Critics' Picks vs Audience Favorites
Who's Right?
The age-old debate: do critics know best, or does the audience have the final say? We put the highest-rated films (critics' proxy) against the most-voted films (audience proxy) to see where they agree — and where they diverge dramatically.
Critics' Picks
Sorted by highest rating with 1000+ votes
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The Shawshank Redemption
1994☆ 8.7
29,992 votes
The Godfather
1972☆ 8.7
22,658 votes
The Godfather Part II
1974☆ 8.6
13,720 votes
Schindler's List
1993☆ 8.6
17,246 votes
12 Angry Men
1957☆ 8.6
9,844 votes
Spirited Away
2001☆ 8.5
18,105 votes
The Dark Knight
2008☆ 8.5
35,386 votes
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995☆ 8.5
4,567 votes
The Green Mile
1999☆ 8.5
18,994 votes
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003☆ 8.5
26,230 votes
Parasite
2019☆ 8.5
20,324 votes
Pulp Fiction
1994☆ 8.5
29,884 votes
Your Name.
2016☆ 8.5
12,374 votes
Interstellar
2014☆ 8.5
39,214 votes
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966☆ 8.5
9,507 votes
Audience Favorites
Sorted by most votes with 6.0+ rating
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Interstellar
2014☆ 8.5
39,214 votes
Inception
2010☆ 8.4
38,897 votes
The Avengers
2012☆ 8.0
36,765 votes
The Dark Knight
2008☆ 8.5
35,388 votes
Avatar
2009☆ 7.6
33,664 votes
Deadpool
2016☆ 7.6
32,487 votes
Fight Club
1999☆ 8.4
31,674 votes
Avengers: Infinity War
2018☆ 8.2
31,646 votes
The Shawshank Redemption
1994☆ 8.7
29,993 votes
Pulp Fiction
1994☆ 8.5
29,885 votes
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014☆ 7.9
29,466 votes
Forrest Gump
1994☆ 8.5
29,426 votes
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001☆ 7.9
29,314 votes
Iron Man
2008☆ 7.7
27,884 votes
Django Unchained
2012☆ 8.2
27,748 votes