--- description: Rotten Tomatoes reports a record number of movies certified fresh in 2016, from crowd-pleasers to indie hits. title: Here Are Rotten Tomatoes’ Best Reviewed Movies of 2016 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3976241fdaab8294/6988b394bc6cfc6a7f3dfa06/rotten-tomatoes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Movies Were All Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes in 2016  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 21, 2016 3:00 PM CUT  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 21, 2016 3:00 PM CUT It’s been a good year for [good movies](http://time.com/4590638/the-top-10-best-movies/ "undefined"), if you ask [Rotten Tomatoes](http://time.com/4604580/best-movies-franchises-rotten-tomatoes/ "undefined"). Based on data compiled through Dec. 13, 2016, the review aggregator website reported a record number of movies Certified Fresh—a seal awarded to the highest scored movies on the site. A movie becomes Certified Fresh if its Tomatometer rating, or its percentage of positive professional reviews, is at 75% or higher after a set amount of reviews (80 for wide releases and 40 for limited release movies), including five reviews from top critics. Excluding the final weeks of 2016, 184 films were Certified Fresh, representing 17.4% of movies represented on the website, the highest percentage in five years. Among those films, six stand at 100%. Movies on Rotten Tomatoes tend to have slightly higher reviews than other review aggregators, like Metacritic, since Rotten Tomatoes rates all professional reviews as either[ positive or negative](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/about/ "undefined"), whereas Metacritic gives reviews a [weighted score](http://www.metacritic.com/about-metascores "undefined"). If you’re waffling about what to see in theaters over the holidays, or what to hunker down and stream from your couch, here are all 184 movies scored at 75% or above, listed in order of descending score: **_Cameraperson_**: 100% **_Neruda_** **:** 100% [**_O.J.: Made in America_**](http://time.com/4202124/oj-simpson-fx-people-v-oj-simpon/ "undefined")**:** 100% **_Only Yesterday_** **:** 100% **_Things to Come_** **:** 100% **_Tower_**: 100% [**_Don’t Think Twice_**](http://time.com/4413888/mike-birbiglia-dont-think-twice-improv/ "undefined"): 99% [**_Manchester by the Sea_**](http://time.com/4575255/manchester-by-the-sea-movie-review/ "undefined")**:** 99% **_Aferim!_** **:** 98% **_Almost Holy (Crocodile Gennadiy)_**: 98% **_April and the Extraordinary World (Avril et le monde truqu_** **_é_** **_)_** **:** 98% **_Embrace Of The Serpent (El Abrazo De La Serpiente)_**: 98% [**_Hell or High Water_**](http://time.com/4457123/hell-or-high-water-review-craggy-jeff-bridges/ "undefined"): 98% **_Hunt for the Wilderpeople_** **:** 98% **_Little Men_** **:** 98% [**_Love & Friendship_**](http://time.com/4326828/kate-beckinsale-love-and-friendship/ "undefined")**:** 98% [**_Moonlight_**](http://time.com/4540116/barry-jenkins-moonlight-enchants/ "undefined")**:** 98% [**_Paterson_**](http://time.com/4337203/cannes-toni-erdmann-paterson/ "undefined"): 98% **_The Love Witch_**: 98% **_Zootopia_**: 98% **_Under The Shadow_**: 98% **_The Wailing (Goksung)_** **:** 98% **_Cemetery of Splendor_** **:** 97% [**_Dark Horse_**](http://time.com/4319972/review-dark-horse-documentary-osmond/ "undefined"): 97% [**_Krisha_**](http://time.com/4263626/krisha-movie-review/ "undefined")**:** 97% **_Kubo and the Two Strings_** **:** 97% [**_La La Land_**](http://time.com/4474968/la-la-land-venice-film-festival/ "undefined")**:** 97% **_Long Way North_** **:** 97% **_Sing Street_** **:** 97% **_The Dark Horse_** **:** 97% [**_The Fits_**](http://time.com/4354764/fits-movie-review/ "undefined")**:** 97% **_13th_**: 96% **_Aquarius_** **:** 96% **_De Palma_**: 96% [**_Gleason_**](http://time.com/4200767/sundance-2016-biggest-movies/ "undefined")**:** 96% **_Marguerite_** **:** 96% **_Rams (_** **_Hrútar_** **_)_**: 96% **_Train to Busan (Bu-san-haeng_**_)_: 96% [**_Weiner_**](http://time.com/4200767/sundance-2016-biggest-movies/ "undefined")**:** 96% [**_Eye In The Sky_**](http://time.com/4236446/helen-mirren-clip-eye-in-the-sky/ "undefined"): 95% **_Miss Hokusai (Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai):_** 95% **_Moana_**: 95% **_Nuts!