"Each year in film, one movie stands out from the rest as the most critically acclaimed picture of the year.
Since the turn of the century, the review aggregator Metacritic has compiled an annual list of the year's most well-received movies by assigning scores based on their composite critical reception.
We selected the top film from each year's list, starting with 2000 and including the best of 2017 so far.
The resulting list includes cultural landmarks like "The Social Network" and "Moonlight," and multiple appearances from the "Lord of the Rings" series."
