The Top 100 Films of the 21st Century (guess where Inherent Vice comes in!)

[Johnny Marr]

I’ve seen all but four:

City of God
Moolade
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter .... and Spring
Ratatouille

I do like Mulholland Dr a lot. The top ten’s strong (if slightly
predictable). Wouldn’t have minded seeing Werckmeister Harmonies placed
slightly higher.


On Wednesday, October 31, 2018, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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)
>
> The hows and whys of the above list:
> www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160802-100-greatest-films-of-the-21st-century-
> infographic
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