Dense oriented superconducting Bi‐Sr‐Ca‐Cu‐O films having zero resistance as high as 100 K have been made using a technique in which spray deposited and pyrolyzed films are densified by either melt quenching or flux sintering. The highestTcfilms were those prepared with PbO as a dopant/flux on MgO substrates. Films without lead doping prepared on both BeO and MgO substrates yielded resistive transitions of 81–83 K. For these latter films, it was demonstrated that a subsequent anneal in argon enhanced theTcto 87 K. The films were characterized by x‐ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and four‐point probe resistance measurements. The critical current density of a film having aTcof 81 K was 4000 A/cm2at 78 K and 14 000 A/cm2at 55K.