best films of the 21st century

one dude put Jersey Boys #1

lol

‏@labuzamovies
.@Support how do I mute every person talking about a list and whether things are properly ranked

that said, a mere 2 votes for Munich is garbage

xxp I haven't, but I have seen La Cienaga and the Holy Girl and they were both great.

― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, August 23, 2016 5:02 PM (1 minute ago)

Cool, I will keep an eye out for any chance to watch her work. The synopses aren't necessarily striking on their own (I could imagine shitty films being made out of any of them) but the consensus seems to be she shoots and paces really interestingly.

xp 2 votes for Munich is definitely garbage.

oh youuuu

Did each person only pick 10 films? Slightly baffled by placing of stuff like Amelie and the secrets in their eyes

xp ;-)

pretty unfuckwithable top 2 imo. i just saw MD recently and it's all i've been thinking about

love "the new world" showing up, too -- the further i get from that, the more fondly i remember it. "i may have sailed past mine" still slays. that said my favorite malick is "to the wonder"

Yes only 10 it looks like and Amelie was on five ballots.

That's demented

Was it Labuza who put Jersey Boys at 1? Saw him talking how it was an auterist meta-masterpiece or something on twitter a while back.

Secrets in Their Eyes has that one single great shot, at the football stadium. Worth seeing for that shot exclusively, that shot might even be enough for it to be one of the better oscar winners. But, uhm, Argentina has given us an awful lot of superior movies than that.

if you're going to bother complaining about this, complain about boyhood at #5

no votes for "to the wonder" :(

a friend voted for Ingl****ous Bast***s; this will go unmentioned in our next conversation bcz i really try to be a nice guy most of the time.

lol it's p obvious from his tweet Labuza did not vote

if you're going to bother complaining about this, complain about boyhood at #5

Not when it kept the Before Diarrheas outta the top 70

yeah, I think I may be officially too old to complain about lists -- this one actually giving me a lot of ideas of stuff to watch. That said, I will continue to say The Wrestler is the best movie Aronofsky has made so far.

Zodiac is at number 12. I haven't seen it, but can anyone explain to me why this might have stayed in so many people's minds as something to vote for?

I've got a lot of these on DVD, still unwatched.

i love "inglorious basterds", but i'd put the kill bills above them. pretty surprised they didn't crack the top 100

above it*

Zodiac also one I haven't seen. Can anyone tell me which of these I should see first?

2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
12. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
15. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
16. Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)
23. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
26. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)

In the Mood for Love somewhat overrated, There Will Be Blood desperately so

This is actually a good way to discern which of these critics are worth keeping an eye on.

In the Mood for Love and Caché are both genuinely excellent, though I'd favour ItMfL for immediate watchability, if that's a consideration.

Zodiac is at number 12. I haven't seen it, but can anyone explain to me why this might have stayed in so many people's minds as something to vote for?

Cuz it's really good, well shot and acted.

..and it's a (murder)geek movie.

no, critics as consumer guides has been established as rong awhile ago

xp

25th Hour is skipable. I'd say the rest are well worth watching in any order.

25th Hour was Lee's best film in years.

xp I meant more as a hopeful approximation but you're probably right. At least if their tastes align with mine on 8/10 of these films then it's plausible I'll enjoy the other two.

Wouldn't disagree with that either. Still don't think it's very good.

Not when it kept the Before Diarrheas outta the top 70

― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, August 23, 2016 11:19 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

literally no idea what you're referring to

xposts Yeah, I'd go so far as to say 25th Hour is maybe my favorite Lee film.

lol @ the balloters still clinging on to femme fatale as a good movie

by rough count i've seen 96 of the 102

32. The Lives of Others prob most pukey

whats your top 10 from this list, morbs?

“They don’t make ‘em like they used to.”

they don't use the word "great" like they used to.

What's worth seeing in Adriano Aprà's picks? I don't recognize a single one.

Has anyone seen the Headless Woman? It sounds pretty interesting.

― emil.y, Tuesday, August 23, 2016

yes – watch it!

Don't hate anything I've seen here, but WALL-E as the highest ranking Pixar is pretty bizarre.

