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NYT Best 25 films of the 21st Century so far
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:42 am
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:42 am
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1. There Will Be Blood
2. Spirited Away
3. Million Dollar Baby
4. A Touch of Sin
5. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
6. Yi Yi
7. Inside Out
8. Boyhood
9. Summer Hours
10. The Hurt Locker
11. Inside Llewyn Davis
12. Timbuktu
13. In Jackson Heights
14. L’Enfant
15. White Material
16. Munich
17. Three Times
18. The Gleaners and I
19. Mad Max: Fury Road
20. Moonlight
21. Wendy and Lucy
22. I’m Not There
23. Silent Light
24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
25. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Obviously some good picks and some garbage picks in this list. Of the list I've seen:
There Will Be Blood
Inside Out
Boyhood
The Hurt Locker
Munich
The Gleaners and I
Mad Max
Eternal Sunshine
The 40 year old virgin
Inside Out over Up, Ratatouille, Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, and Monsters inc?
Boyhood was a decent film, not top 25 IMO.
City of God didn't make the cut? WTF.
Zero Dark Thirty was better than Hurt Locker IMO.
The Gleaners and I makes the list because it's Agnes Varda's biggest film from the 21st century. Great documentary, but nothing incredible IMO. Cleo from 5 to 7 is one of my top 5 films of all time, but it was released in 1962.
Sadly, I have not seen Inside Llewyn Davis, but can it really be better than Oh, Brother Where Art Thou or No Country?
40 Year Old Virgin? Really? No Will Ferrel movies?
No Scorsese? No Tarantino? Nolan? Wes Anderson?
Others that should/could have made the list IMO:
The Pianist
Whiplash
The Lives of Others
Snatch
Bourne Identity
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Spirited Away
3. Million Dollar Baby
4. A Touch of Sin
5. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
6. Yi Yi
7. Inside Out
8. Boyhood
9. Summer Hours
10. The Hurt Locker
11. Inside Llewyn Davis
12. Timbuktu
13. In Jackson Heights
14. L’Enfant
15. White Material
16. Munich
17. Three Times
18. The Gleaners and I
19. Mad Max: Fury Road
20. Moonlight
21. Wendy and Lucy
22. I’m Not There
23. Silent Light
24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
25. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Obviously some good picks and some garbage picks in this list. Of the list I've seen:
There Will Be Blood
Inside Out
Boyhood
The Hurt Locker
Munich
The Gleaners and I
Mad Max
Eternal Sunshine
The 40 year old virgin
Inside Out over Up, Ratatouille, Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, and Monsters inc?
Boyhood was a decent film, not top 25 IMO.
City of God didn't make the cut? WTF.
Zero Dark Thirty was better than Hurt Locker IMO.
The Gleaners and I makes the list because it's Agnes Varda's biggest film from the 21st century. Great documentary, but nothing incredible IMO. Cleo from 5 to 7 is one of my top 5 films of all time, but it was released in 1962.
Sadly, I have not seen Inside Llewyn Davis, but can it really be better than Oh, Brother Where Art Thou or No Country?
40 Year Old Virgin? Really? No Will Ferrel movies?
No Scorsese? No Tarantino? Nolan? Wes Anderson?
Others that should/could have made the list IMO:
The Pianist
Whiplash
The Lives of Others
Snatch
Bourne Identity
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Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:47 am to colorchangintiger
Imagine having some of these movies listed and not No Country 
This post was edited on 6/9/17 at 9:51 am
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:49 am to colorchangintiger
That list is exceedingly terrible.
I LOVE There Will Be Blood. Very deserving.
But fricking Million Dollar Baby? Moonlight winning best picture last year was an absolute joke. Get real.
Where is No Country for Old Men? I mean...come on.
I LOVE There Will Be Blood. Very deserving.
But fricking Million Dollar Baby? Moonlight winning best picture last year was an absolute joke. Get real.
Where is No Country for Old Men? I mean...come on.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:53 am to colorchangintiger
quote:
Boyhood was a decent film, not top 25 IMO.
I'm really coming to the conclusion that it is the most overrated film of all time. That's right, even over Annie Hall.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:54 am to OMLandshark
quote:
I'm really coming to the conclusion that it is the most overrated film of all time.
Yeah, I appreciate it's scope, but plot wise it completely falls flat.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:54 am to colorchangintiger
There Will Be Blood is so overrated. On the list, but #1? Come the frick on.
City of God is #1 on my list.
City of God is #1 on my list.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:54 am to OMLandshark
Also Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth should have made the list.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:55 am to colorchangintiger
Man, that top 10 is... something. I think there's only one movie in there that would definitely be in my top 10 (Spirited Away), and only a handful I'd even consider (Yi Yi, Boyhood).
