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. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
  6. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
  7. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
  8. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002)
  9. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
  10. Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001)
  11. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
  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. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
  17. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
  18. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
  19. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
  20. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
  21. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
  22. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
  23. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
  24. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
  25. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
  26. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
  27. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
  28. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005)
  29. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
  30. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
  31. Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002)
  32. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
  33. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, 2005)
  34. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
  35. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
  36. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003)
  37. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
  38. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
  39. 2046 (Wong Kar-Wai, 2004)
  40. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
  41. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
  42. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
  43. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
  44. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
  45. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach, 2005)
  46. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2007)
  47. Still Life (Jia Zhangke, 2006)
  48. Summer Hours (2008, Olivier Assayas)
  49. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
  50. The Queen (Stephen Frears, 2006)
  51. Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003)
  52. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, 2003)
  53. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan, 2000)
  54. Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki, 2003)
  55. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
  56. Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)
  57. L'Enfant (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, 2005)
  58. Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
  59. The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000)
  60. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
  61. Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
  62. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
  63. American Splendor (Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, 2003)
  64. Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004)
  65. Inglourious Basterds (2009, Quentin Tarantino)
  66. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
  67. A Serious man (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2009)
  68. I’m Not There (Todd Haynes, 2007)
  69. Oldboy (Park Chan-Wook, 2003)
  70. The World (Jia Zhangke, 2004)
  71. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008)
  72. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
  73. Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001)
  74. Platform (Jia Zhangke, 2000)
  75. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
  76. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)
  77. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies, 2000)
  78. In the Bedroom (Todd Field, 2001)
  79. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
  80. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
  81. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)
  82. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt, 2008)
  83. Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembene, 2004)
  84. About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002)
  85. Le Fils (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, 2002)
  86. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
  87. Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman, 2008)
  88. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin, 2007)
  89. Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001)
  90. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
  91. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles, 2006)
  92. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
  93. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Zacharias Kunuk, 2000)
  94. In Praise of Love (Jean-Luc Godard, 2001)
  95. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
  96. Inland Empire (David Lynch, 2006)
  97. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
  98. Shrek (Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson, 2001)
  99. The Aviator (Martin Scorsese, 2004)
  100. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas, 2007)
  101. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)
  102. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2003)
  103. Saraband (Ingmar Bergman, 2003)
  104. Together (Lukas Moodysson, 2000)
  105. The Holy Girl (Lucrecia Martel, 2004)
  106. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, 2004)
  107. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, 2000)
  108. The Fog of War (Errol Morris, 2003)
  109. Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
  110. Up (Pete Docter, 2009)
  111. The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001)
  112. Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa, 2006)
  113. The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismäki, 2002)
  114. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
  115. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003)
  116. Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney, 2005)
  117. Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001)
  118. Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant, 2007)
  119. Regular Lovers (Philippe Garrel, 2004)
  120. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
  121. Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2009)
  122. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
  123. The Circle (Jafar Panahi, 2000)
  124. School of Rock (Richard Linklater, 2003)
  125. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006)
  126. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh, 2008)
  127. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)
  128. Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck, 2006)
  129. Bad Education (Pedro Almodóvar, 2004)
  130. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)
  131. The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003)
  132. House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou, 2001)
  133. Capote (Bennett Miller, 2005)
  134. Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
  135. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002)
  136. The Intruder (Claire Denis, 2004)
  137. What Time is it There? (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2001)
  138. Zwartboek/Black Book (Paul Verhoeven, 2006)
  139. Café Lumière (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2003)
  140. Once (John Carney, 2007)
  141. I'm Going Home (Manoel de Oliveira, 2000)
  142. Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
  143. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson, 2000)
  144. Head-On (Faith Akin, 2003)
  145. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004)
  146. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
  147. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, 2002)
  148. Notre Musique (Jean-Luc Godard, 2004)
  149. demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002)
  150. Être et Avoir (Nicolas Philibert, 2002)
  151. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
  152. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (Peter Watkins, 2000)
  153. Eureka (Shinji Aoyama, 2000)
  154. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin tarantino, 2004)
  155. Three Times (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2005)
  156. The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, 2003)
  157. In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerin, 2007)
  158. In America (Jim Sheridan, 2003)
  159. Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)
  160. Eastern Promises (David Cronenberg, 2007)
  161. Last Days (Gus Van Sant, 2004)
  162. Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008)
  163. Erin Brockovich (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
  164. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
  165. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
  166. À ma soeur! (Catherine Breillat, 2001)
  167. Spider (David Cronenberg, 2002)
  168. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2006)
  169. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2000)
  170. The Hours (Stephen Daldry, 2002)
  171. The Host (Bong Joon-Ho, 2006)
  172. Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2007)
  173. Spellbound (Jeffrey Blitz, 2002)
  174. Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass, 2001)
  175. Uzak (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2003)
  176. Kinsey (Bill Condon, 2004)
  177. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
  178. George Washington (David Gordon Green, 2000)
  179. Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
  180. Hotel Rwanda (Terry George, 2004)
  181. Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008)
  182. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)
  183. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
  184. 21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2003)
  185. 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2001)
  186. Offside (Jafar Panahi, 2006)
  187. Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002)
  188. Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002)
  189. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Wang Bing, 2003)
  190. Nobody Knows (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2003)
  191. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009)
  192. Tarnation (Jonathan Caouette, 2003)
  193. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman, 2006)
  194. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
  195. The Sun (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2005)
  196. Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, 2001)
  197. Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 2008)
  198. Maria Full of Grace (Joshua Marston, 2003)
  199. Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004)
  200. Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
  201. Persepolis (Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi)
  202. High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
  203. Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, 2002)
  204. Chicken Run (Peter Lord & Nick Park, 2000)
  205. Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)
  206. Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004)
  207. Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay, 2002)
  208. I Heart Huckabees (David O. Russell, 2004)
  209. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006)
  210. Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
  211. 12:08 East of Bucharest (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2006)
  212. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Nick Park & Steve Box, 2005)
  213. The Duchess of Langeais (Jacques Rivette, 2007)
  214. Before Night Falls (Julian Schnabel, 2000)
  215. Match Point (Woody Allen, 2005)
  216. Keane (Lodge H. Kerrigan, 2004)
  217. The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2001)
  218. Unknown Pleasures (Jia Zhangke, 2002)
  219. Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, 2003)
  220. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)
  221. Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008)
  222. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2008)
  223. Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2001)
  224. Gomorra (Matteo Garrone, 2008)
  225. A Cock and Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom, 2005)
  226. The Edge of Heaven (Fatih Akin, 2007)
  227. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
  228. King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005)
  229. Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo, 2006)
  230. 28 Days Later... (Danny Boyle, 2002)
  231. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter & David Silverman & Lee Unkrich, 2001)
  232. Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen, 2003)
  233. Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)
  234. Late Marriage (Dover Kosashvili, 2001)
  235. Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008)
  236. Blissfully Yours (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2002)
  237. Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009)
  238. Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow, 2004)
  239. Code Unknown (Michael Haneke 2000)
  240. Paradise Now (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005)
  241. Of Time and the City (Terence Davies, 2008)
  242. Billy Elliott (Stephen Daldry, 2000)
  243. A Time for Drunken Horses (Bahman Ghobadi, 2000)
  244. Ballast (Lance Hammer, 2008)
  245. Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009)
  246. Under the Sand (François Ozon, 2000)
  247. Iraq in Fragments (James Longley, 2006)
  248. Private Fears in Public Places (Alain Resnais, 2006)
  249. Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006)
  250. Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2006)
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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 2010.