I didn't contribute obv but here's my 2010-2015 list.

x-posts: Le Quattro Volte is pretty great, and quite wellknown I think. A docuhybrid about life in a remote Italian region from four perspectives: An old man, a goat, a tree and a pile of coal. It should probably be on the main list as well. The rest I don't know, but directors like Marco Bellochio and Ermanno Olmi aren't underground geniuses or anything, they're just old and sorta forgotten. I think he just likes Italian films.

Most of the finalists aren't terrible on lists, but I give anyone who loves There Will Be Milkshakes and recent Tarantino a pass.

Two voters for Hard To Be A God, and one of them also voted for Borat ;_;

i kinda hated wall-e.

finding nemo on the other hand is all-time for me. it's up there with stray dogs which i'm happy to see on alfred's list.

there are so many movies on that list that i've avoided for years. i've never wanted to see memento. and stuff like the master. i just never wanted that big dead guy's face in my face for 4 hours. i was never a big fan of that guy. synedoche was a chore for me. i kept falling asleep. i would watch melancholia again though. even though i can't stand von trier. because dunst and end of times and i thought it was really funny.

Rasha Salti – Independent curator/film programmer (Lebanon)
1. The Time That Remains (Elia Suleiman, 2009)
2. The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)
3. The Box of Life (Ossama Mohammed, 2002)
4. Men at Work (Mani Haghighi, 2006)
5. Tey (Alain Gomis, 2012)
6. A Touch of Sin (Jia Zhangke, 2013)
7. My Heart Beats Only for Her (Mohamed Soueid, 2009)
8. Arabian Nights: Volume 1 – The Restless One (Miguel Gomes, 2015)
9. Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzmán, 2010)
10. I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You (Karim Aïnouz and Marcelo Gomes, 2009)

This looks like an amazing ballot, not least coz it has Arabian Nights aka the best thing ever on it

whats your top 10 from this list, morbs?

w/out straining too much and adding some sub-finishers, here's 12

Mulholland Dr.
Munich
The Son
Pulse
Hunger
Fantastic Mr Fox
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Far From Heaven
Film socialisme
Still Life
The New World
Certified Copy

(but i mean mad max, really? for real? it was fun and all that but..........)

i still need to finish arabian nights on netflix....

No votes for any Strickland and only one vote for a Wheatley (Kill List). Neither of which I would mind too much if there wasn't such a desperate attempt to turn Fincher and Nolan into directors of 'classics' rather than trashy nonsense.

(sorry: synecdoche)

I thought maybe I missed the latest Facebook game or something

Think Hoberman got it abt right when he wrote (in that link above), "...there’s nothing that even a recovering film critic likes better than a list."

Not even films

1. Films
2. Booze

1. Acting Superior
2. Lists
3. Films
4. Booze

Did I miss it when someone challenged you, Alfred, to put a list on your blog every day?

(And, yes, lists are the best thing ever.)

Did I miss it when someone challenged you, Alfred, to put a list on your blog every day?

― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.),

No challenge – it's fun. If lists were the only things I was writing, it would embarrass me.

Top 10 Embarrassing Lists Alfred Made in May

xp *Drag Race shade rattle*

ppl love and engage with lists unfortunately

more lists! anger over Million Dollar Baby!

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4683-the-daily-more-top-twenty-fives

Ugh

you're objecting, Senor Listicle?

I'm objecting to the idea that "Steven Spielberg is a great director" is a thesis statement worth debating.

another one to be outraged by

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century

Dark Knight kicking things off, promising start right there.

I am pleased to see Être et avoir, which would make my shortlist and which much of the world seems to have forgotten.

........Fucking Ted?

Really?

i think i might've seen Être et avoir? but i will again if so. thx OL

i missed Fucking Ted, was it a sequel?

Breaking Bad spinoff, iirc

I can't believe people still rep for these:

94 Gladiator
80 Requiem for a Dream
77 Lost in Translation
37 Dogville
21 The White Ribbon
7 Synecdoche, NY
6 Hidden (Cache)

I need another look at Synecdoche, a made-to-order film maudit

also liked Requiem back then

thought the list was overall pretty good, although maybe not the order. I love at least four of those films you mention, abanana

Shit list.

At least there would be more anime in the ilx poll

Watched Miguel Gomes' Tabu (2012) tonight, it is interesting. Not very many of the scenes you encounter feel like what you would expect the next scene in the film to be