TSPDT - The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films

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This is our sixth 21st Century listing, and it once again encompasses 250 films. It is primarily based on critics’ year-end lists (from 2000 to 2010), plus it also takes into account mentions given to any films from 2000 onwards that show up in critics’ all-time-best-of lists (that are also used for the compilation of our 1,000 Greatest Films list). Additionally, it also incorporates many best-of-the-decade lists from last year.

April 2013 Update.

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  1. 51.
    Songs from the Second Floor

  2. 52.
    Code Unknown
    by Michael Haneke
  3. 53.
    In Vanda's Room - Criterion Collection
    by Pedro Costa
  4. 54.
    Distant
    by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  5. 55.
    The Lives of Others
    by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  6. 56.
    Silent Light
    by Carlos Reygadas
  7. 57.
    2046
    by Kar Wai Wong
  8. 58.
    Amelie
    by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  10. 60.
    Moulin Rouge! (Widescreen Edition)
    by Baz Luhrmann
  12. 62.
    The Headless Woman
    by Lucrecia Martel
  13. 63.
    Still Life
    by Jia Zhang Ke
  14. 64.
    Zero Dark Thirty
    by Kathryn Bigelow
  15. 65.
    Synecdoche New York
    by Charlie Kaufman
  17. 67.
    La Cienaga
    by Lucrecia Martel
  18. 68.
    Goodbye, Dragon Inn
    by Ming-liang Tsai
  19. 69.
    Piano Teacher

  20. 70.
    Grizzly Man
    by Werner Herzog
  21. 71.
    Children of Men
    by Alfonso Cuarón
  22. 72.
    Adaptation (Superbit Collection)
    by Spike Jonze
  23. 73.
    Amores Perros
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu
  25. 75.
    Donnie Darko (Widescreen Edition)
    by Richard Kelly
  26. 76.
    The Departed
    by Martin Scorsese
  27. 77.
    Amour
    by Michael Haneke
  28. 78.
    Ten
    by Abbas Kiarostami
  29. 79.
    Winter's Bone
    by Debra Granik
  30. 80.
  31. 81.
    Oldboy
    by Chan-wook Park
  32. 82.
    Toy Story 3
    by Lee Unkrich
  33. 83.
    The World
    by Zhang Ke Jia
  34. 84.
    Hero
    by Yimou Zhang
  35. 85.
    L'enfant (The Child)
    by Jean-Pierre Dardenne
  36. 86.
    Mystic River (Widescreen Edition)
    by Clint Eastwood
  37. 87.
    Irreversible
    by Gaspar Noé
  38. 88.
    Ghost World
    by Terry Zwigoff
  39. 89.
    Black Swan
    by Darren Aronofsky
  40. 90.
    The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
    by Zacharias Kunuk
  42. 92.
    Hunger (The Criterion Collection)
    by Steve McQueen
  43. 93.
    A Serious Man

  44. 94.
    The Host (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Bong Joon-ho
  45. 95.
    Letters from Iwo Jima (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Clint Eastwood
  46. 96.
    The Master
    by Paul Thomas Anderson
  47. 97.
    The New World
    by Terrence Malick
  48. 98.
    United 93 (Widescreen Edition)
    by Paul Greengrass
  50. 100.
    Head-On [Gegen die Wand]
    by Fatih Akin

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RazorGlove

Flight of the Red Balloon — 3 years ago

This was an homage to the classic Red Balloon, but unfortunately it’s not even 1/4 as good as that short movie and this was a full length. It was dull, stretched out, didn’t have any conflicts, the plot lacked a lot of substance and it tried to be art, which it wasn’t. It does not deserve a place on here. Period.

Nov 10, 09:43AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

alexyoutwonk

SPIDERMAN 2 — 4 years ago

WHAT ON EARTHAREYOU ON???

Even Sam Raimi knows this is awful!

May 25, 04:28PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Neon

Punch Drunk Love?? — 4 years ago

Seriously??

Feb 12, 12:00AM | 4 comments | Reply to this

jisrael

January 2009 update continued — 4 years ago

I will update the rest of this list (101-250).

Jan 06, 02:22PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

vojtex

January 2009 Update — 4 years ago

I’ve updated the first one hundred movies on the list. The new, January 2009 Update can be found at http://www.theyshootpictures.com/21stcentury.htm

Jan 06, 12:03PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

howard16

21sr Century lists — 4 years ago

This list simply cannot be taken seriously when there are no films by Bruno Dumont or Shunji Iwai and some of the greatest films: BROKENWINGS, PROMISES, ALLABOUTLILYCHOUCHOU, THELIVES OF OTHERS, PARANOIDPARK, PEPPERMINTCANDY are simply ignored and dreck like Before Sunset and Brokeback Mountain are elevated.

Dec 18, 09:47AM | 3 comments | Reply to this

sklus20

Untitled — 5 years ago

What happened to “in the mood for love”? The #1 movie on the list?

May 28, 05:54AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

snootyusher42

Untitled — 5 years ago

Where’s Juno?

May 27, 01:46PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

cfrydj

All done — 5 years ago

The January 2008 update is complete. Overall, it moved me 2 closer to completion.

Jan 11, 07:20AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

cfrydj

Done to 150 — 5 years ago

I think I might just keep going, this is really quick when all the new movies have already been added. I’m just reordering.

Jan 11, 06:47AM | 0 comments | Reply to this


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