_** **:** 95% [**_The Beatles: Eight Days a Week_**](http://time.com/4426232/beatles-documentary-ron-howard-eight-days-a-week/ "undefined")**_– The Touring Years_** **:** 95% [**_The Edge of Seventeen_**](http://time.com/4575262/edge-of-seventeen-review/ "undefined"): 95% **_The Innocents (Les innocentes)_** **:** 95% [**_Tickled_**](http://time.com/4352680/tickled-documentary-clip-competitive-tickling/ "undefined"): 95% [**_Finding Dory_**](http://time.com/4371173/finding-dory-review/ "undefined")**:** 94% **_Gimme Danger_** **:** 94% **_The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)_** **:** 94% [**_The Jungle Book_**](http://time.com/4293583/review-jungle-book-jon-favreau/ "undefined"): 94% [**_Arrival_**](http://time.com/4475748/arrival-movie-review-denis-villeneuve/ "undefined")**:** 93% **_Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare_** **):** 93% **_I Am Not A Serial Killer_** **:** 93% **_Life, Animated_**: 93% **_Our Little Sister (Umimachi Diary)_** **:** 93% **_The Little Prince_** **:** 93% **_The_** **_Last Man On The Moon_** **:** 93% **_A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove_**_)_: 92% **_Demon_** **:** 92% **_Evolution_**: 92% **_Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World_** **:** 92% **_Queen of Katwe_**: 92% [**_Southside With You_**](http://time.com/4461336/southside-with-you-review-barack-obama/ "undefined")**:** 92% **_Summertime (La Belle Saison)_** **:** 92% **_The Eagle Huntress_**: 92% **_The Measure of a Man (La loi du march_** **_é_** **_):_** 92% [**_The Nice Guys_**](http://time.com/4341402/the-nice-guys-revives-70s-private-eye-satire-in-buddy-movie-mode/ "undefined")**:** 92% **_A War (Krigen)_** **:** 91% **_City Of Gold_**: 91% **_Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words_**: 91% [**_Green Room_**](http://time.com/4295228/green-room-movie-review/ "undefined")**:** 91% [**_The Witch_**](http://time.com/4226147/review-the-witch-new-england-folktale/ "undefined")**:** 91% [**_10 Cloverfield Lane_**](http://time.com/4254233/10-cloverfield-lane-movie-review/ "undefined"): 90% [**_A Bigger Splash_**](http://time.com/4317790/review-tilda-swinton-a-bigger-splash/ "undefined"): 90% [**_Barbershop: The Next Cut_**](http://time.com/4295323/review-barbershop-the-next-ice-cube/ "undefined")**:** 90% [**_Captain America: Civil War_**](http://time.com/46760/captain-america-the-winter-soldier-movie-review/ "undefined")**:** 90% [**_Doctor Strange_**](http://time.com/4555486/doctor-strange-review-benedict-cumberbatch/ "undefined"): 90% [**_Loving_**](http://time.com/4341168/loving-movie-review-cannes/ "undefined"): 90% **_Microbe and Gasoline (Microbe et Gasoil)_**: 90% **_The Clan (El Clan)_** **:** 90% [**_The Lobster_**](http://time.com/4327442/the-lobster-movie-review/ "undefined")**:** 90% **_The Witness_** **:** 90% **_The Boy And The Beast (Bakemono No Ko)_**: 89% **_The Childhood of a Leader_** **:** 89% **_Blood Father_**: 89% **_Certain Women_** **:** 89% **_Dheepan_** **:** 89% **_Elle_** **:** 89% **_Morris from America_** **:** 89% **_Mountains May Depart (Shan he gu ren)_** **:** 89% **_My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse)_** **:** 89% **_Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made_** **:** 89% **_Zero Days_**: 89% [**_Born To Be Blue_**](http://time.com/4263607/review-born-to-be-blue-i-saw-the-light-miles-ahead/ "undefined"): 88% **_Jackie_** **:** 88% **_Mia Madre_**: 88% **_Miss Sharon Jones!_** **:** 88% **_The Invitation_**: 88% **_All the Way_**: 87% [**_Don’t Breathe_**](http://time.com/4465995/dont-breathe-movie-review/ "undefined"): 87% [**_Florence Foster Jenkins_**](http://time.com/4444268/meryl-streep-florence-foster-jenkins-interview/ "undefined")**:** 87% [**_Kung Fu Panda 3_**](http://time.com/4194261/review-kung-fu-panda-3-more-pandas/ "undefined")**:** 87% **_Other People_** **:** 87% **_The Club (El Club)_** **:** 87% **_The Music of Strangers_** **:** 87% [**_Everybody Wants Some!!