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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180. The Fighter (2010)He did not just get off the fuckin' couch. If he did, I'm gonna buy a couch like that.
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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179. Jojo Rabbit (2019)Definitely not a good time to be a Nazi.
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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178. A Quiet Place (2018)Who are we if we can't protect them? We have to protect them.
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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177. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)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.
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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176. Bridesmaids (2011)It‘s the first time I‘ve ever seen you look ugly… and that makes me kind of happy.
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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175. Joker (2019)I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it‘s a fucking comedy.
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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174. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)It's not like any mission is gonna be rougher than the last one, is it?
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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173. Skyfall (2012)Some men are coming to kill us. We're going to kill them first.
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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172. Julieta (2016)Your absence fills my lfie completely and destroys it.
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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171. Argo (2012)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.
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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170. The Neon Demon (2016)Beauty isn‘t everything. It‘s the only thing.
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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169. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)What‘s done is done when we say it‘s done.
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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168. Selma (2014)Our lives are not fully lived if we're not willing to die for those we love, for what we believe.
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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167. Ad Astra (2019)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.
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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166. Ford v Ferrari (2019)We‘re lighter, we‘re faster, and if that don‘t work, we‘re nastier.
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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165. Easy A (2010)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.
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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164. Shutter Island (2010)Which would be worse – to live as a monster? Or to die as a good man?
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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163. True Grit (2010)I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world as it is is vexing enough.
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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162. The Revenant (2015)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.
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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161. Widows (2018)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.
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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160. Moneyball (2011)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.
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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159. 刺客聶隱娘 [The Assassin] (2015)Your skills are matchless, but your mind is hostage to human sentiments.
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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158. シン・ゴジラ [Shin Godzilla] (2016)I won't see a third bomb dropped on the country of my grandmother, who lived through it.
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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157. Life of Pi (2012)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.
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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156. Zootopia (2016)We may be evolved, but deep down we are still animals.
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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155. Killing Them Softly (2012)America is not a country, it‘s a business.
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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154. Logan (2017)Nature made me a freak. Man made me a weapon. And God made it last too long.
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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153. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)I am Groot.
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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152. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)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.
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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151. Baby Driver (2017)You rob to support a drug habit, I do drugs to support a robbery habit.
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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150. Фауст [Faust] (2011)Science says death exists. - But life gives the same answer
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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149. Utøya 22. juli [Utøya: July 22] (2018)Yes, Mum, I understand, but we‘re on an island, it‘s the safest place.
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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148. Anomalisa (2015)Sometimes there‘s no lesson. That‘s a lesson in itself.
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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147. Hell or High Water (2016)I've been poor my whole life, like a disease passing from generation to generation. But not my boys, not anymore.
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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146. Looper (2012)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.
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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145. 1917 (2019)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.
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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144. Aquarius (2016)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.
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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143. The Nice Guys (2016)Sweetheart, how many times have I told you? Don't say "and stuff". Just say "dad, there are whores here".
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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142. Gone Girl (2014)When two people love each other and they can‘t make that work, that‘s the real tragedy.
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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141. Paterson (2016)Poetry in translaton is like taking a shower with a raincoat on.
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