Great Films already mentioned. I’d like add The Lord of the Rings trilogy to the list.
agree and disagree with alot of the films mentioned, as i’m sure many people disagree with mine, but i have to ask one question: what about In The Mood For Love did people like so much? i thought 2046 was INCREDIBLE! but In the Mood For Love really just bored me. it was shot beautifully, don’t get me wrong, and although i haven’t seen much by Won Kar Wai (i have a feeling that is spelled wrong), In The Mood… really didn’t cut the mustard for me. perhaps i need to sit down and try it again, but i read about it alot and still can’t recall thinking it was anything special. i would take a second look at it if someone could give me a decent argument on why it was as good as everyone says it was.
no, i’m not being an ass, i’m just really interested in someone’s opinion. if i should open this in a new thread, i gladly will.
:-)
—M.
“G.Independent films shoving Homosexuality down are throat( no pun intended)”
That’s the worst sentence I’ve ever read. Aside from the whole ‘are’ misspelling, it’s just idiotic. Compared to how many straight relationships are depicted overtly in 99% of films made today, I don’t think heterosexuals have anything to complain about.
MULHOLLAND DRIVE
MUNICH, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, KANDAHAR, YI YI, IN THE BEDROOM, THE HOURS, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
(I’m defining ‘modern’ as the 2000s decade, noth the 1990s or before)
as much as i loved Assassination of Jesse James…i can’t believe i forgot to mention it.
what is Yi Yi, anyways? i saw it on Criterion but never really looked into it, and so far pretty much everyone here has brought it up. must be one helluva movie.
Primer
Tropical Malady
Snake Of June
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Izo
Battle In Heaven
This is a great topic. It can be hard at times to project correctly which films will have staying power, but I think a lot of great films have announced themselves in the past eight years alone. I am nearly positive that these films will endure.
Since 2000:
Punch-Drunk Love
Werckmeister Harmonies
The Flight of the Red Balloon (this film was released last year, yet it’s greatness is so instantly recognizable that I have no problem ranking it among the best of this, or any, era)
Tropical Malady
George Washington
Inland Empire
The Son
In the Mood for Love
I think less certainly, but quite possibly, these films will be revisited by future generations:
Pan’s Labyrinth (much to my dismay, but there you go)
Children of Men
The Dark Knight
Elephant
Wall-E
Requiem for a Dream
The Royal Tenenbaums
No Country for Old Men
I’m Not There
Palindromes (I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope that the cinephiles of tomorrow pick up on the greatness of this film.)
Children of Men (2006)
Gosford Park (2001)
Volver (2006)
Brokeback Mountain ( 2005)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Amélie (2001)
Y tu mamá también (2002)
Yi Yi (2000)
La mala educación (2004)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Before Sunset (2004)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Ratatouille (2007)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
L’enfant (2005)
Ghost World (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Dogville (2004)
A History of Violence (2005)
for me
modern cinema is:
gerry,elephant,last days – gus vant sant
anything by lynch or maddin
in the bedroom, little children – todd field
still terrence malick’s films
punch drunk love, there will be blood – pt anderson
anything by sofia coppola
anything wrote by charlie kaufman
most of sokurov’s
funny games, caché, la pianiste – haneke
beau travail, l’intrus – claire denis
anything by bruno dumont
anything by dardennes brothers
some kitano’s
tropical malady – weerasathul
bloody sunday, united 93 – paul greengrass
some reygadas’s
…
Transformers, Disturbia, Defiance, Casino Royale
wait…what?
is that a joke?
huh?
City of God (cidade de deus)
Oldboy
Amores Perros
Yi Yi
Volver
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
More Pedro Almodvar, Gonzalez Inarritu, Coen Brothers, etc.
By “modern” I am referring to any film post new millennium, and maybe touching upon some films in the mid to late 90s. To name a few..
Pre 2000: Satantango (1994), La Haine (1995), Fight Club (1999)
2000: Yi Yi, Amores Perros
2001: Y Tu Mama Tambien, Mulholland Dr., In the Mood for Love
2002: Irreversible
2003: Cidade de Deus, Oldboy, Mystic River, Lost in Translation
2004: 2046
2006: Half Nelson, Volver, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Queen
2007: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, The Lives of Others
All films from this past decade (give or take) which have made me enjoy watching recent cinema.
That’s a good list, M. I was shocked that this thread had got this far without a mention of 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days.
I hate every movie from the past ten years because they all shove heterosexuality down my throat.
I’d say add Werckmeister Harmonies to that list.
A lot of good films already mentioned. One contemporary director that I’m particularly impressed by is David Gordon Green. I highly recommend Undertow for those who haven’t seen it.
Damola Animasaun
Affirmative action in films:
Drew Barrymore
Tori Spelling
Keefer Sutherland
claire danes