NYT Top 25 of the 21st Century

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Re: NYT Top 25 of the 21st Century

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So if anyone was wondering I looked through all 7 of the top 25 lists that were submitted by users in the thread and did a quick count of all the films that show more than once:

    6 Appearances:
    Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)

    5 Appearances:
    There Will be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)

    3 Appearances:

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
    Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)

    2 Appearances:

    A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
    Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010)
    Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
    City of God (Katia Lund & Fernando Mereilles, 2002)
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)

    The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
    Dogville (Lars Von Trier, 2003)
    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
    The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)
    The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

    Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
    Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
    Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-Ho, 2003)
    No Country for Old Men (Ethan & Joel Coen, 2007)
    Saraband (Ingmar Bergman, 2003)

    The Son (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2002)
    Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
    Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
    Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
    Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008)

    Wall·E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
    Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009)
    Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2014)


Coincidentally, the total number of films with two or more appearances equals 27 (or atleast until another user decides to contribute to this forum), so you could say it's as if we inadvertently created our own critcicker alternative to the top 25 films of the 21st Century. I must admit it has some surprising admissions, and even one from a filmmaker I've never even heard of before, but will certainly check out after this.

Some other trivia:
- Only Directors with more than one film are Abbas Kiarostami and Darren Aronofsky, both with 2 each.
-The Year with the most films is 2008, with 5, whereas 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 all have none.
- 16 of 27 films (or 59%) are English-language films. The next most-represented are French with 3, followed by Farsi with 2.
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Re: NYT Top 25 of the 21st Century

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Also, there are only 4 films on the "Criticker Forum Top 27 of the 21st Century" that overlap the New York Times's list:


There Will be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)

And 7 Films that overlap with the BBC's top 25 films of 21st Century, (previously mentioned by another user in this forum.)

Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
There Will be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
No Country for Old Men (Ethan & Joel Coen, 2007)
Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)

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Re: NYT Top 25 of the 21st Century

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CosmicMonkey wrote:I must admit it has some surprising admissions, and even one from a filmmaker I've never even heard of before, but will certainly check out after this.


i was thinking you meant bong but you've seen SNOWPIERCER, and i assume everyone knows of lonergan now MANCHESTER BY THE SEA got so hyped, so it's between farhadi and ceylan. i'll make a guess and say farhadi. ;)

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Nope, it's James Gray, actually.

Although it turns out I have heard of a couple of his films, and a few of them have decent PSIs too, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re: NYT Top 25 of the 21st Century

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my own list

1. There Will Be Blood (2007)
2. The Piano Teacher (2001)
3. Irreversible (2002)
4. Birdman (2014)
5. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
6. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
7. Kill List (2011)
8. The Departed (2006)
9. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
10. Zero Day (2003)
11. Zodiac (2007)
12. Adaptation (2002)
13. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
14. Children of Men (2006)
15. Enter the Void (2010)
16. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
17. Sunshine (2007)
18. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
19. United 93 (2006)
20. The Master (2012)
21. Dark Horse (2012)
22. American Splendour (2003)
23. Nightcrawler (2014)
24. Up (2009)
25. Storytelling (2002)

The NYT list is a mixed bag to say the least. We have the same #1, and nice to see Inside Out so high up, though plenty of films there are overrated and mediocre (Boyhood, Fury Road, Moonlight) and the 40 Year Old Virgin being #25, let alone anywhere in their top 250, is embarrassing. Though there's plenty of films there that I haven't seen yet.

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Re: NYT Top 25 of the 21st Century

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Isn't In the Mood for Love a top-5 staple on these kinds of lists? I don't think it's been mentioned once in this thread. That's quite peculiar to me. Not as peculiar as seeing "Million Dollar Baby" at #3, but peculiar.

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Re: NYT Top 25 of the 21st Century

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I think CM put it in his list.

also, it would be in avgcrtckr's list
[spoiler]The Best of Youth (2003)
City of God (2003)
A Separation (2011)
Winter Sleep (2014)
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
The Hunt (2012)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Yi Yi (2000)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Forbidden Lie$ (2007)
I Am So Proud of You (2008)
Ivy (2015)
Karamazovi (2008)
Spirited Away (2001)
Tsumiki no ie (2008)
Eureka (2000)
Moya lyubov (2006)
Oldboy (2003)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Still Walking (2008)
Waiting for Godot (2001)[/spoiler]

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