Top 10 Films of the 21st Century (so far)

In My Opinion:

10. Almost Famous (2000)
9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
8. Requiem For a Dream (2000)
7. City of God (2002)
6. Children of Men (2006)
5. Boyhood (2014)
4. The Master (2012)
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
1. Mulholland Drive (2001)

Post your top 10 below!

1. Incendies
2. Oldboy
3. Animal Kingdom
4. The Road
5. The Secret in their eyes
6. No Country for Old Men
7. The Neon Demon
8. Blue Valentine
9. Timecrimes
10. The Broken Circle Breakdown

I've probably missed loads there. 'Elephant' deserves to be there, as does 'Boyhood'.

My Top 10 Favorite Films POST-2000:



1) The Master (2012)
2) In the Mood For Love (2000)
3) Spirited Away (2001)
4) Inglourious Basterds (2009)
5) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
6) The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
7) Millennium Actress (2001)
8) Gosford Park (2001)
9) Memories of Murder (2003)
10) Femme Fatale (2002)


Ten films that could make this Top 10 on any other day:



The Hateful Eight (2015)
Inherent Vice (2014)
Birdman (2014)
The Grandmaster (2013)
Django Unchained (2012)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
2046 (2004)
Oldoy (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)


Other Honorable Mentions:



Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Youth (2015)
Anomalisa (2015)
Best of Enemies (2015)
Gone Girl (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
American Hustle (2013)
Gravity (2013)
The Great Beauty (2013)
Before Midnight (2013)
Escape from Tomorrow (2013)
Spring Breakers (2012)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
The Skin I Live In (2011)
Melancholia (2011)
The Artist (2011)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
The Social Network (2010)
Submarine (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Black Swan (2010)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Two Lovers (2008)
Idiots and Angels (2008)
Mister Lonely (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Departed (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Sin City (2005)
The Aviator (2004)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Solaris (2002)
Hero (2002)
About Schmidt (2002)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Sexy Beast (2000)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)

I probably forgot a few films and I obviously have loads of films yet to watch which will undoubtedly change my list dramatically, but this gives a pretty good overview of which (kind of) modern films I liked.

Four directors have 2+ films in my top 20:

Quentin Tarantino (4)
Paul Thomas Anderson (3)
Wong Kar-Wai (3)
The Coen Brothers (2)

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The Top Ten i had in my thread:

01.There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderon, 2007)
02.The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
03.A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
04.Pans Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)
05.Sweet Sixteen (Ken Loach, 2002)
06.Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Alexy Gibney, 2005)
07.Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
08.Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013)
09.Team America: World Police (Trey Parker, 2004)
10.Animal Kingdom (David Michod, 2010)

A random other 20 i love:

Closer
Submarine
Talk To Her
A Prophet
Her
Dead Man's Shoes
Waltz With Bashir
WALL-E
Anomalisa
Moonrise Kingdom
Inside Llewyn Davis
Four Lions
Mulholland Drive
Lost In Translation
Borat
The Past
the social network
Shame
Tyrannosaur
Night Moves

1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
2. Gone Girl (2014)
3. Breathe (2014)
4. Green Room (2015)
5. Spring Breakers (2012)
6. Under The Skin (2013)
7. The Town (2010)
8. Prisoners (2013)
9. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
10. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

1.) Children of Men
2.) There Will Be Blood
3.) Gomorrah
4.) Citizenfour
5.) No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
6.) Che
7.) Le Fils
8.) Songs from the Second Floor
9.) Syndromes and a Century
10.) High Fidelity

Runners up: No End in Sight, In the Mood for Love, Let the Fire Burn, Domestic Violence, The White Ribbon, Take Shelter, George Washington, The Tree of Life, Yiyi, Manakamana, Star Spangled to Death, Revolutionary Road, Devils on the Doorstep, Lost in Translation, Her

cant believe so many have oldboy on their list!

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I've been thinking about this for a while. I'm sure if I redid this list later in the day, it would be very different...

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. Children of Men
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
4. The Fountain
5. 25th Hour
6. Synecdoche, New York
7. Never Let Me Go
8. The Social Network
9. No Country for Old Men
10. A Separation

Notes:

Jesse James is, today, my favorite movie ever.

Children of Men continues to grow in relevance. One of, if not the best, depiction of dystopia ever put onscreen, the result of the filmmaker's astute design and hindsight. The film has become a mirror.

The Fountain is a beautiful piece of cinema precisely because it's a compromise. Aronofsky's most impressive and touching output.

25th Hour is one of the great critiques of post-9/11 America.

Synecdoche - depression distilled in cinematic form. Up there with Ikiru in terms of perfect endings. If you don't cry, you don't have a soul.

The Social Network could very well be the defining film of the millennial generation.

Now, some leftovers off the top of my head...

