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Here’s the article, my list, the full list below just to copy and paste, or dear friends… a PDF and Word Document, 2 pages, 3 columns! at this Google Drive link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1L31odpEKyQOFjOPivOXdBeScy8P3rJyQ?usp=sharing

NYT GIFT ARTICLE AND FULL LIST:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-21st-century.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R08.8J-g.AplTOyvtaGhM&smid=url-share

 

Director score count:

Nolan – 5

Coens, Cuaron, PTA – 4

Fincher, Tarantino – 3

Lee, Scorsese, W. Anderson, Linklater, Jonze, Glazer, Bong Joon-Ho – 2

 

 

MY LIST:

 

I don’t know about mine. Too much space ? in there… I gotta rethink. I don’t like Nolan getting 5 at all. Not at all. No Garland, Eggers, or Aster is pretty shocking to me.

#1. Parasite (Dir: Bong Joon-ho)

#2. Mulholland Drive (Dir: David Lynch)

#3. There Will Be Blood (Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)

#4. In the Mood for Love (Dir: Wong Kar-wai)

#5. Moonlight (Dir: Barry Jenkins)

#6. No Country for Old Men (Dirs: Joel and Ethan Coen)

#7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Dir: Michel Gondry)

#8. Get Out (Dir: Jordan Peele)

#9. Spirited Away (Dir: Hayao Miyazaki)

#10. The Social Network (Dir: David Fincher)

#11. Mad Max: Fury Road (Dir: George Miller)

#12. Zone of Interest (Dir: Jonathan Glazer)

#13. Children of Men (Dir: Alfonso Cuaron)

#14. Inglourious Basterds (Dir: Quentin Tarantino)

#15. City of God (Dir: Fernando Meirelles)

#16. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Dir: Ang Lee)

#17. Brokeback Mountain (Dir: Ang Lee)

#18. Y tu mamá también (Dir: Alfonso Cuaron)

#19. Zodiac (Dir: David Fincher)

#20. Wolf of Wall Street (Dir: Martin Scorsese)

#21. The Royal Tenenbaums (Dir: Wes Anderson)

#22. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Dir: Wes Anderson)

#23. Boyhood (Dir: Richard Linklater)

#24. Her (Dir: Spike Jonze)

#25. Phantom Thread (Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)

#26. Anatomy of a Fall (Dir: Justine Triet)

#27. Adaptation. (Dir: Spike Jonze)

#28. The Dark Knight (Dir: Christopher Nolan)

#29. Arrival (Dir: Denis Villeneuve)

#30. Lost in Translation (Dir: Sofia Coppola)

#31. The Departed (Dir: Martin Scorsese)

#32. Bridesmaids (Dir: Paul Feig)

#33. A Separation (Dir: Asghar Farhadi)

#34. WALL-E (Dir: Andrew Stanton)

#35. A Prophet (Dir: Jacques Audiard)

#36. A Serious Man (Dirs: Joel and Ethan Coen)

#37. Call Me by Your Name (Dir: Luca Guadagnino)

#38. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Dir: Celine Sciamma)

#39. Lady Bird (Dir: Greta Gerwig)

#40. Yi Yi (Dir: Edward Yang)

#41. Amélie (Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

#42. The Master (Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)

#43. Oldboy (Dir: Park Chan-wook)

#44. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Dir: Quentin Tarantino)

#45. Moneyball (Dir: Bennett Miller)

#46. Roma (Dir: Alfonso Cuaron)

#47. Almost Famous (Dir: Cameron Crowe)

#48. The Lives of Others (Dir: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)

#49. Before Sunset (Dir: Richard Linklater)

#50. Up (Dir: Peter Docter)

#51. 12 Years A Slave (Dir: Steve McQueen)

#52. The Favourite (Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos)

#53. Borat (Dir: Larry Charles)

#54. Pan’s Labyrinth (Dir: Guillermo del Toro)

#55. Inception (Dir: Christopher Nolan)

#56. Punch-Drunk Love (Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)

#57. Best in Show (Dir: Christopher Guest)

#58. Uncut Gems (Dirs: Benny and Josh Safdie)

#59. Toni Erdmann (Dir: Maren Ade)

#60. Whiplash (Dir: Damien Chazelle)

#61. Kill Bill (Dir: Quentin Tarantino)

#62. Memento (Dir: Christopher Nolan)

#63. Little Miss Sunshine (Dirs: Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton)

#64. Gone Girl (Dir: David Fincher)

#65. Oppenheimer (Dir: Christopher Nolan)

#66. Spotlight (Dir: Tom McCarthy)

#67. TAR (Dir: Todd Field)

#68. The Hurt Locker (Dir: Kathryn Bigelow)

#69. Under the Skin (Dir: Jonathan Glazer)

#70. Let the Right One In (Dir: Tomas Alfredson)

#71. Ocean’s Eleven (Dir: Steven Soderbergh)

#72. Carol (Dir: Todd Haynes)

#73. Ratatouille (Dir: Brad Bird)

#74. The Florida Project (Dir: Sean Baker)

#75. Amour (Dir: Michael Haneke)

#76. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Dirs: Joel and Ethan Coen)

#77. Everything Everywhere All At Once (Dirs: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)

#78. Aftersun (Dir: Charlotte Wells)

#79. Tree of Life (Dir: Terrence Malick)

#80. Volver (Dir: Pedro Almodóvar)

#81. Black Swan (Dir: Darren Aronofsky)

#82. The Act of Killing (Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer)

#83. Inside Llewyn Davis (Dirs: Joel and Ethan Coen)

#84. Melancholia (Dir: Lars Von Trier)

#85. Anchorman (Dir: Adam McKay)

#86. Past Lives (Dir: Celine Song)

#87. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Dir: Peter Jackson)

#88. The Gleaners and I (Dir: Agnès Varda)

#89. Interstellar (Dir: Christopher Nolan)

#90. Frances Ha (Dir: Noah Baumbach)

#91. Fish Tank (Dir: Andrea Arnold)

#92. Gladiator (Dir: Ridley Scott)

#93. Michael Clayton (Dir: Tony Gilroy)

#94. Minority Report (Dir: Steven Spielberg)

#95. The Worst Person in the World (Dir: Joachim Trier)

#96. Black Panther (Dir: Ryan Coogler)

#97. Gravity (Dir: Alfonso Cuaron)

#98. Grizzly Man (Dir: Werner Herzog)

#99. Memoires of a Murder (Dir: Bong Joon-ho)

#100. Superbad (Dir: Greg Mottola)

 

DOCS:

NYT Top 100 Films 21st Century 3 Columns (WORD)

NYT Top 100 Films 21st Century 3 Columns (PDF)

 

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