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Metacritic API: List best-reviewed titles

Lists the highest-Metascore games, movies or TV shows on Metacritic for a release year or all time. You can filter by genre, and by platform for games.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

Type optionaltype

What kind of title to list, for example game.

movie

One of game, movie, tv. Default game.

Year optionalyear

Release year, all_time, or current_year; for example 2025.

2025

Default current_year.

Genre optionalgenre

Genre, for example Action RPG; use all for every genre.

Drama

Default all.

Platform optionalplatform

Game platform, for example Nintendo Switch; use all for every platform.

all (default)

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum number of titles to return, for example 25 (up to 100).

55

Whole number from 1 to 100. Default 25.

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "titles": [    {      "link": "https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-secret-agent-2025/",      "rank": 1,      "title": "The Secret Agent",      "platform": null,      "metascore": 91,      "user_score": 7.4,      "release_date": "2025-11-26"    },    {      "link": "https://www.metacritic.com/movie/it-was-just-an-accident/",      "rank": 2,      "title": "It Was Just an Accident",      "platform": null,      "metascore": 91,      "user_score": 7.4,      "release_date": "2025-10-15"    },    {      "link": "https://www.metacritic.com/movie/sorry-baby/",      "rank": 3,      "title": "Sorry, Baby",      "platform": null,      "metascore": 90,      "user_score": 7.3,      "release_date": "2025-06-27"    }  ]}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
metacritic.com/list_best_reviewed
Returns
rank, title, metascore, user score, release date, platform, link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method metacritic.com/list_best_reviewed with the inputs above.

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