There Will Be Blood wasn't even the best movie filmed in Marfa that year.
I like that they recognize foreign films exist, but then they exclude A Separation (or any movie by Farhadi)? Just a massive oversight. We won't even get into the fact Memento isn't on there (or any Nolan film), unless they are using a year 2000 disqualifier.
There Will Be Blood wasn't even the best movie filmed in Marfa that year.
I like that they recognize foreign films exist, but then they exclude A Separation (or any movie by Farhadi)? Just a massive oversight. We won't even get into the fact Memento isn't on there (or any Nolan film), unless they are using a year 2000 disqualifier.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:55 am to colorchangintiger
I've only seen a handful of these.
There Will Be Blood
Million Dollar Baby
Munich
Max Max
Eternal Sunshine
40-Year-Old Virgin
I like all of those, but There Will Be Blood is the only one I would put in the Top 25. And maybe Munich.
As another poster said, I would have included No Country for Old Men.
ETA: I would add Revolutionary Road to the list. I love that movie.
There Will Be Blood
Million Dollar Baby
Munich
Max Max
Eternal Sunshine
40-Year-Old Virgin
I like all of those, but There Will Be Blood is the only one I would put in the Top 25. And maybe Munich.
As another poster said, I would have included No Country for Old Men.
ETA: I would add Revolutionary Road to the list. I love that movie.
This post was edited on 6/9/17 at 10:07 am
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:56 am to colorchangintiger
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3. Million Dollar Baby
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8. Boyhood
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22. I’m Not There
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:57 am to OMLandshark
quote:
Also Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth should have made the list.
Agreed.
I like that Eternal Sunshine is on it. I love that film.
Otherwise what a terrible list.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:57 am to colorchangintiger
Horrid list
Posted on 6/9/17 at 9:57 am to OMLandshark
quote:
Also Children of Men and Pan's Labyrinth should have made the list.
Absolute no-brainers. Really, the only question is whether they should be #1 or not.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:00 am to colorchangintiger
quote:
Yeah, I appreciate it's scope
I don't even think it's all that ambitious. It had a 4 million dollar budget, and you see the kid grow up. You know who else has done that? Dozens of TV shows. If this movie was shot in the course of a year, no one would remember it. Instead they spread it out, and instantly it's genius. I was incredibly underwhelmed when I saw it. The critics were absolutely fooled when it came to this movie.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:01 am to Baloo
I think what irritates me about them including The Death of Mr. Lazarescu is that they even mention that it would later inspire a far better movie: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days.
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu is a cool idea, but it's more of a movie that hints at things to come than being great in its own right. There's not much to the movie, and it's nowhere near as harrowing as 4 Months, which will haunt your soul.
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu is a cool idea, but it's more of a movie that hints at things to come than being great in its own right. There's not much to the movie, and it's nowhere near as harrowing as 4 Months, which will haunt your soul.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:04 am to colorchangintiger
I can smell the smugness from here
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:10 am to Damone
City of God
Whiplash
Ex Machina
Those three are all in my personal top 5 and none on that list.
Whiplash
Ex Machina
Those three are all in my personal top 5 and none on that list.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:11 am to TheCaterpillar
Objectively, yes I would put all 3 of those in my Top 10.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:12 am to colorchangintiger
Munich getting love is about the only thing I like from this list.
Posted on 6/9/17 at 10:12 am to Damone
Just for the sake of comparison, Cinemaholic had a top 50 list, and this is their top 25:
1. In the Mood for Love
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
4. Mulholland Drive
5. The Tree of Life
6. Before Sunset
7. Memento
8. Lost in Translation
9. Cache
10. Shame
11. Boyhood
12. Zodiac
13. Upstream Color
14. A Separation
15. Zero Dark Thirty
16. La La Land
17. Birdman
18. Y Tu Mama Tambien
19. Room
20. Manchester by the Sea
21. Yi Yi
22. No Country For Old Men
23. Amores Perros
24. A Prophet
25. Inception
They had There Will Be Blood at 36, Requiem for a Dream at 31, Children of Men at 30.
1. In the Mood for Love
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
4. Mulholland Drive
5. The Tree of Life
6. Before Sunset
7. Memento
8. Lost in Translation
9. Cache
10. Shame
11. Boyhood
12. Zodiac
13. Upstream Color
14. A Separation
15. Zero Dark Thirty
16. La La Land
17. Birdman
18. Y Tu Mama Tambien
19. Room
20. Manchester by the Sea
21. Yi Yi
22. No Country For Old Men
23. Amores Perros
24. A Prophet
25. Inception
They had There Will Be Blood at 36, Requiem for a Dream at 31, Children of Men at 30.
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