Zodiac
Oldboy
Melancholia
Kill Bill (both)
The Master
Inglourious Basterds
Mad Max: Fury Road
This is Not a Film
Zero Dark Thirty
Pariah
Irreversible
12 Years a Slave
Memories of a Murder
The Witch
Upstream Color
The Assassin
Inception
Wall•E
Up
I'm Not There
Brokeback Mountain
Memento
Her
Holy Motors
The Tree of Life
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The Hateful Eight
Django Unchained
The Immigrant
In Bruges
Carlos
Two Days, One Night
The Assassin
In the Mood for Love
Y Tú Mama También
Lincoln
Carol
The Prestige
There Will Be Blood
The Wolf of Wall Street
Spirited Away
When Marnie Was There
Phoenix
A Serious Man
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Che (both)
True Grit
The Dark Knight
Tangerine

Edit: oh my god, how did I forget Boyhood???

1) The Conjuring 2
Exceptionally good allegory, as well as just great horror sequel. Anti-nationalism and promotion of left-wing politics co-exist extremely well with TC2's story of demonic terror.


2) Inception
Great momentum, and character interactions. One of the very best film structures ever created.


3) The Force Awakens
Despite being a Star Wars film, TFA is meaningful in ways that truly elevate the brand.


4) Spectre
Honours the Bond formula, but more impressively combines the formula with coolness and humane writing. M and Max Denbigh's clash rivals Bond and Oberhauser's.


5) The Fellowship of the Ring
Different to the sequels, which lacked the groundedness and balance of Fellowship. Visually great yet not over the top.


6) Lemony Snicket
Jim Carrey was an appropriate choice to play Olaf - as was Billy Connolly to be in the film. Unfortunate Events beats many other films that are directly about emotional storytelling.


7) Total Recall
The best remake ever made. End of story.


8) Halloween (2007)
Not the best remake, but only just after Total Recall; gives intellectual depth to the Myers mythos while at the same time not destroying the original status of Michael Myers.
(like Conjuring 2, is an effective attack on right-wing politics)


9) Wreck It-Ralph
Perhaps the best Disney animated movie of all time.


10) Breaking Dawn Part 1

New York Times ran a countdown.

And here's' Antoine Fuqua, Sofia Coppola, Paul Feig, Denis Villeneuve, Brett Ratner and Alex Gibney counting down and commenting on some of their favorites.

I like that list alot. Disagree with alot of it but it has a good mix of mainstream and non and it's not the typical choices. Too many lists have Mulholland Drive and In The Mood For Love at the top (i adore both for the record) and Tree of Life as the best of this decade, good to see something different.

Here's the top 25 in the 2017 TSPDT best of the 21st Century for comparison:

The most surprising thing for me in that one is Brokeback Mountain in the top ten. I've still not seen it yet but i wasn't aware it was that acclaimed.

10.) Brick (2005)
9.) A History of Violence (2005)
8.) Animal Kingdom (2010)
7.) Memento (2000)
6.) Collateral (2004)
5.) No Country for Old Men (2007)
5.) Gangs of New York (2002)
4.) Munich (2005)
3.) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
2.) Zodiac (2007)
1.) The Departed (2006)

The Dark Knight
The Revenant
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Departed
Whiplash
Your Name
Memento
City of God
Spirited Away
Intouchables

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Update:

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. Children of Men
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Zodiac
5. Mad Max: Fury Road
7. Inside Llewyn Davis
8. The Master
9. Never Let Me Go
10. The Tree of Life

My top 20 would be something like this i think:

01.There Will Be Blood
02.The Master
03.A Separation
04.Pans Labyrinth
05.Sweet Sixteen
06.Before Midnight
07.Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
08.Fantastic Mr. Fox
09.Team America: World Police
10.Animal Kingdom
11.Inside Llewyn Davis
12.Mulholland Drive
13.Submarine
14.Talk To Her
15.Wall-E
16.Anomalisa
17.Moonrise Kingdom
18.In The Mood For Love
19.Waltz With Bashir
20.the social network

Also top 15 Horror since i've watched a fair amount of them now i think:

01.Let The Right One In
02.The Descent
03.Trick 'R Treat
04.The House of the Devil
05.It Follows
06.The Witch
07.The Loved Ones
08.The Babadook
09.Ginger Snaps
10.Detention
11.Tucker and Dale vs Evil
12.The Devils Rejects
13.Maniac
14.Spring
15.The Eyes of My Mother

1. The Master (2012)
2. Zodiac (2007)
3. Her (2013)
4, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
5. Drive (2011)
6. Mulholland Drive (2001)
7. No Country for Old Men (2007)
8. The Social Network (2010)
9. Whiplash (2014)
10. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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Man i love "T"

Don't know how that got in there