Modern Masterpieces?

I plan on watching this as soon as I can get my hands on it I heard only good things about it.

The Master (2012)



Perhaps the only film from what I've seen from the last 5 years that I would call a masterpiece.

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Cobpyth's Movie Log ~ 2019

Dude I know what your saying, but the lego movie has social commentary and tells children they are special at the same time. It's genius because theres something for the adults and the kids to pick up on. A deeper satire and a nice message, it's just hidden in witty hilarious dialog, great fast paced action and funny characters. And I don't think you need to be dark to be profound, you can explore things that aren't too dark for kids or if you do you can be subtle about them. How to train your dragon deals with amputees, Up deals with death, Happy feet has anti-religious symbolism! In the incredibles Elastigirl sits with her children and tells them that this isn't a Saturday Morning Cartoon, these bad guys will try and kill you first chance they get.

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You don't have to be the bad guy. You are the most talented, most interesting, and most extraordinary person in the universe. And you are capable of amazing things. Because you are the Special. And so am I. And so is everyone. -Emmet, The Lego Movie.

Yeah, Matthew Vaughn is becoming one of my favorite directors. I still have to see Layer Cake though.

From this decade so far:

The Master
Her
A Separation

The Wolf of Wall Street
The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Fear and Loathing in MoFo... The Gunslinger 45's Top 50 Favorite Films

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The Dark Knight
Inception
The Artist
No Country For Old Men
The King's Speech
The Social Network

Just off the top of my head.

Lu Chuan's: The Last Supper.

This has become my go-to film on the board anytime this sort of topic comes up: Synecdoche, New York. If it doesn't qualify as a masterpiece, then there is no such thing as a masterpiece.

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Based on your initial pick of Drive (haven't seen Nightcrawler) I'd recommend Bronson (2008)

From the past five years I really liked Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Cloud Atlas and Only Lovers Left Alive, although the latter might not be to everyone's taste. Wadjda is a genuine masterpiece and Birdman is really good. They'd probably be my top 5 for this decade so far.

Further back if you liked Drive you might like Oldboy. Head-On, Lost in Translation, Downfall and Brokeback Mountain are others I'd consider modern masterpieces from the 2000-2009 era.

If you wanted to stretch back to the late 90s, I'd include films like Festen and Fight Club.

Other contenders: Let the Right One In, Spirited Away, 28 Days Later, City of God, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, The Pianist, Dancer in the Dark, In the Mood For Love, Dogville, Black Hawk Down, Werckmeister Harmonies, Lilting

Great picks! I'm surprised you chose Wadjda as one of your masterpieces, it's not that I didn't like it, it's just that I didn't think that it was as popular around the world as it is in Saudi Arabia (Where I'm from), I also think you should definitely check out Nightcrawler.

We seem to have a similar taste as I have seen 95% of the movies you recommended and would consider some of them masterpieces as well, so I'm pretty sure you'd enjoy Nightcrawler.

The reason why I hadn't included all of my picks was I was I was more interested in what the rest of you guys had to say. Thanks for the recommendations.

Take Shelter

Masterpieces made since 2010 in animation include the following:

The Wind Rises
PMMM
The Tale Princess Kaguyahime
Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Shirobako

Hyouge Mono is also great though I found it rather difficult to watch.

In live action film I haven't watched anything that could be a masterpiece made after 2010, though The Master, Gravity, A Separation and Interestelar were pretty good, Uncle Boonmee is pretty dry and clumsy IMO and The Tree of Life is disgustingly pretentious and overreaching.

Hmm

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It's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives directed by Apichatpon Weerasethakul

Thanks for the grammatical correction. It was interesting movie but I didn't resonate very strongly to me.

Anyway posts comments or PM me for grammatical correction instead of wasting posts on it.

Oh yeah, Drive, now that's a ameircan live action that I found particularly compelling. Indeed my favorite live action film from the past 5 years.

Oh yeah, how could I forget, Ping Pong: The Animation. Easily an absolute masterpiece of art, made less than 1 year ago.

A Separation (2011) - Asghar Farhadi
Still Walking (2008) - Hirokazu Koreeda
Before Midnight (2013) - Richard Linklater
The Turin Horse (2011) - Bela Tarr
Poetry (2010) - Lee Chang Dong
Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) - Abdel Kechiche
Amour (2012) - Michael Haneke
Nebraska (2013) - Alexander Payne

Just some of the great movies from the last 10 years.