Christopher Lambert | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

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Has anything got 100% on Rotten Tomatoes? ›

To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 252 positive reviews.

The 59% Club: An Ode to the Almost-Fresh Movie

Here, “close” means a movie that was in striking distance of being marked Fresh on the Tomatometer. A 60% score is what you need to be Fresh, and all the movies featured in this list are exactly one percentage point away: They are the members of The 59% Club.

If the positive reviews make up 60% or more, the film is considered "fresh". If the positive reviews are less than 60%, the film is considered "rotten".

When at least 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive, it is considered Fresh and a red tomato is displayed. Rotten score. When less than 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive, it is considered Rotten and a green splat is displayed.

Citizen Kane (1941) stood at number 1 for five consecutive polls, with 22 votes in 1962, 32 votes in 1972, 45 votes in 1982, 43 votes in 1992, and 46 votes in 2002.

Only Murders in the Building season 1 has the most reviews on its perfect 100% score. The collective opinions of 107 critics puts it ahead of all other 100% seasons — the more critics' opinions weighed, the more valuable that perfect score is.

2. Popcorn symbol: On the other hand, if you come across a popcorn bucket icon, it signifies that the movie has received a positive audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Similar to the tomato rating, the percentage displayed with the popcorn symbol indicates the proportion of favorable audience reviews for the movie.

On the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, films that every surveyed critic considered bad have a 0% rating.

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Which is better, IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes? ›

IMDb has tons of information about the movie and the people involved with it, to include the entire cast and crew, but IMDb does not have reviews. For reviews, we go to Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic. RT collects more reviews than Metacritic, but breaks down the critics as either liking the film or not liking the film.

1. They Cloned Tyrone (2023) This intriguing sci-fi thriller with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score captivates audiences with its mysterious plot and exceptional performances.

Cinématon

A 151-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It is considered to be the longest film ever released. 9,000 minutes (150 hr / 6 days, 6 hours).

On the film review website Rotten Tomatoes, films that every critic who reviewed the film labelled it as bad have a 0% rating. As of 2022, 43 films have received this rating.

If 60% of reviews are positive, the movie is given a “Fresh” status, but if positive reviews fall below that benchmark, it is deemed “Rotten.” A popular piece of media will typically fall between the 70-90% range, but rarely, a project will receive a 100% score.

'Parasyte: The Grey' (2024)

“Parasyte: The Grey” is the latest surprise drama hit for Netflix with a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. Of course, there's a reason for that 100% rating, and it all comes down to the show's excellent body horror and action scenes.

On the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, films that every surveyed critic considered bad have a 0% rating. As of 2023, only 40 films with more than 20 reviews have received this rating.