_**](http://time.com/4277525/everybody-wants-some-deserves-a-third-exclamation-mark/ "undefined"): 86% [**_Pete’s Dragon_**](http://time.com/4447999/petes-dragon-movie-review/ "undefined"): 86% **_Phantom Boy_** **:** 86% **_Sweet Bean (An)_** **:** 86% **_Francofonia_** **:** 85% [**_Hacksaw Ridge_**](http://time.com/4479069/hacksaw-ridge-movie-review/ "undefined")**:** 85% [**_Hail, Caesar!_**](http://time.com/4206700/hail-caesar-movie-review-coen-brothers/ "undefined")**:** 85% [**_Rogue One: A Star Wars Story_**](http://time.com/4597915/rogue-one-review-star-wars-story/ "undefined")**:** 85% **_The Idol (Ya Tayr El Tayer)_** **:** 85% [**_Deadpool_**](http://time.com/4219431/review-ryan-reynolds-deadpool/ "undefined")**:** 84% [**_Deepwater Horizon_**](http://time.com/4512774/deepwater-horizon-review/ "undefined"): 84% **_In Order of Disappearance_** **:** 84% **_Kate Plays Christine_** **:** 84% **_Maggie’s Plan_** **:** 84% **_Midnight Special_**: 84% **_Oasis: Supersonic_** **:** 84% [**_Star Trek Beyond_**](http://time.com/4413135/star-trek-beyond-review/ "undefined"): 84% **_Tallulah_** **:** 84% **_The Meddler_** **:** 84% [**_Christine_**](http://time.com/4528343/christine-movie-rebecca-hall/ "undefined")**:** 83% **_Hockney_**: 83% **_Imperium_** **:** 83% **_Sausage Party_** **:** 83% [**_Sully_**](http://time.com/4482436/sully-movie-review-tom-hanks/ "undefined")**:** 83% **_The Wave (Bolgen)_** **:** 83% **_Chevalier_** **:** 82% [**_Hello, My Name is Doris_**](http://time.com/4250412/sally-field-hello-my-name-is-doris-interview/ "undefined"): 82% **_Indignation_**: 82% **_Lion_**: 82% **_Ouija: Origin of Evil_** **:** 82% [**_Pee-wee’s Big Holiday_**](http://time.com/4263336/pee-wees-big-holiday-paul-reubens/ "undefined"): 82% **_Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti)_** **:** 82% [**_American Honey_**](http://time.com/4512786/american-honey-review/ "undefined"): 81% **_Author: The JT LeRoy Story_**: 81% [**_Captain Fantastic_**](http://time.com/4379475/father-doesnt-always-know-best-in-captain-fantastic/ "undefined")**:** 81% [**_Equity_**](http://time.com/4424541/equity-movie-review-anna-gunn/ "undefined")**:** 81% **_Glassland_** **:** 81% **_Men & Chicken (_** **_Mænd og Høns_** **_)_** **:** 81% **_Southbound_** **:** 81% **_Sunset Song_** **:** 81% **_Viva_** **:** 81% **_Confirmation_** **:** 80% [**_Denial_**](http://time.com/4513076/denial-movie-review-rachel-weisz/ "undefined")**:** 80% **_Eddie The Eagle_**: 80% **_Ip Man 3_** **:** 80% **_The Brand New Testament_** **:** 80% **_The Conjuring 2_** **:** 80% **_From Afar (Desde A_** **_llá_** **_)_** **:** 79% **_The Family Fang_** **:** 79% **_The First Monday in May_**: 79% **_Julieta_**: 78% **_The Lovers And The Despot_** **:** 78% **_Where to Invade Next_** **:** 78% **_Bridget Jones’s Baby_**: 77% **_Goat_** **:** 77% **_Lights Out_**: 77% [**_Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping_**](http://time.com/4354741/andy-sambergs-popstar-review/ "undefined"): 77% **_The Phenom_**: 77% **_The Shallows_**: 77% **_A Street Cat Named Bob_**: 76% **_Chronic_** **:** 76% [**_Elvis & Nixon_**](http://time.com/4299360/review-spacey-shannon-elvis-nixon/ "undefined"): 76% [**_Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them_**](http://time.com/4570315/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-movie-review/ "undefined")**:** 76% **_In a Valley of Violence_** **:** 76% **_Into The Forest_**: 76% [**_Keanu_**](http://time.com/4312612/review-keanu-key-and-peele/ "undefined")**:** 76% **_The Eyes of My Mother_** **:** 76% **_Wiener-Dog_**: 76% **_Last Days In The Desert_**: 75% **_London Road_** **:** 75% [**_The BFG_**](http://time.com/4336467/review-bfg-steven-spielberg-cannes/ "undefined")**:** 75% **_The Secret Life of Pets_** **:** 75% **_Trolls_**: 74% **_Disorder (Maryland)_**: 73% **_My King (Mon roi)_** **:** 73% [**_Nocturnal Animals_**](http://time.com/4575265/nocturnal-animals-review-tom-ford/ "undefined")**:** 73% [**_The Birth of a Nation_**](http://time.com/4487423/why-you-should-see-the-birth-of-a-nation/ "undefined")**:** 73% [**_Ghostbusters_**](http://time.com/4399395/review-the-new-ghostbusters/ "undefined")**:** 72% ```json 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