Films of the 2010s: The Results (2022 Edition)

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Films of the 2010s: The Results (2022 Edition)

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Let's try this again. The previous results were not correct, but these should be fine. Sorry again!

The following people submitted lists. Thanks for the participation!

acr0320 (180/180)
acroamor (144/180)
Arsalan (68/180)
BleuPanda (180/180)
bonnielaurel (153/180)
Greg (131/180)
kendon (91/180)
ManPerson (27/180)
Michel (153/180)
Miguel (77/180)
mileswide (22/180)
Nassim (82/180)
nquoid (180/180)
Petri (167/180)
prosecutorgodot (50/180)
Schüttelbirne (151/180)
stone37 (123/180)
The_Claw (176/180)
whuntva (120/180)

Let us start with the first forty entries:
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He did not just get off the fuckin' couch. If he did, I'm gonna buy a couch like that.
180. The Fighter (2010)

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Director: David O. Russell
Country: USA
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: Sports, Biopic, Drama

Points: 695
Year rank: 24 (Bonus nomination by Arsalan)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 695
AMF EOD Rank: 688
Number of votes: 16
All we ever wanted for you was to be world champion: Arsalan (#34/68)
I finally got a good thing going for me and you can‘t be fuckin‘ happy for me: nquoid (#166/180), Schüttelbirne (#139/151), acr0320 (#172/180), BleuPanda (#173/180), Nassim (#77/82), kendon (#90/91)

Another biographical sports film that does little for me beyond the dialogue and performances. - BleuPanda
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Definitely not a good time to be a Nazi.
179. Jojo Rabbit (2019)

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Director: Taika Waititi
Country: USA / New Zealand / Czech Republic
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Satire, Comedy, Drama, Period Drama

Points: 707
Year rank: 31 (Bonus nomination by ManPerson)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1409
AMF EOD Rank: Unranked
Number of votes: 15
Dancing is for people who are free. It‘s an escape from all this: ManPerson (#12)
People used to say a lot of nasty things about me: whuntva (#113/120), The_Claw (#167/176), Petri (#158/167), nquoid (#171/180), Greg (#126/131), prosecutorgodot (#48/50), Schüttelbirne (#150/151), acroamor (#144/144), acr0320 (#180/180)

Jojo Rabbit reads better if you treat it less like a satire and more as a straight farce, though it would work a whole lot better if Waititi simply went all in. Instead, he tries to find a balance between absurdity and poignancy, and whatever message he is trying to make gets lost. - BleuPanda

I have a thing for movies that make fun of Nazis and this is no exception - ManPerson
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Who are we if we can't protect them? We have to protect them.
178. A Quiet Place (2018)

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Director: John Krasinski
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Horror, Thriller, Survival, Alien Invasion

Points: 757
Year rank: 13
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1215
AMF EOD Rank: 208
Number of votes: 14
He‘ll come for you: kendon (#29/91)
Too noisy: acroamor (#138/144), Greg (#128/131)

My problem with A Quiet Place is I figured out the solution to the problem at the beginning of the movie, assumed the characters had already tried this incredibly obvious solution during the time skip, and went along with it thinking there was some reason the obvious solution had not worked. Does this movie really expect us to believe no one thought to fight back against the blind creatures who hunt through sound by creating noise? The sense of tension makes this an exceptional mainstream horror despite this, but I have rarely hated the ending of a movie this much. - BleuPanda
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I know what it‘s like to lose. To feel so desperately that you‘re right, yet to fail nonetheless. It‘s frightening, turns the legs to jelly. I ask you to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now it‘s here. Or should I say, I am.
177. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

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Director: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Country: USA
Runtime: 156 min
Genre: Superhero, Action, Science Fiction

Points: 760
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1677
AMF EOD Rank: 327
Number of votes: 13
The Earth‘s mightiest heroes. - Like Kevin Bacon?: stone37 (#28)
You‘re embarrassing me in front of the wizards: Petri (#160/167), Arsalan (#67/68), acroamor (#143/144)

Feels like the penultimate episode of the most expensive television show ever produced. Infinity War is very much the Empire Strikes Back of the MCU - a film where everything goes wrong, with the unfortunately obvious fact that it will mostly be reversed next time. Seems to be treated as the holy grail by the fanbase, though it wouldn't land in my personal top 5. Nevertheless, its a suitably epic justification of what the MCU has been aiming to do from the beginning. - BleuPanda
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It‘s the first time I‘ve ever seen you look ugly… and that makes me kind of happy.
176. Bridesmaids (2011)

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Director: Paul Feig
Country: USA
Runtime: 125 min
Genre: Comedy

Points: 762
Year rank: 13
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 278
AMF EOD Rank: 127
Number of votes: 14
This is such a stone-cold pack of weirdos, and I am so proud!: stone37 (#33)
We would like to invite you to no longer live with us: BleuPanda (#166/180), Michel (#142/153), Petri (#159/167), kendon (#91/91), whuntva (#120/120)

Mid-2000s crude comedy for her. - BleuPanda
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I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it‘s a fucking comedy.
175. Joker (2019)

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Director: Todd Phillips
Country: USA
Runtime: 122 min
Genre: Psychological Drama, Crime

Points: 771
Year rank: 13
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 770
AMF EOD Rank: 120
Number of votes: 16
I‘m just thinking of a joke: Michel (#15)
All I have are negative thoughts: BleuPanda (#164/180), Nassim (#75/82), acr0320 (#176/180), kendon (#89/90), bonnielaurel (#151/153), nquoid (#180/180)

I am of several conflicting minds about this film. Joker definitely stands out among the many formulaic superhero films of the era, but it also begs the question of whether this should have been a comic-based film at all. It's a shameless Scorsese imitation, but is that a bad thing? It certainly does not belong in a discussion of the greatest films of this era, but as far as popular films go, I'd take this over 90% of its mainstream competitors. - BleuPanda
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It's not like any mission is gonna be rougher than the last one, is it?
174. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

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Director: Brad Bird
Country: USA
Runtime: 133 min
Genre: Action, Spy, Thriller

Points: 772
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 805
AMF EOD Rank: 254
Number of votes: 13
Next time, I get to seduce the rich guy: acr0320 (#40)
Your line‘s not long enough: bonnielaurel (#140/153), BleuPanda (#167/180)

The action in these movies just keep getting more and more impressive, but they always lose me in the space between. - BleuPanda
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Some men are coming to kill us. We're going to kill them first.
173. Skyfall (2012)

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Director: Sam Mendes
Country: UK / USA
Runtime: 145 min
Genre: Spy, Action, Thriller

Points: 777
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 612
AMF EOD Rank: 59
Number of votes: 14
Everybody needs a hobby. - So what‘s yours? - Resurrection: whuntva (#35)
My complexion is hardly relevant. - Your competence is: BleuPanda (#158)

A mainstream action film with impressive cinematography, but little stuck with me. - BleuPanda
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Your absence fills my lfie completely and destroys it.
172. Julieta (2016)

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Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Country: Spain
Runtime: 96 min
Genre: Melodrama

Points: 783
Year rank: 22 (Bonus nomination by acr0320)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 806
AMF EOD Rank: 795
Number of votes: 10
I always knew there was something important in your life that you never shared with me: bonnielaurel (#51/153)
Yes, I met her. And it was very unpleasant, but I didn‘t want to say.: The_Claw (#166/176), BleuPanda (#175/180)

I have a love/hate relationship with Almodovar - his visual style is always masterful, but this one did nothing else for me. - BleuPanda
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John Chambers: Hmm, let‘s see… Well, this one‘s got an M.A. in English. She should be your screenwriter. Sometimes they go along on scouts ‚cause, they want the free meals. Here‘s your director.
Tony Mendez: Can you teach somebody to be a director in a day?
John Chambers: You can teach a rhesus monkey to be a director in a day.
171. Argo (2012)

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Director: Ben Affleck
Country: USA
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Political Thriller, Period Drama

Points: 784
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 746
AMF EOD Rank: 118
Number of votes: 14
If I‘m doing a fake movie, it‘s gonna be a fake hit: Miguel (#23)
Target audience will hate it. - Who‘s the target audience? - People with eyes: acroamor (#133/144)

The Argo/Lincoln Oscar race is among the funniest things to ever happen with the Academy. Why these two good but kind of bland features as frontrunners? I thought we had collectively forgotten about this movie, yet here it is. - BleuPanda
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Beauty isn‘t everything. It‘s the only thing.
170. The Neon Demon (2016)

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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Country: Denmark / France / USA
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Psychological Thriller

Points: 792
Year rank: 18 (Bonus nomination by bonnielaurel)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 969
AMF EOD Rank: 240
Number of votes: 12
You know what my mother used to call me? Dangerous: bonnielaurel (#6)
Well I think, that if she wasn‘t beautiful you wouldn‘t even have stopped to look: Michel (#151/153), The_Claw (#175/176)

A lot of symbolism was used here. Eyes and mirrors stand for looking and being looked at. The four triangles, shaped like the face of a demon, correspond to the four female characters. One is pointing upwards to the spiritual; the others are pointing downwards to the corporeal. The predators symbolize danger and bestiality. Ambient music enhances the dreamlike quality. - bonnielaurel

I was hesitant to watch this after absolutely hating Only God Forgives, but it ended up being a pleasant surprise. I'm not sure Nicolas Winding Refn understands basic human communication at this point, but the alien delivery only adds to the horror here. - BleuPanda
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What‘s done is done when we say it‘s done.
169. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

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Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Country: USA
Runtime: 147 min
Genre: Action, Spy, Thriller

Points: 797
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 854
AMF EOD Rank: 156
Number of votes: 12
I‘ll figure it out: nquoid (#38)
The end you‘ve always feared is coming: bonnielaurel (#142/153)

the great action we've come to expect from the series with the added emotional weight of age catching up with Ethan/Tom – acr0320

Like Ghost Protocol, but slightly better on every front. - BleuPanda
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Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.
168. Selma (2014)

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Director: Ava DuVernay
Country: UK / USA
Runtime: 122 min
Genre: Biopic, Political Drama, Period Drama

Points: 801
Year rank: 21 (Bonus nomination by ManPerson)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 330
AMF EOD Rank: 227
Number of votes: 12
We negotiate, we demonstrate, we resist: bonnielaurel (#55)
I‘ll be damned to let history put me in the same place as the likes of you: BleuPanda (#157)

Ava DuVernay has consistently underwhelmed me. Selma tells a very important story, but the actual presentation does nothing for me. - BleuPanda
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The zero G and the extended duration of the journey is affecting me both physically and mentally. I am alone. Something I always believed I preferred. I am alone. But I confess it‘s wearing on me. I am alone. I am alone.
167. Ad Astra (2019)

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Director: James Gray
Country: USA
Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Science Fiction, Psychological Drama, Space Exploration

Points: 802,0
Year rank: 18 (Bonus nomination by Miguel)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 797
AMF EOD Rank: 638
Number of votes: 11
I will rely on those closest to me and I will share their burdens, as they share mine: Miguel (#6)
He could only see what was not there… and missed what was right in front of him: The_Claw (#163/176)

Ad Astra rubs me the wrong way. All the surface level elements are there to suggest this could be a true classic, but it feels like an illusion. I'm usually of the mind that style is substance, but everything it is actually saying feels all too familiar. Add in its bleak outlook and I don't know what purpose it serves. Brad Pitt gives a strong performances, the visuals are stunning, but it left me deeply unsatisfied in a way I still struggle to articulate. - BleuPanda
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We‘re lighter, we‘re faster, and if that don‘t work, we‘re nastier.
166. Ford v Ferrari (2019)

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Director: James Mangold
Country: USA
Runtime: 152 min
Genre: Sports, Biopic

Points: 802,7
Year rank: 24 (Bonus nomination by Arsalan)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 2672
AMF EOD Rank: 419
Number of votes: 13
Looks aren‘t everything: Arsalan (#25)
I don‘t speak Italian, but he ain‘t happy: Petri (#156/167), Schüttelbirne (#141/151)

I'm not much for racing (or sports in general), but seeing this movie in theaters was a wonderful experience. The sound design here is top of the line. What surrounds it may be a fairly ordinary biopic, but the technical display pushes it to another level. - BleuPanda
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Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life.
165. Easy A (2010)

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Director: Will Gluck
Country: USA
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Teen Movie, Comedy

Points: 805
Year rank: 18 (Bonus nomination by stone37)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1973
AMF EOD Rank: 616
Number of votes: 13
There are two sides to every story. This is my side, the right one: stone37 (#6)
If God wanted him to graduate, then God would have given him the right answers: BleuPanda (#163/180), Petri (#157/167), The_Claw (#169/176), Michel (#152/153), prosecutorgodot (#50/50)

A good film for what it is, a high school comedy that helped solidify Emma Stone as a true star. - BleuPanda

Emma Stone at her most beguiling. It is a pity that such performances (and movies) such as this rarely garner attention from the Academy Awards. Easily one of the best American comedies of the decade. - stone37
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Which would be worse – to live as a monster? Or to die as a good man?
164. Shutter Island (2010)

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Director: Martin Scorsese
Country: USA
Runtime: 138 min
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Mystery

Points: 806,2
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 943
AMF EOD Rank: 97
Number of votes: 15
You‘re smarter than you look, Marshal: Miguel (#2)
Marshal… you have no friends: bonnielaurel (#145/153), Arsalan (#64/68), The_Claw (#168/176)

A lesser Scorsese, which means it's still better than 90% of movies out there. - BleuPanda
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I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world as it is is vexing enough.
163. True Grit (2010)

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Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Country: USA
Runtime: 111 min
Genre: Western

Points: 806,8
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 375
AMF EOD Rank: 205
Number of votes: 16
There is nothing free except the grace of God: Miguel (#20)
One would be just as unpleasant as the other: Petri (#153/167), BleuPanda (#171/180)

A fun Western revival, but it did little to truly stick. - BleuPanda
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As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight. You breathe. Keep breathing. When there is a storm and you stand in front of a tree, if you look at its branches, you swear it will fall. But if you watch the trunk, you will see its stability.
162. The Revenant (2015)

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Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Country: USA
Runtime: 156 min
Genre: Revisionist Western, Period Drama, Survival, Northern

Points: 807
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 688
AMF EOD Rank: 50
Number of votes: 15
He knows how far I came to find him: Greg (#18)
Same as that elk, when they get afraid they run deep in to the woods: nquoid (#170/180), bonnielaurel (#152/153)

Most aspects of this movie are strong, from DiCaprio's performance to the stunning cinematography. But Inarritu fails to hook me, and part of me feels like this is more a showcase than a fully realized feature. - BleuPanda
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Veronica: Now the best thing we have going for us, is being who we are.
Alice: Why?
Veronica: Because no one thinks we have the balls to pull this off.
161. Widows (2018)

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Director: Steve McQueen
Country: UK / USA
Runtime: 128 min
Genre: Heist Film, Drama, Thriller

Points: 809
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 861
AMF EOD Rank: 750
Number of votes: 13
What I've learned from men like my father and your husband is that you reap what you sow. : nquoid (#24)
I always said he should burn in hell. But Chicago will do: Schüttelbirne (#142/151), Greg (#130/131)

Widows could have been a fairly boiler plate little crime thriller, but Steven McQueen completely elevates this movie into being a lot more than that. The entire supporting cast is bringing their absolute A-game, including a performance from Viola Davis that was woefully underappreciated. Widows is a movie where the social undercurrent has a huge affect on all the characters lives, themes of a broken economy, racism, classism, sexism all coming together to make a genuinely edge of your seat popcorn thriller. - nquoid

It took five years for Steve McQueen to follow up on 12 Years a Slave, and Widows was a bit underwhelming all things considered. It feels like a subtle master trying to make something a touch more mainstream, and it largely works. McQueen has a keen visual sense that shines through, but the narrative is unwieldy. - BleuPanda
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Any other team wins the World Series, good for them. They're drinking champagne, they get a ring. But if we win, on our budget, with this team... we'll have changed the game. And that's what I want. I want it to mean something.
160. Moneyball (2011)

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Director: Bennett Miller
Country: 2011
Runtime: 127 min
Genre: Sports, Biopic, Drama

Points: 811
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 596
AMF EOD Rank: 144
Number of votes: 16
He hit a home run and didn‘t even realize it: Arsalan (#13)
When your enemy‘s making mistakes, don‘t interrupt him: Schüttelbirne (#138/151), bonnielaurel (#144/153), BleuPanda (#174/180), Petri (#164/167), Nassim (#79/82)

There are too many biographical films that let themselves be carried by a strong script (usually meaning witty dialogue) and stellar performances. I always feel like these films aim for the bare minimum for what is recognized as greatness while taking the littlest effort possible in regards to the cinematic elements. I might be misremembering Moneyball in the decade since I forced myself to watch it, but it seems emblematic of the type of lit major reading of cinema that I despise. - BleuPanda
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Your skills are matchless, but your mind is hostage to human sentiments.
159. 刺客聶隱娘 [The Assassin] (2015)

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Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Country: Taiwan / China / Hong Kong
Runtime: 104 min
Genre: Wuxia, Slow Cinema

Points: 812,2
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 86
AMF EOD Rank: 556
Number of votes: 8
You have mastered the sword: Greg (#39)
The way of the sword is without compassion: Michel (132/153)

There's nothing better than a master of slow cinema deciding to make an action film and not even attempting to make it any more energetic than his typical feature. - BleuPanda
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I won't see a third bomb dropped on the country of my grandmother, who lived through it.
158. シン・ゴジラ [Shin Godzilla] (2016)

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Director: Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi
Country: Japan
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Giant Monster, Political Thriller, Disaster, Science Ficton, Kaiju

Points: 812,3
Year rank: 34 (Bonus nomination by whuntva)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 2337
AMF EOD Rank: 861
Number of votes: 11
There is no precedent: prosecutorgodot (#11)
Man is more frightening than Gojira: bonnielaurel (#141/153), The_Claw (#171/176), stone37 (#123/123)

The only Godzilla sequel that truly captures the spirit of the original. After decades of monster action flicks, Hideaki Anno brings the series back to its horror roots. This is a numbing disaster movie, as much about Godzilla as it is bureaucratic inadequacy. The creature design is surprisingly effective, with Godzilla starting as an uncanny fish-eyed creature and slowly evolving into a tumorous monstrosity. Easily billed as a Godzilla film by the guy behind Neon Genesis Evangelion, this does not disappoint. - BleuPanda

Although last in my tabulation, I did not hate this film. Indeed, I do not dislike any film I voted for, but Shin Godzilla would rate as a "C." While I get that the film is parodying Japanese politics, the endless meetings get tiresome. The film has one standout sequence. It has also some interesting things to say about Japan's geopolitical status post-WWII and its "tributary" status to the United States. - stone37
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I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.
157. Life of Pi (2012)

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Director: Ang Lee
Country: USA / UK / Taiwan
Runtime: 127 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Survival

Points: 814
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 899
AMF EOD Rank: 79
Number of votes: 15
The one with the tiger. That‘s the better story: whuntva (#8), bonnielaurel (#15)
He was such an evil man. But worse still, he brought the evil out in me: Michel (#143/153), BleuPanda (#172/180), stone37 (#119/123), Petri (#163/167), Greg (#129/131), acr0320 (#178/180)

I remember liking this film back when it came out, but it rather quickly slipped from my memory. Nothing particularly wrong with it, but it doesn't quite pop either. - BleuPanda
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We may be evolved, but deep down we are still animals.
156. Zootopia (2016)

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Director: Byron Howard & Rich Moore
Country: USA
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Computer Animation, Buddy, Comedy, Family, Crime, Fable, Adventure

Points: 816
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 981
AMF EOD Rank: 108
Number of votes: 16
Are you saying that because he's a sloth he can't be fast? I thought in Zootopia, anyone could be anything. : Miguel (#12)
Life isn't some cartoon musical where you sing a little song and all your insipid dreams magically come true : acroamor (#135/144)

What can I say? Disney gave the furries exactly what we needed. - BleuPanda
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America is not a country, it‘s a business.
155. Killing Them Softly (2012)

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Director: Andrew Dominik
Country: USA
Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Gangster Film

Points: 816
Year rank: 19 (Bonus nomination by stone37)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1099
AMF EOD Rank: 539
Number of votes: 11
Very few guys know me: stone37 (#2)
Not close enough for feelings. Don‘t like feelings. Don‘t want to think about them: acroamor (#141/144), The_Claw (#174/176), BleuPanda (#178/180)

Feels like a 90s smart crime film without really doing anything to stand out from the rest, several decades after the fact. - BleuPanda

Uses the economic meltdown of 2008 to conflate organized crime with oligarchical politics. Features several standout scenes and ends with one of the great monologues in recent cinema. - stone37
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Nature made me a freak. Man made me a weapon. And God made it last too long.
154. Logan (2017)

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Director: James Mangold
Country: USA
Runtime: 135 min
Genre: Action, Superhero, Neo-Western

Points: 818
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 967
AMF EOD Rank: 139
Number of votes: 15
Safe place. You should take a moment and feel it: stone37 (#14)
Don‘t be what they made you: prosecutorgodot (#46/50), acroamor (#140/144)

The perfect sendoff to Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. In contrast to the dull grit of the DC Universe films, Logan shows how to make a serious and effective superhero flick. One of the few superhero flicks that feels like it will survive as a classic even in the (possibly nonexistent) future where people eventually move on. - BleuPanda
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I am Groot.
153. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

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Director: James Gunn
Country: USA
Runtime: 122 min
Genre: Space Opera, Action, Comedy

Points: 820,1
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 824
AMF EOD Rank: 100
Number of votes: 15
It is good to once again be among friends: Nassim (#14)
That‘s gonna wear real thin, real fast, bud: Schüttelbirne (#144/151), bonnielaurel (#143/153), Michel (#153/153), Petri (#167/167)

In a few decades when the MCU falls out of favor, my money is on Guardians of the Galaxy being the one standalone feature that people point to when the kids want to know what this was all about. There are a few reasons for this. James Gunn is one of the few directors who knows how to do this sort of humor properly. The fact no one knew or cared who the Guardians were outside of the most hardcore comics fans pretty much gave Gunn permission to do whatever he wanted with them. And, really, there aren't that many space operas beyond Star Wars and Star Trek that actually resonate with larger audiences. This is the MCU formula distilled to a perfect package. - BleuPanda
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Misanthrope? I don‘t hate my fellow man, even when he‘s tiresome and surly and tries to cheat at poker. I figure that‘s just a human material, and him that finds in it cause for anger and dismay is just a fool for expecting better.
152. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

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Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Country: USA
Runtime: 132 min
Genre: Anthology Film, Western

Points: 820,3
Year rank: 17 (Bonus nomination by acr0320)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1014
AMF EOD Rank: 184
Number of votes: 11
And we can sing together and shake our heads over all the meanness in the used-to-be: Greg (#22)
Don‘t let my white duds and pleasant demeanor fool you: nquoid (#154/180)

maybe their bleakest view of humanity yet, also some of the Coen's funniest material in years – acro0320

Few of the major Western revivals have actually worked for me, but Buster Scruggs largely succeeds due to its anthology structure. Some shorts are better than others, but a rapid fire display of Coen stories is always a good time. - BleuPanda
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You rob to support a drug habit, I do drugs to support a robbery habit.
151. Baby Driver (2017)

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Director: Edgar Wright
Country: USA / UK
Runtime: 112 min
Genre: Action, Heist Film, Music

Points: 822
Year rank: 13
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 868
AMF EOD Rank: 66
Number of votes: 15
He‘s a looney. Just like his tunes: kendon (#15)
Don‘t feed me any more lines from Monsters, Inc. It pisses me off: Michel (#141/153), acr0320 (#179/180)

Certainly not my favorite Edgar Wright film, but it shows him exploring a new stylistic direction halfway between his zany comedies that came before and a more refined edge. The action music sequences are among the best scenes this decade, forcing me to appreciate "Hocus Pocus" by Focus of all things. A perfect example of making action artful. - BleuPanda
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Science says death exists. - But life gives the same answer
150. Фауст [Faust] (2011)

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Director: Alexander Sokurov
Country: Russia
Runtime: 134 min
Genre: Drama, Tragedy, Low Fantasy

Points: 490
Year rank: 37 (Bonus nomination by Greg)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 685
AMF EOD Rank: 178
Number of votes: 7
I do my best, but what does it get me?: Greg (#3)
I don‘t have any ink left. - What a pity! How about using blood?: acr0320 (#174/180), nquoid (#175/180), Petri (#162/167), The_Claw (#173/176), BleuPanda (#179/180)

