The 50 Greatest Movies of the 21st Century

1 2 3 In the Mood for Love Wong Kar-wa • Fa yeung nin wa (original title) 2000, 97m, Col, Hong Kong-France, Romance-Drama Mulholland Dr. David Lyncx • Mulholland Drive (alternative spelling) 2001, 146m, Col, France-USA, Mystery-Drama Yi yi Edward Yang • A One and a Two... (English title) 2000, 173m, Col, Taiwan-Japan, Drama 4 5 6 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry 2004, 108m, Col, USA-France, Romance-Drama-Comedy Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola 2003, 102m, Col, USA-Japan, Romance-Drama-Comedy Spirited Away Hayao Miyazak • Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (original title) 2001, 124m, Col, Japan, Animated-Fantasy-Adventure 7 8 9 There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson 2007, 158m, Col, USA, Drama Talk to Her Pedro Almodovar • Hable con ella (original title) 2002, 112m, Col, Spain, Romance-Drama A History of Violence David Cronenberg 2005, 95m, Col, Germany-USA, Crime-Drama-Thriller 10 11 12 Y tu mama tambien Alfonso Cuaron 2001, 105m, Col, Mexico, Drama-Comedy Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee • Wo hu cang long (original title) 2000, 120m, Col, China-Taiwan-USA, Drama-Adventure-Action Sideways Alexander Payne 2004, 123m, Col, USA, Drama-Comedy 13 14 15 The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow 2008, 130m, Col, USA, Action-Drama-War Far from Heaven Todd Haynes 2002, 107m, Col, USA-France, Drama-Romance Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood 2004, 137m, Col, USA, Drama 16 17 18 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 2007, 122m, Col, USA, Crime-Drama The Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson 2001, 109m, Col, USA, Drama-Comedy Before Sunset Richard Linklater 2004, 80m, Col, USA, Romance-Drama 19 20 21 Memento Christopher Nolan 2000, 113m, Col, USA, Thriller-Mystery-Drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Cristian Mungiu • 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile (original title) 2007, 113m, Col, Romania, Drama Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro • El Laberinto del fauno (original title) 2006, 119m, Col, Mexico-Spain-USA, Drama-Fantasy-Horror 22 23 24 Zodiac David Fincher 2007, 158m, Col, USA, Crime-Drama-Thriller Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee 2005, 134m, Col, USA, Drama-Romance Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson 2002, 95m, Col, USA, Comedy-Drama-Romance 25 26 27 Cache Michael Haneke • Hidden (English title) 2005, 117m, Col, France-Austria-Germany-Italy, Thriller-Drama A.I. Artificial Intelligence Steven Spielberg 2001, 145m, Col, USA, Science Fiction-Drama The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson 2003, 201m, Col, Germany-New Zealand-USA, Fantasy-Adventure-Action 28 29 30 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Cristi Puiu • Moartea domnului Lazarescu (original title) 2005, 154m, Col, Romania, Drama The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson 2001, 178m, Col, USA-New Zealand, Fantasy-Adventure City of God Fernando Meirelles • Cidado de Deus (original title) 2002, 129m, Col, Brazil-Germany-France, Drama-Crime-Action 31 32 33 Adaptation Spike Jonze 2002, 114m, Col, USA, Comedy The Departed Martin Scorsese 2006, 152m, Col, USA, Crime-Drama-Thriller Grizzly Man Werner Herzog 2005, 103m, Col, USA, Documentary 34 35 36 Donnie Darko Richard Kelly 2001, 112m, Col, USA, Fantasy-Drama The Incredibles Brad Bird 2004, 121m, Col-BW, USA, Family-Animated-Adventure Mystic River Clint Eastwood 2003, 137m, Col, USA-Australia, Mystery-Drama-Crime 37 38 39 Dogville Lars von Trier 2003, 177m, Col, Denmark-Sweden-France, Drama Syndromes and a Century Apichatpong Weerasethakul • Sang sattawat (original title) 2006, 105m, Col, Thailand-France-Austria-Netherlands, Drama 2046 Wong Kar-wai 2004, 129m, Col-BW, China-France-Germany-Hong Kong, Science Fiction-Drama-Romance 40 41 42 Ghost World Terry Zwigoff 2001, 111m, Col, UK-USA-Germany, Drama-Comedy WALL-E Andrew Stanton 2008, 98m, Col, USA, Animated-Adventure-Comedy United 93 Paul Greengrass 2006, 110m, Col, USA-UK-France, Drama-Historical-Thriller 43 44 45 Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann • Moulin Rouge (alternative spelling) 2001, 126m, Col, USA-Australia, Drama-Musical-Romance Children of Men Alfonso Cuaron 2006, 109m, Col, UK-USA, Drama-Science Fiction-Thriller The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach 2005, 80m, Col, USA, Drama-Comedy 46 47 48 Flight of the Red Balloon Hou Hsiao-Hsien • Le Voyage du ballon rouge (original title) 2007, 115m, Col, France-Taiwan, Drama Still Life Jia Zhangke • Sanxia haoren (original title) 2006, 113m, Col, Hong Kong-China, Drama-Romance Summer Hours Olivier Assayas • L'heure d'ete (original title) 2008, 103m, Col, France, Drama-Family 49 50 Requiem for a Dream Darren Aronofsky 2000, 100m, Col, USA, Drama The Queen Stephen Frears 2006, 103m, Col, UK-France-Italy-USA, Biography-Drama