THE BEST REVIEWED SUMMER MOVIES OF THE LAST 40 YEARS. This list can be found on Rotten Tomatoes site. It is interesting in various ways. I have seen all these movies except one (can you guess which one I missed) and I understand why the critics liked the vast majority of them. You will notice that many of them are children’s movies or animated features, or movies that required a lot of CG or special effects. You will also notice that Avatar (quite rightly) doesn’t come close to making the cut. All these movies got a rating of 90% fresh or better, mostly better. See what you think. They are listed from most well received down starting with 1).
1) E.T.
2) UP
3) Toy Story III
4) Alien (1979)
5) Aliens (1986)
6) Star Wars Episode V—Empire Strikes Back
7) Jaws
8) Wall-E
9) The Dark Knight (2008)
10) Finding Nemo
11) Airplane!
12) Star Trek (2009 reboot)
13) Ratatouille
14) Back to the Future
15) Risky Business
16) Apollo 13
17) Iron Man (2008)
18) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
19) Star Wars Episode IV
20) Terminator II—Judgment Day
21) The Truman Show
22) Big
23) The Bourne Ultimatum
24) Chicken Run
25) Unforgiven
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