The 21st Century's Greatest Films

[Okem]

Somebody at the Big British Castle has compiled* a list of the one hundred best film of the last 16 years.

*surveyed 177 movie critics from all across the globe.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films

100. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
100. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
100. Carlos (Olivier Assayas, 2010)
99. The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, 2000)
98. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
97. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)
96. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
95. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
94. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
93. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
92. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
91. The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan José Campanella, 2009)
90. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
89. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
88. Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
87. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
86. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
85. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009)
84. Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)
83. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
82. A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
81. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
80. The Return (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003)
79. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
78. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
77. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
76. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
75. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)
74. Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)
73. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
72. Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013)
71. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)
70. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)
69. Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)
68. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
67. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
66. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring (Kim Ki-duk, 2003)
65. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)
64. The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)
63. The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)
62. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
61. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
60. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
59. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
58. Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembène, 2004)
57. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)
56. Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, director; Ágnes Hranitzky, co-director, 2000)
55. Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski, 2013)
54. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)
53. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
52. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
51. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
50. The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2015)
49. Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)
48. Brooklyn (John Crowley, 2015)
47. Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014)
46. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
45. Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013)
44. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
43. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011)
42. Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012)
41. Inside Out (Pete Docter, 2015)
40. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
39. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)
38. City of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)
37. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
36. Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014)
35. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
34. Son of Saul (László Nemes, 2015)
33. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
32. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
31. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)
30. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
29. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
28. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002)
27. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
26. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
25. ​Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
24. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
23. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
22. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
21. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
20. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
19. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
18. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
17. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)
16. Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)
15. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
14. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012)
13. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
12. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
11. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)
10. No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)
9. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
8. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang, 2000)
7. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
5. Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
4. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
1. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)

Obviously lists like this are going to be fairly subjective and maybe deliberately contentious. I would've like to have seen a few more documentaries make this list and I still don't get the hype around Mad Max, not saying it was bad, just not THAT great. Inside Llewyn Davis was another one that passed me by but seems to be widely loved.

 

[Duderonomy]

Spotlight should be higher up the list. Two big omissions for me are Nightcrawler and The Big Short.

I also loved Guardians Of Teh Galaxy.

 

[para11ax]

Birdman should be in there instead of The Social Network.

 

[Duderonomy]

Noticed that they've ignored superhero films, but Watchmen would also be in my list... don't think you'd need to be into "superhero" movies to enjoy it either.

 

[ManItsAHighCastle]

Having known two of the kids involved in the events depicted in the movie, I can't properly judge Spotlight as just a movie.

But what, no Aristocrats? No Bad Santa? This list sucks.

 

[bassie2]

They have the wrong Denis film in there.
Not a single Dardenne brothers film.
A Prophet and Under the Skin should be much much higher.
It should be Hunger instead of Shame for McQueen.
Spring Breakers is a ridiculous pick - you may as well have given it to him for the Needed Me video instead.
A Separation is a very nice surprise.

 

[Duderonomy]

ManItsAHighCastle said:

No Bad Santa? This list sucks.



YES. If only for this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aQFAz8t8yc

 

[Duderonomy]

Okem said:



40. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHC13MYcrR4

 

[ManItsAHighCastle]

Duderonomy said:



ManItsAHighCastle said:

No Bad Santa? This list sucks.



YES. If only for this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aQFAz8t8yc





I have my sequel shoes on.

 

[Okem]

Some Asian cinema that got overlooked;
Battle Royale (2000, Kinji Fukasaku)
Love Exposure (2009, Sion Sono),
Dog Bite Dog (2007, Soi Cheang)
Election 1&2 (2005/6 Johnnie To)
The Raid 1&2 (Gareth Evans 2011/14)
The Chaser, The Yellow Sea or even The Wailing (Hong-jin Na),
A Touch of Sin (Zhangke Jia 2013),
Memories of Murder (Bong Joon Ho, 2003)

A few anime beyond the predictable Ghibli nod.
Paprika (2006, Satoshi Kon),
Mind Game (2004, Masaaki Yuasa),
Genius Party Beyond (2008, Various),
Tekkonkinkreet (2006 Michael Arias)

 

[ppadilha]

Okem said:



I would've like to have seen a few more documentaries make this list





No Grizzly Man or other Herzog docs? Leviathan or Sweetgrass could be on there too, as well as SOME KIND OF MONSTER

 

[Electrode]

Diary Of A Teenage Girl was pretty good

 

[Okem]

It was an amalgamation of 170 odd critics top 10s, so it's not all that surprising it's not a particularly deep list. It's kinda hard to pick a top ten from across nearly two decades and have it represent a wide enough cross section.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films-who-voted

 

[para11ax]

ppadilha said:



Okem said:



I would've like to have seen a few more documentaries make this list





No Grizzly Man or other Herzog docs? Leviathan or Sweetgrass could be on there too, as well as SOME KIND OF MONSTER




Leviathan is #47 on that list

 

[ketan]

bassie2 said:
Not a single Dardenne brothers film.

Yeah, even understanding the methodology, that was kinda shocking/unfortunate. I think Le Fils at least.

Other of my favs/possible top 10s would be: Atanarjuat, Damsels in Distress, In The Loop, FUBAR (1 & 2 as a telenovela of sorts), Monsoon Wedding, and *cough* Bring It On.

Light on horror. Those film critics are all a bunch of pansies!

 

[foe]

In the Mood for Love would be my top. stopped watching movies for a few years now, there are a few titles on this list that are enticing.

 

[ppadilha]

para11ax said:



ppadilha said:



Okem said:



I would've like to have seen a few more documentaries make this list





No Grizzly Man or other Herzog docs? Leviathan or Sweetgrass could be on there too, as well as SOME KIND OF MONSTER




Leviathan is #47 on that list



yeah, that's the Russian film of the same name. I was referring to the documentary by Lucien Castaing-Taylor about a fishing boat in New England:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vntC7OPDHs8

 

[Junior]

I love the top 4 so no real arguments on those ones, not necessarily the best films of the 2000s but all great.

I feel something like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a film that has been massively bumped by just being in a lot of lists somewhere - otherwise I really can't get with its high position.

A Prophet should be way higher.
What the hell is AI doing in there?
The lack of horror movies is shocking considering the great wave of fantastic horror movies we had, particularity around the early noughties. Also oh shit at not including Memories of Murder - a true masterpiece.

 

[Duderonomy]

Lord Of The Rings would be in my list, particularly episode 2.

 

[Jimster]

foe said:

... stopped watching movies for a few years now, there are a few titles on this list that are enticing.



Ditto. Too many kids and too little time. "A Prophet" was the best thing I've seen in a long time. But hella other titles to see.