# The best-reviewed essential Criterion Collection films

Le Samouraï, Rome, Open City, Tokyo Story, Stalker, Seven Samurai, The Wages of Fear, The 400 Blows and Bicycle Thieves: the highest-rated of Rotten Tomatoes' 100 essential Criterion Collection films.

- 14 votes · 25 items
- Jun 11, 2025 · Céline Robert
- https://even.best/en/l/5017/the-best-reviewed-essential-criterion-collection-films

## Top 25

1. **Branded to Kill (1967)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
2. **A Brighter Summer Day (1991)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
3. **Hara-Kiri (1962)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
4. **I Am Cuba (1964)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
5. **Le Samouraï (1967)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
6. **The Mirror (1975)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
7. **Multiple Maniacs (1970)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
8. **A Room With a View (1986)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
9. **Shadows (1958)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
10. **War and Peace (1966)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
11. **Cameraperson (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
12. **Hoop Dreams (1994)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
13. **Stalker (1979)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
14. **Drylongso (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
15. **M (1931)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
16. **Open City (1945)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
17. **The Runner (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
18. **Seven Samurai (1954)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
19. **Tampopo (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
20. **Tokyo Story (1953)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
21. **The Wages of Fear (1953)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
22. **The 400 Blows (1959)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
23. **Bicycle Thieves (1948)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 99% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
24. **A Hard Day's Night (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.
25. **Ikiru (1952)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 98% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

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