The Top 164 (166) Movies of the 21st Century. Promising Young Women and professional wrestlers (18 Viewers)

[Terminalxylem]

I purposely put some movies that are difficult watches at the end of my list. Micheal Haneke would be another director I would put into that bucket of directors who make movies that are quite difficult hangs. Code Unknown, Cache, and The White Ribbon were 3 other movies that I had written down in the notebook of death and are movies that also pushed me. However, Amour was the one that affected me the most and gutted me. Difficult, but to me also beautiful and touching as well. A movie that had me bawling and has stuck with me since first viewing. I wanted to have at least one of his movies on here somewhere.

Such a good movie, probably top 10 all time for me.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I don't know 80s pick in our pair tonight so no hint there, but mine is a book adaptation with somebody I usually prefer behind the camera.

My hint would be it’s about a rap group but probably not the rap group you’re thinking of.

Hustle and Flow?

since its not the obvious one maybe its idlewild but thats not a rap group either...

 

[KarmaPolice]

mine is a book adaptation with somebody I usually prefer behind the camera.

This is more difficult. I have a few guesses. But I'll go with Isle of Dogs.

Loving the guesses, but this is not correct. As I post, I am curious - where were you going with that guess?

 

[KarmaPolice]

#138/#139

KNEECAP - 20PTS

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GONE GIRL - 20PTS

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[Ilov80s]

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KNEECAP - 20PTS

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Irish rap group formed around the idea of rapping in their Native Irish tongue as a middle finger to the British. It’s the true story of the formation of this real rap group, starring the actual members of Kneecap. It plays out like a drug fueled gangster concert movie. Heavily Goodfellas and Trainspotting and Guy Ritchie influenced, such a good time.

EVERY WORD OF IRISH SPOKEN IS A BULLET FIRED FOR IRISH FREEDOM.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I owe a few blurbs:

The Lego Movie instantly became one of "my" movies in the house as soon as my son and I saw it in the theater. I was a movie I definitely didn't want to see and would have given a 0% chance of being good. Turns out I liked it more than my kid. It had a weird sense of humor for a movie of the genre, and it had a lot of heart with what was going on in the end. It really took me by surprise. I think I only have 5 animated movies on my list - 2 Pixar and 3 others. I love dozens of animated movies and it was a hard choice to narrow down the options. This has stuck with me from day one and for sure is one I like more than anybody in the family.

Force Majure - is a funny family drama from Swedish director Ruben Ostlund who got a lot of critical praise for Triangle of Sadness. This one is about a Swedish family vacationing in the Alps. An incident happens and the rest of the movie is about the consequences of the father's actions during said incident. Sometimes very funny and sometimes really uncomfortable a movie that has stuck with me since and I liked even more on a recent rewatch. I didn't bother with Downhill, despite liking the actors involved.

Gone Girl is another I saw in the theater and was shocked by how much it grabbed me. My wife had read the book, but didn't say a word about it. I went with her for a mini vacation when she had conferences in Colorado. One day it was raining so I went to Gone Girl. I was already a Fincher fan, so that is why I was there, but I wasn't expecting the twists and the bleakness of the couple. I also wasn't excited to see it because I don't like Affleck much as an actor, but he was perfect for this with that monotone voice and smirk during interviews. Great movie that I have seen multiple times since. For sure a 5 rating here.

 

[Ilov80s]

Not sure we said this but no docs on our list, we limited it to narrative films. I just realized to mention that now because Kneecap sounds like a documentary but it’s not. They are telling their own formation story but it’s definitely not a doc.

 

[KarmaPolice]

We have some funny ties throughout the day tomorrow. I will be up early to watch some EPL so I will post a pair from each then a solo one from 80s before the Tottenham match. I think about 15-17 reveals throughout the weekend sounds good as it is supposed to be rainy, then by Monday we will be around 120 and @The Dreaded Marco might have his list to me.

The morning trio will be:

A legal drama by a very prolific director of the 21st century
A movie I misspelled and really scared 80s by my favorite foreign language director from this time frame. A Japanese movie about a family coming together on the anniversary of a death in the family.
A European movie that was nominated for 6 Oscars within the last 5 years.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

mine is a book adaptation with somebody I usually prefer behind the camera.

This is more difficult. I have a few guesses. But I'll go with Isle of Dogs.

Loving the guesses, but this is not correct. As I post, I am curious - where were you going with that guess?

Greta Gerwig voices a character in this movie and there is a related book. That was my reasoning.

Gone Girl should’ve been easy. I guess I have Gerwig on the brain today.

Keep the trivia coming!

 

[kupcho1]

Did Speed Racer (2008) make the list?

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

A different Gerwig movie is definitely on my list though.

I think most lists would have it. This one probably does too. I've never seen it but it's kinda neat to see it have high scores on RT and just a midling score on IMDB. I might watch it to critique it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I remember liking Birdman, but i don't remember a thing about it either.

