Audience
77.1
Critics
95.3
Award
96.6
🏆BAFTA 2026🏆OSCAR 2026
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Films with an Oscar Best Picture nomination, 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. 32 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | OB Paul Thomas Anderson · United States | 2025 | 96.3 | 77.1 | 95.3 | 96.6 | 🏆BAFTA 2026🏆OSCAR 2026 | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 161 min | |
| 2 | PL Celine Song · South Korea; United States | 2023 | 94.4 | 79.7 | 94.8 | 87.3 | ●BERLIN 2023●OSCAR 2024 | Drama, Romance | 105 min | |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | DM Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · Japan | 2021 | 94.0 | 77.2 | 93.3 | 87.6 | ●CANNES 2021●OSCAR 2022 | Drama | 179 min | |
| 5 | 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 | |
| 6 | 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 | |
| 7 | 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 | |
| 8 | 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 | |
| 9 | M Lee Isaac Chung · United States | 2020 | 93.3 | 76.3 | 92.1 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Drama | 115 min | |
| 10 | NB RaMell Ross · United States | 2024 | 92.6 | 70.9 | 92.1 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2025 | Drama | 140 min | |
| 11 | 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 | |
| 12 | TF Florian Zeller · France; United Kingdom | 2020 | 95.0 | 83.3 | 91.5 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2021●OSCAR 2021 | Drama, Mystery | 97 min | |
| 13 | 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 | |
| 14 | MS Josh Safdie · United States; Finland | 2025 | 94.1 | 76.6 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Drama, Sport | 149 min | |
| 15 | LP Paul Thomas Anderson · United States | 2021 | 93.7 | 73.2 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2022●OSCAR 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 133 min | |
| 16 | KO Martin Scorsese · United States | 2023 | 94.1 | 76.6 | 91.0 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Crime, Drama, History | 206 min | |
| 17 | TD Clint Bentley · United States | 2025 | 93.2 | 76.6 | 90.3 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2026 | Drama | 102 min | |
| 18 | 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 | |
| 19 | 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 | |
| 20 | N Chloé Zhao · United States | 2020 | 95.5 | 74.8 | 89.7 | 96.6 | 🏆BAFTA 2021🏆OSCAR 2021 | Drama | 107 min | |
| 21 | AO Justine Triet · France | 2023 | 95.8 | 78.0 | 89.7 | 96.2 | 🏆CANNES 2023●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 151 min | |
| 22 | 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 | |
| 23 | IS Walter Salles · Brazil; France | 2024 | 94.2 | 82.0 | 89.2 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2024●OSCAR 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 137 min | |
| 24 | S Ryan Coogler · United States | 2025 | 94.0 | 77.5 | 88.5 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 137 min | |
| 25 | JA Shaka King · United States; Canada | 2021 | 92.9 | 76.1 | 88.3 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 126 min | |
| 26 | TF Steven Spielberg · United States | 2022 | 93.1 | 78.0 | 88.1 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2023 | Biography, Drama | 151 min | |
| 27 | WS Steven Spielberg · United States | 2021 | 92.5 | 73.1 | 87.9 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2022 | Crime, Drama, Musical | 156 min | |
| 28 | SO Darius Marder · United States | 2019 | 93.2 | 79.3 | 87.2 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2021 | Drama, Music | 120 min | |
| 29 | TH Alexander Payne · United States | 2023 | 94.2 | 79.8 | 87.2 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2024●OSCAR 2024 | Comedy, Drama | 133 min | |
| 30 | H Chloé Zhao · United Kingdom; United States | 2025 | 94.1 | 79.8 | 86.1 | 89.3 | ●BAFTA 2026●OSCAR 2026 | Drama, History | 125 min | |
| 31 | EE Daniel Kwan; Daniel Scheinert · United States | 2022 | 95.6 | 79.4 | 85.6 | 96.2 | ●BAFTA 2023🏆OSCAR 2023 | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 139 min | |
| 32 | AF Cord Jefferson · United States | 2023 | 92.7 | 76.4 | 85.6 | 85.3 | ●OSCAR 2024 | Comedy, Drama | 117 min |
This collection contains 32 films with an Oscar Best Picture nomination, including winners during 2021–2026. 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. Only Best Picture is covered; other award categories are outside this selection.
One Battle After Another leads this Critics Score ranking with 95.3. The Father has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (83.3). One Battle After Another has one of the highest known Critics scores (95.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Paul Thomas Anderson · 2025 · 161 min
Audience 77.1 · Critics 95.3 · Total 96.3
Oscar 2026: Winner (Best Picture)
Celine Song · 2023 · 105 min
Audience 79.7 · Critics 94.8 · Total 94.4
Oscar 2024: Nominee (Best Picture)
Kleber Mendonça Filho · 2025 · 161 min
Audience 74.8 · Critics 93.5 · Total 93.8
Oscar 2026: 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.