2046 – Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong, 2004
Oldboy – Park Chan-wook, South Korea, 2003
The Departed – Martin Scorsese, United States, 2006
Ocean’s 11 – Steven Soderbergh, United States, 2001
When You’re Strange: A Film About The Doors – Tom DiCillo, United States, 2009
In The Mood For Love – Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong, 2000
Lucky Number Slevin – Paul McGuigan, United States, 2006
Memento – Christopher Nolan, United States, 2000
The Prestige – Christopher Nolan, United States, 2006
24 Hour Party People – Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom, 2002
If films from 2000 don’t count, then Edna’s list becomes:
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006, Larry Charles)
Brüno (2009, Larry Charles)
Pierrepoint (2005, Adrian Shergold)
In Bruges (2008, Martin McDonagh)
A Closed Book (2010, Raul Ruiz)
Invincible (2001, Werner Herzog)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001, Woody Allen)
Six Shooter (2004, Martin McDonagh)
Tipping The Velvet (2002, Geoffrey Sax)
The Producers (2005, Susan Stroman)
Runners-up: Meet the Fockers (2004, Jay Roach), Private Fears in Public Places (2006, Alain Resnais), The Pianist (2002, Roman Polanski), Frida (2002, Julie Taymor) and Downfall (2004, Oliver Hirschbiegel)
I don’t see why 2000 films shouldn’t count. Maybe it’s technically right, but it’s more of a change between 99 and 00 than 00 and 01 in most people’s minds. Best Post 2000 films would maybe be better? And the thread starter said after 99, and I guess he/she decides, so it will be including 2000. Would be fun to add TV shows too
Some films are already starting to be canon material: In the Mood for Love, Muholland Dr., There Will Be Blood, Hidden.
1. Mulholland Drive
2. The New World
3. No Country For Old Men
And then, in no order:
Zodiac
Match Point
Marie Antoinette
Brick
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Inglourious Basterds
The Lives of Others
If no 2000, then:
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
Dry Season – 2006, M. Saleh-Haroun
No Country for Old Men – 2007, J. & E. Coen
There Will Be Blood – 2007, P.T. Anderson
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty – Jonas Mekas (2000)
Vai e Vem – João César Monteiro (2003)
On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate – Hong Sang-soo (2002)
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon – Eric Rohmer (2007)
In Vanda’s Room – Pedro Costa (2000)
Toutes les nuits – Eugène Green (2001)
Memories of Murder – Bong Joon-ho (2003)
Femme Fatale – Brian De Palma (2002)
Yi Yi – Edward Yang (2000)
In The City of Sylvia – José Luis Guerín (2007)
The Gleaners & I
Intimate Strangers
The Consequences of Love
Trouble Every Day
Amer
Guilty of Romance
Fidelity
Return of the Prodigal Son: Humiliated
Attenberg
Head-On
off the top of my head, in chronological order:
I’m Going Home (de Oliveira, 2001)
Demonlover (Olivier Assayas, 2002)
Last Life in the Universe (Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, 2003)
L’Intrus (Claire Denis, 2004)
Battle in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas, 2004)
Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2005)
The World (Jia, 2005)
Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
Zodiac (Fincher, 2007)
The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch, 2009)
Putty Hill (Matthew Porterfield, 2010)
(oops, that’s eleven)
Oldboy is well represented by the Mubi community. Don’t get me wrong its a great film, but I couldn’t help but wonder if it would still be as critically acclaimed if it had a different soundtrack. To me, the soundtrack was 80 percent of what I enjoyed about the film
Love that soundtrack, wish more films took bigger risks in the music department!
Mysteries Of Lisbon-Ruiz
Goodbye Dragon Inn-Tsai
Werkmeister Harmonies and Turin Horse-Tarr
Yi Yi- Yang
Synechdoche New York- Kaufman
Mulholland Drive- Lynch
Cache-Haneke
Tropical Malady-Joe
Last Life In The Universe-Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Wanted to post a 25 list but here’s a somewhat accurate batch
1.Revanche (2008)
2. Silent Light (2007)
3. Drive (2011)
4. Punch Drunk Love (2002)
5. Mother (2009)
6. Dogtooth (2009)
7. OldBoy (2003)
8. Tarnation (2003)
9. The Science of Sleep (2006)
10. A Family Finds Entertainment (2005)
1. Mulholland Dr
2. Yi Yi
3. Synechdoche, New York
4. Tree of Life
5. Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Lost in Translation
7. Match Point
8. The White Ribbon
9. There Will Be Blood
10. Elephant
Couldn’t pick between Zodiac and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo so they both got left off :(
Also, I need to watch more foreign films!!! Any suggestions?
1. Mulholland Dr
2. Yi Yi
3. Synechdoche, New York
4. Tree of Life
5. Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Lost in Translation
7. Match Point
8. The White Ribbon
9. There Will Be Blood
10. Elephant
Couldn’t pick between Zodiac and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo so they both got left off :(
Also, I need to watch more foreign films!!! Any suggestions?
nice list Matt, lots of great choices.
