luna Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 with the best of all-time movie lists containing large numbers of old movies, it is interesting to see what the most acclaimed films of this century are. note that this is a compilation of films most acclaimed by critics. http://www.theyshootpictures.com/21stcentury_allfilms_table.php 1. In the Mood for Love 2. Mulholland Dr. 3. Yi yi 4. Spirited Away 5. Werckmeister Harmonies 6. Tree of Life, The 7. There Will Be Blood 8. Caché 9. Russian Ark 10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 11. Tropical Malady 12. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 13. Blissfully Yours 14. Talk to Her 15. Punch-Drunk Love 16. Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The 17. Platform 18. WALL-E 19. Dogville 20. Far from Heaven 21. History of Violence, A 22. Hurt Locker, The 23. City of God 24. Zodiac 25. Gleaners & I, The 26. Royal Tenenbaums, The 27. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 28. Y tu mamá también 29. Separation, A 30. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 31. No Country for Old Men 32. Melancholia 33. Dancer in the Dark 34. Social Network, The 35. Sideways 36. White Ribbon, The 37. Son, The 38. Lost in Translation 39. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 40. Requiem for a Dream 41. Memento 42. Million Dollar Baby 43. Colossal Youth 44. Before Sunset 45. Brokeback Mountain 46. Syndromes and a Century 47. Elephant 48. Turin Horse, The 49. Inland Empire 50. Pan's Labyrinth 51. Songs from the Second Floor 52. Code Unknown 53. In Vanda's Room 54. Distant 55. Lives of Others, The 56. Silent Light 57. 2046 58. Amélie 59. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The 60. Moulin Rouge! 61. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The 62. Headless Woman, The 63. Still Life 64. Zero Dark Thirty 65. Synecdoche, New York 66. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks 67. Ciénaga, La 68. Goodbye, Dragon Inn 69. Piano Teacher, The 70. Grizzly Man 71. Children of Men 72. Adaptation 73. Amores perros 74. Inglourious Basterds 75. Donnie Darko 76. Departed, The 77. Amour 78. Ten 79. Winter's Bone 80. Incredibles, The 81. Oldboy 82. Toy Story 3 83. World, The 84. Hero 85. Enfant, L' 86. Mystic River 87. Irréversible 88. Ghost World 89. Black Swan 90. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner 91. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 92. Hunger 93. Serious Man, A 94. Host, The 95. Letters from Iwo Jima 96. Master, The 97. New World, The 98. United 93 99. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 100. Head-On 101. Circle, The 102. Hugo 103. Squid and the Whale, The 104. Moonrise Kingdom 105. Queen, The 106. You Can Count on Me 107. Intruder, The 108. Pianist, The 109. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 110. Commune (Paris, 1871), La 111. Let the Right One In 112. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The 113. Up 114. Finding Nemo 115. Waiting for Happiness 116. Moolaadé 117. Summer Hours 118. Flight of the Red Balloon 119. 35 Shots of Rum 120. American Splendor 121. Capturing the Friedmans 122. Avatar 123. Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The 124. Kids Are All Right, The 125. Kings & Queen 126. Wendy and Lucy 127. Holy Girl, The 128. Time Out 129. In the City of Sylvia 130. George Washington 131. Fantastic Mr. Fox 132. Artist, The 133. Man on Wire 134. I'm Not There 135. Man Without a Past, The 136. Millennium Mambo 137. My Winnipeg 138. House of Flying Daggers 139. Regular Lovers 140. Christmas Tale, A 141. Beasts of the Southern Wild 142. Waking Life 143. House of Mirth, The 144. Volver 145. Almost Famous 146. Prophet, A 147. Kill Bill Vol. 1 148. Sexy Beast 149. In Praise of Love 150. Certified Copy 151. To Be and to Have 152. In the Bedroom 153. Holy Motors 154. Unknown Pleasures 155. About Schmidt 156. Saraband 157. Waltz with Bashir 158. 24 Hour Party People 159. Gladiator 160. Divine Intervention 161. Gosford Park 162. Café Lumière 163. Lincoln 164. Argo 165. Paranoid Park 166. Traffic 167. Shaun of the Dead 168. Shrek 169. Vera Drake 170. King's Speech, The 171. What Time is it There? 172. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...and Spring 173. Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The 174. Sun, The 175. Two Lovers 176. Munich 177. Fog of War, The 178. Nostalgia for the Light 179. White Material 180. Aviator, The 181. Erin Brockovich 182. Carlos 183. Hours, The 184. Ghost Writer, The 185. Descendants, The 186. Good Night, and Good Luck 187. Master and Commander: The Far Side of The World 188. Together 189. Persepolis 190. Inception 191. Mysteries of Lisbon 192. Dark Knight, The 193. Best of Youth, The 194. Morvern Callar 195. Bad Education 196. Notre musique 197. Police, Adjective 198. Little Miss Sunshine 199. Black Book 200. Happy-Go-Lucky 201. Minority Report 202. Gerry 203. 