What are the best movies of the 21st century? The new millennium has already served many film masterpieces, and the BBC, with the help of 177 film critics and connoisseurs from 36 countries, made a list of modern film classics. Check out the best movies made between 2000 and today. You won't guess the best even if we give you a thousand tries!
Which are the best films of the 21st century, you contemporary movie classics? The BBC's cultural editors asked film critics and connoisseurs around the world for the best films, recorded after 1999. The top of the list of film classics of our time (the list consists of 102 films) is somewhat surprisingly occupied by surrealistic, difficult to understand and stylistically perfect Mulholland Drive (2001) by director David Lynch, which received the most votes from critics.
The Chinese drama swung into second place In the mood for love (In the Mood For Love, 2000), which follows it Blood will flow (There Will Be Blood, 2007) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Two Japanese animated films made it to the top five A wonderful journey (Spirited Away, 2001) and Boyhood years (Boyhood, 2014) by Richard Linklater, who spent 12 years making the film.
The most popular directors are mentioned Paul Thomas Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Wes Anderson, Joel and Ethan Coen brothers, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Michael Haneke, who each contributed three films to the list. With the list, the BBC wanted to show that a film classic that will be talked about by generations can be filmed even in the 21st century.
The jury was formed film critics and connoisseurs of the seventh art from all over the world, and each could propose ten films. The result was 599 different movies, which were then ranked by the number of votes by the BBC's cultural editors. Most films contributed to the ranking the year 2012, namely 10. Despite the extensive list, there are few commercial hits on it. An exception is Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
There are also few movies female director (12), two of which she contributed Kathyrn Bigelow (2008's Bombing Mission and 2012's Zero Dark Thirty), and among the top 100, they dominate English language films. If the films from the list will also be on the list of the best films of this century, it will be definitively clear in 2100.
The best films of the 21st century (2000-2016):
