---
title: "Top rated"
canonical: "https://film.one/films/top-rated"
region: "US"
total: 1223
shown: 60
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Top rated

Everything out now, highest Fi1m score first. One review per title; the score is one number from that review.

For US. 1,223 titles; 60 listed here. Add `?region=XX` for another country.

- [*Seven Samurai*](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) — 1954 · Fi1m 95 · NR · 3h 27m · Action/Drama · on HBO Max, Pluto TV, Tubi
  Akira Kurosawa’s *Seven Samurai* earns its 207 minutes by making the recruitment as absorbing as the fighting. Mifune can be overemphatic, but we would recommend this humane, exciting adventure to almost anyone.
- [*The Passion of Joan of Arc*](https://film.one/film/the-passion-of-joan-of-arc.md) — 1928 · Fi1m 94 · NR · 1h 21m · Drama/History · on HBO Max, The Roku Channel, Tubi
  Carl Theodor Dreyer makes a church trial painfully immediate, with Maria Falconetti giving us a woman whose faith does nothing to remove her fear. We recommend it without hesitation, though its close-ups can be exhausting.
- [*M*](https://film.one/film/m.md) — 1931 · Fi1m 94 · PG-13 · 1h 50m · Drama/Thriller · on HBO Max, Tubi
  Fritz Lang’s crime thriller is frightening and humane, with Peter Lorre making its child murderer disturbingly pitiable. Some of the surrounding grotesques are overdrawn, but we would send anyone prepared for the subject to see it.
- [*Grave of the Fireflies*](https://film.one/film/grave-of-the-fireflies.md) — 1988 · Fi1m 94 · PG-13 · 1h 29m · Animation/Drama · on Netflix
  Isao Takahata’s animated war drama is harrowing because its children remain recognisably children. We recommend it strongly, with fair warning that their small moments of happiness make the suffering harder to bear.
- [*Rear Window*](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md) — 1954 · Fi1m 94 · PG · 1h 53m · Thriller/Mystery
  Alfred Hitchcock’s courtyard thriller is exceptional: funny, unsettling and exact about how it makes us watch. James Stewart and Grace Kelly keep it warm, though some neighbours are drawn rather broadly.
- [*Do the Right Thing*](https://film.one/film/do-the-right-thing.md) — 1989 · Fi1m 93 · R · 2h 00m · Drama
  Spike Lee makes a remarkable drama out of neighbours who cannot agree about the pictures on a pizzeria wall. A few conversations run long; the performances, humour and force of the filmmaking make this an unreserved recommendation.
- [*A Separation*](https://film.one/film/a-separation.md) — 2011 · Fi1m 93 · PG-13 · 2h 03m · Drama
  Asghar Farhadi’s family drama is gripping, upsetting and unusually fair to people behaving badly. A few plot complications look carefully placed, but we recommend it without hesitation for the actors and the uncomfortable attention paid to the children.
- [*Paths of Glory*](https://film.one/film/paths-of-glory.md) — 1957 · Fi1m 93 · NR · 1h 28m · War/Drama · on MUBI, Tubi
  Stanley Kubrick’s war drama is furious, exact and unexpectedly moving, with Kirk Douglas making Colonel Dax’s decency convincing under pressure. Some speeches press too hard, but its anger at military cruelty is earned.
- [*Raiders of the Lost Ark*](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md) — 1981 · Fi1m 93 · PG · 1h 55m · Adventure/Action · on Disney+, Paramount+
  Steven Spielberg’s adventure earns its excitement through clear action and Harrison Ford’s knack for looking battered but capable. We would recommend it to almost anyone, though its violence is rougher than the playful tone might suggest.
- [*The Battle of Algiers*](https://film.one/film/the-battle-of-algiers.md) — 1966 · Fi1m 93 · NR · 2h 02m · Drama/War · on HBO Max, Tubi
  Gillo Pontecorvo’s reconstruction of the Algerian revolt is gripping, lucid and hard to bear. Its documentary style makes the violence feel close, though the concentration on the campaign sometimes leaves too little time with the people caught in it.
- [*Jaws*](https://film.one/film/jaws.md) — 1975 · Fi1m 93 · PG · 2h 04m · Horror/Thriller · on Netflix
  Steven Spielberg’s *Jaws* is a superb thriller because its people matter as much as its shark. The writing occasionally pushes its point too hard, but the suspense is patient, clear and still frightening.