From the stuff showing up in this thread…..OldBoy, Dogtooth, In the Mood for Love, Certified Copy, Talk to Her, Spirited Away, and The Piano Teacher are all “spicy ones”, so if you have yet to do those, I’d start somewhere around there!
I was quite impressed by your list, as well, Axelumog! We have similar tastes in 21st century cinema, it seems. I’ve seen five out of the seven, and I’m honestly more than slightly shocked that Dogtooth is making lists. But that’s not what this thread is about, so I’ll just leave it at that :)
Argentina dominates my list:
La libertad – Lisandro Alonso
La ciénaga – Lucrecia Martel
Extraordinary Stories – Mariano Llinás
Platform – Jia Zhangke
Los muertos – Lisandro Alonso
El Amarillo – Sergio Mazza
Before Sunset – Richard Linklater
Battle in Heaven – Carlos Reygadas
Mysterious Skin – Gregg Araki
Memories of Murder – Bong Joon-ho
Oh snap! I better get my rock out Dogtooth is being called into question!
Match Point is my favorite Woody Allen film not close, and I think The White Ribbon is my favorite Haneke, so cool to see those films get’n some love.
I really need to see Assassination again, I’ve only seen it once and I had to walk out of the theater in a snobby elitist d-bag “huff” because some dude fell asleep and started snoring about 30 minutes in :(
Éloge de l’amour (Jean-Luc Godard, 2001)
Turning Gate (Hong Sang-soo, 2002)
Decasia (Bill Morrison, 2002)
Tie Xi Qu (Wang Bing, 2003)
Vai e vem (João César Monteiro, 2003)
Oh, uomo (Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi, 2004)
10 Skies (James Benning, 2004)
Juventude em marcha (Pedro Costa, 2006)
At Sea (Peter Hutton, 2007)
Melancholia (Lav Diaz, 2008)
The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)
Including 2000:
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (Jonas Mekas)
No quarto da Vanda (Pedro Costa)
Werckmeister harmóniák (Bela Tarr)
^That guy’s list.
Or…
The Fourth Dimension – Trinh T. Minh-ha 2001
May They Rest in Revolt (Figures of War) – Sylvain George 2011
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks – Wang Bing 2003
Let Each One Go Where He May – Ben Russell 2009
Goodbye, Dragon Inn – Tsai Ming-liang 2003
Boxing Gym – Frederick Wiseman 2010
The Rebirth – Masaki Kobayashi 2007
Imburnal – Sherad Anthony Sanchez 2008
The Day He Arrives – Hong Sangsoo 2011
Fuck Cinema – Wu Wengguang 2005
Also Huang Weikai’s Disorder, Hutton’s At Sea, Almouz and Gomez’s I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You, and Guimaraes’ Drifter…
In alphabetical order:
Amelie
Atonement
Cache
In the Mood for Love
Melancholia (von Trier)
Mulholland Dr
No Country for Old Men
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
The White Ribbon
There Will Be Blood
And close behind: A History of Violence, Dogville, Punch-Drunk Love, Talk to Her, The Pianist…
No love for Oasis?
Oasis
Bamako
The Two Escobars
Waking Life
The Sky Crawlers
Paprika
Tokyo Godfathers
Our Song
Speed Racer
Moolaadé
I still have a lot of international cinema to see as far as the 21st century goes.
Yi Yi – Yang
Gangs of New York – Scorsese
Tropical Malady – Weerasethakul
Black Book – Verhoeven
Zodiac – Fincher
There Will Be Blood – P. Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom – W. Anderson
White Material – Denis
Spirited Away – Miyazaki
Film Socialisme – Godard
1. Mulholland Dr. (2001) – David Lynch
2. The Tree of Life (2011) – Terrence Mallick
3. In the Mood for Love (2000) – Wong Kar-wai
4. Yi Yi (2000) – Edward Yang
5. There Will Be Blood (2007) – P. T. Anderson
6. Syndromes and a Century (2006) – Apichatpong Weerasethakul
7. Carlos (2010) – Olivier Assayas
8. Elephant (2003) – Gus Van Sant
9. The White Ribbon (2009) – Michael Haneke
10. Still Life (2006) – Jia Zhangke
Good god, so much Yi Yi!!
Yi Yi, that film just did not click with me at all =O
Yi Yi forever!
Yi Yi is one I respect more than I love. Maybe on second viewing.
Jrheim, your list is beautiful. Love the inclusion of Carlos- what a film.
Alan Ongaro
In chronological order:
In the Mood for Love (2000) – Wong Kar-wai
A Snake of June (2002) – Shinya Tsukamoto
Oldboy (2003) – Chan-wook Park
Tropical Malady (2004) – Apichatpong Weerasethakul
A Bittersweet Life (2005) – Ji-woon Kim
There Will Be Blood (2007) – P. T. Anderson
Inglourious Basterds (2009) – Quentin Tarantino
Two Lovers (2009) – James Gray
Mother (2009) – Joon-ho Bong
Certified Copy (2010) – Abbas Kiarostami