1. Silent Light (2007, Carlos Reygadas)
2. Syndromes and a Century (2006, Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
3. Revanche (2008, Goetz Spielmann)
4. The Kid with a Bike (2011, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
5. White Ribbon (2009, Michael Haneke)
6. Turin Horse (2011, Bela Tarr)
7. I-Be Area (2007, Ryan Trecartin)
8. There Will Be Blood (2008, Paul Thomas Anderson)
9. Spirited Away (2001, Hayao Miyazaki)
10. Certified Copy (2010, Abbas Kiarostami)
1. Tree of Life
2. There Will Be Blood
3. In the Mood for Love
4. Mulholland Drive
5, 25th Hour
6. Gran Torino
7. The New World
8. The Brow Bunny
9. Lost in Translation
10. Two Lovers
Oh, that’s right, 2000 wasn’t 21st century… damn. Well, that takes away the two films that I thought were the best. So, minus Yi Yi (Edward Yang) and Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr), and instead in their place add Still Life (Jia Zhangke, 2006) and The Turin Horse (Agnes Hranitzky / Bela Tarr, 2011).
In alphabetical order:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
City of God
Le Quattro Volte
Mulholland Drive
Oldboy
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Pianist
The Tree of Life
Russian Ark
First ten that come to mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
There Will be Blood
Amélie
Elephant
Certified Copy
Mulholland Drive
Weekend
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Zodiac
Wall-E
Very, very, very subject to change.
I’ll give this a try (though I’m sure as soon as I hit post reply I’ll second guess everything I put on the list)
These are in no particular order and represent personal favorites. I am not making the argument they are the best, just favorites of mine.
1.The Tree Of Life (2011, Malick)
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford (2007, Dominik)
3. Children of Men (2006, Cuaron)
4. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001, Cuaron)
5. Let The Right One In (2008, Tomas Alfredson)
6. I’m Not There (2007, Haynes)
7. 28 Days Later (2002, Boyle)
8. Lost In Translation (2003, Coppola)
9. Reprise (2006, Trier)
10. The New World (2005, Malick)
(no particular order)
You, The Living (Andersson, 2007)
Another Year (Leigh, 2010)
24 Hour Party People (Winterbottom, 2002)
In the Cut (Campion, 2003)
Battle in Heaven (Reygadas, 2005)
A History of Violence (Cronenberg, 2005)
Mulholland. Dr. (Lynch, 2001)
Tropical Malady (Apichatpong, 2004)
Lust, Caution (Lee, 2007)
Century of the Self (Curtis, 2002)
Oh, forgot The Intruder (Denis, 2004), I’ll swap that with Century of the Self
1. Children of Men
2. Mulholland Drive
3. Tree Of Life
4. Werckmeister Harmonies
5. The Turin Horse
6. Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
7. A Serious Man
8. I Am Love
9. Winter’s Bone
10. Pan’s Labyrinth
No real rank:
Public Enemies -Mann, 2009
Miami Vice -Mann, 2006
L’intrus -Denis, 2004
Black Book -Verhoeven, 2006
A.I. Artificial Intelligence -Spielberg, 2001
Graveyard of Honor -Miike, 2002
Sparrow -To, 2008
Millennium Mambo -2001, Hou
Platform -Zhangke, 2000
Yi yi -Yang, 2000
Wonder Boys – 2000, C. Hanson
La ciénaga – 2001, L. Martel
Wit – 2001, M. Nichols
My Mother’s Smile – 2002, M. Bellocchio
Unknown Pleasures – 2002, Jia Z.K.
Waiting for Happiness – 2002, A. Sissako
Tropical Malady – 2004, A. Weerasethakul
Breakfast on Pluto – 2005, N. Jordan
No Country for Old Men – 2007, J. & E. Coen
There Will Be Blood – 2007, P.T. Anderson
Le Quattro Volte
The Turin Horse
The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein
Regular Lovers
At Sea
The Strange Case Of Angelica
Man Without a Past
Oxhide I, Oxhide II’
In the city of Sylvia
Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia
White Ribbon
1. Ghosts of Mars, John Carpenter
2. Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood
3. To Die Like A Man, João Pedro Rodrigues
4. The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke
5. Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
6. Another Year, Mike Leigh
7. Land of the Dead, George A. Romero
8. Kill Bill vol. 1, Quentin Tarantino
9. Hunger, Steve McQueen
10. The 25th Hour, Spike Lee
1. The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick, 2011
2. Elephant – Gus Van Sant, 2003
3. The Turin Horse – Béla Tarr, 2011
4. Irreversible – Gaspar Noé, 2002
5. A Single Man – Tom Ford, 2009
6. A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Steven Spielberg, 2001
7. Gerry – Gus Van Sant, 2002
8. Caché – Michael Haneke, 2005
9. Far From Heaven – Todd Haynes, 2002
10. Odete – João Pedro Rodrigues, 2005
The Straight Story (1999, David Lynch)
Mary and Max (2009, Adam Elliot)
Dogtooth (2009, Giorgos Lanthimos)
Shi gan (2006, Kim ki duk)
La piel que habito (2011, Pedro Almodóvar)
Blow (2001 ,Ted Demme)
Shutter Island (2010, Martin Scorsese)
Black Swan (2010, Darren Aronofsky)
Requiem for a Dream (2000, Darren Aronofsky)
Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch)
Spirited Away is QUITE the Miyazaki film, behind only Totoro and Whisper of the Heart in my book!