Faust is a repulsive movie - and, despite this being my (now second) lowest ranked film, I do not mean this opening line to be insulting. Alexander Sokurov went to great lengths to generate an atmosphere like few others, a gnarly work in the brownish tones of an old painting. Unfortunately, as someone who has encountered and rarely connected with several Faust adaptations, this one did little to make me reconsider the tale. Nothing really balances out with the visual murkiness, and Sokurov's obnoxious tendency to warp his images feels like an amateur playing around with editing software. Repulsiveness can work to a film's benefit - Hard to Be a God is the perfect counterpoint among this set of films - but Faust ended up being merely unpleasant and not particularly interesting. - BleuPanda
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Yes, Mum, I understand, but we‘re on an island, it‘s the safest place.
149. Utøya 22. juli [Utøya: July 22] (2018)

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Director: Erik Poppe
Country: Norway
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Period Drama

Points: 826
Year rank: 37 (Bonus nomination by bonnielaurel)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 4415
AMF EOD Rank: 268
Number of votes: 7
Biggest Fan: bonnielaurel (#7)
Not a Fan: BleuPanda (#168/180), Michel (#140/153), acr0320 (#173/180), The_Claw (#170/176)

A handheld camera shows the attacks from the point of view of the frightened youngsters trying to survive. The long takes following them over the island were carefully planned. There's attention for accidental details, like when that mosquito lands on her arm. Watching it feels like you’re one of the potential victims yourself. - bonnielaurel

Shooting a movie in one take is a lofty ambition, and I think Utoya: July 22 unfortunately showcases why it's not always worth the effort. Reenacting one of the most disturbing events of the decade, Utoya: July 22 hits, but not nearly as hard as I expected. I think Erik Poppe was correct to capture these events in real time, but with his narrow focus on a single girl without ever cutting away, the final result feels tedious and ultimately uninformative. It stills capture this horrific sense of being there, but I feel there must be a better way to tell this story. - BleuPanda
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Sometimes there‘s no lesson. That‘s a lesson in itself.
148. Anomalisa (2015)

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Director: Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
Country: USA
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Psychological Drama, Puppet Animation

Points: 827,6
Year rank: 13
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 367
AMF EOD Rank: 180
Number of votes: 12
I think you‘re extraordinary. - Why? - I don‘t know yet. It‘s just obvious to me that you are: whuntva (#24)
I think there‘s something very, very wrong with me: BleuPanda (#165/180), Schüttelbirne (#137/151), Greg (#121/131)

This feels like something I should like more than I do - the stop-motion, Kaufman's writing, the faces. Yet it never really added up to anything greater for me. What exactly is this trying to say? - BleuPanda
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I've been poor my whole life, like a disease passing from generation to generation. But not my boys, not anymore.
147. Hell or High Water (2016)

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Director: David Mackenzie
Country: USA
Runtime: 102 min
Genre: Neo-Western, Heist Film

Points: 827,9
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 379
AMF EOD Rank: 129
Number of votes: 14
It‘s gonna haunt you, son, for the rest of your days: Arsalan (#17)
Do you know what Comanche means? It means „Enemies forever“: BleuPanda (#155)

The cutoff for my 4 star movies, and this one really is right at the edge. I remember this movie being far smarter than I expected, but it left so little impact that I struggle to recall much of it. - BleuPanda
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I don't want to talk about time travel because if we start talking about it then we're going to be here all day talking about it, making diagrams with straws.
146. Looper (2012)

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Director: Rian Johnson
Country: USA
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Thriller, Tech-Noir, Crime, Action, Science Fiction, Time Travel

Points: 829
Year rank: 16 (Bonus nomination by Miguel)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 702
AMF EOD Rank: 126
Number of votes: 13
This time travel crap just fries your brain like a egg: Michel (#18)
A boy, angry and alone. Laid out in front of him, the bad path: Petri (#143)

I remember being absolutely enthralled while catching this in theaters, only for its issues to grow more apparent with distance. Nevertheless, it's one of the better genre films of the decade, even if I somewhat struggle to wrap my head around the functionality of its central premise. - BleuPanda
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I hoped today might be a good day. Hope is a dangerous thing. That‘s it for now, then next week, Command will send a different message. Attack at dawn. There is only one way this war ends: Last man standing.
145. 1917 (2019)

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Director: Sam Mendes
Country: UK / USA
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: War, Period Drama, Thriller

Points: 830,4
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1426
AMF EOD Rank: 95
Number of votes: 16
There‘s a medal in it for sure: Greg (#19)
It doesn‘t do to dwell on it: stone37 (#118/123)

Shot as a simulated one-take, 1917 lands in an awkward position between a gripping portrait of war in real-time and somehow feeling like watching a video game Let's Play. Whatever its issues, I've experienced few films as effectively numbing in making me realize the endless horror of war - to walk away and think of this as only a small snapshot of a single day in something that lasted years. - BleuPanda

Technically impressive, but offered no real insight into WWI or the human condition. Left me cold. - stone37
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It‘s impressive what people say about lack of education, and they always refer to poor people, but lack of manners isn‘t in poor people, it‘s in rich, well educated people like you, the elite, who think they are elite, who think they are privileged, who don‘t stand in line, you know? People like you who took a „business“ course, but lack basic human decency, who have no character, you know? No character, no I mean, you do have a character: your character is money, all you‘ve got is your shit-eating smile; that‘s what you got.
144. Aquarius (2016)

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Director: Kleber Mendonca Filho
Country: Brazil / France
Runtime: 142 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 830,8
Year rank: 13
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 558
AMF EOD Rank: 306
Number of votes: 8
So when you like it, it‘s vintage: Michel (#55/153)
when you don‘t like it, it‘s old: acr0320 (#166/180)

A powerful study in trying to maintain a sense of control while everything works against you. - BleuPanda
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Sweetheart, how many times have I told you? Don't say "and stuff". Just say "dad, there are whores here".
143. The Nice Guys (2016)

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Director: Shane Black
Country: USA
Runtime: 116 min
Genre: Buddy, Black Comedy, Mystery

Points: 835
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1381
AMF EOD Rank: 152
Number of votes: 11
I think I‘m invincible. It‘s the only thing that makes sense. I don‘t think I can die: stone37 (#12)
I made your head small because I know you‘re sensitive about how big it is: BleuPanda (#170/180)

Of the 180 films featured in this project, 170 of them earned at least a 3.5 stars out of 5 from me (and 9 of the remaining 10 still manage a 3/5). Just wanted to point this out when I am inevitably listed as a hater for a bunch of films I generally liked and simply didn't find exceptional. - BleuPanda
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When two people love each other and they can‘t make that work, that‘s the real tragedy.
142. Gone Girl (2014)

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Director: David Fincher
Country: USA
Runtime: 149 min
Genre: Mystery, Psychological Drama, Crime, Thriller

Points: 836
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 340
AMF EOD Rank: 46
Number of votes: 18
Of course I‘m with you. I was with you before we were even born: mileswide (#3)
Whatever they found, I think it‘s safe to assume that it is very bad: whuntva (#110/120), Michel (#147/153)

the best movie about marriage this decade – acr0320

Gone Girl the novel is a pretty well executed airport thriller. But in the hands of David Fincher, it gets elevated to something so much more. Weaponising Ben Affleck's public persona to make it so understandable why Nick Dunne could be so easily accused of this crime is an inspired choice, and something that more leading men should allow movies to do. - nquoid

I feel a bit mixed about the subject matter here - do we really need a film about a woman faking accusations in the current era? But when I can get past that, this is a truly numbing cinematic experience, one that gets deeply under my skin. It's nice to know David Fincher still knows how to make me cringe. - BleuPanda
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Poetry in translaton is like taking a shower with a raincoat on.
141. Paterson (2016)

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Director: Jim Jarmusch
Country: USA / Germany / France
Runtime: 113 min
Genre: Drama, Slice of Life

Points: 837
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 253
AMF EOD Rank: 179
Number of votes: 11
Without love what reason is there for anything: acr0320 (#45)
I always say don‘t try to change things or you‘ll make them even worse: stone37 (#112/123)

It shouldn't work, the poems should come off as cheesy or pretentious or something but they never do thanks to excellent writing and a career best performance by Driver. - acr0320

A slow grower, one of the few movies I know that truly celebrates the mundanity of being alive. - BleuPanda
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Thanks for the quick turn around on the rework Schüttelbirne!

Definitely a lot of similar feeling movies here, a lot of the better big budget action films of the decade and biopics with a heavier focus on American political issues and masculinity.

New results seems more reflective of the polling than the first version, although still sad to see some favourites of mine fall so early.

Although Bol is definitely getting a big boost from the change in methodology, considering it was in 4/5 voters bottom 10%.
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To be honest, I think I was liking the countdown more with the incorrect formula. I don't like the fact that a film like Faust ranks #150 (not because I hate the film, which I have not seen), but because only 7 people voted for it. Of those, 5 are classified as "haters." Looking at the voting history of these users, these are not people averse to artsy films. As such, I would wager any sum that if another 4 to 6 users watched that film, it would rank near the very bottom of the list. In short, I feel like films with few votes have a big advantage over mainstream films that nearly every voter watched.

Moreover, I don't like the fact that so many "bonus" titles are outperforming films that placed in the yearly polls. Indeed, of the bottom 40 films, I believe 27 made their respective top 15. To me, such an outcome devalues the yearly polls.

That said, I totally get that the ranking methodology for films is much more difficult than for songs and albums. Music is easier to access. Songs and albums are quicker to consume and digest. A song poll for this site will generate far more lists and those lists will encompass, on average, a much higher percentage of the eligible items.

Just my thoughts.
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stone37 wrote: Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:48 pm To be honest, I think I was liking the countdown more with the incorrect formula. I don't like the fact that a film like Faust ranks #150 (not because I hate the film, which I have not seen), but because only 7 people voted for it. Of those, 5 are classified as "haters." Looking at the voting history of these users, these are not people adverse to artsy films. As such, I would wager any sum that if another 4 to 6 users watched that film, it would rank near the very bottom of the list. In short, I feel like films with few votes have a big advantage over mainstream films that nearly every voter watched.

Moreover, I don't like the fact that so many "bonus" titles are outperforming films that placed in the yearly polls. Indeed, of the bottom 40 films, I believe 27 made their respective top 15. To me, such an outcome devalues the yearly polls.

That said, I totally get that the ranking methodology for films is much more difficult than for songs and albums. Music is easier to access. Songs and albums are quicker to consume and digest. A song poll for this site will generate far more lists and those lists will encompass, on average, a much higher percentage of the eligible items.

Just my thoughts.
I think most people agree with you and it's simply about trying to figure out a better formula. We also have Bol remaining, which we know 4/5 of us did not like but is being heavily elevated by this formula.

I think, in the future, we might want to make the 'unseen' value either the exact middle (as we already do) or the average among those who did vote for it, whichever value is lower. It will take a bit more time to calculate that second number - but that way a largely underperforming film isn't being awkwardly elevated because the default score is higher than where most people place it. I think I've thought up a method to easily calculate all this and will try to implement it in the all-time poll.

In the system I'm proposing, for example, the 'unseen' Bol votes would be situated at the 79.22% point instead of the 50% point
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It seems that for a poll like this with fixed choices, the Rotten Tomatoes formula might not be too bad.
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We‘re reviving a canceled undercover police program from the ‚80s and revamping it for modern times. You see the guys in charge of this stuff lack creativity and are completely out of ideas, so all they do now is recycle shit from the past and expect us all not to notice.
140. 21 Jump Street (2012)

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Director: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Country: USA
Runtime: 109 min
Genre: Comedy / Buddy Cop / Crime / Police Procedural

Points: 839
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1873
AMF EOD Rank: 273
Number of votes: 12
Are you ready for a lifetime of being absolutely badass motherfuckers: Nassim (#21)
Do you have any idea how difficult it is to infiltrate a gang like this: BleuPanda (#160)

This feels like a bizarrely specific film to have made the final list. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller show their strong comedy style, but they completely outdo themselves with The Lego Movie two years later. - BleuPanda
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Mister Candie, normally I would say „Auf Wiedersehen“, but since what „Auf Wiedersehen“ actually means is „till I see you again“, and since I never wish to see you again, to you, Sir, I say goodbye!
139. Django Unchained (2012)

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Director: Quentin Tarantino
Country: USA
Runtime: 165 min
Genre: Revisionist Western, Black Comedy

Points: 840
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 354
AMF EOD Rank: 27
Number of votes: 16
You had my curiosity, now you have my attention: Arsalan (#2)
His approval would be a dubious proposition at best: Petri (#151/167), Schüttelbirne (#149/151)

I should probably revisit this one - definitely of the mind that this is lesser Tarantino, but 'lesser Tarantino' still means a genuine classic. Of the modern Westerns, this is definitely a standout, and a rare one to actually confront the racial politics of the time. - BleuPanda
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Molly: It‘s fun your mom thinks we‘re boning.
Amy: It isn‘t you who has to deal with their awkward looks when I say that I‘m going to the library with you and I‘m actually going to the library with you.
138. Booksmart (2019)

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Director: Olivia Wilde
Country: USA
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Teen Movie, Comedy, Buddy, Coming-of-Age

Points: 841,0
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 731
AMF EOD Rank: 365
Number of votes: 10
We just don‘t only care about school: kendon (#13)
Nobody knows we‘re fun: acroamor (#134/144)

A smarter, feminine version of Superbad a decade later. Simply a top tier high school comedy with a killer screenplay. Billie Lourd steals every scene she features in, but the whole cast is strong, and even the minor characters show a surprising depth. - BleuPanda
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If it was me, I'd start up a database, every male baby was born, stick 'em on it, and as soon as he done something wrong, cross reference it, make 100% certain it was a correct match, then kill him.
137. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

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Director: Martin McDonagh
Country: USA / UK
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: Drama, Black Comedy

Points: 841,7
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 586
AMF EOD Rank: 75
Number of votes: 15
And maybe I‘ll see you again if there‘s another place, and if there ain‘t… Well, it‘s been heaven knowing you: kendon (#18)
All this anger, man, it just begets greater anger: nquoid (#174/180), stone37 (#122/123)

Feels like the most misunderstood movie of the 2010s - less a rehabilitation as some people seem to assume and more a cynical observation of broken people continuing to be broken. - BleuPanda
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Hakim, my name is Chaudhary Isaac, but if anyone wants to enquire, there people know me as Isaac the pimp.
136. بول [Bol] (2011)

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Director: Shoaib Mansoor, Athar Abbas & Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi
Country: Pakistan
Runtime: 165 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 844
Year rank: 45 (Bonus nomination by whuntva)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 4895
AMF EOD Rank: 212
Number of votes: 5
It is great. My wife has become your fan: whuntva (#2)
I hope you won‘t need any more of it: acr0320 (#171/180), nquoid (#179/180), The_Claw (#176/176), BleuPanda (#180/180)

The only film here from which I walked away with an overall negative opinion. It reads like a heavy-handed statement piece. Maybe a film like this needed to be made in Pakistan, but for me, it's little more than an unexceptional melodrama. - BleuPanda
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Fill all the bags with hairy fruit. You have five minutes.
135. Les garçons sauvages [The Wild Boys] (2017)

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Director: Bertrand Mandico
Country: France
Runtime: 111 min
Genre: Adventure, Surrealism, Queer Cinema

Points: 845
Year rank: 31 (Bonus nomination by Schüttelbirne)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1227
AMF EOD Rank: Unranked
Number of votes: 6
We are on an enormous oyster, and I am its pearl: Schüttelbirne (#2)
We will rid you of this foul thing unless you bring us back to the island: The_Claw (#165/176), nquoid (#173/180)

There are two films on this list where rapists are forcibly transformed into women, which leaves a bad taste. I'm usually all about these early cinema throwbacks, but Mandico's edginess borders on being too much. Not helping is that its symbolism feels too obvious and it doesn't really seem to be saying much of anything. And, compared to the works of Guy Maddin or something like Pablo Berger's Blancanieves, it doesn't maintain the proper energy. There are moments where this really shines, but there are just as many where it feels like Mandico isn't thinking about what he appears to be saying. - BleuPanda

I watched this movie without having the faintest idea what it was about and I was blown away. Once they got to the beach orgy I was ready to declare this an absolute masterpiece. A visual dream with more stylistic direction in a minute than most films show in their entire runtime. The absolute peak of surrealist cinema. - Schüttelbirne
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Miguel: This isn‘t a dream, then – you‘re all really out there.
Victoria: You thought we weren‘t?
Miguel: Well, I don‘t know – I thought it might have been one of those made-up things adults tell kids! Like vitamins.
Victoria: Miguel, vitamins are a real thing!
Miguel: Well, now I‘m thinking maybe they could be.
134. Coco (2017)

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Director: Lee Unkrich
Country: USA
Runtime: 109 min
Genre: Music, Computer Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Portal Fantasy

Points: 846
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 878
AMF EOD Rank: 87
Number of votes: 18
I think it‘s just the right amount of obvious: Miguel (#10)
And I don‘t have a nose, and yet, here we are: acr0320 (#157)

Doesn't quite reach the heights of Pixar's best, but it makes a compelling observation of family and explored a unique culture while doing so. - BleuPanda
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Feathers are heavier than bantams? Makes no sense.
133. Hymyilevä mies [The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki] (2016)

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Director: Juho Kuosmanen
Country: Finland / Germany / Sweden
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: Biopic, Sports, Romance

Points: 849,40
Year rank: 28 Bonus nomination by Petri)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 5257
AMF EOD Rank: 226
Number of votes: 7
Love seems to be a serious thing: Petri (#1)
He has no business fighting in the adult weight class: BleuPanda (#177/180)

The story of a boxer that seems uninterested in boxing. I feel like there are some subversive narrative elements here that might interest some, but it never hooked me. - BleuPanda
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But the complexity and the gray lie not in the truth but what you do with the truth once you have it.
132. Knives Out (2019)

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Director: Rian Johnson
Country: USA
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Whodunit, Black Comedy

Points: 849,42
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 693
AMF EOD Rank: 98
Number of votes: 17
I read a tweet about a New Yorker article about you: Nassim (#17)
I suspect foul play. I have eliminated no suspects: acroamor (#126)

What new things are there to say about murder mysteries at this point? For over 200 years, the modern crime story has been an utterly dominant force in pop culture. Agatha Chrsitie and Conan Doyle stories have been endlessly adapted and readpated. So Rian Johnson had a tough sell with Knives Out to keep things fresh. But the central decision to this movie turns the entire genre on it's head and has the audience questioning the central tenents of a whodunnit. - nquoid

Walking away from Knives Out was a revelatory experience - we really don't get enough Christie-styled mysteries in film. An absolutely star-studded cast comes together for an outrageous screenplay. Most daring of all is its early twist - Rian Johnson reveals exactly what happened and toys with us in ways I have never experienced. Even in their brief roles, each character is truly brought to life. One of those rare films as intelligent as it is joyous. - BleuPanda
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Did the Sex Pistols know how to play? You don't need to know how to play. Who are you, Steely Dan? You need to learn how NOT to play, Conor. That's the trick. That's rock and roll. And THAT... takes practice.
131. Sing Street (2016)

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Director: John Carney
Country: Ireland / UK / USA
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Music, Teen Movie

Points: 850,2
Year rank: 82 (Bonus nomination by kendon)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 729
AMF EOD Rank: 401
Number of votes: 10
It‘s like when you don‘t know someone, they‘re more interesting. They can be anything you want them to be: kendon (#1)
Rock and roll is a risk. You risk being ridiculed. : acr0320 (#175/180)

An 80s nostalgia piece that really captures the vibe of an 80s teen movie, but also delves a little deeper into the era. Popular music makes a perfect escape from an awful new school. Very feel good, but with enough complexity to earn it. - BleuPanda
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Still looking likely like we'll burn through all of the bonus picks before we hit the top 100. Bluepanda, The_Claw, Michel and myself still have both in play, but we saw Forbidden Room, 20th Century Women, Stories We Tell and Nymphomaniac in the garbage version, so all will probably show up soon.

Also Schüttelbirne, don't want to be a hassle to what's been an impeccable rollout so far, but looks like: Widows, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Paterson are all missing information on whose ballots they were top or bottom on.
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nquoid wrote: Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:53 am

Also Schüttelbirne, don't want to be a hassle to what's been an impeccable rollout so far, but looks like: Widows, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Paterson are all missing information on whose ballots they were top or bottom on.
Thanks, I fixed it
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Damn, I didnt expect Django Unchained to rank this low!
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Where did those of you who've seen Bol watch it? I'm curious to check it out
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acroamor wrote: Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:47 pm Where did those of you who've seen Bol watch it? I'm curious to check it out
According to Letterboxd, you can rent it on Google Play, Youtube, and Apple
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acroamor wrote: Wed Jun 22, 2022 1:47 pm Where did those of you who've seen Bol watch it? I'm curious to check it out
What Bleu said, but also I was lucky enough to have a screening at my university. Some sort of Southeast Asian meeting. They served samosas. I went because I loved movies and was curious. Since I was 18 and a bit more naive to the world, it helped me expand my worldview and become more accepting of the attitudes and lifestyles depicted in the film.
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We‘re all the same. There‘s nobody left to love us.
130. Ma vie de Courgette [My Life as a Courgette] (2016)

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Director: Claude Barras
Country: Switzerland / France / Portugal
Runtime: 66 min
Genre: Drama, Puppet Animation

Points: 850,7
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1997
AMF EOD Rank: 237
Number of votes: 10
He‘d rather be called Courgette: Schüttelbirne (#26)
I‘d say potato, with that head: acr0320 (#153)

One of the rare animated films that actually dares to explore the darker sides of youth. Even when surrounded by grief, this does a wonderful job showing kids just trying to live their lives. - BleuPanda
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Steve Rogers: You know, I saw a pod of whales when I was coming in, over the bridge.
Natasha Romanoff: In the Hudson?
Steve Rogers: Fewer ships, cleaner water...
Natasha Romanoff: You know, if you're about to tell me to look on the bright side - I'm about to hit you in the head with a peanut butter sandwich.
Steve Rogers: Sorry, force of habit.
129. Avengers: Endgame (2019)

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Director: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Country: USA
Runtime: 182 min
Genre: Superhero, Time Travel, Action, Science Fiction

Points: 851,3
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1323
AMF EOD Rank: 132
Number of votes: 12
Everybody in this room is about that superhero life: prosecutorgodot (#9)
I don‘t judge people on their worst mistakes: Petri (#161/167), Arsalan (#68/68)

In a lot of ways Avengers: Endgame feels like the death of cinema. It's the culmination of the franchise that completely consumed cinema in the 2010s, and for some people that's enough to completely write it off. But it's obvious that everyone involved is commited to making this a satisfying and celebratory climax to a deacde worth of films. And sometimes you just want to turn your brain off 3 hours and go along for the ride. - nquoid

The big payoff of the MCU experiment. Dares to ask the question, how much can a narrative be powered by fan service? Works better as the final act of a massive set of movies than its own thing. I know 'serious filmgoers' are tired of these movies by this point, but what other mainstream popcorn series reach this level over and over? Having grown up with the disaster movies of the late 90s and early 2000s, I would take the MCU without a second thought. - BleuPanda
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The spirits of the dead kings siphon the soldiers‘ energy to lead their battles.
128. รักที่ขอนแก่น [Cemetery of Splendour] (2015)

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Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Country: Thailand
Runtime: 122 min
Genre: Drama, Slow Cinema, Magical Realism, Low Fantasy

Points: 851,4
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 216
AMF EOD Rank: 437
Number of votes: 8
I saw your dream: Greg (#33)
He‘s walking somewhere. He‘s disorientated: Michel (#148/153)

Weerasethakul's style has always been magical, but Cemetery of Splendour finds the right balance to truly invoke magical realism. Dreams and reality are completely blurred, and Weerasethakul manages his usual hypnotic rhythm. - BleuPanda
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Sometimes dreams aren‘t meant to be.
127. The Rider (2017)

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Director: Chloé Zhao
Country: USA
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Drama, Sports

Points: 853
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 254
AMF EOD Rank: 229
Number of votes: 12
Wow, that‘s amazing. A horse that‘s never had nobody on his back before kendon (#14)
No more riding, no more rodeos: Schüttelbirne (#125)