You know who loved Birdman? Rolling Stone.

(I have no idea if they're right, I haven't seen it.)

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
UP
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
THE LEGO MOVIE
OPPENHEIMER

these are the only movies I've seen so far. Liked them all but I might argue that Apes is better than Lego but still good. I haven't mentally made a list like I did with the 90's but I'm a little shocked with how low this is.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I owe a few blurbs:

The Lego Movie instantly became one of "my" movies in the house as soon as my son and I saw it in the theater. I was a movie I definitely didn't want to see and would have given a 0% chance of being good. Turns out I liked it more than my kid. It had a weird sense of humor for a movie of the genre, and it had a lot of heart with what was going on in the end. It really took me by surprise. I think I only have 5 animated movies on my list - 2 Pixar and 3 others. I love dozens of animated movies and it was a hard choice to narrow down the options. This has stuck with me from day one and for sure is one I like more than anybody in the family.

This is a favorite of ours, and not just because my son loves Legos. Its humor is right in my wheelhouse.

 

[waiver wire]

We have some funny ties throughout the day tomorrow. I will be up early to watch some EPL so I will post a pair from each then a solo one from 80s before the Tottenham match. I think about 15-17 reveals throughout the weekend sounds good as it is supposed to be rainy, then by Monday we will be around 120 and @The Dreaded Marco might have his list to me.

The morning trio will be:

A legal drama by a very prolific director of the 21st century
A movie I misspelled and really scared 80s by my favorite foreign language director from this time frame. A Japanese movie about a family coming together on the anniversary of a death in the family.
A European movie that was nominated for 6 Oscars within the last 5 years.

why would any get up to watch a spurs match , they will just blow the lead in the last few minutes anyway

 

[waiver wire]

enjoying this thread so far

161 - JACKASS SERIES -- heard of it but have never watched any of it
154 - BARBIE -- seen it
149 - SPOTLIGHT -- seen it
148 - RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES -- seen it
146 - 12 YEARS A SLAVE -- seen it

I am still working through the top series everyone voted on so all the movies i excluded i will eventually get to

 

[Frostillicus]

I love Forgetting Sarah Marsahll. Watching now. I also love the new Planet of the Apes movies. Especially the first one (Rise). I thought it was really well done. Also Mila is about as hot as anyone has ever been in anything in this.

 

[Frostillicus]

Great penis.

 

[Frostillicus]

imo

 

[Frostillicus]

I need to B my L on somebody's Ts.

 

[Frostillicus]

I need to B my L on somebody's Ts.

I text this to my wife about once every other month. It does not have a high success rate.It also does not have a 0% sucess rate. So, you know, go forth.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Did Speed Racer (2008) make the list?

You will find out your answer after 137 more movies!

 

[KarmaPolice]

We have some funny ties throughout the day tomorrow. I will be up early to watch some EPL so I will post a pair from each then a solo one from 80s before the Tottenham match. I think about 15-17 reveals throughout the weekend sounds good as it is supposed to be rainy, then by Monday we will be around 120 and @The Dreaded Marco might have his list to me.

The morning trio will be:

A legal drama by a very prolific director of the 21st century
A movie I misspelled and really scared 80s by my favorite foreign language director from this time frame. A Japanese movie about a family coming together on the anniversary of a death in the family.
A European movie that was nominated for 6 Oscars within the last 5 years.

why would any get up to watch a spurs match , they will just blow the lead in the last few minutes anyway

I will take a glass half full approach to Weds' match. They do that at home vs Burnley and I will probably flip my damn couch over.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Frost's midnight ramblings >> KP's midnight ramblings.

 

[KarmaPolice]

@The Dreaded Marco 's list has been received and incorporated. I will shout him out when there is crossover. He agreed with this list 38 times overall, and 13 of his movies listed are in our top 30.
He already had 4 movies on his show up on the countdown: Midnight in Paris, Blue Valentine, Y Tu Mama Tambien, and A Real Pain. The next one will be in our first trio this morning.

 

[rockaction]

I remember liking Birdman, but i don't remember a thing about it either.

You know who loved Birdman? Rolling Stone.

(I have no idea if they're right, I haven't seen it.)

