# The best Best Picture winners according to critics

Parasite, Casablanca, All About Eve, On the Waterfront, Moonlight and Schindler's List: the Best Picture Oscar winners with the highest Tomatometer scores on Rotten Tomatoes.

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- Jul 16, 2025 · gastonsalta
- https://even.best/en/l/4884/the-best-best-picture-winners-according-to-critics

## Top 25

1. **On the Waterfront (1954)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
2. **Parasite (2019)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
3. **Casablanca (1942)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
4. **All About Eve (1950)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
5. **Moonlight (2016)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
6. **Rebecca (1940)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
7. **Schindler's List (1993)** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
8. **The Hurt Locker (2008)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
9. **Sunrise (1927)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
10. **All the King's Men (1949)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
11. **The Godfather, Part II (1974)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
12. **Unforgiven (1992)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
13. **Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
14. **Marty (1955)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
15. **The Lost Weekend (1945)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
16. **The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
17. **In the Heat of the Night (1967)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 95% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
18. **It Happened One Night (1934)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
19. **The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
20. **Argo (2012)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 96% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
21. **Spotlight (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
22. **The Godfather (1972)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
23. **Annie Hall (1977)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
24. **All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
25. **The French Connection (1971)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 97% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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