- [*GoodFellas*](https://film.one/film/goodfellas.md) — 1990 · Fi1m 93 · R · 2h 25m · Drama/Crime
  Martin Scorsese’s *GoodFellas* is a crime film we would recommend to almost anyone. Its gangsters are appalling company, but the performances make it hard to leave, despite some repetition and too little room for Karen’s perspective.
- [*Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb*](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md) — 1964 · Fi1m 93 · PG · 1h 35m · Comedy/War
  Stanley Kubrick’s nuclear satire is ruthlessly funny and properly frightening, with Peter Sellers finding three distinct ways to be absurd. The broadest clowning sometimes crowds the sharper jokes, but the people in charge remain horribly recognisable.
- [*Chinatown*](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md) — 1974 · Fi1m 93 · R · 2h 10m · Crime/Mystery
  Roman Polanski’s detective story is funny, unsettling and finely acted, with Jack Nicholson making confidence dangerously persuasive. The crowded plotting occasionally demands patience, but we would recommend it even to people who usually avoid detective films.
- [*The Godfather*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md) — 1972 · Fi1m 93 · R · 2h 55m · Drama/Crime · on Paramount+
  Francis Ford Coppola’s Mafia family drama earns its length through patient storytelling and performances that make criminal authority disturbingly attractive. The crowded family politics can take some sorting out, but we would recommend it without hesitation.
- [*Singin' in the Rain*](https://film.one/film/singin-in-the-rain.md) — 1952 · Fi1m 93 · G · 1h 43m · Comedy/Romance · on HBO Max
  Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly’s musical makes the arrival of sound in Hollywood funny, troublesome and a reason to dance. The romance is slight, but the comic timing and pleasure of the performances make this an easy recommendation.
- [*Sunset Boulevard*](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md) — 1950 · Fi1m 93 · NR · 1h 50m · Drama
  Billy Wilder’s Hollywood drama is funny, frightening and merciless about the need to be remembered. Watch Swanson makes its faded star painfully human, though the screenplay sometimes enjoys humiliating her more than it should.
- [*Casablanca*](https://film.one/film/casablanca.md) — 1943 · Fi1m 93 · PG · 1h 42m · Drama/Romance · on HBO Max
  We would recommend *Casablanca* without asking anyone to make allowances for its age. Bogart and Bergman make the wartime romance hurt, while the wit carries the film past some decidedly convenient plotting.
- [*Citizen Kane*](https://film.one/film/citizen-kane.md) — 1941 · Fi1m 93 · NR · 1h 59m · Mystery/Drama
  *Citizen Kane* deserves its reputation because it makes the business of understanding a powerful man so absorbing. Orson Welles gives the technical ingenuity a human centre, though the elaborate structure sometimes keeps us at a distance.
- [*The Conversation*](https://film.one/film/the-conversation.md) — 1974 · Fi1m 92 · PG · 1h 55m · Crime/Drama · on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi
  Francis Ford Coppola turns repeated listening into gripping suspense, with Gene Hackman making the loneliness hurt. A few plot decisions feel over-arranged, but this is a thriller we would recommend without hesitation.
- [*Fanny and Alexander*](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md) — 1982 · Fi1m 92 · R · 3h 08m · Fantasy/Drama · on HBO Max, Tubi
  Ingmar Bergman’s family drama is warm, funny and frightening, with Bertil Guve giving childhood a stubborn, watchful presence. We would send a stranger to see it, though Fanny deserves more of the attention Alexander receives.
- [*Rashomon*](https://film.one/film/rashomon.md) — 1950 · Fi1m 92 · NR · 1h 28m · Crime/Drama · on HBO Max, Tubi
  Akira Kurosawa’s crime drama is gripping, disturbing and worth the close attention it demands. The conflicting accounts of a killing are made fiercely convincing, though the dialogue sometimes explains what the images have already told us.
- [*Ran*](https://film.one/film/ran.md) — 1985 · Fi1m 92 · R · 2h 40m · Action/Drama · on Tubi
  Akira Kurosawa’s *Ran* is a harrowing war film that keeps the family quarrels clear amid the armies. A few overextended conversations do little to diminish its fierce performances or the frightening precision of its battles.