I kind of liked Birdman, but that’s because I convinced myself that he actually did fly. Any reality-facing ending sort of flattens the human spirit.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#136/#137:

ERIN BROCKOVICH - 21PTS

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STILL WALKING - 21PTS

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[KarmaPolice]

I had misspelled that selection, so no - please don't watch Still Waiting, the crappy Ryan Reynolds sequel (Waiting.. is a low budget comedy I did find pretty funny though). Hirokazu Kore-eda is a director I have only encountered and fallen for within the last couple years. However, I connect with the movies strongly enough that I am comfortable saying that he is my favorite foreign language director currently working. My first encounter with him was his 1998 movie After Life, which I have recommended a few times in movie threads. The idea is that after people die they have to decide on one memory to take with them to the after life. Such a fascinating movie that hit me hard. I have watched that one a few times now. The ONLY reason this movie and one to come tomorrow are so low is not because of my actual feelings on them or their rating, more because of the rest of his movies I have only seen each once. It says a lot that I have only seen them once but they all have stuck with me enough that I couldn't imagine my movie collection of 100 movies without a couple of his movies to rewatch. The two I chose were the two that stuck out the most, but I want to rewatch them, watch the others, and then form a stronger opinion about my favorites.

As for Still Walking - it is a movie about a family coming together 12 years after an older son's death and their struggles with each other and the ramifications still lingering from that event. He is fantastic at observing the interplay between the family members and capturing the little moments between the characters. A lot of his movies are in this family drama zone, I gravitated to them the most on the initial run through of movies, but there are a couple others that are murder mysteries which were also great, so there is a variety to his movies. There are a couple of his I need to watch for the first time and then start in with rewatches and learning more about him in general. I was going to choose him for last year's DotM director for my birthday month selection, but I thought access to his movies would be limited so I went with another Japanese director instead.

He has a TV series on Netflix I see - Asura. Otherwise for those who have it, a lot of his movies are on Kanopy.

I guarantee if we did this list in a couple more years he will have at least 2-3 movies on my list and most likely higher than in the #70-80 range where they currently sit.

 

[KarmaPolice]

one more before the match:

#135: ANATOMY OF A FALL - 22PTS

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I didn't get to this one, but it is one that I highlighted on my sheet. This one was on 80s' list and was on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

 

[KarmaPolice]

hints for our post-match pair:

another book adaptation from me. this time a book I had read before the movie from an author born in Kore-eda's corner of the world.
a movie from 80s by a sibling director team starring an actor I never thought would be this good based on their initial run of movies.

 

[Ilov80s]

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ERIN BROCKOVICH - 21PTS

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This is the oldest movie on the list coming out March 2000. Julia Roberts, Albert Finney and Aaron Eckhart are wonderful in this. I love the blend of legal thriller with family drama done with a light touch. The leads make such great unexpected characters out of the real life people they are based on. For anyone who missed this, it’s about a hard charging single mom and legal assistant who stumbles upon a massive coverup by a chemical company.

That's all you got, lady. Two wrong feet and ****ing ugly shoes.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

 

[rockaction]

Erin Brockovich was this century? Holy crap this century is old.

I know that sounds funny but that’s honestly what I thought. Ludicrously from another life of mine.

 

[Ilov80s]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

What’s wrong with it? I love a good investigative legal thriller. It’s got a little sexy, a lot of funny. Finney is incredible in it. One of Steven Soderbergh’s best imo.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

What’s wrong with it? I love a good investigative legal thriller. It’s got a little sexy, a lot of funny. Finney is incredible in it. One of Steven Soderbergh’s best imo.

God forbid men on a football board like a movie with a female protagonist…

 

[Ilov80s]

#135: ANATOMY OF A FALL - 22PTS

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Another legal thriller. This one is set in the French courts which apparently are bananas. People can just stand up and berate other people. It’s different. Also what’s different is how this movie will forever change the way your hear 50 Cents P.I.M.P. I mean the plot of the movie is sort of that a version of that song causes a woman to kill her husband (or did it?). A man falls to his death. Was it an accident or did the wife push him? The child actor in this is outstanding and I **** you not, it’s the best performance by a dog in a movie you will ever see. This is the Daniel Day Lewis of dogs. Absolute must see for anyone who likes courtroom/legal movies.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

Only one of us. The peanut gallery should be accurate when directing their ire over picks.

I rewatched it over the summer and thought it was good, but not great or top 100 for me personally. I like the direction and supporting characters more than Julia and Erin as a character which is why it doesn't fully land with me. Soderbergh has been as prolific as King Gizzard this century!

 

[KarmaPolice]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

What’s wrong with it? I love a good investigative legal thriller. It’s got a little sexy, a lot of funny. Finney is incredible in it. One of Steven Soderbergh’s best imo.

God forbid men on a football board like a movie with a female protagonist…

Pray for all involved that Force Awakens doesn't make an appearance!

 

[rockaction]

#135: ANATOMY OF A FALL - 22PTS

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Another legal thriller. This one is set in the French courts which apparently are bananas. People can just stand up and berate other people. It’s different. Also what’s different is how this movie will forever change the way your hear 50 Cents P.I.M.P. I mean the plot of the movie is sort of that a version of that song causes a woman to kill her husband (or did it?). A man falls to his death. Was it an accident or did the wife push him? The child actor in this is outstanding and I **** you not, it’s the best performance by a dog in a movie you will ever see. This is the Daniel Day Lewis of dogs. Absolute must see for anyone who likes courtroom/legal movies.

