Audience
82.0
Critics
97.3
Award
81.4
◆VENICE 2026
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Films with Venice 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. 35 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 | NB Jafar Panahi · Iran | 2022 | 92.3 | 73.5 | 95.1 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2022 | Drama, Romance | 106 min | |
| 3 | PL Lee Chang-dong · South Korea | 2026 | 92.6 | 76.2 | 94.6 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2026 | Drama, Romance | 164 min | |
| 4 | WO Michal Englert; Malgorzata Szumowska · Poland; Sweden | 2023 | 89.2~ | 68.5 | 93.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama | 132 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 | SO Alice Diop · France | 2022 | 91.5 | 67.9 | 92.8 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2022 | Drama | 122 min | |
| 7 | AT Laura Poitras · United States | 2022 | 94.9 | 76.0 | 92.8 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2022 | Biography, Documentary, History | 113 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 | D Ilya Khrzhanovsky · Germany; France; Sweden | 2026 | 89.5~ | 72.6 | 92.1 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2026 | Drama | 195 min | |
| 10 | GB Agnieszka Holland · Poland; Czech Republic; France; Belgium | 2023 | 91.9 | 72.0 | 91.9 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2023 | Drama | 152 min | |
| 11 | SF Ildikó Enyedi · Germany; France; Hungary; Hong Kong | 2025 | 89.8 | 75.3 | 91.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 147 min | |
| 12 | 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 | |
| 13 | PM Pedro Almodóvar · Spain | 2021 | 89.4 | 72.5 | 91.0 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 123 min | |
| 14 | PB Gianfranco Rosi · Italy | 2025 | 91.3 | 68.1 | 90.8 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2025 | Documentary | 115 min | |
| 15 | H Audrey Diwan · France | 2021 | 94.6 | 75.7 | 90.3 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2021 | Drama | 100 min | |
| 16 | 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 | |
| 17 | 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 | |
| 18 | NO Park Chan-wook · South Korea | 2025 | 89.9 | 77.5 | 89.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 139 min | |
| 19 | A Dea Kulumbegashvili · Georgia; Italy; France | 2024 | 91.4 | 69.9 | 89.4 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2024 | Drama | 134 min | |
| 20 | TL Maggie Gyllenhaal · Greece; United States | 2021 | 88.8 | 68.7 | 89.2 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 121 min | |
| 21 | IS Walter Salles · Brazil; France | 2024 | 94.2 | 82.0 | 89.2 | 87.5 | ●VENICE 2024●OSCAR 2025 | Biography, Drama, History | 137 min | |
| 22 | R Valentyn Vasyanovych · Ukraine | 2021 | 89.0 | 70.8 | 88.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, War | 125 min | |
| 23 | OO Stéphane Brizé · France | 2023 | 88.5~ | 67.2 | 88.5 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2023 | Drama | 115 min | |
| 24 | V Maura Delpero · Italy; France; Belgium | 2024 | 91.6 | 72.6 | 88.3 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2024 | Drama, History | 119 min | |
| 25 | WU May el-Toukhy · Denmark; Sweden; Latvia | 2026 | 93.9~ | 71.7 | 87.9 | 91.9 | 🏆VENICE 2026 | Drama | 124 min | |
| 26 | CV Alexey Chupov; Natasha Merkulova · Russia; Estonia; France | 2021 | 89.3 | 73.5 | 87.9 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Thriller | 126 min | |
| 27 | L Dag Johan Haugerud · Norway | 2024 | 89.1 | 72.6 | 87.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 120 min | |
| 28 | ED Ryūsuke Hamaguchi · Japan | 2023 | 91.4 | 72.2 | 86.5 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2023 | Drama | 106 min | |
| 29 | AW Stéphane Brizé · France | 2021 | 88.9 | 72.2 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 96 min | |
| 30 | Y( Wang Bing · China; France; Luxembourg; Netherlands | 2024 | 89.5 | 77.1 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2024 | Documentary | 152 min | |
| 31 | TS François Ozon · France; Belgium | 2025 | 88.9 | 72.3 | 85.8 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2025 | Crime, Drama | 122 min | |
| 32 | LI Xavier Giannoli · France | 2021 | 89.4 | 76.5 | 85.6 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama, Romance | 149 min | |
| 33 | TV Kaouther Ben Hania · Tunisia; France | 2025 | 92.7 | 83.4 | 85.6 | 81.4 | ◆VENICE 2025 | Biography, Drama, War | 89 min | |
| 34 | TB Lorenzo Vigas · Mexico; USA | 2021 | 88.7 | 70.8 | 85.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2021 | Drama | 92 min | |
| 35 | TE Joanna Hogg · United Kingdom; United States | 2022 | 87.8 | 63.6 | 85.4 | 70.8 | ●VENICE 2022 | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 96 min |
This collection contains 35 films with Venice main competition selection, 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 main competition films and their recorded awards are covered; other festival sections are outside this selection.
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
Jafar Panahi · 2022 · 106 min
Audience 73.5 · Critics 95.1 · Total 92.3
Venice 2022: Other major award
Lee Chang-dong · 2026 · 164 min
Audience 76.2 · Critics 94.6 · Total 92.6
Venice 2026: Other major award
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.