The 100 Best Films of the 21st Century
On the last day of the year, I bring you my ranking of the century's finest cinema, through 2024:
1. The Tree of Life
2. The Lives of Others
3. There Will Be Blood
4. No Country for Old Men
5. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
6. Master and Commander
7. Silence
8. In the Mood for Love
9. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
10. Children of Men
11. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
12. The Father
13. Of Gods and Men
14. Calvary
15. Mulholland Drive
16. Zodiac
17. Yi Yi
18. In Bruges
19. Coco
20. Spirited Away
21. Parasite
22. A Hidden Life
23. True Grit
24. The Social Network
25. The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
26. Arrival
27. Perfect Days
28. Memories of Murder
29. Hell or High Water
30. Dunkirk
31. Phantom Thread
32. The Dark Knight
33. Spotlight
34. Hugo
35. Black Hawk Down
36. Minority Report
37. Hacksaw Ridge
38. 12 Years a Slave
39. Son of Saul
40. Unstoppable
41. 25th Hour
42. Lincoln
43. Top Gun: Maverick
44. The Death of Stalin
45. Whiplash
46. The Grand Budapest Hotel
47. The Assassination of Jesse James
48. Skyfall
49. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
50. Inglourious Basterds
51. The Hunt
52. Michael Clayton
53. A Separation
54. United 93
55. Killers of the Flower Moon
56. A History of Violence
57. The Zone of Interest
58. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
59. The Pianist
60. Collateral
61. Before Sunset
62. First Reformed
63. Minari
64. The New World
65. Interstellar
66. The Florida Project
67. Ford v Ferrari
68. Little Women
69. The Holdovers
70. Aftersun
71. Letters from Iwo Jima
72. Sicario
73. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
74. Manchester by the Sea
75. The Secret in Their Eyes
76. Petite Maman
77. Sideways
78. Drive My Car
79. Frances Ha
80. Ratatouille
81. Pride & Prejudice
82. The King's Speech
83. The Taste of Things
84. Tár
85. The Promised Land
86. Open Range
87. A Prophet
88. La La Land
89. Godzilla Minus One
90. Margin Call
91. Signs
92. Drive
93. Fences
94. Persepolis
95. Brooklyn
96. Midnight in Paris
97. Before Night Falls
98. The Nice Guys
99. The Others
100. Legally Blonde
Honorable Mentions: Locke, The Irishman, Ida, The Passion of the Christ, Hail Caesar!, Amélie, The Conjuring, WALL·E, Winter's Bone, CODA, Oppenheimer, A Serious Man, The Departed, The Fabelmans, Gran Torino
My Criteria: These selections balance artistic excellence with moral seriousness. I aimed for genre and thematic variety, but otherwise simply picked the best films regardless of overlap. A future version may limit entries to one film per director.
A filmmaker's politics is irrelevant, but cinema should do more than kill time or mistake transgression for depth. If you're looking to catch up on movies, this is a great place to start.
I watch hundreds of films each year and love talking about them. Follow along, and feel free to reach out if you want personalized recommendations. What do you agree with? What would you add or cut?
Hope you enjoy!
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1. The Sixth Sense (1999)
2. Fight Club (1999)
3. Se7en (1995)
4. The Usual Suspects (1995)
5. Oldboy (2003)
6. Shutter Island (2010)
7. Memento (2000)
8. Parasite (2019)
9. Gone Girl (2014)
10. The Prestige (2006)
11. Incendies (2010)
12. Primal Fear (1996)
13. Saw (2004)
14. Donnie Darko (2001)
15. The Others (2001)
16. Arrival (2016)
17. No Country for Old Men (2007)
18. Get Out (2017)
19. Atonement (2007)
20. Enemy (2013)
21. The Game (1997)
22. Identity (2003)
23. Black Swan (2010)
24. Vertigo (1958)
25. The Mist (2007)
26. Coherence (2013)
27. Mulholland Drive (2001)
28. Predestination (2014)
29. Hereditary (2018)
30. The Machinist (2004)
31. Ex Machina (2014)
32. Triangle (2009)
33. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
34. The Village (2004)
35. Dark City (1998)
36. Frailty (2001)
37. The Invitation (2015)
38. Arlington Road (1999)
39. Prisoners (2013)
40. Moon (2009)
41. The Handmaiden (2016)
42. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
43. The Wailing (2016)
44. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
45. The Skin I Live In (2011)
46. Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
47. Perfect Blue (1997)
48. The Vanishing (1988)
49. Burning (2018)
50. Mystic River (2003)
51. The Crying Game (1992)
52. Cache (2005)
53. Angel Heart (1987)
54. Tenet (2020)
55. The Truman Show (1998)
56. The Lighthouse (2019)
57. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
58. Fallen (1998)
59. The Father (2020)
60. Saint Maud (2019)
61. Inception (2010)
62. Psycho (1960)
63. Blow Out (1981)
64. The Orphan (2009)
65. Under the Silver Lake (2018)
66. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
67. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
68. The Gift (2015)
69. Abre los Ojos (1997)
70. Timecrimes (2007)
71. Memories of Murder (2003)
72. The Invisible Guest (2016)
73. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
74. A Simple Plan (1998)
75. The Otherside of the Door (2016)
76. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
77. The Sting (1973)
78. The Departed (2006)
79. Unbreakable (2000)
80. Barbarian (2022)
81. Speak No Evil (2022)
82. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
83. The House of the Devil (2009)
84. Matchstick Men (2003)
85. The Skeleton Key (2005)
86. Identity Theft (2002)
87. Source Code (2011)
88. The Last Seduction (1994)
89. The Silent Patient
90. Resolution (2012)
91. Upgrade (2018)
92. The Gift (2000)
93. The Perfect Host (2010)
94. Orphan: First Kill (2022)
95. Mother! (2017)
96. The Devil’s Advocate (1997)
97. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
98. Lake Mungo (2008)
99. The Night House (2020)
100. The Seventh Victim (1943)
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