As I wrote in our Most Underrated & Overrated Of 2017 feature, I would be beyond thrilled if the obsession over Rotten Tomatoes scores ended the moment the clock strikes 12:01 AM on January 1, 2018. But until then, the silly fussing over aggregate scores will continue, as movie fans who would dare not like the same film they do or TV show they do.
Okay, #rantover, so let’s dive into Rotten Tomatoes’ list of films that were Certified Fresh in 2017 (that means films that scored 75% or higher, with reviews from at least 80 critics). Of course, the big one everyone will notice is “Lady Bird,” the former all-time, best-reviewed movie on Rotten Tomatoes, with 164 “Fresh” reviews, until that one guy ruined it all. Meanwhile, the list serves as a good reminder that you should really track down “Brawl In Cell Block 99,” and if you need suggestions on what to binge this weekend, this roundup of titles should fill your queue and then some.
Take a look at the full list below, and let’s hope we can stop treating movies like sports matches in the new year.
Truman 100%
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds 100%
Dawson City: Frozen Time 100%
Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (Hymyilevä mies) 100%
The Work 100%
Faces Places (Visages, villages) 100%
Quest 100%
Lady Bird 99%
Get Out 99%
City of Ghosts 99%
Whose Streets? 99%
God’s Own Country 99%
Jane 99%
Last Laugh 98%
My Life as a Zucchini (Ma vie de courgette) 98%
I Am Not Your Negro98%
In This Corner of the World (Kono sekai no katasumi ni) 98%
Kedi 98%
Big Sick 98%
Trophy 98%
Mudbound 98%
Dina 98%
Call Me by Your Name 98%
Lucky 98%
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (120 battements par minute) 98%
Coco 97%
After the Storm (Umi yori mo mada fukaku) 97%
Your Name. (Kimi No Na Wa.) 97%
Columbus 97%
Shape of Water 97%
Death of Stalin 97%
Stronger 96%
Disaster Artist 96%
The Salesman (Forushande)
96%
B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography 96%
I Called Him Morgan 96%
Women’s Balcony (Ismach Hatani) 96%
Menashe 96%
Ex Libris: New York Public Library 96%
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 95%
Graduation (Bacalaureat) 95%
Red Turtle (La tortue rouge) 95%
Prevenge 95%
Step 95%
Florida Project 95%
Endless Poetry (Poesía Sin Fin) 94%
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City 94%
War for the Planet of the Apes 93%
Logan 93%
Baby Driver 93%
All This Panic 93%
I, Daniel Blake 93%
Clash (Eshtebak) 93%
Logan Lucky 93%
Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) 93%
Gook 93%
School Life 93%
Human Flow 93%
Star Wars: The Last Jedi 93%
Spider-Man: Homecoming 92%
Wonder Woman 92%
Thor: Ragnarok 92%
Dunkirk 92%
Quiet Passion 92%
Hidden Figures 92%
Obit 92%
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail 92%
Brawl in Cell Block 99 92%
Devil’s Candy 92%
Breadwinner 92%
Lego Batman Movie 91%
After Love (L’économie du couple) 91%
Good Time 91%
Land of Mine (Under Sandet) 90%
John Wick: Chapter 2 90%
Raw 90%
Frantz 90%
Heal the Living (Réparer les vivants) 90%
Ghost Story 90%
Gerald’s Game 90%
I, Tonya 90%
Girls Trip 89%
First They Killed My Father 89%
Marjorie Prime 89%
Hounds of Love 89%
Lady Macbeth 89%