Look away now if you liked transformers and the hangover or complained about getting bored 10mins into something. This list ain’t for you 😉
http://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2016/08/24/mulholland-drive-voted-best-movie-21st-century

100. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
100. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
100. Carlos (Olivier Assayas, 2010)
99. The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, 2000)
98. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
97. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009) -> WATCH NOW
96. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
95. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
94. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) -> WATCH NOW
93. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
92. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
91. The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan José Campanella, 2009) -> WATCH NOW
90. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)
89. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
88. Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)
87. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
86. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
85. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009)
84. Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)
83. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
82. A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
81. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011) -> WATCH NOW
80. The Return (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003)
79. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
78. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
77. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
76. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
75. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)
74. Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)
73. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
72. Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013) -> WATCH NOW
71. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012) -> WATCH NOW
70. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)
69. Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)
68. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
67. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
66. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring (Kim Ki-duk, 2003) -> WATCH NOW
65. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009) -> WATCH NOW
64. The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)
63. The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)
62. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
61. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
60. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
59. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
58. Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembène, 2004)
57. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012) -> WATCH NOW
56. Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, director; Ágnes Hranitzky, co-director, 2000)
55. Ida (Pawe? Pawlikowski, 2013) -> WATCH NOW
54. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011) -> WATCH NOW
53. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
52. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)
51. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
50. The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2015)
49. Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)
48. Brooklyn (John Crowley, 2015)
47. Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014)
46. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
45. Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013)
44. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
43. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011) -> WATCH NOW
42. Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012)
41. Inside Out (Pete Docter, 2015)
40. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
39. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)
38. City of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)
37. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
36. Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014)
35. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
34. Son of Saul (László Nemes, 2015)
33. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
32. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
31. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)
30. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
29. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
28. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002)
27. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
26. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
25. ?Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
24. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
23. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
22. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
21. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)
20. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
19. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
18. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009) -> WATCH NOW
17. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)
16. Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)
15. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
14. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012)
13. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
12. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
11. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)
10. No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)
9. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
8. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang, 2000)
7. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
5. Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
4. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
1. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)

Not seen enough so will be looking a few more up

Look away now if you liked transformers

Pretty sure 99% of the people who saw Transformers will have seen and like The Dark Knight?

not seeing many other crossovers though

It wouldn’t be the order that I would put some of them in,but that’s a very good list.

Anyone bothered watching number 3 twice? I liked it but, it wasn’t that great. Still, great list of obscure films to track down there. Like no, 40 – Must check that out.
Excuse me: Ratatouille but not The Incredibles? Crap list.

That is a pretty decent list.

I am glad to see PT Anderson make it in twice, and it was especially gratifying to see “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” on the list, considering how overlooked that film normally is.

Anyone bothered watching number 3 twice? I liked it but, it wasn’t that great. Still, great list of obscure films to track down there. Like no, 40 – Must check that out

I did. If you set it alongside Magnolia, the two act like bookends to a superb oeuvre. Indeed, if those two films were all he ever made, he would leave a significant mark.

Brokeback, on the other hand, I thought was overwrought.

There are more middling films on there than outstanding ones.

There will be blood – yep, but Inherent Vice nope.

And A.I ?

Fish Tank and Under The Skin for sure.

I would add Hell or High Water, and Sicario too.

And while Mulholland Drive is a proper critics favourite I’m not sure about no.1.

Pleased to see Fury Road in there, that was a mammoth achievement.

Wolf of Wall Street too will head towards classic status.

Glad to see some of my favourite films made the list

Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) -> WATCH NOW
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)

For me they sit in that narrow gap between mindless summer blockbuster (which is usually the aforementioned Transformers or worse, another paint-by-numbers super hero toss) and some air house 3 hour snorefest for people who’ve seen too many film.

I have to admit I’ve never seen Mulholland Drive, it’s been on my to-watch list forever, but the premise doesn’t grab me

oeuvre

Any word that hard to pronounce from the spelling has no need to exist.

Mad Max: Fury Road at 19? I haven’t seen it – is it that good?

It’s a good list considering we are only in the eighteenth year of this century. Wonder if any will make the final list come 2099?

It reminds me that some films are a bit like albums.
You give the whole thing a go sometimes just for those perfect few moments. 🙂

No Lilo and Stitch 🙁 List is bullshit.

finbar – Member

Mad Max: Fury Road at 19? I haven’t seen it – is it that good?

It’s incredibly good at what it does, I don’t think masterpiece is an overstatement. But not everyone likes what it does. As long as you’re reasonably open to explosions, you’ll enjoy it. I think it’s kind of a shame to see it on a small screen though.

tomhoward – Member

Look away now if you liked transformers

Pretty sure 99% of the people who saw Transformers will have seen and like The Dark Knight? [/quote]

Yes but how many people who liked Transformers, emphasis on liked, will have seen and appreciated Mullholland Drive, or Spirited Away or OldBoy or Shame etc etc.

People who enjoy challenging, obscure, foreign, arthouse, independent cinema will regularly go along and see a summer blockbuster to experience some flashy visuals or to take their kids to the cinema. The opposite isn’t really true.

David Fincher was unlucky with the timing there, Fightclub came out in late 1999 or he’d have three in that list. Can’t say I rate either of Kathryn Bigelow’s contributions.

*Finding Nemo – irritating crap.

Boyhood and the Lives of Others are a couple of my all-time favourites. And nice to see some recognition for Pixar.

Interesting list but without any argument/justication or even knowing the criteria for judging “best” it’s just subjective/meaningless. I mean, Mulholland Drive is good, but is it the best film of the last 17 years? No, IMO, although I’d be intrigued to hear someone justifying that choice!

Likewise, Fury Road is (very) good, but it’s just an action film, it doesn’t try to say anything like most of the other films on the list seem to (or indeed the original Mad Max!)

Having said that I’ve only seen 22 of these films so can’t really comment on the list as a whole!

It’s incredibly good at what it does, I don’t think masterpiece is an overstatement. But not everyone likes what it does. As long as you’re reasonably open to explosions, you’ll enjoy it. I think it’s kind of a shame to see it on a small screen though.

Explosions are relevant to my interests 🙂 . And Lilo and Stitch is a good shout given the other Disney films on the list.

Having said that I’ve only seen 22 of these films so can’t really comment on the list as a whole! Out of those that I’ve seen I think maybe Memento is the “best” (in that I enjoyed it & thought it well acted/directed/clever) although the one I’ve re-watched the most is Inglourious Basterds so make of that what you will!

zilog6128 – Member

Interesting list but without any argument/justication or even knowing the criteria for judging “best” it’s just subjective/meaningless. I mean, Mulholland Drive is good, but is it the best film of the last 17 years? No, IMO, although I’d be intrigued to hear someone justifying that choice!

It’s an average compiled from 177 critics’ top ten lists. Here are the critics and their top ten lists. If you google their names and the films on their lists you should be able to find what you seek.