Flávio! Is Odete your favorite JPR? It didn’t do much for me. Still, I liked it. But I loved O Fantasma and Morrer Como um Homem, like I loved Alvorada Vermelha. Macau is, maybe, my most wanted movie for 2012!
I love The Prestige and You can count on me.
Miguel, hello! No, Odete is not my favorite JPR. O Fantasma is the one for me and, so far, it is his masterpiece. Nevertheless, A Última Vez que vi Macau is becoming to me, day after day, very closer to this list. And brings much more to cinema and its history than one might imagine. I hope to see it once again as soon as possible to make sure if it has a rightful place on this list :)
Right now, my list looks like this:
1. The New World (Malick, 2005)
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Dominik, 2007)
3. Zodiac (FIncher, 2007)
4. Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001)
5. The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011)
6. Lost in Translation (Coppola, 2003)
7. True Grit (Coens, 2010)
8. Drive (Refn, 2011)
9. The Black Dahlia (De Palma, 2006)
10. Shutter Island (Scorsese, 2010)
My top 10:
1. The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick, 2011
2. I Am Love – Luca Guadagnino, 2009
3. A Single Man – Tom Ford, 2009
4. Gerry – Gus Van Sant, 2002
5. Marie Antoinette – Sofia Coppola, 2006
6. Moon – Duncan Jones, 2009
7. Soundless Wind Chime – Kit Hung, 2009
8. Nobody Knows – Hirokazu Koreeda, 2004
9. A Última Vez que vi Macau – João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata, 2012
10. Honey – Semih Kaplanoglu, 2010
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1. Historias Extraordinarias -Mariano Llinas, 2008
2. The Tree of Life -Terrence Malick, 2011
3. Love Exposure -Sion Sono, 2008
4. Oldboy -Park Chan-wook, 2003
5. There Will Be Blood -Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007
6. Uzak -Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2002
7. Pan’s Labyrinth -Guilermo del Toro, 2006
8. The Lord of the Rings -Peter Jackson, 2001-2003
9. A Bittersweet Life -Kim Ji-woon, 2005
10. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang -Shane Black, 2005
In the Mood for Love(2000,Wong Kar-Wai)
2046(2004,Wong Kar-Wai)
Mulholland Dr.(2001,David Lynch)
The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007,Andrew Dominik)
The New World(2005,Terrence Malick)
Gangs of New York(2002,Martin Scorsese)
The Lord of the Rings(2001-2003,Peter Jackson)
The Return(2003,Andrei Zvyagintsev)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives(2010,Apichatpong Weeresethakul)
Spring,Summer,Fall,Winter…and Spring(2003,Kim Ki-duk)
Amélie (2001/Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Another Year (2010/Mike Leigh)
In the Mood for Love (2000/Wong Kar-Waï)
There Will be Blood (2007)/P.T. Anderson)
Beginners (2011/Mike Mills)
The Beat that My Heart Skipped (2005/Jacques Audiard)
Midnight in Paris (2011/Woody Allen)
Zodiac (2007/David Fincher)
Wall-E (2008/Andrew Stanton)
L’ Enfant (2005/Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
OrsonMotherFuckerWelles with ‘Ghosts Of Mars’.
You sir, have made my day.
I’m only really sure about the top 2. The others change often.
1. Lost in translation (2003, Sofia Coppola)
2. Elephant (2003, Sofia Coppola)
3. In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai)
4. Certified Copy (2010, Abbas Kiarostami)
5. Gomorrah (2008, Matteo Garrone)
6. Spirited Away (2001, Hayao Miyazaki)
7. Zodiac (2007, David Fincher)
8. There Will Be Blood (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson)
9. Goodbye Solo (2008, Ramin Bahrani)
10. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006, Mamoru Hosoda)
Other Favorites
Carlos (2010, Olivier Assayas)
Somewhere (2010, Sofia Coppola)
Almost Famous (2000, Cameron Crowe)
Chop Shop (2007, Ramin Bahrani)
Uncle Boonmee (2010, Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
Adaptation.
Donnie Darko
You Can Count on Me
The New World
A.I.
Before Sunset
Together
About Schmidt
Ghost World
Talk to Her
Heavy on the early 2000s, but I don’t care.
I feel horrible about this since I rarely watch films nowadays, but it’s worth a shot.
1. A Lake (Grandrieux, 2008)
2. The General Returns From One Place to Another (Robinson, 2006)
3. The Brown Bunny (Gallo, 2003)
4. Film Socialisme (Godard, 2010)
5. Duchess of Langeais (Rivette, 2007)
6. Death Proof (Tarantino, 2007)
7. Enter the Void (Noe, 2009)
8. The Intruder (Denis, 2004)
9. Bamako (Sissako, 2006)
10. Ah! Liberty (Rivers, 2008)
Uli Cain, Cinefidel¹³
1- The Mill and the The Cross
2- Amélie
3- Almost Famous
4- White Ribbon
5- The Company (Altman)
6- The Fountain
7- Let the Right One In
8- Sex and Lucia
9- Anchorman
10- A Mighty Wind