#1. BOYHOOD (2014)
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Metascore: 100
- Number of reviews: 50
- Runtime: 165 minutes
Richard Linklater knows how to dedicate himself to his art. He filmed “Boyhood,” which examines a kid’s life in Texas from age 6 to 18, over the course of 12 years. He began with only basic plot points and an ending for this coming-of-age epic. The rest of the story evolved over the course of more than a decade of filming.
#2. MOONLIGHT (2016)
- Director: Barry Jenkins
- Metascore: 99
- Number of reviews: 53
- Runtime: 111 minutes
The story of Chiron, a black boy living in Miami, is told in three parts. First, young Chiron befriends a drug dealer named Juan, who becomes a father figure to him. Next, he's an adolescent struggling to survive in a household with a crack-addicted mother. Finally, he's an adult man reckoning with how his life has turned out. Though this beautiful, emotional film was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, the ceremony is largely known for a gaffe from the presenters, who accidentally announced the award as going to “La La Land” before they corrected themselves.
#3. PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006)
- Director: Guillermo Del Toro
- Metascore: 98
- Number of reviews: 37
- Runtime: 118 minutes
The Director Guillermo Del Toro spins a twisted fairy tale with “Pan’s Labyrinth.” Set in Spain just after the Spanish Civil War, it is about the story of a young girl named Ofelia. Though her stepfather is a murderous military officer and her pregnant mother grows ill, Ofelia meets magical creatures who draw her into a whimsical, sometimes terrifying place called Pan’s Labyrinth.
#4. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, AND 2 DAYS (2008)
- Director: Cristian Mungiu
- Metascore: 97
- Number of reviews: 37
- Runtime: 113 minutes
Four months, three weeks, and two days: That’s how long a young Romanian woman has been pregnant. Aided by her university roommate, she seeks an illegal abortion. Directed by Cristian Mungiu, this film set in the late 1980s won the Cannes’ Palme d’Or
#5. 12 YEARS A SLAVE (2013)
- Director: Steve McQueen
- Metascore: 96
- Number of surveys: 57
- Runtime: 134 minutes
Adjusted from a slave diary of a similar name, this film recounts the genuine story of a free individual of color in New York (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor) who is grabbed and exchanged into servitude. During his twelfth year of subjugation, he gets an opportunity to meet with a Canadian that transforms him. The film won the Oscar for Best Picture.
#6. PARASITE (2019) (TIE)
- Director: Bong Joon-ho
- Metascore: 96
- Number of surveys: 52
- Runtime: 132 minutes
From the head of "Okja" and "Snowpiercer" comes this completely dark satire, wherein the oppressed Kim family embeds itself into a well-off family. As an unusual harmonious relationship creates, parasitic representations air pocket to the surface. It won the Palme d'Or at 2019's Cannes Film Festival by consistent choice.
#10. RATATOUILLE (2007)
- Director: Brad Bird
- Metascore: 96
- Number of reviews: 37
- Runtime: 111 minutes
How should you react in case you found that your lavish French dining experience was made by a rat? That is the explanation of this 2007 Pixar film wherein a rat named Remy teams up with a junk kid named Linguini to inconspicuously transform into a connoisseur master.
#15. A Separation (2011)
- Director: Asghar Farhadi
- Metascore: 95
- Number of reviews: 41
- Runtime: 123 minutes
This Iranian show film is about the unit of a couple, and the result of their decision. In 2012, it was chosen for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. This was a significant accomplishment—considering it was the principle obscure vernacular film to procure a task in that class in five years. Anyway, it didn't win, it got an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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