- [*Ikiru*](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md) — 1952 · Fi1m 92 · NR · 2h 23m · Drama · on HBO Max
  Akira Kurosawa’s drama about a dying civil servant is worth anyone’s evening. Takashi Shimura makes the fear of wasted time painfully ordinary, even when the satire keeps explaining what we have already understood.
- [*Come and See*](https://film.one/film/come-and-see.md) — 1985 · Fi1m 92 · NR · 2h 22m · Drama/War
  Elem Klimov’s war film makes a boy’s terror almost unbearable through Aleksei Kravchenko’s performance and its punishing sound. We strongly recommend it, despite moments when Klimov presses for an effect the actor has already achieved.
- [*Double Indemnity*](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md) — 1944 · Fi1m 92 · NR · 1h 47m · Crime/Thriller
  Billy Wilder’s crime thriller deserves its reputation, with viciously funny dialogue and three finely judged lead performances. Neff becomes willing to kill rather quickly, but we would recommend it to almost anyone.
- [*20 Days in Mariupol*](https://film.one/film/20-days-in-mariupol.md) — 2023 · Fi1m 92 · NR · 1h 34m · Documentary/War
  We strongly recommend Mstyslav Chernov’s documentary about the siege of Mariupol, with a firm warning about its distressing images. The civilian testimony commands attention, although the sombre narration sometimes presses harder than it needs to.
- [*The Empire Strikes Back*](https://film.one/film/the-empire-strikes-back.md) — 1980 · Fi1m 92 · PG · 2h 04m · Adventure/Action · on Disney+
  Irvin Kershner makes the machinery frightening and the people worth worrying about. A few solemn lessons slow *The Empire Strikes Back*, but its action, humour and feeling justify the darker turn.
- [*The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.md) — 1966 · Fi1m 92 · R · 2h 41m · Western · on The Roku Channel, Tubi
  Sergio Leone makes a gold hunt worth every long stare, with Eli Wallach supplying the grubby humour and Ennio Morricone the excitement. A wandering middle stretch tests our patience; the film more than earns it back.
- [*WALL·E*](https://film.one/film/walle.md) — 2008 · Fi1m 92 · G · 1h 38m · Animation/Family · on Disney+
  Andrew Stanton’s robot romance is funny, patient and moving enough to make its environmental warnings feel personal. The later action is less distinctive, but we would recommend it even to people who think animation is not for them.
- [*Brokeback Mountain*](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md) — 2005 · Fi1m 92 · R · 2h 14m · Drama/Romance
  We would recommend Ang Lee’s love story to almost anyone. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal make hidden desire painfully convincing, though a few passages outstay their welcome.
- [*Mulholland Drive*](https://film.one/film/mulholland-drive.md) — 2001 · Fi1m 92 · R · 2h 27m · Thriller/Drama
  David Lynch’s Hollywood mystery is frightening, funny and more moving than its reputation for confusion suggests. Naomi Watts gives its strangeness a human cost, though some wandering passages ask for patience they have not quite earned.
- [*Spirited Away*](https://film.one/film/spirited-away.md) — 2001 · Fi1m 92 · PG · 2h 05m · Animation/Family · on HBO Max
  Hayao Miyazaki’s fantasy makes a child’s work in a spirit bathhouse compelling, frightening and moving. Its wandering pace asks for patience, but we would recommend it to adults and children alike.
- [*Unforgiven*](https://film.one/film/unforgiven.md) — 1992 · Fi1m 92 · R · 2h 10m · Western
  Clint Eastwood makes a grave, absorbing Western about the damage done by violent men and the stories told about them. Its attraction to gunfighter legend occasionally troubles us, but we would send a stranger to it.
- [*Close-Up*](https://film.one/film/close-up.md) — 1990 · Fi1m 92 · NR · 1h 38m · Crime/Drama · on The Criterion Channel
  Abbas Kiarostami turns a real impersonation case into a patient, funny and unexpectedly moving film about wanting to matter. Its slow passages ask for attention, but we recommend it even to those wary of films about cinema.
- [*Toy Story*](https://film.one/film/toy-story.md) — 1995 · Fi1m 92 · G · 1h 21m · Family/Comedy · on Disney+, Hulu
  John Lasseter’s *Toy Story* is funny, tightly made and unusually good at making awkward characters worth caring about. Randy Newman’s music sometimes overstates things; the quarrelling voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen need little help.