Chloe Zhao seems to have stumbled into this story and proved herself one of cinema's greatest observers. As she explores slightly fictionalized versions of her actors, she casts them against sprawling landscapes. Like the best works exploring those in dire scenarios, she finds a human element amidst the pain. - BleuPanda
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You and I belong to another era, George. The world is talking now. People want new faces, talking faces. I wish it wasn‘t like this, but the public wants fresh meat, and the public is never wrong.
126. The Artist (2011)

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Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Country: France
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Melodrama, Romantic Comedy

Points: 855
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 266
AMF EOD Rank: 58
Number of votes: 15
Perfect! Beautiful! Could you give me just one more? - With pleasure.: whuntva (#1), bonnielaurel (#14)
I‘m unhappy – So are millions of us.: nquoid (#169/180), acroamor (#132/144), stone37 (#120/123)

My main consideration with The Artist is that I really love silent cinema and I greatly appreciate the attention a film like this was given, but it also feels a bit too simple considering all that attention. There are other directors working in this style who do it better, but they don't design their movies with mainstream appeal. - BleuPanda
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If you encounter any problems you cannot resolve yourselves, you will be assigned children, that usually helps.
125. The Lobster (2015)

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Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Country: Ireland / UK / Greece / France / Netherlands
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Dystopian, Satire, Black Comedy, Drama

Points: 857
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 331
AMF EOD Rank: 148
Number of votes: 14
He thought that it is more difficult to pretend that you do have feelings when you don't than to pretend you don't have feelings when you do. : Michel (#23)
We dance alone. That‘s why we only play electronic music: Greg (#124/131), kendon (#87/91)

If The Lobster was only its first half, this would have likely landed in my top 50 here. Yorgos Lanthimos has a twisted sense of humor like few others, and I really appreciate his critique of the pressures that surround heteronormative relationships. The back half flips the script, but the inverse doesn't have nearly as much meaning. - BleuPanda
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If you could‘ve just said „I‘m sorry“ or faced up to what happened, maybe then we could so something with this, but you can‘t take responsibility for anything! So now I can‘t accept. And I can‘t forgive, because… because nobody admits anything they‘ve done!
124. Hereditary (2018)

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Director: Ari Aster
Country: USA
Runtime: 126 min
Genre: Supernatural Horror, Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama, Family Drama

Points: 858,7
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 398
AMF EOD Rank: 34
Number of votes: 14
It‘s heartening to see so many strange new faces here today. I know my mom would be very touched and probably a little suspicious: acr0320 (#9)
I never wanted to be your mother: bonnielaurel (#128)

trauma & grief taken to its logical extreme – acr0320

The standout of the elevated horror movement. Toni Collette unravels as a mother tossed from trauma to trauma. The accident at the heart of this film is among the most haunting sequences I have ever experienced. Not even the violence, but the simple uncomprehending stare Alex Wolff pulls off. How can one possibly cope with such events? Hereditary keeps pushing further, merging paranoid suspicions with the true supernatural. Among the hundreds of horror films I have seen, this is among a small handful that left me genuinely disarmed and upset. - BleuPanda
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I have a feeling in a few years people are going to be doing what they always do when the economy tanks. They will be blaming immigrants and poor people.
123. The Big Short (2015)

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Director: Adam McKay
Country: USA
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Drama, Hyperlink Cinema, Political Drama

Points: 858,9
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 922
AMF EOD Rank: 77
Number of votes: 15
I‘m going to find moral redemption at the roulette table: stone37 (#3), acr0320 (#17)
People hate to think about bad things happening so they always underestimate their likelihood: nquoid (#167/180), BleuPanda (#169/180), Schüttelbirne (#148/151)

Mckay's style at its most effective, a surprisingly rewatchable movie given its subject matter – acr0320

The Big Short takes an important and rather confusing aspect of modern life and does its best to explain for the common man. Certainly not my favorite movie of the era, but it does manage to make a point while being accessible. - BleuPanda

Funny, perceptive adaptation of Michael Lewis's book. The best of Adam McKay's overtly political films. - stone37
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It‘s all about how you can look at something and there can be another thing there that you aren‘t seeing so you got a blind spot.
122. Blindspotting (2018)

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Director: Carlos López Estrada
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Buddy, Comedy, Drama, Hood Film

Points: 858
Year rank: 19 (Bonus nomination by kendon)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1439
AMF EOD Rank: 741
Number of votes: 8
See both pictures: kendon (#2)
You are now that until proven otherwise: nquoid (#155)

On a stylistic level, one of the more inventive narrative films of the 2010s. This should be among the heavier movies to watch here considering its subject matter, yet everyone involved adds enough human elements that it goes beyond a simple statement movie. Daveed Diggs proves he can play a great lead, and the breaks into spoken word lend a surreal edge. - BleuPanda

Interesting mix of drama and comedy, often perceptive in its view of race. The film's climax did not work for me, however. - stone37
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Be careful about passing gas when you‘re in the bathtub. It doesn‘t just go away!
121. The Forbidden Room (2015)

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Director: Guy Maddin
Country: Canada
Runtime: 119 min
Genre: Surrealism, Experimental, Absurdist Comedy

Points: 861,1
Year rank: 18 (Bonus nomination by BleuPanda)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1001
AMF EOD Rank: 202
Number of votes: 7
Dream the molten dream of justice: BleuPanda (#24)
Whatever it is you think I have done, I have done it ten times worse than you even know: acr0320 (#161/180)

Watching this without any expectations of what it contained was one of the best decisions of my life. Guy Maddin developed the many disparate narratives around the little bit of information he could gather about several lost films. But this is only background information. Where the Forbidden Room truly excels is Maddin’s phantasmagoric approach to silent and early sound films. This is more a fever dream than a narrative work, one of the increasingly rare pieces of pure cinematic experimentation. But unlike so many other grand experimenters, Maddin has a wicked sense of absurdist humor, making this strangely accessible despite all its oddities. - BleuPanda
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I'm really surprised at Hereditary being lower than the other horrors of the decade. Everywhere else, I see it treated as the big one of the era.
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I hate the very ending of Hereditary with a passion, though that might just be a personal thing. But just from that year I think Suspiria is better in every way except the core drama and the film-stealing performance of Toni Collette. And for the decade, who can deny The Vvitch? More arresting setting and cinematography.
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I actually prefer both Aster and Eggers' follow-ups to their debuts. I definitely had Midsommar a long way ahead of Hereditary on my ballot.
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prosecutorgodot wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:21 pm I hate the very ending of Hereditary with a passion, though that might just be a personal thing. But just from that year I think Suspiria is better in every way except the core drama and the film-stealing performance of Toni Collette. And for the decade, who can deny The Vvitch? More arresting setting and cinematography.
What do you dislike about it? Hereditary is one of my favorite movies (if I had voted would’ve received a considerable boost).
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Whatever our personal opinions, it definitely tumbled from being #34 in our recent direct poll.
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Holden wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:47 pm What do you dislike about it? Hereditary is one of my favorite movies (if I had voted would’ve received a considerable boost).
I don't like horror's over-reliance on magic. Even in the movies I compared positively are overloaded with it -_-
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an arresting family drama ends with some magic where they're all dead, essentially rendering the characters built up over the course of the movie moot and meaningless. that's like the definition of a poorly done ending
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I don't think your personal distaste makes it 'the definition of a poorly done ending.' Aster is clearly working on several levels by that point, and the 'magic' is just as obviously a symbol for the family succumbing to their own paranoia. The characters can't be moot when all the symbolic action is driven by their development.
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BleuPanda wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:59 pm Whatever our personal opinions, it definitely tumbled from being #34 in our recent direct poll.
Definietely doesn't help the top 3 voters in that poll didn't take part here.

I'm intrigued by the tumbles The Lobster and Gone Girl have had, both top 5 for their years. Although I imagine that could be because they were on a lot of initial ballots fairly low down, and then further dragged down by the people who didn't like those films
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Tough round for me, two of my top 20 including a top 10 in Hereditary. Am a little surprised by Endgame’s placement, figured it would be higher though I certainly didn’t help it with my ranking of it.
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My latest discovery is Robert Eggers. I cannot express how much he's amazed me by his vision and approach to filmmaking. The Witch and Lighthouse are one of the most interesting movies I've ever seen. The atmosphere, building suspense and not being sure what will happen next - I miss these so much when you look at the average movies being made for so long!
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That's cultural, you know? We stick our elders in nursing homes. I'm sure they find that disturbing.
120. Midsommar (2019)

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Director: Ari Aster
Country: USA / Sweden
Runtime: 148 min
Genre: Folk Horror, Psychological Drama

Points: 861,4
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 633
AMF EOD Rank: 134
Number of votes: 13
Does he feel like home to you: bonnielaurel (#23)
I think I ate one of her pubic hairs: The_Claw (#164/176), acroamor (#139/144)

Midsommar goes beyond horror to something I have never experienced before. By the final moments, I felt as much catharsis as terror - which, itself, is the true horror. How can I walk away from such a gruesome story and feel relief? Being in the middle of my divorce at the time probably helped - there is enough symbolic meaning here that goes beyond its surface elements. Ari Aster is exploring the grieving process, and Florence Pugh delivers a performance that suggests she has cleansed herself of all other emotion. - BleuPanda
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When you're in the most pain, shivering out of fear, then I will kill you. That's a real revenge. A real complete revenge.
119. 악마를 보았다 {I Saw the Devil} (2010)

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Director: Kim Jee-woon
Country: South Korea
Runtime: 141 min
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Vigilante

Points: 866
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 815
AMF EOD Rank: 390
Number of votes: 11
I'll live no matter what! : Nassim (#15), stone37 (#15)
The way I see it, I think you're damn unlucky. : The_Claw (#161/180), nquoid (#177/180)

I haven't revisited this since my early college days when my freshman friends were really into more extreme experiences, but this felt like a true standout back then. Korean torture films are the weirdest set of movies to pop up in the 21st century, and there's something about I Saw the Devil that really emphasizes the brutality. This is a very cold experience, one that forces you to root for no one and just kind of feel uneasy for even engaging. - BleuPanda
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Bitch, the estrogen has been kicking in, the only thing it hasn't broken down was these fucking arms. Everything else on my body looks good.
118. Tangerine (2015)

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Director: Sean Baker
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Queer Cinema, LGBT, Hood Film

Points: 868
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 242
AMF EOD Rank: 323
Number of votes: 11
Bitch, you know I don't do downers, bitch. You know I'm an upper ho. : Petri (#28)
I promise no drama, Alexandra! : stone37 (#114/123)

There were lots of failed narratives about transgender people throughout the 2010s, with Tangerine standing out as a rare success. What makes Tangerine so effective is how closely Sean Baker worked with his leads. Instead of trying to tell their stories on his own, he took their input and made something real. There is no attempt at glamourization here - Baker and company get at the uncomfortable truth, but they also touch upon the mundanity of actually living at the fringe and show the human side of people who are largely demonized. The Donut Time scene is wild. - BleuPanda
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You know what I hate about myself? I know what people taste like. I know babies taste the best.
117. Snowpiercer (2013)

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Director: Bong Joon-ho
Country: South Korea / Czech Republic
Runtime: 126 min
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Thriller, Science Fiction

Points: 870
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 516
AMF EOD Rank: 80
Number of votes: 15
My friend, you suffer from the misplaced optimism of the doomed: stone37 (#8), whuntva (#10)
Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe : Petri (#154/167), Michel (#150/153)

Probably Bong Joon-ho's shallowest film since he hit it big, but he makes up for the obvious commentary with some truly exceptional action sequencing. It's a shame The Raid 2 missed the cut - now that's a borderline masterpiece that does most of this but better. - BleuPanda
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Today will not be known as Taco Tuesday. It will be known as Freedom Friday, but still on a Thursday!
116. The Lego Movie (2014)

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Director: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Country: Australia / Denmark / USA
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Computer Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Family

Points: 871,6
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 482
AMF EOD Rank: 53
Number of votes: 15
All I‘m asking for is total perfection: prosecutorgodot (#8)
I only work in black and sometimes very, very dark grey: acr0320 (#164/180), ManPerson (#25/27)

Lord and Miller have been exactly what American animation needed in the 2010s. Whilst their hyper kinetic style might not be for everyone, it seems that they're accutely aware of how to make an emotionally affecting story even whilst there is so much going on on screen. A glorified toy advert like The Lego Movie has no business being as good as it is, but between jokes, self refferential jabs at Legos brand perception and Lord and Miller's gift at crafting stories, it was one of the most exciting animated films of the decade. - nquoid

One of the most surprisingly good and altogether funny movies of the decade. May not be the deepest movie here, but as a pure comedy, absolutely among the best you could ask for from a mainstream family film. - BleuPanda
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I know you would stay if you could.
115. Leave No Trace (2018)

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Director: Debra Granik
Country: USA
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Drama, Family Drama

Points: 871,8
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 395
AMF EOD Rank: 252
Number of votes: 11
We can still think our own thoughts: Petri (#18)
The same thing that‘s wrong with you isn‘t wrong with me: acr0320 (#122)

Empathy is central to what makes Debra Granik's Leave No Trace works so well. The movie isn't shy about how this isn't any way to raise a child, but just watching Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie live this life the way that they want to lead it creates a sense of unnease for the viewer. The viewer wants what's best for Tom ultimately, but it doesn't make it an easy choice whether that best is happiness with her father or the stability of a traditional life. - nquoid

An understated film that has slowly grown on me over the years. A loving tale of a broken man and his daughter. Debra Granik again captures American poverty at its most extreme, but its quiet nature holds up better than Winter's Bone's more cinematic narrative. - BleuPanda
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If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one.
114. Spotlight (2015)

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Director: Tom McCarthy
Country: USA
Runtime: 123 min
Genre: Drama, Biopic

Points: 873
Year rank: 6
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 337
AMF EOD Rank: 47
Number of votes: 14
I can't speak to what happened before I arrived, but all of you have done some very good reporting here: kendon (#10)
Nobody reads a Phoenix anymore... they're broke, they don't have any power. : Miguel (#73/77)

Slowly growing on me over the years. This could be lumped into the typical Hollywood biography films I've complained about, but its understated nature feels more like a mark of maturity. This is a sobering story that demands to be told without cinematic excess. - BleuPanda
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Basically, we're all waiting for permission to die.
113. Nymphomaniac: Volume I (2013)

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Director: Lars von Trier
Country: Denmark / Germany / France / Belgium
Runtime: 117 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 875,2
Year rank: 17 (Bonus nomination by Michel)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1084
AMF EOD Rank: 211
Number of votes: 9
Perhaps the only difference between me and other people was that I've always demanded more from the sunset : Michel (#3)
I‘m ashamed of what I became. But it was beyond my control: nquoid (#172/180), The_Claw (#172/176)

A movie I long avoided based around what I have heard about the ending of part two. Excised from its other half (which I have yet to see), Nymphomaniac: Volume I was not at all the movie I expected. Even with its graphic sex scenes, it feels pointedly clinical, a perfect encapsulation of its two central figures. On one end is Joe, who is so sex-obsessed that it wraps back around to being mundane. The other is Seligman, an asexual man who eagerly listens, making bizarre connections between her acts and his own interests. The juxtaposition between the two is perfect, even if I feel the film starts to lose steam by the 'end.' - BleuPanda
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Death is never the end of the story. It always leaves tracks.
112. Incendies (2010)

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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Country: Canada
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War

Points: 875,3
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 592
AMF EOD Rank: 82
Number of votes: 12
But I say your story begins with a promise, to break the chain of anger: Arsalan (#20)
Welcome to pure mathematics, and the realm of solitude: acr0320 (#163/180)

The most explosive breakthrough film of the decade. Even before he started working with massive budgets, Denis Villeneuve showcased his ability to neatly explore intricate narratives. The plot twist here really packs a punch. - BleuPanda
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Is this the tsunami she unleashed when she went and all of us still flailing in her wake?
111. Stories We Tell (2012)

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Director: Sarah Polley
Country: Canada
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Biography Documentary

Points: 876,4
Year rank: 31 (Bonus nomination by The_Claw)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 114
AMF EOD Rank: 385
Number of votes: 7
Can you describe the whole story in your own words?: acr0320 (#27)
I sat there in abject silence: nquoid (#136)

Apparently, this documentary really upsets some people. For me, the home video footage that slowly reveals itself as fake is key to the whole experience. This is a tale of how memories are constructed over and over again through our current state and ultimately corrupted with time. What better way to simulate that with an unknowing audience than tricking them into believing a forgery? You absolutely should feel betrayed once you realize, but it's such a firm statement. - BleuPanda
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I‘m sorry I let you get attacked by a werewolf and then ended the world.
110. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

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Director: Drew Goddard
Country: USA
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Supernatural Horror, Black Comedy, Satire, Postmodernism

Points: 876,8
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 642
AMF EOD Rank: 231
Number of votes: 16
Good work, zombie arm: Nassim (#6)
My parents are gonna think I‘m such a burnout: Petri (#166/167), Greg (#131/131)

right up there with Scream as one of the great horror satires – acr0320

A celebration of horror cinema that seemingly sticks it's fingers up at the burgeoning "Prestige Horror" momement. The Cabin in the Woods is a wonderful tribute to the horror movies of decades prior, lovingly parodying slasher movies before descending into a glorious explosion of gore and meta narratives. - nquoid

This was the exact type of movie 19-year-old me would find unendingly clever, and I'm kind of afraid to revisit it a decade on. Still, it's an incredibly fun movie about storytelling and a phenomenal takedown of the slasher genre. - BleuPanda
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109. 20th Century Women (2016)

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Director: Mike Mills
Country: USA
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Drama, Comedy

Points: 876,93
Year rank: 23 (Bonus nomination by nquoid)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 834
AMF EOD Rank: 780
Number of votes: 9
You get to see him out in the world, as a person: nquoid (#18)
Having your heart broken is a tremendous way to learn about the world: The_Claw (#138)

Mike Mills tribute to his mother might feel relatively minor to some, but features incredible performances from Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Greta Gerwig, as well as one of the best scripts of the 2010s. In some ways a sister project to 2010's Beginners, 20th Century Women shows Mills coming into his own as a creative force with this quietly devastating feature – nquoid

Mike Mills is an expert at capturing ordinary life. An intricate portrait of several characters. - BleuPanda
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We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make yourself feel nothing so as not to feel anything – what a waste!
108. Call Me by Your Name (2017)

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Director: Luca Guadagnino
Country: Italy / USA / France / Brazil
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Romance, Coming-of-Age, Drama, LGBT

Points: 876,99
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 146
AMF EOD Rank: 57
Number of votes: 13
You know I‘m not going anywhere: nquoid (#12)
People who hide don‘t always like who they are: acr0320 (#170/180)

Achingly romantic and centring on those ill-advised love affairs that young people are inclined to have. Michael Stuhlbarg is the real stand-out here however, with potentially the best monologue of the decade in a wonderful compassionate and empathic supporting role that steals the movie in the ending stretch. - nquoid

A movie I really want to love but can't help but feel Guadagnino's directing does not live up to his narrative. Also, why does Elio need to be seventeen here? Both this and Blue is the Warmest Color feature problematic age gaps and neither seem to acknowledge this in any way. It felt weird upon release, but as conservatives in America ramp up calling anyone who even supports gay rights groomers and pedophiles, it feels even more poorly considered. This could have been a lovely gay romance if he was even a year older, but instead I'm mixed. - BleuPanda
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You think I'm crazy? Well, listen up, there's a storm coming like nothing you've ever seen, and not a one of you is prepared for it.
107. Take Shelter (2011)

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Director: Jeff Nichols
Country: USA
Runtime: 123 min
Genre: Psychological Drama

Points: 877
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 335
AMF EOD Rank: 169
Number of votes: 13
I guess that's the best compliment you can give a man; take a look at his life and say, 'That's good'. : Michel (#4)
Sleep well in your beds. 'Cause if this thing comes true, there ain't gonna be any more. : Greg (#125/131), whuntva (#118/120)

The perfect showcase for Michael Shannon's talents. An uneasy vision of paranoia. - BleuPanda
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It‘s typical. The guys I like are always taken
106. L‘inconnu du lac [Stranger by the Lake] (2013)

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Director: Alain Guiraudie
Country: France
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Erotica, Crime, Queer Cinema, LGBT, Psychological Drama

Points: 878
Year rank: 13
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 96
AMF EOD Rank: 274
Number of votes: 9
You seem happy together: Schüttelbirne (#28)
Will you drown him too when you‘re fed up?: acr0320 (#169/180)

For me, this represents the opposite of Blue is the Warmest Color. Despite being more explicit, it feels less exploitive - a queer film by a queer director. Even in its extreme scenario, this better understands the ordinary gay experience than most others. This captures what it's like to desperately seek out something in a world with an inherently limited dating pool. Franck seems almost insane in his self-destructive lust, but the feeling is all too familiar. - BleuPanda
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When I was small, I only knew small things. But now I'm five, I know EVERYTHING!
105. Room (2015)

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Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Country: Canada / Ireland / UK / USA
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Psychological Drama, Coming-of-Age, Drama

Points: 881
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 697
AMF EOD Rank: 136
Number of votes: 14
You‘re gonna love it. - What? - The world: kendon (#9)
It can‘t really be room if door‘s open: Petri (#147)

Only my third favorite movie of 2015 with Room in the title. Can be compared to other films I've complained about being carried by a strong script and central performance - but the script is simply more interesting than the lower movies. - BleuPanda
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Jake: Prove to me your name is Star, and I‘ll give it to you.
Star: It was my mom‘s idea. She said we‘re all made from stars. From Death Stars.
104. American Honey (2016)

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Director: Andrea Arnold
Country: UK / USA
Runtime: 162 min
Genre: Road Movie, Drama, Coming-of-Age

Points: 883
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 287
AMF EOD Rank: 96
Number of votes: 9
We explore, like America. We party. Come with us: Petri (#13)
He‘s a skeleton. Just like the rest of us.: stone37 (#115/123)

Leave it to a non-American to create one of the definitive portraits of the American Midwest. Instead of presenting the midwest as romantic and individualistic, American Honey presents the naked truth of a place riddled with class issues and people doing everything in their power to just survive. - nquoid

One of those rare films that observes those living on the outskirts of society with little judgment. These are the disenchanted youth of America too ignorant to recognize their exploitation. A damning portrait of the country, but also one that feels fully human in its characters. - BleuPanda
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Every leap of civilization was built off the back of a disposable work force. We lost our stomach for slaves, unless engineered. But I can only make so many.
103. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Country: USA
Runtime: 163 min
Genre: Cyberpunk, Tech-Noir, Dystopian, Mystery

Points: 884
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 537
AMF EOD Rank: 20
Number of votes: 15
All the best memories are hers: prosecutorgodot (#5)
I‘ve been inside you. Not so much there as you think: kendon (#73/91)

Not quite on the level of the original, but does enough different to fill its own niche. The visual design finds Villeneuve pushing himself to a new level. On a purely technical level, this is among the best audio-visual experiences out there. - BleuPanda
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I'm one of the people who's been shooting "The Spider"... for six years now.
102. La Flor (2018)

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Director: Mariano Llinás
Country: Argentina
Runtime: 813 min
Genre: Anthology Film, Postmodernism

Points: 885
Year rank: 23 (Bonus nomination by Schüttelbirne)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 437
AMF EOD Rank: Unranked
Number of votes: 5
And one more thing I must learn / And that is / I don't mind losing: Schüttelbirne (#1)
I might not feel comfortable with the project : nquoid (#164/180)

La Flor is cinematic excess approaching a breaking point. At fourteen hours, one might think the episodic nature would make it more digestible before realizing one of those six episodes is itself over five hours long. It's a statement on storytelling and performing. My only problem is, with such a massive length, I would hope it had more cinematic intentions. The first episode was smart to take on an intentional B-movie aesthetic - when the subsequent episodes aren't much better technically, you might not notice. But it's certainly unlike anything else I have experienced, coming off as a film equivalent of a hypertext novel. - BleuPanda

La Flor combines deconstruction of all sorts of narrative and stylistic devices typically found in film with an incomparable amount of creativity to create one of the most thrilling, thoughtful, hilarious and artful movies ever made. The movie might be over fourteen hours long, but it feels much shorter because there are so many incredible ideas stuffed into it, all while existing on multiple levels of abstraction. Both the second and the fourth episode on their own would probably make my Top 50 of the decade, but combined with the exhaustiveness of the third episode and the collapse following the fourth one, they make La Flor not only the most ambitious project and best movie of the past decade, but also one of my all-time favorite films. - Schüttelbirne
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As you know, everybody here shares in the belief that being deaf is not a handicap. Not something to fix. It's pretty important around here. All these kids... all of us, need to be reminded of it every day.
101. Sound of Metal (2019)

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Director: Darius Marder
Country: USA
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Psychological Drama

Points: 886
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 686
AMF EOD Rank: Unranked
Number of votes: 10
Serenity is no longer wishing you had a different past: kendon (#22)
Today is not a good day... I'm not thinking clear today. : nquoid (#137)

the best use of sound this decade – acr0320

A visually ordinary indie film pushed to greater heights through phenomenal sound design. Riz Ahmed gives a perfect perfomance as a drummer realizing he is losing access to his greatest passion. The final moment of silence is among the best endings this decade. - BleuPanda
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Not a good day for me, two movies in my top 20.

