The New York Times 25 Best Movies of the Century

yeah DiD is a riot

Ghost World
Wet Hot American Summer
Shallow Hal
the Jackass trilogy
A Serious Man
Fantastic Mr. Fox
I Love You, Phillip Morris
Inherent Vice

Not saying they deserved to be on the list, just saying they're great American comedies.

for a romanian movie about the health care system i'd have gone with 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days.

hmmm, "great" has to be at least in Preston Sturges' ballpark for me

xp

xp Lazarescu has more laughs tbh.

Yeah, yeah, comedy is dying out with the silent generation, et al.

i like I Love You, Phillip Morris and Inherent Vice plenty, but can't put "great" in front of them.

I couldn't bring myself to watch a Jack Black-Gwyneth Paltrow vehicle. I'm sure it makes Lubitsch look like a piker.

MacGruber

Yes.

No

cinema, boys, not SNL movies

You're gonna have to break that one down for me, doc.

cinema, boys >>> SNL movies

Glenn Kenny had a go

For sport, here's my whack at a 25 films of the 21st: pic.twitter.com/IYjmI9rD6v

— Glenn Kenny (@Glenn__Kenny) June 11, 2017

btw don't miss that new Bill Morrison doc -- helluva story

what a card

predictably i think these lists suffer from a lack of verhoeven, mostly black book

tom

lol brad I almost mentioned that but I felt it would be too aggressively on-brand

"Too on-brand" would've been Soto sayaing "list suffers from lack of Bryan Ferry hair"

I agree with more of those than the Times list, but I'd swap in Haywire for Che.

Haywire for Che was amazing, it's true.

The dumbest movies suggested for this list itt:

Zootopia
Marvel movies
The Hangover
The Wrestler
Zoolander

― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Monday, June 12, 2017 10:54 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'll add Frances Ha and Damsels in Distress.

― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, June 12, 2017 11:13 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah DiD is a riot

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, June 12, 2017 11:13 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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lol holy shit sorry simon & eric i got my H's mixed up

Its not a bad list as these things go and enjoying the clueless comments from fucking anime fans.

These are all great.

4. A Touch of Sin
5. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
6. Yi Yi
9. Summer Hours
12. Timbuktu
17. Three Times
18. The Gleaners and I
22. I'm Not There

Went for Yi Yi. This century has peaked early.

fucking anime fans

Is that what Glenn K is going on about in that tweet? A mindset in which Spirited Away isn't thought of as at or near the top of its particular form is too insular for me.

spirited away owns, though it's not the best miyazaki. still voted Mad Max.

Anime has a terrible history. I wouldn't big up if I was you.

How anime was invented pic.twitter.com/P1igdswiCz

— Pixelated Boat (@pixelatedboat) April 11, 2017

lol

Kung fu hustle and inherent vice def worthy picks

Worthy contenders yet unmentioned itt:

Syndromes and a Century
Stray Dogs
Still Walking

some past discussions

Decadetrius of the Oughties: the thread for critical lists/musings of the best films of the 2000s
The (Now-Overrated) ILX Top 100 Films of the 2000s Poll Results
ILX TOP 100 FILMS OF THE 2000s BALLOTS
Worst Film of the top 50 of the "ILX Top 100 Films of the 2000s Poll" Poll
thedissolve.com top 50 films of 2010-14

Alien from L.A. was robbed

I've gotten halfway thru a 25 list and the bottom half is giving me fits.

01. Inland Empire (David Lynch, 2006)
02. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
03. Dogville (Lars Von Trier, 2003)
04. War of the Worlds/Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
05. Light is Calling (Bill Morrison, 2004)
06. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
07. Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001)
08. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
09. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
10. Inside (Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, 2007)
11. Everything Will Be OK (Don Hertzfeldt, 2006)
12. Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)
13. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, 2002)
14. Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie, 2013)
15. Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006)
16. Tetro (Francis Ford Coppola, 2009)
17. A Serious Man (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2009)
18. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
19. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002)
20. Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
21. The Heart of the World (Guy Maddin, 2000)
22. Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004)
23. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
24. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003)
25. Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, 2003)

10. Inside (Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, 2007)
13. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, 2002)
15. Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006)
22. Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004)
24. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003)

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Alfred?

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11. Everything Will Be OK (Don Hertzfeldt, 2006)

yes to this

War of the Worlds is an insane choice. I'll grant that the first half is among the best work that Spielberg has ever done (challops!) but the second half pretty much completely undoes that.

Either way, I really should finally watch War of the Worlds, huh?

how did Mulholland Dr not work on you, E?

oh my god, yes. War of the Worlds is amazing. it's Spielberg's best movie. the first hour is just incredible, i saw it twice when it came out and i started crying when Dakota Fanning was freaking out and screaming "is it the terrorists???" 9/11 was less than 4 years prior - captured that apocalyptic feeling without addressing the event itself (i can't watch any 9/11 fiction, it makes me too sad and angry. i'm avoiding reading about that awful 9/11 musical that won a bunch of Tony's the other day).

xp oh it's one-per-director

What Eastwood is to AO Scott, evidently Spielberg is to me

I'll admit, I now really want to go home and watch WotW and shut it off the moment before Tim Robbins appears onscreen. Such a magnificent short film.

What Eastwood is to AO Scott, evidently Spielberg is to me

wow "nobody cares" has a surprisingly large reach

War of the Worlds is an insane choice

a strange declaration when he picked Dogville and Irreversible

nothing wrong w/ Tim Robbins scene

Alfred?

https://media.giphy.com/media/s6sjzNBWsFs6A/giphy.gif

TBF, I almost immediately backpedaled on the declaration of insanity.

The Heart of the World (Guy Maddin, 2000)

if mixing shorts and features, i'd pick this and Saddest Music in the World

Yeah, I will never not include shorts. My favorite movie ever is a short. They're eligible by my estimation.