Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Compare Venice main competition films competing for the Golden Lion from the 2021–2026 festival editions, including winners, ranked by audience ratings, critics’ scores and award recognition.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 130 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | 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 | |
| 2 | AT Laura Poitras · United States | 2022 | 94.9 | 76.0 | 92.8 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2022 | Biography, Documentary, History | 113 min | |
| 3 | H Audrey Diwan · France | 2021 | 94.6 | 75.7 | 90.3 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2021 | Drama | 100 min | |
| 4 | 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 | |
| 5 | 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 | |
| 6 | 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 | |
| 7 | 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 | |
| 8 | IS Walter Salles · Brazil; France | 2024 | 94.2 | 82.0 | 89.2 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2024●OSCAR 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 137 min | |
| 9 | WU May el-Toukhy · Denmark; Sweden; Latvia | 2026 | 93.9~ | 71.7 | 87.9 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2026 | Drama | 124 min | |
| 10 | N Yuval Abraham; Rachel Szor · United Kingdom | 2026 | 93.5 | 82.0 | 97.3 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2026 | Documentary | 80 min | |
| 11 | F Guillermo del Toro · Mexico; United States; Canada | 2025 | 93.0 | 77.5 | 81.8 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2025●OSCAR 2026 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 149 min | |
| 12 | FM Jim Jarmusch · United States; Ireland; France; Italy; Japan | 2025 | 92.7 | 68.1 | 79.5 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2025 | Comedy, Drama | 110 min | |
| 13 | TV Kaouther Ben Hania · Tunisia; France | 2025 | 92.7 | 83.4 | 85.6 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, War | 89 min | |
| 14 | PL Lee Chang-dong · South Korea | 2026 | 92.6 | 76.2 | 94.6 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2026 | Drama, Romance | 164 min | |
| 15 | TR Pedro Almodóvar · Spain | 2024 | 92.6 | 70.3 | 75.3 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2024 | Drama | 107 min | |
| 16 | B Yorgos Lanthimos · Ireland; United Kingdom; Canada; South Korea; United States | 2025 | 92.5 | 75.7 | 78.2 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2025●OSCAR 2026 | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | 118 min | |
| 17 | NB Jafar Panahi · Iran | 2022 | 92.3 | 73.5 | 95.1 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2022 | Drama, Romance | 106 min | |
| 18 | GB Agnieszka Holland · Poland; Czech Republic; France; Belgium | 2023 | 91.9 | 72.0 | 91.9 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2023 | Drama | 152 min | |
| 19 | V Maura Delpero · Italy; France; Belgium | 2024 | 91.6 | 72.6 | 88.3 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2024 | Drama, History | 119 min | |
| 20 | M Bradley Cooper · United States | 2023 | 91.6 | 67.4 | 79.5 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2023●OSCAR 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 129 min | |
| 21 | SO Alice Diop · France | 2022 | 91.5 | 67.9 | 92.8 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2022 | Drama | 122 min | |
| 22 | ED Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · Japan | 2023 | 91.4 | 72.2 | 86.5 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2023 | Drama | 106 min | |
| 23 | A Dea Kulumbegashvili · Georgia; Italy; France | 2024 | 91.4 | 69.9 | 89.4 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2024 | Drama | 134 min | |
| 24 | TH Paolo Sorrentino · Italy | 2021 | 91.4 | 76.7 | 80.0 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2021 | Drama | 130 min | |
| 25 | PB Gianfranco Rosi · Italy | 2025 | 91.3 | 68.1 | 90.8 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2025 | Documentary | 115 min | |
| 26 | TH Michelangelo Frammartino · Italy; France; Germany | 2021 | 90.5 | 67.8 | 82.0 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2021 | Drama | 93 min | |
| 27 | OT Erik Matti · Philippines | 2021 | 90.4~ | 88.8 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Action, Crime, Drama | 208 min | |
| 28 | WH Martin McDonagh · United Kingdom; United States; Chile | 2026 | 90.1~ | 83.4 | 84.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 118 min | |
| 29 | NO Park Chan-wook · South Korea | 2025 | 89.9 | 77.5 | 89.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 139 min | |
| 30 | SF Ildikó Enyedi · Germany; France; Hungary; Hong Kong | 2025 | 89.8 | 75.3 | 91.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 147 min | |
| 31 | IC Matteo Garrone · Italy; Belgium; France | 2023 | 89.7 | 79.3 | 84.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Adventure, Drama | 121 min | |
| 32 | A1 Santiago Mitre · Argentina; United Kingdom; United States | 2022 | 89.6 | 79.4 | 84.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Biography, Crime, Drama | 140 min | |
| 33 | TP Nikolaj Arcel · Denmark; Germany; Sweden | 2023 | 89.6 | 79.2 | 83.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Action, Drama, History | 127 min | |