Also a huge drop for Blade Runner 2049 from the end of decade list, from top 20 to not even top 100.
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I know I‘m asking a lot. But the price of freedom is high. It always has been. And it‘s a price I‘m willing to pay. And if I‘m the only one, then so be it. But I‘m willing to bet I‘m not.
100. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

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Director: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Country: USA
Runtime: 136 min
Genre: Superhero, Action

Points: 886,4
Year rank: 13
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1315
AMF EOD Rank: 161
Number of votes: 13
Public displays of affection make people very uncomfortable: Nassim (#4), stone37 (#11)
If they‘re shooting at you, they‘re bad: Schüttelbirne (#146/151)

The Winter Soldier stands out among the usual MCU fare by cutting back on the snappy humor. Turns out, these movies can occasionally work out better by being serious. This is largely a spy film with an MCU flavor, but a rather gripping one if you buy into the superhero stuff. - BleuPanda
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He‘s a twelve-year-old boy, dogs love those.
99. Isle of Dogs (2018)

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Director: Wes Anderson
Country: USA / Germany
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Puppet Animation, Dystopian, Adventure, Comedy

Points: 886,86
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1005
AMF EOD Rank: 88
Number of votes: 12
I‘m not supposed to be his friend, but I love him very much, but that‘s a private matter: Petri (#14)
I bite: nquoid (#165/180), acroamor (#142/144), acr0320 (#177/180)

I do like the theory that people caught on to Wes Anderson's violence toward dogs and he responded by making a movie almost literally titled "I Love Dogs." More importantly, this feels like a response to a greater critique - that Anderson relies too heavily on quirky dialogue. He firmly rejects that notion, the best sequence of this movie between two characters who speak different languages. - BleuPanda
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I'm starting to think this is the most spiritual place I've ever been.
98. Spring Breakers (2012)

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Director: Harmony Korine
Country: 2012
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: Crime, Satire

Points: 886,88
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 291
AMF EOD Rank: 141
Number of votes: 11
Spring break forever, bitches: Greg (#9)
Look at my shit: The_Claw (#160/176), stone37 (#113/123)

The most poorly advertised movie of the era. This is a chilling horror film about a group of sociopaths who are too self-obsessed to question their own actions, shot in dizzying neon like the twisted antithesis of a Malick piece. - BleuPanda
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Don‘t cry in front of the Mexicans.
97. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

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Director: Quentin Tarantino
Country: USA / UK / China
Runtime: 161 min
Genre: Period Drama, Black Comedy, Alternate History

Points: 888
Year rank: 3
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 97
AMF EOD Rank: 24
Number of votes: 17
My hands are registered as lethal weapons: stone37 (#7), acr0320 (#13)
It‘s official, old buddy. I‘m a has-been: kendon (#84/91), bonnielaurel (#146/153), whuntva (#116/120), Schüttelbirne (#151/151)

Quentin Tarantino at his most sprawling and aimless, but I'm firmly on the side that he has earned his excess film. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is simply a man exploring the glory days of his favorite town. - BleuPanda
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If you place an object in a museum does that make this object a piece of art?
96. The Square (2017)

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Director: Ruben Östlund
Country: Sweden / France / Germany / Denmark
Runtime: 151 min
Genre: Satire, Drama, Black Comedy

Points: 889,2
Year rank: 19 (Bonus nomination by Michel)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 808
AMF EOD Rank: 146
Number of votes: 10
The Square is a sanctuary of trust and caring. : Michel (#11)
OK if I ditch Comic Sans? Find something less childish? : kendon (#83/91)

There's a part of me that feels like this isn't any more meaningful than the titular square. It's a weird case where the whole feels less than the sum of its part - I loved most scenes here, but what does it really add up to? Terry Notary tormenting the guests is an absolute highlight, and Ostlund has a keen sense of humor throughout. But I want something this long to have more substance. - BleuPanda
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Women, women are created on the principle of chaos. The chaos of creation, disorder, bringing new things into the world. Men are created on the principle of destruction. It's like cleansing, ordering, destruction.
95. Meek‘s Cutoff (2010)

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Director: Kelly Reichardt
Country: USA
Runtime: 104 min
Genre: Revisionist Western, Drama

Points: 889,7
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 166
AMF EOD Rank: 382
Number of votes: 11
We‘re all taking our orders from him: Greg (#26)
We‘re all just playing our parts now: bonnielaurel (#104)

The American West gets the slow cinema treatment. Almost entirely a visual affair, but an absolutely stellar one. - BleuPanda
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Megan: What are we ever gonna do with you, baby girl?
Ree: Kill me, I guess.
Megan: That idea‘s been said already. Got any others?
Ree: Help me. Nobody‘s said that idea yet, have they?
94. Winter‘s Bone (2010)

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Director: Debra Granik
Country: USA
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery

Points: 892
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 124
AMF EOD Rank: 81
Number of votes: 14
Well, he loved y‘all. That‘s where he went weak: bonnielaurel (#9)
I don‘t talk much about you, man. Ever: whuntva (#109)

The film that rightly shot Jennifer Lawrence to stardom, and a powerful look at the most desperate form of living. - BleuPanda
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Eggs break, chocolate melts, glass shatters, and Doc wondered what that meant when it applied to ex-old ladies.
93. Inherent Vice (2014)

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Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Country: USA
Runtime: 148 min
Genre: Neo-Noir, Mystery, Black Comedy, Crime

Points: 895
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 195
AMF EOD Rank: 177
Number of votes: 11
It‘s groovy being insane, man, where you at: acroamor (#2)
How many joints have you had today? - I have to check the logbook: Miguel (#76/77)

The weakest major Paul Thomas Anderson film, which means it's still among the best of its decade. My struggle to describe my feelings about this one has less to do with my faulty memory as it does with how intentionally disorienting it feels. - BleuPanda
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100% he's there. OK, 95%, 'cause I know certainty freaks you guys out, but it's 100.
92. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

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Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Country: USA
Runtime: 157 min
Genre: Political Thriller, War

Points: 897
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 133
AMF EOD Rank: 89
Number of votes: 12
I just learned from my predecessor that life is better when I don't disagree with you. : Petri (#11)
I didn't even want to use you guys, with your dip and velcro and all your gear bullshit. : acroamor (#136/144), prosecutorgodot (#47/50)

Zero Dark Thirty feels like a perfect follow-up to The Hurt Locker, another exploration of someone so singularly obsessed that they can no longer see the outside world. Not much has stuck with me in the decade since, but that final shot is really something. - BleuPanda
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Sometimes I think that when I'm older, I'll have a daughter of my own or something... and I feel like if she was like me, then being her mum would make me sad all the time. I'd love her because she's my daughter, but I think if she turned out like me that being her mum would make me really sad.
91. Eighth Grade (2018)

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Director: Bo Burnham
Country: USA
Runtime: 94 min
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Drama

Points: 899
Year rank: 6
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 627
AMF EOD Rank: 112
Number of votes: 11
I am always so unbelievably happy that I get to be your dad: kendon (#12)
Eighth grade is the worst: Arsalan (#65/68)

Few films have ever felt so truthful about growing up. Bo Burnham is a master comedian, and he perfectly translates his anxious humor and sudden insights into this narrative feature. He doesn't shy away from the cruder moments, nor does he make light of them. It's awkward but loving. The scene in the back of the car is true terror, while two dorks awkwardly bonding over quoting Rick and Morty is as heartfelt as it is hilarious. - BleuPanda
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Wow, people really didn't like the twist in Once Upon a Time.
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Men my age dictate this war. Why should we be allowed to send our children to fight it?
90. Dunkirk (2017)

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Director: Christopher Nolan
Country: UK / USA / France / Netherlands
Runtime: 107 min
Genre: War, Hyperlink Cinema

Points: 900,0
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 230
AMF EOD Rank: 37
Number of votes: 15
Sweetest sound you could hear out here: Arsalan (#3), whuntva (#7)
Survival‘s not fair: Greg (#119/131), ManPerson (#26/27)

Consistently rising among my favorite Nolan films. Dunkirk simplifies the narrative to maximize the presentation. The various time dilations makes simple work of a complex process, allowing every thread to slowly tie together toward a wondrous climax. A bit distant from its characters, yet this somehow helps me feel closer to the greater tension. - BleuPanda
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Tony? Which Tony? They‘re all named Tony. I mean, what‘s the matter with Italians that they can only think of one name?
89. The Irishman (2019)

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Director: Martin Scorsese
Country: USA
Runtime: 209 min
Genre: Gangster Film, Biopic

Points: 900,1
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 122
AMF EOD Rank: 70
Number of votes: 12
I heard you paint houses: acroamor (#29)
You might be demonstrating a failure to show appreciation: BleuPanda (#101)

There's a point in The Irishman, about two hours in, where you begin to wonder why Martin Scorsese has returned to this well after making a definitive statement on the genre with Goodfellas. But then the true heart of The Irishman reveals itself. It needed to lay all ground work in the early going to highlight just how undignified the fall for these people is. How unbearable their lives become when everyone they knew has either died or abandoned them. - nquoid

If The Wolf of Wall Street is Scorsese at his most excessive, The Irishman feels like him at his most self-indulgent. That is to say, this feels like his own dream film, a sprawling epic that eases into its own pace. There's little visual flair here, a relatively quiet work compared to his other crime films. However, I can't help shake the sense Scorsese allowed himself to get too close to his story - this was rather difficult to follow at times. Nevertheless, I imagine it has nowhere to go but up once I find time for a rewatch. - BleuPanda
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My husband was a decent man... but he had a tortured soul... I'm glad you made him happy for a time
88. Elle (2016)

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Director: Paul Verhoeven
Country: France / Germany
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Drama

Points: 901
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 215
AMF EOD Rank: 147
Number of votes: 10
I have better things to do than plot diabolical Christmas dinners: Schüttelbirne (#13)
I walk in and it‘s one horror after another: Miguel (#74/77)

You can always rely on Verhoeven to push all the wrong buttons. What makes Elle especially noteworthy is how artful it feels compared to his other works - the heart is just as seedy, but he tricks you into lowering your guard, especially with Isabelle Huppert's killer performance. Many will be angered, but even a quick glance will show that some have found their own truth reflected here. Sometimes coping makes little sense, and this is the messy reflection. - BleuPanda
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Do you wanna be my Dad? - I already have a family, Benni.
87. Systemsprenger [System Crasher] (2019)

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Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Country: Germany
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 902,5
Year rank: 20 (Bonus nomination by Petri)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 3903
AMF EOD Rank: 322
Number of votes: 6
This time it has to work: Petri (#3), Schüttelbirne (#15)
If professionals can‘t deal with her, how am I supposed to do it?: nquoid (#168/180)

I'm not sure I buy what this movie is trying to say, but Helena Zengel is so powerful in this role that she largely makes up for the narrative shortcomings. - BleuPanda

This movie made quite an impact when it was released around here, bigger than movies like this usually do. One of the main reasons is the realism found in this portrayal of an abused child falling through the cracks. If anything, the portrayal is toned down to make it possible to show it on the big screen. Choosing a girl as the main character was a good decision by Fingscheidt, because most media portrayals would shy away from presenting an aggressive girl (as if such a thing couldn't exist). Helena Zengel is a force of nature in this role, while still showing her very relatable needs. Being turned away by everyone puts an enormous strain on her; seeing it play out again and again is far more terrifying than any horror movie ever could be. And still, Fingscheidt manages to humanize all her characters, to make them all empathetic individuals who are ultimately powerless to help her. "Systemsprenger" is hard to watch and truly heartbreaking, but an experience I wouldn't want to have missed out on. - Schüttelbirne
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Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.
86. Interstellar (2014)

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Director: Christopher Nolan
Country: UK / USA
Runtime: 169 min
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure, Space Exploration

Points: 902,7
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 326
AMF EOD Rank: 40
Number of votes: 17
These moments when we dare to aim higher, to break barriers, to reach for the stars, to make the unknown known: Arsalan (#7)
Absolute honesty isn‘t always the most diplomatic nor the safest form of communication with emotional beings: Nassim (#80/82)

Christopher Nolan simply does big budget genre films better than anyone else out there. A visual marvel with a twisting narrative. What truly sets it apart from the mainstream pack is the soul - even if you don't fully wrap your head around the sci-fi elements, the finale is as plain as it is heartbreaking. - BleuPanda

My favorite Christopher Nolan movie. In my opinion it's more interesting than Inception though both are really good. - ManPerson
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He mistook me for my mother and a knife showed him the difference.
85. Zimna wojna [Cold War] (2018)

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Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Country: Poland / France / UK
Runtime: 85 min
Genre: Romance, Period Drama

Points: 904,3
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 392
AMF EOD Rank: 280
Number of votes: 13
Are you interested in me, because I have a talent or in general? : acroamor (#5)
Find another normal guy who can support you. - Such a man is not born yet: Miguel (#72/77)

It's increasingly rare to see a film as straight to the point as Cold War. At a tight 88 minutes, Pawlikowski covers a destructive romance. That brisk pace allows the film to explore darker corners without ever growing tedious. It's difficult to like either character, but the focused narrative kept me hooked. - BleuPanda
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Knowledge belongs to all. You do not understand that. You are just a white man.
84. El abrazo de la serpiente [Embrace of the Serpent] (2015)

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Director: Ciro Guerra
Country: Colombia / Venezuela / Argentina
Runtime: 125 min
Genre: Adventure, Period Drama

Points: 904,5
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 917
AMF EOD Rank: 165
Number of votes: 8
He must become a wanderer dream: Greg (#6)
He just wanders the world, empty, like a ghost, lost in a time without time: acr0320 (#128)

There are two clear subsets of modern black and white movies - films that have Something Important to say and films that recognize the potential that only exists with the absence of color. Embrace of the Serpent falls hard into the latter category, capturing some of the most striking shots of the decade. - BleuPanda
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Good riddance. Always giving to others instead of to yourself. Why did you live like that? What was the point? What a load of crap.
83. 부산행 [Train to Busan] (2016)

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Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Country: South Korea
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Zombie, Thriller, Survival, Horror

Points: 905,0
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1067
AMF EOD Rank: 406
Number of votes: 12
I'll take you to mom no matter what. : Miguel (#11)
Sorry, but you're infected. : Petri (#152/167), Michel (#145/153)

the best and most original take on zombies since Dawn of the Dead – acr0320

I like that this list has not just one but two South Korean genre films set on a train. Zombie flicks are old hat at this point, but Yeon Sang-ho knows how to capture a refreshingly high-paced energy to make it feel new again. - BleuPanda
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Everytime I feel like a beggar, a thief coming to take their money. They look at me, ready to hit me. I feel like I‘m hitting them too.
82. Deux jours, une nuit [Two Days, One Night] (2014)

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Director: Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Country: Belgium / France / Italy
Runtime: 95 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 905,4
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 342
AMF EOD Rank: 85
Number of votes: 10
You can count on me on Monday: bonnielaurel (#10), Greg (#13)
I don‘t want the kids to see me crying: Petri (#113)

The Dardennes are masters of quiet character studies, and Marion Cotillard gives an excellent performance as a depressed woman struggling to keep her job. - BleuPanda
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I was fourteen and I didn‘t know who I was at all…
81. Mistérios de Lisboa [Mysteries of Lisbon] (2010)

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Director: Raúl Ruiz
Country: Portugal / France
Runtime: 272 min
Genre: Mystery, Melodrama, Romance, Period Drama

Points: 906,3
Year rank: 13
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 104
AMF EOD Rank: 212
Number of votes: 10
This is a matter of judicial diligence: Greg (#2)
The hope of death will be a paradise for those that are unhappy: nquoid (#150)

Raul Ruiz feels like the missing piece in my surrealist knowledge. Mysteries of Lisbon feels so understated in its strangeness that I almost overlooked its oddities. Where David Lynch or Luis Bunuel hit you over the head, Ruiz disorients through the vaguest notions. With period pieces, I expect a certain slowness, which Ruiz exploits by piling narrative upon narrative while having his actors seemingly wander through their own lives. Dreamlike, not in the sense of bizarre imagery but as if time itself does not exist. - BleuPanda
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If I counted correctly, four of the bonus films remain, with 2 others making the top 100. Even if the lower rungs seem bloated with them, I do think the few which land high up are key parts of our final ranking.
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It‘s a matter of discovering the origins of mankind, of our planet, the solar system… Where we come from, it‘s a key question.
80. Nostalgia de la luz [Nostalgia for the Light] (2010)

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Director: Patricio Guzmán
Country: France / Chile / Germany / Spain / USA
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Astronomy Documentary, Political Documentary

Points: 907
Year rank: 33 (Bonus nomination by The_Claw)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 81
AMF EOD Rank: 827
Number of votes: 8
Science fell in love with the Chilean sky: The_Claw (#15)
I wish the telescopes didn‘t just look into the sky: BleuPanda (#130)

Like The Tree of Life, this finds an interesting balance point between pondering the stars and grieving with trauma. - BleuPanda
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This is not the Earth, this is a different planet. Just like the Earth, but 800 years ago.
79. Трудно быть богом [Hard to Be a God] (2013)

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Director: Aleksei German
Country: Russia / Czech Republic
Runtime: 170 min
Genre: Drama, Medieval, Extraterrestrial

Points: 908
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 228
AMF EOD Rank: 131
Number of votes: 6
Some believed in it... Greg (#7)
some didn‘t, but all feared him: nquoid (#176/180)

Hard to Be a God is as repulsive as it is beautiful, a truly impressive feat. As the narrative ponders grand questions about life and suffering, the screen is covered in so many forms of human waste. One might question why someone would show such dedication to creating a truly gnarly vision, but whatever the purpose, German created something unrivaled in cinema. And despite the otherworldy setting with its medieval basis, a world that hunts down its intellectuals while celebrating ignorance feels all too relevant. - BleuPanda
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Abraham: You failed the living for the dead.
Saul: We are dead already.
78. Saul fia [Son of Saul] (2015)

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Director: László Nemes
Country: Hungary
Runtime: 107 min
Genre: Period Drama, War

Points: 912,0
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 156
AMF EOD Rank: 143
Number of votes: 9
At least he‘ll do what‘s right: Schüttelbirne (#10)
You don‘t need a rabbi for that: Petri (#122)

Deciding to make a movie that appears to be a single take can be a double edged sword. You have to craft a story that feels like it could concievably be taking place in rea time with very little downtime. Sometimes this can create the feeling that you're watching someone play a video game and it stretches incedulaity, but the ace up Son of Saul's sleeve is how the use of close-ups create an intense emotional intimacy that László Nemes makes you feel for Géza Röhrig's blight. - nquoid

At this point, it's difficult to say anything new with a Holocaust film, but Son of Saul somehow manages. This is a powerful example of visual narrative integration. If the story itself is familiar, the presentation adds a new layer - the camera is seemingly tethered to Saul. As horrors happen around him, the camera keeps this singular focus - sometimes we only see his face, sometimes the action in a hazy blur. When the camera does focus elsewhere, it is largely because Saul himself cannot look away. A sobering statement, that sometimes survival requires tuning everything out. - BleuPanda
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I'm not a poet, I'm just a woman. And as a woman I have no way to make money, not enough to earn a living and support my family. Even if I had my own money, which I don't, it would belong to my husband the minute we were married. If we had children they would belong to him, not me. They would be his property. So don't sit there and tell me that marriage isn't an economic proposition, because it is. It may not be for you but it most certainly is for me.
77. Little Women (2019)

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Director: Greta Gerwig
Country: USA
Runtime: 134 min
Genre: Period Drama, Coming-of-Age, Family Drama

Points: 912,4
Year rank: 6
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 553
AMF EOD Rank: 162
Number of votes: 14
I‘d rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe: nquoid (#9)
I can‘t get get over my disappointment at being a girl: Schüttelbirne (#140/151)

who knew this material could feel so fresh – acr0320

After writing multiple movies that felt incredibly personal to her life, Greta Gerwig's follow up to Lady Bird might seem a little odd. Adaptating a novel so beloved as Little Women that has been so thoroughly picked over in the wider culture. But somehow, Gerwig comes along with a take that makes Little Women seem vital in the modern day. All of this backed by an impeccable supporting cast, including Florence Pugh in the role that cemented her as one of the next great Hollywood talents. - nquoid

Greta Gerwig adds just enough touches to make this adaptation of a classic novel her own. The weaving of time draws closer attention to certain parallels. A lot more fun than the average period piece, with a phenomenal cast to round it out. - BleuPanda
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Did ye make some unholy bond with that goat?
76. The Witch (2015)

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Director: Robert Eggers
Country: USA / Canada
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Supernatural Horror, Psychological Horror, Folk Horror

Points: 914,2
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 362
AMF EOD Rank: 73
Number of votes: 15
Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?: Petri (#12)
Corruption, thou art my father!: Nassim (#76/82)

Robert Eggers' greatest strength is his ability to translate forgotten fears to a modern audience. Witches kidnapping children in the woods is one of those classical horrors that no longer resonates, but Eggers reignites those superstitions with utmost sincerity. We are placed firmly inside a Puritanical viewpoint, and The Witch runs wild by preying upon our primal instincts. Like a story conjured from another time entirely. - BleuPanda
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I know you feel a sense of responsibility about what happened, but you can‘t not do your homework and you cannot throw away your scholarship because of it.
75. Margaret (2011)

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Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Country: USA
Runtime: 149 min
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Melodrama

Points: 914,7
Year rank: 16 (Bonus nomination by nquoid)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 106
AMF EOD Rank: 298
Number of votes: 8
I feel like you and I used to relate to each other really well: nquoid (#17)
I think I can handle this part myself: acr0320 (#115)

The story about Margaret's production might have overshadowed the movie, especially the numerous lawsuits, but it really should not have. A quiet masterpiece, originally produced to be released in 2005, Margaret captures something ineffable about living in the city. We might be hyper focused on the life of Anna Paquin's Lisa Cohen, but Lonergan never lets the audience forget that there are bigger and more varied things going on than the life of one teenage girl. - nquoid

A frustrating, poignant exploration of grief. Anna Paquin really proves herself here, and it's a shame this took six full years to see release - one can only wonder what this could have done for her at the right time with a wider release. - BleuPanda
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How are you gonna be a revolutionary if you're such a traditionalist? You hold onto the past, but jazz is about the future.
74. La La Land (2016)

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Director: Damien Chazelle
Country: USA
Runtime: 126 min
Genre: Musical, Romance

Points: 917
Year rank: 6
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 135
AMF EOD Rank: 28
Number of votes: 17
I can see how you can look down on me from all the way up there: ManPerson (#11)
They worship everything and they value nothing: Schüttelbirne (#135)

the first hour may be the best film of the decade – acr0320

Perhaps my reaction to this film is a bit inflated by a lack of competition - we really don't get proper musicals these days, and La La Land fills that niche. The music itself rarely sticks, but Chazelle is all about the choreography. The colors pop, the two leads are great - just a really lovely time in an almost forgotten genre. - BleuPanda

It's between this and West Side Story for my favorite musical of all time - ManPerson
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You can bring me the boy.
73. The Babadook (2014)

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Director: Jennifer Kent
Country: Australia
Runtime: 92 min
Genre: Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama, Haunted House

Points: 918
Year rank: 6
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 175
AMF EOD Rank: 78
Number of votes: 13
You can‘t get rid of the Babadook: bonnielaurel (#21)
I have moved on. I don‘t mention him. I don‘t talk about him.: acroamor (#113)

The horror renaissance in the 2010s led to a lot of great movies in the 2010s, and Jennifer Kent's The Babadook is one of the best. It not only gets to create one of the more iconic new movie creatures of the 21st century, but also gives everything enough thematic weight to make sure that people who want more than jump scares are having a good time. All of this anchored by a stunning performance from Essie Davies – nquoid

Feels like the beginning of the so-called Elevated Horror movement that dominated the back half of the decade. Considering the extremes of both Ari Aster and Robert Eggers, The Babadook is surprisingly restrained. It feels good to occasionally have a psychological horror where the characters come to terms with their trauma. - BleuPanda
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72. Leviathan (2012)

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Director: Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel
Country: USA
Runtime: 87 min
Genre: Experimental, Direct Cinema

Points: 925,3
Year rank: 26 (Bonus nomination by Greg)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 83
AMF EOD Rank: 204
Number of votes: 5
Biggest Fan: Greg (#1)
Not a Fan: BleuPanda (#146)

who knew fish could be so captivating – acr0320

What are the chances at least one of us is ranking the wrong Leviathan here? This is a true experimental piece, nothing but overwhelming sensory overload as the directors stick their cameras into the oddest locations aboard a ship. At 87 minutes, it feels a bit too long for the form, but there are certainly shots here that have burned themselves inside my head. - BleuPanda
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You have to avoid sentimentality. Control the emotion. Don‘t cry, actors take any opportunity to cry. The better actor isn‘t the one who cries, it‘s the one who fights to hold back his tears.
71. Dolor y gloria [Pain and Glory] (2019)

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Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Country: Spain
Runtime: 113 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 925,4
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 292
AMF EOD Rank: 472
Number of votes: 12
Writing is like drawing but with letters: acroamor (#34)
Let‘s not talk about the monologue, it‘s a very sad text: The_Claw (#100)

Almodovar gets his 2 muses for his most personal film yet, the results are great – acr0320

Using his own life as inspiration, Pain and Glory is a more personal movie for Pedro Almodóvar. Having the ever-reliable Antonio Banderas playing an aging director looking back over his life and relationships creates an immensely engaging emotional hook, that helps elevate this as Almodóvar's best movie of the decade. - nquoid

Almodovar kind of underwhelmed me during the 2010s, but Pain and Glory is a true gem. Setting aside his ironies for a more personal story, he loses none of his trademark color. And though he clearly loves exploring the lives of women, it's nice to see his own voice as a gay man. - BleuPanda
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Brutal day for me, three 5 star movies out, one being my second bonus pick as well. Congratulations to Bleu for wherever It's Such a Beautiful Day places.

