The New York Times 25 Best Movies of the Century

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?

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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.

that Zod gif is really the gif that keeps on uh gifing

well i consider La Jetee 'medium length' -- it's several times longer than THotW.

The New York Times 25th Hour is the Best Movies of the Century

i made my own perverse list but didn't hit 25

Perverse?!

Includes Fist Festival 27.

lol i guess i just meant "perverse" as a disclaimer for it being very me

1. southland tales
2. speed racer
3. magic mike xxl
4. bring it on
5. zodiac
6. black book
7. josie and the pussycats
8. universal soldier: day of reckoning
9. in the mood for love
10. the invitation
11. jennifer's body
12. the guest
13. detention
14. fast five
15. john wick
16. cemetery of splendor
17. one of the satoshi kon movies idk
19. mad max: fury road
20. for a good time, call...
21. final destination 5

ran out of movies here

i think you ran out at #1!

true most of those don't qualify as movies

i paid full price to see Southland Tales at the Loews on 19th St and i'm still pissed off about it.

:D

i am shocked that the numbing Her was not named by Eric

what would he have named it?

Her, Alfred. Named her!

That's a good name!

1. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
2. Mulholland Drive (2001)
3. I'm Still Here (2010)
4. Kill Bill (2003/2004)
5. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
6. Zoolander (2001)
7. Carol (2015)
8. Midnight in Paris (2011)
9. Certain Women (2016)
10. Broken Flowers (2005)
11. Personal Shopper (2016)
12. Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
13. Silence (2016)
14. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
14. Elephant (2003)
15. I'm Not There (2007)
16. Children of Men (2006)
17. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
18. There Will Be Blood (2007)
19. Tangerine (2015)
20. Dude, Where's My Car? (2000)
21. Get Out (2017)
22. The Clearing (2004)
23. Get Him to the Greek (2010)
24. War of the Worlds (2005)
25. Sausage Party (2016)

most baffled by the clearing, flappy

a lot of non-English films too

Now that I've made one, might as well share it:

1. Inland Empire (Lynch, 2006)
2. The Turin Horse (Tarr, 2011)
3. Syndromes and a Century (Weerasethakul, 2006)
4. A Serious Man (Coens, 2009)
5. Synecdoche, New York (Kaufman, 2008)
6. 35 Rhums (Denis, 2008)
7. Love Exposure (Sono, 2008)
8. Stray Dogs (Tsai, 2013)
9. A Touch of Sin (Jia, 2013)
10. You, the Living (Andersson, 2007)
11. Russian Ark (Sokorov, 2002)
12. The Life Aquatic (Anderson, 2004)
13. 2046 (Wong, 2004)
14. Post Tenebras Lux (Reygadas, 2012)
15. Trance (Villaverde, 2006)
16. The Tulse Luper Suitcases (Greenaway, 2003-4)
17. Children of Men (Cuaron, 2006)
18. Speed Racer (Wachowskis, 2008)
19. Holy Motors (Carax, 2012)
20. Two-Legged Horse (Makhmalbaf, 2008)
21. Enter the Void (Noé, 2009)
22. The Gleaners & I (Varda, 2000)
23. Laurence Anyways (Dolan, 2012)
24. The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011)
25. American Honey (Arnold, 2016)

good list

I'll finish my chiseled list tomorrow. Here's a list I made for movies between 2010 and 2016.

most baffled by the clearing, flappy

― johnny crunch, Tuesday, June 13, 2017 8:10 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I haven't seen it since it came out and that final scene where William H. Macy gets found out at the grocery store with a counterfeit $100 bill has stayed in my mind ever since. I remember it had a really unusual and unsettling atmosphere and something about that final scene has haunted me. So I just looked up the movie and apparently I conflated William H. Macy's character in Fargo with Willem Dafoe, who's actually in The Clearing. whoops.

I did my list sorta off the top of my head, although top 10 is solid. I'm sure I'll remember something I forgot tomorrow.

BradNelson's list is basically perfect.