| 34 | D Ilya Khrzhanovsky · Germany; France; Sweden | 2026 | 89.5~ | 72.6 | 92.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 195 min | |
| 35 | Y( Wang Bing · China; France; Luxembourg; Netherlands | 2024 | 89.5 | 77.1 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Documentary | 152 min | |
| 36 | PM Pedro Almodóvar · Spain | 2021 | 89.4 | 72.5 | 91.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 123 min | |
| 37 | LI Xavier Giannoli · France | 2021 | 89.4 | 76.5 | 85.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Romance | 149 min | |
| 38 | CV Alexey Chupov; Natasha Merkulova · Russia; Estonia; France | 2021 | 89.3 | 73.5 | 87.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Thriller | 126 min | |
| 39 | LB Hirokazu Koreeda · Japan | 2026 | 89.2 | 79.8 | 79.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 100 min | |
| 40 | WO Michal Englert; Malgorzata Szumowska · Poland; Sweden | 2023 | 89.2~ | 68.5 | 93.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama | 132 min | |
| 41 | L Dag Johan Haugerud · Norway | 2024 | 89.1 | 72.6 | 87.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 120 min | |
| 42 | R Valentyn Vasyanovych · Ukraine | 2021 | 89.0 | 70.8 | 88.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, War | 125 min | |
| 43 | TS François Ozon · France; Belgium | 2025 | 88.9 | 72.3 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Crime, Drama | 122 min | |
| 44 | AW Stéphane Brizé · France | 2021 | 88.9 | 72.2 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 96 min | |
| 45 | TL Maggie Gyllenhaal · Greece; United States | 2021 | 88.8 | 68.7 | 89.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 121 min | |
| 46 | OC Mariano Cohn; Gastón Duprat · Spain; Argentina | 2021 | 88.7 | 71.3 | 84.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Comedy, Drama | 115 min | |
| 47 | TB Lorenzo Vigas · Mexico; USA | 2021 | 88.7 | 70.8 | 85.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 92 min | |
| 48 | OP Rebecca Zlotowski · France | 2022 | 88.6 | 70.8 | 84.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 103 min | |
| 49 | BB Franco Maresco · Italy | 2025 | 88.6~ | 73.9 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Documentary | 114 min | |
| 50 | OO Stéphane Brizé · France | 2023 | 88.5~ | 67.2 | 88.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama | 115 min | |
| 51 | LG Paolo Sorrentino · Italy | 2025 | 88.5 | 75.9 | 76.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Drama | 132 min | |
| 52 | AG Stéphane Brizé · France | 2026 | 88.4~ | 76.2 | 75.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 102 min | |
| 53 | RA Marco Bechis · Italy; Brazil | 2026 | 88.4~ | 72.6 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 104 min | |
| 54 | AB Ali Asgari · Iran; Switzerland; Italy; Canada; Türkiye | 2026 | 88.4~ | 72.3 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 87 min | |
| 55 | TO Justin Kurzel · Canada; United States; United Kingdom | 2024 | 88.3 | 70.1 | 81.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 116 min | |
| 56 | TF Emmanuel Mouret · France | 2024 | 88.3~ | 67.6 | 84.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 117 min | |
| 57 | BA Luca Guadagnino · Italy; United States | 2022 | 88.2 | 72.1 | 78.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Drama, Horror, Romance | 131 min | |
| 58 | P Sofia Coppola · United States | 2023 | 88.2 | 69.0 | 82.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Biography, Drama, Music | 113 min | |
| 59 | AP Cédric Kahn · France | 2026 | 88.1~ | 69.9 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 105 min | |
| 60 | TB Bertrand Bonello · France; Canada | 2023 | 88.1 | 67.2 | 83.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi | 146 min | |
| 61 | TT Mona Fastvold · United Kingdom; United States | 2025 | 88.1 | 67.4 | 83.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 136 min | |
| 62 | M Michel Franco · United States | 2023 | 88.1 | 71.7 | 77.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama | 103 min | |
| 63 | A Romain Gavras · France | 2022 | 88.1 | 70.3 | 79.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Action, Drama, Thriller | 99 min | |
| 64 | LL Kōji Fukada · Japan; France | 2022 | 88.1 | 73.5 | 74.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Drama | 123 min | |
| 65 | S Pablo Larraín · United Kingdom; United States; Germany; Chile | 2021 | 88.1 | 69.5 | 80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Biography, Drama | 117 min | |
| 66 | O Ava DuVernay · United States | 2023 | 88.1 | 70.1 | 79.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama, History | 141 min | |
| 67 | I Danny Boyle · United Kingdom; France; United States | 2026 | 88.0~ | 69.0 | 80.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 116 min | |
| 68 | P Lance Oppenheim · United States | 2026 | 88.0 | 73.0 | 74.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Documentary | 109 min | |
| 69 | TS Paolo Strippoli · Italy; France; Belgium | 2026 | 88.0 | 72.4 | 75.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama, Thriller | 115 min | |
| 70 | TK Mario Martone · Italy; Spain | 2021 | 88.0~ | 75.1 | 71.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Biography | 133 min | |
| 71 | TF Edoardo De Angelis · Italy | 2026 | 87.9~ | 68.5 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 93 min | |