Very intrigued how highly the other two voters placed Leviathan. Because I only had it 7 places above the bottom vote.

Also, if anyone who voted for Margaret has only seen the 2.5 hour cut, I implore you to watch the 186 minute version, a true masterpiece of the decade and supposedly still not Lonergan's final vision.
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To follow the sun when it goes down here, that‘s happiness.
70. Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht [Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision] (2013)

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Director: Edgar Reitz
Country: Germany
Runtime: 225 min
Genre: Period Drama

Points: 926
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 1693
AMF EOD Rank: 107
Number of votes: 8
One could just keep going into it, over the sea and onwards. Just like heaven: Schüttelbirne (#3), Greg (#4)
You take me for a fool?: The_Claw (#162/176), acr0320 (#167/180)

My consistent opinion on the Heimat series is that I recognize the artistic talent on display but really can't bring myself to care about the narrative, and there sure is a whole lot of it. - BleuPanda

Edgar Reitz is the true heir of the 19th century realists, constructing epically long narratives that don‘t seem to make an end, because there‘s always more to be told and with everything – the flowers on the field, the apples on the table, a simple book with pictures – gaining additional, significant meaning. There is nothing too much in this movie, everything is precisely where it should be. Rarely has there been a better portrait of normal people‘s life and their desires in the 19th century. The narrative in total is rather simple and nothing special, but it‘s all the more moving because of that. - Schüttelbirne
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There is no point. That‘s the point.
69. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

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Director: Lynne Ramsay
Country: UK / USA
Runtime: 110 min
Genre: Psychological Drama, Family Drama

Points: 927
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 201
AMF EOD Rank: 160
Number of votes: 13
I used to think I knew. Now I‘m not so sure: Arsalan (#4)
Just because you're used to something doesn't mean you like it. You're used to me : Petri (#123)

the most nightmarish depiction of parenthood since Eraserhead – acr0320

Tilda Swinton gives one of her greatest performances as a mother coping with her sociopathic son. We Need to Talk About Kevin weaves in and out of the boy's childhood, a horror film covering a parent's absolute worst nightmare. Even beyond the obvious violence, the film taps into the simple dread of not being good enough to fix a clear issue. You are placed firmly in her shoes, and there are moments where you know she could have done better - but can you blame her for the mental exhaustion? - BleuPanda
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You may run as far as you can, for as long as you like, but you will not escape your heart
68. Tabu (2012)

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Director: Miguel Gomes
Country: Portugal / Germany / Brazil / France
Runtime: 119 min
Genre: Romance, Drama

Points: 930
Year rank: 12
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 61
AMF EOD Rank: 102
Number of votes: 9
You‘re too good to imagine other people‘s crimes: Schüttelbirne (#5)
Horrors I am ashamed to confess: nquoid (#151)

Like Embrace of the Serpent, another prime example of modern black and white cinematography. - BleuPanda

A beautiful requiem to the foreign space and the effects of its loss. - Schüttelbirne
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So there‘s no hope? - Miracles do happen. - Not in my neighborhood.
67. Le Havre (2011)

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Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Country: Finland / France / Germany
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 931
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 203
AMF EOD Rank: 138
Number of votes: 8
I‘m the family albino: Petri (#16)
You don‘t deserve such a good wife, you‘re not worth her: nquoid (#146)

Aki Kaurismaki's films rarely grip me, but I also can't deny his strong visual style. - BleuPanda
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It could look like someone you know or it could be a stranger in a crowd. Whatever helps it get close to you.
66. It Follows (2014)

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Director: David Robert Mitchell
Country: USA
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Supernatural Horror, Psychological Horror

Points: 934
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 206
AMF EOD Rank: 38
Number of votes: 13
Even though it is following you I can still see it: bonnielaurel (#8), Nassim (#8)
Maybe it will never come back: Michel (#139/153), Schüttelbirne (#147/151)

One of the most simple yet effective horror premises, It Follows essentially boils down to a ghostly STD. Perfectly captures the youthful dread generated by a culture that pushes abstinence through fear. Alongside The Babadook, helped kick off the modern horror revival - and if it's not as Deep as those that followed, it at least does the basic formula better than its competitors. - BleuPanda
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You should try, otherwise what sort of sacrifices are these vows of yours?
65. Ida (2013)

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Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Country: Poland / Denmark / France / UK
Runtime: 80 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 935,0
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 119
AMF EOD Rank: 142
Number of votes: 13
Then we‘ll buy a dog… Get married, have children. Get a house. - And then? - The usual. Life: Nassim (#11)
You‘ve no idea of the effect you have, do you?: Miguel (#77/77)

Ida is a sparse, quiet movie, where so much of it's subtext is left unstated. It's a movie where the turmoil of eastern Europe runs deep but doesn't feel the urge to make a song or dance of it. Paweł Pawlikowski's direction and the cinematography Ryszard Lenczewski and Łukasz Żal is nothing short of incredible, with the decision to present the film in black and white adding to the sparseness of the tale. - nquoid

Gorgeous cinematography, and a cold tale about discovering a family history in conflict with your own life. - BleuPanda
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One day the AIs are going to look back on us the same way we look at fossil skeletons on the plains of Africa. An upright ape living in dust with crude language and tools, all set for extinction.
64. Ex Machina (2014)

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Director: Alex Garland
Country: UK / USA
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Science Fiction, Psychological Drama

Points: 935,9
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 286
AMF EOD Rank: 26
Number of votes: 14
The good deeds a man has done defends him: bonnielaurel (#5)
This is your insecurity talking, this is not your intellect: Greg (#123/131)

The characters have Biblical names. Caleb explored the Promised Land; Nathan was a prophet; Ava was named after the first woman Eve. She's a robot with artificial intelligence, but she comes across as an individual with feelings. When Ava recognizes her own features in a mask on the wall that's a sign of self-awareness. Alicia Vikander is outstanding. So are the special effects. - bonnielaurel

Speculative science fiction at it's best. A movie about the ways that we manipulate those around to try and maintain power, especially over women. Alex Garland's debut directorial effort made him a name to watch for the future. Also featuring a star making performance from Alicia Vikander, and a scene of the decade contender from Oscar Isaac's dancing. - nquoid

One of the more unnerving sci-fi films out there, both visually and conceptually. Really pushes the idea of the Turing Test and identity to new heights, and the type of wondrous narrative that will leave you emotionally mixed as it comes to its violent end. - BleuPanda
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What's wrong with feeling nostalgic? It's the only distraction left for those who've no faith in the future.
63. La grande bellezza [The Great Beauty] (2013)

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Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Country: Italy / France
Runtime: 142 min
Genre: Drama, Satire

Points: 936
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 132
AMF EOD Rank: 61
Number of votes: 10
I didn‘t just want to live the high life, I wanted to be the king of the high life: Greg (#5), Michel (#7)
We‘re all on the brink of despair: nquoid (#178/180)

The Great Beauty is a whole lot, among the most excessive films ever made. Immediately reminded me of the better Fellini films upon first watch, and it does a pretty good job with that - but I'd also rather revisit those Fellini classics. - BleuPanda
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Heaven is over-rated. There's nothing there.
62. ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ [Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives] (2010)

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Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Country: Thailand
Runtime: 114 min
Genre: Slow Cinema, Magical Realism, Low Fantasy

Points: 937,62
Year rank: 6
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 10
AMF EOD Rank: 124
Number of votes: 12
I couldn't have experienced this if I hadn't mated with a monkey ghost: Greg (#10), BleuPanda (#12), The_Claw (#12)
Auntie Jen, you're deliberately stepping on these poor insects. : Petri (#155/167), Michel (#144/153), Nassim (#81/82)

Occasionally, we are blessed with a filmmaker who really could not care how approachable their films are, instead developing works on their own terms. Few embrace this space more than Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Uncle Boonmee reads firmly as a spiritual affair, one meant more to be experienced than analyzed. Weerasethakul’s works demand extraordinary patience, but the images on which he lingers are likely to burn themselves inside your mind if you truly sit with them. Very solidly not for everyone, but anyone who takes in film like a meditative act will find beauty here. Which is not to say this is presented at a total distance – the catfish scene will hit anyone like a freight truck. - BleuPanda
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Attention all units: An unusually attractive nun is causing mayhem in the cathedral dome. Activate emergency protocol. Stop that stunning sister!
61. Paddington 2 (2017)

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Director: Paul King
Country: UK / France / Luxembourg
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Family, Comedy, Fable

Points: 937,66
Year rank: 11
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 440
AMF EOD Rank: 308
Number of votes: 11
If we‘re kind and polite, the world will be right: nquoid (#15)
I don‘t do nothin‘ for no one for nothin‘: Petri (#138)

In a decade where it felt like movies aimed at children were happy to aim for the lowest common denominator, Paddington 2 is a breath of fresh air. Paul King sets about making this sequel far more visually inventive than the original, with sequences designed to look like childrens books and an almost Wes Anderson approach to production design. Paddington 2 is a warm bath of a movie, a total delight that can also dug on your heartstrings. With a cast who all know exactly what their assignment is (in particular an incredible supporting turn from Hugh Grant), Paddington 2 is what movies aimed at families should strive to be. - nquoid

A film that puts pretty much every other live action children's film to shame. Paul King channels Wes Anderson and makes the actual family film Anderson has only ever hinted at. Paddington himself is among the most charming characters ever put to screen, but the narrative is not afraid to explore heavier territory. This is firmly an anti-Brexit film, and one that flawlessly visualizes a world of optimism in spite of everything. - BleuPanda
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If we were a bit more tolerant of each other‘s weaknesses, we‘d be less alone. I know one can live alone but… Did you see that couple next door? I envied them. Stay with me. Stay. Give us that chance.
60. Copie conforme [Certified Copy] (2010)

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Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Country: France / Italy / Belgium
Runtime: 106 min
Genre: Drama, Romance

Points: 939
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 84
AMF EOD Rank: 345
Number of votes: 12
If they‘re happy and enjoying life, we should congratulate them, not criticize them: ManPerson (#7)
I know you hate me. There‘s nothing I can do about that. But at least try to be a little consistent: kendon (#88/91)

If Linklater's Before trilogy plays out in the micro, this is it's macro opposite. With so many twists and turns and new information conveyed in subtle yet surprising ways, Certified Copy feels like multiple movies layered on top of each other. Never sure whether what is happening on the screen is actually happening or if the relationship is truly transforming in front of ours. - nquoid

Certified Copy fits neatly in the Mulholland Drive/Persona sphere of split films that I love, and the seamlessness of its transition is among the most alarming. I love when films get under my skin, and this is especially true when the surface aesthetic is so ordinary. - BleuPanda
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The years will pass and no sign of me will remain, darkness and cold will embrace my tired soul.
59. Bir Zamanlar Anadolu‘da [Once Upon a Time in Anatolia] (2011)

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Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Country: Turkey / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Runtime: 157 min
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Points: 940
Year rank: 6
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 50
AMF EOD Rank: 123
Number of votes: 12
You can tell it like a fairy tale: Greg (#11)
Could be you‘re bored to death by this, but someday you‘ll maybe have fun with it: Petri (#121)

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is an oppresive film. Using the investigation of this one crime as a microcosm at looking into the corruption and futility at the heart of this community, Nuri Bilge Ceylan creates something cinematically captivating in this movie. Presenting the mundane through beautiful cinematography and hypnotic dialogue. - nquoid

Slow cinema with a clear purpose, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia captures the tediousness of a murder investigation. Instead of the sensationalism of an ordinary crime film, this simply captures people passing time as they get from place to place. - BleuPanda
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It's comforting to think the dead are watching over the living. I don't find that spooky at all.
58. Phantom Thread (2017)

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Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Country: USA
Runtime: 130 min
Genre: Romance, Period Drama, Drama

Points: 942
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 43
AMF EOD Rank: 64
Number of votes: 15
And who is this lovely creature making the house smell so nice?: acroamor (#13)
Don‘t pick a fight with me, you certainly won‘t come out alive: kendon (#85/91)

Didn't quite click with me at first, but has consistently grown on me in the years since. Paul Thomas Anderson's career has been defined by observations of toxic relationships, and Phantom Thread dares to turn that literal while otherwise being his most understated film. As always, Daniel Day-Lewis gives an all-time great performance. The music, the cinematography, the costume design - an absolute feast for the senses. - BleuPanda
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I miss you. I miss not touching each other. Not seeing each other, not breathing in each other. I want you. All the time. No one else.
57. La vie d‘Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2 [Blue Is the Warmest Colour] (2013)

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Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Country: France / Belgium / Spain
Runtime: 179 min
Genre: Romance, Drama, Coming-of-Age, LGBT

Points: 945,4
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 79
AMF EOD Rank: 36
Number of votes: 9
But I have infinite tenderness for you. I always will. My whole life : bonnielaurel (#3), Michel (#14)
He's not the problem. I'm missing something. I'm all messed up. I'm crazy : nquoid (#163/180), BleuPanda (#176/180)

The two main characters have a very different social background. Adèle is the shy girl from a conservative middle-class family. Emma is her opposite in interests, food, clothing and hairstyle, but opposites attract. The psychological evolution of Adèle is well scripted and acted. The contrasts between blue and gray, and between rain and sunshine, have a symbolic meaning. It’s my favorite adaptation of a graphic novel. - bonnielaurel

Blue is the Warmest Color should be among the classics of 2010s cinema. Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos give two of the best performances of the era. Unfortunately, the overly extensive sex scenes combined with Abdellatif Kechiche's behavior on set override nearly every positive. This only gets worse with time - Kechiche's most recent movie is likely to never see release because he got his two leads drunk and coerced them into an unsimulated sex scene. Watching the sex scenes in Blue is the Warmest Color should make you feel gross, not out of any sense of prudishness but because it is so clearly a straight man using a powerful queer narrative to put his own lurid fantasies on screen. Even if this was directed by a lesbian, the sheer length of these scenes would be too much - coming from Kechiche, it's infuriating. Instead of becoming a staple of queer cinema, it's the perfect study of how the straight male gaze can ruin an otherwise great film. - BleuPanda
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Defeat, victory, defeat, victory; and one day, here in the neighborhood I had to realize and I did realize that I was mistaken, I was truly mistaken when I thought that there had never been and could never be any kind of change here on earth; because, believe me, I know now that this change has indeed taken place.
56. A torinói ló [The Turin Horse] (Year)

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Director: Béla Tarr & Ágnes Hranitzky
Country: Hungary
Runtime: 146 min
Genre: Drama, Slow Cinema

Points: 945,7
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 19
AMF EOD Rank: 62
Number of votes: 9
Theirs is the moment… nature, infinite silence: Greg (#12)
I could say that they‘ve ruined and degraded everything: bonnielaurel (#118)

Slow cinema is an interesting experience because a truly exceptional work can feel simultaneously minimal and expansive. Bela Tarr draws out every moment, and the result is each shot being burned into your retina. - BleuPanda
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Man is not an animal. We are not a part of the animal kingdom. We sit far above that crown, perched as spirits, not beasts. I have unlocked and discovered a secret to living in these bodies that we hold.
55. The Master (2012)

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Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Country: USA
Runtime: 137 min
Genre: Psychological Drama

Points: 946
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 33
AMF EOD Rank: 60
Number of votes: 14
Leave your worries for awhile, they will still be there when you get back: acr0320 (#7)
If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know: bonnielaurel (#139/153)

In a decade full of great performances, this may be Joaquin's best. - acr0320

I really miss Philip Seymour Hoffman. His performance as Lancaster Dodd, an obvious take on L. Ron Hubbard, is among the all-time greats. At times, The Master feels like a retread of There Will Be Blood - which, while familiar, is still a great source to be drawing from. - BleuPanda
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Now you will be writing your own poem, for the first time in your life.
54. 시 [Poetry] (2010)

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Director: Lee Chang-dong
Country: South Korea
Runtime: 139 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 950
Year rank: 9
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 125
AMF EOD Rank: 245
Number of votes: 8
Why are you looking at that tree? - To really see it: acroamor (#22)
I‘m forgetting words lately: acr0320 (#121)

Outside of Burning, Lee Chang-dong is fixated on mundane trauma. Oasis, Secret Sunshine, and Poetry are all quiet masterpieces. In Poetry, an elderly woman explores the art form while suffering through her declining health and her grandson's crime. Few films have so thoroughly explored the feeling of being appalled by the ones you love. Lee Chang-dong stays firmly grounded in his portrayal, making it all the more brutal. - BleuPanda
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That kid‘s weird. She grows fast – like bamboo.
53. かぐや姫の物語 [The Tale of the Princess Kaguya] (2013)

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Director: Isao Takahata
Country: Japan
Runtime: 137 min
Genre: Fairy Tale, Anime, Drama, Period Drama

Points: 955,1
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 569
AMF EOD Rank: 90
Number of votes: 11
Only now do I finally remember why I came here: acroamor (#24)
Do you really want to hurt your father like this?: acr0320 (#165/180)

Absolutely looks like a classic Japanese painting brought to life. The stunning imagery pairs perfectly with its narrative, an adaptation of a 10th century tale that has not been updated for modern views. This dedication to the past lets it hit hard in unexpected places. About as beautiful as animation gets. - BleuPanda
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I like things that look like mistakes.
52. Frances Ha (2012)

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Director: Noah Baumbach
Country: USA
Runtime: 86 min
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life

Points: 955,2
Year rank: 10
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 197
AMF EOD Rank: 99
Number of votes: 14
Sometimes it‘s good to do what you‘re supposed to do when you‘re supposed to do it: acroamor (#4)
I‘m so embarrassed. I‘m not a real person yet: Schüttelbirne (#101)

Greta Gerwig's coming of age movies were a highlight of the 2010s. Charting the ups and downs of women finding their place in the world, Frances Ha finds itself at the point where supposedly women should have grown up. Through the lens of female friendship, Frances Ha is an insightful and charming movie, with effervescent performance from Gerwig at it's centre. - nquoid

Few films so perfectly capture the disorientation of trying to be an adult. The narrative is as aimless as its protagonist, drifting helplessly from one moment to the next. Noah Baumbach's minimalist style allows Greta Gerwig to shine. - BleuPanda
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I hope that nobody has ever had to look at anybody they love through glass.
51. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

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Director: Barry Jenkins
Country: USA
Runtime: 117 min
Genre: Romance, Drama

Points: 959
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 458
AMF EOD Rank: 203
Number of votes: 12
If you‘ve trusted love this far, don‘t panic now. Trust it all the way: acr0320 (#5), nquoid (#8)
Ain‘t none of us got nothing to with that: Schüttelbirne (#133)

some of the most beautiful close-ups in film history – acr0320

A masterful adptation of James Baldwin's classic novel. Barry Jenkins had the unenviable task of following up one of the more adored Best Picture winners of the 21st century, and he doesn't disappoint with his third feature. Reteaming with collaborators; composer Nicholas Brittell and cinematographer James Laxton, If Beale Street Could Talk is one of the best sounding and looking movies of the 2010s. - nquoid

This is a wonderful film, though I do feel like Moonlight does everything here slightly better. The impressionistic cinematography proves Barry Jenkins knows how to bring visual life to a grounded narrative without needing to stylize anything. A heartbreaking exploration of the black experience. - BleuPanda
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Suzy: I always wished I was an orphan. Most of my favorite characters are. I think your lives are more special.
Sam: I love you, but you don‘t know what you‘re talking about.
50. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

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Director: Wes Anderson
Country: USA
Runtime: 94 min
Genre: Adventure, Coming-of-Age, Comedy

Points: 960
Year rank: 6
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 152
AMF EOD Rank: 48
Number of votes: 17
We just want to be together. What‘s wrong with that?: BleuPanda (#15)
It‘s been proven by history: all mankind makes mistakes: nquoid (#126)

Wes Anderson does not direct children’s films (besides, arguably, Fantastic Mr. Fox), but his aesthetic is the perfect match. Moonrise Kingdom uses a crisp autumn color scheme to capture a nostalgic sense of childhood. This is a story of first love, with all its extreme emotions allowed to play out against a vast wilderness. The oblivious glee of the two young lovers is expertly contrasted with the cold, hard reality of the adults who surround them. More than love, this is a film about belonging – and the desperate finale is a striking reminder of how enormous everything feels as a kid. - BleuPanda
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Bill picked up his new medication, went home, and masturbated for seven hours.
49. It‘s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

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Director: Don Hertzfeldt
Country: USA
Runtime: 61 min
Genre: Animation, Psychological Drama, Black Comedy, Surrealism

Points: 965
Year rank: 20 (Bonus nomination by BleuPanda)
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 449
AMF EOD Rank: 54
Number of votes: 10
He lives and he lives until all of the lights go out: acroamor (#1), BleuPanda (#7)
You are forgiven: Greg (#110)

Don Hertzfeldt is one of the great surrealists of modern cinema, but he always remembers to create an emotional throughline in all of his projects. It's Such a Beatuiful Day started life as a trilogy of short films, but when viewed back to back in it's theatrical form, each one recontextualises what came before it to create a deeply affecting movie, that pushes the boundaries of what animated films can be. - nquoid

Despite the auteur theory suggesting otherwise, most credits will show dozens if not hundreds of people involved in a production. Film is typically a collaborative process. As far as modern, feature length films go, It’s Such a Beautiful Day is an anomaly – outside of Sara Cushman offering up a few lines and Brian Hamblin operating as editor, this is thoroughly Don Hertzfeldt’s project. It is a showcase of how minimal film can be. And not in the condescending Warholian let-the-camera-run method. No, this is a film that has brought me to tears several times, an exploration of grief and trauma. Despite the surface level of stick figure animation, It’s Such a Beautiful Day is a technical marvel. Watch this with the lights off and proper speakers, and this is a sensory assault few films have ever approached. - BleuPanda
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Dreams feel real while we‘re in them. It‘s only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.
48. Inception (2010)

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Director: Christopher Nolan
Country: USA / UK
Runtime: 148 min
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Heist Film, Psychological Thriller

Points: 966
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 116
AMF EOD Rank: 15
Number of votes: 19
Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it‘s almost impossible to eradicate: Miguel (#1), mileswide (#2)
Your condescension, as always, is much appreciated: Greg (#127/131), bonnielaurel (#150/153)

The Dark Knight might be one of the biggest cultural moments ever, but Inception is what cemented Christopher Nolan as potentially the biggest director on the planet. Inception pulls off a magic trick of spending so much of the movie delivering expositon scene after exposition scene all so that the final hour can be a true directors showcase, where Nolan just goes absolutely wild with new concepts and visual tricks. - nquoid

