Cinematic Greatness Post-2000
By: Ryan H.
It’s sometimes easy to get depressed about the state of the art these days, when the mainstream Hollywood machine has given way to crushing mediocrity, so I have to remind myself that, yes, great films are still being made. Here are some of the films of the past eleven or so years I’ve found very worthwhile.
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01Wong Kar-wai
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02Ethan Coen
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03Steven Spielberg
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04Spike Jonze
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05Shunji Iwai
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06Andrew Dominik
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07Ang Lee
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08Cristi Puiu
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09Lars von Trier
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10Michel Gondry
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11Shinji Aoyama
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12Brian De Palma
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13Mamoru Oshii
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14Robert Altman
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15Luca Guadagnino
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16Wong Kar-wai
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17Wes Anderson
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18Baz Luhrmann
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19David Lynch
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20Hirokazu Kore-eda
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21Park Chan-wook
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22Guillermo del Toro
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23Lee Chang-dong
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24Jia Zhangke
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25Charlie Kaufman
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26Paul Thomas Anderson
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27Park Chan-wook
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28Yôji Yamada
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29Mike Leigh
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30Edward Yang