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

[Allan Balliett]

Laura

How are you able to access this wonderfully wide array of films?

-ALLAN in Netflix land

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:59 PM Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, I'll play, though I haven't seen a number of the films on the list.
>
> My favorite films of the 21st century so far (subject to amendment):
>
> Top 10:
> I’m Not There (2007, Todd Haynes, USA)
> The White Ribbon (2009, Michael Haneke, Germany)
> The Prestige (2006, Christopher Nolan, USA)
> Ghost World (2001, Terry Zwigoff, USA)
> The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015, Marielle Heller, USA)
> Ex Machina (2015, Alex Garland, UK)
> The Square (2017, Ruben Ostlünd, Sweden)
> The Tree of Life (2011, Terrence Malick, USA)
> (Untitled) (2009, Jonathan Parker, USA) - a little gem that almost no one
> has seen, but is worth tracking down.
> The Congress (2013, Ari Folman, Israel)
>
> And honorable mention:
> The Edukators (2004, Hans Weingartner, Germany)
> Even the Rain (2011, Icíar Bollaín, Spain)
> The Lives of Others (2006, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
> Lumumba (2000, Raoul Peck, France)
> Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007, Sergei Bodrov, Russia)
> Mysterious Skin (2004, Gregg Araki, USA)
> Neruda (2016, Pablo Larraín, Chile)
> Notes On a Scandal (2006, Richard Eyre, UK)
> The Return (2003, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia)
> Secret Ballot (Raye Makhfi) (2001, Babak Payami, Iran)
> The Way Home (Jibeuro) (2002, Jeong-hyang Lee, South Korea)
> We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011, Lynne Ramsay, UK)
> White God (2014, Kornél Mundruczó, Hungary)
> Zama (2017, Lucrecia Martel, Argentina)
>
> Apologies to anyone subscribing to the weekly digest - those accents are
> going to be a syntax nightmare!
>
> Laura
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:30 PM Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Anyone else a Synecdoche, NY fan? I’d put that, The Master, & Inherent
> Vice
> > as my top 3.
> > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:06 PM Allan Balliett <
> allan.balliett at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Probably common knowledge but Inherent Vice is on HBO currently.
> > >
> > > Dunno how many times I've seen it but it just gets better
> > >
> > > And, yes, I appear to learn so much more every time.
> > >
> > > (But, no, don't ask me to explain it!)
> > >
> > > -Allan in TV Land
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 11:50 AM Thomas Eckhardt <
> > > thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have seen about half of them but can recommend "Ratatouille" and
> > > > particularly "City of God" although it feels strange to mention these
> > > > two movies in the same sentence.
> > > >
> > > > "Mulholland Drive", yes. Good to see "Spirited Away" in the top ten.
> > > > "Inside Llewyn Davis" at number 11, seriously? I actively dislike
> > > > "Amélie" and movies by Lars von Trier (I have to say, however, that I
> > > > stopped watching his movies after "Dancer in the Dark"). Wes Anderson
> > > > doesn't do anything for me.
> > > >
> > > > Am 31.10.2018 um 16:18 schrieb 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.
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