- [*Hoop Dreams*](https://film.one/film/hoop-dreams.md) — 1994 · Fi1m 92 · PG-13 · 2h 54m · Documentary · on HBO Max
  Steve James’s documentary about two young basketball hopefuls is worth all 174 minutes. Its patient attention to school and family makes it an exceptional film, even for those with no interest in the game.
- [*Back to the Future*](https://film.one/film/back-to-the-future.md) — 1985 · Fi1m 92 · PG · 1h 56m · Adventure/Comedy · on Disney+
  Robert Zemeckis makes time travel funny by sending a teenager straight into his parents’ awkward youth. We recommend it warmly, despite a slightly laboured opening: the plotting is exact and the performances make the cleverness feel easy.
- [*Bicycle Thieves*](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md) — 1948 · Fi1m 92 · NR · 1h 29m · Drama · on HBO Max
  Vittorio De Sica’s drama about a father and son searching for a stolen bicycle is painfully affecting. The music presses too hard, but the performances make its account of poverty difficult to shake.
- [*Tokyo Story*](https://film.one/film/tokyo-story.md) — 1953 · Fi1m 92 · 2h 17m · Drama · on HBO Max
  Yasujirō Ozu’s family drama makes ordinary neglect almost unbearable without turning anyone into a villain. Chishū Ryū and Setsuko Hara are finely judged, though the deliberate pace needs a little patience at first.
- [*A Matter of Life and Death*](https://film.one/film/a-matter-of-life-and-death.md) — 1946 · Fi1m 92 · PG · 1h 44m · Romance/Fantasy
  Powell and Pressburger’s romantic fantasy is funny, moving and easy to recommend to almost anyone. The speeches occasionally labour the point, but the colour and the performances make being alive seem worth all this celestial fuss.
- [*Alien*](https://film.one/film/alien.md) — 1979 · Fi1m 92 · R · 1h 57m · Horror/Science Fiction · on Netflix
  Ridley Scott’s *Alien* makes confinement frightening long before the shocks arrive. Its crew could be more fully written, but the acting, the ship and the patient build-up make this a horror film we recommend without hesitation.
- [*Taxi Driver*](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md) — 1976 · Fi1m 92 · R · 1h 54m · Crime/Drama
  Martin Scorsese’s crime drama makes a lonely man’s company frightening through Robert De Niro’s restraint and Bernard Herrmann’s music. We recommend it strongly, with one reservation: its attention to Travis leaves too little room for everyone else.
- [*Apocalypse Now*](https://film.one/film/apocalypse-now.md) — 1979 · Fi1m 92 · R · 2h 27m · Drama/War
  Francis Ford Coppola’s war film is frightening, absorbing and worth the discomfort. We recommend it without hesitation, though its later stretches sometimes labour over thoughts that the fighting has already made horribly clear.
- [*The Godfather Part II*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md) — 1974 · Fi1m 92 · R · 3h 22m · Drama/Crime · on Paramount+
  Francis Ford Coppola’s Corleone family history deserves a whole evening and close attention. Around Pacino and Robert De Niro make its account of criminal power deeply upsetting, despite a few cumbersome stretches of political intrigue.
- [*2001: A Space Odyssey*](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md) — 1968 · Fi1m 92 · G · 2h 29m · Science Fiction/Mystery · on HBO Max
  Stanley Kubrick’s space voyage earns its slow pace through exact, unsettling filmmaking. The people can feel remote, but we would recommend it even to those who usually leave science fiction alone.
- [*Some Like It Hot*](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md) — 1959 · Fi1m 92 · 2h 03m · Comedy/Romance · on Tubi
  We would recommend Billy Wilder’s farce to almost anyone: the jokes are exact and the three leads make them seem spontaneous. The gangster business occasionally interrupts the pleasure of watching Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe.
- [*Vertigo*](https://film.one/film/vertigo.md) — 1958 · Fi1m 92 · PG · 2h 08m · Mystery/Romance
  Hitchcock’s romance makes a detective’s fascination deeply uncomfortable, with James Stewart and Kim Novak giving it painful conviction. The mystery is far-fetched and some journeys drag, but we would not trade its patience for a brisker thriller.
