Annualy Rotten Tomatoes creates a ranking of the best received movies of the year. There are too many categories to cover, so I only post the Top 20 for Wide Releases. For all others check http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/

1. 87.77 The Incredibles 96%
2. 85.83 Spider-Man 2 93%
3. 85.14 Hero 94%
4. 84.72 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 92%
5. 82.68 Shrek 2 90%
6. 81.78 The Aviator 90%
7. 81.55 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 88%
8. 81.38 Shaun of the Dead 90%
9. 79.95 Garden State 88%
10. 79.21 Kill Bill Vol. 2 85%
11. 79.07 Fahrenheit 9/11 85%
12. 78.98 Collateral 85%
13. 78.96 Mean Girls 87%
14. 76.43 Finding Neverland 83%
15. 75.75 Ray 82%
16. 74.78 The Bourne Supremacy 81%
17. 74.43 Miracle 81%
18. 74.37 The Manchurian Candidate 80%
19. 74.19 Friday Night Lights 81%
20. 72.80 Hellboy 78%

number 8 and 20 are either funny or sad depending on how you look at it!