Blockbusters are rarely this impressive. The colossal scale, the layers of narrative, the symbolic meaning. Everything here is so finely balanced that any misstep could have ruined everything. Most importantly, Nolan trusts his audience. - BleuPanda
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The world is full of evil but if we hold on to each other, it goes away.
47. Jagten [The Hunt] (2012)

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Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Country: Denmark
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 968,1
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 455
AMF EOD Rank: 91
Number of votes: 14
It‘s common for children to describe non-existing details: bonnielaurel (#11)
You leave me alone now, Theo. Then I‘ll go: acr0320 (#136)

Mads Mikkelsen gives one of the best performances of the decade as a teacher falsely accused of abusing a young girl. It's impressive how tastefully Vinterberg manages this difficult tale - there's no sensationalism, just an ordinary piece about a man ostracized by his community, and one that finds sympathy in those who other films might villainize. - BleuPanda
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We are Sex Bob-Omb and we are here to make you think about death and get and stuff.
46. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

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Director: Edgar Wright
Country: USA / UK / Japan
Runtime: 112 min
Genre: Action, Romantic Comedy, Music, Low Fantasy, Comedy

Points: 968,5
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 416
AMF EOD Rank: 83
Number of votes: 14
When I'm around you, I kind of feel like I'm on drugs. Not that I do drugs. Unless you do drugs, in which case I do them all the time. All of them. : Nassim (#1), nquoid (#10)
I have to go pee due to boredom: acr0320 (#168/180), acroamor (#137/144), Petri (#165/167)

Edgar Wright directing an adaptation of the Scott Pilgrim is an aesthetic match made in heaven. Wright's film and TV works had always been reverential to works of the past. So directing a movie where so much of the energy and perspective comes from a character who goes through life seeing everything in that way made perfect sense. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a visually tense movie, Wright is throwing everything he can on the screen, but that level of visual inventiveness shows him to be one of the great comedy directors working currently, and is far more compelling than the glut of improv heavy, visually bland comedies that were dominating at the time. - nquoid

A true visual marvel. The potential of cinema is limitless, but few actually dare to push the limit at every opportunity. The story might be slight, but that really doesn't matter when it looks this good. Most likely, the tight editing and witty dialogue will distract you from any shortcomings. - BleuPanda
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Jews and colon cancer. What is that? I thought we were the chosen people.
45. Uncut Gems (2019)

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Director: Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie
Country: USA
Runtime: 135 min
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama

Points: 970
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 334
AMF EOD Rank: 69
Number of votes: 14
He‘s gonna be major, even though he‘s from Canada: acroamor (#3)
I think you are the most annoying person I have ever met : kendon (#86/91)

the role that Sandler was born to play – acr0320

A film starring Adam Sandler should not cause this much anxiety. The Safdie Brothers draw tension out of every possible scenario, crafting a character who will absolutely make the worst choice in every possible situation. Frustrating and numbing. - BleuPanda
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I just wanted to get away from it all.
44. Under the Skin (2013)

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Director: Jonathan Glazer
Country: UK / Switzerland
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Science Fiction, Psychological Drama, Extraterrestrial

Points: 983
Year rank: 7
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 23
AMF EOD Rank: 51
Number of votes: 13
I think you‘re gorgeous: bonnielaurel (#1), acr0320 (#2)
People wind me up. - How? - They‘re ignorant: Michel (#121)

Scarlett Johanssen plays her strongest role: a mysterious alien who picks up hitchhikers in Scotland. A hidden camera was used, so some of them were unaware of being filmed. The alien’s intentions remain unclear for a while, and the nightmarish style leaves room for interpretation. One way to explain it is as a protest against the meat industry. The alien looks at people the way we look at cattle. Her job is to collect meat, a delicacy for those above her in the hierarchy of her planet. Gradually she starts to wonder and develop empathy for her earthly victims. Visually strong are the surreal scenes, in which the creature walks over a dark liquid like a Jesus figure while her victim drowns in it. Mica Levi's tone clusters evokes the otherworldly. Silence contributes to the desolate atmosphere. Michel Faber’s novelAfter seeing this, hitchhiking will never be the same. - bonnielaurel

Human culture has plenty of stories about sirens leading men to their deaths, but few feel so otherwordly as Under the Skin. The structure is simple - Scarlett Johansson plays a woman who drives around looking for men to pick up. After seducing them, she brings them back to a monstrous trap. The central focus is on her seductions, which were shot as unscripted sequences. The juxtaposition between these realistic conversations and the sci-fi narrative make this unlike anything else. - BleuPanda
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Clear skies with a chance of satellite debris.
43. Gravity (2013)

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Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Country: USA / UK
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Survival, Space Exploration

Points: 987
Year rank: 3
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 115
AMF EOD Rank: 43
Number of votes: 16
Sit back, enjoy the ride: nquoid (#3), Michel (#13), The_Claw (#16)
You‘ve got to learn to let go: Arsalan (#62/68), ManPerson (#27/27)

a reminder of Sandra Bullock's singular star power, a movie that needs to be seen on the biggest screen imaginable – acr0320

On the surface, Gravity feels like nothing but a technical exercise, Alfonso Cuarón pushing cinematic boundaries that he'd already started pushing in Children of Men. But Gravity comes together as something alchemical. It's themes may be as subtle as a brick, but watching a technical craftsman operating at the top of their game was nothing short of a magical experience when seen on the big screen. - nquoid

A film I imagine does not work in the slightest at home. A hyper-focused technical marvel by one of our greatest directors. - BleuPanda

Good movie but I don't really get it's reputation as being among the best of the decade - ManPerson
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Hope and despair. A life without despair is a life without hope. Holding these two ideas in our head is life itself.
42. First Reformed (2017)

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Director: Paul Schrader
Country: USA
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Psychological Drama

Points: 991
Year rank: 8
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 207
AMF EOD Rank: 92
Number of votes: 13
I suddenly feel much better: acroamor (#7)
The man who says nothing always seems more intelligent. Why couldn‘t I just keep silent?: The_Claw (#119)

An essential movie about what it means to try and maintain faith in regligion, the world and humanity as it seems like no one cares that the world is quite literally ending. Paul Schrader's film is impossibly bleak and a rough watch, but is anchored by Ethan Hawke giving one of the best leading actor performances of the decade. - nquoid

Bergman's Winter Light with a few extra layers of cynicism. Ethan Hawke kills it as a pastor falling headfirst into despair. Captures the powerlessness of wanting to do something to fix the world and realizing it is all beyond your control. Makes the perfect subtle companion to the likes of Mishima and Taxi Driver. - BleuPanda
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There is no right or wrong… just the morals of nature.
41. 버닝 [Burning] (2018)

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Director: Lee Chang-dong
Country: South Korea
Runtime: 148 min
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Psychological Drama

Points: 992
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 103
AMF EOD Rank: 63
Number of votes: 11
I‘ll do anything for fun: BleuPanda (#6)
You can make it disappear as if it never existed: stone37 (#102)

Burning plays out something like a classic Antonioni film – there is a mystery, yes, but one with no easy answers. Instead, Burning fixates on protagonist Lee Jong-su and his own interpretation of events, how it drives him to behave. The film lays out several possibilities of what could have happened, but we are subjected to Jong-su’s most dire interpretation and consequences thereof. What is at the heart of this story – vengeance for someone he loved or a disastrous refusal to admit that loved one had used him? Steven Yeun’s performance as the mysterious Ben is key to pulling this off – no matter how much the evidence suggests a more mundane explanation, his smarmy demeanor encourages us to suspect him of something worse. The presentation firmly places us on Jong-su’s side, but then shows enough for us to want any other perspective. The ending left me baffled, but this is a story that clings long after it is over, one that grows more terrifying the more you consider its sinister implications. - BleuPanda
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#BurningDeservedBetter

One of the best mystery flicks of the century.
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My bonus nomination was someone else's #1? Nice. I was really surprised by it missing the initial list, since it now seems widely accepted as the hidden gem of the decade elsewhere.
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It‘s theatre. It‘s an interpretation of life. It can be truer than life itself.
40. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

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Director: Olivier Assayas
Country: France / Germany / Switzerland
Runtime: 123 min
Genre: Psychological Drama

Points: 992,30
Year rank: 14
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 405
AMF EOD Rank: 155
Number of votes: 10
To excel and to know how to show it is to excel twice: Petri (#6), nquoid (#16)
Tastes can get worn out, kind of like desire: acr0320 (#159)

A twisting, turning, metatextual, psychosexual masterpeice of the 2010s. It's clear that there is so much on Olivier Assayas' mind in this movie. From the state of cinema to what it means to be an actress aging out of leading roles. But the real beating heart of this movie is the tension between Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart. - nquoid

My favorite films are Mulholland Drive and Persona, so Clouds of Sils Maria clicked. Like those two, Clouds of Sils Maria largely focuses on two women, including an actress, and their shifting relationship with one another. Clouds of Sils Maria separates itself by remaining largely grounded. Juliette Binoche plays an aging actress who fears she has lost her touch, but it is Kristen Stewart's understated performance as her assistant that steals the show. A quiet film that haunts long after it has finished. - BleuPanda
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We intervene in everything around us. Meat, clothes, vegetables, fruit, everything! Why not use scientific advances to improve our species? You know how many diseases we could cure with transgenesis? Or the genetic malformations that could be avoided?
39. La piel que habito [The Skin I Live In] (2011)

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Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Country: Spain
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Drama

Points: 992,39
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 302
AMF EOD Rank: 116
Number of votes: 11
The things the love of a mad man can do: bonnielaurel (#2), Miguel (#3), acr0320 (#15)
Their fathers were very different but they were both born insane: Michel (#149/153)

Antonio Banderas plays a modern version of Dr. Frankenstein, or the sculptor Pygmalion. With Pedro Almodóvar the blurring line between male and female is a recurring theme. It has old themes like hubris, obsession, captivity and rebellion; but also modern ones like genetic manipulation and gender reassignment. The visual style is captivating. Alberto Iglesias' violin arpeggios add a classical touch. - bonnielaurel

Almodovar at his messiest and most captivating – acr0320

The slightly better of the two forced feminization movies. At least with Almodovar, I respect him enough as a provocateur to think he both knows better than this and is choosing to do so anyway. Its problematic nature is part of what makes it so luridly intriguing - he would not be a leading name in melodrama if his choices weren't so questionable. - BleuPanda
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Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.
38. Nightcrawler (2014)

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Director: Dan Gilroy
Country: USA
Runtime: 117 min
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Satire, Neo-Noir

Points: 995
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 513
AMF EOD Rank: 23
Number of votes: 16
My motto is if you want to win the lottery you‘ve got to make money to buy a ticket: prosecutorgodot (#2)
Agreeing to participate and then backing out at the critical moment was a mistake: nquoid (#135)

103 of these 180 films landed in my 4.5 out of 5 star range, which is a score I limit only to films I consider worthy of my all-time top 1000 - part of why I wanted to tackle every film here is because I didn't want to give the unwatched films the unfair advantage of being ranked higher than some of my all-time favorites (and, surprise surprise, my bottom 4 all came from those recent watches). Nightcrawler is that #103, an absolutely menacing look at action news programs and a man who will do anything to capture the perfect story - even if he has to make it himself. Jake Gyllenhaal plays the perfect sociopath. Like the exploitive news shows it imitates, it's impossible to look away, even as you suspect continuing might truly harm your outlook. - BleuPanda
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What is a lobby boy? A lobby boy is completely invisible, yet always in sight. A lobby boy remembers what people hate. A lobby boy anticipates the client's needs before the needs are needed. A lobby boy is, above all, discreet to a fault. Our guests know that their deepest secrets, some of which are frankly rather unseemly, will go with us to our graves. So keep your mouth shut, Zero.
37. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

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Director: Wes Anderson
Country: USA / Germany
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Comedy, Adventure

Points: 997
Year rank: 3
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 93
AMF EOD Rank: 14
Number of votes: 17
I don‘t know what sort of cream they‘ve put on you down at the morgue, but I want some: BleuPanda (#13)
Rudeness is merely an expression of fear: acroamor (#108)

the culmination of Anderson's themes and stylizations – acr0320

The Grand Budapest Hotel feels like the culmination of Wes Anderson's career. All of his aesthetic flourishes and frequent cast members coming together to create this whimsical yet melancholic comedy. And at the centre of it all, Ralph Fiennes, an actor so at home in this world it's a wonder he hadn't been in an Anderson movie up till this point. - nquoid

The Grand Budapest Hotel feels like Wes Anderson trying to reach a higher level – a lofty ambition when he was already sitting at the top. For a while, this rested a step down from his big three for me (those being The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom). This felt comparatively heavy, yet not as effective when compared to more serious works confronting the same issues. It is only over several years of consideration that it has risen and possibly outdone those three in my mind. In a way, this is his most daring film – pairing his colorful aesthetic with themes that others might demand receive more delicate handling. But if Anderson’s visual flair actually detracted from this story, that final confrontation would not have left such an empty feeling. This is a firm rejection of realism as the only acceptable representation of serious matters. - BleuPanda
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Perfection is not just about control. It‘s about letting go. Surprise yourself so you can surprise the audience. Transcendence! Very few have it in them.
36. Black Swan (2010)

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Director: Darren Aronofsky
Country: USA
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama

Points: 1004,6
Year rank: 3
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 163
AMF EOD Rank: 29
Number of votes: 17
I felt it. Perfect. It was perfect: bonnielaurel (#4), acr0320 (#14), Petri (#15)
You could be brilliant, but you‘re a coward: Arsalan (#63/68)

Ballet shows a world of beauty and perfection, but behind it is a harsh reality of injuries, stress, rivalry and eating disorders.The contrast between the white and the black swan appears in Tchaikovsky's ballet, but also in Nina's life. She grew up in an overprotected environment, but for this role she wants to discover the dark side within herself. We get to see her dreams and hallucinations. Special effects include her reflection moving on its own and her knees bending backwards. Natalie Portman plays the role of a lifetime, surrounded by a strong supporting cast. - bonnielaurel

A career best performance from Natalie Portman and a later career pivot into more intimate camerwork and less flash editing from Darren Aronosfky create a near perfect 21st century update to The Red Shoes. An artist consumed by her need to be the best whilst lost in a psychosexual web of her own making, unsure whether or not she wants to consume her peers literally, metaphorically or sexually. - nquoid

I've realized Darren Aronofsky rubs me the wrong way more often than not, but Black Swan still stands as a borderline masterpiece. Few films so perfectly capture an internal meltdown, and Natalie Portman stuns as the ballerina. - BleuPanda
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I don‘t remember the film either. But I remember the feeling. That I was ashamed of crying, but that telling him the story made all my feelings and tears come back, almost more powerfully than when I was actually watching the film, and that I just couldn‘t stop.
35. Amour (2012)

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Director: Michael Haneke
Country: France / Austria / Germany
Runtime: 126 min
Genre: Drama, Family Drama

Points: 1004,9
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 30
AMF EOD Rank: 65
Number of votes: 12
It‘s beautiful – What? - Life. So long.: BleuPanda (#3), The_Claw (#6), Schüttelbirne (#9)
You are a monster sometimes: Miguel (#75/77)

A romantic movie that hits like a punch to the gut. Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Tritignant give undeniable performances here as a couple heading into the end of their lives together. Michael Haneke's distanced style, usually used to shock his audiences, gives a beguiling energy to a movie that feels more humane than anything he's directed before. - nquoid

Amour feels like a supervillain using his powers for good. It’s not that Amour is unlike other Haneke films – quite the opposite, really. Having always explored humanity at its most extreme, the story of a couple coping with their inevitable deaths sounds as deeply cynical as his tales of intruders and affairs. Having every moment play out in excruciating detail only adds to the suspicion that Haneke is toying with us. Few movies operate so aptly in conjunction with their title – this is love. This is the inevitable conclusion of ‘til death do us part, of every happily ever after. There is a disorienting beauty in this exploration of a long-neglected truth. Haneke never softens his blows – every scene is drawn out until his audience turns numb. But the impact is something greater. This is the gritty reason why every romance movie bows out once a relationship is firmly established. As always with Haneke, life is trauma – but Amour shows there is just as much in life that helps us carry through that trauma. - BleuPanda
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No matter what they tell you, we women are always alone.
34. Roma (2018)

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Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Country: Mexico / USA
Runtime: 135 min
Genre: Drama

Points: 1008,447
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 71
AMF EOD Rank: 13
Number of votes: 12
But then I discovered martial arts. And everything came into focus. Just like when you look at me: The_Claw (#9)
I like being dead: Petri (#108)

After his stunning breakthrough was followed up by three genre films, Alfonso Cuaron finally returned to something personal with Roma. Though sharing similar political framing with Y tu mama tambien, he also captures the larger than life perception of Children of Men. The deep depth of field in every shot combined with several extended sequences makes this feel more painterly than the average film, yet Cuaron also has enough mainstream savvy to avoid comparisons to the slow cinema movement. Roma seeks to capture every inch of a very specific time and place. The personal story of a maid fits snugly in the center of a society in revolt. - BleuPanda
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Some wounds do not close; I have many such. One just walks around with them and sometimes one can feel them filling with blood.
33. The Favourite (2018)

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Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Country: UK / Ireland / USA
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Period Drama, Black Comedy

Points: 1008,449
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 303
AMF EOD Rank: 18
Number of votes: 12
I wish you could love me as she does: Petri (#2), BleuPanda (#11), Michel (#12)
As it turns out I‘m capable of much unpleasantness: The_Claw (#98)

Historical costume drama as black comedy. Pulling from the rumours of relationships that Queen Anne had with the women close to her to create the twisted queer power dynamic at the movies heart. Colman, Weisz and Stone all play off of each beautifully to create of the most compelling ensembles of the decade. - nquoid

The Favourite is the coolest, cruelest costume drama ever brought to screen. Mixing classical dress with a cynical modern take on interpersonal relations, The Favourite plays out like a passive aggressive insult marathon – except you would be hard-pressed to think anything said here is merely passive. Lanthimos and company dare to ask, what if everyone in 18th century England had no filter? This is vulgar, crude, and absolutely hilarious. The three leads are all perfect, with Olivia Colman finally breaking out as the mad Queen Anne. Lanthimos’s visual flair is properly restrained by someone else writing the script – you still get his alien take on human interaction, but with enough bite to truly leave an impact. - BleuPanda
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If someone hits you and tells you they are doing it because they love you, they are a liar.
32. 万引き家族 [Shoplifters] (2018)

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Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Country: Japan
Runtime: 121 min
Genre: Drama, Family Drama

Points: 1016
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 256
AMF EOD Rank: 25
Number of votes: 14
Sometimes it‘s better to choose your own family: Arsalan (#1)
Don't make your sister do it. : acr0320 (#116)

A film that expertly argues family can be found wherever. A loving portrait of imperfect people trying to survive and enjoy life. Kore-eda eventually forces us to confront the truth, adding several complex layers to the experience. - BleuPanda
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Good luck! Find somebody else to put up with your shit for more than like 6 months okay? But I accept the whole package, the crazy and the brilliant. I know you‘re not gonna change and I don‘t want you to. It‘s called accepting you for being you.
31. Before Midnight (2013)

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Director: Richard Linklater
Country: USA / Greece
Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Romance, Drama, Slice of Life

Points: 1017,7
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 208
AMF EOD Rank: 74
Number of votes: 11
It‘s not perfect but it‘s real: Schüttelbirne (#7), acroamor (#8)
If you put 1/8 of the amount of time that you put into bitching into playing scales, you‘d be like Django Reinhardt: Michel (#106)

Richard Linklater's Before Trilogy is a marvel of cinema. Each new film somehow making the previous film even more special as the weight of time imbues each previously film with more import. Before Midnight is a darker film than it's predecessors, showing Jesse and Céline at a low point; but it feels right for this point in their lives, even the audience wishes we didn't have to see it. - nquoid

Simultaneously more expansive and less effective than the first two Before films. Still a stunning portrait of this relationship, but the first two filled me with a sense of wonder that few romance films have ever captured. This does a great job exploring a relationship in turmoil, but there is competition on that front. - BleuPanda
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Getting divorced with a kid is one of the hardest things to do. It's like a death without a body.
30. Marriage Story (2019)

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Director: Noah Baumbach
Country: USA / UK
Runtime: 135 min
Genre: Drama, Family Drama

Points: 1017,9
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 297
AMF EOD Rank: 35
Number of votes: 16
I‘ll never stop loving him, even though it doesn‘t make sense anymore: Petri (#4)
I never really came alive for myself; I was only feeding his aliveness: Arsalan (#66/68)

Marriage Story is a film I needed at the specific moment it was released, a brutal yet touching look at divorce only months after I went through my own. Thank god my own divorce was amicable – I don’t think I could process what these people go through. The most frustrating elements here do not stem from the central relationship but how the legal hoops make everything worse. On a cinematic level, Baumbach seems to fall back on his actors and the screenplay – but both come out with such force that it is hard to fault his plain directing. As a writer, he really plunges into the emotional depths – how easily faded love is confused for hate when, in many cases, both people have been hurt but still care. Charlie reading the letter at the end absolutely broke me. - BleuPanda
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Universal truths are constant. It is a fact, a plain and simple fact, that what is true and right is true and right for all. White and black alike.
29. 12 Years a Slave (2013)

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Director: Steve McQueen
Country: USA / UK
Runtime: 133 min
Genre: Biopic, Period Drama

Points: 1020
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 128
AMF EOD Rank: 8
Number of votes: 16
It will have been my duty: stone37 (#16)
You‘ve made a reputation of yourself: Schüttelbirne (#126)

Steve McQueen has great movies from before 12 Years a Slave, but this feels like the movie cemented him as a talent to be reckoned with. American slavery is obviously no stranger to cinematic depiction or being showered in awards for unflinching portrayals, but this feels as close to a definitve statement as it might be possible to get. - nquoid

Just absolutely devastating. It's shocking how few films we have that truly explore slavery in America. The shot of Solomon Northup half-hanging from a tree over the course of a day has haunted me for years. How could we have allowed these things to happen? How can we be in an era where part of our government is demanding we cover this history up? This is a film every American needs to see. In the years since its release, I have heard people discuss this film as if its subject matter was too obvious. To me, this is a story that needs told in the most straightforward terms, and 12 Years a Slave does that masterfully. - BleuPanda
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You don‘t want to go anywhere, and that‘s why the same shit‘s going to keep happening to you, because you want it to.
28. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

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Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Country: USA / France / UK
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: Music, Drama, Period Drama

Points: 1021
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 47
AMF EOD Rank: 41
Number of votes: 16
If it was never new, and it never gets old, then it‘s a folk song.: Schüttelbirne (#14), Petri (#17)
Well, I could say we should talk about this when you‘re less angry but that would be… that‘d be… when would that be?: mileswide (#21/22), Nassim (#82/82)

Inside Llewyn Davis is a movie about failure. Or at least, it's a movie about a lack of creative compromise leading to failure. Whilst on first viewing it might seem that the Coens are working in a more minor key for this movie, there is so much happening beneath the surface that rewards multiple viewings. Oscar Isaac delievers his best leading performance of the decade and the soundtrack is as good as O Brother, Where Art Thou?'s – nquoid

One of the more understated Coen films, and thus perhaps their most sadly relatable. - BleuPanda
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A lot of guys mess around with married women, but you're the only one I know who robs a joint just to pay back the husband. Crazy.
27. Drive (2011)

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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Country: USA
Runtime: 100 min
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Neo-Noir

Points: 1029
Year rank: 3
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 210
AMF EOD Rank: 32
Number of votes: 16
I just wanted you to know getting to be around you and Benicio was the best thing that ever happened to me: whuntva (#3)
My hands are a little dirty: Greg (#122/131), mileswide (#22/22)

The coolest movie of the decade, with a soundtrack that instantly etched itself into pop culture along with Ryan Gosling's inesapable jacket. Probably the most mainstream film that Nicolas Winding Refn has ever directed, featuring a litany of fantastic supporting actors, topped off with a 'should've been nominated' performance by Albert Brooks – nquoid

Undeniably in the running as the coolest film of the decade. A neon soundtrack reinforces some truly iconic visual design. Nicolas Winding Refn is a master behind the camera - and Drive succeeds by letting someone else do the writing. Gosling already had a few big hits, but this really helped show his range. - BleuPanda
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There was a time when I would have done almost anything. I would have locked myself away to keep Rindy with me. What use am I to her, to us, if I‘m living against my own grain?
26. Carol (2015)

