They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? - 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Pictures

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The fourth 21st Century listing, and it once again encompasses 250 films. It is primarily based on critics’ year-end lists (from 2000 to 2008).
Next slated for updates in January 2010.

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  1. 51.
    About Schmidt
    by Alexander Payne

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  2. 52.
    Waking Life

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  4. 54.
    A Christmas Tale
    by Arnaud Desplechin

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  5. 55.
    Wendy and Lucy
    by Kelly Reichardt

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  6. 56.
    I'm Not There (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Todd Haynes

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  7. 57.
    Tropical Malady

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  8. 58.
    Pan's Labyrinth (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Guillermo del Toro

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  9. 59.
  10. 60.
    The Pianist

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  11. 61.
    Amores Perros
    by Alejandro González Iñárritu

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  12. 62.
    Almost Famous

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  13. 63.
    Letters from Iwo Jima
    by Clint Eastwood

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  14. 64.
  15. 65.
    The House of Mirth

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  16. 66.
    The Gleaners and I

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  17. 67.
    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
    by Andrew Dominik

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  18. 68.
    Wall-E

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  19. 69.
    Traffic - Criterion Collection
    by Steven Soderbergh

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  20. 70.
    The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
    by Zacharias Kunuk

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  21. 71.
    Vera Drake
    by Mike Leigh

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  23. 73.
    Still Life
    by Jia Zhang Ke

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  24. 74.
    Shrek (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Vicky Jenson

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  25. 75.
    Oldboy
    by Chan-wook Park

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  26. 76.
    Requiem for a Dream

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  27. 77.
    Children of Men
    by Alfonso Cuarón

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  28. 78.
    My Winnipeg
    by Guy Maddin

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  29. 79.
    Paranoid Park

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  30. 80.
    L' enfant
    by Jean-Pierre Dardenne

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  31. 81.
    Good Night, and Good Luck (Widescreen Edition)
    by George Clooney

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  32. 82.
    Half Nelson
    by Ryan Fleck

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  34. 84.
    Happy-Go-Lucky
    by Mike Leigh

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  35. 85.
    The World
    by Zhang Ke Jia

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  36. 86.
    Waltz with Bashir
    by Ari Folman

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  38. 88.
    School of Rock (Widescreen Edition)
    by Richard Linklater

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  39. 89.
    Time Out
    by Laurent Cantet

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  40. 90.
    Elephant: A Film By Gus Van Sant
    by Gus Van Sant

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  41. 91.
    Munich (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  42. 92.
    The Circle
    by Jafar Panahi

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  43. 93.
    I'm Going Home
    by Manoel de Oliveira

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  44. 94.
    Moolaadé
    by Ousmane Sembene

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  45. 95.
    House of Flying Daggers
    by Yimou Zhang

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  46. 96.
    Capote
    by Bennett Miller

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  47. 97.
    Amelie
    by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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  48. 98.
    Kill Bill, Volume 1
    by Quentin Tarantino

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  49. 99.
    In Praise Of Love
    by Jean-Luc Godard

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  50. 100.
    The Holy Girl
    by Lucrecia Martel

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Created by maggiem on May 05, 2006.
 

Comments

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cfrydj

I'm working on 100-150 right now. — 1 year ago

Just saw someone else was on here at the same time.

Jan 11, 06:37AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

jewellrunner

51-100 done — 1 year ago

...

Jan 11, 06:30AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

jonaslopes

Untitled — 1 year ago

Very good list :)

Jan 10, 04:04PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

jewellrunner

1-50 for '08 update are done. — 1 year ago

And all old movies have been removed, all new movies added.

Jan 07, 01:46PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Bryant
Somerville

Fallen Angels — 1 year ago

Shouldn’t be on the list (it’s at 251)—it was made in 1995 and is not on the original list. I tried to delete it but got an error in return.

Dec 27, 01:35PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Perlle
East Hampton

Untitled — 2 years ago

I also added a companion list of movies that would have been included if they had not been made before 2000.

http://www.listsofbests.com/list/31996

Apr 28, 07:48AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

henrikbae

Untitled — 2 years ago

what’s up with the “Was this worth consuming?” shit? Only takes time!

Feb 19, 08:20AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

Jennifer
Oakland

And baby makes three! — 3 years ago

Er, 250. I finished it up today for lack of anything better to do.

Thanks for the list, maggiem, it’s an interesting one.

Jun 14, 01:28PM | 1 comment | Reply to this

maggiem
Detroit

Untitled — 3 years ago

this is #1-100 of a list of 250. i might post the rest later.

May 05, 06:34PM | 2 comments | Reply to this


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