This animated movie about a talking hot dog has a higher Rotten Tomatoes rating than 42 Best Picture winners

Beloved classic movies like The Sound of Music and The Shawshank Redemption are being blown out of the water (critically, anyway) by a film about ... a talking hot dog.

The Seth Rogen-helmed comedy, Sausage Party, is so well reviewed that if you were to judge by its Rotten Tomatoes score alone, it would be a favorite for winning an Oscar for Best Picture. At the time of publication, Sausage Party holds a 92 percent on Rotten Tomatoes with glowing praise like, "Consistently hilarious, even borderline genius, and the most fun you'll have in a cinema this year" and "There is nothing redeemable about Sausage Party, other than how hard it made me laugh." That makes it a better rated film than 42 past Best Picture winners.

So, what exactly is it about? The New York Times describes Sausage Party as "the story of a supermarket hot dog who leads other products on a quest to understand the true nature of their fate when they leave the store — they will be sliced, diced, and devoured by humans. Mr. Rogen voices Frank, the hot dog, and Kristen Wiig plays his love interest, Brenda, a bun. Much double (and sometimes single) entendre humor ensues." Well, of course.

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Here is a glance at what Sausage Party is more critically acclaimed than:

The Revenant (2015)

Birdman (2014)

Crash (2005)

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Chicago (2002)

The Departed (2006)

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Gladiator (2000)

American Beauty (1999)

Titanic (1997)

The English Patient (1996)

Braveheart (1995)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Dances With Wolves (1990)

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Rain Man (1988)

Platoon (1986)

Out of Africa (1985)

Terms of Endearment (1983)

Gandhi (1982)

Chariots on Fire (1981)

Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Oliver! (1968)

A Man For All Seasons (1966)

The Sound of Music (1965)

Tom Jones (1963)

Ben-Hur (1959)

Gigi (1958)

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Hamlet (1948)

Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Going My Way (1944)

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

You Can't Take It With You (1938)

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Cavalcade (1933)

Grand Hotel (1932)

Cimarron (1931)

The Broadway Melody (1929)

Sausage Party will be in theaters August 12.