^ stellar blurb. P.I.M.P and Daniel-Day Dog

Lol

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

What’s wrong with it? I love a good investigative legal thriller. It’s got a little sexy, a lot of funny. Finney is incredible in it. One of Steven Soderbergh’s best imo.

It's Silkwood in caricature form.

Her cause may have been just, but she's just an annoying character.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#135: ANATOMY OF A FALL - 22PTS

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Another legal thriller. This one is set in the French courts which apparently are bananas. People can just stand up and berate other people. It’s different. Also what’s different is how this movie will forever change the way your hear 50 Cents P.I.M.P. I mean the plot of the movie is sort of that a version of that song causes a woman to kill her husband (or did it?). A man falls to his death. Was it an accident or did the wife push him? The child actor in this is outstanding and I **** you not, it’s the best performance by a dog in a movie you will ever see. This is the Daniel Day Lewis of dogs. Absolute must see for anyone who likes courtroom/legal movies.

I have seen People's Court and Judge Judy. I think we can do that here, too!

Daniel Dog Lewis? I will keep an eye out for that. This one sounds very much like a movie I would love, and I am not sure why I haven't tried it yet.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

What’s wrong with it? I love a good investigative legal thriller. It’s got a little sexy, a lot of funny. Finney is incredible in it. One of Steven Soderbergh’s best imo.

God forbid men on a football board like a movie with a female protagonist…

Stop. It's not mandatory to like a protagonist simply because she's female. I could rattle off a good list of female characters and movies that I DO greatly appreciate.

Brockovich simply isn't one of them

 

[rockaction]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

Only one of us. The peanut gallery should be accurate when directing their ire over picks.

I rewatched it over the summer and thought it was good, but not great or top 100 for me personally. I like the direction and supporting characters more than Julia and Erin as a character which is why it doesn't fully land with me. Soderbergh has been as prolific as King Gizzard this century!

No longer on Spotify. Said he didn’t make political statements but couldn’t abide their CEO investing in AI war drones, thereby making a political statement. He got the contradiction so he’s self-aware also.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

Only one of us. The peanut gallery should be accurate when directing their ire over picks.

I rewatched it over the summer and thought it was good, but not great or top 100 for me personally. I like the direction and supporting characters more than Julia and Erin as a character which is why it doesn't fully land with me. Soderbergh has been as prolific as King Gizzard this century!

You're excused.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

What’s wrong with it? I love a good investigative legal thriller. It’s got a little sexy, a lot of funny. Finney is incredible in it. One of Steven Soderbergh’s best imo.

God forbid men on a football board like a movie with a female protagonist…

Stop. It's not mandatory to like a protagonist simply because she's female. I could rattle off a good list of female characters and movies that I DO greatly appreciate.

Brockovich simply isn't one of them

Then say that at the outset instead of the vague judgmental crap that was your first response.

 

[Ilov80s]

Hey everybody let’s keep the antagonism towards KP and I

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

What’s wrong with it? I love a good investigative legal thriller. It’s got a little sexy, a lot of funny. Finney is incredible in it. One of Steven Soderbergh’s best imo.

God forbid men on a football board like a movie with a female protagonist…

Stop. It's not mandatory to like a protagonist simply because she's female. I could rattle off a good list of female characters and movies that I DO greatly appreciate.

Brockovich simply isn't one of them

Then say that at the outset instead of the vague judgmental crap that was your first response.

Hasty criticisms lead to hasty

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Erin Brockovich was this century? Holy crap this century is old.

I know that sounds funny but that’s honestly what I thought. Ludicrously from another life of mine.

It’s so old i remember Drew and Mike making fun of it. 80s will get the reference

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Erin Brockovich? C'mon, guys!

What’s wrong with it? I love a good investigative legal thriller. It’s got a little sexy, a lot of funny. Finney is incredible in it. One of Steven Soderbergh’s best imo.

God forbid men on a football board like a movie with a female protagonist…

Stop. It's not mandatory to like a protagonist simply because she's female. I could rattle off a good list of female characters and movies that I DO greatly appreciate.

Brockovich simply isn't one of them

Then say that at the outset instead of the vague judgmental crap that was your first response.

My rebuke towards you did come across stronger than intended. Apologies.

But in a thread like this, potshots in lieu of in depth analysis are expected IMO.

 

[Ilov80s]

Erin Brockovich was this century? Holy crap this century is old.

I know that sounds funny but that’s honestly what I thought. Ludicrously from another life of mine.

It’s so old i remember Drew and Mike making fun of it. 80s will get the reference

Oh yeah, I hate that style of radio but Drew and Mike were great. I listened to them every morning on my drive to and from Eastern.