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Director: Todd Haynes
Country: UK / USA
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Romance, Drama, LGBT

Points: 1035
Year rank: 3
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 60
AMF EOD Rank: 33
Number of votes: 13
My angel. Flung out of space: BleuPanda (#9)
Just when you think it can‘t get any worse, you run out of cigarettes: Petri (#105)

Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett are incredible here in another of the truly great romantic movies of the 2010s. Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt gets the adaptation it deserves. There would surely be less complaints about the lack of happy queer narratives if they were all as beautifully wrought as this one here is; especially given it's non-tragic ending. - nquoid

Oh, Carol. After a tidal wave of traumatic queer art films, how pleasant it was to find you. The tragedy of Brokeback Mountain seemed a necessity to draw mainstream attention to queer narratives, but it’s truly exhausting to rarely see a happy ending. Sure, there are plenty of indie queer films with happy endings and light atmospheres throughout, but, uh…it’s nice to have one of those that also happens to be good. Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara shine, and Todd Haynes’ eye for color transforms this into the perfect Sirkian melodrama. But, unlike Sirk, Haynes uses these exaggerated colors for good. This is a necessary reminder that, yes, queer people have been around forever, and some of us even found love despite the world around us. - BleuPanda
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Take her to the moon for me.
25. Inside Out (2015)

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Director: Pete Docter
Country: USA
Runtime: 94 min
Genre: Computer Animation, Family, Coming-of-Age, Adventure, Comedy, Low Fantasy

Points: 1042
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 139
AMF EOD Rank: 17
Number of votes: 17
I‘m positive that you‘ll get lost in there: ManPerson (#10)
Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life‘s problems: Schüttelbirne (#94)

Pixar seemed to be losing steam in the early 2010s, espeically with a run of mildly received franchise continuations. But Inside Out felt like the old, more experimental Pixar from only a few years before was coming back. Easily the stand out film in Pete Docter's run of bureaucratisating abstract concepts such as the monster in your closet and the afterlife. Inside Out, even this many years later, still hits you like an emotional freight train. - nquoid

After a string of three disappointing films, Pixar finally returned to form with Inside Out. This has everything you expect from their masterpieces, a questionable premise executed flawlessly which oozes with as much laughter as it does tears. Its approach to the maturation of emotions and memories articulates a concept that feels especially meaningful in a family film. - BleuPanda
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Money is not life's report card. Being successful doesn't mean anything in and of itself. It just means that you're successful. But that doesn't mean that you're happy.
24. Lady Bird (2017)

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Director: Greta Gerwig
Country: USA
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Drama, Comedy

Points: 1043
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 140
AMF EOD Rank: 39
Number of votes: 14
I want you to be the very best version of yourself that you can be: kendon (#3), bonnielaurel (#12)
Some people aren‘t built happy, you know: whuntva (#114/120)

The solo directorial debut of Greta Gerwig fully realises the talent that she had shown as both a writer and performer. Whilst she might not be playing Lady Bird in this film, instead those reins over to the incredible Saoirse Ronan, Gerwig's sensibilities completely suffuse this movie. As slight as a coming of age story about a teenage girls relationship with her mother could seem on paper, Gerwig and Ronan imbue so much warmth into this character and world that it completey sweeps you along for the ride. - nquoid

Greta Gerwig's stunning portrait of growing up in the early 2000s while attending Catholic school. A high school comedy, but one with uncharacteristic elegance. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf make excellent work of a mother and daughter forging a battleground made of love. - BleuPanda
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Help each other. Love everyone. Every leaf. Every ray of light. Forgive.
23. The Tree of Life (2011)

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Director: Terrence Malick
Country: USA
Runtime: 138 min
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Drama, Family Drama

Points: 1045
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 4
AMF EOD Rank: 31
Number of votes: 15
They taught us that no one who loves the way of grace ever comes to a bad end: ManPerson (#1), Schüttelbirne (#6); The_Claw (#11), acr0320 (#16), BleuPanda (#18)
Why should I be good when you aren‘t: Greg (#120/131), whuntva (#119/120)

The Tree of Life sets its sights as high as they can go. Starting as a domestic drama, Terrence Malick pulls the camera back and contextualizes this ordinary life against literally everything. The universe is born, dinosaurs live and die, and the earth itself is eventually consumed. What does any of our life matter when placed inside this frame? But Malick does not lose the drama against this ever-expanding lens. Instead, this framing posits them as equals – life is as big as our experiences. And though we know the world has been here long before us, it is these very specific moments that make our existence. Though Malick provides the philosophy, it is Emmanuel Lubezki’s stunning cinematography that really sells the full experience. The way the camera seems to float through time and space makes this a truly singular work. - BleuPanda

This movie is one of the best of all time and I hope one day it will pretty much universally be considered as such. The movie deals with existentialism in a way that has been matched by few movies and is also extremely well shot. - ManPerson
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There's no nobility in poverty. I have been a rich man and I have been a poor man. And I choose rich every fuckin' time.
22. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

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Director: Martin Scorsese
Country: USA
Runtime: 179 min
Genre: Black Comedy, Biopic, Crime

Points: 1046
Year rank: 6
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 112
AMF EOD Rank: 11
Number of votes: 16
I couldn't believe how these guys talked to each other! I was hooked in seconds. It was like mainlining adrenaline: mileswide (#1), acr0320 (#4), stone37 (#5), Miguel (#7)
Look, I know you're not following what I'm saying anyway, right? That's... that's okay, that doesn't matter. : whuntva (#112/120), bonnielaurel (#153/153)

the best comedy of the decade – acr0320

Scorsese at his most excessive - which is saying something! The most shocking thing here is how, after decades of making films about hardened criminals and some true sociopaths, this somehow contains his most hateable cast. And I mean that in the best way possible. - BleuPanda
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There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job".
21. Whiplash (2014)

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Director: Damien Chazelle
Country: USA
Runtime: 106 min
Genre: Music, Psychological Drama

Points: 1050
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 299
AMF EOD Rank: 4
Number of votes: 17
Nieman, you earned the part. Alternates, will you clean the blood off my drum set? : whuntva (#5), nquoid (#11)
Not quite my tempo: Schüttelbirne (#143/151)

What does it mean to push yourself to be truly great at something? Whiplash is all about the terrible things that people put themselves through to get to the top. At no point does Damien Chazelle shy away from how deeply harmful this approach is, but the question of just how far Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons will push their characters makes the movie consistently compelling. It's like watching a slow motion car crash that you can't look away from, that culminates in one of the best final sequences in film for the decade. - nquoid

A nauseating examination of what people will do when driven to succeed at the expense of everything else. J.K. Simmons plays the most infuriating person, the type who thinks his success justifies his toxic behavior. Anxiety courses through every moment. - BleuPanda
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And if you're gonna freak out every time that you see a frozen chicken, I think we should go to the hospital. I don't know anything about this.
20. Manchester by the Sea (2016)

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Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Country: USA
Runtime: 135 min
Genre: Drama, Family Drama

Points: 1057
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 147
AMF EOD Rank: 22
Number of votes: 14
We don‘t just play computer games: Michel (#5)
Uncle Lee, are you fundamentally unsound: whuntva (#115/120)

Like Margaret, an exceptional study of grief, and a bit clearer in its ideas. The dark humor really adds to the experience, never making fun of these awful situations but recognizing how life rarely works out as we imagine. - BleuPanda
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Louise Banks: Let‘s say that I taught them Chess instead of English. Every conversation would be a game. Every idea expressed through opposition, victory, defeat. You see the problem? If all I ever gave you was a hammer…
Colonel Weber: Everything‘s a nail.
19. Arrival (2016)

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Director: Denis Villeneuve
Country: USA
Runtime: 116 min
Genre: Science Fiction, Psychological Drama, Alien Invasion

Points: 1061
Year rank: 3
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 220
AMF EOD Rank: 30
Number of votes: 17
Despite knowing the journey and where it leads I embrace it and I welcome every moment of it: Nassim (#3), stone37 (#9), acr0320 (#12)
Trust me, you can understand communication and still end up single: Greg (#104)

Science Fiction movies that speak to the world that we live in are nothing new. But in the wake of the political turmoil a lot of the world found itself in in 2016, Arrival's not so simple tale about the importance of human communication felt like a balm. And that's to say nothing of the best performance of Amy Adam's career or Denis Villeneuve finally coming into his own as a director. - nquoid

With Arrival, Denis Villeneuve really one-upped Christopher Nolan in the race for the smartest blockbuster. This is a film all about language and memory, and it dares to dive into complex philosophical territory without dumbing anything down. As expected from Villeneuve, the visuals are lush. - BleuPanda
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Actually, the people you tortured felt far worse, because you knew it‘s only a film. They knew they were being killed.
18. Jagal [The Act of Killing] (2012)

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Director: Joshua Oppenheimer / Christine Cynn / Anonymous
Country: Denmark / Norway / UK
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: Documentary

Points: 1066
Year rank: 3
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 34
AMF EOD Rank: 44
Number of votes: 12
It really shows what‘s special about our country even though it‘s a film about death: Schüttelbirne (#4), The_Claw (#7)
We look around, there‘s only darkness. It‘s so very terrifying: Michel (#111)

An ingenious idea for a documentary, Joshua Oppenheimer focuses on the perpetrators of mass killings in Indonesia in the 60s, but instead of summarising these atrocities and giving the audience context, he asks the perprators to relive their experiences through film. What follows is a fascinting view into the mind of a murderer. The films that are created are all in the style of classic genres, but the audience starts to see the trauma bleed through, as these monsters are forced to confront the attrocities they commited. - nquoid

One of the hardest hitting documentaries ever produced. This is the story of a place where the villains won and can now gloat about their crimes. Oppenheimer simply gives his subject a platform to expose his own horrors to the world. Every new genre adds another sickening layer, a realization that the bad guys really can't conceptualize themselves as evil. - BleuPanda
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That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero.
17. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

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Director: Bob Persichetti / Peter Ramsey / Rodney Rothman
Country: USA
Runtime: 117 min
Genre: Superhero, Computer Animation, Action, Comedy, Family

Points: 1088
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 411
AMF EOD Rank: 19
Number of votes: 16
Anyone can wear the mask. You can wear the mask. If you didn't know that before, I hope you do now. : prosecutorgodot (#3), kendon (#4), whuntva (#6), BleuPanda (#14)
Do animals talk in this dimension? Cause I don't wanna freak anyone out... : Michel (#146/153), bonnielaurel (#148/153)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a movie where it feels like every single creative force involved is in lock-step to make something special. No moment of the film is wasted, every frame is bursting at the seams with creativity. Changes in frame rate and animation style might seem like flashy gimmicks, but the movie makes this an integral way too differentiate between characters. It works simultaneously to push the medium forward (and you can already see movies copying some of the stylistic flourishes) and to help land what remains the definitive example of a multiverse on film. - nquoid

Into the Spider-Verse pulls off what every live action superhero film fears to attempt – it actually looks and feels like a comic book. Further, it puts most other animated films to shame. Too many mainstream animated films, especially in the CGI era, operate largely as live action films with more color. Spider-Verse instead sees the limitless potential of its form and weaves every possibility together. This is the visual smorgasbord I always dream of, the likes of which I can count on one hand (Hausu and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World are my other prime examples). The live action Marvel films are now struggling through their own attempt at the multiverse, but the difference is clear. This is where animation shines best, a different art style for every world and the frenetic energy to seamlessly blend them together. - BleuPanda
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Moonee: You know why this is my favorite tree?
Jancey: Why?
Moonee: ‚Cause it‘s tipped over, and it‘s still growing.
16. The Florida Project (2017)

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Director: Sean Baker
Country: USA
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: Drama, Slice of Life

Points: 1091
Year rank: 3
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 284
AMF EOD Rank: 67
Number of votes: 14
This is so much better than TV!: Petri (#5), nquoid (#7)
Man oh man, that‘s gross!: The_Claw (#88)

What could have descended into poverty porn, instead has a joyous and beautifully hopeful beating heart. It's impossible not to get swept up in Moonee's world, even as it seems like it's crashing down around her. Willem Dafoe is the quiet empathetic centre here, as the entire movie barrells to the greatest final scenes of the decade, a searing critique of what it means to be poor in the happiest place on earth. - nquoid

The Florida Project finds a difficult balance, following a young girl with an awful upbringing while exploring how she has rationalized her experience. It can easily set you at war with yourself, wanting her to be rescued from her mother while also recognizing how much this will destroy her. Again, Sean Baker proves himself an expert at finding a human heart in overlooked places. - BleuPanda
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Sometimes I think I have felt everything I‘m ever gonna feel. And from here on out, I‘m not gonna feel anything new. Just lesser versions of what I‘ve already felt.
15. Her (2013)

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Director: Spike Jonze
Country: USA
Runtime: 126 min
Genre: Romance, Science Fiction, Drama

Points: 1093
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 101
AMF EOD Rank: 12
Number of votes: 15
You‘re my friend to the end: Michel (#10)
It‘s kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity: whuntva (#84)

How much can you convey with just a voice? Scarlett Johansson has to do so much with so little in Her, and if she wasn't up to task then the entire movie would crumble. Luckily she was and Her became a highlight of the decade. A movie that is so fundamentally about human relationships despite one of the leads being less than human. - nquoid

If made a decade or two earlier, the premise of Her would have likely been played for comedy. A man falls in love with his disembodied operating system, yet Jonze treats this central relationship with utmost sincerity. Comedy still abounds, but never at the expense of this unlikely pairing. Instead, Jonze fully considers all the oddities in this arrangement. The finale is among the most genuinely heartbreaking, but the picture as a whole adds up to a glorious testament to the power of love. - BleuPanda
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You have to do this or that, but meanwhile life is just passing by.
14. Toni Erdmann (2016)

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Director: Maren Ade
Country: Germany / Austria
Runtime: 162 min
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Berliner Schule

Points: 1101
Year rank: 4
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 14
AMF EOD Rank: 42
Number of votes: 10
Don‘t lose the humor: Michel (#2), The_Claw (#8), Schüttelbirne (#11)
Don‘t you dare steal my idea: acroamor (#95)

One of the oddest stories about family. A father decides to reconnect with his daughter by becoming the most obnoxious man on earth. She reaches a breaking point. Tons of funny moments in the weirdest places. - BleuPanda
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I myself hate marriages. Especially when they involve some of my closest family members.
13. Melancholia (2011)

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Director: Lars von Trier
Country: Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany
Runtime: 135 min
Genre: Psychological Drama, Disaster

Points: 1111
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 20
AMF EOD Rank: 16
Number of votes: 15
I smile, and I smile, and I smile: Michel (#6), Petri (#9), bonnielaurel (#13)
When I say we‘re alone, we‘re alone. Life is only on earth, and not for long: whuntva (#111/120), prosecutorgodot (#49/50)

Melancholia essentially plays in two halves, the unspoken depression of the first becoming a true physical threat in the second. Possibly von Trier's best film, if only because it feels like an honest wrangling of his emotions without the need to shock. - BleuPanda
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Now, you gotta promise to take good care of these guys. They mean a lot to me.
12. Toy Story 3 (2010)

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Director: Lee Unkrich
Country: USA
Runtime: 103 min
Genre: Computer Animation, Adventure, Family, Comedy, Low Fantasy, Fable

Points: 1129
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 100
AMF EOD Rank: 9
Number of votes: 18
He‘ll be there for you, no matter what: Nassim (#2), stone37 (#4), whuntva (#9), The_Claw (#13)
He wasn‘t anyone‘s friend. He took over Sunnyside and rigged the whole system: Petri (#110)

With the original Toy Story being among my earliest memories and this one coming out right before I finished high school, it really hit hard. The central plot is not as strong as the pieces that surround it, but any waning interest is corrected by a hilarious screenplay. The ending sequence is top notch - it's hard not to cry when Andy hesitates before giving Woody away. - BleuPanda
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I am alone, and they are everybody
11. Holy Motors (2012)

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Director: Leos Carax
Country: France / Germany
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: Surrealism, Postmodernism

Points: 1131
Year rank: 5
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 11
AMF EOD Rank: 110
Number of votes: 11
Beauty? They say it‘s in the eye, the eye of the beholder: BleuPanda (#5), acroamor (#6), Nassim (#7), The_Claw (#10), acr0320 (#11)
Your punishment, my poor Angèle, is to be you. To have to live with yourself: Greg (#106)

Holy Motors is a singularly unique experience, almost inscruitable and featuring an it needs to be seen to be believe performance from Denis Lavant. Lavant (literally) wears so many hats throughout Holy Motors, it becomes hard to keep track of if the man we started the movie following is even the same one by the end. - nquoid

Holy Motors is quite inexplicable, but the fact it’s a capital-A Art film that I’ve been able to showcase at various gatherings to general approval makes me think it’s something special. This is a rare film that seemed to play as well to my film school friends as it did with a club dedicated to ridiculous B-movies where I occasionally snuck in better but equally bizarre art films. Holy Motors is designed for discussion, the sort of film which only gives what you put in. Gather a roomful of people who are willing to bounce theories off each other, and this resonates like few others. Many films demand interpretation, but few do so while gleefully wading through absolute nonsense. Motion capture demon sex, body double assassins, an accordion interlude – each sequence plays out like pieces of a surrealist sketch show, yet the drives between plant just enough suspicion for our minds to run wild. - BleuPanda
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Is Act of Killing the first movie where no one who rated it had it in the bottom half of their list?
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Re: Films of the 2010s: The Results (2022 Edition)

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nquoid wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:52 am Is Act of Killing the first movie where no one who rated it had it in the bottom half of their list?
No, I just forgot to include the information, thanks! The Not a Fan section is always filled; even if everyone places a movie in the Top 10, the lowest position would get mentioned. I am aware that it doesn't really make sense that somebody who places a movie rather high, but lower than everyone else, would be considered "Not a Fan".
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Re: Films of the 2010s: The Results (2022 Edition)

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My log is afraid of fire. There's fire where you are going. Hawk, there's fire where you are going.
10. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)

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Director: David Lynch
Country: USA
Runtime: 1024 min
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Points: 1146
Year rank: 15
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 171
AMF EOD Rank: 52
Number of votes: 9
I hope I see all of you again. Every one of you: acr0320 (#1), BleuPanda (#4), Schüttelbirne (#8), Petri (#10), acroamor (#11)
For a while, the day after tomorrow, I‘ll need to be on my own. That might be a good time for you to learn how to mind your own business: nquoid (#79)

a towering achievement from our greatest living director – acr0320

If Twin Peaks had a true third season, the dozen or so loose threads created by the cliffhanger would have likely been resolved – key characters would have been rescued from apparent disaster. Instead, David Lynch crafted The Return around a vision where all of those dire scenarios went as poorly as they appeared. 25 years later, the citizens of Twin Peaks are traumatized by those awful events, and evil has been allowed to fester during our absence. Twin Peaks as a property was allowed to die. Instead of trying to revive a rotten corpse, David Lynch planted new seeds on the graveyard soil. New characters pop in and out, old characters piece together their shattered lives to varying degrees of success. Where it pointedly denies nostalgic narrative fulfillment, The Return manages something greater by creating an all-new sense of anticipation and dread. The original seasons resonated by pushing the boundaries of narrative television – the unbridled chaos of The Return makes a natural continuation of that legacy. - BleuPanda
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Fair skin has been in favor for, what, the past hundreds of years. But, now the pendulum has swung back. Black is in fashion!
9. Get Out (2017)

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Director: Jordan Peele
Country: USA
Runtime: 104 min
Genre: Psychological Horror, Satire

Points: 1162,757
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 72
AMF EOD Rank: 10
Number of votes: 16
We handle shit. That‘s what we do: prosecutorgodot (#1), Nassim (#5), kendon (#8), acr0320 (#10)
Now sink into the floor: Schüttelbirne (#145/151)

may end up being the most influential film of the decade, if it isn't already – acr0320

At this point there's very little say about how prescient and how much of a nerve Get Out touched upon release. Simultaneously a triumphant directorial debut for Jordan Peele and one of the most important movies about race in America to come out in the 2010s. A collossal financial that became a memetic classic almost instantly upon release. To say that it's undeniable might in fact be underselling it. - nquoid

Get Out sits at a difficult intersection – a horror comedy where neither half detracts from the other. Most horror comedies are really comedies using horror elements for laughs, but Get Out simply pulls off both genres at once. The tightrope Jordan Peele walks with his screenplay is held up by his creation of villains as laughable as they are dangerous. The Armitage family fails to recognize the absurdity of their statements, but a weapon is made no less terrifying just because the wielder is oblivious. Like Parasite, Get Out excels by blurring the line between metaphor and literal. - BleuPanda
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Men are disgusting. How can they be so single-minded?
8. 아가씨 [The Handmaiden] (2016)

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Director: Park Chan-wook
Country: South Korea
Runtime: 144 min
Genre: Erotic Thriller, Drama, Period Drama, LGBT

Points: 1162,759
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 198
AMF EOD Rank: 68
Number of votes: 13
But, for sending me Sook-hee out of all the girls in the world, I feel 'slightly' grateful: Miguel (#4), nquoid (#5), BleuPanda (#16)
Where I come from, it's illegal to be naive. : Petri (#67)

Adaptating Sarah Waters' Victorian Britian set lesbian novel into a Japanese-occupied Korea lesbian movie doesn't sound like an obvious best of the decade contender, but Park Chan-wook makes something incredible here. The rare movie where the porn-y sex scenes and straight male director actually help add tension to the queer love story. The Handmaiden is a tense, erotic masterpiece. - nquoid

An erotic lesbian period piece thriller with elements of torture – The Handmaiden really has it all. The visual design here is phenomenal, bringing all these stray elements together until you forgot just how mismatched they sound on a conceptual level. There are so many layers to its central narrative that slowly tangle together that it feels like Park Chan-wook is subtly tying a noose. The intricate narrative is exhausting to keep up with, but the visuals are striking enough to likely leave you hooked. The sound design during the bathtub tooth scene unlocked a whole new level of discomfort in me. - BleuPanda
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In solitude, I felt the liberty you spoke of. But I also felt your absence.
7. Portrait de la jeune fille en feu [Portrait of a Lady on Fire] (2019)

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Director: Céline Sciamma
Country: France
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Romance, Period Drama, LGBT

Points: 1166
Year rank: 2
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 137
AMF EOD Rank: 49
Number of votes: 15
He doesn‘t make the lover‘s choice, but the poet‘s: kendon (#6), acroamor (#12), nquoid (#13), BleuPanda (#17), The_Claw (#17)
I didn‘t know you were an art critic: stone37 (#107)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire is Céline Sciamma's masterpiece. It also stands in stark contrast to the rest of her filmography. Normally interested in examining the lives of young girls through a variety of lenses, Portrait of a Laldy on fire is instead one of the most achingly romantic films ever commited to the screen. The slow burn romance, so expertly conveyed by Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel, quite literally burns up the screen. It's a movie where sideways glances convey a thousand words and the very act of creating art is comparable to making love. - nquoid

My seventeenth favorite film of the decade, apparently, yet only my third favorite lesbian period piece. Strange. Anyway, this is the most emotionally devastating of that set. But, unlike the traumatic queer narratives I complain about in my Carol write-up, this one earns its tearful ending. You know from the particular arrangement of their meeting that this is an affair that cannot last. Like Moonlight, this is an exploration of how a brief connection can hover over us for years. In a way, Portrait of a Lady on Fire feels like an escape. So much of this is a world of women allowed to briefly have their own space in a time otherwise dominated by men. The memories of that momentary freedom linger, and any reminder can bring those involved to tears. - BleuPanda
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At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you.
6. Moonlight (2016)

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Director: Barry Jenkins
Country: USA
Runtime: 110 min
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Drama, LGBT

Points: 1169
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 24
AMF EOD Rank: 3
Number of votes: 17
Ten seconds. Right there. You in the middle of the world: BleuPanda (#2), Petri (#7), acr0320 (#8), acroamor (#14), nquoid (#14), The_Claw (#14)
Never did anything I actually wanted to do, was all I could do to do what other folks thought I should do: Miguel (#71/77)

the sweetest and most life-affirming ending this decade – acr0320

A gentle masterpiece that speaks so eloquently about so many things. What is masculinity, what it means to grow up gay or black and how the pervasive culture can still try and force into boxes against your will. James Laxton's cinematography is a real highlight here, creating unforgettable after unforgettable image. Moonlight is a movie that gets seared into your brain if you just let it wash over you. - nquoid

