These Movies Were All Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes in 2016
It's been a good year for good movies, if you ask Rotten Tomatoes. Based on data compiled through Dec. 13, 2016, the review aggregator website reported a record number of movies Certified Fresha seal awarded to the highest scored movies on the site. A movie becomes Certified Fresh if its Tomatometer rating, or its percentage of positive professional reviews, is at 75 or higher after a set amount of reviews 80 for wide releases and 40 for limited release movies, including five reviews from top critics. Excluding the final weeks of 2016, 184 films were Certified Fresh, representing 17.4 of movies represented on the website, the highest percentage in five years. Among those films, six stand at 100. Movies on Rotten Tomatoes tend to have slightly higher reviews than other review aggregators, like Metacritic, since Rotten Tomatoes rates all professional reviews as either positive or negative, whereas Metacritic gives reviews a weighted score. If you're waffling about what to see in theaters over the holidays, or what to hunker down and stream from your couch, here are all 184 movies scored at 75 or above, listed in order of descending score, Cameraperson 100, Neruda 100, O.J. Made in America 100, Only Yesterday 100, Things to Come 100, Tower 100, Don't Think Twice 99, Manchester by the Sea 99, Aferim! 98, Almost Holy Crocodile Gennadiy 98, April and the Extraordinary World Avril et le monde truqu 98, Embrace Of The Serpent El Abrazo De La Serpiente 98, Hell or High Water 98, Hunt for the Wilderpeople 98, Little Men 98, Love  Friendship 98, Moonlight 98, Paterson 98, The Love Witch 98, Zootopia 98, Under The Shadow 98, The Wailing Goksung 98, Cemetery of Splendor 97, Dark Horse 97, Krisha 97, Kubo and the Two Strings 97, La La Land 97, Long Way North 97, Sing Street 97, The Dark Horse 97, The Fits 97, 13th 96, Aquarius 96, De Palma 96, Gleason 96, Marguerite 96, Rams Hrtar 96, Train to Busan Bu-san-haeng 96, Weiner 96, Eye In The Sky 95, Miss Hokusai Sarusuberi Miss Hokusai 95, Moana 95, Nuts! 95, The Beatles Eight Days a Week  The Touring Years 95, The Edge of Seventeen 95, The Innocents Les innocentes 95, Tickled 95, Finding Dory 94, Gimme Danger 94, The Handmaiden Ah-ga-ssi 94, The Jungle Book 94, Arrival 93, Fire at Sea Fuocoammare 93, I Am Not A Serial Killer 93, Life, Animated 93, Our Little Sister Umimachi Diary 93, The Little Prince 93, The Last Man On The Moon 93, A Man Called Ove En man som heter Ove 92, Demon 92, Evolution 92, Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World 92, Queen of Katwe 92, Southside With You 92, Summertime La Belle Saison 92, The Eagle Huntress 92, The Measure of a Man La loi du march 92, The Nice Guys 92, A War Krigen 91, City Of Gold 91, Eat That Question Frank Zappa in His Own Words 91, Green Room 91, The Witch 91, 10 Cloverfield Lane 90, A Bigger Splash 90, Barbershop The Next Cut 90, Captain America Civil War 90, Doctor Strange 90, Loving 90, Microbe and Gasoline Microbe et Gasoil 90, The Clan El Clan 90, The Lobster 90, The Witness 90, The Boy And The Beast Bakemono No Ko 89, The Childhood of a Leader 89, Blood Father 89, Certain Women 89, Dheepan 89, Elle 89, Morris from America 89, Mountains May Depart Shan he gu ren 89, My Golden Days Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse 89, Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made 89, Zero Days 89, Born To Be Blue 88, Jackie 88, Mia Madre 88, Miss Sharon Jones! 88, The Invitation 88, All the Way 87, Don't Breathe 87, Florence Foster Jenkins 87, Kung Fu Panda 3 87, Other People 87, The Club El Club 87, The Music of Strangers 87, Everybody Wants Some!! 86, Pete's Dragon 86, Phantom Boy 86, Sweet Bean An 86, Francofonia 85, Hacksaw Ridge 85, Hail, Caesar! 85, Rogue One A Star Wars Story 85, The Idol Ya Tayr El Tayer 85, Deadpool 84, Deepwater Horizon 84, In Order of Disappearance 84, Kate Plays Christine 84, Maggie's Plan 84, Midnight Special 84, Oasis Supersonic 84, Star Trek Beyond 84, Tallulah 84, The Meddler 84, Christine 83, Hockney 83, Imperium 83, Sausage Party 83, Sully 83, The Wave Bolgen 83, Chevalier 82, Hello, My Name is Doris 82, Indignation 82, Lion 82, Ouija Origin of Evil 82, Pee-wee's Big Holiday 82, Tale of Tales Il racconto dei racconti 82, American Honey 81, Author The JT LeRoy Story 81, Captain Fantastic 81, Equity 81, Glassland 81, Men  Chicken Mnd og Hns 81, Southbound 81, Sunset Song 81, Viva 81, Confirmation 80, Denial 80, Eddie The Eagle 80, Ip Man 3 80, The Brand New Testament 80, The Conjuring 2 80, From Afar Desde All 79, The Family Fang 79, The First Monday in May 79, Julieta 78, The Lovers And The Despot 78, Where to Invade Next 78, Bridget Jones's Baby 77, Goat 77, Lights Out 77, Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping 77, The Phenom 77, The Shallows 77, A Street Cat Named Bob 76, Chronic 76, Elvis  Nixon 76, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 76, In a Valley of Violence 76, Into The Forest 76, Keanu 76, The Eyes of My Mother 76, Wiener-Dog 76, Last Days In The Desert 75, London Road 75, The BFG 75, The Secret Life of Pets 75, Trolls 74, Disorder Maryland 73, My King Mon roi 73, Nocturnal Animals 73, The Birth of a Nation 73, Ghostbusters 72