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

Submitted by MaxCastle on Sun, 01/14/2007 - 05:00
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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. Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
  13. Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004)
  14. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
  15. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
  16. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, 2004)
  17. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
  18. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
  19. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
  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. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
  30. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005)
  31. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
  32. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
  33. Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002)
  34. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
  35. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
  36. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, 2005)
  37. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
  38. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003)
  39. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
  40. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
  41. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
  42. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
  43. 2046 (Wong Kar-Wai, 2004)
  44. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
  45. Platform (Jia Zhangke, 2000)
  46. Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010)
  47. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
  48. Still Life (Jia Zhangke, 2006)
  49. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
  50. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
  51. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
  52. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)
  53. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)
  54. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, 2003)
  55. Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
  56. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
  57. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach, 2005)
  58. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2007)
  59. A Serious Man (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2009)
  60. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
  61. Summer Hours (2008, Olivier Assayas)
  62. Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)
  63. The Queen (Stephen Frears, 2006)
  64. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
  65. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan, 2000)
  66. Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki, 2003)
  67. L'Enfant (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, 2005)
  68. American Splendor (Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, 2003)
  69. Oldboy (Park Chan-Wook, 2003)
  70. Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
  71. Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004)
  72. Inglourious Basterds (2009, Quentin Tarantino)
  73. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)
  74. I’m Not There (Todd Haynes, 2007)
  75. The World (Jia Zhangke, 2004)
  76. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
  77. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)
  78. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008)
  79. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
  80. Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001)
  81. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
  82. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies, 2000)
  83. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
  84. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
  85. Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010)
  86. Le Fils (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, 2002)
  87. Inland Empire (David Lynch, 2006)
  88. Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008)
  89. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko)
  90. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)
  91. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
  92. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
  93. In the Bedroom (Todd Field, 2001)
  94. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Zacharias Kunuk, 2000)
  95. Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001)
  96. Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembene, 2004)
  97. The Circle (Jafar Panahi, 2000)
  98. About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002)
  99. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles, 2006)
  100. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
  101. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
  102. Saraband (Ingmar Bergman, 2003)
  103. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)
  104. In Praise of Love (Jean-Luc Godard, 2001)
  105. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, 2000)
  106. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)
  107. The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismäki, 2002)
  108. Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa, 2006)
  109. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003)
  110. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)
  111. Shrek (Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson, 2001)
  112. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
  113. The Aviator (Martin Scorsese, 2004)
  114. Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
  115. Up (Pete Docter, 2009)
  116. The Holy Girl (Lucrecia Martel, 2004)
  117. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
  118. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, 2004)
  119. The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001)
  120. Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001)
  121. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003)
  122. Together (Lukas Moodysson, 2000)
  123. The Fog of War (Errol Morris, 2003)
  124. Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney, 2005)
  125. Regular Lovers (Philippe Garrel, 2004)
  126. The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)
  127. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (Peter Watkins, 2000)
  128. The Ghost (Roman Polanski, 2010)
  129. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
  130. Head-On (Faith Akin, 2003)
  131. Three Times (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2005)
  132. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant, 2007)
  133. Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
  134. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
  135. The Intruder (Claire Denis, 2004)
  136. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 2008)
  137. House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou, 2001)
  138. Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2009)
  139. Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
  140. Zwartboek/Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, 2006)
  141. School of Rock (Richard Linklater, 2003)
  142. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006)
  143. Bad Education (Pedro Almodóvar, 2004)
  144. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)
  145. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, 2006)
  146. What Time is it There? (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2001)
  147. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002)
  148. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)
  149. Capote (Bennett Miller, 2005)
  150. Café Lumière (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2003)
  151. The Host (Bong Joon-Ho, 2006)
  152. Once (John Carney, 2007)
  153. In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerin, 2007)
  154. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, 2002)
  155. Carlos (Olivier Assayas, 2010)
  156. George Washington (David Gordon Green, 2000)
  157. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
  158. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
  159. The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, 2003)
  160. I'm Going Home (Manoel de Oliveira, 2000)
  161. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
  162. The King's Speech (Tom Hooper, 2010)
  163. Notre Musique (Jean-Luc Godard, 2004)
  164. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009)
  165. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson, 2000)
  166. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
  167. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004)
  168. Spider (David Cronenberg, 2002)
  169. À ma soeur! (Catherine Breillat, 2001)
  170. demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002)
  171. Être et Avoir (Nicolas Philibert, 2002)
  172. Eureka (Shinji Aoyama, 2000)
  173. Last Days (Gus Van Sant, 2004)
  174. Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007)
  175. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
  176. Uzak (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2003)
  177. Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)
  178. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
  179. In America (Jim Sheridan, 2003)
  180. 127 Hours (Danny Boyle, 2010)
  181. Erin Brockovich (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
  182. Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008)
  183. Spellbound (Jeffrey Blitz, 2002)
  184. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2006)
  185. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2000)
  186. Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
  187. True Grit (joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2010)
  188. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010)
  189. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)
  190. Hotel Rwanda (Terry George, 2004)
  191. The Hours (Stephen Daldry, 2002)
  192. Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2007)
  193. Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008)
  194. Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass, 2001)
  195. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
  196. Kinsey (Bill Condon, 2004)
  197. Inside Job (Charles Ferguson)
  198. Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002)
  199. Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2003)
  200. Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 2008)
  201. Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi)
  202. Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen, 2003)
  203. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
  204. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009)
  205. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)
  206. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, 2002)
  207. 21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2003)
  208. Tarnation (Jonathan Caouette, 2003)
  209. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Wang Bing, 2003)
  210. 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2001)
  211. Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006)
  212. Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002)
  213. Chicken Run (Peter Lord & Nick Park, 2000)
  214. Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, 2001)
  215. The Sun (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2005)
  216. Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004)
  217. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006)
  218. Dogtooth (Giorgos Lanthimos (2009)
  219. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman, 2006)
  220. Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004)
  221. Maria Full of Grace (Joshua Marston, 2003)
  222. Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
  223. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2001)
  224. High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
  225. 28 Days Later... (Danny Boyle, 2002)
  226. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)
  227. Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo, 2006)
  228. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter & David Silverman & Lee Unkrich, 2001)
  229. I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino)
  230. Unknown Pleasures (Jia Zhangke, 2002)
  231. I Heart Huckabees (David O. Russell, 2004)
  232. Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, 2003)
  233. Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008)
  234. Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
  235. Late Marriage (Dover Kosashvili, 2001)
  236. 12:08 East of Bucharest (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006)
  237. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Nick Park & Steve Box, 2005)
  238. The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette, 2007)
  239. Before Night Falls (Julian Schnabel, 2000)
  240. A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom, 2005)
  241. The Fighter (David O. Russell, 2010)
  242. Keane (Lodge H. Kerrigan, 2004)
  243. Match Point (Woody Allen, 2005)
  244. King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005)
  245. Battle in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas, 2005)
  246. The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2001)
  247. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)
  248. Lagaan (Ashutosh Gowariker, 2001)
  249. Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002)
  250. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2008)
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Collated from various critics' end-of-year lists. Details can be found here.

This is the latest version of the list, updated in January 2011.