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

[David Morris]

Thanks Jerky,

Any kind of list like this is an invitation for criticism.  I won't get
into examining the individual films, but my main criticism is that the list
is WAY TOO LONG.  We are only 18 years into the 21st century.  So at this
rate, by the end of this century, this list will be 555 films long!  If at
the end of the 21st century the list should only allow 100 films, we should
only be including 18 or 19 films at this point.

David Morris

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:09 AM 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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