| 72 | TK David Fincher · United States | 2023 | 87.9 | 69.7 | 78.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Action, Adventure, Crime | 118 min | |
| 73 | TW Darren Aronofsky · United States | 2022 | 87.9 | 79.1 | 64.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Drama | 117 min | |
| 74 | TE Joanna Hogg · United Kingdom; United States | 2022 | 87.8 | 63.6 | 85.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 96 min | |
| 75 | TC Paul Schrader · United States | 2021 | 87.8 | 65.4 | 82.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 111 min | |
| 76 | AH Kathryn Bigelow · United States | 2025 | 87.6 | 67.6 | 77.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Drama, Thriller | 112 min | |
| 77 | IW Nanni Moretti · Italy; France; Spain | 2026 | 87.6~ | 65.4 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 103 min | |
| 78 | AC Frederick Wiseman · France; United States | 2022 | 87.5 | 65.4 | 79.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Drama | 63 min | |
| 79 | SL Fabio Grassadonia; Antonio Piazza · Italy; France | 2024 | 87.5~ | 64.6 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Crime, Drama | 122 min | |
| 80 | L Emanuele Crialese · Italy; France | 2022 | 87.5 | 67.2 | 76.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Drama, Music | 99 min | |
| 81 | Q Luca Guadagnino · Italy; United States | 2024 | 87.5 | 67.7 | 75.7 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Biography, Drama, History | 137 min | |
| 82 | F Michael Mann · United States | 2023 | 87.4 | 67.5 | 75.7 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Biography, Drama, History | 130 min | |
| 83 | E Leonardo Di Costanzo · Italy; Switzerland | 2025 | 87.4~ | 64.0 | ~80.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Drama | 105 min | |
| 84 | EC Pablo Larraín · Chile | 2023 | 87.4 | 65.8 | 77.3 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Comedy, Fantasy, History | 110 min | |
| 85 | B Gianni Amelio · Italy | 2024 | 87.3~ | 66.5 | 75.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Drama, History, War | 104 min | |
| 86 | KT Luis Ortega · Argentina; Mexico; Spain; Denmark; United States | 2024 | 87.3 | 68.6 | 73.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Crime, Drama, Sport | 96 min | |
| 87 | S Michel Franco · Mexico; France; Sweden | 2021 | 87.3 | 67.2 | 74.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Mystery | 82 min | |
| 88 | LO Gianni Amelio · Italy | 2022 | 87.3~ | 72.6 | 66.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Biography, Drama | 134 min | |
| 89 | G Shu Qi · Taiwan; China | 2025 | 87.2~ | 70.3 | 69.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Drama | 125 min | |
| 90 | M Andrea Pallaoro · United States; Italy | 2022 | 87.2 | 62.8 | 79.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Drama | 106 min | |
| 91 | SE Siew Hua Yeo · Singapore; Taiwan; France; United States | 2024 | 87.2 | 66.3 | 74.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Drama, Thriller | 125 min | |
| 92 | B Halina Reijn · United States | 2024 | 87.1 | 61.4 | 80.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Drama, Romance, Thriller | 114 min | |
| 93 | ML Ana Lily Amirpour · United States | 2021 | 87.1 | 66.5 | 73.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 106 min | |
| 94 | JK Noah Baumbach · United Kingdom; United States | 2025 | 87.1 | 67.1 | 72.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Comedy, Drama | 132 min | |
| 95 | M Pablo Larraín · Italy; Germany; Chile; United States | 2024 | 86.9 | 67.9 | 69.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Biography, Drama, Music | 124 min | |
| 96 | C Susanna Nicchiarelli · Italy; Belgium | 2022 | 86.9~ | 62.8 | 75.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Biography, History | 106 min | |
| 97 | TS Benny Safdie · USA | 2025 | 86.9 | 67.1 | 69.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Action, Biography, Drama | 123 min | |
| 98 | A Stefano Sollima · Italy | 2023 | 86.8 | 69.5 | 66.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Action, Crime, Thriller | 127 min | |
| 99 | H Athina Rachel Tsangari · United Kingdom; Germany; United States | 2024 | 86.7 | 63.6 | 72.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Drama, History | 133 min | |
| 100 | TS Shangjun Cai · China | 2025 | 86.7 | 62.2 | 74.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Drama | 133 min |
This collection contains 130 films with Venice main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Only main competition films and their recorded awards are covered; other festival sections are outside this selection.
Poor Things leads this Total Score ranking with 95.8. On the Job 2: The Missing 8 has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (88.8). Naza has one of the highest known Critics scores (97.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Yorgos Lanthimos · 2023 · 141 min
Audience 79.0 · Critics 90.1 · Total 95.8
Venice 2023: Golden Lion
Laura Poitras · 2022 · 113 min
Audience 76.0 · Critics 92.8 · Total 94.9
Venice 2022: Golden Lion
Audrey Diwan · 2021 · 100 min
Audience 75.7 · Critics 90.3 · Total 94.6
Venice 2021: Golden Lion
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.
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