The BBC interviewed 177 picture show critics from around the earth to compilea lean of the 100 outstanding movie of the raw millennium , and the inclination is guaranteed to piss you off . You ’re only human .
For a taste , here ’s the top 20 ( you may register the full leaning atBBC.com ):
20.Synecdoche , New York(Charlie Kaufman , 2008)19.Mad Max : Fury Road(George Miller , 2015)18.The White Ribbon(Michael Haneke , 2009)17.Pan ’s Labyrinth(Guillermo Del Toro , 2006)16.Holy Motors(Leos Carax , 2012)15.4 Months , 3 workweek and 2 Days(Cristian Mungiu , 2007)14.The Act of Killing(Joshua Oppenheimer , 2012)13.Children of Men(Alfonso Cuarón , 2006)12.Zodiac(David Fincher , 2007)11.Inside Llewyn Davis(Joel and Ethan Coen , 2013)10.No Country for Old Men(Joel and Ethan Coen , 2007)9.A Separation(Asghar Farhadi , 2011)8.Yi Yi : A One and a Two(Edward Yang , 2000)7.The Tree of Life(Terrence Malick , 2011)6.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(Michel Gondry , 2004)5.Boyhood(Richard Linklater , 2014)4.Spirited Away(Hayao Miyazaki , 2001)3.There Will Be Blood(Paul Thomas Anderson , 2007)2.In the Mood for Love(Wong Kar - wai , 2000)1.Mulholland Drive(David Lynch , 2001 )
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" Where ’s [ YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE ] ? " you ’ll call out as you skim the 100 - deep listing . C’m on , you know it ’s under your bed with the two other DVDs you own – go look on it if you love it so much !
Your gut reaction is understandable ; for every worthy comedy or play , there ’s an absent claim that makes you wonder what paint the polled critics huff while making their ( impossible ) selections . The exercise is a lesson in tastes , which is why BBC also revealedeach critic ’s top 10 lean , a aspect at the eclectic perceptiveness smelt down to forge the monumental " best of " list . I humbly accede my own picks to gruntle your emotions :
The BBC ’s list includes Wes Anderson , Christopher Nolan , the Coen brothers , David Fincher , Kathryn Bigelow , and Richard Linklater . There are picture from America , France , Spain , China , Russia and South Korea . There are only four picture show that assume home the Best Picture pillage in the last 15 years – who needs Oscars when you’reone of the greatest films of the 21st century ? This is a clash course in quality , even if personal favorite did n’t make the cut . Take a mysterious breathing space and soak this listing up . Then get your preferent movie out from under your bed – that ’s no way to treat your favorite movie .
