5 | FL Aki Kaurismäki · Finland; Germany | 2023 | 92.4 | 74.4 | 89.9 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 81 min | |
| 6 | D Mati Diop · France; Senegal; Benin | 2024 | 93.6 | 69.9 | 89.2 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2024 | Documentary | 68 min | |
| 7 | E Jerzy Skolimowski · Poland; Italy | 2022 | 91.7 | 69.4 | 89.0 | 83.3 | ◆CANNES 2022 | Drama | 88 min | |
| 8 | L Mahamat-Saleh Haroun · France; Chad; Germany; Belgium | 2021 | 89.1 | 70.7 | 87.6 | 71.6 | ●CANNES 2021 | Drama | 87 min | |
| 9 | TL Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · Austria | 2026 | 89.3~ | 76.2 | 86.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music | 86 min | |
| 10 | TV Kaouther Ben Hania · Tunisia; France | 2025 | 92.7 | 83.4 | 85.6 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, War | 89 min |
This collection contains 10 films with an Oscar Best Picture or BAFTA Best Film nomination, or Cannes, Venice or Berlin main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Every film runs for 90 minutes or less. The shortest is 68 minutes and the longest is 89 minutes. 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.
Naza leads this Critics Score ranking with 97.3. The Voice of Hind Rajab has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (83.4). Naza has one of the highest known Critics scores (97.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Yuval Abraham; Rachel Szor · 2026 · 80 min
Audience 82.0 · Critics 97.3 · Total 93.5
Venice 2026: Other major award
Céline Sciamma · 2021 · 73 min
Audience 74.8 · Critics 94.6 · Total 89.8
Berlin 2021: Main Competition
Frédéric Hambalek · 2025 · 86 min
Audience 68.1 · Critics 93.9 · Total 89.0 (provisional)
Berlin 2025: Main Competition
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.