They Shoot Pictures Don't They's best films of the 21st Century

Submitted by guardianryoga on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 10:11
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  1. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)
  2. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
  3. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
  4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
  5. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
  6. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
  7. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
  8. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
  9. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
  10. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002)
  11. Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001)
  12. Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004)
  13. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
  14. Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
  15. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, 2004)
  16. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
  17. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
  18. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
  19. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
  20. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
  21. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
  22. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
  23. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
  24. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
  25. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
  26. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
  27. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
  28. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
  29. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
  30. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
  31. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
  32. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005)
  33. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
  34. Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002)
  35. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, 2005)
  36. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
  37. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
  38. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003)
  39. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
  40. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
  41. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
  42. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
  43. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
  44. Platform (Jia Zhangke, 2000)
  45. 2046 (Wong Kar-Wai, 2004)
  46. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
  47. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
  48. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)
  49. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
  50. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)
  51. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
  52. Still Life (Jia Zhangke, 2006)
  53. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
  54. Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)
  55. The Queen (Stephen Frears, 2006)
  56. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, 2003)
  57. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
  58. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)
  59. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach, 2005)
  60. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
  61. Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
  62. Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki, 2003)
  63. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
  64. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2007)
  65. A Serious Man (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2009)
  66. Summer Hours (2008, Olivier Assayas)
  67. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan, 2000)
  68. American Splendor (Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, 2003)
  69. L'Enfant (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, 2005)
  70. Inglourious Basterds (2009, Quentin Tarantino)
  71. Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
  72. Oldboy (Park Chan-Wook, 2003)
  73. Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004)
  74. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, 2000)
  75. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
  76. I’m Not There (Todd Haynes, 2007)
  77. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
  78. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)
  79. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)
  80. The World (Jia Zhangke, 2004)
  81. Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001)
  82. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
  83. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
  84. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008)
  85. Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010)
  86. The Circle (Jafar Panahi, 2000)
  87. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies, 2000)
  88. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
  89. Inland Empire (David Lynch, 2006)
  90. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
  91. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
  92. Le Fils (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, 2002)
  93. Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008)
  94. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko)
  95. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
  96. Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001)
  97. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
  98. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles, 2006)
  99. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)
  100. Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembene, 2004)
  101. About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002)
  102. In the Bedroom (Todd Field, 2001)
  103. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Zacharias Kunuk, 2000)
  104. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)
  105. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
  106. Up (Pete Docter, 2009)
  107. Saraband (Ingmar Bergman, 2003)
  108. The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismäki, 2002)
  109. Shrek (Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson, 2001)
  110. In Praise of Love (Jean-Luc Godard, 2001)
  111. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)
  112. Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa, 2006)
  113. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)
  114. The Fog of War (Errol Morris, 2003)
  115. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
  116. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003)
  117. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, 2004)
  118. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
  119. The Aviator (Martin Scorsese, 2004)
  120. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
  121. Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
  122. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
  123. The Holy Girl (Lucrecia Martel, 2004)
  124. The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011)
  125. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003)
  126. Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001)
  127. The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001)
  128. Together (Lukas Moodysson, 2000)
  129. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
  130. The Ghost (Roman Polanski, 2010)
  131. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006)
  132. Head-On (Faith Akin, 2003)
  133. Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney, 2005)
  134. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant, 2007)
  135. Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
  136. Regular Lovers (Philippe Garrel, 2004)
  137. Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011)
  138. The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)
  139. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002)
  140. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (Peter Watkins, 2000)
  141. Three Times (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2005)
  142. School of Rock (Richard Linklater, 2003)
  143. Bad Education (Pedro Almodóvar, 2004)
  144. Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
  145. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)
  146. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 2008)
  147. The King's Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010)
  148. The Intruder (Claire Denis, 2004)
  149. House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou, 2001)
  150. Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2009)
  151. Zwartboek/Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, 2006)
  152. Uzak (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2003)
  153. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)
  154. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, 2006)
  155. What Time is it There? (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2001)
  156. Once (John Carney, 2007)
  157. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2009)
  158. Carlos (Olivier Assayas, 2010)
  159. Capote (Bennett Miller, 2005)
  160. Café Lumière (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2003)
  161. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004)
  162. The Host (Bong Joon-Ho, 2006)
  163. The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, 2003)
  164. In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerin, 2007)
  165. 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2001)
  166. Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols, 2011)
  167. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, 2002)
  168. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009)
  169. Être et Avoir (Nicolas Philibert, 2002)
  170. George Washington (David Gordon Green, 2000)
  171. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
  172. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
  173. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
  174. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011)
  175. I'm Going Home (Manoel de Oliveira, 2000)
  176. Notre Musique (Jean-Luc Godard, 2004)
  177. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson, 2000)
  178. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
  179. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
  180. Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011)
  181. Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2007)
  182. Spider (David Cronenberg, 2002)
  183. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009)
  184. À ma soeur! (Catherine Breillat, 2001)
  185. Spellbound (Jeffrey Blitz, 2002)
  186. demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002)
  187. Eureka (Shinji Aoyama, 2000)
  188. Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007)
  189. Last Days (Gus Van Sant, 2004)
  190. Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008)
  191. True Grit (joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2010)
  192. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
  193. In America (Jim Sheridan, 2003)
  194. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)
  195. Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)
  196. 127 Hours (Danny Boyle, 2010)
  197. Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002)
  198. Erin Brockovich (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
  199. Inside Job (Charles Ferguson)
  200. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2006)
  201. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010)
  202. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
  203. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2000)
  204. Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
  205. 28 Days Later... (Danny Boyle, 2002)
  206. Hotel Rwanda (Terry George, 2004)
  207. The Hours (Stephen Daldry, 2002)
  208. Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi, 2007)
  209. Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008)
  210. Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass, 2001)
  211. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)
  212. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, (2011)
  213. Kinsey (Bill Condon, 2004)
  214. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, 2002)
  215. Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs, 2004)
  216. Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2003)
  217. Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 2008)
  218. Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen, 2003)
  219. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006)
  220. Dogtooth (Giorgos Lanthimos (2009)
  221. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
  222. 21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2003)
  223. Tarnation (Jonathan Caouette, 2003)
  224. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman, 2006)
  225. Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006)
  226. Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002)
  227. Chicken Run (Peter Lord & Nick Park, 2000)
  228. The Sun (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2005)
  229. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Wang Bing, 2003)
  230. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter & David Silverman & Lee Unkrich, 2001)
  231. Another Year (Mike Leigh, 2010)
  232. Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, 2001)
  233. Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004)
  234. Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004)
  235. Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
  236. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2005)
  237. Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008)
  238. Lagaan (Ashutosh Gowariker, 2001)
  239. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Nick Park & Steve Box, 2005)
  240. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)
  241. Maria Full of Grace (Joshua Marston, 2003)
  242. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)
  243. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson, 2004)
  244. High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
  245. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson, 2011)
  246. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2001)
  247. I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino, 2009)
  248. Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo, 2006)
  249. Unknown Pleasures (Jia Zhangke, 2002)
  250. Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, 2003)
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www.theyshootpictures.com/21stcentury_allfilms.htm

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Seen of the best films of the 21st Century according to They Shoot Pictures Don't They
enigmazach02/19/2012

You need to watch Mulholland Drive immediately!

guardianryoga02/19/2012

That good huh? guess I'll have check it out

enigmazach03/26/2012

Oh yeah. It's a brilliant piece of work.