The 24 best movies of the summer, according to critics

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This year's summer box office boasted a number of inventive, critically acclaimed films.

To find out which movies critics gravitated toward the most, we turned to review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to compile this list of the best movies of summer 2017.

From box office hits like "Dunkirk" and "Baby Driver," to the indie thriller "Good Time," these summer releases won over the majority of critics on their way to achieving varying levels of "freshness."

Here are the 24 best movies of the summer, according to critics:

Note: The list only includes films that were released in 600 or more theaters and/or had 80 or more critic reviews. It tracks from May 1 through the last week of August.

24. "The Hero"

Critic score: 77%

Audience score: 67%

Summary: "An ailing movie star comes to terms with his past and mortality."

What critics said: "You will almost assuredly leave The Hero knowing that [Sam Elliott] is a bona fide national treasure." — Rolling Stone

23. "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power"

Critic score: 78%

Audience score: 48%

Summary: "A decade after 'An Inconvenient Truth' (2006) brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution."

What critics said: "In a summer movie landscape with Spider-Man, a simian army waging further battle for the planet and Charlize Theron as a sexy Cold War-era superspy, it says something that one of the most compelling characters is Al Gore." — The New York Times

22. "Brigsby Bear"

Critic score: 79%

Audience score: 91%

Summary: "Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children's TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James's life changes forever, and he sets out to finish the story himself."

What critics said: "Scrappy and modest though [the] movie may be, it all coheres beautifully, and with a sweetness that never feels faked." — Los Angeles Times

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