- [*The Red Shoes*](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md) — 1948 · Fi1m 92 · NR · 2h 13m · Drama/Romance · on HBO Max, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Tubi
  Powell and Pressburger make a dancer’s ambition feel urgent, seductive and dangerous. We would recommend *The Red Shoes* to anyone, despite dialogue that occasionally sounds too pleased with its own seriousness.
- [*The Third Man*](https://film.one/film/the-third-man.md) — 1949 · Fi1m 92 · NR · 1h 45m · Thriller/Mystery · on Tubi
  Carol Reed’s mystery is gripping, funny and alert to the harm friendship can excuse. Joseph Cotten makes its writer worth caring about, though a few relationships deserve more space amid the intrigue.
- [*The Rules of the Game*](https://film.one/film/the-rules-of-the-game.md) — 1939 · Fi1m 91 · NR · 1h 50m · Drama/Comedy
  Jean Renoir’s comedy of romantic intrigue is funny, unsettling and worth the concentration it demands. The busy opening can make its people hard to distinguish; once they settle into view, their small evasions become painfully recognisable.
- [*Sherlock Jr.*](https://film.one/film/sherlock-jr.md) — 1924 · Fi1m 91 · NR · 45m · Action/Comedy · on Tubi
  Buster Keaton makes a superb detective comedy in which the smallest movement can earn a large laugh. The courtship is thin, but the visual jokes justify every minute of its modest length.
- [*Aguirre, the Wrath of God*](https://film.one/film/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god.md) — 1972 · Fi1m 91 · NR · 1h 35m · History/Adventure · on Tubi
  Werner Herzog’s jungle adventure is an unnerving study of greed, carried by Klaus Kinski’s frightening performance and the physical force of the river journey. The supporting characters can be thin; we would recommend it without hesitation.
- [*Badlands*](https://film.one/film/badlands.md) — 1973 · Fi1m 91 · 1h 34m · Drama/Romance
  Terrence Malick’s crime romance is funny, frightening and unusually clear about how little its lovers understand themselves. Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek make the couple compelling company, though the film’s distance from those around them occasionally feels too easy.
- [*Paddington 2*](https://film.one/film/paddington-2.md) — 2017 · Fi1m 91 · PG · 1h 44m · Adventure/Comedy · on HBO Max
  *Paddington 2* is a funny, generous family comedy that takes kindness seriously without making a lesson of it. Paul King earns the sentiment, Hugh Grant supplies the vanity, and only the episodic plotting occasionally checks the pace.
- [*The Social Network*](https://film.one/film/the-social-network.md) — 2010 · Fi1m 91 · PG-13 · 2h 01m · Drama · on Apple TV, Tubi
  David Fincher makes Facebook’s beginnings into a gripping, bitterly funny drama about people who need to win. Jesse Eisenberg gives it an unsettling centre; Aaron Sorkin’s occasional showiness is a small price for dialogue this good.
- [*RoboCop*](https://film.one/film/robocop.md) — 1987 · Fi1m 91 · R · 1h 42m · Action/Thriller · on Amazon Prime Video
  Paul Verhoeven’s *RoboCop* is an exceptionally sharp action film, savage about corporate power and unexpectedly affecting. Peter Weller gives the metal policeman a person worth caring about, though the violence warrants a serious warning.
- [*This Is Spinal Tap*](https://film.one/film/this-is-spinal-tap.md) — 1984 · Fi1m 91 · R · 1h 22m · Comedy/Music
  Rob Reiner’s heavy metal mock documentary is a comedy we would recommend to almost anyone. The story is slight, but the actors’ patient seriousness and the care taken over the songs make its foolish musicians worth our time.
- [*The Wizard of Oz*](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md) — 1939 · Fi1m 91 · G · 1h 42m · Adventure/Fantasy · on HBO Max
  Victor Fleming’s *The Wizard of Oz* deserves its place in family viewing: Judy Garland makes the homesickness hurt, and the songs repay close attention. Some comic business outstays its welcome, but we recommend it warmly.
- [*12 Years a Slave*](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md) — 2013 · Fi1m 91 · R · 2h 14m · Drama/History
  Steve McQueen’s account of Solomon Northup’s enslavement is a film we would urge anyone prepared for its violence to see. Chiwetel Ejiofor makes the suffering personal, even when the music presses harder than it needs to.

Next page: https://film.one/films/top-rated.md?page=2

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/films/top-rated