Rotten Tomatoes' 300 Essential Movies

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  1. 2 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 8 new

    Akira

    1988, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 9 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 10 new

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 22 new

    Avengers: Endgame

    2019, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 23 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  7. 36 new

    Black Panther

    2018, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 37 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 56 new

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 63 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 71 new

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 85 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 91 new

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  14. 102 new

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 107 new

    GATTACA

    1997 — a.k.a. Gattaca, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 111 new

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 115 new

    Gojira

    1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 125 new

    Guardians of the Galaxy

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 142 new

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  20. 146 new

    Iron Man

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 151 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 166 new

    Logan

    2017, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 172 new

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    2015, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 176 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 178 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  26. 225 new

    Repo Man

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 227 new

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  28. 255 new

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 265 new

    Superman

    1978, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 270 new

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 271 new

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 274 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  33. 282 new

    Total Recall

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
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