25th Hour 204. Return, The 205. Bowling for Columbine 206. Half Nelson 207. Kill Bill Vol. 2 208. Wrestler, The 209. Monsoon Wedding 210. Memories of Murder 211. Havre, Le 212. Oasis 213. Three Times 214. Offside 215. Infernal Affairs 216. Crimson Gold 217. Evolution of a Filipino Family 218. Triplets of Belleville, The 219. Capote 220. Drive 221. Devil's Backbone, The 222. Zoolander 223. Once 224. Dogtooth 225. Moneyball 226. Take Shelter 227. Gangs of New York 228. I'm Going Home 229. Star Spangled to Death 230. This is Not a Film 231. Margaret 232. Another Year 233. Wire, The 234. Fahrenheit 9/11 235. Tarnation 236. Silver Linings Playbook 237. Django Unchained 238. 21 Grams 239. Bamako 240. Wonder Boys 241. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 242. Eastern Promises 243. Fat Girl 244. Up in the Air 245. Libertad, La 246. Pulse 247. Spellbound 248. You, the Living 249. Crash 250. True Grit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 (edited) Nice to see United 93 there. Ughhhhh...Up.Ohhh cool the Host is there also. Edited October 14, 2013 by Gingy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 In the Mood for Love #1 ? How do they rate all the movies ? And almost no Hollywood blockbusters in top 50 ... poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I'd like to see the methodology of what lists/publications he chose to include and/or ignore. It seems very dubious if we don't even have a list of sources. (He mentions Sight & Sound but that's it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I see Crash at the bottom of the list there. The reviews for that weren't anything great or nothing. How did they figure the ranking for this list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Yeah how do they rank these? And there are some wild fluctuations, which isn't the best indicator of source integrity. Generally speaking the rankings shouldn't change too too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnY Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Spirited Away should be higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Anchorman The Avengers How to Train Your Dragon ....how they didn't make the list yet Minority Report, Moneyball and Crash did... we may never know Edited October 19, 2013 by mahnamahna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Anchorman The Avengers How to Train Your Dragon ....how they didn't make the list yet Minority Report, Moneyball and Crash did... we may never know Anchorman is somewhat understandable since it had middling critical reviews (66% on RT), but those other two I totally agree with. I can only assume Crash is on there because it (very undeservedly) won a Best Picture Oscar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 "Most acclaimed movies" does not mean "good, solid movies". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I notice 300 isn't on the list. Hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 the list had great fluctuations because of the sight & sound decade poll. and on the first page it says it is largely based on year-end polls from critics etc. also important to note that it's the most acclaimed list, not the ones with the most consensus - obviously something like mulholland drive has plenty of detractors but it's also considered a masterpiece by many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanboy Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 The Social Network is way too low. Should be top 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Melancholia is on the list. The list is rendered useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I notice 300 isn't on the list. Hmm... And it certainly shouldnt be on. The Social Network is way too low. Should be top 5. How ? TSN is just one of the better Hollywood big drama. It is no match to top notch arthouse films。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 "Most acclaimed movies" does not mean "good, solid movies". In what world was "Crash" acclaimed? It's in the top 3 for worst BP winner of all-time. Who approved of the dialogue in that movie?!? Figures a long-time Facts of Life writer made this film The Avengers (93% RT) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 (96% RT, 8.8 avg rating) are both universally acclaimed blockbusters, along with How to Train Your Dragon (98% RT). Despicable Me and Tangled are what I consider "good, solid movies" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 also important to note that it's the most acclaimed list, not the ones with the most consensus - obviously something like mulholland drive has plenty of detractors but it's also considered a masterpiece by many.More evidence this list should be on the nameless pile of previous rankings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 And it certainly shouldnt be on. How ? TSN is just one of the better Hollywood big drama. It is no match to top notch arthouse films。 Among acclaimed films, yes it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Melancholia is on the list. The list is rendered useless. Not a fan, I take it? I thought it was Von Trier's most accessible work by far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Not a fan, I take it? I thought it was Von Trier's most accessible work by far... It is. But its still shit. Not even Kirsten's breasts can save it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