Moonlight is cinema in recursion. Divided into three segments observing the life of an ordinary man, specific details suggest a distinct character as vibrant imagery reverberates through each era, cracking into a universal sense of memory and nostalgia. Moonlight is life at the intersection of several identities, spoken in language so intrinsic to the human experience that any outsider can understand. This is the most humanistic presentation a film has ever achieved, a brutal realist narrative paired with the most strikingly impressionistic cinematography since the black and white era. Even as Barry Jenkins floats above the darkest days in the life of this character, the overriding narrative is hope. Violence and hatred play at the edges, but it is the gentle roll of the ocean that overtakes all else. - BleuPanda
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I just feel like there are so many things that I could be doing and probably want to be doing that I‘m just not.
5. Boyhood (2014)

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Director: Richard Linklater
Country: USA
Runtime: 166 min
Genre: Coming-of-Age, Drama, Slice of Life, Family Drama

Points: 1175
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 17
AMF EOD Rank: 5
Number of votes: 14
You know, like the moment seizes us: nquoid (#2), The_Claw (#2), BleuPanda (#8), Petri (#8), Michel (#9)
I just thought there would be more: acroamor (#131/144), whuntva (#117/120)

With a title that aims to be as universal as Boyhood and a conceit that threatens to completely consume the entire discourse, Boyhood is a remarkable simple movie. Sure you could make this movie the traditional way, but you'd lose some of the magic, the real chemistry between this actors fostered over a decade and the specifity of catching the tone of the world at the moment of filming. The title even feels accidentally transgresive in retrospect, with Ellar Coltrane using singuar they pronouns, asking the very real question, what does it even mean to be a boy? - nquoid

Richard Linklater is obsessed with the passing of time, and Boyhood is his compelling counterpoint to the Before trilogy. Where the Before trilogy gives us brief glimpses in the life of a couple with nearly a decade between each entry, Boyhood is all-encompassing. This is life from five to eighteen, mundane memories peppered with brief glimpses of conflict but otherwise focused on the simple passing of time. In a way, this feels like a time capsule built for a future generation – what movie better summarizes life in the early 21st century? Especially as someone only a couple years older than Mason, this resonated. But it’s also refreshing to have such a major work operate less as a narrative than a portrait of life itself. - BleuPanda
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I am the one that runs from both the living and the dead. Hunted by scavengers, haunted by those I could not protect. So I exist in this wasteland, reduced to one instinct: survive.
4. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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Director: George Miller
Country: Australia
Runtime: 120 min
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Carsploitation, Action

Points: 1277
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 12
AMF EOD Rank: 7
Number of votes: 17
Witness me: The_Claw (#3), nquoid (#4), acr0320 (#6), kendon (#7), Greg (#8), BleuPanda (#10), whuntva (#12)
If you can‘t fix what‘s broken, you‘ll go insane: bonnielaurel (#147/153)

George Miller was almost 70 when he made the best action movie of the 2010s. A fact that becomes even more impressive when you hear just how much of a hellish production Mad Max: Fury Road had. On paper, this movie should not have worked, even people who were making the movie didn't believe it would come together as well as it did. But George Miller pulled off a movie that is truly astounding in it's scope, that's a hell of a good time to boot. - nquoid

As someone who once aspired to be a screenwriter (not that I gave up but refocused on general fiction), it’s rather disappointing how good writing is reduced to dialogue in popular discussions about cinema. Just take a second to consider the difficulty in orchestrating every minor action that occurs in Mad Max: Fury Road. This is a visual juggernaut, but the almost impossible seamlessness of its presentation only happened due to expert planning during preproduction. The minute-by-minute sequencing of Fury Road is something all filmmakers should aspire toward. Where so many action films fill dead air with quieter moments of character development, Fury Road simply refuses to have dead air. This is essentially one extended chase sequence, the few intermissions existing more for us as an audience to catch up. - BleuPanda
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You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you're going to go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won't be true. It'll be because you're an asshole.
3. The Social Network (2010)

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Director: David Fincher
Country: USA
Runtime: 121 min
Genre: Biopic, Legal Drama

Points: 1287
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 22
AMF EOD Rank: 2
Number of votes: 19
You know, I could swear he was looking at you when he said 'The next Bill Gates could be right in this room'. : nquoid (#1), stone37 (#1), ManPerson (#3), The_Claw (#4), Michel (#8), whuntva (#11), acr0320 (#18)
You don‘t think I deserve your attention: bonnielaurel (#149/153)

The Social Network is the best movie of the 2010s. Simultaneously a prescient look into the minds of people who control the internet and make it a worse place for everyone, and a hugely enjoyable character study that showcases both David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin at the peak of their respective careers. Impeccably cast from top to bottom, every single piece of this movie just clicks perfectly into place. It should be impossible to make what amounts to two hours of narcissists arguing about money into a compelling movie, but The Social Network accomplishes that with aplomb and makes it a vital piece of cinema at the same time. - nquoid

It's dizzying to consider how damning of a portrait this is, and then to remember Facebook was only six years old upon its release. David Fincher's cold style pairs perfectly with its subject, and Jesse Eisenberg really brings out Zuckerberg's ruthless inhumanity. - BleuPanda
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What is wrong is wrong, no matter who said it or where it's written.
2. . جدایی نادر از سیمین [A Separation] (2011)

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Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Country: Iran
Runtime: 123 min
Genre: Legal Drama, Family Drama

Points: 1299
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 13
AMF EOD Rank: 6
Number of votes: 15
I prefer my child doesn't grow up in this situation. I have the right as a mother. : Michel (#1), The_Claw (#1), ManPerson (#2), Arsalan (#5), acroamor (#10), Schüttelbirne (#12)
You know, my problem is that I can't speak like them. I just lose my control soon. : Nassim (#78/82)

What makes A Separation such a compelling viewing experience is how constantly keeps the audience asking questions about the events they did and did not see. Asghar Farhadi keeps the movie morally complex, but not at the cost of making the central characters feel like real people. It isn't so much a question of who is or is not empathetic, but placing yourself in a variety of different shoes and seeing the shades of gray, and the legal system that isn't equipped for that. - nquoid

Among the most complex dramas of the era, and one that expertly explores a commonly misrepresented culture. One I desperately need to revisit 11 years on, but the tensions and conflict are all still palpable. - BleuPanda

I like how this movie feels deeply relatable and human despite having never experienced the kind of thing that happens in the movie - ManPerson
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You can't go wrong with no plans. We don't need to make a plan for anything. It doesn't matter what will happen next
1. 기생충 [Parasite] (2019)

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Director: Bong Joon-ho
Country: South Korea
Runtime: 131 min
Genre: Drama, Black Comedy

Points: 1494
Year rank: 1
TSPDT Rank (Best of 21st Century): 48
AMF EOD Rank: 1
Number of votes: 17
All you‘ll need to do is walk up the stairs: BleuPanda (#1), acr0320 (#3), prosecutorgodot (#4), whuntva (#4), kendon (#5), Miguel (#5), The_Claw (#5), Arsalan (#6), nquoid (#6), acroamor (#9), stone37 (#10)
If I had all this money I‘d be nice too: Greg (#89)

There isn't much to say about Parasite that hasn't been picked over endlessly by the culture. Yes it is indeed that good. Genuinely thrilling, incredibly funny and at the very least, attempting to say something insightful about class, and achieving it better than most movies about deeply ingrained class divides. It's easy to see why people heaped so much praise on Bong Joon-ho, but everyone is doing incredible work here; the cast, the production designer, cinematographer, composer, etc etc. All of it meshes together perfectly to create a true cultural juggernaut of the 2010s. - nquoid

Bong Joon-ho mastered genre-bending back in 2003 with Memories of Murder. His ability to flip an entire narrative in a single shot is truly astonishing. Most plot twists in cinema tend to play out as parting shots, the final thread to tie a narrative together. In Parasite, the twist goes off right in the middle, seamlessly turning a comparatively light dark comedy into a true domestic horror.
Key to this twist and Parasite as a whole is how Bong Joon-ho clearly speaks on two separate levels. At once, Parasite is a story with fully realized characters, yet the set design and themes of class tension suggest an allegorical element. The hidden basement is among the most daring twists in cinema, as there is nothing in the surface level narrative to suggest its existence before it appears. Yet, where it lacks narrative precedent, it blends seamlessly on the thematic level. The first half shows us a divide between the rich and poor – Parasite then drags us lower, exploring what the poor fear they might become if their luck turns even slightly sideways.
The screenplay on either side of the twist is masterful. The Kim family slowly weaseling their way into the Park household through increasingly elaborate schemes makes excellent comedy – I was ready to toss this into my all-time top 10 on that part alone. The peach montage is an instant film school staple, a testament to the power of editing. Every inch of the screen feels considered, from the corner window separating Mrs. Park from her servant as she is introduced to the child-level angle of Geun-sae rising from the basement.
The end result is a flurry of mixed emotions. Bong Joon-ho does not hesitate to explore how desperation has corrupted the Kim family. They are not a perfect family having fallen on hard times, nor should we expect them to be. The sights are set on the societal level, how a family like the Parks can be oblivious to the clear suffering around them. This is the story of two worlds, one where torrential rain is a simple inconvenience to be complained about loudly, and another where everything can be lost in the resulting flood. As the water trickles down from the top, the damage of poverty rises and threatens to hurt us all. The delivery of this message is almost too literal, but the two households are so distinct as to obfuscate their metaphorical designs – a complex portrait rendered simple upon reflection. The explosive finale plays out like an inevitability, a clash between callous ignorance and cruel desperation. No matter how you end up feeling about either family, Parasite makes an incendiary statement about capitalism and the world it has fostered where such tales are perfectly believable. - BleuPanda
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Re: Films of the 2010s: The Results (2022 Edition)

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Here's an alternate ranking where I divided the votes a film received by the number of votes it received. Thus, the movie with the highest average wins:

Rank | Rank in "real" list | Points | Number of votes | Movie
1 | 1 | 78,7926197425728 | 17 | 기생충 [Parasite]
2 | 10 | 71,6320186034927 | 9 | Twin Peaks: The Return
3 | 2 | 70,6307267101451 | 15 | جدایی نادر از سیمین [A Separation]
4 | 3 | 67,7437665272658 | 19 | Social Network, The
5 | 4 | 66,0303698437085 | 17 | Mad Max: Fury Road
6 | 11 | 62,508593551334 | 11 | Holy Motors
7 | 8 | 62,3339833556836 | 13 | 아가씨 [The Handmaiden]
8 | 5 | 62,0162971693887 | 14 | Boyhood
9 | 7 | 61,1403845109394 | 15 | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu [Portrait of a Lady on Fire]
10 | 9 | 60,5914264297928 | 16 | Get Out
11 | 12 | 60,5788690026451 | 18 | Toy Story 3
12 | 14 | 60,2093552925268 | 10 | Toni Erdmann
13 | 6 | 59,688077507948 | 17 | Moonlight
14 | 13 | 57,2388174544731 | 15 | Melancholia
15 | 17 | 56,4277384264764 | 16 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
16 | 16 | 55,9755157409175 | 14 | Florida Project, The
17 | 15 | 55,3262991732933 | 15 | Her
18 | 22 | 54,6919435620373 | 16 | Wolf of Wall Street, The
19 | 25 | 54,5332157404103 | 17 | Inside Out
20 | 27 | 54,4667062344667 | 16 | Drive
21 | 19 | 54,1185135808224 | 17 | Arrival
22 | 18 | 53,9547289536491 | 12 | Jagal [The Act of Killing]
23 | 23 | 53,7600503294759 | 15 | Tree of Life, The
24 | 21 | 52,6665243917672 | 17 | Whiplash
25 | 35 | 52,6459799748361 | 12 | Amour
26 | 20 | 52,5006406806554 | 14 | Manchester by the Sea
27 | 28 | 52,3591870975638 | 16 | Inside Llewyn Davis
28 | 26 | 52,1368131666594 | 13 | Carol
29 | 33 | 51,9090899727215 | 12 | Favourite, The
30 | 24 | 51,8361127702837 | 14 | Lady Bird
31 | 38 | 51,431768932196 | 16 | Nightcrawler
32 | 71 | 51,4307681093247 | 5 | Leviathan
33 | 48 | 50,8596748844995 | 19 | Inception
34 | 30 | 50,8050107925149 | 11 | Before Midnight
35 | 31 | 50,7513717597573 | 16 | Marriage Story
36 | 32 | 50,6237474465323 | 14 | 万引き家族 [Shoplifters]
37 | 29 | 50,2350099225513 | 16 | 12 Years a Slave
38 | 40 | 50,090026719694 | 11 | 버닝 [Burning]
39 | 36 | 49,9999789402465 | 17 | Black Swan
40 | 43 | 49,8987551700758 | 16 | Gravity
41 | 45 | 49,8458703353637 | 14 | Uncut Gems
42 | 37 | 49,5960508128762 | 17 | Grand Budapest Hotel, The
43 | 41 | 49,5084337841891 | 11 | piel que habito, La [The Skin I Live In]
44 | 39 | 49,3281594535219 | 10 | Clouds of Sils Maria
45 | 34 | 49,0923793186365 | 12 | Roma
46 | 49 | 48,7121905307756 | 10 | It‘s Such a Beautiful Day
47 | 42 | 48,2115898729748 | 13 | First Reformed
48 | 50 | 48,1404071821144 | 17 | Moonrise Kingdom
49 | 54 | 47,7013589155884 | 8 | 시 [Poetry]
50 | 53 | 47,5892501523811 | 11 | かぐや姫の物語 [The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]
51 | 44 | 47,3094110591526 | 13 | Under the Skin
52 | 46 | 47,2948512698319 | 14 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
53 | 60 | 46,8676775727078 | 12 | Copie conforme [Certified Copy]
54 | 47 | 46,73974943424 | 14 | Jagten [The Hunt]
55 | 58 | 46,4344903307332 | 15 | Phantom Thread
56 | 56 | 46,3605179509526 | 9 | torinói ló, A [The Turin Horse]
57 | 52 | 46,3472278777708 | 14 | Frances Ha
58 | 116 | 46,1584259803695 | 15 | Lego Movie, The
59 | 74 | 46,0433965765219 | 17 | La La Land
60 | 79 | 45,9759559458141 | 6 | Трудно быть богом [Hard to Be a God]
61 | 51 | 45,6454452551132 | 12 | If Beale Street Could Talk
62 | 87 | 45,6301799349778 | 17 | Interstellar
63 | 57 | 45,6044345632344 | 9 | Vie d‘Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2, La [Blue Is the Warmest Colour]
64 | 100 | 45,509944804797 | 13 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier
65 | 65 | 45,2532719627669 | 13 | It Follows
66 | 67 | 45,238905503869 | 8 | Havre, Le
67 | 55 | 45,1732405396552 | 14 | Master, The
68 | 62 | 44,9821552925099 | 11 | Paddington 2
69 | 97 | 44,6731744483462 | 17 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
70 | 59 | 44,6397884636567 | 12 | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu‘da [Once Upon a Time in Anatolia]
71 | 70 | 44,580030632653 | 8 | andere Heimat, Die – Chronik einer Sehnsucht
72 | 64 | 44,4367906897357 | 14 | Ex Machina
73 | 91 | 44,426159701479 | 11 | Eighth Grade
74 | 66 | 44,3888742220806 | 13 | Ida
75 | 69 | 44,1205323289419 | 13 | We Need to Talk About Kevin
76 | 61 | 44,0782325463388 | 12 | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ [Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives]
77 | 90 | 44,0585791728795 | 15 | Dunkirk
78 | 68 | 43,974267555227 | 9 | Tabu
79 | 83 | 43,9656263770853 | 12 | 부산행 [Train to Busan]
80 | 78 | 43,912949539297 | 14 | Little Women
81 | 89 | 43,8481778246885 | 12 | Irishman, The
82 | 84 | 43,7768426303365 | 8 | abrazo de la serpiente, El [Embrace of the Serpent]
83 | 63 | 43,7610162896518 | 10 | grande bellezza, La [The Great Beauty]
84 | 72 | 43,7237454513498 | 12 | Dolor y gloria [Pain and Glory]
85 | 76 | 43,6008732893261 | 15 | Witch, The
86 | 80 | 43,3045303749786 | 8 | Nostalgia de la luz [Nostalgia for the Light]
87 | 77 | 43,2912431853988 | 9 | Saul fia [Son of Saul]
88 | 75 | 43,2041817136677 | 8 | Margaret
89 | 102 | 43,1895654268728 | 5 | Flor, La
90 | 86 | 43,1818463850117 | 6 | Systemsprenger [System Crasher]
91 | 103 | 42,9535172582067 | 15 | Blade Runner 2049
92 | 123 | 42,675286294667 | 15 | Big Short, The
93 | 134 | 42,5962812854065 | 18 | Coco
94 | 140 | 42,5860895514567 | 12 | 21 Jump Street
95 | 142 | 42,3394232382442 | 18 | Gone Girl
96 | 73 | 42,2726300776934 | 13 | Babadook, The
97 | 99 | 42,1639198117724 | 12 | Isle of Dogs
98 | 94 | 42,134470722413 | 14 | Winter‘s Bone
99 | 82 | 42,0696212726242 | 10 | Deux jours, une nuit [Two Days, One Night]
100 | 88 | 41,8024948366756 | 10 | Elle
101 | 85 | 41,7760314170926 | 13 | Zimna wojna [Cold War]
102 | 129 | 41,7696619780715 | 12 | Avengers: Endgame
103 | 108 | 41,7350069596389 | 13 | Take Shelter
104 | 92 | 41,6395778378378 | 12 | Zero Dark Thirty
105 | 156 | 41,3919630102611 | 16 | Zootopia
106 | 111 | 41,2686657370008 | 16 | Cabin in the Woods, The
107 | 93 | 41,1962448188271 | 11 | Inherent Vice
108 | 81 | 41,1444407731297 | 10 | Mistérios de Lisboa [Mysteries of Lisbon]
109 | 133 | 40,8679588454864 | 17 | Knives Out
110 | 105 | 40,833077619189 | 14 | Room
111 | 101 | 40,7025210646547 | 10 | Sound of Metal
112 | 126 | 40,5209064890753 | 15 | Artist, The
113 | 117 | 40,4327468908462 | 15 | Snowpiercer
114 | 114 | 40,2807248564521 | 14 | Spotlight
115 | 119 | 40,2598939291327 | 11 | 악마를 보았다 {I Saw the Devil}
116 | 96 | 40,1276244574541 | 10 | Square, The
117 | 157 | 39,7766210788374 | 15 | Life of Pi
118 | 153 | 39,7336780453709 | 15 | Guardians of the Galaxy
119 | 115 | 39,7152134963966 | 11 | Leave No Trace
120 | 95 | 39,6126839661194 | 11 | Meek‘s Cutoff
121 | 160 | 39,4354587654488 | 16 | Moneyball
122 | 112 | 39,2280494264953 | 12 | Incendies
123 | 104 | 39,2079003714004 | 9 | American Honey
124 | 124 | 39,1641148289161 | 14 | Hereditary
125 | 109 | 39,1158207228213 | 7 | Stories We Tell
126 | 145 | 39,0988783538109 | 16 | 1917
127 | 139 | 39,0029221292027 | 16 | Django Unchained
128 | 164 | 38,8972071544038 | 15 | Shutter Island
129 | 98 | 38,8574974459154 | 11 | Spring Breakers
130 | 110 | 38,8203248726626 | 13 | Call Me by Your Name
131 | 118 | 38,7749507810181 | 11 | Tangerine
132 | 151 | 38,5093483011091 | 15 | Baby Driver
133 | 168 | 38,4750800141732 | 12 | Selma
134 | 121 | 38,3977127876931 | 13 | Midsommar
135 | 137 | 38,3321973588855 | 15 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
136 | 125 | 38,2842749447854 | 14 | Lobster, The
137 | 107 | 38,2413586875196 | 9 | 20th Century Women
138 | 106 | 38,1714213909664 | 9 | Inconnu du lac, L‘ [Stranger by the Lake]
139 | 113 | 37,8053066085385 | 9 | Nymphomaniac: Volume I
140 | 122 | 37,6939600143533 | 8 | Blindspotting
141 | 120 | 37,6684235280686 | 7 | Forbidden Room, The
142 | 130 | 37,6198146750946 | 10 | Ma vie de Courgette [My Life as a Courgette]
143 | 147 | 37,5504529949015 | 14 | Hell or High Water
144 | 131 | 37,4858832973931 | 10 | Sing Street
145 | 162 | 37,2398934766098 | 15 | Revenant, The
146 | 146 | 37,2248317300114 | 13 | Looper
147 | 154 | 37,2068073395373 | 15 | Logan
148 | 138 | 37,0526163088749 | 10 | Booksmart
149 | 175 | 36,9715521017192 | 16 | Joker
150 | 163 | 36,8928982220966 | 16 | True Grit
151 | 127 | 36,7508577636877 | 12 | Rider, The
152 | 166 | 36,4427626348623 | 13 | Ford v Ferrari
153 | 143 | 36,3525789880673 | 11 | Nice Guys, The
154 | 171 | 36,0441722373335 | 14 | Argo
155 | 165 | 35,8643560622153 | 13 | Easy A
156 | 174 | 35,4334305249685 | 13 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
157 | 128 | 35,428076410381 | 8 | รักที่ขอนแก่น [Cemetery of Splendour]
158 | 141 | 35,3671054650599 | 11 | Paterson
159 | 148 | 34,9934796525877 | 12 | Anomalisa
160 | 152 | 34,7700888772236 | 11 | Ballad of Buster Scruggs, The
161 | 161 | 34,7342698070984 | 13 | Widows
162 | 158 | 34,6892900558852 | 11 | シン・ゴジラ [Shin Godzilla]
163 | 136 | 34,6779267089921 | 5 | بول [Bol]
164 | 170 | 34,5455975150443 | 12 | Neon Demon, The
165 | 132 | 34,3808450557851 | 7 | Hymyilevä mies [The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki]
166 | 176 | 34,3606302531183 | 14 | Bridesmaids
167 | 177 | 34,3212579706362 | 13 | Avengers: Infinity War
168 | 173 | 34,1484390368134 | 14 | Skyfall
169 | 135 | 33,9669923232409 | 6 | garçons sauvages, Les [The Wild Boys]
170 | 155 | 33,5872345055468 | 11 | Killing Them Softly
171 | 144 | 32,96559064042 | 8 | Aquarius
172 | 167 | 32,6252203331737 | 11 | Ad Astra
173 | 169 | 32,1837268850717 | 12 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout
174 | 180 | 31,6898080685886 | 16 | Fighter, The
175 | 150 | 31,5604020744997 | 7 | Faust
176 | 179 | 31,4422349326336 | 15 | Jojo Rabbit
177 | 149 | 31,3743072187538 | 7 | Utøya 22. juli [Utøya: July 22]
178 | 178 | 31,1790977838849 | 14 | Quiet Place, A
179 | 159 | 30,663018761442 | 8 | 刺客聶隱娘 [The Assassin]
180 | 172 | 29,9315846655531 | 10 | Julieta
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And here'sthe document:
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Re: Films of the 2010s: The Results (2022 Edition)

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Thank you, Schüttelbirne! This rollout absolutely ruled.

Awesome top 3 but do you know what's even more awesome? Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook in the top 10.
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Great work presenting this Shüttelbirne! Even though I didn't participate, this was really fun to follow along with.

Also a big props to everyone who managed to watch all 180 movies, especially BleuPenda, who was able to find things to say about each and every one of them.
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Thank you for hosting this!
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Re: Films of the 2010s: The Results (2022 Edition)

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Awesome rollout, and awesome list everybody! Even though I haven't seen all the films in the top ten, I love all the stuff I have seen!

Portrait of a Lady on Fire starts slow, but it's like a small pea-sized lump of ice that keeps snowballing, and before you realize it, it's grown to the size of a boulder.

Looks like Handmaiden is the film with the highest low vote (?)
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Re: Films of the 2010s: The Results (2022 Edition)

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Nice job Schüttelbirne, like your rankings as well.

iirc my votes in yearly rankings helped just 4 or 5 films to qualify for the final, and those movies all did very bad without my votes here.
in another hand the most desperate qualifier of them, Twin Peaks, did much better without my support here- 10th in the whole thing.
(whilst 15th in 2017 with my No1)
Had I voted, it would win the alternate ranking :o
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