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.

• 01
  2046
  Wong Kar-wai
• 02
  A Serious Man
  Ethan Coen
• 03
  A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  Steven Spielberg
• 04
  Adaptation.
  Spike Jonze
• 05
  All About Lily Chou-Chou
  Shunji Iwai
• 06
  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  Andrew Dominik
• 07
  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  Ang Lee
• 08
  The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu
  Cristi Puiu
• 09
  Dogville
  Lars von Trier
• 10
  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  Michel Gondry
• 11
  Eureka
  Shinji Aoyama
• 12
  Femme fatale
  Brian De Palma
• 13
  Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
  Mamoru Oshii
• 14
  Gosford Park
  Robert Altman
• 15
  I Am Love
  Luca Guadagnino
• 16
  In the Mood for Love
  Wong Kar-wai
• 17
  The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  Wes Anderson
• 18
  Moulin Rouge!
  Baz Luhrmann
• 19
  Mulholland Drive
  David Lynch
• 20
  Nobody Knows
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 21
  Oldboy
  Park Chan-wook
• 22
  Pan's Labyrinth
  Guillermo del Toro
• 23
  Secret Sunshine
  Lee Chang-dong
• 24
  Still Life
  Jia Zhangke
• 25
  Synecdoche, New York
  Charlie Kaufman
• 26
  There Will Be Blood
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• 27
  Thirst
  Park Chan-wook
• 28
  The Twilight Samurai
  Yôji Yamada
• 29
  Vera Drake
  Mike Leigh
• 30
  Yi Yi: A One and a Two
  Edward Yang